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| Jon Stanbrough Captures Elliottbrand Clash |
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BLOOMINGTON, IN (April 22, 2006) – Steve
Elliott, owner of Elliottbrand Web Designs, conceived the idea of a special
sprint car feature a couple of years ago while he was designing our slick
website. He had pretty well been hooked on sprint car racing while
he was designing a website for our first four time sprint car champion Derek
Scheffel. Of course Scheffel and his family are strong supporters of
Bloomington Speedway; and they sold Elliott. Last night's race was
the third edition of the Elliottbrand Clash; and, each year, the event has been
bigger and better than the year before.
It's hard to imagine how Steve could top this year's event; but I wouldn't bet against it. The race paid $4000 to win plus lap prize money. That made it probably the richest sprint car race in the state. When you put that kind of money on the line, top competitors will come. Forty two cars unloaded; and there wasn't a slug among them. Cory Kruseman and Damion Gardner flew in from California to run event. Keith Kunz Motorsports also showed up in force with Kruseman, Bryan Clauson, and Darren Hagen. There were quality cars from one end of the pits to the other. However, the Bloomington Speedway regulars were on hand too; and they were intent on keeping the Elliottbrand cash at home. Although they were only partially successful, they certainly gave a good account of themselves.
The scourge of West Coast sprint car racing, Damion "The Demon" Gardner started on the pole beside last week's second place finisher, Jon Stanbrough. Stanbrough put the Steve & Brad Fox owned sprinter in the lead on the first circuit; and it stayed their for all thirty laps of the feature event. Bud Kaeding quickly put the #2 B car in second place but he had nothing for Stanbrough. Daron Clayton held off USAC star Dave Darland and four time Bloomington Speedway sprint car champion Derek Scheffel to finish third.
Last week's feature winner Dick Gaines II came from his 12th place starting position to finish a respectable sixth. Former Bloomington Speedway Rookie of the Year and Ganassi development driver Bryan Clauson finished seventh ahead of fast qualifier Mat Neely USAC/CRA points leader Cory Kruseman, and Kent Christian.
In preliminary action Kent Christian, Cory Kruseman, Dave Darland, Dick Gaines II, and Justin Marvel won the heat races. Jay Drake won the "C" Feature; and Daron Clayton prevailed in the "B" feature.
RESULTS:
SPRINT CARS
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mat Neely 11.381, 2. Derek Scheffel 11.434, 3. Daron Clayton 11.558, 4. Bud Kaeding 11.609, 5. Jon Stanbrough 11.634, 6. Damion Gardner 11.706, 7. Kevin Chambers 11.719, 8. Dave Darland 11.743, 9. Jared Fox 11.746, 10. Jay Drake 11.836, 11. Kent Christian 11.849, 12. Bryan Clauson 11.874, 13. Kevin Briscoe 11.903, 14. Dick Gaines II 11.930, 15. Justin Marvel 11.989, 16. Derek O'Dell 11.992, 17. Darren Hagen 12.011, 18. Bobby Stines 12.026, 19. Chris Babcock 12.040, 20. Jon Sciscoe 12.069, 21. Brent Beauchamp 12.090, 22. Cory Kruseman 12.122, 23. Mitch Cunningham 12.159, 24. Jeremy Campbell 12.198, 25. Shane Hollingsworth 12.199, 26. Eric Smith 12.217, 27. Kenny Carmichael, Jr. 12.232, 28. Josh Cunningham 12.293, 29. Brady Short 12.408, 30. Steve Rone 12.427, 31. Arin McIntosh 12.546, 32. Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 12.559, 33. Broc Burton 12.701, 34. Brett Burdette 12.870, 35. Jack Farmer 12.988. 36. Mike Weber 13.177, 37. Dakoda Armstrong 13.313, 38. Jim Mills 13.341, 39. A.J. Martin 13.477, 40. Joe Gilbert 14.238, 41. Danny Holtsclaw No Time, 42. Levi Jones No Time
AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(4) Kent Christian, 2.(3) Derek O'Dell, 3.(6) Mat Neely, 4.(5) Damion Gardner, 5.(7) Arin McIntosh, 6.(1) Eric Smith, 7.(8) Mike Weber, 8.(2) Brent Beauchamp, 9.(9) Danny Holtsclaw
PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(2) Cory Kruseman, 2.(3) Darren Hagen, 3.(4) Bryan Clauson, 4.(6) Derek Scheffel, 5.(1) Kenny Carmichael, 6.(5) Kevin Chambers, 7.(8) Dakoda Armstrong, 8.(7) Kenny Carmichael
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(5) Dave Darland, 2.(4) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(2) Mitch Cunningham, 4.(6) Daron Clayton, 5.(7) Broc Burton, 6.(8) Jim Mills, 7.(3) Bobby Stines, 8.(1) Josh Cunningham
CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(4) Dick Gaines II, 2.(1) Brady Short, 3.(6) Bud Kaeding, 4.(5) Jared Fox, 5.(2) Jeremy Campbell, 6.(3) Chris Babcock, 7.(7) Brett Burdette, 8.(8) A.J. Martin
HEAT 5: 1.(4) Justin Marvel, 2.(6) Jon Stanbrough, 3.(3) Jon Sciscoe, 4.(2) Shane Hollingsworth, 5.(1) Steve Rone, 6.(8) Joe Gilbert, 7.(7) Jack Farmer, 8.(5) Jay Drake
"C" Feature: 1.(1) Jay Drake, 2.(3) Brent Beauchamp, 3.(2) Bobby Stines, 4.(5) Kenny Carmichael, 5.(9) Dakoda Armstrong, 6.(6) Brett Burdette, 7.(8) Mike Weber
JB SALVAGE "B" FEATURE #1: 1.(2) Daron Clayton, 2.(1) Derek Scheffel, 3.(5) Jared Fox, 4.(3) Damion Gardner, 5.(10) Jeremy Campbell, 6.(9) Brent Beauchamp, 7.(11) Shane Hollingsworth, 8.(8) Chris Babcock, 9.(16) Kenny Carmichael, 10.(13) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 11.(17) Bobby Stines, 12.(18) Dakoda Armstrong, 13.(12) Eric Smith, 14.(15) Arin McIntosh, 15.(19) Jim Mills, 16.(4) Kevin Chambers, 17.(6) Jay Drake, 18.(14) Steve Rone, 19.(20) Joe Gilbert
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(2) 53 Jon Stanbrough, 2.(3) 2B Bud Kaeding, 3.(4) 92x Daron Clayton, 4.(7) 11x Dave Darland, 5.(5) 9s Derek Scheffel, 6.(12) 21x Dick Gaines II, 7.(10) 67 Bryan Clauson, 8.(1) 10T Damion Gardner, 9.(17) 67k Cory Kruseman, 10.(9) 4m Kent Christian, 11.(6) 10 Mat Neely, 12.(15) 71 Darren Hagen, 13.(16) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 14.(14) 11d Derek O'Dell, 15.(8) 56 Jared Fox, 16.(13) 12 Justin Marvel, 17.(18) 17c Mitch Cunningham, 18.(11) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 19.(19) 10c Jeremy Campbell, 20.(20) 36 Brady Short Lap Leaders: Jon Stanbrough (1-30)
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