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BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY SPRINT CARS
BLOOMINGTON, IN - JUNE 1, 2007
Stanbrough Captures 19th Annual Sheldon Kinser Memorial
It was a Fox night last night at Bloomington Speedway. The Fox brothers and their driver, Jon Stanbrough, are well into their second great season of sprint car racing. However, they have probably not had a better night than they had last night. Sheldon Kinser was a big part of their youth. Sheldon Kinser drove sprint cars and Indy cars wrenched by their father, Galen Fox. And, last night Galen was in the pits helping with the car and just enjoying being with his boys while they worked to win a race honoring one of his former drivers.
The Genesee Beer Wagons, both sprint cars and Indy cars, were always meticulously prepared; and Sheldon always gave them the ride that they deserved.
Steve and Brad have carried on the family's tradition. They toil daily building engines for scores of race teams. But while they're at it, they manage to keep the most successful dirt sprint car anywhere ready to race and win. Over the past several years Brad has spent less and less time in the cockpit and more time building motors to carry other drivers to victory. However, Brad's experience as a driver has helped him to prepare their car to win. As a driver, he can understand what Jon is telling him that the car is doing and the mechanic in him translates the information that he receives into the changes that make the car still faster. All of this brought the team a very satisfying Sheldon Kinser Memorial Championship.
Fifty two cars unloaded to vie for one of the biggest independent titles in sprint car racing. Mike Miles has built the Sheldon Kinser Memorial into a race that every driver has to have on his list of championships. He has chosen not to dilute the race by draining off sanction fees. He puts that money into the purse and lap prize money; and he lets the quality of the show speak for itself.
Daron Clayton set quick time followed by Mat Neely, Jon Stanbrough, Chad Boat, and Kyle Robbins.
The heat races were won by Kent Christian, Bobby Stines, Brady Short, Critter Malone, and Danny Holtsclaw. Because of the large field of cars, only three drivers transferred from each heat race; and, of the five fastest qualifiers, only Chad Boat transferred from his heat to the feature. Daron Clayton, Shane Cottle, Jesse Hockett, Hunter Schuerenberg and Ted Hines had to race the "C" feature just to make it to the "B" feature.
The cars transferring from the "B" feature to the Sheldon Kinser Memorial was even more remarkable. Jon Stanbrough won the "B" trailed by Clayton, Hockett, Cottle, and Neely.. A lot of very good drivers loaded up after the "B" feature with their desire for a Sheldon Kinser Memorial Championship put on hold for another year.
When the green flag waved, A.J. Anderson took the lead from his starting position on the pole. Chad Boat started directly behind Anderson and, on the fourth circuit, Boat charged past Anderson into the lead. However, he would not be permitted to enjoy it for long because Jon Stanbrough was on his way. Everyone on the hillside and in the pit area knew that it was just a matter of time. On the 16th lap, Stanbrough passed Boat to take the lead. Three laps later, Brady Short passed Boat and went after Stanbrough. However, it was equally clear that barring some kind of mechanical disaster, he had no chance of catching him. Stanbrough drove on to another convincing win while Short raced on to a nearly equally convincing second place finish. Boat, Daron Clayton, and Jesse Hockett rounded out the top five.
Jesse Hocket took the Sprint Mart Hard Charger honors by starting 11th and driving to a strong fifth place finish.
SAFETY - KLEEN SPRINT CARS --
