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By: SMS correspondent, Michelle SpragueMason’s Scott Sigman found himself in the Corrigan Oil Winner’s Circle, at Springport Motor Speedway, to celebrate his win in the Performance Automotive NW Sportsman division. Charlotte’s Matt Kirchen took the lead after the drop of the green, with Okemos’ Steve Oberst making Kirchen’s reign short-lived. Sigman chased down Oberst, made the pass on lap five and then drove away from the field, leaving Oberst, Kirchen and Leslie’s Dave Thorburn to try and catch him. Caution closed up the field behind Sigman, as both Dennis Rockey, of Horton, and Kirchen made the hard right turn into the pit. Bill Denny, of Lansing, and Jackson’s John Krygowski found themselves in the top five on the restart. On the restart, Sigman resumed his Saturday night drive, as Oberst, Thorburn, Denny, and Krygowski tried to keep him in their sights, but all took the checker in that finishing order. Sigman also took the heat win.
Jackson’s Earl Miles scored another commanding feature win in the Valvoline Instant Oil Change Modified division. North Central Missouri’s Shawn Lee has kind of taken a liking to the big 3/8-mile oval as he was back for the second week in a row. He jumped out to the lead, after the green flag waved, and held off some heavy hitters, until the car got a little loose coming out of turn four, allowing Miles a little window of opportunity to take away the lead. Charlotte’s Bill Butler, coming off a win the previous night at Spartan Speedway, had been running side by side with Miles, but fell back as Miles took the top spot. Marshall’s Justin Kazmar gave chase before going up in smoke, relinquishing the second spot to Butler. Lee ran in third but had his hands full keeping Darel Woolsey, of Horton, and Charlotte’s Wayne Haughton at bay. Woolsey and Haughton made their way around Lee, with Haughton diving under Woolsey for third. At the line, it was Miles, Butler, Haughton, Woolsey and Lee. Butler and Woolsey tallied heat wins.
CJ Ewing, of Concord, captured his first-ever checkered flag in the Pure Stock division, winning a hard fought battle with Munith’s Matt Patrick. Ewing took the early lead from Jackson’s Larry Surber Jr., leaving Patrick, Spring Arbor’s Jonathan Smith, and Jackson’s Jeremy Lutz to duke it out for second. Lutz closed on Patrick’s bumper, after getting around Smith, and tried the low side of Patrick, but thought better of it. Both Smith and Lutz retired to the pit, with Patrick able to issue the challenge for the lead after caution waved. The duo swapped the lead in the waning laps, with Ewing nipping Patrick at the line for the rear wheel drive win. Bryan Jenks, of Holt, was the highest finishing front wheel drive, so he got the win for that portion of the division. Surber and Charlotte’s Josh Sattler rounded out the top five. Lutz and Jenk won the heat.
The Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stock division saw rookie, Todd Metz Sr., jump out to the early lead at the start of the 20-lap feature. J.T. Leach, of Eaton Rapids, tried to keep pace, while Marq Eaton, of MI Center tried to hold off the advances of Edson “Rowdy” Rowley III, of Jackson. Rowley was picking off cars, right and left, from the second groove. He reeled in Metz, who got caught up behind a rookie competitor, and took the lead with just six laps remaining. As the checkered flag waved, it was Rowley, Metz, Leach, Eaton, and McBride. Garry Sanfilippo, of Charlotte, and Rowley scored wins in their heats.
Please join us Saturday, May 31st, as the racing action will feature the Performance Automotive NW Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, Boss Snow Equipment Pony Stocks, plus the MCR Dwarfs and VROA. June 7th will feature a “Roll-over Contest”, along with the Valvoline Instant Oil Change Modifieds, Performance Automotive NW Sportsmans, Pure Stocks, Pony Stocks, Vroa, and Mini-Cups. Check out our website at www.spartanspeedway.com and click on the Springport Motor Speedway link. As always, we’ll see you at the races!
