Jeffersonville,
IN (September 17, 2011) - Season championship night at the Sportsdrome for four divisions
were held last Saturday night. All of the champs had already wrapped
up their titles before tonight, but more laps and more money were
at stake for the final points races of the year.
The Oval Xtreme division had the points champion James Wayne start
on the pole for their 40 lap feature race. He showed why he was
the top dog as he pulled out to the lead and never looked back.
The real battle was for second thru fifth. Troy Phillips had second
place locked down for the first 16 laps. But that is when the red
flag came out for fluid that was dumped all over the track. When
racing resumed, Phillips seemed to be victim of a messy outside
groove from all the oil dry that was put down on the track. It
was a double file restart. He fell back from second to eighth in
a matter of three laps. Mike Popplewell Jr now had second with
Mark Whitaker in third. For over 20 laps, Whitaker tried to pass
Popplewell but could not get him. Finally on the last lap, he got
on the outside and beat him by a nose at the line to take second
place. Congrats to James Wayne for winning the season title and
the championship race. Tommy Brown Jr got fourth and Tim Samples
was fifth.
The Dromer Figure 8 division had a 40 lap season championship
race on Saturday. Chris Workman already had the points title wrapped
up, but was looking to cap it off with a victory. He jumped out
to the lead from his pole position spot and was well on his way.
But on lap 3, the dreaded intersection reached out and grabbed
him. He collided with Leon Corbin, bringing out the red flag. Corbin’s
car suffered heavy damage to the front end, putting him out of
the race. However, Workman was able to drive off the track, even
though the whole right side of the car was ripped off. He quickly
made his way back out on the track for the restart and picked up
on the tail. When the green flag came back out, it was Bobby Corbin
III now taking over the lead with Jon Embry in second. Lap 12 would
see Workman return to the pit area as he was still having issues
from the earlier crash. He would not make it back this time as
the race rolled on. The top 3 cars were all running together and
all having a good run. The trio of Corbin, Embry, and Mike Russ
paced the field throughout the whole race. Embry looked to take
the lead a few times as they worked thru traffic, but Corbin was
able to keep the advantage each time. At the end, it was Bobby
Corbin III taking his third feature win of the season. Embry was
second, Russ was third, Scott Bruner got fourth, and Todd Hash
had his best finish in getting fifth.
The 40 lap Dromer Oval feature started 26 cars. Points champion
Chris Workman had the pole as he jumped to the early lead with
BJ Cadle in second and Perry Whitsett II in third. As Workman built
his lead out, the battle for second between Cadle and Whitsett
waged on for several laps. Finally on lap 12, Whitsett got around
Cadle on the outside to put him in second. A few laps later, Cadle
dropped out of the race with major issues as he coasted to the
infield with a huge cloud of white smoke surrounding the car. Meanwhile,
Whitsett now set his sights on the leader, who had built a full
straightaway lead. But as they worked thru all the traffic, Whitsett
was closing the gap. He had gotten within a couple car lengths
when the yellow flag came out on lap 34. This would create a 6
lap shootout to the finish between the top two drivers in the division
this year. Whitsett looked to the outside and he looked to the
inside, but Workman continued to hold on. On the last lap, Whitsett
tried the outside again, but could not make it happen, as Workman
went on to take the checkered flag with Whitsett in second. Nick
Cook had a great run to finish in third, with Todd Hash fourth,
and James Goodman fifth.
The FWD regular oval division had a 30 lap event with Bubby Gedling
taking the lead. Austin Baum, who started in the back, moved his
way to the second place spot by lap 6. Gedling had about a half
straightaway lead by that time, but Baum quickly closed that up.
By lap 12 he had caught up to the leader and was ready to take
over the top spot. Gedling wasn’t going to give up without
a fight however, as he run a tight groove on the inside of the
track, forcing Baum to make his move on the outside. Baum got positioned
on the outside of Gedling on lap 16 as the two drivers raced side
by side for 3 laps before Baum finally was able to pull out ahead
and into the lead for good on lap 19. This would be Austin Baum’s
seventh feature win of the season. Gedling got second with Steve
Brock third, William Chism fourth, and Joe Dellinger fifth.
The FWD Rookies had a 17 car field take to the track for their
30 lap feature. Nick Minton had the early advantage until he spun
out on lap 4. Derek Bradshaw then took the lead for a short two
laps. This is when Travis Vaughn passed him to take over the top
spot. The yellow came out on lap 8 and when the race was restarted,
it was Royce Harmon taking the lead from the outside. It looked
as though Harmon was going to go on to win the race until he got
tangled up with a lapped car on lap 22. This gave the lead to the
hard charging John King. King went on to take the victory for the
first time since opening night. Anthony Sakai was second, with
Vaughn finishing in third, Bradshaw fourth, and CJ Higgins taking
fifth.
The FWD Figure 8 cars had a 30 lap finale for their points season.
