7th Annual Ice Bowl at Talladega: Results and Report
20 January 1998
Estaboga, AL - The 7th Annual Ice Bowl was held this past weekend at Talladega Short Track and when the dust settled it was Kenny Merchant of Rustin, LA who was sitting in Victory Lane.The win was the second Ice Bowl win in as many years for the Louisiana driver and came just before the rain began to fall ending the day's racing activities prematurely. There were 62 Super late models that took times in qualifying with James Dean of Chunky, MS setting the fast time. Dean would use his pole position to grab the early lead, but would suffer from a broken driveshaft early in the 50 lap event putting Merchant into a lead he would never relinquish. Finishing second was Randle Chupp of Knoxville, TN, and taking third was John Jones of Rock Creek, GA. Paul Tims of Georgetown, TN and Patrick Duggan of Lenoir City, TN rounded out the top five. In the IMCA Open Wheel Modified feature event Steve Ward of Texarkana, TX was the winner as he led Gene Boyter and Jimmy Hiett across the line. Bryan Nevins of Des Moines, IA won the IMCA Stock Car feature. The Sportsman and Pony Stock features were cancelled due to rain. ICE BOWL 98 RESULTS 1. Kenny Merchant 2. Randle Chupp 3. John Jones 4. Paul Tims 5. Patrick Duggan 6. Tim Roszell 7. Lamar Scoggins 8. Terry Smith 9. Byron Michaels 10. Mark Miner 11. Richard Goode 12. David Gentry 13. Robbie Starnes 14. Danny Peoples 15. Bubba Mullins 16. Jason McMahan 17. Jon Miller 18. Greg Skinner 19. Rod keith 20. Dickie Miller 21. Mark Mears 22. Mike Boland 23. James Dean 24. Greg Knight John Kaiser -- The Auto Channel