Topless Showdown by Hungry Man (Updates)

[sprmnmtrspts]

fastest qual or heat race line ups thanks for any info

[Bubba0369]

Fast Qualifier was Josh Richards thats all I know

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You can listen to it on www.Dirtvision.com:check_flag:

[NC_Announcer]

LIVE from the Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway for the HungryMan WoO Topless Showdown!!!
Qualifying has completed Top 5 fast times are

1st - #1 Josh "KID ROCKET" Richards fastest in Time Trials,
2nd- #19 Steve Francis
3rd - #2 Brady Smith
4th - #0 Scott Bloomquist
5th- #28 Dennis Erb Jr.



81 WoO TOPLESS cars equals 8 heats tonight.. I'll try to update whats going on if i can get to my laptop some more later on!!!

[Bubba0369]

6 Heats Top 3 transfer from each.

[NC_Announcer]

your right my mistake i meant 6 and all i know now is "CHUBZILLA" Chub Frank has his car in the pits and the crews are franticlly working on it!! Also there is 82 cars now also!!

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#99 "Mr. Saturday Night" Jeff Cooke from Spartansburg,SC has been involved in a big wreck in the 1st heat RED Flag is OUT!! 8 laps down 2 to go in heat 1 Top 3 transfer!!

[Bubba0369]

8 laps down in heat race 1, 2 Cautions and they are fixing the track .

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Are you at the track Wesley?

[NC_Announcer]

#99 Jeff Cooke has been sent to the Carolina's Medical Center in the pits I will give you a word on the driver when i hear something on it!! RED Flag still out 8 laps in the book 2 to go on the RESTART it will be a Green White Checkerd in Heat 1!! #1 "Kid Rocket" Josh Richards from Schinnston,WV is the leader!!

[Dirtracer87]

Thanks Wesley for the updates. :check_flag:

[NC_Announcer]

Your welcome guys and gals this is something new to me never did it before but I had alot of friends thats have called me and asked me if i would so i will try my best I just hope my Computer battery don't die on me forgot the charger in the car!! LOL but It has like a 6 hr cell and i just cut it on about 1 hr ago!! Very different doing this then announcing!!

UPDATE: Red flag is still out after the serious wreck involving #99 Jeff Cooke!!
Jeff is being checked out at the Infield Care Center!!

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Toyota Pace truck is now leading the field back around the track and the green is back out!!!

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Josh Richards, Jeremy Miller ,Gerg Saterlee TOP 3 heat 1 ADVANCE!!

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Heat 2 underway #10 Steve Francis #18 Shannon Babb make up the front row and TROUBLE Steve Shaver on his roof!! Caution #1 in Heat 2 "MacDaddy" Dale McDowell now the leader with a POWER MOVE on Francis in turn 2!! RED Flag out now

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Steve Shaver is okay after the barrell roll on the back straightaway!! Driver is ok but will be checked out by medical staff!!

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Just also something you might want to know Cruz Pedregon NHRA Full Throttle Straight line racer is also competing in the #75!! Green back out original start Francis and McDowell continue too battle one another now #41 Brad Neat in the battle now and #45 Austin Hubbard battle it out now out of turn 4 Caution out with DEBRIS on the back chute!! "The Kentucky Colnel"is the leader but Dale McDowell is lirking in!! Lap 3 of 10 in heat 2

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Green back out VanWoremer starting to close in on the transfer spot as Caution is out again and #27 Jim Yoder as just exploded his TIRE!! Caution #3 4 laps complete of 10

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Caution lights extinguished and green back out.. Jeep Vanwormer and McDowell batttle and Deleware's #45 Austin Hubbard closing in.. Neat and Hubbard make contact and lose momenutum Rambo dennis Franklin closing in but to late Checkerd flag Top 3 heat 2 #19 Steve Francis #17m Dale McDowell Jeep VanWormer top 3 Heat 2... Top 3 on the track now!!

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#21 Mr.Smooth Billy Moyer with a problem and #D8 Pine Level,nc Dustin Mitchell in this race!! GREEN in the Air there in the gas!! Rick a Eckert and Brady Smith vattle now Austin Dillon in the fight 3 wide for 1st Brian Birkhofer closing in as well. Dillon and Eckert still battleing and Dustin Mitchell has a scare keeps it toget her well saty green.. Austin Dillon in the lead.. TROUBLE BIG wreck gather it back in still green... Dustin Mitchell off the pace and goes behind the wall.. Eckert and Austin Dillon battke for 2nd White Flag..
#2 Brady Smith #3 Austin Dillon and #24 Rick Eckert top 3 Heat 4 about to begin they r about to roll!!

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Heat 4 about to get underway.. GREEN out and BIG Wreck and many cars involed
Tim Dohm Faircloth Dan Burn and Jason Fager and suspension issue on fager car.. before the yellow #0 Morresburg,Tn Scott Bloomquist and #53 Ray Cook were battleing hard Bloomquist leader though and problems for TMac #39 Tim Mcreadie!! Caution out 1 lap complete

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Bloomquist bobbles and Dennis Erb jr. takes the lead TMac back out 1 lap down and now he's off the pace and cauton out again for #39 Tim McCreadie something deffinately a miss on Tmac's car and remember the cars of the WoO Late Models are Topless tonight!! 1 lap complete 9 to go one to go green next time by!! Bloomquitst leads as they come back to green Ray Cook and Bloomquist battle for 2nd and 3rd GREEN GREEN!! Bloomer trying to close in on Erb for the lead they are door to door all the way around the track!! Erb now pulls away 5 car lenght now Bloomer closes in again Bllomquist sneaks around erb and takes the lead.. 6 in 4 to go..Erb about plowed into Cook in turn 2 keep it together time running out...Lap cars Dane Burn in the way of Blomquist WHITE flag
Top 3
#0 Scott Bloomquist, Dennis Erb Jr. and #53 Ray Cook

[Racerchaser]

McDowell was light Hubbard starts 14th,

[NC_Announcer]

Heat #5 about to get the green..#49 "Superman" Johnathon Davenport #22 Chris Ferguson in the race also the "Showstoppa" Randle Chupp in this race and also Carolina Clash regular #32 "The Hammer" Larry Blakenship in this heat as well...GREEN Superman on the jump and battles now as Ferguson and Davenport battle for the transfer spot.. Eddie Carrier and now #4T "RocketBoy" Tommy Kerr hits the barrier out of turn 3 and cution is out.. Randle Chupp Eddie carrier and Johnathan Davenport bring the field to life.. Daveport and Faircloth battle hard for the spot..War going on between Carrier and Davenport now tagteaming Chupp to get by him..Chupp holds them off so far.. Eddie Carrier trying to hold off Superman out of 4 and time is running out and now #3 Brent Robinson now in the pit with a flat tire..SUPERMAN to the point and the white flag is out #49 Davenport wins Randle Chupp and Eddie Carrier battle door to door for 2nd and 3rd!!

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Heat # 6 about to get underway Final heat.. taking top 3

GREEN GREEN GREEN and were underway and Smokey Chris Maddena d Ken Schrader now battles in the transfer spot now trouble #17 Mike Gault spins in the apex of 3 and 4 and update #19 Tim Fuller with a problem also and able to go behind the wall under power but caution is out !!!

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Green back out and Ken Schrader has got a problem and goes behind the wall..Shane Clanton and Chris Madden battle it out out of turn 4 ..Madden still leads and now Shane Clanton tryin to put the works on Madden out of 2.. 5 down 5 to go Earl perason jr has the transfer spot and Jordan Bland trying to get by on the transfer spot.. Madden battles back for the lead and 2 to go Pearson and Jabcobson and now TROUBLE Shane Clanton has broke WHITE flag and the CHECKERS are out top 3

#44 Chris Madden #44 Earl Pearson Jr. and Eric Jacobson your top 3

[jhofficial]

Track looks rough and I thought once Roger Slack left they would get rid of those useless Styrofoam barriers.

[NC_Announcer]

At this time from the completion of 6 heats there are 18 in so u don't have to go through the updates again here they are!! Everyone else will have to run the 3 crucial B-Mains to lock tereseleves in the show for the HungryMan Topless Showdown at the Dirt track at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Charlotte!! I'm gonna take a break be back when the B-mains start!!

Top 3 heat 1 #1Josh Richards, #19Jeremy Miller ,Greg Saterle
Top 3 Heat 2 #19 Steve Francis, #17m Dale McDowell, Jeep VanWormer
Top 3 Heat 3 #2 Brady Smith #3 Austin Dillon #24 Rick Eckert,
Top 3 Heat 4 #0 Scott Bloomquist, Dennis Erb Jr. #53 Ray Cook,
Top 3 Heat 5 #49 Johnaton Dvaenport #6 Randle Chupp Eddie Carrier Jr.
Top 3 Heat 6 #44 Chris Madden #44 Earl Pearson Jr. Eric Jacobson

GONNA TAKE A BREAK BE BACK WHEN THE B-MAINS BEGIN!! aLSO WANT TO LET YOU GUYS AND GALS KNOW THAT NEXT YEARS VAULT WoO World finals will feature also the 358 Big Block modifieds that race in Deleware and Maryland and other parts up north for the 1st time ever make plans to see that alon at the Worldd Finals in 2010!!

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Yeah you are right John the track is really rough and thats what they are doing right now on the Intermission and working on it and believe me it needs it!! I will say John that the track is FAST but very rough and maybe thats why 3 drivers have had to be hauled off in the Ambulance to the infield care center.. No word yet n Jeff Cooke so far also who was in the worst incident of the night in heat 1
Also they will redraw the top 18 that are locked in cause they all have a chance to win up to $30,000 Dollars with the Transfer spots money available to them!! BE BACK LATER

[Racerchaser]

BIG BLOCKS are 467 cu in plus,

358 are small block engines


Dale McDowell was light at the scales that the reason Austin Hubbard got to draw.


Super lates run more then 358 cu in [410 cu in + in some ]

[jhofficial]

BIG BLOCKS are 467 cu in plus,

358 are small block engines


Dale McDowell was light at the scales that the reason Austin Hubbard got to draw.

Bill when did this deal for Austin with Ricky's old car owner come about? Is the rocket there tonight?

[NC_Announcer]

The re-draw is about to go down let you know where they will be!! Drivers are really complaining about the track conditions!! UPDATE Jeff Cooke has been sent to the Carolinas Medical Center hospital in Charlotte!! Any more words on his condition I will let you know on here!!

Heat winners re-draw
#1 Josh Richards will start 2nd
#19 Steve Francis on the POLE
#2 Brady Smith will start 4th
#0 Scott Bloomquist will start 3rd
#49 Johnaton Davenport will start 8th
#44 Chris Madden will start 5th

2nd Place Heat finishers re-draw
#24 Jeremy Miller will start 7th
#55 Jeep VanWormer will start 6th
#3 Austin Dillon will start 9th
#28 Dennis Erb Jr. will start 10th
#6 Randle Chupp will start 12th
#44 Earl Pearson Jr. will start 11th

3rd Place Heat finisher re-draw
#22 Greg Satterlee will start 13th
#45 Austin Hubbard will start 14th
#24 Rick Eckert will start 16th
#53 Ray Cook will start 15th
#28 Eddie Carrier Jr. will start 18th
#5 Eric Jacobson will start 17th

3 more drivers the B-Main winners will get the opportunity to re-draw for winning up to $30,000 dollars at the HungryMan Topless Showdown tonight!!

Back to Intermisson B-Mains coming up after track prep is done!!!

[Racerchaser]

Track looks rough and I thought once Roger Slack left they would get rid of those useless Styrofoam barriers.



If JD McDuffy had hit a styrofoam barrier or Richy Evans had hit one they both would still be here. I would rather see that then nothing at all to keep them out of the infield.

[jhofficial]

If JD McDuffy had hit a styrofoam barrier or Richy Evans had hit one they both would still be here. I would rather see that then nothing at all to keep them out of the infield.

Infield true, but they place these all the way up in the racing groove.

[Racerchaser]

Bill when did this deal for Austin with Ricky's old car owner come about? Is the rocket there tonight?

Charlie and Ricky and differences of opinions on what tracks to run, and what to do to the car, plus Charlie owes Ricky some money. So Ricky told Charlie he was gone, and he got his own car [88] and Charlie took his toys and went over to Austin Hubbards camp. I don't think that will last long though. It's in court now for settlement on how much Charlie owes Ricky. I do know it's a nice chuck of change.

[NC_Announcer]

BACK AFTER A BREATHER THEY ARE LINING THE WoO TOPLESS LATE MODELS TO THE GRID FOR THE 3 B-MAINS ..BUT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE TRACK.. IT'S GONNA BE A LATE NIGHT!!

[jhofficial]

Stands look very empty.