Billy Higgins Jr had already wrapped up the title and would start
from the pole as he looked for his first victory since winning
the first 5 features of the season. He quickly moved out front
with Bubby Gedling keeping pace right behind him. As the leaders
were moving pass a lapped car, Higgins made contact with the slower
car causing Higgins to suffer a flat. His misfortune put Gedling
in the lead with Joe Moore following right behind him. Moore kept
the pressure on as he looked to try and get his fifth win of the
year. But this was Gedling’s night, as he had looked strong
all evening in winning 2 heat races earlier. Gedling continued
his hot streak as he went on to record his first FWD 8 feature
win of the season and finish second in the points race. Moore settled
for second in the race with Jeremy Clary taking third, Brian Krebs
getting fourth, and Steve Brock finishing in fifth.
Results; 9/17/11:
40 Lap Dromer Figure 8 Feature:
1st - 29 Bobby Corbin III
2nd - 0 Jon Embry
3rd - 14 Mike Russ
4th - 6 Scott Bruner
5th - 5 Todd Hash
6th - 56 Donnie Blanchard
7th - 47 Jesse Suell
8th - 03 Joe Hillebrand
9th - 27 Matt Johnson
10th- 8 Mike Bivens
11th- 82 Bill Hines Jr
12th - 33 John Groulx
13th - 46 Chris Workman
14th - 54 Leon Corbin
15th - 25 Chris Anderson
16th - 4 Harry Hardin
DNS - 04 Clayton Roby
DNS - 16 Dalibor Mitrovich
40 Lap Oval Xtreme Feature:
1st- 25 James Wayne
2nd- 00 Mark Whitaker
3rd- 19 Mike Popplewell Jr
4th- 12 Tommy Brown Jr
5th- 29 Tim Samples
6th- 30 Mark Bayens
7th- 87 Allen Huddleston
8th- 20 Troy Phillips
9th- 13 Brandon Deckard
10th- 31 Rodney Bruce
11th- 57 Stephen Jones
12th- 15 Mike Cranmer
13th- 69 Dan Bates
14th- 33 John Lee
15th- 91 Brandon Roberts
16th- 86 Perry Whitsett Sr
17th- 1 Joe Bierman
18th- 71 Steve Packer
19th- 67 Rick Harper
20th- 85 Allan Williams Jr
21st- 95 Anthony Richie
22nd- 56 Donnie Blanchard
23rd- 26 Jeff Laws Jr
DNS - 79 Ray Temple
40 Lap Dromer Oval Feature:
1st- 46 Chris Workman
2nd- 60 Perry Whitsett II
3rd- 59 Nick Cook
4th- 5 Todd Hash
5th- 75 James Goodman
6th- 25 Chris Anderson
7th- 34 Ronnie Basham III
8th- 21 Trevor Cranmer
9th- 0 Sammy Davis
10th- 32 Ken Sumner
11th- 12 Jeff Bissinger
12th- 47 Brian Workman
13th- 88 Joe Clapp
14th- 03 Joe Hillebrand
15th- 82 Derek Smith
16th- 56 Steve Arnold
17th- 2 Gary Baker
18th- 33 Jeff Crump
19th- 92 Brandon Smith
20th - 4 Harry Hardin
21st - 27 Vernon Lee
22nd - 04 Clayton Roby
23rd - 49 BJ Cadle
24th- 18 Chad Deeley
25th- 16 Dalibor Mitrovich
26th- 77 Justin Davis
FWD Rookies: Heat Winners- 81 John King, 78 Mike Scott
30 Lap Feature:
1st - 81 John King
2nd - 85 Anthony Sakai
3rd - 40 Travis Vaughn
4th - 49 Derek Bradshaw
5th - 98 CJ Higgins
6th - 4 Jeremy Porter
7th- 04 Terry Garvin Jr
8th- 09 Cory Strode
9th- 25 Alan Miller
10th - 32 Jessica Capito
11th- 78 Mike Scott
12th- 42 Miranda Ilari
13th- 6 Royce Harmon
14th- 11 James Napier
15th- 61 Nick Minton
16th- 12 Tyler Kirkpatrick
17th- 36 Donnie Wate
FWD Oval: Heat Winner- 43 Bubby Gedling
30 Lap Feature:
1st- 54 Austin Baum
2nd- 43 Bubby Gedling
3rd- 9 Steve Brock
4th- 17 William Chism
5th- 00 Joseph Dellinger
6th- 08 Stoney Keith
7th- 22 Brad Ervin
8th- 1 Robert Embry
9th- 7 Colt Moore
1st - 43 Bubby Gedling
2nd - 23 Joe Moore
3rd - 0 Jeremy Clary
4th - 13 Brian Krebs
5th - 9 Steve Brock
6th - 44 Nick Cooper
7th - 08 Stoney Keith
8th - 85 Mike Cottrell
9th - 00 Joseph Dellinger
10th - 27 Billy Higgins
11th - 61 William Chism
12th - 78 Levi Bishop
13th - 7 Colt Moore
14th - 67 Joey French
15th- 24 Tim Troutman
This coming week at the Sportsdrome on Sept. 24th will be a big
one. It's the 45th annual Midwestern Figure 8 Championship for
the Xtreme Winged Figure 8 cars featuring a 75 lap feature event.
