Saturday, April 26, 2003

The night started out with the E-Mod Heat Races. In the 1st heat, the #M3 of Chuck McDonald moved into the lead on lap #2 and stayed out front for the win, and the #96 of Kirk Anderson drove his way to a 2nd place finish from deep in the field. The #4 of John Winters started out front in E-Mod Heat #2, opened up a big lead, and took home the checkered flag, followed by the #3M of Chris McMahill in 2nd.

The #88 of Dave Collins scored a very convincing win in the thunder Truck Heat Race, followed by the #31 of Harry Fourdyce in 2nd.

The #81 of Mark Ross scored a strong win in the Pro Street Heat Race, with the #18 of Terry Pratt finishing in 2nd.

After a short intermission, we moved on to the Feature Events. The #3M of Chris McMahill started on the pole in the E-Mod Main Event, but the #96 of Kirk Anderson moved into the lead on the 1st lap, bringing the #M3 of Chuck McDonald along with him into 2nd. McMahill and the #M17 of Brent Munson battled side by side for the 3rd spot, with the #4 of John Winters right behind them in 5th. Caution came out on lap #3 when Munson slowed coming out of turn #4, something obviously going away on his car. Several more cautions came out for cars spinning and colliding towards the back of the pack, but by a lap #5 restart, the #28 of Phil Schnarr, who started way back in the 8th spot, had made his way through traffic and into the 3rd spot. The #29 of Chad Terwillger and the #7W of Mark Branch both started deep in the field also, but they were also moving through traffic and towards the front of the pack by lap #7. There was A LOT of bumping and grinding throughout the entire race, but it all came to a crashing halt on the front stretch after the white flag came out. Terwillger got a run out ofturn #4 and made his way around Schnarr, setting his sights on McMahill. Contact between the cars set off a chain reaction that ended up with McMahill, Branch, and the #5 of Jake Helfers all torn up on the front stretch, and Terwillger went to the pits with a flat tire. McMahill suffered the worst of the damage, and the ambulance was called to the track. After a while, McMahill was able to climb from his car, obviously sore from the very hard impact, but his car was mangled pretty badly and was not able to continue. After the front stretch was cleared, the field was shown the green and white, leaving a one-lap shoot-out to the finish. Kirk Anderson got a good jump on the restart and was able to keep his #96 E-Mod out front to take home the checkered flag. The #M3 of Chuck McDonald finished in 2nd, followed by the #28 of Phil Schnarr in 3rd, the #27W of Greg Ward in 4th, and the #7W of Mark Branch in 5th.

Next on the agenda was the Modified Feature. The #M1 of Dale Munson started on the pole and stayed out front until lap #7, when he lost a gear coming out of turn #4, slowed way down, and bottled up the entire field behind him. Everyone did a nice job avoiding the #M1 car, and the #25 of Butch Weisser jumped out front and quickly opened up a nice lead for himself. The #1 of Floyd Jordan, the #48 of Casey Lappin, and the #31 of Mark Anderson were racing each other hard for the 2nd spot, with the #28 of Jim Hibser and the #64 of Gary Cook, Jr. right behind them fighting for the 5th spot. Caution came out again on lap #14, cutting down the lead Weisser had opened up for himself. The field was bunched back up again, making it a 5-way fight for the lead on the restart. Butch Weisser outraced the competition and kept his #25 Modified out in front of the rest of the field to score his first Feature win of the season. The #31 of Mark Anderson raced his way to a 2nd place finish, followed by the #48 of Casey Lappin in 3rd, the #28 of Jim Hibser in 4th, and the #64 of Gary Cook, Jr. in 5th.

The #59 of Morey Denney started on the pole and led the first lap of the Late Model feature, but by lap #2, the #29J of Lindell Jewell took over the lead. Jewell wasn't alone long up front, though. By lap #6, the #11 of Brad Denney, who started back in the 7th spot, had made his way to the front and was challenging for the lead. Brad Denney got under Jewell to take the lead on lap #7, and quickly opened up some breathing room between himself and the rest of the field. Jewell ran most of the race alone in the 2nd spot, but there was a lot of side-by-side racing going on for the 3rd spot between the #59 of Denney and the #B12 of Roger Nelson, and the #12 of Floyd Jordan, Jr. and the #10M of Chad Pratt were battling each other for the 5th spot. Lap traffic came into play for the race leaders on lap #15, but it didn't seem to slow them down at all. However, a caution flag did slow them down on lap #19, bunched the field back up again, and turned the race into another 1 lap shoot-out. Brad Denney got a good jump on the restart, and he kept the #11 out in front of the rest of the field to score the Feature win. The #10M of Chad Pratt also had a good restart, getting around Jewell and coming home in the 2nd spot. The #29J of Lindell Jewell finished in 3rd, followed by the #12 of Floyd Jordan, Jr. in 4th, and the #3G of Bob Goodin in 5th.

The #68 of Lance Alcorn lined up in the 2nd spot to start the Hobo feature, but he didn't stay there for very long! Alcorn got around the pole sitter, the #42 of Tim Bishop, in a hurry, and quickly opened up a nice lead for himself on the first lap. The #64 of Curtis Link, who started back in 6th, and the #35 of Josh Smith, who started in 5th, quickly moved their way up front and into a 2nd place battle with Bishop. Another car moving up in a hurry was the #11 of Scott Denney. Denney, who started at the very back of the field in the 9th spot, was up battling for the 4th spot with the #19 of Durland Pople by lap #8. Alcorn got another good restart after a lap #8 caution, leaving Bishop and Smith battling side by side for the 2nd spot. Lance Alcorn easily kept his #68 Hobo out front to score a very convincing Feature win. The #35 of Josh Smith held off the competition and finished in 2nd. The #11 of Scott Denney made a nice last-turn pass to finish in the 3rd spot, followed by the #42 of Tim Bishop in 4th, and the #64 of Curtis Link in 5th.