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BRISCOE
TAKES MIDWEST EXTREME 100 AND FIVE GRAND! |
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Haubstadt, IN (June 3) For the second time this season Kevin Briscoe drove to the Winner’s Circle at Tri-State Speedway in Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series action. This time it was after 100 laps on a Saturday night and this time it was for $5,000 in take home pay. That home is in Mitchell, IN, the departure point for Briscoe Racing and winning car owner and crew chief Dick Briscoe. Kevin Briscoe can now add the very first Midwest Extreme 100 to a lifetime of racing’s most sought after accomplishments. Having grown up spending weekends at Midwest race tracks he watched the legends of yesteryear battle impossible odds to win the big one- the 100 lapper- the extreme challenge. Saturday night he realized a dream of competing in just such a race. The Veteran then excelled despite fighting brake problems that cost him any chance for hot laps and kept the crew busy in the pits all night. Briscoe’s final challenge came from Brady Short. Short stayed close with each South Central Indiana driver looking for a better line around the quarter mile. Short took second on lap 78, keeping the outcome of the race questionable, but remain there until the checkers. Kyle Wissmiller finished third, a top three contender during the last half of a competitive event. Veteran Jerry Ruble took fourth, his best finish this season. Kyle Cummins placed fifth after starting 14th. Hud Cone came from 17th to finish sixth. John Wolfe was seventh and youngster Chris Windom ninth. The first Eighteen laps of the feature passed trouble free. Pole sitter Mitch Wissmiller had fast company in Daron Clayton. Wissmiller led 11 laps before Clayton could manage a pass. Critter Malone then closed in passing Clayton on lap 21. Wissmiller encountered handling problems and faded to eighth. Malone would finish tenth. Kevin Briscoe found the lead on lap 28. Briscoe led Marc Arnold to the half way mark and the mandatory open red pit stop. Crews serviced the remaining 16 cars with fuel and adjustments in the infield under the watchful eye of MSCS Officials and the entire crowd. After a 15 minute break cars were rolled off and racing resumed. The second half was just as racey! Right away Marc Arnold of Peru, IN, made a move and got the lead. Four laps later Briscoe would have the lead back. Arnold then brought out a red flag on lap 75 with a solo roll in turn three. A red flag earlier during the first fifty was brought out when five cars became involved in a crash that sent Daron Clayton to the pits early with damage to his car. A final red flag was brought out on lap 87 following a wild ride which sent the car of Derek O’Dell up on and nearly over the fourth turn wall. O’Dell had been battling with Kyle Wissmiller for second spot the previous lap, When the Extreme 100 began 21 cars took the green flag. Twenty of the 33 drivers that gave support to the concept by their presence made the show through 4 heats and a B-Main. Those winners were daring Daron Clayton, Mitch Wissmiller, Kevin Briscoe, and Critter Malone in the 10 lap heats and Hud Cone in the 16 car B-Main. Four of these events were completed after a rain delay and the passage of threatening weather. The eerie lightning in the distance was followed by a beautiful rainbow and great racing. The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series will be idle for two weekends with the next event scheduled for June 24th at Lincoln Speedway in Illinois. Tri-State Speedway will host the UMP Late Models for the Summer Nationals on June 18th, Father’s Day. RACE SUMMARY |
