HRB Motorsports Red Clay Report

Red Clay Report

Williams Grove Speedway

3/30/07

By HotRodBob

Points Heading into Tonight:

11 Mike Erdley 300

1Z Jeff Shepard 270

07 Mark Smith 250

21 Brian Montieth 240

30 Doug Esh 230

87 Alan Krimes 220

25 Lance Dewease 210

9 Craig Keel 200

69K Donnie Kreitz Jr. 190

89 Cody Darrah 180

Tonight’s Sponsor- Tonight’s report is sponsored by Smitty Dodge!

Parking Lot Temp-69

Conditions- Mostly clear, slight breeze. Great night for racing.

Crowd- The stands are packed for the most part, the infield isn’t too crowded.

T&A- Excellent samples early were covered up by the time the heat races started. The VIP section had a good sampling.

Car Count- 37

Notes- The backstretch rest rooms are a great improvement. It’s been a long time coming. Thank You Williams Grove. There are so many late models here tonight that they are pitted out through the back pit gate and into the parking lot! It’s gonna be a long night. The racing fuel that the late models run smells great! Fred Rahmer has to tag the rear tonight if he qualifies as a result of penalties from last weeks incident with Lucas Wolfe. Greg Hodnett is back after breaking his shoulder blade last week, OUCH!

Warm Ups- The first warm up was uneventful, the track looks quick The 8m got into the fence in turn 1 during the second warm up..

First Heat (10 cars, 10 laps)

45, 07, 0, 12, 69, 461, 87, 19, 39, 56h

St- 07 to the front, 12, 0, 45, 461 loops it in 1 & 2.

RS- 07 out front again, 56h spins in 2.

RS- 07 takes lead, 0, 45, 12, 87 to 5th

Lap 1- 07, 0, 12, 87, 69 & 45 touch off 4, keep going

Lap 2- 07 has opened a huge lead, caution for debris on BS. (NASCAR Caution)

RS- 07, 0, 12, 87, 69, 45, 39, 19, 56h, 07 looks good, literally, nice paint scheme, we are running a ton of caution laps to find the car that’s leaking fluids onto the track. After countless laps and a lighter fuel load, we are ready to re- start. 0 to the pit area.

Lap 3- 07, 12, 69 looks to inside

Lap 4- 07, 12, 69, 87, 39, 45

Lap 5- 19 to pits, 07 leads, 12, 69 to third

Lap 6- 69 slows on FS, caution

RS_ 07, 12, 87, 39, 45, 56

Lap 7- Nouse bids for lead, 07 closes the door

Lap 8- Nouse bids again, no dice

Lap 9- 07, 12, 87, 39 are strung out a bit

Finish- 07, 12, 87, 39, 45, 56

Heat Two (9 cars, 10 laps)

25, 8, 22z, 8m, 6w, 1, 51, 88, 41

St- 1 is shot out of a cannon into 2nd by turn 2.

Lap 1- 25, 1, 8, 8m goes to pits

Lap 2- All Dewease, 1, 88

Lap 3- 25, 1, 88, 8, 51 who is smoking a bit

Lap 4- 25, 1, 88, 51

Lap 5- 25 4 sec lead, and is ½ track ahead of 4th place Rahmer

Lap 6- 25, 1, 88, 51

Lap 7- 25, 1, 88, 51, 8, 6w

Lap 8- 25 maintains a hugs lead

Lap 9- Same

Finish- 25, 1, 88, 51 who bid for 3rd but came up short, 8, 6w, 22z, 41 (lapped)

Heat Three (9 cars, 10 laps)

30c, 3, 47, 18, 28, 69k, 89, 71, 64k

St- 3 to the lead!

Lap 1- 3, 69k, 18, 47

Lap 2- 3, 69k, 18, 28, 47

Lap 3- 3, 69k, 18, 28, 47, 71

Lap 4- 69k to the point

Lap 5- 28 of Paulus is coming on, takes 2nd

Lap 6- 69k 5 sec over 28, 3, 18

Lap 7- 69k has big lead

Lap 8- 69k , 28 is cutting into lead, looks good

Lap 9- 69k, 28, 18, 3, 71

Finish- 69k, 28, 18, 71, 3, 89, 47

Heat Four (9 cars, 10 laps)

17b, 30, 22, 5w, 11, 21, 10, 9, f1

St- 30 to the lead on FS, 17b, 22

Lap 1- 30, 17b, 22, 5w, 11

Lap 2- 30, 17b, 22, 5w, 11

Lap 3- 30, 17b, 22, 5w, 11, 21

Lap 4- 30, 17b, 22, 5w, 11, 21, 9

Lap 5- 30 5 sec lead, 17b, 22, 52

Lap 6- 30 big lead

Lap 7- 30, 17b, 22, 5w, 7 sec back to 11

Lap 8- 30 4 sec lead, 17b, 22

Lap 9- same

Finish- 30, 17b, 22, 5w, 11, 21, 9, 10, f1

They ran two consi’s, did not get notes. Here’s the results-

Consi 1- 6W, 69, 8, 8M, 19, 41, 22, 461, 56D, 45

Consi 2- 21, 11, 89, 10N, 3, F1, 30C, 9, 47

Feature (24 cars, 25 laps)