[NC_Announcer]

1st B main about to get underway!! GREEN is out RAMBO Franklin and Darrel Lanigan battle for the point lap1 complete

[jhofficial]

Rambo looked very strong in that one.

[NC_Announcer]

Rambo still leads with 3 of 12 laps complete and Mike Knight started to battle to the front rambo and Mike Knight now up to second and Knight has a problem and now Darrell Lanigan is in the final transfer spot as Rambo and Lannigan are pulling away two to go!!!
Coming to the White and so the top 2 advace is #2 Rambo Dennis Franklin and
#29 Darrell Lanigan are locked in the show!! B-Main 2 about to start

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B-Main #2 about to come to the GREEN flag again taking 2 more and everyone else will have some broken hearts.. GREEN GREEN Reddick holds off Petey Ivey out of 4 Jimmy oWens and Birkhoffer battle hard out of turn #4 Birkey and Ivey battle and Jimmy owens still battles out oturn 4 and three car battle for the transfer spot Jimmy owens has it Brian Birkhoffer wants it.. 14yr old out in front Tyler Reddick still at the point and now the final transfer spot heats up as Birkhoffer starting to close in on The Newport Nightmare Jimmy Owens but hes not gonna get him ..Checkers are out 14 yr old Californian Tyler Reddick wins and #20 Jimmy Owens advance!!

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The Final B-Main about to get underway!! #22 Chris Ferguson is in this heat and will lead them to the green also #9s Dan Schlipper has joined the race at the tail of the field!! One to go being given about to get underway who will be the Final 2!!

[jhofficial]

Tuff break for Walker Author, Dan stone and Jordan Bland just took him out.

[NC_Announcer]

Green is out and Clint Smith and Chris Ferguson battle door to door off the corner Smith has the Power but Ferguson has the handling and wins off the holeshot.. TROUBLE Jordan Bland and Dan Stone and Walker Aruthur have wrecked in the apex of turns 1 &2!! I think it will be a complete restart!!

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One to go being given and YES it will be a complete start!!

[jhofficial]

Don't look now the "wildman from dead last up to 3rd and flying. Caution 3 laps to go Sheilpher may just win this b-main

[Bubba0369]

Look a there Fergy made it in the show !!!! :check_flag:

[NC_Announcer]

Getting ready to go to green is out and they are in the gas Ferguson and Clint smith battles door to door and Ferguson still out front and now Jordan Bland going at it across the line.. Dan Schlipper trying to close in to the front ..and Jordan Bland and #44 Clint Smith continue and now #3 Brent Robinson in the fight and now Adam Hensel and Jordan Bland battle very hard out of 4 and #44 Clint"CatDaddy" Smith goes to pit road and brings out the caution.. Delaware Double file restart and #22 Chris Ferguson is currently at the front..GREEN back out 5 to go..and Bland and Adam Hensel battle hard out of 3 and now # Dan Schleper now trying to battle 3 car battle out of 4 and Dan Schleppier and Jordan Bland going hard foir the final transfer spost and ends up eating the concrete Caution out again!! About to go to green for the final 3 laps! Ferguson Hensel and Schelliper are the top 3 Schliper trying to get by Hnensel and gets by Out of turn #4 #22 FERGY Chris ferguson will win the 3rd B-Main and #9s Dan Schlipper came all the way from the rear and makes it to 2nd to transfer to the Hungry Man Topless Showdown!!

[jhofficial]

Look a there Fergy made it in the show !!!! :check_flag:

Tonight LOL :icon_pimp:

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As Wesley said earlier Jeff Cook was hurt and transported to the hospital. I just saw this post over on trackforums.

A friend of mine just posted this on face book.
Carol just heard from Jeff . He has a broken nose,broken jaw,teeth knocked out. Nicole said not looking good.Nicole just called and told me that Tim Fuller and Chub Frank both were hurt and Jeff Cook's wife broke her ankle trying to get to Jeff. The track is a mess and a lot of the drivers want even run because it's so bad .All of these drivers need our prayers as well as Jeff's wife.


Thoughts and prayers for all involved and the ones remaining also.

[NC_Announcer]

These 6 drivers will join the other pervious 18 Woo drivers that made it in from the 6 Heat races!!

B-Main #1 Advance
#2 "RAMBO" Dennis Franklin and #29 Darrell Lanigan

B-Main #2 Advance
14yr old Tyler Reddick and #20 Jimmy Owens

B-Main #3 Advance
#22 "FERGY" Chris Ferguson and #9s Dan Schlipper they will join the other drivers listed below!! 50 lap A-Main coming up!!

Heat winners re-draw
#1 Josh Richards will start 2nd
#19 Steve Francis on the POLE
#2 Brady Smith will start 4th
#0 Scott Bloomquist will start 3rd
#49 Johnaton Davenport will start 8th
#44 Chris Madden will start 5th

2nd Place Heat finishers re-draw
#24 Jeremy Miller will start 7th
#55 Jeep VanWormer will start 6th
#3 Austin Dillon will start 9th
#28 Dennis Erb Jr. will start 10th
#6 Randle Chupp will start 12th
#44 Earl Pearson Jr. will start 11th

3rd Place Heat finisher re-draw
#22 Greg Satterlee will start 13th
#45 Austin Hubbard will start 14th
#24 Rick Eckert will start 16th
#53 Ray Cook will start 15th
#28 Eddie Carrier Jr. will start 18th
#5 Eric Jacobson will start 17th

[jhofficial]

I have now heard it all. The race is being postponted untill tomorrow night. WOWWWWWWWWWWW

[Bubba0369]

WOW they postponed the race till tomorrow night !!!!!!!! never seen that happen before not for track conditions anyway lol thats bad

[jhofficial]

Blaming it on wet weather this past weeknd and said track reconditioning will take to long tonight.

[Bubba0369]

Thats pretty obvious it took them an hour to run the first 10 lap heat

[NC_Announcer]

We are now being told on the PA System by Ozzie Altman, and I am now being told that the race tonight will be ran tomorrow afternoon after qualifying due too track conditions the race will be ran tomorrow night!! AGAIN I STRESS DUE TOO TRACK CONDITIONS THE WoO LATE MODELS HUNGRYMAN TOPLESS SHOWDOWN WILL BE RAN TOMORROW NIGHT AFTER QUALIFYING FOR RACE #1 OF THE 2009 WoO WORLD FINALS!! GOOD NIGHT GOD BLESS HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE LIVE UPDATES LATER!!!

[Racerchaser]

WOW they postponed the race till tomorrow night !!!!!!!! never seen that happen before not for track conditions anyway lol thats bad


happened two weeks ago at tri city also Randell

[jhofficial]

Tickets will be good tomorrow night or call the ticket widow if you can't make it tomorrow night. With all the equipment and resources they have there's no excuse for that track to have not been ready. Hell how many days has it been now since it rained in NC? 3 sunny and windy days by my count and I don't even know what it did in Charlotte on Sunday.

4m sure will be fun tonight and tomorrow.

[Bubba0369]

happened two weeks ago at tri city also Randell Really thats a first for me lol

[Racerchaser]

Man that says alot about your track prep crew doesn't it.
They need to Randy back in there.

[NC_Announcer]

On a personal note i simply can't believe that, but if you were here and saw the way the track looks you would want to do something about it with track conditions too but i didn't think they would postpone the race till tomorrow!! Shocker

[Racerchaser]

It happened after Jason Feger flipped his car in hot laps

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I got a tweeter from Hubbard and he said all the drivers got together and told them to fix tonight and they would race tomorrow night.

[jhofficial]

Hell its a little late after you sent 3 to the hospital. Surely the people there and the racers after being in the cold all these hours would have preferred them take the time to fix it tonight.

[team0]

Really thats a first for me lol
Do what?To do all the racing they done tonite i cant bielive this,but just a plus for me cause now im gonna be seeing three strait show instead of two!:-) !!!
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[Racerchaser]

Hell its a little late after you sent 3 to the hospital. Surely the people there and the racers after being in the cold all these hours would have preferred them take the time to fix it tonight.

I just got another message from Hubbard and he says it's rocks flying up out of the track and hitting these guys. At least that's what got Chub and Fuller

[barbecueboy]

Strangely enough Im with jh......With all the resources at there disposal, thats just unacceptable.............blaming it on last weekends weather is , well............just a piss poor excuse!
Somebody at the track wasnt watching the recipe this week and blew it........where is smoke when you need him???I hear he knows a couple things about a dirt track...........

