Bloomington Speedway -- July 1, 2005 Results
BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY !!! GAINES WINS #2 !!! JOHN DEMOSS & GARY TRAMMELL WIN #1 BLOOMINGTON, IN (JULY 2, 2005) - The folks who found their way to Bloomington Speedway last night got what may well be the motorsports bargain of the year. There were 40 sprint cars, 40 O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept modifieds, and 30 Tire and Wheel Center super stocks. One hundred and ten race cars and fireworks too. What more could a race fan want. The fireworks sponsored by Bloomington Power Sports are always a high point of our season. This year's fireworks exceeded even our high expectations. The ooh and aah meters were pegged during the entire performance. We got a little extra bonus when even more great racers than usual showed up to test themselves against the red clay. Only four cars transferred to the feature from each of the ten car heat races. This is the kind of competition that is remembered for years to come when the bench racing really gets going. Gaines Wins Second Feature of the Season - Dick Gaines II was one of the latest qualifiers; but he was still tenth quick. This gave him the fourth place starting position in the second heat race. He went on to win the heat beating out Bryan Clauson, Danny Holtsclaw, and A.J. Anderson. Kent Christian, Dave Darland, and Jon Stanbrough won the other three heats. When the green flag dropped to start the feature Matt Brun grabbed the lead from his outside from row starting position; and he held it for the first three circuits before losing it to Bobby Stines. However, two laps later, Gaines had taken over second place. Gaines chased Stines until the 17th lap when he managed to get past him to take the lead. Gaines held the point until the checkered flag waved. A.J. Anderson had been the second fastest qualifier; and he started the feature on the outside of the third row. By the eighth lap Anderson was running third behind Stines and Gaines. It would take until the 22nd lap before Anderson could pass Stines to take second place. Stines was forced to settle for third. Kevin Briscoe, who started the feature next to Gaines, brought the white number five home fourth. Danny Holtsclaw, Brady Short, Jon Stanbrough, Kenny Carmichael, and Josh Cunningham rounded out the top ten. From the first "B" Feature, Ed Hassler and Casey Shuman transferred to the feature. Fast qualifier Mad Neely, Jason Knoke, and Brandon Petty finished third through fifth respectively; but, for them, glory on the red clay would have to wait for another day. Mitch Cunningham won the second "B" feature; and rookie Brady Short took the final transfer spot. John Scott, Kevin Besecker, and Ty Deckard were the top drivers from the second "B" to fail to transfer. A lot of very good chauffeurs failed to transfer to last night's feature. John DeMoss Out-duels Groomer In O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept Compention While John DeMoss has been winning modified features for a long time; however, Ralph Groomer is in only his second year of modified competition. However, Groomer has been a strong competitor from the first time that he climbed into a modified. Of course, he was pretty familiar with the red clay of Bloomington Speedway from his days in th Tire & Wheel Center super stock division. It was clear from the time that he climbed into the modffed that he was going to be a major factor in the modified points race. When the green