10/25/14
I-30 Speedway
Little Rock, AR
27th Annual Short Track Nationals
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Morgan Turpen 10m (1) 2. Ray Allen Kulhanek 21T (2*) 3. Charlie Louden X (4) 4. Derek Hagar 9JR (7) 5. Stevie Smith 4 (6) 6. Dale Wester 12w (3) 7. Lance Moss 23m (8) 8. Matthew Bauldwin 43 (5)
Heats were 10 laps in distance and worth double passing points. Points were added to drivers totals on their qualifying nights. Hagar was the mover in this one.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Howard Moore 40 (1) 2. Jerrod Hull 99 (2) 3. Dane Lorenc 00 (4) 4. Sean McClelland 1 (6) 5. Klint Angelette 19 (3) 6. Eric Lutz 5 (5) 7. Brandon Hinkle 21BX (7) DNS – Taylor Tidmore 13
A rough start saw Lutz and Hinkle sidelined. Moore led the distance.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Marshall Skinner 26 (2) 2. Channin Tankersley 17T (1) 3. Anthony Nicholson 16 (6) 4. Tim Crawley 88 (8) 5. Seth Bergman 23 (5) 6. Kyle Bellm 14K (7) 7. Jordon Mallett 14m (3) 8. Zach Chappell 33 (4)
Skinner led flag to flag. Chappell stopped after a lap was complete to bring out a caution.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brandon Hanks 3H (1) 2. Gary Taylor 4J (3*) 3. Ernie Ainsworth 91A (2) 4. Wayne Johnson 77x (5*) 5. Ryan Bowers 199 (7) 6. Rick Pringle 38 (4) 7. Kevin Hinkle 21 (6) DNS – Blake Hahn 52
Motor issues kept Hahn sidelined all night. Ainsworth led early over Hands and Taylor. On lap two, Hanks would grab the lead, and Taylor would follow him into second on lap four. Taylor applied late pressure for the win, but came up short. Johnson did the same for third.
Heat five (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Glenn Styres 0 (2) 2. Dusty Zomer 82 (1) 3. Alex Sewell 8 (4*) 4. Joe B. Miller 51B (3) 5. Chance Morton 7m (6) 6. Jason Barney 87B (7) 7. Josh Baughman 17 (8) 8. Jeremy Middleton 15J (5)
Styres led the distance In a mostly single-file affair.
Heat six (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Johnny Herrera 45x (1) 2. Jerod Roller 5R (2) 3. Terry Gray 10 (4*) 4. AJ Bruns 44 (7) 5. Harli White 17w (6) 6. Kyle Clark 9$ (3) 7. Ryan Bickett 17B (5)
Bruns was the mover in this one, winning battles with Clark and then White to move up to fourth.
Heat seven (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (1*) 2. Shawn Dancer 49 (4*) 3. Claud Estes III 74E (6) 4. Mitch Brown 10B (5) 5. Joe Wood Jr. 03 (7) 6. Gary Floyd 58 (3) 7. Kade Morton 8m (2)
Bruce led the distance. K. Morton spun in turn three with two to go, but the yellow was never thrown and the field passed him twice under green flag conditions to finish the race.
Heat eight (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Kevin Swindell 01 (2*) 2. Jason Johnson 41 (3) 3. Cody Gardner 17G (1) 4. Dustin Morgan 93 (4) 5. Zach Pringle 14z (5) 6. Shane Golobic 91 (6) DNS – Jason Keith 28
K. Swindell led the distance. J. Johnson grabbed second from Gardner on lap two.
C main one (started): 1. Lutz (1) 2. Miller (2) 3. White (4) 4. Morgan (3) / 5. M. Brown (5) 6. Wester (6) 7. Angelette (9) 8. Mallett (10) 9. Chappell (7) 10. B. Hinkle (8)
C mains were 10 laps and took the top four to the B’s. B. Hinkle’s night ended after running into the frontstretch tires. Lutz left the rest of the field behind, while White and Morgan won a three-way battle for the last two transfers with M. Brown.
