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Was BC in his car tonight ????

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Congrats to Kenny and Trent. Thàt was a great run. Kenny showed patience when he needed to and made good clean passes (I think I saw him pass a couple in the middle and top, too, but I must have been mistaken) Where did Gaines finish? He seemed to be passing a bunch of cars, too.
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Congratulations Kenny and crew. Sounded like a great run.

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Who is Nifilis? I never heard the name before. Where did he come from? Is he a Bloomington regular?

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Originally Posted by JstAbvVMC:
Was BC in his car tonight ????

Yes he was.

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Thanks' BUD

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Originally Posted by Dick Monahan:
Who is Nifilis? I never heard the name before. Where did he come from? Is he a Bloomington regular?

A local boy, Dick. He usually runs there when they can. Not a high buck, rich daddy team at all. The young man showed great patience and steadily picked off some heavy hitters.

It probably helped that they ran the B Main. But they still had to not only do the homework, but carry out the plan too. That they did and very well.

I like to think that if he had a heavenly seat for this one, Mr. Kinser would have been quite pleased.

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Originally Posted by Danny Burton:
A local boy, Dick. He usually runs there when they can. Not a high buck, rich daddy team at all. The young man showed great patience and steadily picked off some heavy hitters.

It probably helped that they ran the B Main. But they still had to not only do the homework, but carry out the plan too. That they did and very well.

I like to think that if he had a heavenly seat for this one, Mr. Kinser would have been quite pleased.

Couldn't agree with that any more, Danny!

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Congrats to Niflis and his bunch:6: Pretty cool to be there for this win. The weekly shows at Bloomington combined with my first trip to Gas City last week make me very thankful to live in the great state of Indiana. The racing at Gas City was unbelievable! Very anxious for sprint week now...but we still have some great racing before then!

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Originally Posted by JordanBlanton:
Congrats to Kenny and Trent. Thàt was a great run. Kenny showed patience when he needed to and made good clean passes (I think I saw him pass a couple in the middle and top, too, but I must have been mistaken) Where did Gaines finish? He seemed to be passing a bunch of cars, too.
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Gaines finished 6th after starting 17th.

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good night of racing hadn't watched one from the hill for a while but I was impressed by what happened. Some other guys moved up but he came through the b and passed the best in the business at btown in a big one. Kenny had a perfect car and made no mistakes which is commendable in a 40 lapper

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Good job Team Niflis.

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Well folks, from someone that was shooting photos at the race, the even money was on Mr. Stanbrough as the feature rolled off. Jon took off at the green, edging out past Chad Boat and Bryan Clauson. He held the spot for the early stages of the race before Brady Short came forward to challenge the group. Brady, like he has especially of late, rocketed to the front on a track that was like a mirror. I told a few guys there tonight that I've never seen a track so black and "mirrored over" that was still so passable. It looked slick, but guys were working to the front all over the sprint feature. Both Brady Short and Kenny Niflis were patient and worked the lanes where their car worked best. Stanbrough was overtaken near the midpoint after building a good lead early. It was amazing to watch some of the guys, including Niflis and Gaines cruise through the field slowly and steadily, picking the spots. What was great to see for Kenny Niflis was that he had to get by a group of three lapped cars on the two-to-go sign and kept his composure to the checkered flag even though I think all of us would have been thinking 'wow, I could win the "Sheldon Kinser Memorial"! All told, wonderful win for a good kid and a special scene in victory lane! Great race!

First trip to shoot the red clay this season, but I wanted to say a special congrats to the track crews, push trucks, safety crews and officials for keeping everything running so well. Pretty quick night overall, 40 sprints, qualifying, a Cmain, Bmain plus the feature and two other classes and I got home from an hour away, by midnight. Good stuff. Bring on Sprint Week!!

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Originally Posted by TRUCKER D:
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Maybe i missed something i dont know but HOW IS THAT BALLU (SPELLING) DID NOT QUALIFY IF HE DID I DID NOT SEE IT DO THINK HE DID??? HOW IS IT HE GETS TO START ON THE FRONT ROW OF A HEAT RACE WHERE HE DID? sHOULD HE NOT OF HAD TO START FROM A TAIL SPOT? am i missing something or what? Just wondering how that works????

