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KRUSEMAN FIRST IN MSCS PADUCAH VISIT By Eldon Butcher |
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Paducah, KY - August 3. Cory Kruseman of Ventura, California, drove to
victory Friday night in the 30 lap feature held at Paducah International Raceway
for the Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series. Kruseman was behind the wheel of
the Kruseman Motorsports Bullet sponsored by Sanders. It was the first victory
for Kruseman in Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series competition and the first
visit by the sanctioning group to the Paducah facility.
The veteran campaigner left his calling card with a heat race victory and then collected the $2,000 feature payoff to complete a perfect evening. Kruseman started in the second row of the 20 car field and moved to the front in just 4 laps. A number of drivers assumed the role of challenger including Hunter Schuerenberg, Hud Cone, Kyle Wissmiller, and Mat Neely. Schuerenberg led 2 laps before falling prey to Kruseman's forward drive. Cone was the next to occupy the role of the challenger. Meanwhile Kruseman moved higher and higher on the prime real estate of the fast 3/8's mile high banks until he was just inches off the walls in the corners. Hud Cone's efforts came to an abrupt halt with a hard flip that took his car over the retaining wall in turn two where it landed on all four wheels. On the restart Kyle Wissmiller took the number two spot. The race for second came into Mat Neely's grasp on lap eighteen of the 30 laps scheduled. Neely was always in range choosing a groove at the bottom of a three groove race track. Hunter Schuerenberg, Kyle Wissmiller, and Mitch Wissmiller formed the
remainder of an impressive and competitive top five. The top ten included Brady
Bacon, Kyle Cummins, Geoff Dodge, Brent Mellenberndt, and Alex Shanks. Kyle
Cummins was the MSCS-Keizer Hard Charger of the Race Award. Chris Gentry picked
up the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award and was one of the drivers who made the middle
groove work around the track. The B-Main was red flagged at the very outset due to a serious accident in
turns one and two. Two drivers were injured. As Chad Boespflug's car was
flipping in turn one, the car of Daron Clayton continued crashing along and into
the outside retaining wall before soaring over the concrete and out of view.
Both drivers were taken to the hospital. Clayton was released later that evening
and Boespflug was transferred to another medical facility for further RACE SUMMARY Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series 33 Entries First Heat - 14 Hud Cone, 10 Brady Bacon, 97 Bret Mellenberndt, 3c Kyle Cummins, 21x Austin Mero, 21 Michael Trimble, 3mc Dave Mallady, 19T Kyle Thomas, 83 Ryan Brewer Second Heat - 21K Cory Kruseman, 59 Alex Shanks, 7m Geoff Dodge, 4m John Memmer, 90 Chad Boespflug, 83 Dale Christian, 22A D.J. Ott, 11D Daron Clayton (dns) Third Heat - 10T Hunter Schuerenberg, 17N Mat Neely, 26X Chris Gentry, 51B Randy Bateman, 17j.r. Jerry Ruble, 9K Kevin Thomas, 90 Patrick Budde, 2 Bill Schemonia Fourth Heat - 7X Mitch Wissmiller, 2K Kyle Wissmiller, 59x Craig Budde, 51 Donnie Gentry, 34m Arin McIntosh, 1C Patrick Bruns, 17 J.B. Gilbert, 10 Aric Gentry B-Main - 34m Arin McIntosh, 19T Kyle Thomas, 21 Michael Trimble, 17 J.B. Gilbert, 1C Patrick Bruns, 3mc Dave Mallady, 21x Austin Mero, 2 Bill Schemonia, 83 Dale Christian, 17j.r. Jerry Ruble, 90 Patrick Budde, 9K Kevin Thomas, 10 Aric Gentry, 90 Chad Boespflug, 11D Daron Clayton, 22A D.J. Ott (dns), 83 Ryan Brewer (dns) Feature (30 Laps) - 21K Cory Kruseman, 17N Mat Neely, 10T Hunter Schuerenberg, 2K Kyle Wissmiller, 7X Mitch Wissmiller, 10 Brady Bacon, 3C Kyle Cummins, 7M Geoff Dodge, 97 Bret Mellenberndt, 59 Alex Shanks, 26X Chris Gentry, 51B Randy Bateman, 34m Arin McIntosh, 4m John Memmer, 17G J.B. Gilbert, 21 Michael Trimble, 59X Craig Budde, 51 Donnie Gentry, 14 Hud Cone, 1c Patrick Bruns |
