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| Clauson, Scores Friday Night Victory |
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BLOOMINGTON, IN (June 24, 2006) – Last night the fans who crowded the
hillside at Bloomington Speedway were treated to a great evening of racing
excitement, as usual. Last night contained the most sunlight of any
Friday night this season. Because of that and because the racing
went smoothly, most of the program was completed before dark.
Although the program went smoothly, none of the racing excitement routinely
featured by Bloomington Speedway was missing. Don't let another
Friday night go by without your being on the hillside with some of the greatest
race fans anywhere.
SPRINT CARS -
During the early part of the Bloomington Speedway season, two drivers, Dick Gaines II and Jon Stanbrough, pretty much dominated the competition on the red clay. Both of them were on hand last night; but they finished fifth and seventh respectively. That takes nothing away from either driver. They are both great shoes; but there are a lot of great shoes at Bloomington Speedway.
There were also three drivers making their first appearance of the season on the red clay. J.T. Imperial ran with us a few times last season; but last night was his first appearance this season. Jim Dugan and Michael Bridges were making their first appearance ever in a sprint car at Bloomington Speedway. In preliminary action, Josh Cunningham, Bryan Clauson, Kenny Carmichael, and Kenny Carmichael, Jr. won their heat races while Jon Sciscoe, Jason Holt, Cole Whitt, and Kevin Briscoe earned a ticket to the redraw by finishing second.
Jon Stanbrough just missed transferring from his heat race; but he won the "B" feature to earn a ticket to the main event. Bobby Stines, Brent Beauchamp, and Chris Babcock also won transfers from the "B" feature to the main event.
The redraw put Jon Sciscoe and Kenny Carmichael of the front row to start the feature. Kevin Briscoe and Bryan Clauson were in the second row with Kenny Carmichael, Jr. and Josh Cunningham occupying the third row.
When the green flag waved, Sciscoe took the lead with Bryan Clauson and Kenny Carmichael in tow. However, on the third lap, Clauson shot past Sciscoe to take the lead. He then began to check out on the field. Clauson was making a rare appearance the Armstrong 7A. He is a Chip Ganassi development driver and he is normally found in the Bullet house car fielded by Keith Kunz Motorsports out of Columbus. However, Bryan is not allowed to run at Richmond where the USAC sprint cars and midgets are running this weekend because he is only seventeen.
It was clear that Clauson was the fastest driver on this Friday night. If he made no mistakes, he was going to win; and he made no mistakes. The real race was between Jon Sciscoe and Kevin Briscoe for second place. They traded the lead back and forth for the entire distance with Sciscoe edging Briscoe to take second place. Josh Cunningham came home fourth with Dickie Gaines taking fifth.
From victory lane, Clauson commented, "I want to thank the Armstrong team for building this new car for me to drive here tonight. I love to run here at Bloomington Speedway and I'll be here every Friday night that I don't have a USAC race."
RESULTS:
SPRINT CARS
AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(1) Josh Cunningham, 2.(2) Jon Sciscoe, 3.(4) Danny Holtsclaw, 4.(6) Mitch Cunningham, 5.(7) Jon Stanbrough, 6.(3) Eric Smith. 7.(5) Arin McIntosh, 8.(9) Brett Burdette, 9.(8) Joe Gilbert
PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(1) Bryan Clauson, 2.(6) Jason Holt, 3.(5) Kent Christian, 4.(3) J.T. Imperial, 5.(7) Brent Beauchamp, 6.(4) Broc Burton, 7.(2) Matt Westfall
WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(1) Kenny Carmichael, 2.(3) Cole Whitt, 3.(5) Jared Fox, 4.(2) Michael Bridges, 5.(8) Chris Babcock, 6.(4) John Memmer, 7.(7) Jack Farmer, 8.(6) Jim Dugan
HEAT 4: 1.(1) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., ,2.(7) Kevin Briscoe, 3.(4) Dickie Gaines, 4.(2) Steve Rone, 5.(6) Bobby Stines, 6.(3) Dakoda Armstrong, 7.(8) Brent Berry, 8.(5) Ty Deckard
J.B. Salvage "B" Feature: 1.(1) Jon Stanbrough, 2.(4) Bobby Stines. 3.(2) Brent Beauchamp, 4.(3) Chris Babcock, 5.(9) Arin McIntosh, 6.(6) Broc Burton, 7.(17) Chris Windom, 8.(8) Dakoda Armstrong, 9.(13) Brett Burdette, 10.(7) John Memmer, 11.(14) Jim Dugan, 12.(12) Brent Berry, 13.(16) Joe Gilbert, 14.(11) Jack Farmer
ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(4) 7A Bryan Clauson, 2.(1) 11P Jon Sciscoe, 3.(3) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 4.(5) 6s Josh Cunningham, 5.(12) 21x Dickie Gaines, 6.(10) 4m Kent Christian, 7.(17) 53 Jon Stanbrough, 8.(18) 88 Bobby Stines, 9.(6) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 10.(2) 47 Kenny Carmichael, 11.(16) 9R Steve Rone, 12.(7) 99 Jason Holt, 13.(8) 29w Cole Whitt, 14.(11) 56 Jared Fox, 15.(13) 9 Mitch Cunningham, 16.(19) 111 Brent Beauchamp, 17.(20) 35 Chris Babcock, 18.(15) 40 Michael Bridges, 19.(14) 29 J.T. Imperial, 20.(9) 3H Danndy Holtscaw Lap Leaders: Jon Sciscoe (1-2), Bryan Clauson (3-25) |