C main two (started): 1 Estes (1) 2. Moore (2) 3. Nicholson (3) 4. S. Smith (4) / 5. Moss (5) 6. Tidmore (8) 7. Bauldwin (6) 8. Floyd (7) 9. Middleton (9) DNS – Keith
Bauldwin spun with a lap in the books, collecting Middleton, who got upside down. He was unhurt. Estes led the distance.
C main three (started): 1. Hagar (4) 2. C. Morton (2) 3. R. Pringle (1) 4. Lorenc (3) / 5. Clark (5) 6. Bickett (6) 7. K. Morton (8) 8. K. Hinkle (7) DNS – Hahn
Pringle led early, but Hagar took control on lap two. C. Morton shot by for second on lap eight.
Dash (started): 1. Brian Brown 21 (1) 2. AG Rains 3 (2) 3. Aaron Reutzel 87 (4) 4. Matt Covington 95 (3) 5. Christopher Bell 31B (5) 6. Dalton Davis 12 (6)
In a revenge draw, B. Brown offered Reutzel $500 for the pole position. His win gave him that. Good racing with Rains holding off Reutzel and Covington holding off Bell in side by side racing.
B main one (started): 1. Bruns (2) 2. Wood Jr. (1) / 3. Gardner (3) 4. J. Johnson (5) 5. Hull (6) 6. Morgan (12) 7. Bergman (8) 8. Lutz (9) 9. White (11) 10. Miller (10) 11. Bowers (7) 12. Skinner (4)
The B’s were 12 laps, taking the top two to the A. Bruns led flag to flag. Bowers tipped over on lap six after breaking a rear axle. He was unhurt.
B main two (started): 1. Herrera (1) 2. Zomer (2) / 3. Styres (3) 4. Crawley (5) 5. Barney (6) 6. Bellm (8) 7. Moore (10) 8. Golobic (7) 9. Turpen (4) 10. Nicholson (11) 11. Estes (9) 12. S. Smith (12)
B main three (started): 1. Roller (1) 2. Hanks (2) / 3. Ainsworth (4) 4. McClelland (3) 5. Z. Pringle (6) 6. Hagar (9) 7. Baughman (8) 8. Louden (5) 9. Tankersley (7) 10. Lorenc (12) 11. C. Morton (10) 12. R. Pringle (11)
A main (started): 1. Bell (5) 2. Reutzel (3) 3. B. Brown (1) 4. W. Johnson (12) 5. K. Swindell (13) 6. Taylor (10) 7. Zomer (19) 8. S. Smith (22, pr.) 9. Rains (2) 10. Covington (4) 11. Roller (17) 12. Bruce (11) 13. Sewell (8) 14. Wood Jr. (18) 15. Bruns (15) 16. Hanks (20) 17. Kulhanek (9) 18. Dancer (7) 19. Herrera (16) 20. Davis (6) 21. Skinner (22, pr.) 22. Gray (14)
S. Smith was a provisional starter with his feature finish on Wednesday. Skinner had a provisional as track champion. Brown led the 40-lapper early and pulled away before a lap 14 red for Davis who tipped over, while running sixth. He was unhurt. The restart saw Brown leading Rains, Reutzel, Bell and Covington. Brown bicycled badly in turn two on the restart and lost three spots. Rains inherited the lead. On lap 16, Bell passed Reutzel for second. Wood Jr. spun with 19 in the books, bringing another yellow. Rains led a battling Bell and Reutzel, Brown and Taylor back to green. Bell shot into the lead on the restart. Three laps later, Hanks and Kulhanek spun. Reutzel shot by Rains for second on the restart. Two laps later, Brown would get by Rains for third. The final caution came on lap 29 for Bruce, who spun in turn four. Bell led Reutzel, Brown, Rains and W. Johnson back to green. W. Johnson would move into third, while Rains jumped the turn two berm late. K. Swindell rounded out the top five. The win was worth $15,000 for Bell.