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| Bobby Stines Earns First Bloomington Win |
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BLOOMINGTON, IN (July 7, 2006) – Another beautiful evening met
Bloomington Speedway fans as they rolled into the speedway and settled in for a
great night of the best racing anywhere. Each week another group of
new fans discover the entertainment bargain that an evening at Bloomington
Speedway is. A couple with two small children can attend a regular
weekly show at Bloomington Speedway for only $20. That's a deal that
is hard to beat.
The fans on the hill were treated to a bonus last night. Bob McClure of Seymour, a former UMRA TQ midget driver and current car owner, had his TQ midget which is now driven by Kyle Lux of Shelbyville on display to give the fans an up close and personal look at the car. When Tony Stewart graduated from go karts, he drove TQ's for a couple of years. That's where he caught the attention of the car owners who eventually got him to the pinnacle of motorsports. In fact, he will often race a TQ when given the opportunity. These cars will be in competition on July 21. The fans might well see a future NASCAR or IRL star in the making.
SPRINT CARS -
Last night's sprint car program was the last chance for racers to check out the red clay of Bloomington Speedway before USAC and Indiana Sprint Week bring their show to Bloomington Speedway next Friday night. For the second time in the past few weeks Bob Gatten traveled in from Hanford, Calif. to scout out the track for the team that he owns. This time he was accompanied by his eighteen year old driver and grandson, Chad Boesfplug, as well as one of their crew guys. After watching the action, Chad commented that he wished they had been able to get their car here in time to race last night.
Last week's feature winner, Josh Cunningham, won the first heat from the pole.
In the second heat race Brady Short sliced through the field from his eighth place starting position to win the heat race.
Steve Rone won the third heat from the second row starting position; and Bobby Stines won the final heat from the third row.
Hunter Schuerenberg and Casey Shuman transferred to the feature from the first "B" feature while Arin McIntosh and Kenny Carmichael, Sr. transferred from the second heat race. The second "B" feature was quite spirited with McIntosh, Carmichael, Sr., and Jon Sciscoe all running in a pack. McIntosh put a little distance between her sprinter and those of Carmichael and Sciscoe. However, Carmichael eventually edged Sciscoe for the final transfer position. McIntosh found transferring to the feature to be a great way for her to begin celebrating her 17th birthday.
In the redraw to determine the starting lineup for the feature, Brady Short drew the number one pill to start on the pole. Danny Holtsclaw started second followed by Bobby Stines, Lee Stark, Kent Christian, Steve Rone, Josh Cunningham, and Cole Whitt.
When flagman Rusty Nunn waved the green flag to start the race, Brady Short charged into the lead; however, the start was called back when Holtsclaw and McIntosh tangled as did Lee Stark and Hunter Schuerenberg. Stark and Schuerenberg were able to restart but Holtsclaw and McIntosh were done for the evening.
On the restart Short took the point; but Stines was right on his tail. On the third circuit Stines passed Short for the lead and began to check out on the field. Short, Kent Christian, and Josh Cunningham were all keeping themselves busy battling for second place. Kevin Briscoe and Dickie Gaines started ninth and tenth; and they were working their way through traffic to battle with the frontrunners.
On the 15th circuit, Briscoe passed Cunningham to take fourth place and on the 19th lap he passed Christian to take third place. However, on the following lap Christian recaptured third place. From there to the checkered flags, it was a tremendous battle for second. Through all of this, Stines maintained a comfortable lead. Short beat Christian across the line to secure a second place finish by inches. Briscoe and Cunningham rounded out the top five.
This is Stines' sixth year of competing at Bloomington Speedway and last night's win was his first on the red clay. He was clearly elated by the results of his evening.
RESULTS:
SPRINT CARS
AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(1) Josh Cunningham, 2.(3) Danny Holtsclaw, 3.(4) Kevin Briscoe, 4.(2) Ty Deckard, 5.(7) Hunter Schuerenberg, 6.(5) Dave Peperak. 7.(9) Scott Hampton, 8.(8) Joe Gilbert, 9.(6) John Johnson, Jr.
PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(8) Brady Short, 2.(1) Cole Whitt, 3.(9) Dickie Gaines, 4.(7) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 5.(5) Kevin Studley, 6.(3) Jack Farmer, 7.(2) J.T.Imperial, 8.(6) Casey Shuman, 9.(4) A.J. Clark
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(3) Steve Rone, 2.(8) Lee Stark, 3.(4) Chris Babcock, 4.(5) John Dick, 5.(7) Miranda Throckmorton, 6.(6) Tony Fox, 7.(9) Eric Edwards, 8.(1) Jim Mills, 9.(2) Josh Cooley
CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(5) Bobby Stines, ,2.(6) Kent Christian, 3.(3) Brett Burdette, 4.(7) Mitch Cunningham, 5.(9) Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 6.(1) Arin McIntosh, 7.(4) John Memmer, 8.(8) Devin Priddy, 9.(2) Jon Sciscoe
J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(1) Hunter Schuerenberg, 2.(8) Casey Shuman, 3.(2) Kevin Studley, 4.(6) J.T. Imperial, 5.(3) Dave Peperak, 6.(4) Jack Farmer, 7.(7) Joe Gilbert, 8.(5) Scott Hampton, 9.(10) A.J. Clark, 10.(9) John Johnson, Jr.
J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(4) Arin McIntosh, 2.(2) Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 3.(9) Jon Sciscoe, 4.(5) Eric Edwards, 5.(6) John Memmer, 6.(10) Josh Cooley, 7.(1) Miranda Throckmorton, 8.(8) Devon Priddy, 9.(7) Jim Mills, 10.(3) Tony Fox
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(3) 88 Bobby Stines, 2.(1) 36 Brady Short, 3.(5) 1c Kent Christian, 4.(9) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 5.(7) 6s Josh Cunningham, 6.(10) 21x Dickie Gaines, 7.(13) 48 Ty Deckard, 8.(8) 29w Cole Whitt, 9.(14) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 10.(6) 9R Steve Rone, 11.(19) 75 Casey Shuman, 12.(16) 9s Mitch Cunningham, 13.(11) 35 Chris Babcock, 14.(20) 47 Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 15.(4) 16 Lee Stark, 16.(15) 68 John Dick, 17.(12) 17b Brett Burdette, 18.(17) 35s Hunter Schuerenberg, 19.(2) 3H Danny Holtsclawt, 20.(18) 34m Arin McIntosh
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