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Eldora
Speedway
Craig
keeps right on winning
Mobil
1 Family Fun Night Doubleheader Action
Entertains Huge Crowd as Fireworks Fill the Skies
ROSSBURG,
OH (May 18) – While Jerry Bowersock
(UMP DIRTcar Modified) completed his 3-2-1 countdown, Barney Craig
(Stock Car)
remained stuck on number 1 in Saturday’s Mobil 1 Family Fun Night
feature race
action at Eldora Speedway.
In
the three Modified events this season,
veteran Bowersock (Wapakoneta, OH) finished third on opening night,
second two
weeks ago and then this week was the top of the class as the 25-car
field went
non-stop for 18 laps around the .500-mile clay oval.
The checkered flag marked victory number
25
for Bowersock, moving him into third behind Scott Orr (34) and Brian
Ruhlman
(28).
Brent
Hole charged from his outside pole
position at the green flag to take the early lead, while pole-sitter
Zach
Schroeder followed in close pursuit.
Before two laps could be completed,
Bowersock had already moved from
seventh to runner-up. Keeping
him within
site was opening night feature winner Brian Post as he chose the same
line
around the lightning quick track.
As
Hole continued to rule top spot, Bowersock
and Post soon found a new player, as quick qualifier of the night, Matt
Westfall
joined in to create a trio of challengers for Hole.
Lap
after lap, Hole maintained control; until
the half-way mark on lap nine, as Bowersock pulled off the pass that
would take
him to the checkered flag. One
lap later
Westfall inched ahead of Post, and then two laps after that got by Hole
for
second, but by that time Bowersock had built up an insurmountable lead;
especially with no caution flag periods to slow the pace.
Bowersock
used his knowledge of Eldora to
master the lapped traffic, which placed three cars between himself and
Westfall
coming down for the checkered flag.
Following them across the line were Post
and Aaron Orr, who came on
strong in the closing laps. Schroeder
hung on for a top five finish, while Hole slipped back to sixth.
Attrition
was the keyword in the Stock Car
finale as only eleven of the 21 starters were around at the finish. Seven caution
flags slowed the pace.
Those
yellow flags may have slowed up the race,
but it had no slowing effect on Craig (Lima, OH) who made it
three-for-three in
feature race action on the young season.
The
first yellow came out before one lap could
be completed, as a spin up in front of the field created a chain
reaction that
collected a total of seven cars.
As the
green unfurled one more time, it was lights out for the balance of the
field,
as third-place starter Craig got by Earnie Woodard and Jordan Conover
down the
back stretch to take the lead that he held to the finish.
Lady
luck finally dealt Woodard a good hand
this week. He
found himself on the top
end of a five-car battle that had the huge crowd cheering.
While
Craig was out creating a new zip code for
himself, Woodard, Jordan Conover, Jeremy Creech, Shawn Phillippi and
Paul Pardo
waged a wild race to determine who would follow Craig and in what order. Woodard hung on
to finish ahead of Creech
and Conover, as Phillippi and Pardo completed the top six.
Bowersock
and Craig shared their celebration as
a tremendous fireworks extravaganza filled the skies in an annual
Family Fun
Night tradition.
Eldora
returns back to action with a rare
Sunday night showing next weekend (May 26) for the four-division Johnny
Appleseed Classic by Miller Lite.
Tickets for that event, or any of the
other remaining Eldora contests,
along with campsites, may be purchased online around the clock at
www.EldoraSpeedway.com or during normal business hours by calling the
track
office (937)338-3815.
Event:
MOBIL 1 FAMILY FUN NIGHT
Date:
May 18, 2013
UMP
DIRTcar MODIFIED
TIME
TRIALS - 1. 54-Matt Westfall [17.309]; 2.
5JB-Jerry Bowersock [17.697]; 3. 188-Aaron Orr [17.717]; 4. 15-Nick
Katterhenry
[17.777]; 5. 45P-Brian Post [17.782]; 6. 18-Ryan Sutter [17.787]; 7.
0-Brent
Hole [17.833]; 8. 55S-Zach Schroeder [17.886]; 9. 00-Dave Daughtery
[17.895];
10. 23J-Jon Henry [17.936]; 11. 36-Brandon Vaughan [18.003]; 12.
31J-John
Brooks [18.081]; 13. 1SB-Steve Billenstein [18.123]; 14. 26-Mike
Dirksen
[18.129]; 15. 4J-David Treon, Jr [18.159]; 16. 1SW-Scott Williams
[18.168]; 17.
5X-Tim Richardson [18.279]; 18. 05-David Smith [18.280]; 19. 20-Josh
Morton
[18.308]; 20. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [18.312]; 21. 18L-Randy Lines
[18.579]; 22.
79-Shane Unger [18.788]; 23. 35-Tim Cornett [18.886]; 24. 21M-Donnie
Miller
[18.967]; 25. 28P-Nick Price [99.999];
HEAT
1 - 1. 54-Matt Westfall [5]; 2. 1SB-Steve
Billenstein [2]; 3. 45P-Brian Post [4]; 4. 00-Dave Daughtery [3]; 5.
18L-Randy
Lines [6]; 6. 28P-Nick Price [7]; 7. 5X-Tim Richardson [DNF];
HEAT
2 - 1. 5JB-Jerry Bowersock [5]; 2.
