Bloomington Speedway -- August 11, 2006

BLOOMINGTON, IN (August 12, 2006) - Last night the good folks from F.C. Tucker joined us for an exciting evening of racing. They probably sold a house or two while they were at it; because most of them eat, breathe, and sleep real estate. However, they are competitive people; and they enjoyed watching the exciting action on the red clay. If you're looking to make a move call the friendly real estate experts at F.C. Tucker.

We had a little light rain early yesterday afternoon; however, by the time the rigs started rolling into the pit area, the sun was out. And, Mike Miles was well on the way to having his signature track prepared for competition. After a couple of weeks where the weather was very warm, the pleasant evening that greeted our fans would have made for a great evening almost without the racing. The trademark Bloomington Speedway competition took the evening into perfect territory.

SPRINT CARS -

Sixteen year old Hunter Schuerenberg came from Sikeston, Mo. to compete in Indiana this season. A couple of weeks ago he won his first feature at Lawrenceburg Speedway. However, when he rolled into the pits last night he did not have a feature win on the red clay to his credit. His best finish so far had come a couple of weeks ago when he brought PHC Hunting Properties sponsored car home to a fifth place finish. Regardless of the improvement that finish represented, no real racer would be satisfied with it. Hunter wasn't either. However, he knew that he was learning a little more each evening and that one night he would be the first to cross the finish line. Last night was that night.

Sprint car racing began when Jared Fox started his heat on the pole and proceeded to check out on the field. Although they weren't in the same zip code with Fox, Eric Smith, Jason Holt, and Kenny Carmichael earned the other three tickets to the feature.

Jon Sciscoe was coming off of a feature win at Lincoln Park last Saturday. Last night he started the second heat in fifth place; and he drove to a win ahead of Schuerenberg, Kenny Biro, and Mitch Cunningham.

Ty Deckard and Kevin Briscoe both drove to their heat race wins after starting on the pole.

Kenny Carmichael, Jr. started the "B" feature on the outside of the front row and drove to victory. Things got ugly after Carmichael had taken the checkered flag. Lee Stark got tangled up with some other cars and took a nasty ride down the rest of the straightaway and off of the track in turn one.

One of Hunter's most important accomplishments of the night was pulling the number one pill in the redraw. This put him on the pole to start the feature. Bobby Stines started on the outside of the front row: and he was followed by Ty Deckard, Kevin Briscoe, Jon Sciscoe, Ty Deckard, Jared Fox, Eric Smith, and Dickie Gaines.

When the green flag dropped to start the feature, Schuerenberg charged into the lead with Stines on his back bumper. Jared Fox started in eighth place; and, at the end of the second lap he had passed Kevin Briscoe to take third place. On the 13th circuit, Fox got past Stines to take second. We then had to very good sprint car drivers battling to take their first feature win on the red clay. Schuerenberg held on to take his first feature win at Bloomington Speedway. Fox held on to finish second. This second place finish was his best of the season so far; however, he would have to wait for another day to score his first sprint car feature win at Bloomington Speedway. Stines, Briscoe, and Dickie Gaines would round out the top five.

0'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS -

In the O'Neal Wood Product modified division the redraw put Josh Eads and Kent Robinson on the front row to start to the feature event. Kent Robinson had won a feature earlier in the season; however, Eads' sixth place finish last week was his best of the season and his best ever on the red clay of Bloomington Speedway. The balance of the top six starting spots from the redraw were filled by Shelby Miles, Matt Hamilton, Ray Humphrey, and Ryan Thomas.

When the green flag waved to start the feature, Eads led the first circuit; but, on the second lap, Robinson took the lead while Shelby Miles continued to ride in third place. Ray Humphrey had taken fourth place on the first lap; and he continued to ride there until the tenth lap when he passed Miles to take third. On the following lap he passed Eads to take second. On the 16th circuit he got by Robinson to take the lead. Ray immediately began to stretch out his lead; and it looked like he might cruise to victory as he has done so often previously.

Humphrey continued to stretch out his lead until the 20th lap when Clint DeMoss blew an engine; Ray lost his left front wheel ending his night prematurely and stealing what was likely to be another uneventful win. When Rusty Nunn waved the green flag again to restart the race, Kent Robinson had inherited the lead. However, Eads was on his tail; and he very much wanted to take his first feature win. On the 23rd lap Eads got past Robinson and managed to hold him off for the final two circuits. Shelby Miles came home third trailed by John DeMoss and Jerry Davis.

