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SHORT VICTORIOUS IN KISS/MSCS SHOOT OUT! By Eldon Butcher |
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Haubstadt, IN - June 6, 2006. Brady Short emerged as the victor
in a hotly contested main event Saturday night at the Tri-State Speedway. It was
the annual KISS/MSCS 30 lap Match-up that was made to order for racing
excitement. The race became a three way battle for supremacy over the last 13
laps. Blake Fitzpatrick used every inch of the quarter mile’s track
circumference to keep both Short and Bryan Clauson at bay until the 27th
circuit. Fitzpatrick was in a continual fight to keep control of his machine
with the walls virtually closing in. It would be contact with the wall in turn
two that would cost him a victory. Brady Short blasted by as Fitzpatrick
recovered along the backstretch to finish third. Clauson kept the pressure on
and was still looking for a clear shot to get past Short as the two crossed the
finish line. Clauson would remain second.
Brady Short drove the Don Short owned Maxim sponsored by Indiana Stoneworks and powered by a Spec Engine. The victory lane ceremony marked an opportunity to pay tribute to the late Mike Cunningham whose family had contributed $2,200 in his name to increase the overall purse for the race. Short’s victory was worth $3,000. Winning was “Just Awesome!” The victory came in his first attempt at the track this year. He started fourth on the 20 car field. Short had missed the MSCS season opener at Tri-State in May due to a wedding in the family. The top five for the feature included Hud Cone who placed fourth and Nic Faas who ran fifth. The second five included Robert Ballou, Ricky Williams, Jeff Bland Jr., Matt Goodnight, and Kyle Robbins. Robbins improved 8 spots to be the MSCS Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of the Race. Jonathan Hendrick finished just outside the top ten to become the winner of the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award. Cone, Fitzpatrick, and Ryan Kaplan won the heat races for the 28 entries. Ryan Kaplan ran strong. He led the first half of the feature before contact in lapped traffic sent him to the pits with a damaged car. A red flag on the first lap of the feature brought about a complete restart. Four cars were removed from the track after a multiple crash in turn three. Kyle Cummins, Ron Gerhardt, Kevin Thomas Jr., and Brandon Mattox would miss the restart. MSCS rookie Chase Briscoe won the B-main. Jonathan Hendrick was second. Only five of the 11 starters would finish the 12 lap event. All five would transfer to the feature. Jon Stanbrough was actually leading the B-main when a rear tire shredded on his sprint. He kept the car on all fours but missed a last chance opportunity to make the starting field for the feature as a result. His only remaining chance would have been to start as an alternate if one would have been needed. The MSCS Sprints move on to the Terre Haute Action Track for the Don Smith Classic which is scheduled for June 13th. That is a Saturday with hop laps to get underway at 4 P.M. Two weeks later MSCS will run at the Vermilion County Speedway in Danville, IL. That show is on June 27th. |
