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Grant Stockon Bacon S. Cottle Heat 2 Leary Adams Darland Andretti Heat 3 Short Windom KTJ McDougal Heat 4 C. Short Kinser Chapple Cummins C-Main (4 transfer) Gropp Simon Fox Gaines Semi (6 transfer) Hopkins Mattox Courtney Meseraull Hodges Roa Feature KTJ McDougal Grant Leary Mattox |
There was a Heat #3 battle, towards the end of that race, for the final transfer spot, between Jason McDougal and Josh Hodges. It was such a riveting and intense rumble, that once it was over, it felt bad that one of these drivers was not going to be awarded a spot in the feature, right then and there. But McDougal was in the show and Hodges was going to have to wait until the semi to get another chance to earn his way in. And the track had made a statement, as well. It had just let us know that it was primed and ready for some fireworks come feature time.
And the feature didn't disappoint! Kyle Cummins playing chicken with the ledge of the track's red banks for the first 25 laps or so was probably the most entertaining run of the night. Kevin Thomas Jr and Jason McDougal's ability to change their game plans on the fly eventually resulted in those two being the ones involved in the final showdown. Brady Bacon getting rolled into the work area and then restarting in a race car that just 2 or 3 minutes earlier had been on fire and was so hot in the cockpit that he couldn't sit in it, provided another example of how much competing means to these guys. Once the smoke had cleared, again tonight, there was Brandon Mattox higher in the finishing order than a plethora of driver/race team combos that, on paper, were supposed to beat him. And the irony and heartbreak of no matter how many times Cummins played with fire by driving on the very rim of the track, it was when it burned the driver right in front of him that caused him to have to check up and ended his chances of being the winner tonight. In the end, KT was the man and had to fight so many hard battles with drivers that were really on their game tonight to earn this victory. Kyle was probably the show. And Jason showed again tonight that no matter what division it is, no matter what track it is, he's going to be a factor and a threat to win. Kudos to the track crew again, tonight. You guys really set the stage for these guys to go out there and bring down the house. Jerry |
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I'll give Henry, Levi and this whole crew their due. Between this great race (and that's just what it was) and Robert Ballou's thrilling dash through lapped traffic, while being pursued by the aforementioned Cummins, to win the Josh Burton Memorial and you have 2 of the best races I've seen this year. And Tyler Courtney's win in the 2018 Burton Memorial over Ballou and KT Jr was one of the best races I was lucky enough to be at last year.
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Good race last night. Couldn’t make any of the first week, but the crowds to this week’s events have been outstanding. I really think now is the time for USAC to think bigger with its sprint car program.
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Hated to see Cushion bite Cummins. Think he would have won. Big show, big crowd. Track held up nicely. Have good time catching up with our Netherland friend Jeroen. Now on to the Crown Jewel of ISW19, TSS.
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What a feature last night at Bloomington!! J-Mac drove his butt off, but on that last lap, KTJ hit the turn 1 cushion perfectly and got a monster run off and passed J-Mac cleanly. If you didn’t like that feature race then you clearly are NOT a sprint car fan!
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Great race! Speaking of Bloomington and Sprintweek in general- I can’t believe the inconsiderate people that stretch blankets, tape, etc. enough to seat 6 or 8 people early in the day then 2 or 3 show up and sit there. I see this happening a lot, in fact right in front of me last night at Bloomington. I don’t know where all the fans went who were walking through and seeing all the “saved” seats. Do we need seat police?
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