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The
American Auto Street Stocks once again put on one heck of a
show. It was not for the lack of effort, that kept Jerry
Kope #4k from winning his first feature of the year. Jerry
tried high and low to get past Dave Averkamp for the win...
Although, Dave held Jerry off for the win, but it was quite a
nail biter for both of their cheering sections. Early
in the night it looked as if Tommy Moore was going to run away
with the night in the Miller Lite Grand Nationals! Tommy
pounded the field in his heat race and look untouchable.
But, this is racing and anything can happen. When the
feature started Dion Wahl #77 worked his way to the front with
Tim Doehling #5 hot on this trail. Suddenly there was a mishap
on the back stretch, it caused Tim to collect Dion, sending Tim
into the wall ending the night him. After the restart and
with time running out, Brian Gerber snatched the lead away from
Tommy Moore... quite a battle was going on when yet
another caution came out, only this time it was a yellow &
checkers caution giving the win to Brian Gerber.
Tommy held on for 2nd and Terry Van Roy # 09 came home third. The
Budweiser Modifids took to the track, where Nick Woods #
1x quickly jumped out front. The track was still so tacky
Nick hardly lifted, well at least not on the gas. He
powered his way around the track lifting the left front tire
nearly the entire time. It was quite impressive, however
it was short lived as something had to give! What gave was
his drive shaft ending the race for him. Nicks bad luck
opened the door once again for Jay Schaufnagel #10s as he went
on to win the feature. Kelly Brown held on to second with Dave
Diemel #12d grabbing third, just ahead of Scott Lewis #6.
The Coors Light Dirt Devils nearly had a full field with 14 cars
starting the feature. Some Racers that dominated last week
did not show up in the front this week. Loren Rangeloff
#24 ran away with the race in his yellow Neon. Bob Fahser took
second and Chad Weidemann #4w came home third.
The Total Power Hobby Stocks added a new car to the field this
week. I'm sure this division will continue to grow as the
season goes on. It was Marshall T Mullennix #51 taking
home the Iron with his feature win. The #1v of Shane Van Handel
closed the night out... when his hood flew up as he took the
checkered flags... |
The Speedzone paid tribute to
fallen racer Tim Montonati in the opening ceremonies. We all lost a
young friend and competitor to a tragic traffic accident. His
family and friends were on hand with his racecar to keep his memory
alive. The fans that didn't listen to the weather men, seen one
heck of a show. The track was tacky and dust free, it found the
weak link in quite a few cars. I seen at least 6 drive shafts let
go ending some great runs for some of the drivers. I never seen
the track this tacky at the zone, it wanted to suck your shoes off when
you walked on it. 
It was refreshing to see 3 & 4 wide racing again at the zone!
It really makes for great racing and keeps the fans on the edge of their
seat. As the heat races were run the clouds broke and it actually
got quite nice out. From the infield I could hear Bob Burnell
calling off driver names and car numbers. It's funny the
things that happen on opening night, like stranding your announcer
without needed information ;-)