Statistics Valvoline Instant Oil Change Modified Series Saturday, May 24, 2008 Qualifying Results: Heat 1 Results: Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 96 Justin Kazmar 15.837 15.956 20 1 M1 Bill Butler 4 16.057 4 10 2 73 Earl Miles 15.853 16.151 15 2 73 Earl Miles 4 15.986 4 8 3 32 Wayne Haughton 15.942 16.099 14 3 32 Wayne Haughton 4 16.152 4 6 4 57 Clint Heinz 16.085 16.118 13 4 96 Justin Kazmar 4 16.073 4 4 5 M1 Bill Butler 16.149 16.178 12 6 15 Darel Woolsey 16.215 17.138 11 Heat 2 Results: 7 40 Shawn Lee 16.311 16.398 10 8 13 Ken Buchner 16.404 16.639 9 Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 9 17 Dusty Carl 16.671 16.928 8 1 15 Darel Woolsey 8 16.242 7 10 10 971 Wade Lankton 16.927 17.325 7 2 13 Ken Buchner 8 16.290 2 8 11 5 Craig Willett 17.217 20.210 6 3 40 Shawn Lee 8 16.377 3 6 4 5 Craig Willett 8 16.228 4 4 Feature Results: 5 971 Wade Lankton 8 17.020 7 0 6 17 Dusty Carl 8 17.080 2 0 Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 73 Earl Miles 25 15.886 11 200 2 M1 Bill Butler 25 16.055 15 190 3 32 Wayne Haughton 25 16.206 22 185 4 15 Darel Woolsey 25 16.271 10 180 5 40 Shawn Lee 25 16.331 10 175 6 5 Craig Willett 25 16.416 3 170 7 13 Ken Buchner 25 16.301 11 165 8 971 Wade Lankton 23 17.134 6 160 9 96 Justin Kazmar 8 16.016 7 155 Performance Automotive Northwest Sportsman Series Saturday, May 24, 2008 Qualifying Results: Heat 1 Results: Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 10 Steve Oberst 17.093 17.393 20 1 47 Scott Sigman 8 17.088 7 10 2 47 Scott Sigman 17.102 17.155 15 2 10 Steve Oberst 8 17.073 8 8 3 36 Matt Kirchen 17.440 17.804 14 3 36 Matt Kirchen 8 17.534 8 6 4 51 David Thorburn 17.976 18.171 13 4 51 David Thorburn 8 17.410 8 4 5 42 Bill Denny 18.167 18.450 12 5 42 Bill Denny 8 18.111 2 0 6 15. John Krygowski 19.233 20.051 11 6 75 Mike Putnam 8 18.032 8 0 7 76 Dennis Rockey 19.532 19.583 10 7 15. John Krygowski 8 18.369 4 0 8 91 Shawn McCall 20.179 20.651 9 8 76 Dennis Rockey 8 18.829 6 0 9 75 Mike Putnam -.--- -.--- 0 Feature Results: Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 47 Scott Sigman 20 16.623 4 200 2 10 Steve Oberst 20 16.833 8 190 3 51 David Thorburn 20 17.366 8 185 4 42 Bill Denny 19 17.962 10 180 5 15. John Krygowski 19 18.453 17 175 6 36 Matt Kirchen 6 17.324 4 170 7 75 Mike Putnam 6 19.173 5 165 8 76 Dennis Rockey 6 19.621 6 160 9 91 Shawn McCall 2 20.119 2 155 The BOSS Pony Stock Series Saturday, May 24, 2008 Qualifying Results: Heat 1 Results: Pos Car# Driver Best Time 2nd Best Pts. Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 55 Edson Rowley III 19.634 19.732 40 1 7 Garry Sanfilippo 8 20.182 4 10 2 55 Marq Eaton 20.141 20.749 40 2 07 Mathew Vainner 8 21.116 8 9 3 55 Jerome Leach 20.171 20.252 40 3 94 Steve Wrenn 8 21.209 4 8 4 55 Todd Metz Sr. 20.211 20.517 40 4 82 Misty Allen 8 21.314 4 7 5 55 Todd Metz Jr. 20.464 20.635 40 5 86 Art Kimbal 7 21.930 5 6 6 55 Bill McBride 20.526 21.061 40 6 37 Rob Grieser 7 21.815 5 5 7 55 Mathew Vainner 21.383 21.541 40 7 17. Tony Sanfilippo 1 30.351 1 5 8 55 Garry Sanfilippo 21.456 22.328 40 9 55 Misty Allen 21.605 23.040 40 10 55 Rob Grieser 21.702 23.810 40 Heat 2 Results: 11 55 Art Kimbal 21.951 22.158 40 12 55 Tony Sanfilippo 22.104 22.203 40 Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 13 55 Steve Wrenn 22.137 22.990 40 1 55 Edson Rowley III 8 19.493 8 10 14 55 Matt Myers 22.755 22.980 40 2 95 Jerome Leach 8 19.867 7 9 15 55 Scott Rogers -.--- -.--- 40 3 62 Todd Metz Sr. 8 19.954 4 8 16 55 Nicholas Young -.--- -.--- 40 4 12. Marq Eaton 8 19.874 4 7 17 55 Blake Stenberg -.--- -.--- 40 5 79 Todd Metz Jr. 8 20.535 8 6 18 55 James Hamond -.--- -.--- 40 6 80 Bill McBride 8 20.466 4 5 7 1 Matt Myers 8 21.829 2 5 Feature Results: 8 97 Scott Rogers 5 21.275 2 5 9 14 James Hamond 3 21.985 2 5 Pos Car# Driver Laps Best Time Lap Pts. 1 55 Edson Rowley III 20 19.389 6 30 2 62 Todd Metz Sr. 20 19.541 4 29 3 95 Jerome Leach 20 19.754 3 28 4 12. Marq Eaton 20 19.738 6 27 5 80 Bill McBride 20 19.871 6 26 6 7 Garry Sanfilippo 20 20.202 16 25 7 79 Todd Metz Jr. 20 20.555 16 25 8 14 James Hamond 19 20.429 19 24 9 07 Mathew Vainner 19 21.057 4 24 10 37 Rob Grieser 19 21.439 6 24 11 97 Scott Rogers 19 21.041 1 24 12 82 Misty Allen 13 21.175 2 18 Pure Stock Series Saturday, May 24, 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 19.884 20.279 20 1 83 Jeremy Lutz 8 19.672 7 10 2 25 Matt Patrick 20.155 20.210 15 2 51 Jonathan Smith 8 19.665 8 8 3 51 Jonathan Smith 20.228 20.375 14 3 50 CJ Ewing 8 19.786 8 6 4 50 CJ Ewing 20.484 24.100 13 4 25 Matt Patrick 8 19.909 5 4 5 9 Bryan Jenks 20.505 20.611 12 5 9 Bryan Jenks 8 20.557 2 0 6 8 Larry Surber Jr. 20.743 23.497 11 6 48 Josh Sattler 8 20.880 1 0 7 48 Josh Sattler 20.765 21.466 10 7 8 Larry Surber Jr. 8 20.756 4 0 8 3:16 Randy Royston 21.637 21.752 9 8 3:16 Randy Royston 8 21.029 6 0 9 94 Jimmy Tucker -.--- -.--- 0 Feature Results: