Bloomington Speedway -- July 8, 2005 Results
BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY !!!!MATT BOKNECHT WINS WOLFPACK FEAURE!!!! !!! GAINES WINS #3 !!! GARY TRAMMELL WIN #2 BLOOMINGTON, IN (JULY 9, 2005) - For the second week in a row the pits overflowed at Bloomington Speedway with more than a hundred cars in competition. This week it was the O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept. modifieds that led the attendance derby. Of course, that is to be expected since it was Bloomington Speedway's night to run the biggest modified series in the state - the Wolfpack Challenge. Of course, the best modifieds in the state rolled onto the red clay to compete against each other the prestigious title that goes with the series win. Since Boknecht is a former Bloomington Speedway champion in addition to his other track championships he owns, it should come as no surprise that he left Bloomington Speedway as the winner last night. Dick Gaines II came to Bloomington Speedway with two of our feature wins already under his belt this season. Last night, he made it three. However, like most Bloomington Speedway features, it provided a lot of competition in route to the checkered flag. Gary Trammell drove to his second consecutive feature win in the competitive Tire and Wheel Center super stock feature win. However, to do that, he had to outlast one of the short track racers in the state, Randy Petro of Columbus. Boknecht Wins Wolfpack Challenge Feature -- Since last night was out night to run the Wolfpack Challenge series, there was one major change in our program - the races were aligned based on qualification time. Joey Kramer had quick time followed by J.D. Roberts, Jesse Cramer, Greg Deckard, and Phil VanSant. The top four qualifiers were inverted in each of the heats. The heats were won by Matt Boknecht who started third, Ryan Thomas from third, Jesse Cramer from fourth, Paul Bumgardner from fifth, and Lee Hobbs from second. The top three in each heat race transferred to the feature. That accounted for less than a third of the cars on hand. The other two thirds had to earn their berth in the feature by finishing in the top three of one of the two "B" features. Jeff Bland, Jr. and Ryan Lawrence took the two "B"'s. As usual, the feature was aligned based on a dash among the five feature winners. Boknect won earn the right to start on the pole of the feature. When the green flag dropped, Matt Boknecht charged into the lead; however, Jesse Cramer was on his tail followed by Lee Hobbs, Ryan Thomas, and Shelby Miles. Boknecht led the first five circuits before losing the point to Cramer. However, Boknecht wasn't done. On the tenth lap he slipped past Cramer to retake the lead. Although, they were battling each other for the lead, neither of them could relax. Lee Hobbs and Shelby Miles, both former Bloomington Speedway O'Neal Wood Products/Monore County Pizza Dept modified champions, were on his tail. However, as it turned out, Boknecht would not be denied this big feature win. Cramer, Hobbs, Matt Bex, and Shelby Miles made up the balance of the top five. Gaines Wins Third Feature of the Season - Dick Gaines II is fulfilling the promise that his heritage would have predicted. Dick Gaines was a spectacular sprint car racer; and it was the elder Gaines who joined Karl Kinser in winning Kinser's first