January 27, 2014

By Ken Wagner

When Mrs Wags decided to go to the Chili Bowl this year, our travel car, her Morano, was loaned out, so we took my well packed red Infinity G35 on the road towards our first stop in Mustang, Oklahoma. We hadn’t seen Jim & Carol Wolfe for a while so a stop at their plantation home for a visit with them before the 2014 CB was a must. We had a marvelous time being with them and watching their cat doing the entertaining was so much fun. Nothing but catching up about racing and more racing before it was time to head to Tulsa, just 90 minutes away. We cruised on over to my old roommate Tony Mishler’s where we would be spending the week during Chili Bowl.

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Up the Turnpike to Springfield, Mo. on Saturday morning to my Son Kevin’s house, where we visited with him and his wife Angie and had lunch with my daughter Jill and my grandkids Logan and Zoie. Kevin and I went to his old school Missouri State to see them play Wichita State in Basketball and alas the undefeated Shockers stayed that way after Kevin’s Bears lead 39 of the 40 minutes played. A pleasant Sunday with a Texas Roadhouse porterhouse on our schedule that was delicious to round out that visit.

Back towards T-Town with Mrs Wags getting dropped off at her brothers place, then I headed to Tony’s favorite bar the Goldmine for a beer with him before dinner with my other old roommate Ron and his wife Carolyn at Charleston’s. I had already stopped at the “track” for my credentials and a quick look around, so I was ready when Tuesday morning happened. Tony and I had lunch at a local favorite hamburger place called Ron’s before he dropped me off at the track.

Walking into the Chili Bowl every year gives me “that feeling” that can only be described as “I’m home” again! Where else can you find the best sprint car and midget drivers in the world having a ball for 6 nights? After walking by the big oilman outside and entering the “big Barn” that Emmett Hahn named the place, I am always ready for what is in there. The near 100 different races during the week, including heats and features of the prelims plus the alphabet soup features Saturday, it is only a few thoughts away from what might be the best race ever there, plus all the visitation you can handle nearly 24/7 in the huge pits with a veritable rainbow of colors and excitement, what could be better? It is never ending, and I am thrilled to be there to witness it all each year.

My “role” in racing is different these days as I no longer do anything to help the racers like the old days and just gad about and spectate, yet in some ways I still feel part of it and the Chili Bowl week is a plethora of people I can interact with, watch the race teams work hard and enjoy their successes. It is the only place a rear view mirror really could help if you had time to look back at the monsters behind you? My biggest problems these days in following my preferred racing path, is the distance and time I need to get there. Being retired makes it easier, but it’s still hard due to budget and the traveling alone it requires from Vegas. My commitment to feed my desire to quench my thirst for racing has always been super strong. The Chili Bowl makes me plan to go there each year. Obviously, the packed house in these tough economic times proves people will spend money to do what they want, and they did and I did.

I headed inside to walk the vendor lane to look at what’s for sale and it wasn’t much different than usual, except for the booze trailer that hinted of apple pie, lemonade and other tasty treats? It was adult alcoholic drinks actually and I only had a taste of the lemonade and it was pretty good! T-shirts, sweatshirts, die cast, racer seats, tools, shocks, helmets, and other various booths ready to do business. I liked the twin peaks girls and Hooter girls, but the cloud 9 girls not so much. Fred loaned me my ride for the week and off I went around the big expo building.

There are so many stories in the naked city ….. I. E. chili bowl, too many to revisit, but it was non-stop! I think I might go even if they banned racing there! With nearly 300 race cars in the house, it was very distracting trying to take it all in. The event takes a lot of work to build the race track each winter and then tear it down afterwards, and that doesn’t include the organization and making it all work. The cost for 5 nights of racing for us in the crowd is nearly $300 for tickets. Add food, beer, mixed drinks, programs, event t-shirts, favorite driver t-shirts, hats and a fellow could easily spend $2000 to get there and enjoy the week. It is a big deal, but the only negative in the whole thing is the paltry $10,000 to win Saturday night as it should be more in my opinion, but it’s not about the money apparently as the winner jumps on the historical banner for winning one of the big ones in his career, so for him he doesn’t care when he gets his Golden Driller! I am just saying.

Some of the things that make this event very unique are: indoor racing no matter the weather outside where your car could be “iced over” during the night. There are 10,000 plus spectators screaming in the grandstands every night. The Expo is a building big enough to house the track, grandstands and all the trailers under one roof. There is beer in the pits all day - all night. You have the ability to wander the pits seeing and talking to the drivers without worry. The best drivers are always in the house and once you get inside, you never have to leave until time for bed. It is very much a national championship for midgets every year and their best event of the year. You always recognize many famous racing idols along the way.

The opening night wasn’t the best of the week but like all racing nights in T-town, it was fun. A local driver Johnathan Beason won the opener in a uniquely painted car and the crowd goes wild. Kyle Larson came from 17th to get 5th on a great drive for some excitement only he can provide. He won the 20 lap race of champions earlier, going away from Damion Gardner at the end. It was a good field of drivers and some interesting action was afoot. The two black Swindell cars didn’t seem to want to play hard as they ran 10th and 11th. They weren’t here to entertain the crowd, they were here to win for the 6th year in a row. Not this time!