18-Bohlke, 07-Smith

28- Paulus, 17B- Buckwalter

12- Nouse, 87- Krimes

30- Esh, 25- Dewease

69K- Kreitz, 88- Shaffer

1- Shepard, 22- Hodnett,

39- Stutts, 71- Leppo

5W- Wolfe, 6W- Wells,

21- Montieth, 69- Collett

11- Erdley, 8- Eichelberger

89- Darrah, 8M- Meleason

10N- Young, 51-Rahmer

St- 07 to the lead, 18, 28

Lap 1- 07 3 sec lead, 18, 28, 87

Lap 2- 07 way out front, 28 to 2nd in turn 3

Lap 3- 07, 28, 18, 87, 17b

Lap 4- 07, 28, 18, 87

Lap 5- 07 5 sec lead

Lap 6- 07, 28, 18

Lap 7- Setting a fast pace so far, racing is intense, the 28 is starting to close the gap a bit on Smith (07)

Lap 8- 07, 28, big gap to 3rd place 18

Lap 9- 07, 28, then 11 seconds back to 18, 87, & 25

Lap 10 -25 on the move, 07 still commands lead

Lap 11- 25 to 3rd, will need caution to catch leaders unless they step on it in traffic

Lap 12- 07 leads, Rahmer is about mid pack now, picking off cars one by one

Lap 13- 07, 28, 25, 87

Lap 14- 07, 28, 25 is way up by the rail

Lap 15- 07, 28, 25

Lap 16- 07 has 2 sec lead, 25 is 6 sec back

Lap 17- entering heavy lapped traffic now

Lap 18- the top 3 are sailing around the top of this joint

Lap 19- 07 picking way through traffic

Lap 20- 25 takes second, he has five laps, can he do it?

Lap 21- 07, 25, 28

Lap 22- 07, 25, 28, 30, 88

Lap 23- 07, 25 is close enough now to make a move

Lap 24- In traffic, it’s 07’s to loose, 25 gets by 07 in turn 4

Finish- Dewease pulls off last lap pass of race long leader Smith, wow, what a race!

25, 07, 28, 30, 88, 1, 17B, 21, 71, 51, 69K, 11, 87, 69, 22, 89, 12, 39, 18B, 5W, 6W, 10N, 8M, 8

Notes- Rahmer fought his way up to 10th. Without a caution he had no chance to get much further. What a great, fast paced, non- stop race. And, it’s only 11 o’clock! Thanks to BRR, Smitty, 1080 and company for the hospitality.

Rawlings Big Ones Award- Dewease for not giving up and chasing down the leaders through the heavy traffic.

Sunset Mortgage Horizon Award- BRR nominates Buckwalter, and we’ll agree.

Archived Reports

The Red Clay Report- 8/19/06

The Fabulous Lincoln Speedway

By HotRodBob

Lincoln 410 Points Points Heading into Tonight:

1. Doug Esh 30 7275

2. Niki Young 10N 7140

3. Fred Rahmer 22 7015

4. Alan Krimes 87 6710

5. Chad Layton 12 6625

6. Brian Montieth 21 6590

7. Jim Siegel 59 6225

8. Eric Stambaugh 4 6205

9. Michael Carber 69 6190

10. Sam Schlosberg 70 5875

11. Brian Leppo 71 5695

12. Jeff Busby 47J 5570

13. Josh Wells 6W 5415

14. Scott Geesey 41 5120

15. Chris Knopp 93 5115

16. Steve Clabaugh 30C 4955

17. Greg Hodnett 77 4625

18. Bobby Weaver X 3875

19. Lance Dewease 25 3495

20. Kyle Pruitt 22Z 3275

Tonight’s Sponsor- Tonight’s report is sponsored by The Williams Grove National Open Chili Cook-off, which takes place September 30^th.

Parking Lot Temp- 84

Conditions- Partly Cloudy

Crowd- Lots of open space in the infield, stands are mostly full.

T&A- Mediocre at best. A real disappointment. Plenty of MILF’s.

Car Count- 21

First Warm Up- 4, 3j, 59, 30c, 21, 30, 22, 71, 55, 7e, 12

The majority of the cars are down low in both ends of the track. Fast pace.

