4/10/05
Spoon River Speedway
Canton, IL
MSCS Sprints
Gateway and Badger Midgets
33 sprints
46 midgets
Sprints
Arizona transplant Alex Pruitt never could get his sprinter in action. Chase Stockton did not start his heat or the B, but took a provisional to start the A main.
Heat one (started): 1. Shane Hollingsworth 85 (2) 2. Bill Waite Jr. 3 (1) 3. Kyle Wissmiller 2K (7) 4. Manny Rockhold 99 (8) 5. Korey Weyant 99w (6) / 6. Ryan Jamison 51J (10) 7. Wil Newlin 1c (5) 8. Patrick Budde 90 (3) 9. Aric Gentry 10 (11) 10. Matt Harms 53H (4) 11. Bryan Clauson 7c (9)
Hollingsworth led throughout in the 8 lapper that took the top five to the feature. Jamison had moved up to fifth when he and Newlin, who he had just passed made contact on lap three. Newlin spun bringing out the caution. At the same time, Harms came to a stop in turns three and four, surrendering his third place run. The restart saw Hollingsworth leading Waite, Weyant, Jamison and K. Wissmiller back to the green flag. Rockhold followed K. Wissmiller around Jamison and then Weyant to complete a strong run in Jimmy Davies’s sprinter.
Heat two (started): 1. Josh Slone 16 (1) 2. Chris Urish 77u (4) 3. AJ Bruns 44 (3) 4. Travis Thompson 7m (2) 5. Alex Shanks 55B (6) / 6. Tommy Rockwell 95 (7) 7. Joey Moughan 2m (5) 8. Matt Dobey 4 (8) 9. Lance Gullo 3G (9) DNS – Mitch Wissmiller 7x, Chase Stockon 32
M. Wissmiller provided the fireworks before the green could fall. In staging he launched over the turn three berm with great velocity. Fortunately, he saved it in time to miss the fence to the parking lot. Unfortunately, he spun out on the daytime, dry-slick surface in his second attempt at staging. He was done for the day. Slone led a single-file parade in the non-stop event. Urish was able to get under Bruns on the final lap when the 44 slid out of the low groove in turn two.
Heat three (started): 1. Joey Montgomery D12 (10) 2. Brent Beauchamp 11 (1) 3. Gary Hayden 7w (3) 4. Jerry Ruble 17 (5) 5. Craig Budde 59 (2) / 6. Kyle Hill 84 (8) 7. Dale Christian 83 (7) 8. Rich Camfield 87 (4) 9. Terry Babb 88 (9) 10. Bobby Smith 8 (6) DNS – Alex Pruitt 56
C. Budde took the early advantage, but a strong running Camfield took the point on lap three. With cars vying for the same spot on the bottom side, an ill-fated move by Hill, who was challenging Camfield for the point resulted in knocking the leader out for the night on lap seven. Joining him pitside was Babb who was running fourth at the time. Montgomery assumed the point in Doc Sloan’s D12 and led Beauchamp, Hayden, Ruble and C. Budde the final three laps.
B main (started): 1. Jamison (1) 2. Moughan (5) 3. Newlin (4) 4. Rockwell (2) 5. Hill (3) / 6. Christian (6) 7. Clauson (11) 8. Gentry (10) 9. P. Budde (7) 10. Harms (9) 11. Dobey (8) DNS – Babb, Gullo, Camfield, M. Wissmiller, Pruitt, Stockon, Smith
Jamison led the distance. The smell of rubber was in the air. Despite the run around the bottom, Moughan did nicely to move up a few spots for second on a track not conducive to passing.