05-David Smith [1]; 3. 23J-Jon Henry [3]; 4. 26-Mike Dirksen [2]; 5.
79-Shane
Unger [6]; 6. 18-Ryan Sutter [4];
HEAT
3 - 1. 4J-David Treon, Jr [2]; 2. 20-Josh
Morton [1]; 3. 0-Brent Hole [4]; 4. 188-Aaron Orr [5]; 5. 35-Tim
Cornett [6];
6. 36-Brandon Vaughan [3];
HEAT
4 - 1. 1SW-Scott Williams [2]; 2. 55S-Zach
Schroeder [4]; 3. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [1]; 4. 15-Nick Katterhenry [5];
5.
31J-John Brooks [3]; 6. 21M-Donnie Miller [6];
A
FEATURE - 1. 5JB-Jerry Bowersock [7]; 2.
54-Matt Westfall [8]; 3. 45P-Brian Post [4]; 4. 188-Aaron Orr [6]; 5.
55S-Zach
Schroeder [1]; 6. 0-Brent Hole [2]; 7. 18-Ryan Sutter [3]; 8. 15-Nick
Katterhenry [5]; 9. 23J-Jon Henry [10]; 10. 1SW-Scott Williams [16];
11.
00-Dave Daughtery [9]; 12. 31J-John Brooks [12]; 13. 18L-Randy Lines
[20]; 14.
05-David Smith [17]; 15. 20-Josh Morton [18]; 16. 1SB-Steve Billenstein
[13];
17. 36-Brandon Vaughan [11]; 18. 26-Mike Dirksen [14]; 19. 52-John
Phlipot, Jr
[19]; 20. 4J-David Treon, Jr [15]; 21. 5X-Tim Richardson [25]; 22.
21M-Donnie
Miller [23]; 23. 79-Shane Unger [21]; 24. 35-Tim Cornett [DNF]; 25.
28P-Nick
Price [DNF];
STOCK
CAR
TIME
TRIALS - 1. 71C-Barney Craig [19.816]; 2.
01-Earnie Woodard [19.931]; 3. 7-Jordan Conover [19.960]; 4. 00-Dean
Pitts
[20.002]; 5. 410-Paul Pardo [20.047]; 6. 61-Rob Trent [20.174]; 7.
8C-Brad Conover
[20.453]; 8. 17-Jeremy Creech [20.505]; 9. 5G-Anthony Goode [20.615];
10.
36-Adam Schaeff [20.880]; 11. 20-Shawn Phillipi [20.946]; 12. 51-Cody
Timmerman
[21.140]; 13. 23-Casey Barr [21.257]; 14. 27-Frank Paladino [21.451];
15.
19-Wayne Williams [21.844]; 16. 65-Rodney Lacey [22.285]; 17. 7D-Dan
Wooten
[99.999]; 18. 53-Jan Launder [99.999]; 19. 1W-Mark Wooten [99.999]; 20.
49-Eric
Sandlin [99.999]; 21. 77-Corey Wooten [99.999]; 22. 82-Chris Douglas
[99.999];
23. 58-Alex Peace [99.999];
HEAT
1 - 1. 71C-Barney Craig [5]; 2. 00-Dean
Pitts [4]; 3. 36-Adam Schaeff [2]; 4. 82-Chris Douglas [8]; 5. 23-Casey
Barr
[1]; 6. 65-Rodney Lacey [6]; 7. 8C-Brad Conover [DNF]; 8. 1W-Mark
Wooten [DNS];
HEAT
2 - 1. 20-Shawn Phillipi [2]; 2. 410-Paul
Pardo [4]; 3. 7D-Dan Wooten [6]; 4. 01-Earnie Woodard [5]; 5. 27-Frank
Paladino
[1]; 6. 17-Jeremy Creech [3]; 7. 58-Alex Peace [DNF]; 8. 49-Eric
Sandlin [DNS];
HEAT
3 - 1. 5G-Anthony Goode [3]; 2. 61-Rob
Trent [4]; 3. 7-Jordan Conover [5]; 4. 19-Wayne Williams [1]; 5.
51-Cody
Timmerman [DNF]; 6. 77-Corey Wooten [DNF]; 7. 53-Jan Launder [DNS];
A
FEATURE - 1. 71C-Barney Craig [4]; 2.
01-Earnie Woodard [3]; 3. 17-Jeremy Creech [7]; 4. 7-Jordan Conover
[2]; 5.
20-Shawn Phillipi [10]; 6. 410-Paul Pardo [5]; 7. 00-Dean Pitts [1]; 8.
82-Chris Douglas [16]; 9. 23-Casey Barr [11]; 10. 19-Wayne Williams
[13]; 11.
5G-Anthony Goode [DNF]; 12. 61-Rob Trent [DNF]; 13. 65-Rodney Lacey
[DNF]; 14.
58-Alex Peace [DNF]; 15. 53-Jan Launder [DNF]; 16. 36-Adam Schaeff
[DNF]; 17.
27-Frank Paladino [DNF]; 18. 77-Corey Wooten [DNF]; 19. 8C-Brad Conover
[DNF];
20. 7D-Dan Wooten [DNF]; 21. 51-Cody Timmerman [DNF]; 22. 1W-Mark
Wooten [DNS];
23. 49-Eric Sandlin [DNS].
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