Second Warm Up- 69, 26, 22z, 21m, X, 47j, 10n, 89, 70, 87

First Heat (11 cars, 10 laps

Lineup- 7e, 55, 26, 89, 47j, X, 59, 4, 87, 30, 22

St- 55 to the lead, 89 to second

Lap 1- 30 passes 22 for 7^th

Lap 2- 55, 89, X, 7e, 30 to 4^th

Lap 3- 55, 89 gaining on leader

Lap 4- 55, 89, X, 30, 22, 4

Lap 5- 55, 89, X, 30

Lap 6- 55, 89, X, 30 bids for 3^rd

Lap 7- 55 bobbles in 1&2, gets passed by a bunch of cars, 89 to the lead

Lap 8- 89, X, 30, 22, 4, 55

Lap 9- 89 comfortable lead

Lap 10- 89 4 seconds over X, 30, 22, 4, 47j, 87, 55, 7e, 59, 26

Wayne Harper proclaims that when Cody Darrah was born, Bobby Weaver had been racing for 23 years!

Heat Two (10 cars, 10 laps)

Lineup- 3J, 21M, 30C, 22Z, 70, 71, 69, 21, 10N, 12

St- 3j to the lead, 21m, 30c

Lap 1- 3j 5 sec lead

Lap 2- 3j, 30c, 21m, 70, 10n

Lap 3- 3j 5 sec lead, 30c, 70, 21m, 10n, 69

Lap 4- Judd looks good tonight

Lap 5- 3j, 30c

Lap 6- Battle is for 5^th, 21m, 12, 21

Lap 7- CAUTION- 21m gets into turn 2 wall hard

RS 7- 3j, 30c, 70, 10n, 69, 12, 21, 71, 22z

Lap 7- 3j to the lead, 70 bids for 2^nd

Lap 8- 3j, 30c & 70 contest the 2^nd spot

Lap 9- 3j, 30c, 70, 21, 69, 12

Lap 10- 3j, 30c, 70, 21, 69, 12, 10n, 71, 22z

Feature- (21 cars, 25 laps)

Lineup- 3j, 30c, 89, 47j, 70, X, 69, 4, 21, 30, 12, 22, 87, 10n, 55, 71, 7e, 22z, 59, 21m, 26

Sprinkles before the start, they are trying to rush to get this one in

St- 30c to the lead, Wreck in 1 & 2, a pile of cars with at least one on its side. The car on its side is Rahmer. Also involved are 55, 26, 21, & 22z. Rahmer goes to the pits, never makes it back out.

RS- 3j gets passed by 30c in turn 3

Lap 1- 30c, 3j, X, 89, 70, 12

Lap 2- 30c 2 sec lead

Lap 3- 30c, 3j, X, 12, 89

Lap 4- top 4 are strung out a bit

Lap 5- 30c, 3j closes on him, X, 12, 89

Lap 6- 3j low, can’t complete the pass

Lap 7- 3j to the lead in turn 1

Lap 8- 3j, 30c, X, 12, 69, 89, 30

Lap 9- 3j 3 sec lead

Lap 10- 3j 5 sec lead as 30c slows on back stretch

Lap 11- 3j, 12 on the move, takes second, X, 30 is flying!

Lap 12- 3j, 12 & 30 are rim riding 1 & 2

Lap 13- 3j leads as caution comes out for the 4 car stopped in turn 4

RS 13- 3j, 12, 30, X, 69, 30c, 89, 70, 10n, 87, 47j, 21, 59, 71, 7e, 26, 4

Lap 13- 69 goes way up high, 3j out front, 12 bids for lead, gets it

Lap 14- Caution, 89 spins in 1 & 2, collects 71, 21, & 4. We’ll have to see how they score the last lap, 30 had passed 3j too, but, they may revert

RS 14- 12, 3j, 30, 69, X, 10n, 87, 70, 30c, 47j, 59, 7e. the 70 pulls into pits

Lap 14- 12 to the lead, 30 to second

Lap 15- 12 maintains 2 sec lead, 30, 3j

Lap 16- 12, 30, 69 to 3^rd, 3j, 87

Lap 17- 12, 30 rims rides in 2^nd, 87 to 4^th

Lap 18- 12, 30, 69, 87, 3j, 10n, X

Lap 19- 12 2 sec lead, 5 seconds back to 69 who’s 3^rd

Caution, 7e stops in turn 2

RS 19- 12, 30, 69, 87, 3j, 10n, X, 47j, 30c, 59, 89, 21, 4, 70, 26, 7e

Lap 19- 12 to the lead, 30 in tow

Lap 20- 12, 30, 69, 87, 10n, X

Lap 21- 12 2 sec lead

Lap 22- 12 & 30 are testing the limits of the turn 1 & 2 wall

Lap 23- 12, 30, 69, 87, 10n, X

Lap 24- Esh is throwing everything he has at Layton

Lap 25- 12 gets the win, over 30, 69, 87, 10n, X, 59, 47, 89, 4, 3j

Notes: After the race, they moved the fireworks up to be next. They were pretty darn good. Another points hit for Rahmer, after missing last week for Knoxville. Esh was close to Layton but just couldn’t pull off the move for the lead. The rains started after the Legends Feature.