I know prolly blake is didnt know braylon was racing again yet

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25 might be close estimate. Shuman in the JHR car running a 360 maybe?
Both Fitzpatricks are here.
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Yes 25 sprinters

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Finish
Heat 1 Wes Mac Jackson Briscoe Farney
Heat 2 KT Stanbrough Hunter Stockon Braylon Fitzpatrick
Heat 3 Sterrett Blake Fitz Schmidt Parker Drake




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Cummins Wes Mac Jackson Briscoe heat 1

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KT jr fast wins heat 2

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Blake fitz not missed a beat last to second

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It's good to see the Fitzpatrick's racing again. Blake looked pretty good in his heat.

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go wes mac from jim wilkins his grandpa

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That was a [Short} B main

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Gettin ready for A

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Wow !!!! What a feat!!! KR jr inches over Stockon!

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Heck of a run by Bfitz. For only running a few races this year he was stout.

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Kudos to track crew!!! Fantastic as usual!

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Then awesome mod feat...Wow!

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Who won the mod feature?

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Kissinger

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Mr. Stockon is aptly named, as he would spend the entire race chasing a rocket named Kevin Thomas Jr. and as the laps wound down, he would eventually chase his ass down. He caught him on the backstretch before they took the "two to go" signal. After they crossed the line on that lap, Stockon pulled out the remaining arrow in his quiver and threw a perfectly executed slide job in turns one and two. But the battle tested KT Jr. countered the move exiting turn two and that would begin a slugfest that would see these two exchange the lead 4 times in the last lap and a half. Holy cow, what a finish and what a race! 40 laps of racing would be won by a foot or two!! And had Kyle Cummins not been taken out by a lapped car, we might have had a 3 car fight to the finish. Because Kyle was on Chase like white on rice until that incident happened. And how about Blake Fitzpatrick? He was fast all night and scored himself a spot on the podium which was very popular with the crowd, as he got an even bigger cheer that the first two finishers during the post race interviews.

As I was leaving Vincennes on the way down there and I was finishing my ritual two scoops of Fresh Banana ice cream in a bowl, from Lic's Ice Cream, I knew this one was going to be a good one. That turned out to be right.

Jerry

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Jen They had the best ice cream I ever ate tonight ;) Ron Tom had the 57 year maybe couple years before the chevelle

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Kyle was not taken out by a lapped car. It was miscommunication between kyle and Mattox. The two motioned back and forth that the 28 would go to the bottom to allow kyle by but unfortunatly it did go quite as planned.

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I'd say the not quite as planned is one of the biggest understatements I've seen all year. The miscommunication almost got Stanbrough too. It was a damn good show, and KT and Chase battled to the end. Chase actually had the lead in 3 and 4, but he was under KT, and couldn't make the car stick enough on the bottom to seal the deal.

Also great decision by KT's crew to haul from Belville to Tri State. It paid off.

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And it took Wes Mac out of contention, too. He had no choice but to stop. Otherwise he would have gotten collected, too. Him and Hunter battling each other, as they were coming back up through the field was fun to watch, though.

Jerry

It was a great race I brought 3 little ones with me and I'll tell ya sprint car racing has 3 new fans and after the race we went in the pits and cought up with chase stockon what a class act he was great with the kids they even got to sit in his car lets just say he made 3 kids happy and we all got his shirts

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Curiously, what time did sprint feature start and end? Pevely WoO feature didn't even start til after midnight

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Sprint feat over at approx 9:30 local time

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Sounds like we missed a good one. I just cant justify a 3 & 1/2 hour trip uncertain weather and fuel/lodging costs for 1 show.
The way they work & groom this track I wish they would do an un-conflicted double date. (hint .. hint)
This would work now in September since Bloomington is dark.
I always looked forward to the 2nd weekend in September & hitting the Friday MSCS show at Btown & then going on down for Saturday's $10 grand at TSS.