Wednesday night was all Christopher Bell as he won his heat, ran 2nd in his qualifier and ran off from the pack in the feature. It was good racing with a lot of passing all night. Each year I try to find a ball game on one of the nights and take a break from the indoor “cold incubator”. This year no B Ball as Mrs Wags came back to town on Thursday from her brother Paul’s and I had lunch with them before a trip up to Nowata where we had a family visit that took the afternoon. We hit the famous steak place “The Scudder” for dinner and headed to Tony’s house to relax by 8:30 or so. Each night Tony was there to greet us and visit before bedtime. Caleb Armstrong won the A main ahead of Sammy Swindell as we only heard about the action.

Friday was Mrs Wags birthday, so we went to Ti Amo, an Italian restaurant nearby, and met with a bunch of California friends who sit near us each year. Lunch was good and then I took Mrs Wags to the track so she could visit with many of those friends who she sees less than often. It would be her only night of racing, but she planned it that way. We were going to do a pit walk, but when it was going to cost $45 plus her $49 ticket, she said it wasn’t worth it for an hour or so of walking! It was only $30 if she wanted to do two nights of racing??? So we visited with many around the vendor area before sitting in the grandstands for the night of racing.

Bryan Clauson beat Tim McCreadie in the main and the Saturday night alphabet soup features would start at noon the next day. We did a little visiting at the house before sneaking up on sleep. It seemed like the week went soooo fast, and it did! Saturday morning started off with breakfast at a local restaurant called Savoy and it was good! Kevin, Tom and I dropped Mrs Wags back off at the house and went to do some pit walking, or gliding in my case as I still had access to Fred’s electric glider. I got in my last visits of the week as I knew I wouldn’t walk the pits afterwards.

When Tom and Kevin got bored, we headed to pick up my bride for dinner at Charleston’s. Tom’s wife and her mother and a nephew joined us as we enjoyed the company and the food before dropping Mrs Wags off at the house again and it was time to see the finals. We planned for seeing the two D features, but we missed the first and saw only a few laps of the second one, so our timing was poor. The long wait and then the intro’s took forever, so next year we’ll try to hit it a little later.

As the big time racing started Rico Abreu beat out his friend Kyle Larson for the first B feature and Kevin Swindell took the other one and they both would start in the 7th row of the main. Both races were good, but the tension was mounting as the big one was next!

The four nightly winners took the first 4 spots in the main lineup with Caleb Armstrong and Christopher Bell on the front row. Bryan Clauson and Johnathan Beason were next as the 55 lap race started. First car out was Thomas Meseraull when his motor expanded its boundaries and a smoky fire sent him to the pits. Damion Gardner then biked it up and over to slow em down for another restart. Damion was done and understandably not happy. There were not as many rollovers this year, but still plenty for the parts man to take advantage of. Next the Kyle Larson and Sammy Swindell battle started after Kyle came from 15th to catch the black # 1 car running about 4th at the time. They had a good battle with each sliding the other in some scintillating action, really! And then they bumped together with Kyle running over the going sideways Sammy’s front end, sending the # 1 a hard left thru the infield where he rejoined the race a lap down now. Kyle only made it a few more laps until his motor grenaded and he was done early for the second year in a row.

Kevin Swindell rolled up to 2nd, but didn’t have anything for Bryan as his 4 race streak here was stopped. Some might say his dad gave him an assist late in the race keeping Christopher Bell back by slowing in front of him on a restart, but Kevin wasn’t giving up the second place he earned to anyone as he was too fast in the end, just not quite fast enough. His comment about “it wasn’t fair he didn’t have a chance to win” was too whiney to me, but I knew what he meant. Bryan led 50 laps with all the heroes in the world behind him and that in itself was amazing! His first Golden Driller was in his trophy case now and he earned it! The secret the Swindell’s have will have to wait another year to be put back in play, but the rest of the pack is getting closer.

Behind the top two finishers several really impressed me this week. Christopher Bell, Alex Bright, Rico Abreu and Chad Boat were all on the gas and fun to watch, but there were many who didn’t make the main that were also spectacular. For them it wasn’t fair they didn’t have a chance to win. It was a great year and makes me think I’ll want to do it again, and again, and again!

Some of the best memories I added to my brain were well worth the trip. I had time with Wagsdash Grand Marshal Brad Noffsinger and his wife gearing up for his 2014 racing season that was special. Don O’Keefe was enjoying his ride on the track like always. Drinking Fran’s Tequila Rose was normal. Visiting with J D Cormack and his fund raising project going big again was good. Visiting with rookie A J Burns and his dad Scott with their OU sponsored Focus motored midget had a good feel for where they are going. Leroy Bedingfield bringing me cookies his daughter made for me. Watching Ellen Ellis work her way around giving out pictures was normal. Mike Clark missing Saturday night was not. Getting to view the first night from up in the “suites” courtesy of Trucker Frank was a kick. My time with Don “The Barber” was great as usual. Visiting with promoter Jim Soares gave me a new view of his world. Eating the cinnamon roll from Savoy was awesome. Missing out on my yearly peach cobbler from Ike’s Chili Bowl was not. Having time with my son for the week was the best. Watching Ronnie Gardner recovering from his car getting smashed in practice by another driver wanting to race the special champions event was not so good. Dinner with the “gang” was special at Ti Amo’s. My time gliding around the pits was very special as I could just relax and take some pics. Watching the Michnowicz group of fun seekers was neat, except for Wendy’s broken back ailments she endured. Watching the emergence of Rico Abreu as an elite driver was fun to watch. Realizing Christopher Bell will be a force in the future as he is very talented. The list goes on and on, but these days just being there is very special as I wander and meet and greet, and that makes things like they should be. I am one very blessed individual. I sometimes feel like Mickey Mouse at Disneyland as I survey my beloved racing world.

