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By: SMS correspondent, Michelle SpragueEarl Miles, past Modified Track Champion, came home, both to the Springport Motor Speedway and to the Corrigan Oil Winner’s Circle. The Valvoline Instant Oil Change Modifieds made their return to the speedway, after a one year hiatus, and it appeared that they picked up right where they left off. A number of wily veterans made up the field, with a couple of rookies having a chance to cut their teeth on the big 3/8-mile track. Charlotte’s Wayne Haughton set fast time, while sophomore driver, Dusty Carl, of Battle Creek, took the heat win. North Central Missouri’s Shawn Lee and Leslie’s Ken Buchner brought the field down for the green with Buchner taking the lead on lap one. Carl, running in second, issued the challenge for the lead, then brought out the caution with mechanical difficulties. On the restart, Buchner ran away from the pack, as Jackson’s Earl Miles worked his way into the second spot ahead of Horton’s Darel Woolsey. Buchner received a speeding ticket and was sent to the rear, handing over the lead to Miles. Bill Butler, of Charlotte, made the pass on Woolsey for second, while Haughton caught Woolsey and made the pass for third with five laps to go. Butler and Miles battled for the top spot, as Haughton spun into the front stretch wall, bringing out the caution. This set up a three-lap shootout for the win, with Miles able to hold off Butler for the win. Woolsey, Buchner, and Leslie’s Craig Willett rounded out the top five.
The Performance Automotive NW Sportsman division was full of surprises, as Charlotte’s Dane Long made his first appearance since the late 90’s, and veteran racer, Dave Thorburn, of Leslie, came out of retirement to run the Springport Motor Speedway. Long set fast time with Mason’s Scott Sigman taking the heat win. Jackson’s Chuck Goostrey and Thorburn set the pace for the 20-lap feature, with Sigman taking the lead from Thorburn on lap one. Sigman pulled away, while Long charged through the field, leaving Thorburn to defend the third position. Steve Oberst, of Okemos, made his way around Thorburn, and tried to reel in the leaders, leaving Thorburn and Charlotte’s Matt Kirchen to duke it out for fourth. Long caught Sigman at the halfway point and made the pass two laps later. Long had his hands full, as Sigman tried first the high side then the low side to get around Long. Thorburn and Kirchen were dicing it up for fourth, with Kirchen finally making the pass in the waning laps. At the stripe, it was Long, Sigman, Oberst, Kirchen, Thorburn, and Goostrey.
Thirteen Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks made the field for the 20-lap feature, with rookies, Misty Allen and Matt Vainner, both of Lansing, sitting on the front row. Allen took the lead as the green flag waved, with Todd Metz Sr., also in his rookie year, charging to take the lead away on lap two. Metz put some breathing room between himself and the rest of the field, as Charlotte’s Garry Sanfilippo, Eaton Rapids’ J.T. Leach and Edson Rowley III, of Jackson, began to reel him in. Rowley caught Metz, going three-wide at the line with a lapped car in the middle but Metz was able to hold on to the lead. Caution waved and Metz was able to run away from Rowley on the restart, but Rowley caught the leader and took away the top spot with eight laps to go. G. Sanfilippo ran a distant third, while his father, Tony Sanfilippo, sat in fourth, as Allen and McBride tried to take the spot away. Lansing’s Bill McBride fought his way into the top five, as Rowley put all but three cars down one lap by the finish. As they crossed the line, it was Rowley, Metz, G. Sanfilippo, T. Sanfilippo, and McBride. Vainner tallied the heat win.
The Pure Stock division continues to grow, with the addition of a number of both front wheel and rear wheel drive cars. Jackson’s Jeremy Lutz made it a clean sweep, taking both the heat and feature win for the division. Dansville’s Mark Carson took the lead on the start of the 15-lap feature with Spring Arbor’s Jonathan Smith quickly issuing the challenge for first. Carson and Smith tangled on the front stretch, with both going to rear of the field. Lutz inherited the lead, as C.J. Ewing, of Concord, worked his way up through the pack, picking off Charlotte’s Josh Sattler for second. At the halfway point, caution waved, giving Ewing the break he needed. Ewing and Smith closed up on Lutz’s bumper but had nothing for him on the restart. A three-wide battled ensued for the fourth spot, with Munith’s Matt Patrick able to hold off the other challengers. Lutz made his second Corrigan Oil Winner’s Circle visit of the evening, with C.J. Ewing, Smith, Patrick and Carson rounding out the top five.
