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REID WINS ULTIMATE CHALLENGE |
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OSKALOOSA, IA, AUGUST 12, 2003 - Twenty year-old Boston Reid dominated Tuesday's Ultimate Non-Winged Challenge at Southern Iowa Speedway and took home a check for $30,000 after winning his first career NAPA Auto Parts / Auto Trader Magazines SCRA feature race. "To win against the SCRA and USAC guys is unreal", Reid said with a youthful smile. "These are the best guys in the country and for a young guy like myself to be hooked up with a couple of guys like Scott Benic and Bill Davis is a dream come true." The opening event of the Non-Winged World Championship (NWWC) series was marred by an accident in the C-Main that took the life of driver Keith Hutton. A native of Queensland, Australia, Hutton relocated several years ago to Knoxville, where he had served as a mechanic for Don Droud, Jr., Randy Hannigan, and most recently, Clint Garner. An infrequent competitor over the last few years, Hutton recently finished third behind Jimmy Sills and Roger Rager in the Masters Classic at Knoxville Raceway. Hutton was 53 years old. "This was the first time when I had been through a night like tonight," Reid later said of the tragic accident. "Winning this race makes things really hit home and makes you proud of what you've done because things can always happen. Whether you're out on the street or in a race car, it doesn't matter. You have to cherish deals like this." JE Pistons Dash winner Jay Drake shared the front row with Tony Elliott for the 30-lap feature race that was billed as the "One night stand for thirty grand." Reid started third and launched off the low-groove moisture exiting the fourth corner. Heading into turn one, Reid darted his Lucas Oil #2B Maxim past the front row starters and into the lead. Drake occupied the second position at the end of the opening lap with the Tony Stewart / Mopar #20 Twister driven by Yeley running third ahead of Damion Gardner and Elliott. As Reid enjoyed a half straight-away lead, Yeley relieved Drake of the second position during the ninth circuit. The only caution period of the race came three laps later after defending race winner Travis Rilat slowed to a stop on the racing surface. From the time starter Lee Jaskowiak dropped the green cloth to restart the race, Reid's victory was never in doubt. Yeley gave chase, and tried several different lines hoping to run down Reid, but in the end, would lose second place to KSE Hard Charger Award winner Matt Westfall. Swapping the running-up spot on a couple of occasions with Yeley, Westfall, who started 13th in his Steve Simon / Smokey's Building Trusses #23S Maxim, nailed down the position for good on the 29th lap. Gardner carried the torch for the SCRA hopefuls by driving the Harlan Willis / TCR Performance #45 to a fourth-place finish. Like Westfall, Jac Haudenschild thrilled the crowd with a spectacular 14th to fifth place run in the Larry Woodward / RaceToHawaii.com #4 Maxim. Wayne Johnson was another driver that put on a show. After driving from ninth to first in the Simpson Products B-Main event, Johnson finished sixth in the A-Main after starting 16th. With 67 drivers from 15 different states and Australia on hand, Tracy Hines posted the quickest lap In Sander Engineering Time Trials, touring the ½ mile dirt track in 20.202 seconds. RACE #19 - SOUTHERN IOWA SPEEDWAY, OSKALOOSA, IA Date of Race: 08/12/03 SANDER ENGINEERING TIME TRIALS 1. Tracy Hines, Hoffman 69, 20.202, 2. Zach Chappell, Chappell 50Z, 20.530, 3. Boston Reid, Benic/Davis 2B, 20.538, 4. J.J. Yeley, Stewart 20, 20.538, 5. Tony Elliott, Walker 11X, 20.593, 6. Troy Rutherford, Priestley 7, 20.749, 7. Jay Drake, Kunz 67, 20.794, 8. Damion Gardner, Willis 45, 20.832, 9. Levi Jones, Crossno 38, 20.856, 10. Cory Kruseman, Stewart 21, 21.035, 11. Travis Rilat, Archer 29T, 21.041, 12. Critter Malone, Seeling 97X, 21.128, 13. Bud Kaeding, BK Racing 29K, 21.160, 14. Kyle Wissmiller, Wissmiller 2K, 21.194, 15. Matt Westfall, Simon 23S, 21.231, 16. John Scott, Scott 83, 21.312, 17. Jac Haudenschild, Woodward 4, 21.424, 18. Justin Marvel, Marvel 47M, 21.429, 