QUALIFICATIONS: 1.(92x) Daron Clayton 11.351, 2.(17N) Mat Neely 11.387, 3.(53) Jon Stanbrough 11.415, 4.(30) Chad Boat 11.422, 5.(17R) Kyle Robbins 11.448, 6.(22) Miranda Throckmorton 11.477, 7,(57) A.J. Anderson 11.482, 8.(36) Brady Short 11.489, 9.(5) Critter Malone 11.513, 10.(3) Danny Holtsclaw 11.513, 11.(11P) Kent Christian 11.547, 12.(75) Jesse Hockett 11.559, 13.(11) Brad Sweet 11.559, 14.(10E) Shane Cottle,11.571, 15.(56) Jared Fox 11.600, 16.(5x) Kevin Briscoe 11.605, 17.(48) Ty Deckard 11.616, 18.(10) Shane Hollingsworth 11.623, 19.(7) Jon Sciscoe 11.625, 20.(12) Ted Hines 11.646, 21.(10T) Hunter Scherenberg 11.648, 22.(9) Bobby Stines 11.655, 23.(35) Chris Babcock 11.699, 24.(18) Travis Welpott 11.713, 25.(7A) Dakoda Armstrong, 26.(0TT) Steven Ott 11.732, 27.(97) Bret Mellenberndt, 28.(21s) Jeff Bland, Jr. 11.759, 29.(7M) Geoff Dodge 11.820, 30.(14) Eric Smith 11.828, 31.(92) Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 32.(24) Cole Whitt 11.952, 33.(99) Jason Holt 11.962, 34.(54) Matt Westfall 11.986, 35.(3AC) A.J. Clark 11.988, 36.(90) Chad Boespflug (12.081), 37.(20) Jordan Noblitt 12.091, 38.(92c) Kenny Carmichael, Jr. (12.093), 39.(34m) Arin McIntosh 12.116, 40.(112) Brent Beauchamp 12.120, 41.(2) Mike Murgoitio 12.167, 42.(21k) Shawn Krockenberger 12.183, 43.(17B) Brett Burdette 12.358, 44.(16) Andrew Prather 12.360, 45.(11w) Ricky Williams 12.410, 46.(23) Jimmy Light 12.463, 47.(01) Kenny Niflis 12.558, 48.(18c) Jake Cook 12.634, 49.(34) Stephanie Tuttle 12.640, 50.(70) A.J. Martin 13.570, 51.(14x) Billy Olson 13.894, 52.(23x) John Paynter No Time
AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(4) Kent Christian, 2.(3) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(5) Miranda Throckmorton, 4.(10) Jimmy Light, 5.(9) Mike Murgoitio, 6.(8) Chad Boespflug, 7.(2) Hunter Schuerenberg, 8.(1) Steven Ott, 9.(11) Billy Olson, 10.(6) Daron Clayton, 11.(7) Kenny Carmichael
MONROE COUNTY SERVPRO HEAT 2: 1.(2) Bobby Stines, 2.(3) Ty Deckard, 3.(5) A.J. Anderson, 4.(6) Mat Neely, 5.(7) Cole Whitt, 6.(8) Jordan Noblitt, 7.(4) Jesse Hockett, 8.(9) Shawn Krockenberger, 9.(10) Kenny Niflis, 10.(1) Bret Mellenberndt
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(5) Brady Short, 2.(1) Jeff Bland, Jr., 3.(3) Shane Hollingsworth, 4.(6) Jon Stanbrough, 5.(4) Brad Sweet, 6.(2) Chris Babcock, 7.(7) Jason Holt, 8.(9) Bret Burdette, 9.(8) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 10.(10) Jake Cook
CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(5) Critter Malone, 2.(3) Jon Sciscoe, 3.(6) Chad Boat, 4.(9) Andrew Prather, 5.(7) Matt Westfall, 6.(2) Travis Welpott, 7.(8) Arin McIntosh, 8.(4) Shane Cottle, 9.(1) Geoff Dodge, 10.(10) Stephanie Tuttle
HEAT 5: 1.(5) Danny Holtsclaw, 2.(1) Eric Smith, 3.(4) Jared Fox, 4.(9) Ricky Williams, 5.(6) Kyle Robbins, 6.(8) Brent Beauchamp, 7.(2) Dakoda Armstrong, 8.(7) A.J. Clark, 9.(10) A.J. Martin, 10.(3) Ted Hines
"C" Feature: 1.(1) Daron Clayton, 2.(3) Shane Cottle, 3.(2) Jesse Hockett, 4.(5) Hunter Schuerenberg, 5.(4) Ted Hines, 6.(7) Steven Ott, 7.(11) Jason Holt, 8.(17) Kenny Niflis, 9.(6) Dakoda Armstrong, 10.(20) A.J. Martin, 11.(12) A.J. Clark, 12.(18) Jake Cook, 13.(19) Stephanie Tuttle, 14.(15) Shawn Krockenberger, 15.(13) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 16.(8) Bret Mellenberndt, 17.(10) Kenny Carmichael
JB SALVAGE/WESTSIDE AUTO PARTS "B" FEATURE: 1.(3) Jon Stanbrough, 2.(1) Daron Clayton, 3.(3) Jesse Hockett, 4.(7) Shane Cottle, 5.(2) Mat Neely, 6.(6) Brad Sweet, 7.(9) Hunter Schuerenberg, 8.(11) Travis Welpott, 9.(12) Cole Whitt, 10.(16) Brent Beauchamp, 11.(19) Ricky Williams, 12.(11) Travis Welpott, 13.(10) Chris Babcock, 14.(17) Mike Murgoitio, 15.(4) Kyle Robbins, 16.(15) Jordan Noblitt, 17.(18) Andrew Prather, 18.(14) Chad Boespflug, 19.(8) Ted Hines, 20.(20) Jimmy Light
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(4) 53 Jon Stanbrough, 2.(7) 36 Brady Short, 3.(3) 30 Chad Boat, 4.(6) 92x Daron Clayton, 5.(11) 75 Jesse Hockett, 6.(12) 10E Shane Cottle, 7.(5) 17N Mat Neely, 8.(9) 3 Danny Holtsclaw, 9.(8) 5 Critter Malone, 10.(13) 56 Jared Fox, 11.(10) 11P Kent Christian, 12.(15) 48 Ty Deckard, 13.(16) 10 Shane Hollingsworth, 14.(18) 9 Bobby Stines, 15.(1) A.J. Anderson, 16.(14) 5x Kevin Briscoe, 17.(2) 22 Miranda Throckmorton, 18.(20) Eric Smith, 19.(17) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 20.(19) 21s Jeff Bland, Jr.
Lap Leaders: A.J. Anderson (1-3), Chad Boat (4-15), Jon Stanbrough (16-40)
Sprint Mart Hard Charger Award: Jesse Hockett
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