[jhofficial]

I just got another message from Hubbard and he says it's rocks flying up out of the track and hitting these guys. At least that's what got Chub and Fuller

Also what got Jeff Cooke. I don't know how to fix a rock problem overnight?:smiley_601:

[Racerchaser]

Hell its a little late after you sent 3 to the hospital. Surely the people there and the racers after being in the cold all these hours would have preferred them take the time to fix it tonight.

Not according to the message I got from Hubbard. The drivers where done.

[jhofficial]

Not according to the message I got from Hubbard. The drivers where done.


Interesting

[Racerchaser]

Cooke, Frank injured during heats

In Wednesday's first heat race at Lowe's, a dirt clod apparently flew into Spartanburg, S.C., driver Jeff Cooke’s cockpit and pierced the shield of his helmet, drawing a red flag while safety workers scrambled to help him.

Cooke was knocked unconscious and his car hit the wall and came to rest on the backstretch. Safety crews had to cut the halo frame away to remove Cooke from the car.

It was initially reported that Cooke would be taken to a nearby hospital via a medical helicopter, but after Cooke regained consciousness, he was taken by ambulance. Cooke was awake and alert before the ambulance left for the hospital, where he was checked out with X-rays.

After the incident, track crews used a road grader to cut down the berm around the bottom of the racing surface, a buildup of dirt that was wide with many loose dirt clods.

“Guys are getting into and it’s throwing rocks and stuff up onto the track,” Francis said before Cooke's accident. “I think it’s hurting the race surface a bit, and it’s not safe.”

Cooke wasn't the only driver running into trouble in the heat races on a night with high-speed, rough conditions on the racing surface. WoO regular Chub Frank of Bear Lake, Pa., suffered a facial injury and Steve Shaver's No. 30 got upside down in the second heat. Frank suffered broken bones in his face but is expected to put off surgery for repairs until he returns to Pennsylvania.


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Topless Showdown by Hungry Man results