19. Brian Tyler, K&D Motorsports 6T, 21.434, 20. Wayne Johnson, Vielhauer 12X, 21.435, 21. Troy Cline, Cline 11, 21.452, 22. Kevin Huntley 5, 21.457, 23. Kerry Madsen, Price 0, 21.467, 24. Bill Rose, Rose 6X, 21.512, 25. Terry Pletch, Pletch 29P, 21.571, 26. Matt Neely, Reinoehl 17N, 21.589, 27. Tom Hessert, Hessert 67X, 21.636, 28. Alan Ballard, (R) Ballard 97, 21.638, 29. Bob Ream, Jr., BRAT 8, 21.650, 30. Bryan Stanfill (R), Roberts 21X, 21.683, 31. Don Droud, Jr., McCarl 7X, 21.714, 32. Rip Williams, Jory 3, 21.717, 33. Sean Walden, Walden 97J, 21.727, 34. Jimmy Crawford (R), Crawford 18, 21.732, 35. Richard Griffin, Chaffin 50, 21.845, 36. Marty Wilcox, Wilcox 3AZ, 21.896, 37. Mike Miller, Burkey 57B, 21.898, 38. Dickie Gaines, Luebbert/Gaines 70, 21.904, 39. Mike Spencer, Engstrom 44, 21.917, 40. Bob Thompson, Twedt/Holland 2T, 21.959, 41. Larry Ball, Jr., Ball 5J, 22.042, 42. Chris Urish, Urish 77U, 22.042, 43. Billy Pauch, Stanton 75, 22.057, 44. Adam Mitchell, Lancaster 14, 22.079, 45. Mitch Wissmiller, Mahan's Fiberglass 7M, 22.083, 46. Charles Davis, Jr., Davis 94, 22.085, 47. Josh Ford (R), Willis/Ford 54, 22.125, 48. Keith Hutton, Vermeer 55X, 22.129, 49. Mike English, Jory 6, 22.186, 50. Robert Bell, Bell 71, 22.197, 51. Kevin Briscoe, Roberts 21R, 22.238, 52. Kenny Carmichael, Sr. Williams 92, 22.299, 53. Toby Brown, Brown 61A, 22.357, 54. Ryan Anderson, Anderson 71X, 22.367, 55. Kenny Carmichael, Jr., Carmichael 92C, 22.398, 56. Marc Jessup, Jessup 14J, 22.449, 57. Mel Murphy, Murphy 62, 22.596, 58. Chris Mauer, Williams 8S, 22.609, 59. Ryan Jamison, Jamison 51J, 22.635, 60. Seth Wilson, (R) Racing Optics 17, 22.921, 61. Dan Owings, Owings 19K, 23.207, 62. Stacey Alexander, Alexander 126, 23.268, 63. Kevin Doty, Doty 50K, 23.274, 64. Brian Stansberry, Stansberry 70S, 23.344, 65. Tony Everhart, Everhart 55, 23.491, 66. Jerry Coons, Jr., R&B Racing 10AZ, No Time, 67. Tony Jones, Vermeer 2, No Time D-MAIN 1. Kevin Briscoe, 2. Toby Brown, 3. Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 4. Ryan Anderson, 5. Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 6. Ryan Jamison, 7. Seth Wilson, 8. Chris Mauer, 9. Mel Murphy, 10. Stacey Alexander, 11. Dan Owings, 12. Kevin Doty, 13. Tony Everhart, 14. Brian Stansberry, 15. Marc Jessup C-MAIN 1. Sean Walden, 2. Jimmy Crawford, 3. Richard Griffin, 4. Marty Wilcox, 5. Mike Miller, 6. Dickie Gaines, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Bob Thompson, 9. Larry Ball, Jr., 10. Chris Urish, 11. Billy Pauch, 12. Adam Mitchell, 13. Mitch Wissmiller, 14. Charles Davis, Jr., 15. Josh Ford, 16. Keith Hutton, 17. Mike English, 18. Robert Bell, 19. Briscoe, 20. Brown, 21. Carmichael, Sr., 22. Anderson. SO-CAL PERFORMANCE HEAT 1 1. Jac Haudenchild, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Troy Cline, 7. Terry Pletch, 8. Walden, 9. Bob Ream, Jr., 10. Crawford. SHAVER ENGINES HEAT 2 1. Kevin Huntley, 2. Matt Neely, 3. Zach Chappell, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Troy Rutherford, 6. Bryan Stanfill, 7. Griffin, 8. Kyle Wissmiller, 9. Justin Marvel, 10. Ball, Jr. SPIN TECH MUFFLERS HEAT 3 1. Boston Reid, 2. Jay Drake, 3. Don Droud, 4. Travis Rilat, 5. Tom Hessert, 6. Matt Westfall, 7. Gaines, 8. Miller, 9. Brian Tyler. 10. Kerry Madsen. STINGER CHASSIS HEAT 4 1. Bill Rose, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Wayne Johnson, 6. John Scott, 7. Critter Malone, 8. Thompson, 9. Spencer, 10. Allan Ballard . JE PISTONS DASH 1. Drake, 2. Elliott, 3. Reid, 4. Yeley, 5. Gardner, 6. Chappell, 7. Hines, 8. Kruseman. SIMPSON B FEATURE 1. Johnson, 2. Rutherford, 3. L. Jones, 4. Westfall, 5. Tyler, 6. Cline, 7. Malone, 8. Scott, 9. K. Wissmiller, 10. Madsen, 11. Gaines, 12. Stanfill, 13. Griffin, 14. Thompson, 15. Marvel, 16. Miller, 17. Spencer, 18. Ball, Jr., 19. Walden, 20. Ream, Jr. 21. Pltech, 22. Ballard, 23. Hessert. A FEATURE (30 Laps - $30K to Win) 1. Reid, 2. Westfall, 3. Yeley, 4. Gardner, 5. Haudenschild, 6. Johnson, 7. Chappell, 8. Kruseman, 9. Cline, 10. Drake, 11. Huntley, 12. Hines, 13. L. Jones, 14. Elliott, 15. Droud, Jr., 16. Rutherford, 17. Rose, 18. Neely, 19. Tyler, 20 Williams, 21. Rilat, 22. Kaeding. Laps Led: Reid 1-30 |
