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MSCS
OPENER AT THE ACTION TRACK TO BUD KAEDING |
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Terre
Haute, IN. (April 8, 2006).
The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series visited the
Terre Haute Action Track Saturday night to present the 5th Annual
Spring Fling sponsored by Wabash Valley Goodwill.
Bud Kaeding of Indianapolis, IN, drove to victory after a
surprising late race opportunity presented itself. Kaeding
was in the seat of the Scott Benic 2B Racing/Maxim and running fourth when
unexpected racing things began happening ahead of him.
He would soon have the lead.
Indiana sprint car veteran Jon Stanbrough had grabbed the lead on the
first lap. It took challenger
Dickie Gaines two laps to move up to second spot by passing California driver
Ryan Pace. Gaines stayed in pursuit
on the lengthy half mile finally managing a clean pass for the lead in turn two
of the sixteenth lap. Stanbrough
held on, mounting his own charge to regain the lead.
The sixteenth lap quickly met with a yellow flag as the two drivers made
contact in turn one and spun. Gaines’
car was unable to compete further but Stanbrough was pushed off rejoining the
tail of the field.
Ryan Pace brought the field back to the green flag.
The 22 year old Arroyo Grande, California, driver had already dusted the
competition in the third of five heat races.
He led the charge down the backstretch but he couldn’t hold it in a
wide sweep of turn three and spun making contact with the wall.
The yellow was out again without the field completing an additional lap.
With the field reformed and the car removed to the pit area it was
announced that the race would be shortened to twenty laps.
Temperatures were dropping steadily, the city curfew loomed minutes
ahead, and two divisions still had a feature to complete.
Kaeding was the benefactor. He
had started seventh and was already moving forward.
This time the green stayed out and Kaeding prevailed.
The remaining 4 laps were quick ones.
Jon Sciscoe of Bloominton, IN, turned in a stellar performance during the
race. He started 17 th
on the original field and was already running fifth by lap sixteen.
The final dash to the finish brought him up to a hard earned second place
finish. Kent Christian of Clayton, In, took third. Dave
Darland, victor at last year’s Fling, was fourth. Jay Drake of Brownsburg, In, was fifth. Drake also won his heat.
Kent Christian, Stanbrough, and Gaines also won heat races for the super
51 car field.
Jon Stanbrough finished the feature and reclaimed a top ten spot with a
ninth place finish. Mat Neely. Brady Short, and Alex Shanks finished just ahead
of him. Critter Malone was tenth.
Jerry Ruble used a MSCS Provisional to start 21st on the field
and from there he moved on to finish eleventh.
The C-main won by Jonathan Vennard moved 5 drivers forward to
the B-main which was then won by Alex Shanks with the battling Sciscoe second.
Brent Beauchamp was third with Bryan Clauson, up from the C, working the
B-field now to finish fourth. Kenny
Carmichael took the final transfer spot.
During the heat races, accidents sent competitive cars driven by Daron
Clayton, Justin Marvel, and Rob Botts to their respective trailers early.
Clayton’s flip was in the third heat.
Botts was running second in his heat before enduring a
series of hard barrel rolls
The Midwest Sprint Car Series will be back in action on April 29th
with a visit to the Lincoln Speedway in Lincoln, IL.
This event is the first of 4 important races scheduled for the Illinois
track and pays $2,500 to win. |
