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| Brady Short Wins #3 |
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BLOOMINGTON, IN (August 4, 2006) – Last night members of the South
Central Building and Construction Trades Council unions showed up in mass to
enjoy the exciting racing action at Bloomington Speedway. They and the
other fans on hand were treated to three of the best feature races of the season
so far. In addition the weather was very nearly perfect. Last night was Brady Short's night. His good fortune began when he pulled the number one pill to earn the right to start on the pole of the first heat race. However, it was a pretty tough heat as Dickie Gaines, Bobby Stines, four time Bloomington Speedway sprint car champion, and both Carmichaels. Those are some pretty tough competitors to beat; but he got the job done. Gaines, Kenny Carmichael, Jr. and Scheffel joined Short in transferring to the feature. Kent Christian drove from his fifth place starting to win the second feature. Josh Cunningham, seventeen year old Arin McIntosh and Brett Burdette picked up the rest of the tickets to the feature event. Chris Windom started sixth and won the third feature followed by Brent Beauchamp, John Memmer and Mitch Cunningham. Rookie Memmer was impressive driving from his seventh place starting position to a transfer to the feature. Casey Shuman started on the pole and won the fourth heat followed by Jared Fox, Jon Sciscoe and Kevin Briscoe. Tim Spindler started last and just missed transferring the feature by finishing fifth in heat race. Bobby Stines and Ty Deckard started side by side on the front row of the "B" feature; and Stines won followed by Deckard, Kenny Carmichael, Sr. and Jimmy Light. Brady Short's good fortune continued when he pulled the number one pill in the redraw to start on the pole of the feature. The balance of the redraw was Josh Cunningham, Dickie Gaines, Casey Shuman, Kent Christian, Jared Fox, Brent Beauchamp and Chris Windom. When the green flag waved to start the feature, a battle began which endure for the entire 25 laps of the feature event. Brady Short took the initial lead and by the end of the first circuit Dickie Gaines was on his tail. He passed Short on lap three and Short recaptured the lead on lap 11. On lap 13 Gaines took the lead back and held it until the final circuit. However, this doesn't begin to describe the show that Short and Gaines put on. The lead changed several times a lap for the entire race. Depending on the angle that you were watching from, it appeared that it was either driver's race as Gaines and Short came out of turn four. However, as they approached the finish line Short nosed ahead and won by a few inches. It would be easy to call this a birthday present for Brady whose birthday is today, however this was certainly no gift. Anytime you outrun Gaines, Kevin Briscoe, Kent Christian and Derek Scheffel on the red clay of Bloomington Speedway, you've earned that win. Chris Windom finished third followed by Kevin Briscoe drove to a strong fourth place finish after starting 16th. Kent Christian came home fifth. SPRINT CARS AUTO HEAVEN AUTO PARTS HEAT 1: 1.(1) Brady Short, 2.(6) Dickie Gaines, 3.(2) Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 4.(7) Derek Scheffel, 5.(9) Bobby Stines, 6.(3) Kenny Biro. 7.(5) Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 8.(4) Eric Edwards, 9.(8) Joe Gilbert PAUL D. BAUGH LAW OFFICE HEAT 2: 1.(5) Kent Christian, 2.(1) Josh Cunningham, 3.(2) Arin McIntosh, 4.(7) Brett Burdette, 5.(8) Ty Deckard, 6.(3) Jason Tanner, 7.(4) Dakoda Armstrong, 8.(6) John Dick WALNUT STREET AUTO SALES/CAMPUS RENTAL HEAT 3: 1.(6) Chris Windom, 2.(1) Brent Beauchamp, 3.(7) John Memmer, 4.(4) Mitch Cunningham, 5.(3) Steve Rone, 6.(2) Nick Mosier, 7.(8) Nick Johnson, 8.(5) Eric Smith CRYSTAL PURE WATER HEAT 4: 1.(1) Casey Shuman, 2.(4) Jared Fox, 3.(3) Jon Sciscoe, 4.(5) Kevin Briscoe, 5.(8) Tim Spindler, 6.(6) Jason Holt, 7.(7) Jimmy Light, 8.(2) Kevin Studley J.B. Salvage "B" Feature #1: 1.(1) Bobby Stines, 2.(2) Ty Deckard, 3.(9) Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 4.(12) Jimmy Light, 5.(10) Dakoda Armstrong, 6.(4) Tim Spindler, 7.(15) Eric Smith, 8.(7) Nick Mosier, 9.(11) Nick Johnson, 10.(13) Eric Edwards, 11.(16) Kevin Studley, 12.(6) Jason Tanner, 13.(17) Joe Gilbert,. 14.(14) John Dick, 15.(5) Kenny Biro, 16.(8) Jason Holt ROOTS RV FEATURE: 1.(1) 36 Brady Short, 2.(3) 21x Dickie Gaines, 3.(8) 17 Chris Windom, 4.(16) 5 Kevin Briscoe, 5.(5) 1c Kent Christian, 6.(4) 75 Casey Shuman, 7.(2) 6s Josh Cunningham, 8.(18) 48 Ty Deckard, 9.(12) 7 Jon Sciscoe, 10.(9) 92c Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 11.(10) 34M Arin McIntosh, 12.(6) 56 Jared Fox, 13.(11) 4M John Memmer, 14.(19) 92 Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 15.(15) 9s Mitch Cunningham, 16.(7) 111 Brent Beauchamp, 17.(20) 23 Jimmy Light, 18.(13) 6M Derek Scheffel, 19.(17) 88 Bobby Stines, 20.(14) 17B Brett Burdette |
