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Super Pros Visit Calhoun County SpeedwaySpringport, MI-The first Sunday program of the 2004 racing season was held Sunday, June 6th at CCS. 71 drivers came out to try their hand on the big 3/8-mile asphalt oval. First on the docket were the Super Pros (formerly the US Pro Series). Fast qualifier, Mark Kortz started fifth in the 16-car field. Logan Beckwith, and 2003 Super Late Champion of Spartan Speedway, Jack Landis sat on the front row. At the green, Landis jumped out to lead the first lap with the rest of the field filing in nose to tail. Landis was checking out on the field at lap five with Tom Prebelich diving under Beckwith for second. Beckwith retired to the pit with mechanical problems on lap six, which moved Kortz into third, followed by Lansing.s Rob Buckley, and Rick Everidge.The race for second was heating up between Prebelich and Kortz on lap 10 while Buckley ran alone in fourth. Lap 15 had lapped traffic figuring into the scheme of things as the leaders picked their way through the rear of the field. Prebelich began zeroing in on Landis in traffic, while Buckley got caught up by slower cars. Prebelich and Kortz challenged Landis for the lead and on lap 17, Prebelich got loose and sailed into the infield. Kortz took second and was on the rear bumper of Landis whose car was ill-handling, and on lap 20, Kortz looked to the inside of the leader, but Landis wasn.t going without a fight. Kortz took the lead on lap 25 followed by Landis, Buckley, Brent Hook, and Jake Louden. Kortz opened up a sizeable lead over Landis with Buckley a distant third. Louden challenged Hook for fourth on lap 30, completing the pass on lap 32. Lap 35 had Prebelich moving up from the rear of the field to eighth, while the action heated up at the front of the pack with a challenge from Louden on Buckley for third. Louden was the man on the move as he had charged to the front from his 13th starting spot. Prebelich rejoined the top five on lap 46 and at the stripe on lap 50, it was Kortz, Landis, Louden, Buckley, and Prebelich as the top five. The MCR Dwarf cars returned to CCS where the Dwarfs were regular competitors on Saturday nights back in the late 90.s. The .Fowlerville Flash., Jon Wylie, set fast time and started inside the seventh row. Joe McManman and Terry Slayden made up the front row. Craig Meyers led the first lap with Eric Hoffman uncorking a motor on lap two. The smoke screen sent Chad Goff into the turn two wall while Mike Ammerman, Roger Balcom, and Joe McManman tangled between turns one and two. On the restart, Jeff Slayton took the lead and then slapped the turn two wall on lap 6. Wylie ran and hid on the restart while Rob Roney moved up to third behind Meyers. Mike Hicks met up with the turn two wall on lap 10 after losing a wheel. On the restart, Mike McManman moved into the top five ahead of Meyers while Roney got by Wylie on lap 14. When the checker flew, it was Roney, Wylie, Craig Curtis, McManman, and Meyers rounding out the top five. Giddy up! Ten pony stocks duked it out for 15 laps as the field saw a total invert. Fast qualifier, Kenny Clark, started shotgun on the field. The drop of the green resulted in a huge charge to the front by Willie Conroy and Clark. By lap 5, Clark was up to second and was chasing down TJ Conroy for first. Mike Putnam, W. Conroy, and John Ward made up the top five. Clark grabbed the lead on lap 9 with W. Conroy to third, and Ward to fourth, while Putnam sat fifth. Ward challenged W. Conroy for third but couldn.t get it done. Kenny Clark came home the victor, with TJ Conroy second, W. Conroy third, Ward fourth, and Jimmy Scavarda fifth. A 20-car field of MI Modifieds rolled an 11-car invert with Brian Nester and Earl Miles on the front row. Nester took the early lead with Miles, Jason Parish, Bill Engle, and Larry Wallace in tow. Engle slid up the track on lap three and Wallace slipped under him for fourth. Nester and Miles continued to go at it for the lead while Dan Loughan tried the high side for seventh from his ninth starting position and got caught on the outside by a train of cars on lap 10. Parish and Wallace were battling for third while Engle cruised in fifth. Loughan finally dropped into line behind Chris Ozanich for 11th on lap 15. Lap 20 found Ozanich outside of Bob Bauer and trying to run down Dave Goostrey for eighth. The win went to Nester, followed by Miles, Parish, Wallace, and Engle. Fast qualifier, Jim Butler, finished just outside the top five, in sixth. |
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1 M2 Jim Butler 15.894 2 0z Chris Ozanich 15.915 3 10 Stan Perry 15.922 4 72 Dan Loughan 15.943 5 55 Larry Wallace 15.953 6 2 Bob Bauer 16.097 7 69 Bill Engle 16.098 8 911 Richard Maurer 16.146 9 1J Jason Parish 16.167 10 21. David Goostrey 16.202 11 73 Earl Miles 16.210 12 11 Brian Nester 16.221 13 32 Wayne Haughton 16.242 14 96 Justin Kazmar 16.272 15 84 Jon Deford 16.343 16 31. Jeff Reamer 16.343 17 47 Brian Heeney 16.397 18 63 Tim Easey 16.407 19 13 Kenneth Buchner 16.524 20 72s Scott Spahr 16.556 21 21 Thomas Trudgeon 16.664 22 M1 Bill Butler 16.667 23 99 Dick Dalton 16.894 24 3 Rolly Olney 17.133 25 81 Tracy Heeney 17.220 |
Pony Stocks 1 11 Kenny Clark 19.597 2 22 John Ward 20.100 3 66 William Conroy 20.246 4 72 James Scavarda 20.430 5 10 Russel Potter III 20.521 6 711 Jason Huey 20.596 7 748 Michael Putnam 20.672 8 74 Scott Sigman 20.690 9 17x Thomas Conroy 20.722 10 29 Nathan Hinderer 20.754 |
| RACE RESULTS |
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Modified Results
Sunday, June 6, 2004
Fast Qualifier Feature 25 Laps
M2 Jim Butler 15.894 1. 11 Brian Nester
2. 73 Earl Miles
Top Qualifiers 3. 1J Jason Parish
1. M2 Jim Butler 4. 55 Larry Wallace
2. 0z Chris Ozanich 5. 69 Bill Engle
3. 10 Stan Perry 6. M2 Jim Butler
4. 72 Dan Loughan 7. 32 Wayne Haughton
8. 0z Chris Ozanich
Heat 1 9. 21 David Goostrey
1. M1 Bill Butler 10. 72 Dan Loughan
2. 13 Kenneth Buchner 11. 2 Bob Bauer
3. 47 Brian Heeney 12. 10 Stan Perry
4. 3 Rolly Olney 13. 96 Justin Kazmar
5. 99 Dick Dalton 14. 31 Jeff Reamer
6. 72s Scott Spahr 15. 911 Richard Maurer
16. 84 Jon Deford
Heat 2 17. 63 Tim Easey
1. 31 Jeff Reamer 18. 47 Brian Heeney
2. 11 Brian Nester 19. M1 Bill Butler
3. 96 Justin Kazmar 20. 13 Kenneth Buchner
4. 84 Jon Deford
5. 73 Earl Miles
6. 32 Wayne Haughton
Heat 3
1. 911 Richard Maurer Consi
2. 69 Bill Engle 1. 47 Brian Heeney
3. 55 Larry Wallace 2. 63 Tim Easey
4. 2 Bob Bauer 3. 13 Kenneth Buchner
5. 10 Stan Perry 4. M1 Bill Butler
6. 0z Chris Ozanich 5. 21 Thomas Trudgeon
6. 72s Scott Spahr
7. 99 Dick Dalton
8. 81 Tracy Heeney
9. 3 Rolly Olney
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Pony Stock Results
Sunday, June 6, 2004
Fast Qualifier Feature 15 Laps
11 Kenny Clark 19.597 1. 11 Kenny Clark
2. 17x Thomas Conroy
Top Qualifiers 3. 66 William Conroy
1. 11 Kenny Clark 4. 22 John Ward
2. 22 John Ward 5. 72 James Scavarda
3. 66 William Conroy 6. 74 Scott Sigman
4. 72 James Scavarda 7. 711 Jason Huey
8. 10 Russel Potter III
Heat 1 9. 748 Michael Putnam
1. 11 Kenny Clark 10. 29 Nathan Hinderer
2. 17x Thomas Conroy
3. 74 Scott Sigman
4. 22 John Ward
5. 72 James Scavarda
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