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BLOOMINGTON, IN (May 26, 2006) – Going into the biggest racing weekend
of the season, it was apparent that the hardcore race fans could not get started
too soon. The hillside was full of peopled who knew that they might
well see the best racing of the weekend on the red clay of Bloomington Speedway
last night.
One of our regular fans, Dave Foist, is a director of the Association of Race Fan Clubs; and he will have to be at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for a breakfast this morning. This was after spending all day at the speedway for carb day. He indicated that he considered missing our show last night. He commented, "I thought about missing tonight; but, as I was getting ready to leave the speedway, one of my buddies told me that he had heard a rumor that Mike Miles was going to cancel the races because he heard that I wasn't coming. I couldn't let that happen."
Of course, Dave was exaggerating; but we have a lot of fans who are just about that loyal; and we can't say too often how much we appreciate them.
SPRINT CARS -
Kevin Briscoe has been the man to beat at Bloomington Speedway for years. Of course, he hasn't always won the championship. However, that has often been because he missed a race or two. However, last night's race was the sixth of the season; and Kevin had not yet scored a feature win. From 2000 through 2005, the latest Kevin won his first feature was the third race of the season. More than likely neither Kevin nor his father could tell you why they got a slow start this season. If they knew, they would have done something about it. Of course, the fact that Jon Stanbrough and Dick Gaines II have been red hot might have had a little something to do with it.
The luck of the draw gave Kevin a sixth place starting position in his heat race. He finished second to Jon Stanbrough who had started on the outside of the front row.
The redraw that aligned the front of the sprint car feature put Hunter Schuerenberg and Brady Short on the front row with Briscoe and Kenny Carmichael, Sr.in the second row and Jon Stanbrough and Derek Scheffel in row three. When the green flag dropped to start the feature, Schuerenberg took the lead with Briscoe and Brady Short in tow. At the end of the second lap, Kevin was in the lead ahead of Short, Schuerenberg, and Carmichael, Sr. At the end of the tenth circuit, the first four cars were the same; but Stanbrough had the Danny Roberts sprinter in fifth place. On the 12th lap Stanbrough passed Carmichael to take fourth. On the 14th lap Stanbrough took third. On the 15th lap Carmichael took fourth. They would run in that order until the checkered flag waved. While all of the frontrunners kept Briscoe in range, Kevin was not going to be denied his first feature win of the season.
In preliminary action, Short, Stanbrough, and Carmichael, Sr. took the heat races while Bobby Stines prevailed in the hoolidgan.
RESULTS:
SPRINT CARS
AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(1) Brady Short, 2.(7) Derek Scheffel, 3.(5) Josh Cunningham, 4.(8) Steve Rone, 5.(4) Cole Whitt, 6.(10) Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 7.(6) Arin McIntosh, 8.(9) Bobby Stines, 9.(2) Jim Mills, 10.(3) Mike Weber
PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(2) Jon Stanbrough, 2.(6) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(8) Kent Christian, 4.(5) Chris Windom, 5.(4) Jared Fox, 6.(3) Kevin Chambers, 7.(7) Ty Deckard, 8.(10) Mitch Cunningham, 9.(9) Jon Sciscoe, 10.(1) Jason Holt
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(4) Kenny Carmichael, 2.(5) Hunter Schuerenberg, 3.(3) Eric Smith, 4.(8) Chris Babcock, 5.(2) Joe Gilbert, 6.(1) John Johnson, Jr., 7.(7) Jack Farmer, 8.(9) Dave Peperak, 9.(6) Lee Stark
J.B. Salvage "B" Feature: 1.(7) Bobby Stines, 2.(1) Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 3.(5) Ty Deckard, 4.(8) Mitch Cunningham, 5.(11) Jon Sciscoe, 6.(2) Kevin Chambers, 7.(14) Jason Holt, 8.(4) Arin McIntosh, 9.(6) Jack Farmer, 10.(10) Jim Mills, 11.(9) Dave Peperak, 12.(12) Lee Stark, 13.(3) John Johnson, Jr., 14.(13) Mike Weber
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(3) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 2.(2) 36 Brady Short, 3.(5) 21R Jon Stanbrough, 4.(4) 92 Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 5.(6) 9s Derek Scheffel, 6.(8) 4m Kent Christian, 7.(1) 35s Hunter Schuerenberg, 8.(11) 17 Chris Windom, 9.(7) 6s Josh Cunningham, 10.(16) 88 Bobby Stines, 11.(20) 11P Jon Sciscoe, 12.(13) 29w Cole Whitt, 13.(17) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 14.(10) 9R Steve Rone, 15.(9) 14 Eric Smith, 16.(19) 17c Mitch Cunningham, 17.(15) 10g Joe Gilbert, 18.(14) 56 Jared Fox, 19.(12) 35 Chris Babcock, 20.(18) 48 Ty Deckard Lap Leaders: Hunter Schuerenberg (1), Kevin Briscoe (2-25) |
