ARCA Midget release/results, Shady Bowl
Sondi Eden wins career-first ARCA Midget main; Davis takes title DEGRAFF OH, 10-7-01 – Crawfordsville, Indiana driver Sondi Eden won her career-first ARCA Auto Value/NAMARS co-sanctioned feature event Sunday afternoon at Shady Bowl Speedway while Spartanburg, South Carolina driver AJ Davis, by virtue of sixth place finishing position, won the 2001 ARCA Auto Value Midget Series driving championship. Eden, in the Dave Stetler Chevy-Olds-Cadillac Brayton Stealth, charged from the 13th starting position and passed Matt Brun with less than two laps remaining in the 30-lap main event to take the top spot over runner-up finisher Billy Wease who raced from the 11th starting position. Travis Miniea finished third in the Penn-Ohio Self Storage Esslinger Hawk. Gene Lee Gibson, who was vying for his fourth consecutive ARCA Midget championship, did all he could to take the title away from Davis charging from the 20th starting position to finish fourth but fell just short in the final point tally by 40 markers. ARCA Auto Value Midget Series veteran Gary Harrell, in the Dove Racing-TJ Roofing Autocraft Hawk, finished fifth. Davis, in Rick Harrell’s Kayo Lumber Brayton Hawk, posted one feature win throughout the year as well as two Old Milwaukee Quick Time awards en route to his first series crown. Miniea led the first 12 laps before Ron Gregory took control on the 13th circuit. Gregory held on for 14 laps before leading ARCA Midget rookie contender Matt Brun passed Gregory for the lead on the 27th lap. However, Brun’s lead was short-lived when Eden motored by as the leaders came down to receive the white flag. Teddy Beach raced from 23rd to seventh in the final running order ahead of Rich Corson, open-wheel veteran Mel Kenyon and Tom Briggs to complete the top-ten finishers respectively. CONTACT: ARCA PR, Don Radebaugh (734) 847-6726 2001 ARCA AUTO VALUE MIDGET SERIES EVENT #12 Shady Bowl Speedway, DeGraff OH, 10-7-01 Official Results FIN STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM SPONSOR/MAKE LAPS STATUS 1 13 15 Sondi Eden/Crawfordsville IN Dave Stetler Chevy-Olds-Cadillac Brayton Stealth 30 Running 2 11 12 Billy Wease NAMARS 30 Running 3 1 77 Travis Miniea/Sharon PA Penn-Ohio Self Storage Esslinger Hawk 30 Running 4 20 19 Gene Lee Gibson/Richwood OH Amer Cancer Society Race Against Cancer Hawk 30 Running 5 2 2 Gary Harrell/Temperance MI Dove Racing-TJ Roofing Autocraft Hawk 30 Running 6 3 4 AJ Davis/Spartanburg SC Rick Harrell-Kayo Lumber Brayton Hawk 30 Running 7 23 25 Teddy Beach/Donnelsville OH Beach Boys Motorsports Gaerte Beast 30 Running 8 10 15 Rich Corson/Markham IL Corvette Collection Fontana Stealth 30 Running 9 14 61 Mel Kenyon/Lebanon IN Kenyon Racing Brayton Buick Stealth 30 Running 10 12 10 Tom Briggs NAMARS 30 Running 11 19 28 Matt Maners/Clayton IN NAMARS 30 Running 12 6 226 Ron Gregory/Noblesville IN NAMARS 30 Running 13 4 114 Richey Jacobs/Fort Wayne IN Jacobs Racing Mopar Beast 30 Running 14 16 31 Rick Vaughn NAMARS 30 Running 15 15 5 Travis Welpott NAMARS 30 Running 16 8 28 Matt Brun/New Carlisle OH Champion Auto Service-Valvoline-Auto Value Hawk 30 Running 17 18 79 Kyle Burch NAMARS 30 Running 18 22 7 Dusty Reed NAMARS 28 Running 19 21 32 Dave Fuhrman/Avon IN Fuhrman Racing Yamaha Kenyon 28 Running 20 17 8 Gregg Cory/Shelbyville IN NAMARS 28 Running 21 7 17 Adam Nuetzel NAMARS 22 Brakes 22 5 26 Aaron Pierce/Muncie IN Sam Pierce Chevrolet Snyder Beast 5 Engine 23 9 21 Jimmy McCune/Toledo OH Cowing Motorsports-Bisbee Travel Brayton Drinan 4 Engine OLD MILWAUKEE QUICK TIME AWARD: Rich Corson 13.040 seconds HEAT WINNERS: Sondi Eden, Rick Vaughn, Billy Wease, Tom Briggs LAP LEADERS: Miniea 1-12 (12); Gregory 13-26 (14); Brun 27-28 (2); Eden 29-30 (2)