Knoxville Nationals championship. While Gaines won his first two features in his familiar Popeye's Chicken #50, last night he was in Dan Roberts' #21 normally piloted by Kevin "Pup" Huntley. As usual Darrell Tate was turning the wrenches on Roberts' sprinter. When you combine Roberts' car with Tate turning the wrenches and Gaines in the cockpit you present a formidable goe to any sprint car competitor. When the green flag dropped to start the feature, polesitter Jon Sciscoe charged into the lead ahead of Ty Deckard, Brad Sweet, Shane Hollingsworth, and Jared Fox. By the fourth lap, Gaines had moved from ninth place to fourth. On the eight circuit he passed Deckard to take third. It was Sciscoe, Sweet and Gaines until the 14th lap when Gaines passed Sweet to take second. On lap 17 Gaines took the point for good. However, young Sciscoe stuck with Gaines most of the way to the checkered flag. During the closing laps Gaines put some light between his mount and Sciscoe; but Sciscoe drove to a strong second place finish ahead of Kenny Carmichael, Kevin Briscoe, and Brad Sweet. Since there were no sprint car qualifications, the heats were aligned by a blind draw. They were won by Brent Beauchamp, Ty Deckard, and Shane Hollingsworth. The first five in each heat transferred feature with the final five coming from "B" feature which was won by Kent Christian. In accordance with track rules, the next time out Gaines will not be permitted to start farther forward than tenth. However, since he started ninth last night and won, we need not be surprised if he does it again. Fortunately, that sanction will not be imposed next Saturday night; because our Indiana Sprint Week show is not a points race. Gary Trammell Takes Second Tire & Wheel Center Super Stock Feature - Gary Trammell drove to a strong Tire & Wheel Center feature win on July 1; and he looked like a good candidate to repeat when he drew the pole position for his heat race and went on to win it. He started the dash on the outside of the first row and drove to a strong win over super stock ace Randy Petro. When the green flag waved to start the Tire & Wheel Center super stock feature, Randy Petro took the lead by a matter of inches. He and Petro ran side by side for lap after lap. Trammell nosed ahead by what proved to be the final time lap four. However, Trammell was, in no way, done with Petro. They continued to run side by side until the closing laps when Trammell began to stretch out his lead. Petro held on to finish second ahead of Tom Ault, Chris Hillman and Kent Robinson. In preliminary Tire & Wheel Center super stock action, Travis Todd, Trammell, Troy Clark, and Petro won the heat races while Trammell took the dash. Greg Amick prevailed in the "B" feature. COMING EVENTS - 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 August 5 South Central Building & Construction Trades Council Night - Tire & Wheel Center Indiana Super Stock Racers' Appreciation Night ($750 to win with proper decals) sponsored by West Auto Sales - sprint cars - O'Neal Wood Products/Monroe County Pizza Dept. modifieds - General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $20 RESULTS: O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS/MONROE COUNTY PIZZA DEPT. MODIFIEDS: Qualifications: 1. Joey Kramer, 77x (13.381), 2. J.D. Roberts 90 (13.632), 3. Jesse Cramer 12T (13.704), 