From victory lane Eads was elated at having scored his first feature win ever. He commented, "The track was really well prepared tonight."

In preliminary action Shelby Miles, Ryan Thomas, and Ray Humphrey won the heat races. Matt Boknecht got into the 7x car and started on the tail. He used eight laps to slice through the field; and, on the eighth lap, he passed Mike Phillips and Matt Tiller to take the lead that he held until the checkered flag waved. He went on to post an impressive sixth place finish in the feature.

Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks:

Danny Harris led the Tire & Wheel Center super stock feature flag to flag to earn his first feature win of the season. His best previous finish this season had been a third place finish on June 16. Harris won his heat race and pulled the number one pill to earn the right to start the feature on the pole. When the green flag started the feature event, the battle at the front of the field was fierce among Harris, Chris Hillman, Joe Johnson, last week's feature winner Chris Deweese, and Jack Frye. On the fourth circuit, Johnson and Hillman tangled ending their evening early and handing second place over to Jack Frye. Tire & Wheel Center points leader Jeremy Hines had started eighth; and he was coming. On the sixth lap Hines passed Ben DuBois to take fourth; and, on the ninth lap, he passed Deweese to take third. The top four (Harris, Frye, Hines, and Deweese) ran in that order until the checkered flag flew. Joe Lucas rounded out the top five.

In preliminary super stock action, Joe Johnson, Chris Deweese, and Harris won the heat races.

COMING EVENTS -

August 18 Modified Wolfpack Challenge (The modifieds will be competing for $1000 to win and $125 to start) -- Sprints - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks ($600 to win with proper decals) - General Admission $10 (Children 6 and under free and Children 7-12 $5 when accompanied by a paying adult)- Pit Admission $25

August 25 Midwest Sprint Car Series ($2500 to win -- $200 to start - Spec. Tire Required - see www.mscssprints.com for more information) - Tire & Wheel Center Super Stocks and O'Neal Wood Products Modifieds ($600 to win with proper decals) - General Admission $15 (Children 6 and under free and Children 7-12 $5 when accompanied by a paying adult)- Pit Admission $25

September 1 No Racing (Labor Day Weekend)

September 8 No Racing (World 100 Weekend)

September 15 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

AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(1) Jared Fox, 2.(2) Eric Smith, 3.(3) Jason Holt, 4.(6) Kenny Carmichael, 5.(5) Chris Babcock, 6.(8) Dakoda Armstrong. 7.(7) John Memmer, 8.(4) Lee Stark

PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(5) Jon Sciscoe, 2.(4) Hunter Schuerenberg, 3.(2) Kenny Biro, 4.(6) Mitch Cunningham, 5.(3) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 6.(1) Kevin Studley, 7.(7) Will Nedderman

WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(1) Ty Deckard, 2.(3) Dickie Gaines, 3.(4) Chris Windom, 4.(6) Arin McIntosh, 5.(7) Jimmy Light, 6.(5) Eric Edwards, 7.(2) Dave Peperak

CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(1) Kevin Briscoe, 2.(3) Bobby Stines, 3.(2) Josh Cunningham, 4.(7) Cole Whitt, 5.(5) Danny Holtsclaw, 6.(6) Kevin Chambers, 7.(7) Jim Mills

J.B. Salvage "B" Feature: 1.(2) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 2.(4) Danny Holtsclaw, 3.(5) Dakoda Armstrong, 4.(1) Chris Babcock, 5.(3) Jimmy Light, 6.(6) Kevin Studley, 7.(8) Kevin Chambers, 8.(7) Eric Edwards, 9.(9) John Memmer, 10.(13) Lee Stark, 11.(11) Dave Peperak, 12.(12) Jim Mills

ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(1) 35s Hunter Schuerenberg, 2.(6) 56 Jared Fox, 3.(2) 88 Bobby Stines, 4.(3) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 5.(8) 21x Dickie Gaines, 6.(4) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 7.(5) 48 Ty Deckard, 8.(11) 17 Chris Windom, 9.(7) 14 Eric Smith, 10.(9) 99 Jason Holt, 11.(18) 3H Danny Holtsclaw, 12.(16) 29W Cole Whitt, 13.(10) 22B Kenny Biro, 14.(13) 92 Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 15.(14) 9s Mitch Cunningham, 16.(17) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 17.(19) 7A Dakoda Armstrong, 18.(15) 34M Arin McIntosh, 19.(12) 6s Josh Cunningham, 20.(20) 35 Chris Babcock