A familiar face and crowd favorite of the Springport Motor Speedway, Maurice Randall, took the win in the Mini-Cup series 25-lap feature. Maurice was promoter of the speedway for the 2007 and decided to step back into a race car for the 2008 season. It was obvious that he hadn’t lost his touch, as he set fast time (after breaking the track record at Kalamazoo), got caught up in traffic during the heat race, but set an impressive pace during the feature. Kalamazoo’s Scott and Tim Phillips shared the lead, as Randall worked his way up through the field to sit in third by lap eight. Randall got around T. Phillips on lap 14, got caught behind a lapped car on lap 17, reeled S. Phillips in by lap 22 and took the lead one lap later, going on to visit the Winner’s Circle after his popular win. T. Phillips, Leslie’s Jim DeBaecke, and Detroit’s Ed Welch came home as the top five. The Phillips each took a heat win.
Please join us each and every Saturday night for exciting racing action at the Springport Motor Speedway. Saturday, May 24th, will feature the Valvoline Instant Oil Change Modifieds, Performance Automotive NW Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, and Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks. The May 31st show will include Performance Automotive NW Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks, plus VROA and the MCR Dwarfs. For more information, check out our website at www.springportmotorspeedway.com. As always, we’ll see you at the races!
Statistics Valvoline Instant Oil Change Modified Series Saturday, May 17, 2008 Qualifying Results: Heat 1 Results: Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 32 Wayne Haughton 15.611 15.703 20 1 17 Dusty Carl 8 15.748 7 10 2 15 Darel Woolsey 15.768 16.260 15 2 M1 Bill Butler 8 15.916 4 8 3 5 Craig Willett 15.880 16.063 14 3 13 Ken Buchner 8 16.151 3 6 4 73 Earl Miles 15.899 16.086 13 4 73 Earl Miles 8 15.790 5 4 5 17 Dusty Carl 15.915 16.043 12 5 32 Wayne Haughton 8 15.870 5 0 6 M1 Bill Butler 15.922 16.087 11 6 15 Darel Woolsey 8 16.034 8 0 7 13 Ken Buchner 16.344 16.640 10 7 40 Shawn Lee 8 16.516 8 0 8 40 Shawn Lee 16.465 16.668 9 8 5 Craig Willett 8 16.010 5 0 9 971 Wade Lankton 17.082 17.382 8 9 971 Wade Lankton 8 17.510 4 0 10 6. Perry Davenport -.--- -.--- 0 Feature Results: Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 73 Earl Miles 25 15.877 8 200 2 M1 Bill Butler 25 15.991 9 190 3 15 Darel Woolsey 25 15.860 4 185 4 13 Ken Buchner 25 15.946 3 180 5 5 Craig Willett 25 16.198 25 175 6 40 Shawn Lee 25 16.351 7 170 7 971 Wade Lankton 23 17.805 7 165 8 32 Wayne Haughton 22 15.976 9 160 9 17 Dusty Carl 4 15.982 3 155 Performance Automotive Northwest Sportsman Series Saturday, May 17, 2008 Qualifying Results: Heat 1 Results: Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 7L Dane Long 16.700 16.756 20 1 47 Scott Sigman 8 16.832 8 10 2 10 Steve Oberst 16.832 16.881 15 2 7L Dane Long 8 16.901 6 8 3 47 Scott Sigman 17.116 17.371 14 3 10 Steve Oberst 8 16.989 6 6 4 48 Jimmy Johnson 17.122 17.329 13 4 51 David Thorburn 8 17.564 4 4 5 36 Matt Kirchen 17.458 17.746 12 5 36 Matt Kirchen 8 17.456 4 0 6 51 David Thorburn 17.837 17.961 11 6 11 Chuck Goostrey 8 18.095 3 0 7 11 Chuck Goostrey 18.290 18.723 10 7 48 Jimmy Johnson 6 17.118 3 0 8 91 Shawn McCall -.