4. Greg Deckard 5 (13.792), 5. Phil VanSant 31v (13.810), 6. Matt Boknecht 22 (13.820), 7. Ryan Thomas T9 (13.848), 8. Clint DeMoss 78c (13.869), 9. John DeMoss 79s (13.925), 10. Rick Gums 113 (13.958), 11. Jay Humphrey 78 (13.969), 12. Ralph Groomer 48 (13.971), 13. Gary Barrow 14 (13.986), 14. Brad Heady 89H (14.006), 15. Lee Hobbs H0 (14.018), 16. Jimmy Hayden 15J (14.018), 17. Matt Bex 31 (14.085), 18. Jack Taylor 30T (14.127), 19. Josh Eads 46 (14.133), 20. Ray Humphrey 1H (14.155), 21. Daryl Herbert 66 (14.161), 22. Chris Brewer 32b (14.171), 23. Brian Lake 77 (14.174), 24. Paul Bumgardner 54 (14.180), 25. Chase Austin 11A (14.208), 26. Rodney Harris, Jr. 9H (14.213), 27. Ryan Lawrence 8L (14.251), 28. Brady Short 36 (14.286), 29. Jared Bailey 24 (14.327), 30. Travis Shoulders 23 (14.355), 31. Al Flick Z36 (14.361), 32. Joe Gilbert 10g (14.405), 33. Kyle Woolard 26k (14.489), 34. Ron Fedor 15F (14.491), 35. J.P. Hume 5H (14.529), 36. Shelby Miles 76 (14.574), 37. Jason Sims 1 (14.585), 38. Mike Dunlap 97 (14.691), 39. Josh Boller 05B (14.732), 40. Wendell Wisley 56 (14.780), 41. Jeff Bland, Jr. 0x (14.847), 42. Michael Sterrett M21 (14.853), 43 Brad Brown 73 (15.024), 44. Glenn Thompson 48x (15.316), 45. Jerry Crane 24c (15.418), 46. Donnie Parson 7P (15.483), 47. John Phillips P2 (15.906), 48. Albert Gardner 12G (16.405) Sons of the American Legion Heat 1: 1.(3) Matt Boknecht, 2.(8) Shelby Miles, 3.(1) Jimmy Hayden, 4.(9) Jeff Bland, Jr., 5.(5) Daryl Herbert, 6.(6) Rodney Harris, Jr., 7.(4) Joey Kramer, 8.(7) Al Flick, 9.(10) Donnie Parson, 10.(2) Jay Humphrey Southside Storage Heat 2: 1.(3) Ryan Thomas, 2.(1) Matt Bex, 3.(2) Ralph Groomer, 4.(6) Ryan Lawrence, 5.(5) Chris Brewer, 6.(7) Joe Gilbert 7.(8) Jason Sims, 8.(4) J.D. Roberts, 9.(9) John Phillips Buck -n- Dollar Store Heat 3: 1.(4) Jesse Cramer, 2.(1) Jack Taylor, 3.(3) Clint DeMoss, 4.(5) Brady Short, 5.(2) Gary Barrow,. 6.(6) Kyle Woolard, 7.(7) Brad Brown, 8.(8) Mike Dunlap, 9.(9) Albert Gardner Heat 4: 1.(5) Paul Bumgardner, 2.(1) Josh Eads, 3.(3) John DeMoss, 4.(6) Jared Bailey, 5.(7) Ron Fedor, 6.(8) Josh Boller, 7.(2) Brad Heady, 8.(4) Greg Deckard, 9.(9) Glenn Thompson Heat 5: 1.(2) Lee Hobbs, 2.(1) Ray Humphrey, 3.(4) Phil VanSant, 4.(3) Rick Gumm, 5.(7) J.P. Hume, 6.(5) Chase Austin, 7.(6) Travis Shoulders, 8.(8) Wendell Wisley, 9.(9) Jerry Crane Dash for Cash: 1.(1) Matt Boknecht, 2.(3) Jesse Cramer, 3.(2) Ryan Thomas, 4.(5) Lee Hobbs, 5.(4) Paul Bumgardner Bell's Exhaust "B" Feature # 1: 1.(1) Jeff Bland, Jr., 2.(5) Ron Fedor, 3.(6) Rodney Harris, Jr., 4.(10) Brad Heady, 5.(9) Jason Sims, 6.(12) Mike Dunlap, 7.(7) Kyle Woolard, 8.(4) Chris Brewer, 9.(2) Brady Short, 10.(14) John Phillips Bell's Exhaust "B" Feature #2: 1.(1) Ryan Lawrence, 2.(4) Gary Barrow, 3.(3) Daryl Herbert, 4.(5) J.P. Hume, 5.(8) Joey Kramer, 6.(2) Jared Bailey, 7.(11) J.D. Roberts, 8.(7) Josh Boller, 9.(12) Greg Deckard, 10.(6) Joe Gilbert, 11.(15) Jerry Crane, 12.(9) Brad Brown Black Lumber/AMVETS Post 2000 Feature: 1.(1) 22 Matt Boknecht, 2.(2) 12T Jesse Cramer, 3.(4) H0 Lee Hobbs, 4.(7) 31 Matt Bex, 5.(6) 76 Shelby Miles, 6.(17) 79s John DeMoss, 7.(3) T9 Ryan Thomas, 8.(21) 66 Daryl Herbert, 9.(10) 1H Ray Humphrey, 10.(13) 78c Clint DeMoss, 11.(16) 0x Jeff Bland, Jr., 12.(19) 14 Gary Barrow,. 13.(8) 30T Jack Taylor, 14.(9) 46 Josh Eads, 15.(15) 8L Ryan Lawrence, 16.