7/2
as reported by Rustin Nelson
Sprint Invaders
Scotland County Speedway
Memphis, Mo
20 cars
Jon Agan had a mag slip off in hotlaps, and they thrashed
on the new 360 bullet, but to no avail as he scratched for
the night.
The top two in each heat moved on to the 6-lap shake-up
dash.
Heat 1) 1. Tyson Hart (6) 2. Matt Rogerson (4) 3. Ryan
Jamison (5) 4. Charlie Gilpin Jr. (3) 5. Justin Newberry
(1) 6. Scott Boles (7) DNS - Agan
Hart nabbed the lead on lap 5, and set sail. Flyin' Ryan
Jamison also looked solid.
Heat 2) 1. Jarrod Hull (2) 2. Nick Eastin (3) 3. Scotty
Peitz (1) 4. John Schultz (4) 5. Matt Sutton (6) 6. Lyle
Sylvester (5)
Hull, piloting the Rich DeReu sprinter, dominated this
affair. Eastin, an 18-year graduate of the four-wheeler
ranks was running only his 5th race in a winged sprint,
and held off the Rome Rocket (Peitz is also appropriately
the mayor of Rome) to place himself in the shake-up dash.
Heat 3) 1. Terry McCarl (2) 2. Bobby Mincer (5) 3. Jimmy
Davies (4) 4. Dustin Whiting (1) 5. Donnie Steward (3) 6.
Matt Harms (7) 7. Mike Houseman (6)
Houseman made good contact with the backstretch guardrail
at the start, and slowed to a stop with some broken pieces
in the right rear. McCarl dominated. Mincer had a solid
run getting into the runner-up spot.
Shake-up Dash) 1. Hull (2) 2. McCarl (3) 3. Hart (1) 4.
Mincer (6) 5. Rogerson (4) 6. Eastin (5)
Hull led the distance, as McCarl didn't appear to be
pressing that hard. McCarl got by Hart on the last circuit
for 2nd. The shake-up pill drawn by Hull was #2, starting
the Sikeston, Mo native on the outside poll, and lining
the rookie Eastin up on the pole.
Feature) 1. McCarl (3) 2. Hull (2) 3. Mincer (5) 4. Hart
(4) 5. Jamison (7) 6. Steward (15) 7. Sutton (14) 8.
Schultz (11) 9. Whiting (12) 10. Harms (18) 11. Gilpin
(10) 12. Sylvester (17) 13. Rogerson (6) 14. Davies (9)
15. Houseman (19) 16. Newberry (13) 17. Peitz (8) 18.
Eastin (1) 19. Boles (16)
Hull jumped out to the lead, and McCarl began to stalk
him. Schultz spun in turn two on the 4th lap, bringing out
the yellow hanky. Boles exited at this time. McCarl tried
unsuccessful sliders in turn 4 the next couple laps as
Hull raced away. The third one was a charm however, as he
cleared Hull and pulled away. The caution came out at the
halfway mark of the 25-lapper when Eastin spun in turns 1
& 2. A lap later he'd bust up his front end, and limp to
the infield after contact with Newbs. Peitz would lose
power on lap 15 and coast to a stop. Newbs would also
retire to the infield. Hull tried to use the high line in
turns 1 & 2 to gain ground on McCarl, but there were some
menacing ruts up there. Houseman called it quits on lap
16. Jimmy Davies made contact with a tractor tire on the
inside of turn three on lap 18, barrel rolling his piece,
and bringing out the only red of the night. Steward had
used attrition, among other things to catapult his way
solidly into the top 10. The rest of the order stayed the
same, with the exception of Rogerson bowing out after a
solid run in the top 5, and Mincer slipping by Hart. It
was McCarl's 3rd Sprint Invader feature win (in I believe
the 3 races he's run with the series), as he extended his
points lead and picked up $1,000. The main incentive for
him to run the series is to be eligible for the
sanctioning body's inclusion in the Brodix Tournament of
Champions at Knoxville August 10th (and the $4,000 first
prize money for the winner).
The Sprint Invaders will be at Donnellson tomorrow night,
although McCarl will be at Husets. It was stated, however,
that Eric Vanderploeg will be steering McCarl's 360
machine at Donnellson.