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3 time’s a charm for Ballou |
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MAY 2, 2009 --- Robert Ballou made his third trip to the Burg on Saturday, May 2. The third time was certainly a charm for Ballou who would win the feature and won for the third time at The Lawrenceburg Speedway. 22 Lawrenceburg Chevrolet Sprint Cars would start the feature with Coleman Gulick and Brady Short on the front row. At the drop of the green flag, Brett Burdette flipped end over end down the front stretch in a scary looking crash. Mark Perry III was also involved. Both drivers were able to get out of their cars, but Burdette would later be transported to a local hospital. Once the green flag waved again, Short took command of the race early on as he pulled out to a comfortable lead on the rest of the field. With the rest of field beginning to settle in, Robert Ballou began reeling in Short. Ballou caught Short on lap 8 and power slid into turn 1 underneath Short and took the lead. Ballou was running such a fast pace he quickly caught the back of the pack, and began lapping the back of the pack. Ballou had a couple of close calls while racing in lapped traffic which allowed Short to close the gap, but Ballou was able to hold on, and take the victory. Following Ballou across the line were Short, Hunter Schuerenberg, Nick Faas, and Coleman Gulick. Heat races were won by Gulick, Short, and Ballou. The Lawrenceburg Chevrolet Sprint Cars return to the Lawrenceburg Speedway on Saturday May 9. Lawrenceburg Chevrolet Sprints (22 cars) HEAT 1 1- 14 Coleman Gulick 2- 07 Hunter Schuerenberg 3- 76 JJ Hughes 4- 9 Jesse Cramer 5- 1X Kurt Gross 6- 22W Mike Weber 7- 0X Clint Weiss DNS- 2 D ickie Gaines HEAT 2 1- 36 Brady Short 2- 17B Brett Burdette 3- 54 Matt Westfall 4- 15 Ethan Barrow 5- 44 Ryan Pace 6- 89 Shawn Westerfeld 7- 9T Bobby Stines HEAT 3 1- 81 Robert Ballou 2- 5J Joss Moffatt 3- 17F Nick Faas 4- 22 Rick Vaughn 5- 3M Mark Perry III 6- 42 John Race 7- 37 Casey Riggs FEATURE 1- 81 Robert Ballou 2- 36 Brady Short 3- 07 Hunter Schuerenberg 4- 17F Nick Faas 5- 14 Coleman Gulick 6- 54 Matt Westfall 7- 2 D ickie Gaines 8- 5J Joss Moffatt 9- 76 JJ Hughes 10- 89 Shawn Westerfeld 11- 37 Casey Riggs 12- 1X Kurt Gross 13- 44 Ryan Pace 14- 15 Ethan Barrow 15- 22 Rick Vaughn 16- 22W Mike Weber 17- 0X Clint Weiss 18- 9T Bobby Stines 19- 9 Jesse Cramer 20- 42 John Race 21- 17B Brett Burdette 22- 3M Mark Perry III Lap Leaders: 1-8 36 Brady Short 9-25 81 Robert Ballou |