(12) 48 Ralph Groomer, 17.(5) 54 Paul Bumgardner, 18.(15) 31v Phil BVanSant, 19.(11) 15J Jimmy Hayden, 20.(18) 15F Ron Fedor, 21.(20) Rodney Harris, Jr. SPRINT CARS Auto Heaver Auto Parts Heat 1: 1.(2) Brent Beauchamp, 2.(4) Jon Sciscoe, 3.(6) Kevin Chambers, 4.(8) Chris Babcock, 5.(5) Kevin Briscoe, 6.(7) Kent Christian, 7.(3) Jim Mills, 8.(9) Justin Marvel, 9.(1) Brady Short Paul D. Baught - Attorney Heat 2: 1.(2) Ty Deckard, 2.(9) Brad Sweet, 3.(4) Jared Fox, 4.(8) Kevin Besecker, 5.(5) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 6.(7) Tom Busch, 7.(1) Jack Farmer, 8.(3) Josh Cunningham, 9.(6) Mitch Cunningham Walnut Street Auto Sales - Campus Rentals Heat 3: 1.(1) Shane Hollingsworth, 2.(2) Kenny Carmichael, 3.(6) Dick Gaines II, 4.(9) Derek Scheffel, 5.(3) Bobby Stines, 6.(8) Steve Rone, 7.(4) Dave Peperak, 8.(5) Michael Pickens, 9.(7) Danny Holtsclaw J.B. Salvage "B" Feature: 1.(1) Kent Christian, 2.(2) Tom Busch, 3.(3) Steve Rone, 4.(9) Michael Pickens, 5.(7) Justin Marvel, 6.(8) Josh Cunningham, 7.(10) Brady Short, 8.(4) Jim Mills, 9.(6) Dave Peperak, 10.(5) Jack Farmer, 11.(12) Danny Holtsclaw Roots RV Sprint Feature: 1.(9) 21 Dick Gaines II, 2.(1) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 3.(6) 92 Kenny Carmichael, 4.(13) 5 Kevin Briscoe,. 5.(5) 1 Brad Sweet, 6.(8) 56 Jared Fox, 7.(7) 18 Kevin Chambers, 8.(16) 18 Kent Christian, 9.(12) 53 Derek Scheffel, 10.(11) 15 Kevin Besecker, 11.(14) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 12.(3) 11x Ty Deckard, 13.(17) 4B Tom Busch, 14.(2) 11s Shane Hollingsworth, 15.(10) 35 Chris Babcock, 16.(19) 62 Michael Pickens, 17.(15) 88 Bobby Stines 18.(4) 11 Brent Beauchamp, 19.(18) 9R Steve Rone, 20.(20) 10 Justin Marvel TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS -- Tree Expert Tree Service Heat 1: 1.(1) Travis Todd, 2.(5) Kevin Arthur, 3.(6) Chris Hillman, 4.(7) Ben DuBois, 5.(2) Joe Lucas, 6.(8) Tom Plotz, 7.(4) Mike Jones Traildust Heat 2: 1.(1) Gary Trammell, 2.(3) Kent Robinson, 3.(5) Joe Whisler, 4.(2) David Lawson, 5.(8) Steve Hollars, 6.(7) Aaron Zellers, 7.(6) Bill Brown, 8.(4) Joe Godsey Avers Pizza Heat 3: 1.(1) Troy Clark, 2.(3) Derek Groomer, 3.(2) Terry Arthur, 4.(4) Roy Bruce, Jr., 5.(7) Doug Arnold, 6.(5) Randy Howe, 7.(6) Josh Burton, 8.(8) Anthony Walker Heat 4: 1.(1) Randy Petro, 2.(2) Tom Ault, 3.(6) Danny Harris, 4.(8) Gerald Todd, 5.(5) Greg Amick, 6.(3) Winston Howe, 7.(4) Kerie Fleenor, 8.(7) Jeremy Hines Dash for Cash: 1.(2) Gary Trammell, 2.(4) Randy Petro, 3.(3) Troy Clark, 4.(DNS) Travis Todd Raintree 500 Muffler Shops B Feature: 1.(4) Greg Amick, 2.(7) Randy Howe, 3.(1) Joe Lucas, 4.(20) Jeremy Hines, 5.(14) Joe Godsey, 6.(9) Mike Jones, 7.(11) Josh Burton, 8.(5) Tom Plotz, 9.(6) Aaron Zellers, 10.(10) Bill Brown, 11.(15) Anthony Walker, 12. (2) Steve Hollars, 13.(12) Kerie Fleenor, DQ.(3) Doug Arnold K &S Rolloff Feature: 1.(1) 34 Gary Trammell, 2.(2) 95 Randy Petro, 3.(8) 1A Tom Ault, 4.(9) 11 Chris Hillman, 5.(6) 7R Kent Robinson, 6.(12) 19 Danny Harris, 7.(20) 5H Jeremy Hines, . 8.(17) 27A Greg Amick, 9.(10) 21x Joe Whisler, 10.(18) 0 Randy Howe, 11.(19) 3J Joe Lucas, 12.(11) 5 Terry Arthur, 13.(4) T15 Travis Todd, 14.(16) 51T Gerald Todd, 15.(14) 35 David Lawson, 16.(7) 48 Derek Groomer, 17.(15) 63 Roy Bruce, Jr., 18.(3) 13c Troy Clark, 19.(5) 74 Kevin Arthur, 20.(15) 55 Ben Dubois