A main (started): 1. Bruns (8) 2. Shanks (14) 3. Stockton (21) 4. Waite (4) 5. Jamison (16) 6. Ruble (12) 7. Hayden (9) 8. Montgomery (1) 9. Thompson (11) 10. Moughan (17) 11. Hollingsworth (2) 12. Hill (20) 13. Beauchamp (6) 14. K. Wissmiller (7) 15. C. Budde (15) 16. Slone (3) 17. Urish (5) 18. Rockhold (10) 19. Rockwell (19) 20. Newlin (18) DQ – Weyant (13)
Hollingsworth paced the field early before a lap four incident saw both Urish and Slone get upside down in turn four. A second blackout on the night sent me home earlier (but later) than I would have hoped. The following was written by Sam Stockton on mscssprints.com:
The Feature race turned out to be a wild and unpredictable race. Hollingsworth stayed out front most of the feature. On lap four the first big spill say Chris Urish going end for end in three and Slone also was involved. On a lap 17 restart Montgomery ran up on Hollingsworth left rear causing Hollingsworth to be disqualified for a flat tire. On the final restart on lap 18 an aggressive move by Chase Stockton, who had started last and was trying for third made contact with Korey Weyant in turn three, with Weyant taking a very nasty spill and a trip to the hospital. Some of the drivers at this time reported they were running out of fuel and the race was ended at that point for with all the problems and cautions and light problems, it was getting really late. A. J. Bruns was declared the winner over last years Champion, Alex Shanks. Shanks after two nights is leading the points over Hollingsworth and Bruns. Dave Darland is leading the Mike's Motors "Route 41 Shootout". The next MSCS race is Saturday April 16th at the famous Florence Speedway, Union, Kentucky.
Midgets
Hot lap action saw tumbles by Shane Hollingsworth and rookie Kenny Adams Jr. Hollingsworth was the only one able to return for heat race action.
Heat one (started): 1. Brandon Waelti 3w (2) 2. Davey Ray 5 (6) 3. Steve Knepper 25 (8) 4. Cody Weisensel 20w (1) / 5. Dean Erfurth 79 (7) 6. Aaron Fiscus 7 (9) 7. Mike Hess 51 (3) 8. Brad Kuhn 74 (4) 9. Doug Jordan 8 (10) 10. Rich Camfield 87c (5) DNS – Jason Howe 31
Weisensel set the pace from the pole. He held it until Hess and R. Camfield got together in a battle for fifth on lap three. Hess was able to tag the tail of the field after changing a tire, but R. Camfield was done. Weisensel led Waelti, B. Kuhn, Ray and Knepper back to the green flag. Waelti was able to snag the lead on the restart before B. Kuhn gave up his third place spot when he exited smoking on lap five. Ray continued his pressure of Weisensel and led Knepper past him in the late going.
Heat two (started): 1. Joey Montgomery 5o2 (2) 2. Matt Hummel 5o (1) 3. Brad Loyet o5 (8) 4. Mario Marietta 120 (3) / 5. Korey Weyant 99w (6) 6. Lee Beckwith 39 (7) 7. Daniel Adler 50 (4) 8. Brian Ramstack 02R (9) 9. Bob Shreffler 21s (5) DNS – Dave Camfield Jr. 86, Chad Branson 51x
Montgomery led the duration over his teammate, Hummel. The only caution was for Shreffler who exited on lap three. Loyet did a nice job moving up to third from the fourth row. The best battle on the track was for the final transfer between Marietta and Weyant.
Heat three (started): 1. Rick Mueller 22 (2) 2. Tim Siner 15 (3) 3. Craig Carey 30 (1) 4. Rik Forbes 95J (9) / 5. Chad DeSelle 6D (7) 6. Harley Slotten 87 (4) 7. Ron Kuhn 10K (6) 8. Alex Pruitt 37P (11) 9. Wally McDuffey 33 (10) 10. Ken Dull 56 (8) 11. Steve Stroud 21 (5) DNS – Kenny Adams Jr. 17K
Mueller set a new 8-lap track record as he led in a flag to flag run. Siner and Carey had a nice battle for second. Forbes was strong moving forward five spots to earn the final transfer.
