BLOOMINGTON = IT'S TWO FOR GAINES !!!

ROBINSON & TRAMMEL ALSO SCORE WINS

BLOOMINGTON, IN (April 29, 2006) - As we arrived at the track and looked at the line of haulers waiting to enter the pits, it looked as if we might not have the car count that we had had the first two weeks. There would still be plenty of cars; but there might not be as many as we had the first two weeks. However, the cars just kept coming. When it was time for hot laps there were 48 sprint cars and a good field of O'Neal Wood Products modifieds and Tire and Wheel Center super stocks as well.

The track was a little wetter than Mike Miles had intended to begin with. About the time that he finished watering the track the skies became overcast and the wind died. However, by feature time the track was near perfect.

SPRINT CARS -

Dan Roberts' 21x was one of the first cars in the pits; and Darrell Tate was preparing it for competition. Dick Gaines II would be there to climb into the car in time for hot laps. The team would be looking for their second feature win in three attempts. The only driver who had beaten Gaines this season at Bloomington Speedway, Jon Stanbrough, was among the missing.

Richard Briscoe was also there with a brand new car for Kevin. Dick Briscoe never seems to trash; but the car is nearly always very fast. However, some of the credit for that has to go to Kevin. In any event, both Dick and Kevin have a lot of laps on the red clay; and they're tough to beat.

Tom Busch started on the pole of the first heat; and he managed to hold off Dick Gaines II who started fourth to secure the heat race win. Kenny Carmichael, Sr. also won his heat from the pole, beating out A.J. Anderson. Brent Beauchamp came from fourth to win his heat race, while Hunter Schverenberg came from fifth to win his heat. Kevin Briscoe won the final heat starting on the outside of the front row.

With only fifteen of the 48 sprint cars transferring to the feature, there were 33 drivers battling for one of the six spots that would transfer to the feature out of the two "B" features. Kent Christian, Chris Windom, and Steve Rone transferred from the first "B" feature while Kevin Chambers, Cole Whitt, and Danny Holtsclaw made the cut from the second "B" feature. A lot of good cars and drivers were left with nothing left to do but load up and watch the feature.

The redraw to align the front half of the field put Kenny Carmichael and Kenny Carmichael, Jr. on the front row for the feature event. The elder Carmichael confirmed that this was the first time that they had shared the front row for a feature event.

Dick Gaines II did not have a lot of luck in the redraw as he had the ninth place starting position for the feature. However, Gaines and the Danny Roberts owned/Darrell Tate wrench team can win from anywhere in the field.

When the green flag waved Carmichael, Sr. won the drag race to the first turn to secure the initial lead. However, the action stopped when a car got crossed up and collected Steve Rone who got upside down ending his evening a little early. When the action resumed Carmichael, sr. still had the point; however, by the time the third lap went into the books, Dick Gaines II had moved into second place and was reeling Carmichael in.

Everyone knew that Carmichael would be facing an uphill battle to hold off Gaines for 22 laps; however, many of the fans on hand almost certainly hoped that he would be able to sew up his first Bloomington Speeway feature win. However, on the 12th circuit Gaines passed Carmichael to take the lead that he would hold until the checkered flags flew.

Tom Busch had passed Carmichael, Jr. to take third on the seventh circuit and went after the elder Carmichael. But, on the 21st lap, the younger Carmichael passed Busch to recapture third place.

The race was interrupted for the final time on the 23rd lap when Joss Moffatt and Kevin Chambers tangled in the third turn with both of them getting on their lids. Moffatt, displaying a typical driver's optimism, stayed strapped in the car as the sprinter with his helmet on as if he expected his crew to perform minor repairs and shove him off again. It didn't work out; but you have to give Moffatt credit for his competitive spirit.

The late race yellow left the field with a three lap shootout for the feature win. However, as exciting as those three laps were, the first five spots remained unchanged. It was Gaines, Carmichael, Sr., Carmichael, Jr., Tom Busch, and A.J. Anderson.

