[Wendy Atkin]

(detailed story with quotes is on a separate thread)

Tony Stewart won the 50-lap midget feature Friday that capped the opening night of the 14th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne for his record-extending eighth career victory at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center.

Another program of midgets, winged outlaw modified midgets, mini-sprints, karts and quarter midgets is scheduled for Saturday. Spectator gates open at 11 a.m., with the main portion of the program after 6 p.m. Tickets and pit passes will be available at the door.

MIDGETS

Qualifications – 1. Tony Stewart, 2x, Stewart, 7.830 seconds; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 7, Daugherty, 7.972; 3. Dave Darland, 0, Daugherty, 8.169; 4. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 8.179; 5. Jacob Wilson, 10, Moore, 8.251; 6. David Gough, 6, A&G, 8.275; 7. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 8.278; 8. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles, 8.282; 9. Nick Hamilton, 8, Hamilton, 8.286; 10. Mike Wallace, 10, Wallace, 8.297; 11. Brandon Knupp, 78, Chambers, 8.315; 12. Tim Jedrzejek, 8up, Williams, 8.320; 13. Cory Setser, 56, Rencurrel, 8.327; 14. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton, 8.327; 15. Jim “Timex” Morgan, 2, Afterhours, 8.328; 16. Jim Anderson, 99g, Guess, 8.342; 17. Joe Liguori, 67, Sexton, 8.352; 18. Mike Osite, 20, Fedorcak, 8.375; 19. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns, 8.380; 20. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, 8.427; 21. Donnie Adams Jr., 49, Burrow, 8.466; 22. Rex Norris III, 63, Norris, 8.485; 23. Bobby Santos III, 98, Burrow, 8.501; 24. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, 8.540; 25. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse, 8.543; 26. Chris Jagger, 27, Jagger, 8.554; 27. Steve Irwin, 0s, Flying Zero, 8.708; 28. Amanda Quinones, 15k, Knupp, 8.852; 29. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19d, Dunigan, 8.897; 30. Terry Ahern, 6t6, Ahern, 9.015; 31. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple, 9.070; 32. Eric Shirey, 22, Sexton, 9.135; 33. Deano Lennon, 61, Lennon, 9.262; 34. Joey Burrow, 92, Burrow, 9.464; 35. Zach Fuhrman, 32x, Fuhrman, 9.553; 36. Kevin Shirey, 41, Sexton, 9.575; 37. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim, 9.700; 38. David Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman, 9.753; 39. Derek Bischak, 31, Bischak, 11.199; 40. Gary Bradley, 4, Bradley, NT; 41. Chris Neuenschwander, 3, Barnett, NT.

First heat (10 laps) – Stewart, Knupp, Gough, Anderson, Chapple, Jagger, Neuenschwander, K. Shirey, Adams.

Second heat (10 laps) – Jedrzejek, Stanbrough, Liguori, Irwin, Cottongim, E. Shirey, Norris, Fedorcak.

Third heat (10 laps) – Darland, Setser, Santos, Quinones, Osite, Nuckles, Lennon, D. Fuhrman.

Fourth heat (10 laps) – K. Hamilton, Wease, Westfall, N. Hamilton, Ferns, Bischak, Burrow, Dunigan.

Fifth heat (10 laps) – Morgan, Wilson, Corson, Clouse, Ahern, Z. Fuhrman, Wallace.

First semi-feature (12 laps) – Gough, Corson, Neuenschwander, Wallace, E. Shirey, Dunigan, N. Hamilton.

Second semi-feature (12 laps) – Liguori, Anderson, Clouse, Nuckles, Norris, Adams, Ferns, K. Shirey.

Third semi-feature (12 laps) – Santos, Irwin, Fedorcak, Chapple, Lennon, Ahern.

Fourth semi-feature (12 laps) – Westfall, D. Fuhrman, Quinones, Z. Fuhrman, Cottongim, Jagger, Burrow.

Feature (50 laps) – 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Kyle Hamilton, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. David Gough, 5. Joe Liguori, 6. Brandon Knupp, 7. Tim Jedrzejek, 8. Cory Setser, 9. Billy Wease, 10. Bobby Santos III, 11. Jacob Wilson, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Matt Westfall, 14. Jim “Timex” Morgan. Lap leaders: Darland 1-16, Stewart 17-50.