Up too early on Saturday saw us heading to Texas where we would spend a few days at Terry’s son Chris and his family’s ranch. They had been staying at our house in Vegas until Saturday morning and we would arrive at his place only a couple of hours after they did. The four girls were fun to watch and when we finally got on the road home on Thursday morning at 4 AM Vegas time, little did we know ice was on our tail until we hit New Mexico late that night. The state was getting colder and frozen over as we drove thru snow flurries and some white out situations that thankfully we made it, and then cruised on home Friday, just 17 days after leaving Wagsland for this 17 day G35 adventure. I kind of liked the driving trip, it gave me more flexibility to do other things. I am retired after all, we both are! The plane ticket would have been about $800 for both of us and the gas for the car was under $400!!!!!

Thanks to the Chili Bowl people, especially Donna who takes care of me each year, and all the documentation they create that makes things easy for me to see what’s coming and went on thruout the week. The 28th edition was BOSS! The new season is about to happen and for those coming to the Wagtimes reunion, let me know.

Lucas Oil A Feature Saturday night

Lap Leader(s): Caleb Armstrong (1-5), Clauson (6-55)

B Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 67K-Rico Abreu[1]; 2. 71K-Kyle Larson[4]; 3. 21-Daryn Pittman[2]; 4. 17K-Alex Schutte[6]; 5. 5-Jerry Coons Jr[9]; 6. 16-Thomas Meseraull[8]; 7. 56J-Darren Hagen[14]; 8. 26-Shane Golobic[5]; 9. 11A-Andrew Felker[7]; 10. 57M-Matt Mitchell[10]; 11. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[20]; 12. 31B-Travis Berryhill[13]; 13. 15D-Andrew Deal[11]; 14. 67-Tanner Thorson[18]; 15. 7JM-Joey Moughan[12]; 16. 15W-Brandon Waelti[15]; 17. 21K-Cory Kruseman[19]; 18. 44-Don Droud Jr[16]; 19. (DNF) 25B-Steve Buckwalter[3]; 20. (DNF) 39R-Dillon Welch[17]

B Feature 2 (20 Laps): 1. 39-Kevin Swindell[1]; 2. 56L-Danny Stratton[5]; 3. 15X-Chad Boat[8]; 4. 05-Brad Loyet[3]; 5. 24-Tracy Hines[9]; 6. 7M-Kevin Ramey[13]; 7. 10-Brad Kuhn[7]; 8. 91T-Tyler Thomas[17]; 9. 99-Brady Bacon[14]; 10. 51J-R.J. Johnson[10]; 11. 9P-Parker Price-Miller[18]; 12. 11-Chase Stockon[19]; 13. 51S-Mike Spencer[12]; 14. 56R-Ryan Bernal[4]; 15. 05T-Gary Taylor[2]; 16. (DNF) 71C-Shane Cottle[6]; 17. (DNF) 4J-Tim Crawley[15]; 18. (DNF) 39T-Payton Pierce[11]; 19. (DNF) 66-Shane Cockrum[20]; 20. (DNF) 93-Dustin Morgan[16]

C Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 15W-Brandon Waelti[1]; 2. 44-Don Droud Jr[4]; 3. 39R-Dillon Welch[2]; 4. 67-Tanner Thorson[14]; 5. 21K-Cory Kruseman[6]; 6. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[15]; 7. 19S-Richard VanderWeerd[11]; 8. 5E-James Edens[18]; 9. 15-Tim Siner[9]; 10. 11CA-Chris Andrews[20]; 11. 88-Terry Babb[10]; 12. 68-Ronnie Gardner[17]; 13. 55F-Taylor Ferns[12]; 14. 85S-Shane Hollingsworth[16]; 15. 8V-Jace VanderWeerd[13]; 16. 81-Heath Duinkerken[19]; 17. (DNF) 17S-Dominic Scelzi[7]; 18. (DNF) 8K-Frank Flud[5]; 19. (DNF) 8L-Harli White[3]; 20. (DNF) 2ND-Jeb Sessums[8]

C Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 4J-Tim Crawley[2]; 2. 93-Dustin Morgan[1]; 3. 91T-Tyler Thomas[4]; 4. 9P-Parker Price-Miller[7]; 5. 11-Chase Stockon[5]; 6. 66-Shane Cockrum[3]; 7. 6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[15]; 8. 57B-Chad Boespflug[9]; 9. 11W-Tyler Courtney[20]; 10. 7B-Austin Brown[8]; 11. 2ST-Jon Stanbrough[19]; 12. 73X-Trey Marcham[11]; 13. 35S-Matt Sherrell[13]; 14. 73N-Nic Faas[12]; 15. 5C-Colten Cottle[18]; 16. 39C-Joey Saldana[6]; 17. 38-Billy Wease[14]; 18. 3T-Tim Barber[17]; 19. (DNF) 55-Nick Knepper[16]; 20. (DNF) 50-Daniel Adler[10]

D Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[1]; 2. 85S-Shane Hollingsworth[6]; 3. 68-Ronnie Gardner[2]; 4. 5E-James Edens[11]; 5. 81-Heath Duinkerken[3]; 6. 11CA-Chris Andrews[9]; 7. 37-Brady Short[7]; 8. 45X-Johnny Herrera[13]; 9. 98-P.J. Jones[12]; 10. 57D-Daniel Robinson[18]; 11. 1K-Trevor Kobylarz[14]; 12. 14W-Matt Westfall[15]; 13. 91B-Kevin Bayer[16]; 14. 17E-Blake Edwards[4]; 15. 33H-Cameron Hagin[17]; 16. 91S-Jeff Stasa[5]; 17. (DNF) 1W-Paul White[8]; 18. (DNF) 84B-Bobby Michnowicz[10]

D Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[15]; 2. 55-Nick Knepper[7]; 3. 3T-Tim Barber[9]; 4. 5C-Colten Cottle[3]; 5. 2ST-Jon Stanbrough[8]; 6. 11W-Tyler Courtney[14]; 7. 5N-Jeffrey Newell[4]; 8. 19-Steven Drevicki[6]; 9. 7L-Layne Himebaugh[13]; 10. 62-Taylor Simas[1]; 11. 21AJ-A.J. Hopkins[12]; 12. 4AU-Mathew Smith[10]; 13. 33-Davey Ray[18]; 14. 6RR-Joe Liguori[16]; 15. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 16. 52C-Isaac Chapple[17]; 17. (DNF) 7A-Dalton Armstrong[2]; 18. (DNF) 8-Alex Sewell[11]

E Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 14W-Matt Westfall[1]; 2. 91B-Kevin Bayer[2]; 3. 33H-Cameron Hagin[5]; 4. 57D-Daniel Robinson[3]; 5. 55B-Brian Shirley[4]; 6. 96-Cody Brewer[9]; 7. 45W-C.J. Johnson[8]; 8. 37T-William Gould[12]; 9. 77K-Kevin Olson[16]; 10. 75X-Landon Simon[10]; 11. 17J-Chase Johnson[15]; 12. 32D-Danny Jennings[14]; 13. (DNF) 31-David Budres[7]; 14. (DNF) 71S-Sheldon Haudenschild[6]; 15. (DNF) 22-Mike Goodman[13]; 16. (DNF) 5S-Kyle Steffens[11]

E Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 6-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[2]; 2. 6RR-Joe Liguori[5]; 3. 52C-Isaac Chapple[3]; 4. 33-Davey Ray[10]; 5. 12K-Josh Lakatos[12]; 6. 6J-Joe Stornetta[15]; 7. 93H-Harley Hollan[9]; 8. 2-Kevin Thomas Jr[13]; 9. 2A-Hunter Schuerenberg[8]; 10. 59E-Dex Eaton[11]; 11. 87-Dave Camfield Jr.[16]; 12. 7F-Sean McClelland[14]; 13. 37X-Michael Faccinto[7]; 14. 4-Bobby East[4]; 15. 27R-Kyle O'Gara[6]; 16. 76M-Brad Noffsinger[1]

F Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 22-Mike Goodman[4]; 2. 32D-Danny Jennings[3]; 3. 17J-Chase Johnson[5]; 4. 77K-Kevin Olson[2]; 5. 83P-Wes McIntyre[11]; 6. 1T-Tony Roney[9]; 7. 43-Dakoda Armstrong[6]; 8. 82H-Mike Hess[15]; 9. 21H-Ty Hulsey[10]; 10. 83-Hannah Adair[1]; 11. 20-Tadd Holliman[7]; 12. 80-Josh Hawkins[16]; 13. 57K-Kevin Studley[14]; 14. 8OK-Gage Walker[12]; 15. 05J-Jason Johnson[13]; 16. (DNF) 87F-Brian McClelland[8]

F Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2-Kevin Thomas Jr[3]; 2. 7F-Sean McClelland[1]; 3. 6J-Joe Stornetta[4]; 4. 87-Dave Camfield Jr.[12]; 5. 25J-Matt Juhl[2]; 6. 81B-Ryan Beechler[13]; 7. 43B-Brent Beauchamp[16]; 8. 4R-Ryan Greth[8]; 9. 82-Eric Johnson[5]; 10. 71-Kasey Kahne[14]; 11. 6A-David Gough[15]; 12. 35H-Tyson Hall[11]; 13. 24L-C.J. Leary[7]; 14. 2X-Ryan Hall[9]; 15. (DNF) 4A-Aaron Pierce[10]; 16. (DNF) 35T-Tyler Robbins[6]

G Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 05J-Jason Johnson[2]; 2. 57K-Kevin Studley[4]; 3. 82H-Mike Hess[6]; 4. 80-Josh Hawkins[7]; 5. 55D-Nick Drake[12]; 6. 23-Jimmy Light[10]; 7. 7K-Robby Parish[13]; 8. 10J-John Hunt[9]; 9. 15B-Danny Burke[1]; 10. 68M-Tyler Edwards[14]; 11. 5$-Danny Smith[5]; 12. 1R-Robby Larson[8]; 13. 2M-Seth Motsinger[16]; 14. 17-Michael Koontz[15]; 15. 2$-Stuart Snyder[11]; 16. (DNF) 94-Darren Kingston[3]

G Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 81B-Ryan Beechler[4]; 2. 71-Kasey Kahne[11]; 3. 6A-David Gough[2]; 4. 43B-Brent Beauchamp[15]; 5. 37F-Chris Guinn[1]; 6. 71X-Jac Haudenschild[14]; 7. 92-Brenden Bright[13]; 8. 11XS-Donovan Peterson[7]; 9. 12J-Jay Mounce[3]; 10. 69-A.J. Fike[10]; 11. 7-Shannon McQueen[16]; 12. 56X-Mark Chisholm[6]; 13. 4G-Bill Jackson[8]; 14. (DNF) 37K-Steve Brown[9]; 15. (DNF) 31M-Ray Seach[12]; 16. (DNF) 86-Chris Ennis[5]

H Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 7K-Robby Parish[1]; 2. 68M-Tyler Edwards[10]; 3. 17-Michael Koontz[2]; 4. 2M-Seth Motsinger[13]; 5. 7N-D.J. Netto[14]; 6. 7JR-J.D. Black[5]; 7. 24T-Jason Tyer[15]; 8. (DNF) 0G-Glenn Styres[16]; 9. (DNF) 91W-Mickey Walker[4]; 10. (DNF) 11B-Josh Baughman[12]; 11. (DNF) 87R-Jeff Flesher[9]; 12. (DNF) 59-Kaley Engstrom[3]; 13. (DNF) 8C-Kris Schudy[11]; 14. (DNF) 12S-Bryan Severs[8]; DNS 91-Dereck King; DNS 2B-Bill Balog

H Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 92-Brenden Bright[1]; 2. 71X-Jac Haudenschild[11]; 3. 43B-Brent Beauchamp[3]; 4. 7-Shannon McQueen[4]; 5. 19P-Patrick Stasa[6]; 6. 7X-Critter Malone[13]; 7. 0B-Tyler Brehm[8]; 8. 7J-Shawn Jackson[2]; 9. 13AU-Matt Hunter[7]; 10. 1JR-Joe Ramaker[15]; 11. 24K-Bradley Morris[16]; 12. 44C-Clint Schubert[14]; 13. 84-Scotty Smith[9]; DNS 6R-Jody Rosenboom; DNS 9D-Sean Dodenhoff; 16. DQ 11C-Chett Gehrke[10]

I Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 2M-Seth Motsinger[1]; 2. 7N-D.J. Netto[6]; 3. 24T-Jason Tyer[4]; 4. 0G-Glenn Styres[2]; 5. 35L-Cody Ledger[9]; 6. 79J-Jacob Patton[8]; 7. 14E-Eric Fenton[12]; 8. 87C-Coby Hughes[16]; 9. 10B-Thomas Briggs[11]; 10. 95-Jim Radney[14]; 11. 40-Andy Huston[10]; 12. 25-Dylan Peterson[13]; 13. 11F-Floyd Alvis[7]; 14. 1OU-A.J. Burns[5]; 15. (DNF) 19W-Dan Parker[3]; 16. (DNF) 20X-Jimmy Harris[15]

I Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 7X-Critter Malone[4]; 2. 44C-Clint Schubert[1]; 3. 1JR-Joe Ramaker[8]; 4. 24K-Bradley Morris[7]; 5. 14R-John Klabunde[3]; 6. 14D-David McIntosh[2]; 7. 2S-Stratton Briggs[6]; 8. 10C-Dalton Camfield[16]; 9. 31E-Evan Sewell[10]; 10. 21N-Nick Speidel[12]; 11. 85-Matt Johnson[13]; 12. 2J-Zach Blurton[9]; 13. 4X-Shawn Petersen[14]; 14. 6C-Matt Fox[11]; 15. 0K-Don O'Keefe Jr[15]; 16. (DNF) 20S-Shon Deskins[5]

J Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 25-Dylan Peterson[1]; 2. 95-Jim Radney[7]; 3. 20X-Jimmy Harris[5]; 4. 87C-Coby Hughes[2]; 5. 71AU-Domain Ramsay[13]; 6. 51X-Michael Curtis[9]; 7. 49JR-Dan Hillberg[12]; 8. 9U-Doug McCune[4]; 9. 7S-Kory Schudy[10]; 10. 6D-Jesse Denome[8]; 11. 27C-Kip Hughes[16]; 12. 21D-Justin Dickerson[6]; 13. 7RS-Scott Crystal[3]; 14. (DNF) 19C-Rusty Carlile[14]; 15. (DNF) 05P-Ryan Pace[11]; DNS 73-Jason McDougal

J Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 85-Matt Johnson[2]; 2. 4X-Shawn Petersen[3]; 3. 0K-Don O'Keefe Jr[1]; 4. 10C-Dalton Camfield[6]; 5. 16C-David Camfield[5]; 6. 86S-Danny Smith[8]; 7. 17W-Cole Wood[13]; 8. 5A-Peter Palazzolo[7]; 9. 33A-Stephen Arnold[4]; 10. D6-Dakota Gains[14]; 11. 10W-George White[16]; 12. 44D-Philip Dietz[9]; 13. 71M-Brandon Matus[15]; 14. 1B-Bobby Brewer[12]; DNS 25M-Derrick Myers; DNS 20B-Carey Becker

K Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 71AU-Domain Ramsay[1]; 2. 19C-Rusty Carlile[3]; 3. 73-Jason McDougal[15]; 4. 27C-Kip Hughes[2]; 5. 33D-Lee Dakus[6]; 6. 14-Tony Rossi[11]; 7. 05H-Justin Hendricks[7]; 8. 11D-Dustin Hapka[4]; 9. 69B-Randy Boyer[9]; 10. 29S-Brian Harvey[12]; 11. 28-Greg Fitzpatrick[13]; 12. (DNF) 7D-Michelle Decker[10]; 13. (DNF) 3H-Bubba Hunt[8]; 14. (DNF) 56XX-Lance Bennett[16]; DNS 14K-Kyle Bellm; DNS 0-Johnny Murdock

K Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 17W-Cole Wood[4]; 2. D6-Dakota Gains[14]; 3. 71M-Brandon Matus[5]; 4. 10W-George White[12]; 5. 0C-Chris Stockham[9]; 6. 31J-Jimmy Elledge[2]; 7. 9M-Cory Mallo[15]; 8. 5K-Tucker Klaasmeyer[1]; 9. 22AZ-Rick Shuman[11]; 10. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[3]; 11. 8CK-David Garbo Jr.[6]; 12. 69M-Mike Miller[17]; 13. 4M-Andee Beierle[10]; DNS 27-J.J. Hickle; DNS 19R-Randy Woodside; DNS 57X-Tim Kent

L Feature 1: 1. 28-Greg Fitzpatrick[1]; 2. D6-Dakota Gains[2]; 3. 9M-Cory Mallo[4]; 4. 0-Johnny Murdock[5]; 5. 73-Jason McDougal[7]; 6. 56XX-Lance Bennett[11]; 7. 57X-Tim Kent[12]; 8. 69M-Mike Miller[16]; DNS 11XC-Steve Newman; DNS 11H-Garett Hood; DNS 6M-Justin Mallo; DNS 3F-Ned Fry; DNS 83J-Jonathan Halford; DNS 32-Casey Shuman; DNS 3E-Kody Swanson; DNS 14C-Paul Nienhiser; DNS 75-Justin Grant. Race removed as all but 8 scratched....Finish posted in order by lineup of transfers that remained, then order of DNS based on scheduled starting position.

Friday Vacuworx Global Qualifying Night Results

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15X-Chad Boat[6]; 2. 7B-Austin Brown[4]; 3. 2$-Stuart Snyder[1]; 4. 94-Darren Kingston[3]; 5. 35H-Tyson Hall[2]; 6. 14-Tony Rossi[5]; 7. 10B-Thomas Briggs[8]; 8. (DNF) 19C-Rusty Carlile[7]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Bryan Clauson[3]; 2. 71X-Jac Haudenschild[2]; 3. 68-Ronnie Gardner[6]; 4. 80-Josh Hawkins[7]; 5. 57D-Daniel Robinson[8]; 6. 5S-Kyle Steffens[5]; 7. 24K-Bradley Morris[1]; 8. (DNF) 69M-Mike Miller[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 67-Tanner Thorson[1]; 2. 73N-Nic Faas[2]; 3. 51S-Mike Spencer[4]; 4. 37X-Michael Faccinto[3]; 5. 91-Dereck King[8]; 6. 95-Jim Radney[6]; 7. 24L-C.J. Leary[7]; DNS 75-Justin Grant

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 91T-Tyler Thomas[1]; 2. 43B-Brent Beauchamp[4]; 3. 21K-Cory Kruseman[7]; 4. 20-Tadd Holliman[5]; 5. 22AZ-Rick Shuman[3]; 6. 19W-Dan Parker[8]; 7. (DNF) 0-Johnny Murdock[2]; 8. (DNF) 3E-Kody Swanson[6]....19W penalized at the finish for hitting the cone on a restart.

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 56J-Darren Hagen[4]; 2. 2ST-Jon Stanbrough[5]; 3. 52C-Isaac Chapple[6]; 4. 21AJ-A.J. Hopkins[2]; 5. 11XS-Donovan Peterson[1]; 6. 59-Kaley Engstrom[7]; 7. 6M-Justin Mallo[3]; 8. 6C-Matt Fox[8]

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 17R-Dave Darland[3]; 2. 85S-Shane Hollingsworth[5]; 3. 88-Terry Babb[1]; 4. 83P-Wes McIntyre[2]; 5. 57M-Matt Mitchell[8]; 6. 4F-Chad Frewaldt[4]; 7. 12J-Jay Mounce[6]; 8. 11F-Floyd Alvis[7]

Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 56R-Ryan Bernal[3]; 2. 21-Daryn Pittman[6]; 3. 59E-Dex Eaton[1]; 4. 32D-Danny Jennings[5]; 5. 84B-Bobby Michnowicz[7]; 6. 5A-Peter Palazzolo[2]; 7. 05H-Justin Hendricks[4]; 8. 05P-Ryan Pace[8]

Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 47X-Tim McCreadie[4]; 2. 13AU-Matt Hunter[1]; 3. 1K-Trevor Kobylarz[8]; 4. 71-Kasey Kahne[7]; 5. 19R-Randy Woodside[3]; 6. 31-David Budres[5]; 7. 9M-Cory Mallo[2]; 8. 7RS-Scott Crystal[6]

Heat 9 (8 Laps): 1. 39R-Dillon Welch[1]; 2. 5N-Jeffrey Newell[3]; 3. 17K-Alex Schutte[6]; 4. 8C-Kris Schudy[7]; 5. 25M-Derrick Myers[4]; 6. 4X-Shawn Petersen[8]; 7. 14R-John Klabunde[2]; 8. (DNF) 2-Kevin Thomas Jr[5]

C Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5S-Kyle Steffens[2]; 2. 11XS-Donovan Peterson[5]; 3. 24L-C.J. Leary[9]; 4. 59-Kaley Engstrom[3]; 5. 19W-Dan Parker[1]; 6. 24K-Bradley Morris[14]; 7. 10B-Thomas Briggs[7]; 8. 7RS-Scott Crystal[15]; 9. 5A-Peter Palazzolo[8]; 10. (DNF) 05P-Ryan Pace[11]; 11. (DNF) 19C-Rusty Carlile[13]; 12. (DNF) 19R-Randy Woodside[4]; 13. (DNF) 14-Tony Rossi[6]; 14. (DNF) 9M-Cory Mallo[12]; 15. (DNF) 6M-Justin Mallo[10]; DNS 69M-Mike Miller

C Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 2-Kevin Thomas Jr[15]; 2. 35H-Tyson Hall[4]; 3. 12J-Jay Mounce[8]; 4. 31-David Budres[6]; 5. 14R-John Klabunde[12]; 6. 11F-Floyd Alvis[13]; 7. 6C-Matt Fox[10]; 8. (DNF) 4X-Shawn Petersen[1]; 9. (DNF) 95-Jim Radney[5]; 10. (DNF) 25M-Derrick Myers[2]; 11. (DNF) 4F-Chad Frewaldt[7]; 12. (DNF) 05H-Justin Hendricks[9]; 13. (DNF) 22AZ-Rick Shuman[3]; 14. (DNF) 0-Johnny Murdock[11]; DNS 3E-Kody Swanson; DNS 75-Justin Grant

Qualifier 1 (10 Laps): 1. 67-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 2ST-Jon Stanbrough[4]; 3. 57M-Matt Mitchell[8]; 4. 73N-Nic Faas[7]; 5. 88-Terry Babb[9]; 6. 94-Darren Kingston[10]; 7. 43B-Brent Beauchamp[3]; 8. 80-Josh Hawkins[1]; 9. (DNF) 15X-Chad Boat[6]; 10. (DNF) 1K-Trevor Kobylarz[5]

Qualifier 2 (10 Laps): 1. 63-Bryan Clauson[5]; 2. 68-Ronnie Gardner[3]; 3. 91T-Tyler Thomas[2]; 4. 71-Kasey Kahne[1]; 5. 85S-Shane Hollingsworth[4]; 6. 56J-Darren Hagen[6]; 7. 37X-Michael Faccinto[10]; 8. 13AU-Matt Hunter[7]; 9. 20-Tadd Holliman[8]; 10. (DNF) 59E-Dex Eaton[9]

Qualifier 3 (10 Laps): 1. 47X-Tim McCreadie[6]; 2. 17R-Dave Darland[5]; 3. 39R-Dillon Welch[2]; 4. 21K-Cory Kruseman[4]; 5. 51S-Mike Spencer[7]; 6. 21AJ-A.J. Hopkins[10]; 7. 91-Dereck King[9]; 8. 52C-Isaac Chapple[3]; 9. 32D-Danny Jennings[8]; 10. (DNF) 8C-Kris Schudy[1]

Qualifier 4 (12 Laps): 1. 56R-Ryan Bernal[5]; 2. 17K-Alex Schutte[3]; 3. 21-Daryn Pittman[6]; 4. 7B-Austin Brown[4]; 5. 5N-Jeffrey Newell[2]; 6. 84B-Bobby Michnowicz[9]; 7. 2$-Stuart Snyder[8]; 8. 83P-Wes McIntyre[10]; 9. 57D-Daniel Robinson[7]; 10. (DNF) 71X-Jac Haudenschild[1]

B Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 51S-Mike Spencer[2]; 2. 85S-Shane Hollingsworth[1]; 3. 21AJ-A.J. Hopkins[5]; 4. 5N-Jeffrey Newell[3]; 5. 57D-Daniel Robinson[10]; 6. 37X-Michael Faccinto[6]; 7. 5S-Kyle Steffens[13]; 8. 32D-Danny Jennings[11]; 9. 24L-C.J. Leary[15]; 10. 83P-Wes McIntyre[9]; 11. 94-Darren Kingston[4]; 12. 11XS-Donovan Peterson[14]; 13. 2$-Stuart Snyder[7]; 14. 59-Kaley Engstrom[16]; 15. (DNF) 13AU-Matt Hunter[8]; 16. (DNF) 8C-Kris Schudy[12]

B Feature 2 (15 Laps): 1. 88-Terry Babb[1]; 2. 15X-Chad Boat[3]; 3. 1K-Trevor Kobylarz[8]; 4. 84B-Bobby Michnowicz[4]; 5. 52C-Isaac Chapple[7]; 6. 31-David Budres[16]; 7. 59E-Dex Eaton[11]; 8. 2-Kevin Thomas Jr[13]; 9. 20-Tadd Holliman[10]; 10. 35H-Tyson Hall[14]; 11. (DNF) 12J-Jay Mounce[15]; 12. (DNF) 80-Josh Hawkins[9]; 13. (DNF) 71-Kasey Kahne[2]; 14. (DNF) 43B-Brent Beauchamp[5]; 15. (DNF) 91-Dereck King[6]; 16. (DNF) 71X-Jac Haudenschild[12]

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 63-Bryan Clauson[2]; 2. 47X-Tim McCreadie[1]; 3. 17R-Dave Darland[4]; 4. 21-Daryn Pittman[5]; 5. 56R-Ryan Bernal[3]; 6. 17K-Alex Schutte[9]; 7. 15X-Chad Boat[20]; 8. 57M-Matt Mitchell[10]; 9. 51S-Mike Spencer[17]; 10. 56J-Darren Hagen[16]; 11. 39R-Dillon Welch[14]; 12. 91T-Tyler Thomas[13]; 13. 21K-Cory Kruseman[12]; 14. 7B-Austin Brown[15]; 15. 88-Terry Babb[18]; 16. 73N-Nic Faas[11]; 17. 67-Tanner Thorson[7]; 18. 68-Ronnie Gardner[8]; 19. 5N-Jeffrey Newell[23]; 20. (DNF) 85S-Shane Hollingsworth[19]; 21. (DNF) 2ST-Jon Stanbrough[6]; 22. (DNF) 84B-Bobby Michnowicz[24]; 23. (DNF) 21AJ-A.J. Hopkins[21]; 24. (

Thursday River Spirit Casino Qualifying Night Results

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 05-Brad Loyet[2]; 2. 11CA-Chris Andrews[8]; 3. 2X-Ryan Hall[7]; 4. 5$-Danny Smith[5]; 5. 96-Cody Brewer[6]; 6. (DNF) 37K-Steve Brown[3]; 7. (DNF) 28-Greg Fitzpatrick[4]; 8. (DNF) 32-Casey Shuman[1]....5$ penalized at the finish for hitting the cone on a restart.

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 15W-Brandon Waelti[4]; 2. 31B-Travis Berryhill[6]; 3. 10-Brad Kuhn[3]; 4. 45X-Johnny Herrera[8]; 5. 55-Nick Knepper[7]; 6. 2M-Seth Motsinger[2]; 7. 2J-Zach Blurton[1]; 8. 71AU-Domain Ramsay[5]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Sammy Swindell[4]; 2. 8V-Jace VanderWeerd[2]; 3. 5-Jerry Coons Jr[5]; 4. 14W-Matt Westfall[6]; 5. 33H-Cameron Hagin[7]; 6. 7K-Robby Parish[8]; 7. 16C-David Camfield[3]; 8. (DNF) 44D-Philip Dietz[1]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 15B-Danny Burke[1]; 2. 5C-Colten Cottle[4]; 3. 37F-Chris Guinn[3]; 4. 91S-Jeff Stasa[8]; 5. 83-Hannah Adair[7]; 6. 5K-Tucker Klaasmeyer[2]; 7. (DNF) 69B-Randy Boyer[5]; 8. (DNF) 57X-Tim Kent[6]

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 67K-Rico Abreu[2]; 2. 26-Shane Golobic[6]; 3. 10J-John Hunt[3]; 4. 76M-Brad Noffsinger[7]; 5. 92-Brenden Bright[4]; 6. 1T-Tony Roney[5]; 7. 51X-Michael Curtis[1]; 8. 35L-Cody Ledger[8]....92 penalized at the finish for hitting the cone on a restart.

Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 9P-Parker Price-Miller[2]; 2. 6RR-Joe Liguori[1]; 3. 66-Shane Cockrum[5]; 4. 86-Chris Ennis[4]; 5. 14K-Kyle Bellm[6]; 6. 1OU-A.J. Burns[8]; 7. 44C-Clint Schubert[3]; 8. (DNF) 3F-Ned Fry[7]

Heat 7 (8 Laps): 1. 1ST-J.J. Yeley[1]; 2. 3-Chris Windom[4]; 3. 8-Alex Sewell[7]; 4. 7JR-J.D. Black[6]; 5. 17J-Chase Johnson[3]; 6. 20S-Shon Deskins[8]; 7. 0K-Don O'Keefe Jr[2]; 8. (DNF) 0C-Chris Stockham[5]

Heat 8 (8 Laps): 1. 8K-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 15-Tim Siner[1]; 3. 39T-Payton Pierce[3]; 4. 73X-Trey Marcham[7]; 5. 6R-Jody Rosenboom[4]; 6. 93H-Harley Hollan[5]; 7. 71M-Brandon Matus[6]...6R penalized at the finish for hitting the cone on a restart.

Heat 9 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Caleb Armstrong[2]; 2. 87R-Jeff Flesher[4]; 3. 82-Eric Johnson[1]; 4. 84-Scotty Smith[3]; 5. 7F-Sean McClelland[7]; 6. 25-Dylan Peterson[5]; 7. (DNF) 20X-Jimmy Harris[6]