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| 8/16/20, 11:08 PM |
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8/22/2020 - 17th Annual Dick Gaines Memorial at Lawrenceburg
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17th Annual Dick Gaines Memorial Saturday at Lawrenceburg Speedway
The 17th Annual “Dick Gaines Memorial,” featuring the Kelsey Chevrolet sprint cars, will be held on August 22nd at the Lawrenceburg Speedway in Lawrenceburg, Ind. Saturday night’s race honors the memory of one of Indiana’s greatest sprint car heroes, Dick Gaines, who was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1992. Gaines, from Mitchell, Ind., started racing in April 1949. The then 16-year-old drove a 1939 Ford sedan two-seater that didn’t have any shocks. During his early years Gaines turned over and crashed a lot in the stock cars, taking about ten years of ‘rough and tumble’ racing for Gaines to hone his racing skills. In 1963 Gaines began driving for famed car owner Dizz Wilson. In the five years Gaines drove Wilson’s #70 it is estimated they won over 160 races. They were nearly unbeatable, winning Lawrenceburg Speedway track championships in 1963 and 1965 (he also added a third title in 1976). In 1970 Gaines moved to Kinser Brothers Racing, teaming up with Karl Kinser. They raced all over the Midwest and south and won at places like Eldora, Salem, Indianapolis Raceway Park, Kokomo, and others. They won the “Little 500” at Anderson Speedway by four laps in 1973 and again in 1976, and in 1974 he won the “Knoxville Nationals,” beating Jan Opperman on the final lap. In 1976 Gaines and Kinser won 29 of the 41 races entered – an astonishing 70% win average! On September 17, 1977, while leading a race in Champaign, Ill., a rookie driver darted from the inside of the track directly in front of Gaines causing a multi-car crash. Gaines’ car flipped along a guard rail, then vaulted high into the air before slamming down and bouncing once more. Gaines’ injuries included a broken sternum, a lacerated and dislocated finger, and a severe case of double vision. Those injuries forced Gaines to retire from a racing career that spanned nearly thirty years and in which he amassed over 600 victories. On February 5, 2000, Gaines suffered a heart attack at home, passing away at the age of 67. Please join us Saturday night to honor Dick Gaines and the Gaines Family. The Kelsey Chevrolet Sprints will be group qualifying and their 25-lap feature will pay $3,000 to win / $300 to start. Also competing will be the KOI Auto Parts UMP Modifieds, Impact Sports Pure Stocks and the Bessler’s U Pull & Save Hornets. The track is also hosting a “Pet Food & Toy Drive” in conjunction with their friends at Kroger. For each item you bring to donate you will receive a chance to win a $100 Kroger gift card. And if that isn’t enough, it is also “47025 Night at the Races.” Any 47025 zip code resident who presents a valid driver license at the gate to prove residency will receive free general admission. General admission gates are set to open at 5:00 pm Saturday with hot laps at 6:00 pm, and opening ceremonies are scheduled for 7:00 pm. Adult general admission is $18, children (7-12) are $7, and those 6 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 for all ages (pit passes cannot be purchased as an upgrade from a promo ticket, family four pack, or a theme night). For more information please visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or the “Lawrenceburg Speedway” Facebook page. |
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| 8/17/20, 4:06 PM |
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Gillstrap, Wilkerson and a couple others could top Dick some nights, Them Some nights were few and far between as when Gaines was on, He was on a Gaines Cruise to victory. Keep in mind the fast qualifiers started at the tail most of his career.
Only got to see about six years of him racing, But sideburns below the helmet and shoulders sticking out the sides of the car is what I remember most.
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| 8/17/20, 7:48 PM |
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Dick Gaines Memorial Winners
Since its inception sixteen years ago some of the best drivers in Indiana dirt track racing have competed in and won the “Dick Gaines Memorial” at Lawrenceburg Speedway. In its inaugural running in 2004, 15-year-old Bryan Clauson captured his first win at “The Burg” after battling wheel-to-wheel for 30-laps with Dick’s son Dickie. After a caution flag late in the race bunched the field, Gaines’ last ditch charge off turn four at the checkered wasn’t enough. “I want to thank Dickie for racing me clean the entire race. He had chances where he could have put a wheel under me, but he didn’t,” Clauson said in victory lane. USAC Triple Crown Champion Jerry Coons, Jr. (2009), current USAC Sprint point leader Justin Grant (2013), USAC Ironman Chase Stockon (2014), and three-time National Sprint Car Driver of the Year Jon Stanbrough (2015) have also raced their way to “Dick Gaines Memorial” wins. 2015 USAC Sprint Champion Robert Ballou is the only driver with multiple “Dick Gaines Memorial” victories. In 2017 Ballou prevailed in a late race battle with Kevin Thomas, Jr. taking the win by 0.449 seconds. His victory the following year was even more spectacular, passing Jarett Andretti coming out of turn four on the final lap, to win by a mere 0.121 seconds. Andretti, the 2016 Lawrenceburg Speedway Champion, has been the most consistent driver over the last four Dick Gaines Memorial’s with four top-3 finishes, his aforementioned second place in 2018, and third place finishes in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Current Kelsey Chevrolet Sprint point leader Nick Bilbee is the most recent Dick Gaines Memorial winner, passing Scotty Weir with seven laps to go in 2019. Bilbee has been on a tear recently at Lawrenceburg with four wins in the last eight Kelsey Chevrolet Sprint features dating back to mid-August last season. Although Dickie Gaines has multiple wins on the Dearborn County oval, and is the defending Kelsey Chevrolet Sprint Champion, his runner-up finish in 2004 has been his best to date in the Dick Gaines Memorial. Gaines has also finished fourth (2008), fifth (2017 and 2018), sixth (2006, 2015 and 2019), seventh (2011) and ninth (2007), and would love to park the Jason Soudrette Racing #44 in victory lane Saturday night taking home the $3,000 winner’s check, but more importantly, the trophy honoring his late father. DICK GAINES MEMORIAL WINNERS August 22, 2020 – Lawrenceburg Speedway 17th Annual Dick Gaines Memorial Racing to feature: • Kelsey Chevrolet Sprints ($3,000 to win / $300 to start) • KOI Auto Parts UMP Modifieds • Impact Sports Pure Stocks • Bessler’s U Pull & Save Hornets 4:00 pm Pit Gate Opens 5:00 pm Front Gate Opens 6:00 pm Practice 7:00 pm Opening Ceremonies General Admission: Adult $18 Children (7-12) $7 Under 6 FREE Pit Passes: • All Ages $30 Special promotions, tickets, and Family Four Packs are only redeemable at the main front gate entrance. Pit passes cannot be purchased as an upgrade from a promo ticket, Family Four Pack, or a theme night. For more information please visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or the “Lawrenceburg Speedway” Facebook page. |
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| 8/18/20, 10:32 PM |
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$3,000 to Win / $300 to Start Saturday Night at Lawrenceburg Speedway
The 2020 running of the “Dick Gaines Memorial” will once again offer an increased purse with over $11,000 up for grabs on Saturday night August 22nd at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. The winners share is a cool $3,000, and every driver that starts the 25-lap Kelsey Chevrolet Sprint feature will take home at least $300. Dick Gaines Memorial Feature Payout: In addition to the increased purse, there will also be a slight change to the standard Lawrenceburg Speedway race format. A blind pill draw will still be used to set the heat race groups, but lap times gathered during practice will set the heat race lineups. Cars will be lined straight up by time with the fastest four cars in each heat race inverted. Heat race finish will determine the lineups for the B Main(s) and feature. Due to COVID-19, and the need to practice safe social distancing, we have temporarily halted the redraw. There are only three Kelsey Chevrolet Sprint races remaining on the Lawrenceburg Speedway schedule and drivers will by vying for a good finish Saturday night to either improve or solidify their position in the standings. Nick Bilbee is the current point leader after collecting a pair of feature wins and three out of four heat races. Additional feature finishes of second and seventh have netted him a 215-point advantage over second place JJ Hughes. Hughes, the current point leader at Gas City I-69 Speedway, had a horrible start to the 2020 season at “The Burg,” getting collected in a heat race accident on opening night. That incident caused enough damage that he was unable to finish the B main and failed to transfer to the feature. Since that night he has been fast and very consistent with a fifth, and a pair of sixth place feature finishes. 2018 track champion Garrett Abrams sits third in the standings 30-points behind Hughes. Abrams also had a rough opening night, but has rebounded nicely with finishes of sixth, third and ninth in the last three races. Rounding out the top five are a pair of rookie drivers from Ohio, Saban Bibent and Ryan Barr. 15-year-old Bibent drives for the same Wolf Motorsports team that propelled Callie Wolsiffer to the 2019 Lawrenceburg Speedway Rookie of the Year. Bibent already has a pair of top ten finishes under his belt and holds a 30-point advantage over Barr. Barr, a former champion quarter midget driver, has been close to earning his first top ten finish at “The Burg.” The 18-year-old has been improving each week and was the “Hard Charger” last weekend at Tri-State Speedway. Rounding out the top ten are a trio of previous track champions, a former rookie of the year, and yet another rookie contender. Champions Joss Moffatt (2007, 2009 and 2015), Dickie Gaines (2004 and 2019), and Shawn Westerfeld (2014) fill spots six thru eight, with Drew Abel (2011 Rookie of the Year) and rookie Justin Lewis tied for ninth. KELSEY CHEVROLET SPRINT In addition to the Kelsey Chevrolet Sprints also competing Saturday night will be the KOI Auto Parts UMP Modifieds, Impact Sports Pure Stocks and the Bessler’s U Pull & Save Hornets. The track is also hosting a “Pet Food & Toy Drive” in conjunction with their friends at Kroger. For each item you bring to donate you will receive a chance to win a $100 Kroger gift card. General admission gates are set to open at 5:00 pm Saturday with hot laps at 6:00 pm, and opening ceremonies are scheduled for 7:00 pm. Adult general admission is $18, children (7-12) are $7, and those 6 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 for all ages (pit passes cannot be purchased as an upgrade from a promo ticket, family four pack, or a theme night). It is also “47025 Night at the Races.” Any 47025 zip code resident who presents a valid driver license at the gate to prove residency will receive free general admission. For more information please visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or the “Lawrenceburg Speedway” Facebook page. |
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| 8/19/20, 7:57 PM |
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August 22, 2020 – Lawrenceburg Speedway
17th Annual Dick Gaines Memorial Racing to feature: • Kelsey Chevrolet Sprints ($3,000 to win / $300 to start) • KOI Auto Parts UMP Modifieds • Impact Sports Pure Stocks • Bessler’s U Pull & Save Hornets 4:00 pm Pit Gate Opens 5:00 pm Front Gate Opens 6:00 pm Practice 7:00 pm Opening Ceremonies General Admission: Adult $18 Children (7-12) $7 Under 6 FREE Pit Passes: • All Ages $30 Special promotions, tickets, and Family Four Packs are only redeemable at the main front gate entrance. Pit passes cannot be purchased as an upgrade from a promo ticket, Family Four Pack, or a theme night. For more information please visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or the “Lawrenceburg Speedway” Facebook page. |
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| 8/19/20, 8:32 PM | #6 | ||
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Just a minor update. Dick Gaines continued to drive sprint cars after his 1977 accident. Not for Karl Kinser as Steve Kinser now had that ride, He ran regularly at Lawrenceburg for several years after the accident, back in the Dizz Wilson #70.
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| 8/20/20, 5:46 PM |
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You do a great job Sandy. There are a couple tracks in Indiana that should follow the lead of Gas City and Lawrenceburg and their PR work.
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| 8/20/20, 7:54 PM |
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Lawrenceburg Speedway 70 Years Video
https://www.facebook.com/lawrencebur...2975792444093/ 70th Racing Season Continues Saturday Night at Lawrenceburg Speedway with the Dick Gaines Memorial The Lawrenceburg Speedway continues its yearlong 70th Anniversary Season on Saturday night with the “Dick Gaines Memorial.” The 17th running of the race honoring one of Indiana’s greatest racing heroes will offer a $3,000 payday to the winner of the Kelsey Chevrolet Sprint feature. A lot has changed at the Lawrenceburg, Ind., track in seventy seasons, the most recent being the reconfiguration from a bowl-shaped quarter-mile bullring to a new high banked 3/8ths mile palace of speed. The new larger track made its debut on June 14, 2008, with Jon Stanbrough christening victory lane. There have been 706 features run on the 3/8ths mile with 246 winning drivers. Sprints, modifieds, pure stocks, hornets, mini sprints, three-quarter midgets, late models, winged sprints, bombers, crate late models, legend cars, street stocks, cruisers, and even school buses have competed. There have been 177 sprint features with forty-nine different winners. 2013 Lawrenceburg Speedway Champion CJ Leary and Justin Grant are the winningest sprint drivers with a dozen feature wins each. Brady Short sits third with eleven feature wins, all coming within the first 59 sprint races, and Thomas Meseraull and Kevin Thomas, Jr. are tied for fourth with nine wins apiece. Robert Ballou, Nick Bilbee and Dave Darland each have eight wins, followed by 2014 Lawrenceburg Speedway Champion Shawn Westerfeld with seven, and Coleman Gulick and Hunter Schuerenberg with six. Lawrenceburg Speedway Sprint Winners Saturday night will mark the 200th KOI Auto Parts UMP Modified feature. There has been fifty-five winning modified drivers and Joey Kramer tops them all with forty-six victories. Defending Lawrenceburg Speedway champion, and current point leader, Matt Hamilton has gained ground by winning thirteen of the last twenty-six races, upping his win total to thirty-three. The Impact Sports Pure Stocks have run 114 features, led by Will McRoberts nineteen wins. The Bessler’s U Pull & Save Hornets are nearing the century mark with 96 features to date. 2017 and 2018 Champion Cordell Moore leads all hornet drivers with fifteen wins. Saturday nights race will be the final opportunity to qualify for the August 29th “Hornet Nationals” which pays $1,500 to win and $200 to start. To be eligible to compete in the “Hornet Nationals” the driver and car must have participated in at least one prior Bessler’s U Pull & Save Hornet points race in 2020. The track is also hosting a “Pet Food & Toy Drive” Saturday night in conjunction with their friends at Kroger. For each item you bring to donate you will receive a chance to win a $100 Kroger gift card. It is also “47025 Night at the Races.” Any 47025 zip code resident who presents a valid driver license at the gate to prove residency will receive free general admission. General admission gates are set to open at 5:00 pm Saturday with hot laps at 6:00 pm, and opening ceremonies are scheduled for 7:00 pm. Adult general admission is $18, children (7-12) are $7, and those 6 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 for all ages (pit passes cannot be purchased as an upgrade from a promo ticket, family four pack, or a theme night). For more information please visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or the “Lawrenceburg Speedway” Facebook page.
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Last edited by Sandy Lowe; 8/20/20 at 7:56 PM. |
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| 8/20/20, 8:03 PM | #9 | ||
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In my minor update. I in know way meant any disrespect to Sandy. As you stated she does a great job. I just go back a long way regarding the ‘burg and it’s history.
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| 8/21/20, 7:25 PM |
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We hope to see everyone tomorrow night for the 17th Annual Dick Gaines Memorial!
August 22, 2020 – Lawrenceburg Speedway For more information please visit www.lawrenceburgspeedway.com or the “Lawrenceburg Speedway” Facebook page. |
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