--- -.--- 0 8 91 Shawn McCall 1 20.024 1 0 Feature Results: Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 7L Dane Long 20 16.613 3 200 2 47 Scott Sigman 20 16.629 2 190 3 10 Steve Oberst 20 17.003 7 185 4 36 Matt Kirchen 20 17.445 3 180 5 51 David Thorburn 20 17.609 5 175 6 11 Chuck Goostrey 18 18.500 3 170 The BOSS Pony Stock Series Saturday, May 17, 2008 Qualifying Results: Dash Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 55 Edson Rowley III 19.491 19.722 40 1 55 Edson Rowley III 4 19.368 4 10 2 55 Jerome Leach 19.803 21.498 40 2 62 Todd Metz Sr. 4 20.010 4 9 3 55 Todd Metz Sr. 19.996 20.128 40 3 95 Jerome Leach 4 19.986 4 8 4 55 Tony Sanfilippo 20.302 20.470 40 4 17. Tony Sanfilippo 4 20.816 2 7 5 55 Scott Rogers 21.000 21.511 40 6 55 Bill McBride 21.238 21.277 40 Heat 1 Results: 7 55 Mathew Vainner 21.335 21.357 40 8 55 Garry Sanfilippo 21.371 21.509 40 Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 9 55 Misty Allen 21.564 21.625 40 1 07 Mathew Vainner 8 21.090 8 10 10 55 Steve Wrenn 21.664 22.121 40 2 7 Garry Sanfilippo 8 20.655 5 9 11 55 Nicholas Young -.--- -.--- 40 3 37 Rob Grieser 8 21.640 8 8 12 55 Rob Grieser -.--- -.--- 40 4 82 Misty Allen 8 21.450 4 7 13 55 Patrick McNamara -.--- -.--- 40 5 80 Bill McBride 8 21.399 4 6 14 55 James Hamond -.--- -.--- 40 6 94 Steve Wrenn 5 21.943 2 5 15 55 Matt Myers -.--- -.--- 40 7 97 Scott Rogers 0 -.--- - 5 Feature Results: Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 55 Edson Rowley III 20 19.274 6 30 2 62 Todd Metz Sr. 20 19.652 4 29 3 7 Garry Sanfilippo 20 19.872 11 28 4 17. Tony Sanfilippo 19 20.680 9 26 5 80 Bill McBride 19 21.583 8 25 6 07 Mathew Vainner 19 21.356 8 24 7 82 Misty Allen 19 21.266 4 24 8 37 Rob Grieser 19 21.650 12 24 9 17 Nicholas Young 18 21.996 9 23 10 1 Matt Myers 18 21.716 16 23 11 14 James Hamond 10 21.676 8 15 12 95 Jerome Leach 9 19.728 6 14 13 2 Steve Wrenn 9 20.898 7 14 Pure Stock Series Saturday, May 17, 2008 Qualifying Results: Heat 1 Results: Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 83 Jeremy Lutz 19.366 19.499 20 1 83 Jeremy Lutz 8 19.528 8 10 2 51 Jonathan Smith 19.807 19.813 15 2 51 Jonathan Smith 8 19.674 7 8 3 50 CJ Ewing Jr 19.887 19.919 14 3 9 Bryan Jenks 8 20.008 2 6 4 77 Mark Carson 19.942 20.237 13 4 48 Josh Sattler 8 20.576 3 4 5 9 Bryan Jenks 20.131 20.136 12 5 25 Matt Patrick 8 19.902 6 0 6 48 Josh Sattler 20.299 20.354 11 6 77 Mark Carson 8 19.811 6 0 7 25 Matt Patrick 21.349 26.346 10 7 94 Jimmy Tucker 8 21.915 3 0 8 3:16 Randy Royston 21.702 21.710 9 8 50 CJ Ewing Jr 8 19.840 6 0 9 94 Jimmy Tucker 22.047 22.130 8 9 3:16 Randy Royston 8 21.724 4 0 Feature Results: Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 83 Jeremy Lutz 15 19.430 4 200 2 50 CJ Ewing Jr 15 19.532 15 190 3 51 Jonathan Smith 15 19.522 15 185 4 25 Matt Patrick 15 19.744