0'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS -

In the O'Neal Wood Product modified division, John DeMoss, Ray Humphrey, and Kent Robinson won their heat races. The redraw to align the feature put Robinson and veteran O'Neal Wood Products racer Ray Humphrey on the front row. Robinson, in only his third modified feature, led from flag to flag. However, that is not to imply that it was an easy win. John DeMoss pressured him during the early going; and later in the race defending O'Neal Wood Products modified champion Jesse Cramer took second. As close as the top five cars were running, it could have been anybody's race. However, Robinson wanted the win very badly; and he held on to get it. Cramer, John DeMoss, Ryan Thomas, and Ray Humphrey followed Robinson across the finish line.

Matt Bex led the "B" feature flag to flag.

Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks:

Gary Trammell started the Tire & Wheel Center super stock feature on the pole; and he too led his feature flag to flag. When the green flag waved, Trammell and Jeremy Hines pulled away from the field; and it looked as if it might be a battle between those two for the feature win. However, late in the race Hines mount suffered a flat tire. This left Jack Frye to try to take the feature win away from Trammell. However, Trammell was not to be denied. He scored his first feature win of the season. Jack Frye, Joe Lucas and Winston Howe followed Trammell across the finish line.

Chris Deweese of Columbus took well earned hard charger honors when he won the "B" feature to earn a 16th place starting spot in the feature event. He then passed eleven cars to take fifth place in the feature.

Jeremy Hines fought his way back to a sixth place finish after coming back from a flat tire.

COMING EVENTS -

May 5 Super Oldies 105.5 & 102.5 WQRK & WQRJ Night & Koorsen Protection Service Night -- Sprints - O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 - Pit Admission $20

May 12 WCBK 102.3 Night -- Indiana Dirt Late Model Speedweek - Northern Allstar Late Models ($2500 to win and $300 to start) - Also O'Neal Wood Products modifieds and Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks ($600 to win with proper decals.) - General Admission $15 - Pit Admission $25 - Other Indiana Dirt Late Model Speedweek races - May 9 Thunder Valley Raceway at Salem, May 10 Twin Cities Raceway at Vernon, May 11 Lawrenceburg Speedway, and May 13 Brownstown Speedway

May 19 King of Indiana Sprint Series (KISS) $2500 to win -- $250 to start - Also O'Neal Wood Products modifieds and Tire & Wheel Center super stocks ($600 to win with proper decals) - General Admission $15 - Pit Admission $30 - Other KISS series races are: Gas City I-69 Speedway at Gas City, Ind. (May 12), Lincoln Park Speedway at Putnamville, Ind. (May 20), Lawrenceburg Speedway at Lawrenceburg, Ind. (May 27), Kokomo Speedway at Kokomo, Ind. (June 18), Paragon Speedway at Paragon, Ind. (June 24), and the Terre Haute Action Track at Terre Haute, Ind. (July 1).

RESULTS:

SPRINT CARS

AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(1) Tom Busch, 2.(4) Dick Gaines II, 3.(7) Jon Sciscoe, 4.(3) Chris Windom, 5.(5) Steve Rone, 6.(9) Josh Cunningham, 7.(6) Mitch Cunningham, 8.(10) Dustin Beliles, 9.(2) Ed Hassler, 10.(8) Matt Laffoon

PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(1) Kenny Carmichael, 2.(6) A.J. Anderson, 3.(8) Jared Fox, 4.(9) Kent Christian, 5.(5) Kevin Chambers, 6.(3) Bobby Smith, 7.(2) Kerry Kinser, 8.(7) Brent Berry, 9.(10) Jack Farmer, 10.(4) Lee Stark

WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(4) Brent Beauchamp, 2.(1) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 3.(6) Derek Scheffel, 4.(5) Danny Holtsclaw, 5.(8) Cole Whitt, 6.(9) Eric Smith, 7.(3) Arin McIntosh, 8.(7) Adam Beliles, 9.(10) Chris Babcock, 10.(2) Joe Gilbert

CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(5) Hunter Schverenberg, 2.(4) Ty Deckard, 3.(7) Joss Moffatt, 4.(1) Jim Mills, 5.(6) Chase Stockton, 6.(8) Kyle Cummins, 7.(9) Billy Frye, 8.(2) Eric Edwards, 9.(3) Bobby Barger

HEAT 5: 1.(2) Kevin Briscoe, 2.(5) Broc Burton, 3.(9) Jason Holt, 4.(7) A.J. Martin, 5.(4) Dakoda Armstrong, 6.(8) Dusty Wright, 7.(6) Kyle Robbins, 8.(1) A.J. Clark, 9.(3) Bobby Stines

"B" Feature #1: 1.(2) Kent Christian, 2.(1) Chris Windom, 3.(4) Steve Rone, 4.(14) Ed Hassler, 5.(5) Chase Stockton, 6.(9) Kerry Kinser, 7.(3) A.J. Martin, 8.(7) Eric Smith, 9.(6) Dakoda Armstrong, 10.(8) Kyle Cummins, 11.(10) Arin McIntosh, 12.(11) Dustin Beliles, 13.(17) Joe Gilbert, 14.(12) Brent Berry, 15.(13) Bobby Barger

JB SALVAGE "B" FEATURE #2: 1.(3) Kevin Chambers, 2.(4) Cole Whitt, 3.(1) Danny Holtsclaw, 4.(5) Josh Cunningham, 5.(7) Dusty Wright, 6.(2) Jim Mills, 7.(6) Bobby Smith, 8.(11) Adam Beliles, 9.(8) Mitch Cunningham, 10.(14) Chris Babcock, 11.(13) Jack Farmer, 12.(9) Billy Frye, 13.(10) Kyle Robbins, 14.(15) Matt Laffoon, 15.(12) Eric Edwards, 16.(16) Lee Stark

ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(9) 21x Dick Gaines II, 2.(1) 92 Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 3.(2) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 4.(7) 4B Tom Busch, 5.(8) 34 A.J. Anderson, 6.(16) 4m Kent Christian, 7.(6) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 8.(18) 17 Chris Windom, 9.(13) 9s Derek Scheffel, 10.(10) 0 Broc Burton, 11.(19) 29w Cole Whitt, 12.(5) 35x Hunter Schverenberg, 13.(12) 56 Jared Fox , 14.(4) 111 Brent Beauchamp, 15.(17) 18 Kevin Chambers, 16.(7) 5J Joss Moffatt, 17.(15) 99 Jason Holt, 18.(21) 11P Danny Holtsclaw, 19.(3) 48 Ty Deckard, 20.(11) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 21.(20) 9R Steve Rone Lap Leaders: Kenny Carmichael, Sr. (1-11), Dick Gaines II (12-25)

O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS

SERVPRO OF MONROE COUNTY 1: 1.(1) John DeMoss, 2.(6) Matt Boknecht, 3.(5) Ralph Groomer, 4.(8) Clint DeMoss, 5.(4) Greg Deckard, 6.(7) Jared Bailey, 7.(2) Bradley Sterrett, 8.(10) Josh Eads, 9.(3) Dan Lewellen, 10.(9) Brian Lake

SOUTHSIDE STORAGE HEAT 2: 1.(2) Ray Humphrey, 2.(6) Jesse Cramer, 3.(3) A.J. Bowlen, 4.(8) Shelby Miles, 5.(7) Rodney Harris, Jr., 6.(5) Matt Bex, 7.(9) Lonnie Cassity, 8.(4) Rob Brickert, 9.(1) Derek Groomer

MONROE COUNTY PIZZA DEPT. HEAT 3: 1.(2) Kent Robinson, 2.(7) Ryan Thomas, 3.(4) Richie Lex, 4.(8) Jeff Bland, Jr., 5.(1) Chris Streeval, 6.(9) Nathan Voorhies, 7.(3) Ryan Clark, 8.(6) J.P. Hume, 9.(5) Chad Combs

BELL'S EXHAUST SHOPS "B" Feature: 1.(2) Matt Bex, 2.(1) Jared Bailey, 3.(5) Lonnie Cassity, 4.(7) Josh Eads, 5.(4) Bradley Sterrett, 6.(8) Rob Brickert, 7.(14) Greg Deckard, 8.(11) Derek Groomer, 9.(6) Ryan Clark, 10.(12) Chad Combs

BLACK LUMBER MODIFIED FEATURE: 1.(1) 7R Kent Robinson, 2.(4) 12T Jesse Cramer, 3.(3) 79d John DeMoss, 4.(5) T9 Ryan Thomas, 5.(2) 1H Ray Humphrey, 6.(9) 7L Richie Lex, 7.(10) 78c Clint DeMoss, 8.(12) 38s Jeff Bland, Jr., 9.(11) 76 Shelby Miles, 10.(16) 31 Matt Bex, 11.(13) 5 Greg Deckard, 12.(15) 30 Chris Streeval, 13.(19) 46 Josh Eads, 14.(18) 1 Lonnie Cassity, 15.(17) 24 Jared Bailey, 16.(20) 90 Bradley Sterrett, 17.(7) 48 Ralph Groomer, 18.(6) 22 Matt Boknecht, 19.(8) 6 A.J. Bowlen, 20.(14) 9H Rodney Harris, Jr. Lap Leaders: Kent Robinson (1-25)

TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS:

TREE EXPERT TREE SERVICE HEAT 1: 1.(1) Chris Hillman, 2.(2) Ben DuBois, 3.(3) Kevin Arthur, 4.(5) Gerald Todd, 5.(9) Joe Lucas, 6.(6) Chris Deweese, 7.(8) Anthony Walker, 8.(4) Travis Todd

PERFORMANCE CONCRETE PUMPING HEAT 2: 1.(2) Jack Frye, 2.(5) Jeremy Hines, 3.(6) Dan McCullough, 4.(7) Steve Hollars, 5.(4) Greg Kendall, 6.(8) Josh Burton, 7.(3) Travis Howe, 8.(1) Bobby Griffith

AVERS PIZZA HEAT 3: 1.(1) Gary Trammell, 2.(1) Tom Ault, 3.(3) Troy Clark, 4.(5) Winston Howe, 5.(8) Greg Amick, 6.(4) Jerry Donica, 7.(6) Doug Arnold, 8.(7) Randy Howe

"B" Feature: 1.(1) Chris Deweese, 2.(4) Anthony Walker, 3.(2) Josh Burton, 4.(5) Travis Howe, 5.(7) Travis Todd, 6.(3) Jerry Donica, 7.(6) Doug Arnold, 8.(8) Bobby Griffith, 9.(9) Randy Howe

K & S ROLLOFF SUPER STOCK FEATURE: 1.(1) 57 Gary Trammell, 2.(2) 2 Jack Frye, 3.(13) 3J Joe Lucas, 4.(12) 81 Winston Howe, 5.(16) 21 Chris Deweese, 6.(5) 5H Jeremy Hines, 7.(4) 55 Ben DuBois, 8.(14) 44 Greg Kendall, 9.(9) 13c Troy Clark, 10.(3) 1A Tom Ault, 11.(10) 51T Troy Clark, 12.(7) 74 Kevin Arthur, 13.(19) 0 Travis Howe, 14.(11) 18 Steve Hollars, 15.(17) 56 Anthony Walker, 16.(18) 04 Josh Burton, 17.(15) 27A Greg Amick, 18.(8) 18m Doug McCullough, 19.(6) 11 Chris Hillman, 20.(20) T15 Travid Todd Lap Leaders: Gary Trammell (1-25)