This will be their final points race of the year. Also, the World
Figure 8 Tour cars will be on hand for a 50 lap shootout. These
are the late model cars that regularly race at the Speedrome in
Indianapolis. Also racing will be the Dromer 8, FWD, FWD 8, and
the Legends. Racing starts at 7 this Saturday.
The Oval Xtreme division had the points champion James Wayne start
on the pole for their 40 lap feature race. He showed why he was
the top dog as he pulled out to the lead and never looked back.
The real battle was for second thru fifth. Troy Phillips had second
place locked down for the first 16 laps. But that is when the red
flag came out for fluid that was dumped all over the track. When
racing resumed, Phillips seemed to be victim of a messy outside
groove from all the oil dry that was put down on the track. It
was a double file restart. He fell back from second to eighth in
a matter of three laps. Mike Popplewell Jr now had second with
Mark Whitaker in third. For over 20 laps, Whitaker tried to pass
Popplewell but could not get him. Finally on the last lap, he got
on the outside and beat him by a nose at the line to take second
place. Congrats to James Wayne for winning the season title and
the championship race. Tommy Brown Jr got fourth and Tim Samples
was fifth.
The Dromer Figure 8 division had a 40 lap season championship
race on Saturday. Chris Workman already had the points title wrapped
up, but was looking to cap it off with a victory. He jumped out
to the lead from his pole position spot and was well on his way.
But on lap 3, the dreaded intersection reached out and grabbed
him. He collided with Leon Corbin, bringing out the red flag. Corbin’s
car suffered heavy damage to the front end, putting him out of
the race. However, Workman was able to drive off the track, even
though the whole right side of the car was ripped off. He quickly
made his way back out on the track for the restart and picked up
on the tail. When the green flag came back out, it was Bobby Corbin
III now taking over the lead with Jon Embry in second. Lap 12 would
see Workman return to the pit area as he was still having issues
from the earlier crash. He would not make it back this time as
the race rolled on. The top 3 cars were all running together and
all having a good run. The trio of Corbin, Embry, and Mike Russ
paced the field throughout the whole race. Embry looked to take
the lead a few times as they worked thru traffic, but Corbin was
able to keep the advantage each time. At the end, it was Bobby
Corbin III taking his third feature win of the season. Embry was
second, Russ was third, Scott Bruner got fourth, and Todd Hash
had his best finish in getting fifth.
The 40 lap Dromer Oval feature started 26 cars. Points champion
Chris Workman had the pole as he jumped to the early lead with
BJ Cadle in second and Perry Whitsett II in third. As Workman built
his lead out, the battle for second between Cadle and Whitsett
waged on for several laps. Finally on lap 12, Whitsett got around
Cadle on the outside to put him in second. A few laps later, Cadle
dropped out of the race with major issues as he coasted to the
infield with a huge cloud of white smoke surrounding the car. Meanwhile,
Whitsett now set his sights on the leader, who had built a full
straightaway lead. But as they worked thru all the traffic, Whitsett
was closing the gap. He had gotten within a couple car lengths
when the yellow flag came out on lap 34. This would create a 6
lap shootout to the finish between the top two drivers in the division
this year. Whitsett looked to the outside and he looked to the
inside, but Workman continued to hold on. On the last lap, Whitsett
tried the outside again, but could not make it happen, as Workman
went on to take the checkered flag with Whitsett in second. Nick
Cook had a great run to finish in third, with Todd Hash fourth,
and James Goodman fifth.
The FWD regular oval division had a 30 lap event with Bubby Gedling
taking the lead. Austin Baum, who started in the back, moved his
way to the second place spot by lap 6. Gedling had about a half
straightaway lead by that time, but Baum quickly closed that up.
By lap 12 he had caught up to the leader and was ready to take
over the top spot. Gedling wasn’t going to give up without
a fight however, as he run a tight groove on the inside of the
track, forcing Baum to make his move on the outside. Baum got positioned
on the outside of Gedling on lap 16 as the two drivers raced side
by side for 3 laps before Baum finally was able to pull out ahead
and into the lead for good on lap 19. This would be Austin Baum’s
seventh feature win of the season. Gedling got second with Steve
Brock third, William Chism fourth, and Joe Dellinger fifth.
The FWD Rookies had a 17 car field take to the track for their
30 lap feature. Nick Minton had the early advantage until he spun
out on lap 4. Derek Bradshaw then took the lead for a short two
laps. This is when Travis Vaughn passed him to take over the top
spot. The yellow came out on lap 8 and when the race was restarted,
it was Royce Harmon taking the lead from the outside. It looked
as though Harmon was going to go on to win the race until he got
tangled up with a lapped car on lap 22. This gave the lead to the
hard charging John King. King went on to take the victory for the
first time since opening night. Anthony Sakai was second, with
Vaughn finishing in third, Bradshaw fourth, and CJ Higgins taking
fifth.