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PETTY
PERFECT IN QUEST OF TRI-STATE’S OPEN WHEEL CLASSIC |
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Haubstadt, In. May 28, 2006. Brandon Petty won the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car feature Sunday night at Tri-State Speedway. The Memorial Weekend Open Wheel Classic captivated the holiday crowd with some outstanding racing. The 35 lap MSCS feature event paid $2,500 to win and drew a huge field of 50 sprint cars. Petty, of Alexandria, IN, led throughout the event driving a car owned by Walker Racing and sponsored by Jeff’s Jam It In Storage. The Bullet chassis performed so well that late in the race Petty was able to pull away distancing himself from a pack forming to contest the other top five spots.
Mat Neely of Robinson, IL, placed second in the feature.
He held that spot the last 10 laps as Kevin Briscoe, Daron Clayton, and
Dave Darland formed an alliance of race movers behind him.
Briscoe would finish third with Clayton and Darland running equally
strong during those final counters. These
four drivers started in rows 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Kyle Cummins paced the home county drivers with a sixth place finish.
MSCS heat race winners included Brandon Petty, Chris Windom, A.J.
Anderson, Jon Sciscoe, and Kyle Wissmiller.
Windom was running second with 19 laps completed when he had an accident
in turn four that resulted in the car turning over.
Anderson and Sciscoe both finished in the top ten.
Kyle Wissmiller was involved in the multi car crash that brought out the
first red flag in the feature. At
least 6 cars were involved as overturned and wrecked cars filled turn four.
The B-main was won by Mat Neely with Kevin Briscoe second.
The C-main was all Dave Darland’s.
Both of these events were filled with top drivers still looking for a
feature starting spot. Darland was
running second in his heat and gaining when he contacted the turn two wall
ruining his chance for a preferred starting position near the front of the
feature line-up.
It was announced during opening ceremonies that Mike’s Motors would be
sponsoring the hard charger’s award for this season.
The Hoosierland auto dealer certainly chose the right night to become
involved. The back of the pack was
on the move! The next event on the schedule at Tri-State Speedway is the Midwest Extreme 100 on Saturday night June third. And it is also round five of the MSCS season with series points also on the line. It will be the first time in decades that sprint cars will go for 100 laps on the famed quarter mile high banks. It could be the first ever long distance event and a most unique driving experience for drivers of the younger generation. The winner will recieve $5,000 and the honor of winning the first ever Midwest Extreme 100. |
