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BLOOMINGTON, IN (June 30, 2006) – Each year a fair number of fans make
their way to Bloomington Speedway primarily to see one of the best fireworks
shows around, courtesy of Bloomington Power Sports. However, by the
time that they return home, many of them realize that the fireworks on the track
were far more exciting than those in the sky above the infield. Many
of them leave the track after that first visit as confirmed racing fans.
Mike Miles knows that a single visit is ofter all that is needed to turn a
slightly interested visitor into a confirmed race fan. That, after
all, is the plan.
While we believe the races to be a better show, the fireworks were, indeed, impressive. The ooh and aah meters were pegged for the entire duration of the show. It's great to see the wide smiles on the face of everyone in the stands when the lights come back on..
It was a beautiful evening. The racing was great. And, everyone on the hillside left having received much more than their ten dollars worth.
SPRINT CARS -
The sprint car competition at Bloomington Speedway has been fierce all season; and it seems to get tougher the deeper into the season that we get. A total of 42 cars unloaded to compete for the first place money up for grabs last night. However, most of them were looking for something even more important to a racer - their first Bloomington Speedway feature win.
Jon Stanbrough started the evening off by winning the first heat race from his outside front row starting position. Brent Beauchamp and Ty Decard took the other two transfer spots for from the first heat. Danny Holtsclaw, Dickie Gaines, Hunter Schuerenberg, amd Brad Sweet won the other four heat races. The first fifteen cars for the feature event had been determined. The first ten cars would be determined by the redraw; however, those fifteen knew that they were in the show.
The final six drivers would come from the two "B" features. However, the tough part of that is that there were twenty-seven drivers battling for those final six spots.
Brady Short and Jared Fox started up front in the first "B' feature. They both have first class equipment and a lot of laps on the Bloomington Speedway red clay. When the green flag waved they charged into the lead; and they finished as they started - in front. Kenny Carmichael, Jr. edged sixteen year old Chris Babcock for the final transfer spot from the first "B" feature.
Steve Rone and Kerry Kinser started on the front row of the second "B"; and they finished first and third respectively, earning their feature berths. However, Bobby Stines came from his tenth place starting position to finish second in his "B" feature. The other nine drivers would join the eleven drivers who failed to transfer from the first "B" feature in packing up and watching the the feature event.
The first ten starting positions were determined by a redraw among the first two drivers from each of the five heat races. Josh Cunningham pulled the number one pill to earn the right to start on the pole. Four time Bloomington Speedway sprint car champion Kevin Briscoe would share the front row with Cunningham. The other eight drivers would fill the next four rows. From the start, it was a battle between Josh Cunningam and Kevin Briscoe. Jon Stanbrough who started fourth moved up to joint the fray fairly quickly. On lap 17 Stanbrough passed Briscoe to take second place and started to duel with Cunningham for the lead. However, on the 20th circuit, Jon made a bobble and dropped back several spots. This returned the task of taking the win away from Cunningham to Briscoe. Briscoe tried every line that he knew; but he was unable to get past Josh. The win was Josh's first ever on the red clay; however, everyone knew that it was coming. Going into last night's competition, Josh had five consecutive top ten finishes. He drove a near perfect race; and he held off two of the toughest racers at Bloomington Speedway. Briscoe held on to take second place trailed by Brad Sweet, Stanbrough, and Hunter Schuerenberg.
RESULTS:
SPRINT CARS
AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(2) John Stanborugh, 2.(1) Brent Beauchamp, 3.(5) Ty Deckard, 4.(6) Brady Short, 5.(8) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 6.(7) John Memmer. 7.(3) J.T. Stapp, 8.(4) Jeremiah Vanesky, 9.(9) Mitch Cunningham
PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(1) Danny Holtsclaw, 2.(4) Jon Sciscoe, 3.(3) Arin McIntosh, 4.(7) Jared Fox, 5.(6) Matt Goodnight, 6.(8) Dakoda Armstrong, 7.(2) Joe Gilbert, 8.(5) Brett Burdette, 9.(9) Tim Spindler
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(1) Dickie Gainers, 2.(2) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(7) Chris Windom, 4.(4) Steve Rpme, 5.(5) Eric Smith, 6.(8) Michael Bridges, 7.(6) Johnd Dick, 8.(3) Devin Priddy
CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(3) Hunter Schuerenberg, ,2.(4) Josh Cunningham, 3.(2) Jason Holt, 4.(8) Kerry Kinser, 5.(5) Scott Hampton, 6.(6) Bryan Stanfill, 7.(1) J.T. Imperial, 8.(7) Kevin StudleyAS
HEAT 5: 1.(2) Brad Sweet, ,2.(1) Kent Christian, 3.(5) Kenny Carmichael, Sr.t, 4.(8) Chris Babcock, 5.(4) Dave Peperak, 6.(6) Nick Johnson, 7.(7) Bobby Stinesl, 8.(3) Josh Cooley
J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(1) Brady Short, 2.(2) Jared Fox, 3.(4) Kenny Carmichael, Jr.,, 4.(3) Chris Babcock, 5.(8) Bryan Stanfill, 6.(14) Mitch Cunningham, 7.(7) Michael Bridges, 8.(6) Dave Peperak, 9.(11) Jeremiah Vanesky, 10.(12) Brett Burdette, 11.(9) Joe Gilbert, 12.(5) Scott Hampton, 13.(10) John Dick, 14.(13) Josh Cooley
J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(1) Steve Rone, 2.(10) Bobby Stines, 3.(2) Kerry Kinser, 4.(4) Eric Smith, 5.(6) Dakoda Armstrong, 6.(5) John Memmer, 7.(8) J.T. Stapp, 8.(12) Kevin Studley, 9.(9) J.T. Imperial, 10.(3) Matt Goodnight, 11.(11) Devon Priddy, 12.(7) Nick Johnson
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(1) 6s Josh Cunningham, 2.(2) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 3.(7) 3J Brad Sweet, 4.(4) 53 Jon Stanbrough, 5.(3) 35s Hunter Schuerenberg, 6.(6) 3H Danny Holtsclaw, 7.(16) 36 Brady Short, 8.(11) 48 Ty Deckard, 9.(8) 11P Jon Sciscoe, 10.(10) 21x Dickie Gaines, 11.(9) 111 Brent Beauchamp, 12.(12) 34M Arin McIntosh, 13.(13) 17 Chris Windom, 14.(17) 9R Steve Rone, 15.(15) 47 Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 16.(21) 99k Kerry Kinser, 17.(5) 1c Kent Christian, 18.(20) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 19.(14) 99 Jason Holt, 20.(19) 88 Bobby Stines, 21.(18) 56 Jared Fox
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