Bloomington Speedway -- Sheldon Kinser Memorial Results
BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY!! CLAYTON TAKES SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL !!!
ARTHUR & BOKNECHT WIN TOO!!!
BLOOMINGTON, IN (June 10, 2006) - The Sheldon Kinser Memorial is one of the biggest races of the season at Bloomington Speedway. Sheldon was always a fan favorite at Bloomington Speedway; and this memorial race is intended to keep his memory alive in the fans that pack Bloomington Speedway every Friday night.
Last night members of Sheldon's family were on hand to help us remember Sheldon, They even brought photos and one of Sheldon's old uniforms for the fans to enjoy. Our pace car driver, Bob Royer, made his annual tribute to Sheldon and his accomplishments.
The legendary Butch Wilkerson, a former driver who knew well how tough a competitor Sheldon was on hand to help us remember him.
SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL -
All week the weatherman had threatened us with rain and took away the threat. You really didn't know what to expect. Early Friday the skies were overcast; but the rains stayed away. The evening was nearly ideal for sprint car racing.
A total of 44 fire-breathing sprint cars rolled off of their trailers to vie for the title of Sheldon Kinser Memorial champion. Dick Gaines II was on hand; and he very much wanted to defend his championship. His sprint car was in the top of Danny Robert's hauler; but he would not be able to race it. His doctors weren't ready to turn him loose yet. His sprinter would stary stowed away in the hauler Kevin "Pup" Huntley would drive the second Roberts sprinter.
Shane Cottle had made one trip to Bloomington Speedway this season; but he was back and feeling racy. He pulled onto the race track; and, on his second circuit, he uncorked the fastest lap of the evening stopping the clock at 10.955 seconds. This broke the track record 11.052 seconds set by Kevin Briscoe in 2004. When a driver breaks a record set by Briscoe at Bloomington Speedway, he has indeed accomplished something in which he can take pride. Shane Hollingsworth, Kent Christian, Ted Hines, Daron Clayton, and Tim Spindler made up the rest of the six fastest qualifiers. So long as they earned a ticket to the big race in either their heat or the "B" feature, they will be inverted for the start of the feature.
Shane Cottle came from the sixth place starting position to win the first heat. Four time Bloomington Speedway sprint car champions Derek Scheffel's evening ended before he was able to run a lap in competition when a rocker arm in the Hurst Brothers motor broke. Hunter Schuerenberg, Kent Christian, Cole Whitt, and Danny Holtsclaw took the other heat races.
Josh Cunningham led the "C" feature flag to flag. Steve Rone, Chris Babcock, Dakoda Armstrong, and Arin McIntosh joined Cunningham in transferring to the "B" feature.
Daron Clayton and Tim Spindler were the fifth and sixth fastest qualifiers; but they both failed to transfer to the feature from their heats. However, they did start side by side on the front row of the "B" feature. They finished first and second in the "B" feature. Josh Cunningham, Brent Beauchamp, and Jared Fox also earned a ticket to the feature event in the "B:".
When the green flag waved Tim Spindler took the point in the Rock Steady Racing sprinter; but, on the second circuit, Daron Clayton took the lead. Shane Hollingsworth started fifth and moved up fast. On the fourth circuit Hollingsworth took second place followed by followed by Spindler, Kent Christian, and Shane Cottle.
Fan favorite Kevin Briscoe started tenth; but on the sixth lap, he passed Cottle to take fifth. The following lap he got by Spindler to take fourth. On the 12th lap he took third place from Christian. For the rest of the race Cottle, Spindler, and Christian battled for fourth place. On the 37th lap Spindler spun and dropped from the hunt. When the checkered flag waved, Clayton had hung on to win the first race of his career on the red clay of Bloomington Speedway. Clayton had some real high profile coaching help in his pit last night in the form of Bubby Jones, a dirt track legend. With the level of the competition at Bloomington Speedway, a driver's first win there is always a big deal; but for that first win to come in the Sheldon Kinser Memorial is a major triumph.
While Clayton led all but the first lap, neither he nor any of the front runners were comfortable in their position. A small bobble could have cost them two or three spots. The fans were treated to a great Sheldon Kinser Memorial.