WINGED OUTLAW MODIFIED MIDGETS

Qualifications – 1. Ben Quinones, 007, Quinones, 8.134 seconds; 2. Ryan Smith, 22, VanDoren, 8.249; 3. Matt Janisch, 14j, Janisch,8.316; 4. John Ivy, 94, Henry, 8.317; 5. Cap Henry, 04, Henry, 8.407; 6. Erick Rudolph, 32, Rudolph, 8.444; 7. Tyler Ross, 3t, Holmquist, 8.575; 8. Bill Dunham, 84, Dunham, 8.577; 9. Chris Stockham, 44, Stockham, 8.594; 10. Larry Joe Sroufe, 21s, Sroufe, 8.628; 11. A.J. Lesiecki, 14, Lesiecki, 8.772; 12. Clay Sanders, 21, Sanders, 8.778; 13. Randy Brown, 55b, Brown, 8.783; 14. Tim Neil, 19n, Dunigan, 8.790; 15. Ben Taylor, 19, Taylor, 8.795; 16. Brandon Knupp, 20, Chambers, 8.800; 17. Chase Ridenour, 11r, Ridenour, 8.806; 18. Nick Landon, 82, Landon, 8.807; 19. Brian Gerster, 7, Underwood, 8.864; 20. Drew Dorsett, 11b, Bickel-Sager, 8.949; 21. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19d, Dunigan, 8.952; 22. Michael Kettnich, 19k, Kettnich, 8.995; 23. Rusty Strausbaugh, 29, Strausbaugh, 9.003; 24. Jason Ormsby, 51, Ormsby, 9.034; 25. Richard Smith, 12, Smith, 9.052; 26. Mark Zumbrun, 35, Zumbrun, 9.068; 27. Jim “Timex” Morgan, 51m, Ormsby, 9.103; 28. Jeremy Glasford, 14, Glasford, 9.132; 29. Howard McCormick, 26m, Sager, 9.217; 30. Butch Hamilton, 1h, Hamilton, 9.226; 31. Larry Fox, 28, Fox, 9.236; 32. Gary Klein, 68, Klein, 9.238; 33. Steve Shockney Jr., 28s, Shockney, 9.428; 34. Kyle Henry, 51h, Ormsby, 9.434; 35. Nick Eastin, 93, Eastin, 9.446; 36. Ryan Nawrocki, 5n, Reed, 9.733; 37. Steve Myers, 88, Myers, 9.934; 38. Ed Wilberg Sr., 5, Wilberg, 10.380.

First heat (10 laps) – C. Henry, Stockham, Dunigan, Ri. Smith, McCormick, Ridenour, Shockney, Myers, Brown, Quinones.

Second heat (10 laps) – Ry. Smith, Neil, Rudolph, Sroufe, K. Henry, Landon, Zumbrun, Wilberg, Hamilton, Kettnich.

Third heat (10 laps) – Janisch, Ross, Lesiecki, Morgan, Eastin, Strausbaugh, Taylor, Fox, Gerster.

Fourth heat (10 laps) – Ivy, Knupp, Dunham, Glasford, Sanders, Nawrocki, Klein, Ormsby, Dorsett.

First semi-feature (12 laps) – Sroufe, Ridenour, Ormsby, Taylor, Strausbaugh, Sanders, K. Henry.

Second semi-feature (12 laps) – McCormick, Gerster, Glasford, Eastin, Zumbrun, Wilberg, Hamilton, Fox, Kettnich, Landon, Ri. Smith, Shockney, Myers.

Feature (30 laps) – 1. Tyler Ross, 2. John Ivy, 3. Erick Rudolph, 4. Cap Henry, 5. Matt Janisch, 6. Brandon Knupp, 7. Ryan Smith, 8. Larry Joe Sroufe, 9. Jason Ormsby, 10. Bill Dunham, 11. Dan Dunigan Jr., 12. Chase Ridenour, 13. Jeremy Glasford, 14. Brian Gerster, 15. Howard McCormick, 16. A.J. Lesiecki, 17. Tim Neil; 18. Chris Stockham. Lap leaders: Ross 1-30.

MINI-SPRINTS

Qualifications – 1. Lynn Ambrose, 1, Ambrose, 9.041 seconds (establishes track record); 2. Doug Jones, 37, Jones, 9.272; 3. Lynsey Tilton, 74, Tilton, 9.402; 4. Collin Parker, 25, Parker, 9.439; 5. Becca Stiefel, 328, Stiefel, 9.652; 6. Collin Ambrose, 36, Ambrose, 9.671; 7. Ron Coleman, 44, Coleman, 10.093; 8. Gary Bradley, 4, Bradley, 12.631; 9. Kyle McIntosh, 17b, Eaglin, 13.082.

Heat (10 laps) – Parker, Tilton, C. Ambrose, McIntosh, L. Ambrose, Stiefel, Jones, Coleman, Bradley.

Feature (15 laps) – 1. Lynn Ambrose, 2. Lynsey Tilton, 3. Kyle McIntosh, 4. Doug Jones, 5. Becca Stiefel, 6. Ron Coleman, 7. Gary Bradley, 8. Collin Parker, 9. Collin Ambrose. Lap leaders: L. Ambrose 1-15.