flag dropped to start the modified feature, Groomer jumped into the lead; but DeMoss was right on his tail. On the fifth circuit the wily DeMoss found his way past Groomer; and he would lead all the way to the checkered flags. However, DeMoss was never very far ahead of the tenacious Groomer. Together, DeMoss and Groomer provided the Bloomington Speedway fans with a tremendous show. It wasn't like they were the whole show either. For much of the race it was a four way battle including Ray Humphrey and Jesse Cramer.. Then Lee Hobbs moved into the mix. When the checkered flag waved, it was Cramer, Hobbs, Clint DeMoss Gary Barrow, Ryan Thomas, Matt Boknecht, Matt Bex, and Steve Ott following John DeMoss and Ralph Groomer across the finish line. In preliminary action Ryan Thomas, Ralph Groomer, Ray Humphrey, and John DeMoss won the heat races. In the first "B" feature, Greg Deckard came from mid-pack to win while Rodney Harris, Jr. came from outside of the second row to take the final transfer spot. In the second "B" feature, Matt Boknecht took the last two transfers to the feature. Gary Trammell Takes Tire & Wheel Center Super Stock Feature - There is probably no driver who has been as successful in as many different classes as Gary Trammell. Gary has won sprint car races (and a championship), modified races, and super stock races. Friday night Gary did it all right. He won his heat, won the dash, and he led all but one lap of the feature. Fortunately for Trammell, the lap that he missed was the fourth, not the 25th. Jeremy Hines started the Tire & Wheel Center super stock feature ninth. On the fifth lap he was sixth. On the sixth lap he was fifth. On the seventh lap, he was fourth; and on the tenth lap he took third. On the 21st lap, Hines moved into second. During the closing laps, Hines was one bad move on Trammell's part away from the lead; but Trammell didn't make that bad move. Hines had to settle for second. Ben DuBois was just a little off of the pace and had to settle for a third place finish. Randy Howe, Terry Arthur, Anthony Walker, Kevin Arthur, Travis Howe, and points leader Danny Harris made up the balance of the top ten. In preliminary action, Randy Howe, Chris Hillman, and Trammell won the heat races while Trammell took the Dash. Travis Howe prevailed in the "B" feature. COMING EVENTS - July 8 Modified Wolfpack Challenge -- $1000 to win and $125 to start for the O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept modifieds - Plus sprint cars and Tire & Wheel Center super stocks ($600 to win with proper decals) - General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $25 July 15 18th Annual Valvoline Indiana Sprint Week - USAC Sanctioned Sprint Cars -- $4000 to win - Plus O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept. Modifieds ($600 to Win with proper decals) - General Admission $20 - Pit Admission $25 Other Indiana Sprint Week events are scheduled for Twin Cities Raceway Park (July 14), Lincoln Park Speedway (July 16), Tri-State Speedway (July 17), Gas City I-69 Speedway (July 21), Lawrenceburg Speedway (July 22), and The Terre Haute Action Track (July 23) July 22 United Midget Racing Association (UMRA) TQ Midgets - O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $20 July 29 City of Bloomington Employees Night - Sprint Cars - O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept. Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks -- General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $20 RESULTS: SPRINT CARS: Qualifications: 1. Matt Neely, 6 (11.335), 2. A.J. Anderson 34 (11.402), 3. Dave Darland 11 (11.504), 4. Jon Sciscoe 7 (11.655), 5. Kevin Besecker 15 (11.681), 6. Jared Fox 56 (11.777), 7. Brady Short 36 (11.796), 8. Matt Brun 28 (11.809), 9. Bobby Stines 88 (11.834), 10. Dick Gaines II 70 (11.849), 11. Kevin Briscoe 5 (11.850), 12. Jon Stanbrough 10 (11.853), 13. Kent Christian 1c (11.878), 14. J.T. Imperial 71 (11.906), 15. Ted Hines 12 (11.911), 16. Kenny Carmichael 92 (11.924), 17. Steve Rone 9R (11.931), 18. Danny Holtsclaw 11P (11.969), 19. Josh Cunningham 6s (11.999), 20. Ed Hassler 66H (12.001), 21. Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 92c (12.041), 22. Bryan Clauson 7c (12.043), 23. Kevin Chambers 18 (12.049), 24.Jason Holt 99 (12.064), 25. Brandon Petty 3R (12.066), 26. Mitch Cunningham 91 (12.074), 27. Casey Shuman 57x (12.101), 28. Chris Kopczynski 23k (12.125), 29. Jason Knoke 77x (12.128), 30. John Scott 83 (12.131), 31. Dave Peperak 77x (12.158), 32. Travis Welpott 18x (12.359), 33. Jeremy Warren 57 (12.367), 34. Ty Deckard 11x (12.422), 35. Brent Beauchamp 111 (12.518), 36. Daron Clayton 92x (12.583), 37. Chris Babcock 35 (12.658), 38. Broc Burton 0 (12.712), 39. Nick Johnson 15x (13.584), 40. Jack Farmer 11F (92.731) Auto Heaver Auto Parts Heat 1: 1.(3) Kent Christian, 2.(1) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 3.(4) Bobby Stines, 4.(2) Steve Rone, 5.(5) Kevin Besecker, 6.(7) Brandon Petty, 7.(6) Mat Neely, 8.(10) Chris Babcock, 9.(9) Jeremy Warren, 10.(8) Jason Knoke Paul D. Baught - Attorney Heat 2: 1.(4) Dick Gaines II, 2.(1) Bryan Clauson, 3.(2) Danny Holtsclaw, 4.(6) A.J. Anderson, 5.(5) Jared Fox, 6.(8) John Scott, 7.(10) Broc Burton, 8.(7) Mitch Cunningham, 9.(9) Ty Deckard, 10.(3) J.T. Imperial Walnut Street Auto Sales - Campus Rentals Heat 3: 1.(6) Dave Darland, 2.(4) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(2) Josh Cunningham, 4.(1) Kevin Chambers, 5.(5) Brady Short, 6.(9) Brent Beauchamp, 7.(4) Casey Shuman, 8.(3) Ted Hines, 9.(8) Dave Peperak, 10.(10) Nick Johnson Heat 4: 1.(4) Jon Stanbrough, 2.(3) Kenny Carmichael, 3.(6) Jon Sciscoe, 4.(5) Matt Brun, 5.(1) Jason Holt, 6.(2) Ed Hassler, 7.(8) Travis Welpott, 8.(10) Jack Farmer, 9.(7) Chris Kopczynski, 10.(9) Daron Clayton J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(4) Ed Hassler, 2.(6) Casey Shuman, 3.(1) Mat Neely, 4.(7) Jason Knoke, 5.(5) Brandon Petty, 6.(10) Brent Beauchamp, 7.(11) Chris Babcock, 8.(2) Jared Fox, 9.(9) Jeremy Warren, 10.(3) J.T. Imperial J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(5) Mitch Cunningham, 2.(2) Brady Short, 3.(7) John Scott, 4.(1) Kevin Besecker, 5.(9) Ty Deckard, 6.(3) Ted Hines, 7.(11) Broc Burton, 8.(10) Daron Clayton, 9.(4) Jason Holt, 10.(8) Travis Welpott, 11.(12) Jack Farmer, 12.(6) Chris Kopcynski Roots RV Sprint Feature: 1.(7) 70 Dick Gaines II, 2.(6) 34 A.J. Anderson, 3.(1) 88 Bobby Stines, 4.(8) 5 Kevin Briscoe,. 5.(5) 11 Dave Darland, 6.(13) 11P Danny Holtsclaw, 7.(3) 36 Brady Short, 8.(9) 10 Jon Stanbrough, 9.(11) 92 Kenny Carmichael, 10.(14) 6s Josh Cunningham, 11.(2) 28 Matt Brun, 12.(19) 91 Mitch Cunningham, 13.(17) 7c Bryan Clauson, 14.(20) 57x Casey Shuman, 15.(16) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 16.(10) 1c Kent Christian, 17.(15) 66H Ed Hassler 18.(18) 18 Kevin Chambers, 19.(12) 9R Steve Rone, 20.(4) 7 Jon Sciscoe O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS/MONROE COUNTY PIZZA DEPT MODIFIEDS -- Sons of the American Legion Heat 1: 1.(1) Ryan Thomas, 2.(4) A.J. Bowlen, 3.(5) Ryan Lawrence, 4.(10) Clint DeMoss, 5.(7) Mike King, 6.(6) Josh Eads, 7.(9) Greg Deckard, 8.(2) Mike Beatty, 9.(3) Brent Payne, 10.(8) Glenn Thompson Southside Storage Heat 2: 1.(4) Ralph Groomer, 2.(9) Jesse Cramer, 3.(1) Jeff Bland, Jr., 4.(8) Matt Bex, 5.(5) Michael Sterrett, 6.(3) Rodney Harris, Jr. 7.(6) Jared Bailey, 8.(10) Jason Sims, 9.(7) Wendell Wisley, 10.(2) Joe Gilbert Buck -n- Dollar Store Heat 3: 1.(1) Ray Humphrey, 2.(5) Steven Ott, 3.(4) Shelby Miles, 4.(6) Gary Barrow, 5.(8) Matt Boknecht,. 6.(7) Webb Lee, 7.(2) Justin Kuhn, 8.(10) Brad Brown, 9.(9) Matt Hamilton, 10.(3) Brady Short Heat 4: 1.(3) John DeMoss, 2.(6) Lee Hobbs, 3.(8) J.P. Hume, 4.(5) Jack Taylor, 5.(7) Ron Fedor, 6.(2) Roger Williams, 7.(4) Jim Reynolds, 8.(9) Jerry Crane, 9.(10) Jim Hume. 10.(1) Brian Lake Dash for Cash: 1.(2) Ralph Groomer, 2.(4) John DeMoss, 3.(1) Ryan Thomas, 4.(3) Ray Humphrey Bell's Exhaust "B" Feature: 1.(5) Greg Deckard, 2.(4) Rodney Harris, Jr., 3.(6) Jared Bailey, 4.(8) Jason Sims, 5.(9) Brent Payne, 6.(1) Mike King, 7.(2) Michael Sterrett, 8.(12) Joe Gilbert, 9.(10) Chad Wendell Wisley, 10.(3) Josh Eads, 11.(7) Mike Beatty Bell's Exhaust "B" Feature: 1.(1) Matt Boknecht, 2.(2) Ron Fedor, 3.(4) Roger Williams, 4.(3) Webb Lee, 5.(10) Jim Hume, 6.(5) Justin Kuhn, 7.(7) Brad Brown, 8.(9) Matt Hamilton, 9.(6) Jim Reynolds, 10.(8) Jerry Crane Black Lumber/AMVETS Post 2000 Feature: 1.(2) 79d John DeMoss, 2.(1) 48 Ralph Groomer, 3.(6) 12T Jesse Cramer, 4.(8) 0 Lee Hobbs, 5.(13) 78c Clint DeMoss, 6.(15) 14 Gary Barrow, 7.(3) T9 Ryan Thomas, 8.(18) 22 Matt Boknecht, 9.(14) 31 Matt Bex, 10.(7) 0TT Steven Ott, 11.(12) 5H J.P. Hume, 12.(5) 6 A.J. Bowlen,. 13.(11) 76 Shelby Miles, 14.(17) 5 Greg Deckard, 15.(16) 30T Jack Taylor, 16.(4) 1H Ray Humphrey, 17.(9) 8L Ryan Lawrence, 18.(20) 15F Ron Fedor, 19.(19) 9H Rodney Harris, Jr., 20.(10) 0x Jeff Bland, Jr. TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS -- Tree Expert Tree Service Heat 1: 1.(1) Randy Howe, 2.(2) Derek Groomer, 3.(3) Josh Burton, 4.(5) Greg Amick, 5.(4) David Lawson, 6.(9) Kent Robinson, 7.(6) Tom Ault, 8.(7) Troy Clark, 9.(10) Anthony Walker, 10.(8) Travis Todd Traildust Heat 2: 1.(2) Chris Hillman, 2.(5) Winston Howe, 3.(8) Kevin Arthur, 4.(3) Roy Bruce, Jr., 5.(6) Cale Kern, 6.(1) Buddy Frye, 7.(9) Aaron Zellars, 8.(10) Travis Howe, 9.(7) Danny Harris, 10.(4) Bill Brown Avers Pizza Heat 3: 1.(4) Gary Trammell, 2.(9) Ben DuBois, 3.(8) Jeremy Hines, 4.(5) Terry Arthur, 5.(7) Steve Hollars, 6.(5) Tony Arthur, 7.(2) Mike Jones, 8.(3) Gerald Todd, 9.(1) Lee Hobbs, 10.(6) Doug Arnold Dash for Cash: 1.(3) Gary Trammell, 2.(2) Chris Hillman Raintree 500 Muffler Shops B Feature: 1.(8) Travis Howe, 2.(1) Kent Robinson, 3.(4) Tom Ault, 4.(10) Anthony Walker, 5.(11) Danny Harris, 6.(13) Travis Todd, 7.(5) Aaron Zellars, 8.(2) Buddy Frye, 9.(14) Bill Brown, 10.(7) Troy Clark, 11.(3) Tony Arthure, 12. (15) Doug Arnold K &S Rolloff Feature: 1.(1) 34 Gary Trammell, 2.(9) 5H Jeremy Hines, 3.(6) 55 Ben DuBois, 4.(3) 43 Randy Howe, 5.(12) 5 Terry Arthur, 6.(19) 56 Anthony Walker, 7.(8) 74 Kevin Arthur, . 8.(17) 7R Kent Robinson, 9.(16) 0 Travis Howe, 10.(20) 19 Danny Harris, 11.(20) T15 Travis Todd, 12.(15) 18 Steve Hollars, 13.(18) 1A Tom Ault, 14.(14) 77 Cale Kern, 15.(7) 20B Josh Burton, 16.(4) 48 Derek Groomer, 17.(13) 35 David Lawson, 18.(5) 81 Winston Howe, 19.(3) 11.Chris Hillman, 20.(10) 27A Greg Amick