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IT WAS COTTLE ON THE THROTTLE AT I-69 SPEEDWAY |
| GAS CITY, IN, AUGUST 13, 2004 - After a drizzly afternoon,
action got underway at I-69 Speedway with forty-eight sprint cars on
hand for Race #11 of the SCRA season and the fourth event on the
NWWC Tour. Shane Cottle took the early lead and maintained his
position through several early altercations. There was an
eight lap sparring match with Shane Hollingsworth, who nosed in
front for one lap, but Cottle was able hold off the charge and after
a late race yellow on Lap 28, Tony Elliott got around Hollingsworth
and challenged Cottle, but was unable to best his Kokomo neighbor. Early arriving SCRA travelers found this facility and a good track surface for the races as a positive. Members of one team were given a Golf Cart tour of the facilities and the racers were impressed with the track and the overall speed plant. The track workers functioned in concert with the SCRA staff, making it a pleasant experience for both the officials and racers. A number of the track personnel came to the pits and visited after the event, noting how much they enjoyed the professional level maintained by the SCRA staff. A near capacity crowd and good car count has them in line for a show again next year. It was an impressive show considering that this was the opening night for high school football in the Hoosier state. A great individual effort was noted as Matt Hardin could not qualify in the top thirty-two, so was required to tag the rear of the Second "B" Main, starting in the fifth row. He worked his way up to the transferring to the "A" Feature. Hardin moved from twenty-second starting position to finish thirteenth in the "A" Main. Matt Brun of New Carlisle, Ohio, drove his Eagle/Gaerte racer to a new track record in qualifying, turning a 12.417 time trial. Semi regular SCRA competitor, Casey Shuman timed to a second fast lap, driving the Paul Hazen #57 sprinter. Another track record was noted, when twenty-eight cars clocked in under 13 seconds. During the post race interview, Cottle related that his team had enjoyed several successful outings at I-69, including a double feature win, when he won both the sprint and modified main events. During a post race interview, Cottle stated that a dedicated team surrounds him, but they prefer to race near home. Late in the year, he would like to journey west for one of the late season, big money events, so if someone is interested in providing a ride for a journeyman driver, with good credentials, you could have Cottle on the throttle. It was noted that Dave Darland skipped a USAC sprint race in Lake Erie, Pennsylvania to race near home. Tony Elliott was back at the keyboard of the Jeff Walker #11, which Sammy Swindell took to victory on Wednesday night at Knoxville, Iowa. Alex Pruett has spent the summer in Indiana, so it was a surprise to see the youngster doing well and gaining valuable experience. Following this outing, the tour turns around and heads toward home, with stops in Tulsa and Kansas City. Many of the SCRA traveling group felt this had been the best track of the tour so far. They liked the facility and the racing surface and especially the cordial staff of the track. The next event on the NAPA Auto Parts/Auto Trader Magazine NWWC Tour will be on Wednesday August 18, 2004 at Tulsa Speedway. SCRA RACE #11 - I-69 SPEEDWAY, GAS CITY, IN/ 8-13-04 Arizona Race Mart Time Trials 1. Matt Brun, 28 12.417, 2. Casey Shuman, 57S 12.522, 3. John Wolfe , 3M 12.650, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 10 12.659, 5. Michael Burthay, 21B 12.663, 6. Matt Neely, 17N 12.663, 7. Dave Darland, 2 12.699, 8. Tony Elliott, 11E 12.706, 9. Brian Gerster, 42G 12.724, 10. Critter Malone, 8LR 12.735, 11. Scotty Weir, 22 12.755, 12. Steve Barth, 14B 12.772, 13. Brandon Petty, 3 12.790, 14. Alex Pruett, 56AZ 12.796, 15. Shane Cottle, 10E 12.847, 16. A.J. Anderson, 34 12.867, 17. Steve Ostling, 45 12.873, 18. Shane Hollingsworth, 85 12.886, 19. Kris Decker, 97D 12.890, 20. Kevin Besecker, 15 12.893, 21. Matt Westfall, 54 12.914, 22. Josh Spencer, 66J 12.915, 23. Rickie Gaunt, 2A 12.923, 24. Charles Davis Jr., 8A 12.925, 25. Seth Wilson, 17W 12.931, 26. Ted Hines, 12 12.933, 27. Mark Nation, 3N 12.939, 28. Jeral Parsons, 35 12.946, 29. Dustin Smith, 21H 12.962, 30. Mike Spencer, 44 12.969, 31. Zac Osborn, 11X 12.980, 32. Alan Ballard, 97 12.989, 33. Corey Smith, 66 13.024, 34. Mark Arnold, 33 13.033, 35. Darren Hagen, 11H 13.074, 36. Matt Hardin, 95 13.126, 37. Ronnie Clark, 33 13.133, 38. Terry Pletch, 29P 13.138, 39. Bart Grider, 82 13.140, 40. Scott Hull, wee3 13.215, 41. Ed Hassler, 66H 13.270, 42. Eric Turrill, 16 13.280, 43. Mike Martin, 57M 13.397, 44. Mel Murphy, 62 13.493, 45. Jason Shields, 0 13.521, 46. Mike Smith, 96 13.594, 47. Donnie Adams Jr., 17A 13.632, 48. Chris Kopczynski, 23 No Time SHAVER ENGINES HEAT 1 (10 Laps) 1. Dustin Smith, 2. Seth Wilson, 3. Brian Gerster, 4. Steve Ostling, 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Matt Brun, 7. Brandon Petty, 8. Michael Burthay (DNS). STINGER CHASSIS HEAT 2 (10 Laps) 1. Shane Hollingsworth, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Critter Malone, 4. Matt Neely, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Josh Spencer, 7. Alex Pruett, 8. Casey Shuman. SPIN TECH MUFFLERS HEAT 3 (10 Laps) 1. Kris Deckard, 2. Shane Cottle, 3. Zac Osborn, 4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. John Wolfe, 6. Scotty Weir, 7. Mark Nation, 8. Dave Darland. OVAL TRACK RACING HEAT 4 (10 Laps) 1. Kevin Besecker, 2. A.J. Anderson, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Alan Ballard, 7. Steve Barth, 8. Jerad Parsons. JE PISTONS DASH (6 Laps) 1.Shane Cottle, 2. Critter Malone, 3. Brian Gerster, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. A.J. Anderson, 6. Shane Hollingsworth , 7. Matt Neely, 8. Steve Ostling. FIRST B-MAIN EVENT (12 Laps) 1. John Wolfe, 2. Matt Brun, 3. Scotty Weir, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Brandon Petty, 6. Bart Grider, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Corey Smith, 9. Donnie Adams Jr. 10. Ed Hassler, 11. Matt Westfall, 12. Jerad Parsons, 13. Ronnie Clark, 14. Mike Martin, 15.Darren Hagen (DNS), 16. Jason Shields (DNS). SECOND B-MAIN EVENT (12 Laps) 1.Tony Elliott, 2. Casey Shuman, 3. Matt Hardin, 4. Michael Burthay, 5. Alex Pruett, 6. Marc Arnold, 7. Alan Ballard, 8. Mark Nation, 9. Josh Spencer, 10. Mike Smith, 11. Mel Murphy, 12. Eric Turrill, 13. Scott Hull, 14. Steve Barth, 15. Terry Pletch, 16. Chris Kopczynski (DNS). A-MAIN EVENT (30 Laps) 1.Shane Cottle, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Shane Hollingsworth, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Brian Gerster, 6. Scotty Weir, 7. Critter Malone, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. A.J. Anderson, 10. Steve Ostling, 11. Charles Davis Jr., 12. John Wolfe, 13. Matt Hardin, 14. Zac Osborn, 15. Dustin Smith, 16. Mike Spencer, 17. Casey Shuman, 18. Kris Deckard, 19. Matt Brun, 20. Seth Wilson, 21. Kevin Besecker, 22. Matt Neely. Laps Led: Cottle: (Laps 1-21, 23-30), Hollingsworth: Lap 22. |
