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| DICKIE GAINES RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE AT THE LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY |
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September 17, 2006 – 2003 Lawrenceburg Speedway Sprint Car Track Champion, #21X Dickie Gaines,
returned to his dominating form at The Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday
night, capturing his first victory of the year at the 1/4 mile bullring.
Gaines, who doubled-up the hardware on the weekend after securing the win at
The Bloomington Speedway on Friday night, was followed to the checkers by
previous 2006 Lawrenceburg Speedway winner, #35S Hunter Schuerenberg,
hard chargers #49 Troy Link and #54 Matt Westfall and #14X Jon Stanbrough.
Gaines would start off the evening by capturing the victory in the 4th
heat race. Joining Gaines in heat race honors, were winners #320 Mike
Miller, #54 Matt Westfall, #14X Jon Stanbrough and #17X Jerry Ruble.
By winning his heat race, Gaines earned the opportunity to redraw for his
Feature starting position where he would pull the 3rd spot on the grid. At the
drop of the green flag, it was #320 of pole sitter Mike Miller that would get
the early jump, with the #35S of young Hunter Schuerenberg striking back to
own the point position by the end of the first circuit.
Schuerenberg would show the way as Miller attempted to gain the
lead while fending off another youngster, #17 Chris Windom. By lap 5, it
was a young gun shoot out, with teenagers Schuerenberg and Windom fighting
for position, slicing and dicing for the advantage. Shuerenberg would
continue to prevail, but by lap 9, veteran Dickie Gaines would be the source
of the methanol breathing on the Sikeston, Missouri youngster's bumper.
A dynamic battle would ensue, with Schuerenberg and Gaines wheel to
wheel, exchanging slide jobs and banzai tactics in their pursuit for the lead.
In front of a breathless crowd, the #21 of Gaines would take the front spot on
lap 11 with Schuerenberg retaliating in every corner and officially reclaiming
the scoring advantage at the flag stand on lap 14 after a brilliant run
through lapped traffic. Despite Schurenberg's valiant attempts, on this
night it would be age and experience to prevail, with Gaines celebrating a
Homecoming of sorts in the once very familiar Lawrenceburg Speedway Victory
Lane.
While Gaines and Schuerenberg tried stealing the spotlight, the #54
of Matt Westfall and the #49 of Troy Link were busy putting on their own show. Having
earned the opportunity to redraw after stellar heat race performances, Link
and Westfall would pull the least coveted of the redraw positions, the
9th and 10th spots on the grid. Despite their mid-pack starts, by lap 11, the
Ohioan Westfall would break into the top 5 and continued effort would have him
in the 3rd place position by lap 21. However, the most veteran of
all Sprint Car drivers in competition at The Lawrenceburg Speedway, Troy Link,
would have his own ideas in mind, as after making a slow and steady rise to
the front, Link would make a last lap relentless charge to pass both #14X Jon
Stanbrough and #54 Matt Westfall to steal the final podium finish.
Catch the SK Construction Sprint Cars back in action at The Legendary
Lawrenceburg Speedway next Saturday night for "Blast From The Past
Night". Ticket and additional information can be found by logging
on to www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com.
COMPLETE LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY SK CONSTRUCTION SPRINT CAR RESULTS FOR
9/16/06
Heat One, Top 3 Tran fer To A-Main/Feature Event, Top 2 Redraw For Feature
Starting Position
1) 320 Mike Miller
2) 49 Troy Link
3) 4B Donnie Brackett
4) 3X Derek Franks
5) 6 Dwayne Spille
6) 34 Arin McIntosh
7) 6C Chris Naber
8) 16 Rodney Stone
9) 22W Mike Webber
Heat Two, Top 3 Tran fer To A-Main/Feature Event, Top 2 Redraw For Feature
Starting Position
1) 54 Matt Westfall
2) 10 Shane Hollingsworth
3) 5J Joss Moffatt
4) 23S Kyle Simon
5) 40 Mark Hery
6) 59 Kirk Jeffries
7) 10S Roger Shammo
8) 88Z Zachary Martini
Heat Three, Top 3 Tran fer To A-Main/Feature Event, Top 2 Redraw For Feature
Starting Position
1) 14X Jon Stanbrough
2) 35S Hunter Schuerenberg
3) 14 Brent Berry
4) 27X Matt Hardin
5) 98 Larry Beck
6) 99K Kerry Kinser
7) 4 Eric Zellner
8) 39G Matt Goodnight
Heat Four, Top 3 Tran fer To A-Main/Feature Event, Top 2 Redraw For Feature
Starting Position
1) 21X Dickie Gaines
2) 17 Chris Windom
3) 77 Jason Knoke
4) 3T Tony Beaber
5) 99 Toby Beck
6) 17B Brett Burdette
7) 17R Kyle Robbins
8) 5GS Chris Guinn
Heat Five, Top 3 Tran fer To A-Main/Feature Event, Top 2 Redraw For Feature
Starting Position
1) 17X Jerry Ruble
2) 22 Ricky Vaughn
3) 4M John Memmer
4) 17W Ryan Wunderlich
5) 7A Dakoda Armstrong
6) 12 Ted Hines
7) 97X Cory Seeling
8) 28W Will Nedderman
C-Main/Consi, Top 5 Transfer To B-Main/Semi Event
1) 16 Rodney Stone
2) 88Z Zachary Martini
3) 17R Kyle Robbins
4) 10S Roger Shammo
5) 39G Matt Goodnight
6) 5GS Chris Guinn
7) 28W Will Nedderman
8) 97X Cory Seeling
9) 4 Eric Zellner
10) 6C Chris Naber
B-Main/Semi, Top 5 Transfer To A-Main/Feature Event
1) 3X Derek Franks
2) 27X Matt Hardin
3) 3T Tony Beaber
4) 7A Dakoda Armstrong
5) 23S Kyle Simon
6) 16 Rodney Stone
7) 40 Mark Hery
8) 34 Arin McIntosh
9) 17R Kyle Robbins
10) 12 Ted Hines
11) 99 Toby Beck
12) 88Z Zachary Martini
13) 10S Roger Shammo
14) 39G Matt Goodnight
15) 17W Ryan Wunderlich
16) 59 Kirk Jeffries
17) 6 Dwayne Spille
18) 17B Brett Burdette
19) 99K Kerry Kinser
20) 98 Larry Beck
SK Construction Sprint Cars A-Main/Feature Event
****Lap Leaders: Laps 1-10: Schuerenberg, Laps 11-13: Gaines, Lap 14:
Schuerenberg, Laps 15-25: Gaines****
1) 21X Dickie Gaines
2) 35S Hunter Schuerenberg
3) 49 Troy Link
4) 54 Matt Westfall
5) 14X Jon Stanbrough
6) 17 Chris Windom
7) 10 Shane Hollingsworth
8) 77 Jason Knoke
9) 4M John Memmer
10) 5J Joss Moffatt
11) 22 Ricky Vaughn
12) 3X Derek Franks
13) 3T Tony Beaber
14) 17X Jerry Ruble
15) 7A Dakoda Armstrong
16) 4B Donnie Brackett
17) 27X Matt Hardin
18) 320 Mike Miller
19) 14 Brent Berry
20) 23S Kyle Simon
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