Heat race winners: Josh Richards, Steve Francis, Brady Smith, Scott Bloomquist, Jonathan Davenport, Chris Madden.
Time trials
Pos.. Driver (car no.), hometown, time
1. Josh Richards (1), Shinnston, W.Va., 14.674
2. Steve Francis (19), Ashland, Ky., 14.676
3. Brady Smith (2), Solon Springs, Wis., 14.694
4. Scott Bloomquist (0), Mooresburg, Tenn., 14.712
5. Eddie Carrier Jr. (28), Salt Rock, W.Va., 14.725
6. Chris Madden (44), Gaffney, S.C., 14.742
7. Gregg Satterlee (22), Rochester Mills, Pa., 14.771
8. Shannon Babb (18), Moweaqua, Ill., 14.772
9. Austin Dillon (3), Welcome, N.C., 14.776
10. Dennis Erb Jr. (28), Carpentersville, Ill., 14.812
11. Randle Chupp (6), Troutman, N.C., 14.873
12. Shane Clanton (25), Locust Grove, Ga., 14.874
13. Jeremy Miller (24), Gettysburg, Pa., 14.912
14. Dale McDowell (17m), Rossville, Ga., 14.922
15. Rick Eckert (24), York, Pa., 14.925
16. Ray Cook (53), Brasstown, N.C., 14.933
17. Chris Ferguson (22), Mount Holly, N.C., 14.934
18. Earl Pearson Jr. (44), Jacksonville, Fla., 14.945
19. Mike Knight (9k), Ripley, N.Y., 14.984
20. Jeep Van Wormer (55), Pinconning, Mich., 15.011
21. Tyler Reddick (11), Corning, Calif., 15.025
22. Tim McCreadie (39), Watertown, N.Y., 15.025
23. Tommy Kerr (4T), Maryville, Tenn., 15.059
24. Tim Fuller (19), Watertown, N.Y., 15.083
25. Larry Blankenship (32), Mooresville, N.C., 15.090
26. Brad Neat (41), Dunnville, Ky., 15.144
27. Jimmy Owens (20), Newport, Tenn., 15.152
28. Petey Ivey (75), Shelby, N.C., 15.153
29. Jonathan Davenport (49), Blairsville, Ga., 15.156
30. Eric Jacobsen (5), Sea Cliff Beach, Calif., 15.169
31. Devin Friese (12), St. Thomas, Pa., 15.177
32. Casey Roberts (101), Toccoa, Ga., 15.182
33. Vic Coffey (32c), Caledonia, N.Y., 15.194
34. Jeremy Faircloth (4), Swainsboro, Ga., 15.231
35. Chris Meadows (33), Crab Orchard, W.Va., 15.236
36. Ken Schrader (9), Concord, N.C., 15.248
37. Chub Frank (1*), Bear Lake, Pa., 15.287
38. Steve Shaver (30), Vienna, W.Va., 15.290
39. Brian Birkhofer (15B), Muscatine, Iowa, 15.294
40. Doug Horton (1g), Bruceton Mills, W.Va., 15.327
41. Ben Faircloth (27), Swainsboro, Ga., 15.329
42. Clint Smith (44), Senoia, Ga., 15.351
43. Jeff Rine (2j), Danville, Pa., 15.374
44. Donnie Moran (99), Dresden, Ohio, 15.377
45. Russ King (56), Bristolville, Ohio, 15.394
46. Randy Korte (00), Highland, Ill., 15.459
47. Walker Arthur (87), Forest, Va., 15.504
48. Dustin Hapka (18D), Grand Forks, N.D., 15.517
49. Jerry Rice (11), Verona, Ky., 15.544
50. Dennis Franklin (2), Gaffney, S.C., 15.556
51. Booper Bare (00B), Rock Bridge Baths, Va., 15.601
52. Boom Briggs (99B), Bear Lake, Pa., 15.623
53. Adam Hensel (44), Barron, Wis., 15.624
54. Jordan Bland (12), Campbellsville, Ky., 15.641
55. Darrell Lanigan (29), Union, Ky., 15.643
56. Jim Yoder (27), Selinsgrove, Pa., 15.668
57. Brian Ruhlman (49), Clarklake, Mich., 15.692
58. Bo Feathers (00), Winchester, Va., 15.759
59. Dan Stone (21D), Thompson, Pa., 15.837
60. David Gilliland (98), Mooresville, N.C., 15.921
61. Eric Wells (18), Hazard, Ky., 16.024
62. Austin Hubbard (45), Seaford, Del., 16.053
63. Dustin Mitchell (D8), Princeton, N.C., 16.313
64. Jason Feger (25), Bloomington, Ill., 16.357
65. Brent Robinson (3), Smithfield, Va., 16.403
66. Mike Gault (17), Gaffney, S.C., 16.429
67. Chuck Harper (00H), Beverly, W.Va., 16.568
68. Jared Landers (777), Batesville, AR 16.575
69. John Winge (17), Ringgold, Ga., 16.734
70. Justin Labonte (44), Trinity, N.C., 17.060
71. John Blankenship (23), Williamson, W.Va., 18.205
72. Randy Smith (84), Fort Mill, S.C., 18.438
73. Jeff Cooke (99), Spartanburg, S.C., no time
74. Ricky Weeks (1), Rutherfordton, N.C., no time
75. Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., no time
76. Tim Dohm (17T), Cross Lanes, W.Va., no time
77. Dan Schlieper (9), Sullivan, Wis., no time
78. Brett Miller (25), Greenville, Tenn., 15.733 (disqualified)
79. Trey Martin (1m), Charleston, W.Va., 16.199 (disqualified)
80. Cruz Pedregon (75), Brownsburg, Ind., 16.297 (disqualified)
81. Chad Hollenbeck (4), Kingsley, Pa., no time, (disqualified)

[gb81racing]

Bill when did this deal for Austin with Ricky's old car owner come about? Is the rocket there tonight?
Yes Ricky Elliot was there along with hauler and car but he never unloaded. Guess he was saving it for the finals. Hubbard is now #45

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Not according to the message I got from Hubbard. The drivers where done.
Thats not true bc i was in the pits as they were getting ready for the main and Hubbard was in car ready to go along with others and then they postponed it.

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There was not alot of fans in the stands. It was cold also. The track wasnt that bad, I have been there and seen it alot worse. The problem was dirt clods flying up off the track. They were flying into stands and hitting fans and also flying up and hitting drivers. Have no clue why they waited so late to decide to postpone after they were already calling the drivers to line up and had the track ready to race. It shouldnt have been no problem to work/fix the track again if thats what they wanted to do bc they had already graded the track 2 times i believe earlier and it wasnt that much of a delay. Why run the whole show then postpone before the feature. Made no sense, the conditions were not getting worse. It was getting better.

[RIPDaleE3]

what was the disqualification of Cruz Pedragon?

