Well, Im sure Dave was playing heck with track prep fri night as storms were all around, He put pics up of storms over Greendale as he was attempting to prep. He chose wisely even though they didn't get the amount of rain everyone else did. Some got several inches of rain fri night and within a couple miles of the track.
I got there about quarter till 5 went in the back gate for a change. Scorching 93 degree heat, Tracks packed harder than the fairgrounds driveway and dry dirt at the top five feet of the track. If this was the old track Id of said "Here we go, Huggy pole" But I knew better. I told my uncle and his guest that the racing would be a lot closer and boy was I right. Horsepower was overcome several times in the night with setup, skill and a right foot connected directly to your arse rather than a thump-er motor.
I don't know what it is because I've seen great races on the track when its been tacky as hell and when its baby bottom smooth and slick. I gave up griping about what track looks like after hot laps. I've pretty much know that on this track that the racing seems to be great either way. Rather than the super fast and can only gain a car length a lap. Finesse and skill were paramount.
The heats had more sliders than the whole White Castle Corporation and many that you wouldn't think finished in the top two for the redraw, You could move forward and many did. However if you slipped up and any gains made were lost and positions as well. Grant tried everything in his heat. Top, Bottom, diamond, Cut off two and four dive runs but still only moved up to fourth.
Sprint feature ran two wide for every position through sixth, Travis Hery, Tony Main and others battling for the top five while as I said HP didn't mean much in the heats as several heavy hitters started deep. This made it neat and several drivers to follow during he early feature as Grant started 18th and moved to fourth at one point. Moffatt started 11th and wrestled second from a very fast Andretti about lap 21 and was running down Cummins at the checker with only about three car lengths short. Cummins started about 7th I think and just finessed and picked cars off quietly taking the lead about lap twelve and was unchallenged until the very end but he wasn't running away with it either. Moffatt was on a charge and coming strong, If it was 30 laps, It might have been a different outcome.
The last seven laps between Grant and Leary over fourth and fifth was a battle royale cage match with Main, Abrams and others poking in there from time to time. Just unreal.
Congrats to Kyle Cummins on the win. Hope to see you here more often!
The weather was just freaky. from 530 till about 645 we had lightning just up the hill in bright CG lightning and thunder that was very loud at the track and blankets of rain you could see just above Greendale. Once the rain moved west and south You could see lightning up until about 930 down in KY just across the river But at the track we just had the thin clouds leftover from everything which decided to come down in light rain for about 20 minutes after the sun went down..
WE GOT IT IN and thanks for everyone's efforts. It went from 93* at hot-lap time to 68* at the end of the hornet feature.
VERY FUN NIGHT! When I made my other post, I just figured the players that be would have posted all the Track is junk etc blah blah Ive come to expect. I'll agree, It wasn't great but the racing was and it survived a half hour showers too.
Thanks Kim, Dave, Crew and everyone. Hope all the staff is ok and safe as I noticed a couple personnel changes for the features. Hope Rick Lane got some pics of the Cone Man
Sprint only summary, UN-Official.
Sprints - Heat 1
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 32 Garrett Abrams Rushville , In 25.00
2 4 74T Tony Main Farmland , In 20.00
3 5 46 Cody Gardner Monroe , Oh 15.00
4 7 14C Cooper Clouse Ohio City, Oh 10.00
5 3 6RR Joe Liguori Tampa , Fl 5.00
6 6 5 Bob Mcmillan Wampum , Pa 5.00
7 1 97 Andy Fike Ashland , Oh 5.00
8 8 71 Dwayne Spille Cincinnati , Oh 5.00
Sprints - Heat 2
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 7 18 Jarett Andretti Indianapolis , In 25.00
2 5 30 Cj Leary Greenfield , In 20.00
3 2 14W Chad Wilson Toledo , Oh 15.00
4 4 22 Brandon Spithaler Evans City, Pa 10.00
5 8 44 Dickie Gaines Mitchell , In 5.00
6 6 20 Steve Thomas Ludlow , Il 5.00
7 3 25 Eric Semple Winchester , Oh 5.00
8 1 7X Evan Gindling Cincinnati , Oh 5.00
Sprints - Heat 3
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 3R Kyle Cummins Princeton , In 25.00
2 2 21H Travis Hery Piqua , Oh 20.00
3 3 5J Joss Moffatt Columbus , In 15.00
4 5 24 Landon Simon Tipp City, Oh 10.00
5 4 3 Kyle Wissmiller Indianapolis , In 5.00
6 8 14 Aaron Fry Chillicothe , Oh 5.00
7 6 5E Tom Harris - 5.00
8 7 9* Dustin Webber Goshen , Oh 5.00
Sprints - Heat 4
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 04 Drew Abel North Vernon, In 25.00
2 2 4 Michael Fischesser Cincinnati , Oh 20.00
3 3 89 Shawn Westerfeld Guilford , In 15.00
4 6 5B Justin Grant Ione , Ca 10.00
5 7 96 Riley Vanhise Covington , Oh 5.00
6 4 15J Nick Johnson Bloomington , In 5.00
7 5 26 Justin Owen Harrison , Oh 5.00
Srints - B Main
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 2 44 Dickie Gaines Mitchell , In 0.00
2 3 3 Kyle Wissmiller Indianapolis , In 0.00
3 1 6RR Joe Liguori Tampa , Fl 0.00
4 5 5 Bob Mcmillan Wampum , Pa 0.00
5 11 5E Tom Harris - 0.00
6 6 20 Steve Thomas Ludlow , Il 0.00
7 4 96 Riley Vanhise Covington , Oh 0.00
8 8 15J Nick Johnson Bloomington , In 0.00
9 7 14 Aaron Fry Chillicothe , Oh 0.00
10 10 25 Eric Semple Winchester , Oh 0.00
11 12 26 Justin Owen Harrison , Oh 0.00
12 15 9* Dustin Webber Goshen , Oh 0.00
13 13 71 Dwayne Spille Cincinnati , Oh 0.00
14 9 97 Andy Fike Ashland , Oh 0.00
15 14 7X Evan Gindling Cincinnati , Oh 0.00
Sprints - A Main
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 8 3R Kyle Cummins Princeton , In 150.00
2 11 5J Joss Moffatt Columbus , In 140.00
3 7 18 Jarett Andretti Indianapolis , In 130.00
4 6 30 Cj Leary Greenfield , In 120.00
5 16 5B Justin Grant Ione , Ca 110.00
6 1 74T Tony Main Farmland , In 105.00
7 2 21H Travis Hery Piqua , Oh 100.00
8 4 32 Garrett Abrams Rushville , In 95.00
9 10 14W Chad Wilson Toledo , Oh 90.00
10 15 24 Landon Simon Tipp City, Oh 85.00
11 5 4 Michael Fischesser Cincinnati , Oh 80.00
12 12 89 Shawn Westerfeld Guilford , In 75.00
13 9 46 Cody Gardner Monroe , Oh 70.00
14 13 14C Cooper Clouse Ohio City, Oh 65.00
15 19 6RR Joe Liguori Tampa , Fl 60.00
16 18 3 Kyle Wissmiller Indianapolis , In 55.00
17 20 5 Bob Mcmillan Wampum , Pa 50.00
18 14 22 Brandon Spithaler Evans City, Pa 45.00
19 3 04 Drew Abel North Vernon, In 40.00
20 17 44 Dickie Gaines Mitchell , In 35.00
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