Here is the qualifying run down on the drivers: (Hope this helps you out) I happened to of found this on the Bloomington website this morning.
QUALIFICATIONS: Jeff Bland, Jr. 11.154; Chad Boat 11.236; Kenny Niflis 11.273; Brady Short 11.279; Bryan Clauson 11.300; Nic Faas 11.315; Shane Cottle 11.323; Casey Shuman 11.352; Ted Hines 11.376; Jeff Wimmenauer 11.378; Jon Stanbrough 11.395; Ty Deckard 11.468; Brent Beauchamp 11.493; Tim Spindler 11.510; Danny Holtsclaw 11.533; Eric Smith 11.550; Mike Hess 11.576; Jared Harris 11.578; Robert Ballou 11.599; Kevin Thomas, Jr. 11.604; Matt Goodnight 11.653; Chase Briscoe 11.691; Kenny Carmichael 11.693; Mike Spencer 11.714; Kent Christian 11.727; Drew Ikerd 11.744; Ethan Barrow 11.759; Hunter Scheurenberg 11.784; Ricky Williams 11.784; Seth Parker 11.788; Casey Riggs 11.852; Mark Perry III 11.855; Scott Hampton 11.907; Dickie Gaines 11.994; Kyle Robbins 12.051; Bub Cummings 12.172; Jordan Kinser 12.197; John Dick 12.434; Cam Schafer 12.611; Eric Edwards 12.970; Brian Lake NT; Jesse Cramer NT

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It was a different format if Sandy Lowe gets on here she can explain it

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we had five heats, with the top four inverted. Fast qualifier starting fourth in each heat qualifiers 1-5 started fourth, 6-10 started third, 11-15 started second, and 16-20 started pole of the heats. So with Ballou timing in at 19th quick, he got the pole of the fourth heat
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Great jop by Kenny and the entire team. There is not a new part on that car anywhere. Everything is used or someone else's thrown away part. Heard that the tires they ran in the feature were from another teams trash pile and Trent was afraid the birdcage bearings were going to fail because they were making so much noise pushing out for the feature. Guess they have a little money to buy some new ones now.

That has to be a great feeling when you beat guys with stuff they threw away or thought was junk.

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Great job to all involved with the Niflis team. Thought he would be good in feature if he kept his nose clean. Kid did a he11 of a job passing and was very patient in traffic. Coming from deep in the pack had to make it even sweeter. Was one thing I did'nt enjoy though !! Sure made me feel old beings he was'nt even thought about when Trent lettered our cars years ago :2: Congats guys, and good luck rest of the year :8::22:

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First of all, what a great win for Kenny Niflis. He was worth the price of admission to watch slice and dice his way to the front. I asked this question last week after the KISS round at Paragon when Jon Stanbrough came from the back to win the feature event. How many people think that running the B-Main last night was an advantage for Kenny Niflis?

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Running the B is an advantage, but you still gotta earn it, and Kenny did!:8:

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Originally Posted by OU812:
Running the B is an advantage, but you still gotta earn it, and Kenny did!:8:

Absolutely. He earned that victory with some up on the wheel :31: driving.

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One of the things that I really love about racing is how each race takes on it's own unique personality, based on track conditions and all the competitors ability, on that given night, to adapt to those conditions. Mike made a keen observation, IMO, about Kenny's advantage that he gained by being relegated to run in the B-Main. Dickie Gaines did, too. The track had went from a fast one in the heats, that favored the gassers, to one that punished those same guys in he feature and favored the ones who would pick their spots and finesse the red clay. One particular battle in the semi-feature proved to be a harbinger of things to come. It was the excellent fight between Kevin Thomas, Jr and Nic Faas, for the last transfer spot. They were side by side the whole race. KT standing on the gas, all over the berm and Nic hitting his spots, running a lower line, looking almost effortless. KT got the spot, but he got it barely. With much effort. And race fans had the luxury of watching this battle, as the leader (Niflis) had checked out, run off and hid and left everyone else in the dust.