And a "hat's off" to the drivers who stood up and said something about the track conditions. It's one thing to have a rough track, and I've seen a lot of these drivers wheel around some rough tracks. Two years ago, the first night of the finals was so rough it was catching the front nose pieces of some cars and dragging them under. Kid Rocket was taken out while leading the race.

BUT, it's another thing where track conditions are causing safety issues. Good Job to the their that stood up in the name of safety.

For a track owned by a man with more money than the government, Bruton Smith should be down right embarassed that the track was in that condition to begin with! The sun has been up for almost two hours today, I hope they have the tractors out there cutting the track and re-working for the rest of the weekend.

[gb81racing]

what was the disqualification of Cruz Pedragon?

And a "hat's off" to the drivers who stood up and said something about the track conditions. It's one thing to have a rough track, and I've seen a lot of these drivers wheel around some rough tracks. Two years ago, the first night of the finals was so rough it was catching the front nose pieces of some cars and dragging them under. Kid Rocket was taken out while leading the race.

BUT, it's another thing where track conditions are causing safety issues. Good Job to the their that stood up in the name of safety.

For a track owned by a man with more money than the government, Bruton Smith should be down right embarassed that the track was in that condition to begin with! The sun has been up for almost two hours today, I hope they have the tractors out there cutting the track and re-working for the rest of the weekend.
Pedragon was light at the scales. Also when I got to the track and looked at it for the first time it looked diff than I have ever seen it. Instead of it being real smooth and wet like usual it was cracked up like it had been ran on and dried out and then they just added water

[JRhodes]

For a track owned by a man with more money than the government, Bruton Smith should be down right embarassed that the track was in that condition to begin with! The sun has been up for almost two hours today, I hope they have the tractors out there cutting the track and re-working for the rest of the weekend.

Bruton doesn't care about this track, plain and simple. With Roger Slack and Humpy Wheeler gone, this track will more than likely cease to exist in a few years.

[Bubba0369]

Bruton doesn't care about this track, plain and simple. With Roger Slack and Humpy Wheeler gone, this track will more than likely cease to exist in a few years.
This is probably true it will probably be torn down in years to come to make more parking for the drag strip :07Sucks:

Its a shame too cause it is a nice place its no VMS or Lucas Oil track but it is a nice place

[AlkyMadness]

According to Bloomquist (interview over track PA), the initial problem was with the chunky inside berm that drivers were going low and hitting, knocking chunks back onto the groove.

Once they fixed that and re-cut the track after the heats, the track was in pretty good shape. Don't forget, Josh Richards broke the track record in qualifying. The track was fast. Perhaps that's the problem. Cars are so good now that they can go faster than the driver is up to. Rocky Top had to cancel a race a few weeks ago because of this issue. One driver (Eddie Carrier) banzaied it and flipped. Suddenly, the track was too fast and dangerous. Since when is a race track "too fast"? I thought that was part of the game.

I've long been critical of Lowes being a bad surface and the track looked great after the consis last night.

I was sitting with someone last night who has been involved in dirt track racing for decades in the Ohio Valley. His comment: There are too many GD primadonas in this sport now; they need to either race or take their **** home. I agree, I think they should have raced last night.

Also, after Jeff Cooke's problem, the Bloomquist cars (or the drivers that buy them) really need to add some screen bars in front of the driver. If Jeff had some bars there, he probably wouldn't be in the hospital today.

[jhofficial]

Some what explains Chub Frank and Tim Fuller in contrast to the Zero cars?

Heres a pic I seen today on trackforums from last night.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2uze0xj.jpg

[Bubba0369]

Some what explains Chub Frank and Tim Fuller in contrast to the Zero cars?

Heres a pic I seen today on trackforums from last night.

http://i36.tinypic.com/2uze0xj.jpg

Imagine that flying at you over 100mph wow!

[Racerchaser]

thats unreal, that's were a sheep foot and disk, keep the clods of dirt smaller then that mountain of a chuck. I've heard tell of tracks using that much dirt to resurface a whole track [LOL]

[Bubba0369]

thats unreal, that's were a sheep foot and disk, keep the clods of dirt smaller then that mountain of a chuck. I've heard tell of tracks using that much dirt to resurface a whole track [LOL]

It doesn't even look like a clod of dirt it kinda looks like a red dirt covered piece of concrete

[racefan29nc]

I have a few pics on my profile!! I was too excited to take alot!!!