TIRE & WHEEL SUPER STOCKS -
In the super stock feature, Kevin Arthur and Joe Lucas started on the front row. They battled for the entire 25 laps of the race. Lucas held the point for the first seven laps; but, on the following circuit, Kevin Arthur took the lead that he would hold for the balance of the race. Tire & Wheel Center points leader Jeremy Hines started tenth due to a track rule that states that a driver who wins two features in a row may start no better than tenth the following race. Hines is having an awesome season; but winning from mid pack in Tire and Wheel Center super stock competition is a very tall order. On the third lap he took fifth place. Hines was clearly coming. On the seventh circuit Hines passed Tom Ault to take fourth place.
On the 12th lap, Hines passed Troy Clark to take third place. Although he put on a tremendous charge, he would not be able to get past Lucas. Troy Clark and Tom Ault would round out the top five
In preliminary action Kevin Arthur, Jeremy Hines, and Troy Clark won the heat races; and Chris Deweese won the "B" Feature.
O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS -
Going into last night's competition, Jesse Cramer, Ryan Thomas, and Kent Robinson were at the top of the O'Neal Wood Products point standings. However, Matt Boknecht was fourth in the standings; and he knows a good deal about winning on the Bloomington Speedway red clay.
When the green flag waved to start the modified feature, modified veteran Ray Humphrey grabbed the lead from the pole position. Matt Bex tucked in behind him On the eighth lap Bex passed Humphrey to take the lead; and, four laps later, something broke on the front end of Humphrey's modified; and he limped from the track. With Humphrey out of competition, Matt Boknecht inherited second place. Three laps later he passed Bex to take the lead; and he would hold it all the way to the checkered flags. On the 21st lap, John DeMoos passed Bex to take second. Ryan Thomas and defending O'Neal Wood Products modified champion Jesse Cramer rounded out the top five.
In preliminary modified action, Matt Bex, Jeff Bland, Jr., and Ray Humphrey took the heat races; and Clint DeMoss prevailed in the "B" feature
COMING EVENTS -
June 16 WCLS 97.7 & JD Byrider Night -- Sprints - O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 (Children 6 and under free and Children 7-12 $5 when accompanied by a paying adult)- Pit Admission $20
June 23 The Duck WQKC 93.7 Night -- Sprints - O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 (Children 6 and under free and Children 7-12 $5 when accompanied by a paying adult)- Pit Admission $20
June 30 21st Annual Gigantic Ariel Fireworks Display sponsored by Bloomington Powersports -- Sprints - O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks - General Admission $10 (Children 6 and under free and Children 7-12 $5 when accompanied by a paying adult)- Pit Admission $20
RESULTS:
SPRINT CARS
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Cottle 10.955, 2. Shane Hollingsworth 11.121, 3. Kent Christian 11.197, 4. Ted Hines 11.220, 5. Daron Clayton 11.262, 6. Tim Spindler 11.330, 7. Josh Cunningham 11.357, 8. Bobby Stines 11.399, 9. Jared Fox 11.412, 10. Kevin Briscoe 11.421, 11. Jon Sciscoe 11.441, 12. Josh Spencer 11.521, 13. Derek Franks 11.521, 14. Brent Beauchamp 11.524, 15. Jon Stanbrough 11.639, 16. Kevin Huntley 11.685, 17. Brad Sweet 11.688, 18. Jason Holt 11.832, 19. Cole Whitt 11.833, 20. Danny Holtsclaw 11.853, 21. Derek Scheffel 11.854, 22. Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 11.867, 23. Steve Rone 11.897, 24. Ty Deckard 11.903, 25. Chris Babcock 11.938, 26. Dave Peperak 11.940, 27. Hunter Schurenberg 11.942, 28. Travis Welpott 11.984, 29. Tim Creech II 11.989, 30. Joss Moffatt 12.000, 31. Mitch Cunningham 12.040, 32. Chris Windom 12.080, 33. A.J. Martin 12.128, 34. Kenny Carmichael, Sr. 12.167, 35. Eric Smith 12.289, 36. Dakoda Armstrong 12.301, 37. Dustin Beliles 12.408, 38. Arin McIntosh 1.421, 39. John Memmer 12.449, 40. Jim Mills 12.742, 41. Lee Stark 12.746, 42. Joe Gilbert 12.806. 43. Kevin Studley 13.067, Kyle Robbins NT AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(6) Shane Cottle, 2.(4) Jon Sciscoe, 3.(3) Kevin Huntley, 4.(1) Dave Peperak, 5.(5) Tim Spindler, 6.(7) Mitch Cunningham. 7.(9) Lee Stark, 8.(8) Dakoda Armstrong
PAUL D. BAUGH ATTORNEY HEAT 2: 1.(1) Hunter Schuerenberg, 2.(6) Shane Hollingsworth, 3.(3) Brad Sweet, 4.(2) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 5.(4) Josh Spencer, 6.(7) Chris Windom, 7.(5) Josh Cunningham, 8.(8) Dustin Beliles, 9.(9) Joe Gilbert
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES - CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(6) Kent Christian, 2.(5) Bobby Stines, 3.(1) Travis Welpott, 4.(3) Jason Holt, 5.(4) Derek Franks, 6.(7) A.J. Martin, 7.(8) Arin McIntosh, 8.(9) Kevin Studley, 9.(2) Steve Rone
CRYSTAL PURE WAHTER HEAT 4: 1.(3) Cole Whitt, 2.(2) Ty Deckard, 3.(6) Ted Hines, 4.(5) Jared Fox, 5.(4) Brent Beauchamp, 6.(7) Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 7.(1) Tim Creech II, 8.(8) John Memmer, 9.(9) Kyle Robbins
HEAT 5: 1.(3) Danny Holtsclaw, 2.(5) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(4) Jon Stanbrough, 4.(6) Daron Clayton, 5.(7) Eric Smith, 6.(1) Joss Moffat, 7.(2) Chris Bablcock, 8.(8) Jim Mills
"C" Feature: 1.(1) Josh Cunningham, 2.(2)Steve Rone, 3.(3) Chris Babcock, 4.(5) Dakoda Armstrong, 5.(7) Arin McIntosh, 6.(10) Lee Stark, 7.(4) Tim Creech II, 8.{6) Dustin Beliles, 9.(8) John Memmer, 10.(9) Jim Mills, 11.(12) Kevin Studley, 12.(13) Kyle Robbins, 13.(11) Joe Gilbert
"B" Feature: 1.(1) Daron Clayton, 2.(2) Tim Spindler, 3.(3) Josh Cunningham,. 4.(7) Brent Beauchamp, 5.(4) Jared Fox, 6.(8) Jason Holt, 7.(10) Steve Rone, 8.(11) Chris Babcock, 9.(17) Kenny Carmichael. Sr. 10.(9) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 11.(18) Eric Smith, 12.(5) Josh Spencer, 13.(20) Arine McIntosh, 14.(14) Mitch Cunningham, 15.(19) Dakoda Armstrong, 16.(15) Chris Windom, 17.(16) A.J. Martin, 18.(12) Dave Peperak 19.(13) Joss Moffatt, 20.(6) Derek Franks
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(2) 92 Daron Clayton, 2.(5) 2 Shane Hollingsworth, 3.(10) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 4.(6) Shane Cottle, 5.(4) 4M Kent Christian, 6.(13) 53 Jon Stanbrough, 7.(11) 11P Jon Sciscoe, 8.(8) 88 Bobby Stines, 9.(7) 6s Josh Cunningham, 10.(11) 111 Brent Beauchamp, 11.(15) 3J Brad Sweet, 12.(1) 2c Tim Spindler, 13.(16) 29w Cole Whitt, 14.(17) 3H Danny Holtsclaw, 15.(18) 48 Ty Deckard, 16.(19) 35s Hunter Schuerenberg, 17.(20) 18 Travis Welpott, 18.(14) 21R Kevin Huntley, 19.(3) 12 Ted Hines, 20.(9) 56 Jared Fox Lap Leaders: Tim Spindler (1), Daron Clayton (2-40)
TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS:
TREE EXPERT TREE SERVICE HEAT 1: 1.(2) Kevin Arthur, 2.(5) Joe Lucas, 3.(1) Jimmy Saunders, 4.(6) Greg Kendall, 5.(9) Ben DuBois, 6.(8) Steve Hollars, 7.(7) Terry Arthur, 8.(3) Travis Howe, 9.(4) Bobby Griffiths
PERFORMANCE CONCRETE PUMPING HEAT 2: 1.(7) Jeremy Hines, 2.(2) Tom Ault, 3.(1) Gerald Todd, 4.(9) Chris Hillman, 5.(8) Danny Harris, 6.(5) Josh Burton, 7.(3) Marty Cooper, 8.(4) Chris Deweese
AVERS PIZZA HEAT 3: 1.(7) Troy Clark, 2.(3) Jack Frye, 3.(8) Greg Amick, 4.(2) Toby Perry, 5.(1) Jay Baker, 6.(5) Tyler Cain, 7.(4) Travis Todd, 8.(6) Winston Howe
"B" Feature: 1.(8) Chris Deweese, 2.(9) Winston Howe, 3.(1) Steve Hollars, 4.(3) Tyler Cain, 5.(4) Terry Arthur, 6.(7) Travis Howe, 7.(8) Bobby Griffiths, 8.(5) Marty Cooper, 9.(2) Josh Burton, 10.(6) Travis Todd
K & S ROLLOFF SUPER STOCK FEATURE: 1.(2) 74 Kevin Arthur, 2.(1) 3J Joe Lucas, 3.(10) 5H Jeremy Hines, 4.(3) 13c Troy Clark, 5.(5) 1A Tom Ault, 6.(8) 27A Greg Amick 7.(4) 2 Jack Frye, 8.(16) 21 Chris Deweese, 9.(9) 44 Greg Kendall, 10.(13) 55 Ben DuBois, 11.(14) 19 Danny Harris, 12.(18) 18 Steve Hollars, 13.(7) 51T Gerald Todd, 14.(20) 5 Terry Arthur, 15.(17) 81 Winston Howe, 16.(19) 5c Tyler Cain, 17.(12) 38 Toby Perry, 18.(15) 22J Jay Baker, 19.(6) 00 Jimmy Saunders, 20.(11) 11 Chris Hillman Lap Leaders: Joe Lucas (1-7), Kevin Arthur (8-25)
O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS
SERVPRO OF MONROE COUNTY 1: 1.(2) Matt Bex, 2.(1) John DeMoss, 3.(5) Jesse Cramer, 4.(3) Ryan Thomas, 5.(4) Matt Hamilton, 6.(9) Mike Roundtree, 7.(8) Bradley Sterrett,
SOUTHSIDE STORAGE HEAT 2: 1.(3) Jeff Bland, Jr., 2.(4) Matt Boknecht, 3.(8) Shelby Miles, 4.(1) Josh Eads, 5.(7) Rob Brickert, 6.(9) Greg Deckard, 7.(5) David Lawson, 8.(2) Tony Jarvis, 9.(6) Mack L. Hanney
MONROE COUNTY PIZZA DEPT. HEAT 3: 1.(3) Ray Humphrey, 2.(1) Richie Lex, 3.(9) A.J. Bowlen, 4.(2) Donnie Parson, 5.(7) J.P. Hume, 6.(8) Clint DeMoss, 7.(6) Kent Robinson, 8.(5) Jason Thomas, 9.(4) Bennie Smith, Jr.
BELL'S EXHAUST SHOPS "B" Feature: 1.(3) Clint DeMoss, 2.(2) Greg Deckard, 3.(6) Kent Robinson, 4.(4) Bradley Sterrett, 5.(8) Jason Thomas, 6.(5) David Lawson, 7.(9) Mack L. Hanney
BLACK LUMBER MODIFIED FEATURE: 1.(4) 22 Matt Boknecht, 2.(3) 79d John DeMoss, 3.(2) 31 Matt Bex, 4.(10) T9 Ryan Thomas, 5.(7) 12T Jesse Cramer, 6.(5) 38s Jeff Bland, Jr., 7.(16) 78c Clint DeMoss, 8.(8) 76 Shelby Miles, 9.(18) 7R Kent Robinson, 10.(6) 7L Richie Lex, 11.(17) 5 Greg Deckard, 12.(15) 5H J.P. Hume, 13.(19) 90 Bradley Sterrett, 14.(11) 46 Josh Eads, 15.(9) 6 A.J. Bowlen, 16.(14) 51 Rob Brickert, 17.(20) T8 Jason Thomas, 18.(13) 71H Matt Hamilton, 19.(12) 7P Don Parson, 20.(1) 1H Ray Humphrey Lap Leaders: Ray Humphrey (1-7), Matt Bex (8-12), Matt Boknecht (13-25)