Heat four (started): 1. Danny Stratton 2 (4) 2. Donnie Lehmann 31x (7) 3. Shane Hollingsworth 85 (8) 4. Mike Heiss (3) / 5. Derrick Myers 25m (1) 6. Mike Riley 05 (2) 7. Rick Sommerfield 57 (11) 8. Jay Mounce 12J (10) 9. Brett Anderson 16 (5) 10. Buddy Luebke 43 (6) 11. John Jones 21x (9) DNS – David Gough 82
Stratton circled around the front row and led the distance in dominating fashion. On lap two, Hollingsworth and Myers contacted each other. The incident collected Anderson (who was reportedly taken to the hospital with shoulder pain), Sommerfield, Jones and Luebke, who were all done. Lehmann had moved to third at the time of the accident, and ran to a strong second place finish.
B main one (started): 1. Weyant (2) 2. Fiscus (3) 3. Hess (5) / 4. B. Kuhn (7) 5. R. Camfield (9) 6. Beckwith (4) 7. Adler (6) 8. Erfurth (1) 9. Howe (11) 10. Shreffler (8) 11. D. Camfield (10) DNS – Jordan, Ramstack, Branson
Another non-stop event, another record. Weyant set the 12-lap standard as he led the distance from outside row one. Hess was challenged late by B. Kuhn but held his ground.
B main two (started): 1. DeSelle (1) 2. Gough (10) 3. R. Kuhn (5) / 4. Jones (8) 5. Pruitt (7) 6. Dull (11) 7. Stroud (13) 8. McDuffey (9) 9. Sommerfield (12) 10. Myers (2) 11. Mounce (6) 12. Slotten (3) 13. Riley (4) DNS – Luebke, Anderson, Adams
DeSelle led flag to flag. On lap five, Dull and McDuffey spun together in turn four bringing out yellow. At the same time Myers spun in turn four, surrendering third. The restart saw DeSelle leading Gough (10th to 2nd in two laps), Jones, R. Kuhn and Pruitt. Three more laps passed before Mounce and McDuffey came together. R. Kuhn got his elbows up and got around Jones for the final transfer in a good battle in the last four laps.
A main (started): 1. Lehmann (3) 2. Knepper (9) 3. Hess (21) 4. Hollingsworth (12) 5. Ray (7) 6. Waelti (2) 7. Stratton (1) 8. Gough (20) 9. Siner (5) 10. Marietta (14) 11. Weyant (17) 12. Heiss (16) 13. Mueller (4) 14. Loyet (10) 15. Forbes (15) 16. Fiscus (19) 17. DeSelle (18) 18. Carey (11) 19. Hummel (8) 20. R. Kuhn (22) 21. Montgomery (6) 22. Weisensel (13)
Waelti took the early advantage in the 30 lapper. Stratton was hot on his tail and took the high side around him on lap five. On lap eight, Weisensel came to a rest and brought a caution. He was done for the night. Stratton led Waelti, Lehmann, Mueller and Montgomery back to green flag racing. Siner spun on the restart while running seventh sending him to the tail. The incident also collected Hummel and Carey. Most of the action was focusing on the 51 of Hess who started 21st. He was picking off cars despite a very narrow surface that had laid rubber. Lap 12 brought a power outage and a 45 minute stoppage in the action. Ray, Carey, Weyant and Fiscus all put new rubber on their right rear and joined the field at the rear. Stratton led again, but six laps later, Montgomery stopped with a flat left rear. Now Stratton led Waelti, Lehmann, Hollingsworth, Knepper and Forbes. Hess was now in seventh. Lehmann asserted himself on the restart and rocketed around Stratton for the point. He later credited his cooled off tires from the power outage. On lap 22, Carey had contact with another car, spun and collected Fiscus, Kuhn, and Hummel. In an unfortunate and ugly incident Carey took a swing at Hummel, who was still strapped in his car. The patrons in the grandstands were not happy with Mr. Carey. Only Fiscus returned to action. Lehmann led Stratton, Waelti, Knepper and Hollingsworth back to green with Forbes and Hess in tow. Mueller and Hess contacted on the restart, with Mueller restarting at the rear. The second restart saw Forbes surrender sixth in a battle with Hess. Hess continued his run when the green fell again, working his way by Stratton, Waelti and Hollingsworth to take the show position. Ray came from the tail to fifth at the line. Lehmann pulled away the last eight laps for another win at the Spoon.