6/19/09
US36 Raceway
Osborn, MO
Bud Shootout
ASCS-M/WOW
34 cars
Heat one (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Brian Brown 21 (2*) 2. Chad Humston 1m (1*) 3. Josh Fisher 86 (5*) 4. Mike Boston 88 (3) 5. Jesse Hockett 13 (8*) 6. Jack Dover 24A (7) 7. Mitchell Moore 19 (9) 8. Frank Brown 43 (4) 9. Jeff Lowery 2D (6)
Brown led this stacked heat all eight laps with Humston in tow. Fisher worked around Boston. Hockett made early moves forward as the tacky/rough 1/3 mile oval tried to swallow him a couple of times. Dover was caught behind some traffic, but eventually got as far as he could in Gary Swenson's machine.
Heat two (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Jonathan Cornell 28 (1*) 2. Bronson Maeschen 96 (3*) 3. Randy Hibbs 2A (2) 4. Rusty Potter 3P (6*) 5. Jay Russel 76 (9*) 6. Mark Shirshekan 3 (7) 7. Jeff Heffner 14 (8) 8. Tim Newman 18 (5) 9. Terry Hinck 21H (4)
Cornell led flag to flag. Hinck was following him on lap two, when he slowed, then exited. Cornell led Maeschen, Hibbs, Potter, Shirshekan and a surging Russel. Russel gained another spot before a lap three restart for Heffner who came to a stop against the frontstretch wall.
Heat three (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Chris Walker 18w (1*) 2. Jason Danley 82 (2*) 3. Derrik Ortega 35 (3*) 4. Lee Grosz 4J (8*) 5. Cody Forshee 3x (6*) 6. Bobby Becker Jr. 8B (5) 7. Eric Lutz 5 (7) 8. Mallory Armfield 5MA (4)
While Walker led the duration, the entertainment came from row four starters Lutz and Grosz, who battled toward the front. Lutz got the advantage and surged forward to fourth before his motor grenaded on the white flag lap, ending his night.
Heat four (started, *qualified for feature): 1. Trevor Grossenbacher 35ab (1*) 2. Don Droud Jr. 2 (6*) 3. Chris Morgan 7K (3*) 4. Jon Corbin 15 (4) 5. Austin Alumbaugh 33 (7) 6. David Brown 48 (2) 7. Curtis Boyer 72 (5) 8. Tony Crank 9c (8)
Grossenbacher dominated this one, pulling away to almost a half-lap win, despite having a bit of trouble lapping cars. Droud was the prime mover.
B main (started): 1. Boston (4) 2. Alumbaugh (2) 3. Moore (7) 4. Dover (5) / 5. F. Brown (13) 6. D. Brown (10) 7. Becker Jr. (8) 8. Armfield (14) 9. Shirshekan (6) 10. Crank (11) 11. Hibbs (1) 12. Heffner (9) 13. Corbin (3) 14. Boyer (12) 15. Lowery (15) DNS - Lutz, Newman, Hinck
Contact and a tangle occured on the frontstretch following the green flag. Corbin got the worst of it, getting sideways and tipping over. He collected Boyer, who had heavy damage, Lowery, who looked to break a front axle and Dover, who restarted at the tail. Once green, Boston took over teh 12-lapper until a lap five slowdown for Hibbs who was running fourth. Boston led Alumbaugh, Moore, Shirshekan and Dover, who had worked his way back up to fifth from the tail back to green flag racing. Shirshekan, who was passed by Dover for the final transfer, spun in successive laps, ending his night. Dover was able to secure the final transfer.
A main (started): 1. Hockett (13) 2. Humston (10) 3. Boston (17) 4. Brown (1) 5. Fisher (3) 6. Dover (20) 7. Grosz (14) 8. Droud Jr. (2) 9. Grossenbacher (7) 10. Danley (5) 11. Walker (4) 12. Alumbaugh (18) 13. Potter (11) 14. Morgan (16) 15. Russel (9) 16. Cornell (8) 17. Maeschen (6) 18. Moore (19) 19. Ortega (15) 20. Forshee (12)
The high-banked track saw many cars get all four wheels off the ground, and had more bicycles than the Tour de France. Brown led the crazy 25-lapper at the outset, and the first seven laps went green. By the seventh lap, Hockett had surged from 13th to 3rd. Ortega contacted the wall breaking his front axle on the eighth go-around setting up a restart that saw Brown leading Fisher, Hockett, Droud Jr. and a surging Humston. Moore flipped on the restart, and Maeschen exited with mechanical problems as well. Two laps later, Hockett went to the far reaches of turns one and two and came down with second after getting by Fisher. On lap 12, he was all over Brown, and made his winning move. Humston also ran a higher line than most in turns one and two and overtook second on lap 20. Morgan flipped on lap 22, setting up one final dash. Hockett led Humston, B. Brown, Fisher, Droud and Boston back to green flag racing. Boston completed a great run from row nine to third by moving up three spots in the last four laps to grab hard-charger honors, shared with Dover who went from 20th to 6th. Hockett's car looked different after borrowing a wing from the Mark Burch Motorsports #1m (the chocolate bananawagon version). Hockett's transporter also ran out of fuel on the way to the track. It was filled as he is in transit now to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where he will compete with USAC on Saturday.