The feature was stacked up front, with the exception being Bloomington Speedway big fish Brady Short, starting back in the 5th row. So you had a receipe for a great race, right from the outset. So, the first part of the race was a rumble between Stanbrough, Boat, Clauson, Shuman, Bland and Cottle, with Short moving up from the drop of the green. And Ballou, losing spots, was the first to fall victim to the deteriorating cushion. The there was a yellow, early on in the race, when I think the same thought dawned on everybody who was paying attention. And that was "Geez. Where the hell did Niflis come from!! He came from the B-Main and he's in like 6th or 7th!!" Then after they went back green, one by one, he caught, passed and drove away from some of racing's best. Including Brady Short, who's been almost invincible at this place, all year. To say Kenny Niflis was impressive last night would be an understatement. I bet Sheldon Kinser would have been impressed by that drive.

Jerry

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Originally Posted by Jerry Shaw:
One of the things that I really love about racing is how each race takes on it's own unique personality, based on track conditions and all the competitors ability, on that given night, to adapt to those conditions. Mike made a keen observation, IMO, about Kenny's advantage that he gained by being relegated to run in the B-Main. Dickie Gaines did, too. The track had went from a fast one in the heats, that favored the gassers, to one that punished those same guys in he feature and favored the ones who would have to pick their spots and finesse the red clay. One particular battle in the semi-feature proved to be a harbinger of things to come. It was the excellent fight between Kevin Thomas, Jr and Nic Fass, for the last transfer spot. They were side by side the whole race. KT standing on the gas, all over the berm and Nic hitting his spots, running a lower line, looking almost effortless. KT got the spot, but he got it barely. With much effort. And race fans had the luxury of watching this battle, as the leader (Niflis) had checked out, run off and his and left everyone else in the dust.

The feature was stacked up front, with the exception being Bloomington Speedway big fish Brady Short, starting back in the 5th row. So you had a receipe for a great race, right from the outset. So, the first part of the race was a rumble between Stanbrough, Boat, Clauson, Shuman Bland and Cottle, with Short moving up from the drop of the green. The there was a yellow, early on in the race, when I think the same thought dawned on everybody who was paying attention. And that was "Geez. Where the hell did Niflis come from!! He came from the B-Main and he's in like 6th or 7th!!" Then after they went back green, one by one, he caught, passed and drove away from some of racing's best. Including Brady Short, who's been almost invincible at this place, all year. To sat Kenny Niflis was impressive last night would be an understatement. I bet Sheldon Kinser would have been impressed by that drive.

Jerry

Jerry,

Excellent points. The second half of that race was all about throttle control and keep the right rear tire under the car. How many times do you see someone like Kenny have that type of race and let it get away from them. He seized the moment and drove it on home to victory lane. Kenny sure made some fans last night with that run.:6::8: I am sure that Sheldon was smiling along with a lot of others.

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I would just like to thank Bloomington Speedway for what they do in helping keep my fathers memory alive. The tribute to him last night was awesome and I really appreciate the effort they make every year to remember him! It was really cool getting to sit in my dads seat in the car he drove to the 1977 usac championship. Thanks to Galen Fox for bringing it so everyone could see it!

Also, Congratulations to Kenny Niflis! It was an awesome race and I was glad to see him win!

Shelley Clayton

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Originally Posted by ThrottleHead:
If you count multiple grooves being a couple cars up top then whatever. Only racing happened when there was a shuffle of position. It would be exciting for a few laps the settle out. This was your kind of track Nunn.

Back to Nifilis.... Mighty impressive drive. Worked his way to the front and never turned a wheel wrong!
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We all know a rubber down race track is fast. Fridays Kinser was not a rubber down track is was BLACK SLICK multi GROOVE.

I thought a shuffle of position was racing UM thats called "PASSING"

Kenny did a great job and did what no one else could do! pass every where on the track.

GREAT JOB!!!