O'NEAL WOOD PRODUCTS MODIFIEDS

SERVPRO OF MONROE COUNTY 1: 1.(7) Shelby Miles, 2.(5) Josh Eads, 3.(6) John DeMoss, 4.(8) Jerry Davis, 5.(1) Bennie Smith, Jr., 6.(2) Mike Phillips, 7.(4) Greg Deckard, 8.(3) Matt Boknecht

SOUTHSIDE STORAGE HEAT 2: 1.(5) Ryan Thomas, 2.(7) Kent Robinson, 3.(2) Judas Bowling, 4.(8) Jeff Bland, Jr., 5.(6) Richie Lex, 6.(1) Brent Payne, 7.(3) Matt Tiller, 8.(4) Albert Webb

MONROE COUNTY PIZZA DEPT. HEAT 3: 1.(2) Ray Humphrey, 2.(1) Matt Hamilton, 3.(6) Bradley Sterrett, 4.(5) Clint DeMoss, 5.(3) Charlie Beldon, Jr., 6.(4) David Lawson, 7.(7) Jason Thomas

BELL;'S EXHAUST "B" FEATURE: 1.(7) Matt Boknecht, 2.(5) Matt Tiller, 3.(1) Mike Phillips, 4.(2) Brent Payne, 5.(4) Greg Deckard, 6.(3) David Lawson, 7.(6) Jason Thomas, 8.(8) Albert Webb

BLACK LUMBER MODIFIED FEATURE: 1.(1) 46 Josh Eads, 2.(2) 7R Kent Robinson, 3.(3) 76 Shelby Miles, 4.(7) 79d John DeMoss, 5.(10) 22x Jerry Davis, 6.(16) 7x Matt Boknecht , 7.(11) 38s Jeff Bland, Jr., 8.(20) 5 Greg Deckard, 9.(17) 18T Matt Tiller, 10.(14) 7L Richie Lex, 11.(4) 9H Matt Hamilton, 12.(19) 5P Brent Payne, 13.(18) 11 Mike Phillips, 14.(13) 87 Bennie Smith, Jr., 15.(9) 90 Bradley Sterrett, 16.(15) 76B Charlie Belden, Jr., 17.(5) 1H Ray Humphrey, 18.(12) 78c Clint DeMoss, 19.(8) 69 Judas Bowling, 20.(6) T9 Ryan Thomas

TIRE & WHEEL CENTER SUPER STOCKS:

TREE EXPERT TREE SERVICE HEAT 1: 1.(2) Joe Johnson, 2.(1) Terry Arthur, 3.(3) Travis Howe, 4.(7) Travis Todd, 5.(4) Josh Burton, 6.(5) Mike Jones, 7.(6) Steve Hollars

PERFORMANCE CONCRETE PUMPING HEAT 2: 1.(2) Chris Deweese, 2.(1) Chris Hillman, 3.(5) Jeremy Hines, 4.(4) Joe Lucas, 5.(6) Gerald Todd, 6.(3) Kevin Arthur, 7.(7) Winston Howe

AVERS PIZZA HEAT 3: 1.(1) Danny Harris, 2.(2) Jack Frye, 3.(5) Ben DuBois, 4.(6) Greg Amick, 5.(4) Randy Howe, 6.(3) Troy Clark

K & S ROLLOFF SUPER STOCK FEATURE: 1.(1) 19 Danny Harris, 2.(5) 2 Jack Frye, 3.(8) 5H Jeremy Hines, 4.(4) 21x Chris Deweese, 5.(11) 3J Joe Lucas, 6.(17) 74 Kevin Arthur, 7.(18) 13c Troy Clark, 8.(6) 5 Terry Arthur, 9.(19) 18 Steve Hollars, 10.(20) 81 Winston Howe, 11.(13) 04 Josh Burton, 12.(15) 43 Travis Howe, 13.(14) 51T Gerald Todd, 14.(9) 55 Ben DuBois, 15.(7) 0 Randy Howe, 16.(3) 11 Chris Hillman, 17.(2) 12 Joe Johnson, 18.(10) T15 Travis Todd, 19.(12) 27A Greg Amick