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I agree, the miscommunication between Mattox and Cummins is an “understatement”. Looks to me like Cummins was too nice and took for granted his communication on the yellow with Mattox was good enough. We all saw that it unfortunately wasn’t.

When Cummins thinks about it now, he probably regrets not giving a “hand signaling butt chewing” on the yellow, before getting knocked out by him. Because if we think about it, Mattox was running the low to middle groove on both ends of the track until about 3 laps before the yellow. Mattox gets the lay-over flag a few laps in a row (probably 3 laps or more) and KTjr and Stockon absolutely fly past him on the rim with Cummins in very close pursuit of Stockon. What happened?? Mattox decides to move up in the way and run the rim while getting the lay-over flag over and over holding up Cummins and putting him in a position to either risk his spot and car with a slide-job on Mattox or wait until Mattox makes a mistake which will happen.

The yellow comes out and I bet whoever was running the receiver communication to the drivers wished they would have reminded the drivers what the lay-over flag meant because Mattox sure wasn’t heeding to it.

In my opinion, Mattox was owed a personal tutoring class in communication after the race by Cummins and possibly Stanbrough and Wes Mac. When a lapped car knocks out a potential contender for the win because of poor race ethics, is sad and uncalled for. When you’re that much slower than the leaders and getting lapped before the halfway point, it’s time to stay out of their way instead of moving up in between them.

Another fantastic race night at haubstadt. Thanks again, Tommy and Team.

Just my opinion.
Ray Morgan

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Ray,

I talked to Kyle and Brandon after the race, while they were discussing the matter. They both knew what was going on,and had planned for Brandon to come down on the restart. The only problem was the Brandon didn't come down as soon as Kyle had expected. About the time Brandon started coming down, Kyle decided to dive under him. It truly was just one of those racing deals.

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I understand, but I have been a lapped driver and also lapped many drivers during my career as a driver. Mattox should know that if the decision was made (Cummins tells him to go low) that Mattox starts out lower than normal coming out of 4 on the restart and is only midway up the track going down the straightaway and then runs the infield tires all the way through 1 and 2 and run lower down the back straight. Mattox had no possibly way of improving his postition at this time so respect should have been given to allow the much faster guys a clear chance. Where mattox was running on the track before and when he was lapped by KTjr and Stockon were clear and clean passes then again, moving up into the fast lane while getting the lay-over flag over and over. We both have seen and can imaging if it were Jack Hewitt that was crashed out rather than Cummins.

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Just seems to me you would talk to one or more of the drivers involved in the situation before you go on with your know it all because you seen it from the stands attitude. I for one was standing there when kyle approached brandon after the race apologizing for the incident. Brandon asked kyle where he wanted him to go, kyle said low so he did. The two of them have no hard feelings and neither should you.

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Thank you for putting me in my place (amontgomery). I appreciate you lining me out on this situation. I should have kept my opinion to myself, like I normally do. Maybe someday, if I am ever involved in a good racing program of any type, I will have a leg to stand on to express my opinion. Until then, Thank You for puttin me back in my place, it's much appreciated. I will continue to learn from my mistakes as well as study all aspects of racing and I will hopefuly move up from a novice in racing someday. I just love top quality Sprint Car racing and have a passion for it.

Thank You Again,
Ray Morgan
Terre Haute, IN.

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Gotta love a guy with a sense of irony. :6:

Keep posting here, Ray. Your opinion is more valued than most.

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I agree with Danny, Ray. I've got to read a post like one of yours, to help me regenerate some of the brain cells that reading one of those johnny thunderhead posts has killed.:3:

Thanks for your perspective.

Jerry

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Ray you just keep on posting, you have turned more good laps than most.

Jerry

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Ray, keep posting, I like the conversation with you, it doesn't bother me one bit. It's nice to see both sides of the coin.:6:

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Now thats funny and soooo true :8: Ray I agree keep posting :6: