Mel Johnson Classic Rescheduled!!!!!!
 

Sunday,August 8, 2010



Mel Johnson Classic, This event is carried over from the rained out event on June 12th. We will have hot laps, one Pure stock heat race and then 2 Sprint Features, 2 Modified features, and 2 Pure Stock Features. The Sprints and Mods features are already set.

Admission Tickets: FREE FREE FREE!!!

Hot Laps at 6:30 pm, racing at 7:30 pm

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Niceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:8::6 :

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LAWRENCEBURG CHEVROLET SPRINTS

JUNE 12, 2010 (34 cars)

Mel Johnson Classic

HEAT 1
1- 81 Robert Ballou (4)
2- 5J Joss Moffatt (2)
3- 09 JR Douglas (8)
4- 48 Ty Deckard (6)
5- 89 Shawn Westerfeld (3)
6- 6 Nick Naber (10)
7- 76 JJ Hughes (5)
8- 9H Logan Hupp (9)
9- 29K Keith Bradley (1)

HEAT 2
1- 39 Dave Darland (1)
2- 10 Blake Fitzpatrick (5)
3- 1X Kurt Gross (9)
4- 71C Joshua Clemons (6)
5- 54 Matt Westfall (3)
6- 4 Michael Fischesser (4)
7- 9T Jonathan Vennard (8)
8- 22W Mike Weber (2)
9- 71X Brad Stevens (7)

HEAT 3
1- 27A Andrew Elson (4)
2- 38S Jeff Bland, Jr. (8)
3- 44 Jason Soudrette (5)
4- 22 Rick Vaughn (6)
5- 3M Mark Perry III (7)
6- 98 Chad Boespflug (1)
7- 35 Hunter Schuerenberg (3)
8- 9K Kevin Thomas, Jr. (2)

HEAT 4
1- 53X Jon Stanbrough (4)
2- 68 Jonathan Hendrick (2)
3- 36 Brady Short (7)
4- 24X Landon Simon (1)
5- 53 Mike Miller (8)
6- 4M John Memmer (3)
7- 17B Brett Burdette (5)
8- 2 Craig Stevens (6)

PASSING POINT TOTALS
1- 38S Jeff Bland, Jr. 65.56
2- 81 Robert Ballou 64.28
3- 27A Andrew Elson 64.28
4- 53X Jon Stanbrough 64.28
5- 1X Kurt Gross 61.56
6- 10 Blake Fitzpatrick 60.28
7- 39 Dave Darland 59.00
8- 09 JR Douglas 58.04
9- 36 Brady Short 58.04
10- 5J Joss Moffatt 55.00
11- 68 Jonathan Hendrick 55.00
12- 44 Jason Soudrette 54.52
13- 48 Ty Deckard 50.52
14- 71C Joshua Clemons 50.52
15- 22 Rick Vaughn 50.52
16- 53 Mike Miller 48.28
17- 24X Landon Simon 47.00
18- 3M Mark Perry III 46.52
19- 6 Nick Naber 44.28
20- 89 Shawn Westerfeld 43.00
21- 54 Matt Westfall 43.00
22- 4 Michael Fischesser 39.00
23- 98 Chad Boespflug 39.00
24- 4M John Memmer 39.00
25- 9T Jonathan Vennard 36.76
26- 76 JJ Hughes 35.00
27- 35 Hunter Schuerenberg 35.00
28- 17B Brett Burdette 35.00
29- 9H Logan Hupp 31.00
30- 22W Mike Weber 31.00
31- 9K Kevin Thomas, Jr. 31.00
32- 2 Craig Stevens 31.00
33- 29K Keith Bradley 27.00
34- 71X Brad Stevens 27.00

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BUDWEISER UMP MODIFIEDS

JUNE 12, 2010 (55 cars)

Mel Johnson Classic

HEAT 1
1- D1 JD Largent (2)
2- 1G Devin Gilpin (9)
3- 8 Levi Kissinger (10)
4- 7E Josh Edmisten (7)
5- 14 Trent Green (6)
6- 14X John Martin (5)
7- 13 Adam Jordan (13)
8- 32 Roger Williams (3)
9- 11H Pete Holt (11)
10- 22M Andy Mefford (8)
11- B1 Rob Burdette (1)
12- 17 Brandon Ramsey (12)
13- 7G Chuck Griffis (4)
14- 35 Tim Cornett (14)

HEAT 2
1- 9H Matt Hamilton (3)
2- 28X Paul Miles (5)
3- 77 Joey Kramer (11)
4- J14 Russ Gabbert (4)
5- 99 Kyle Mitchell (10)
6- V1 John Arcaro (2)
7- 75 Jason Cox (14)
8- 9* Dustin Webber (12)
9- 41X Kelly Craddock (9)
10- 55 Denny Szekacs (1)
11- 711 Nick Hodges (7)
12- J1 Jason Largent (13)
13- 97 Mike Bechelli (8)
14- 14W Jacob Webber (6)

HEAT 3
1- 79D John DeMoss (4)
2- 76 Shelby Miles (14)
3- 9 Brad Wieck (3)
4- K12 Scotty Kincaid (7)
5- 0 Daryl Herbert (8)
6- 101 Broc Burton (2)
7- 28 Bill Wagner (10)
8- 25 Vernon Soeder (9)
9- 11 Jim Szekacs (5)
10- 23X Kyle Schornick (6)
11- 3B Bob Burch (1)
12- 07 Cory Skipton (12)
13- 96 Sean Johnson (11)
14- 44K Kris Johnson (13)

HEAT 4
1- 9C Rick Corbin (1)
2- 18M David McWilliams (4)
3- 48 Ralph Groomer (3)
4- 68 Weasel Rhoades (10)
5- 22 Matt Boknecht (6)
6- 3 Jeff Harris (11)
7- 36 Brady Short (12)
8- 311 Bryan Fiscus (7)
9- 7 Tony McVey (13)
10- 27 Troy Whitaker (8)
11- 20B Andy Bowman (2)
12- 29 Travis Cox (9)
13- D48 Derek Groomer (5)

PASSING POINT TOTALS
1- 76 Shelby Miles 76.12
2- 1G Devin Gilpin 67.32
3- 77 Joey Kramer 65.08
4- 79D John DeMoss 64.28
5- 8 Levi Kissinger 63.32
6- 9H Matt Hamilton 62.52
7- D1 JD Largent 60.76
8- 28X Paul Miles 60.28
9- 9C Rick Corbin 59.00
10- 18M David McWilliams 58.52
11- 68 Weasel Rhoades 57.56
12- 7E Josh Edmisten 52.28
13- K12 Scotty Kincaid 52.28
14- 99 Kyle Mitchell 51.80
15- 9 Brad Wieck 51.00
16- 48 Ralph Groomer 51.00
17- 0 Daryl Herbert 48.28
18- 3 Jeff Harris 47.80
19- 75 Jason Cox 47.32
20- J14 Russ Gabbert 47.00
21- 13 Adam Jordan 45.56
22- 14 Trent Green 44.76
23- 22 Matt Boknecht 44.76
24- 36 Brady Short 43.80
25- 28 Bill Wagner 40.28
26- 14X John Martin 39.00
27- V1 John Arcaro 39.00
28- 101 Broc Burton 39.00
29- 9* Dustin Webber 38.04
30- 7 Tony McVey 34.04
31- 25 Vernon Soeder 32.76
32- 32 Roger Williams 31.00
33- 311 Bryan Fiscus 31.00
34- 11H Pete Holt 30.52
35- 41X Kelly Craddock 27.00
36- 11 Jim Szekacs 27.00
37- 22M Andy Mefford 23.00
38- 55 Denny Szekacs 23.00
39- 23X Kyle Schornick 23.00
40- 27 Troy Whitaker 23.00
41- B1 Rob Burdette 19.00
42- 711 Nick Hodges 19.00
43- 3B Bob Burch 19.00
44- 20B Andy Bowman 19.00
45- J1 Jason Largent 16.76
46- 17 Brandon Ramsey 15.00
47- 07 Cory Skipton 15.00
48- 29 Travis Cox 15.00
49- 7G Chuck Griffis 11.00
50- 97 Mike Bechelli 11.00
51- 96 Sean Johnson 11.00
52- D48 Derek Groomer 11.00
53- 35 Tim Cornett 7.00
54- 14W Jacob Webber 7.00
55- 44K Kris Johnson 7.00

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I hope the track is in the same shape it was Saturday night. The features were going to be awesome.

all good except i got to work on sunday nights.
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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell:
Sunday,August 8, 2010



Mel Johnson Classic, This event is carried over from the rained out event on June 12th. We will have hot laps, one Pure stock heat race and then 2 Sprint Features, 2 Modified features, and 2 Pure Stock Features. The Sprints and Mods features are already set.

Admission Tickets: FREE FREE FREE!!!

Hot Laps at 6:30 pm, racing at 7:30 pm

Thanks Dave! Can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I don't know if I can afford the tix price:11:

Bozo your greedy:18:

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Originally Posted by AERO410SCJA:
I don't know if I can afford the tix price:11:

Bozo your greedy:18:

I need more $$$ for more blessed wine!!

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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell:
I need more $$$ for more blessed wine!!

Then you should have rescheduled for Sept.;)

PS Keep them smokies from shaking us down in the parking lot:2:

It's hard to smoke crack with DYNO:18: with the feds breathing down are necks:2:

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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell:
Sunday,August 8, 2010



Mel Johnson Classic, This event is carried over from the rained out event on June 12th. We will have hot laps, one Pure stock heat race and then 2 Sprint Features, 2 Modified features, and 2 Pure Stock Features. The Sprints and Mods features are already set.

Admission Tickets: FREE FREE FREE!!!

Hot Laps at 6:30 pm, racing at 7:30 pm

Dave, thanks really don't know of any promoter that would do this for the race fans.:23:
:23:
REH

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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell:
I need more $$$ for more blessed wine!!

Dave,

If we can find a source I will kick in some $$$$$ for some of that blessed wine for the rescheduled weekend! Plus I won't let you do any drunk dials this time!

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Coupla queries:

1. Will pit passes from last night get us in on 8/8? and
2. Will the 50/50 winner from tickets sold last night be drawn on 6/19, drawn on 8/8, :16 or did the 50/50 from last night become the 0/100 with you the winner? :(

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Originally Posted by FishBurger:
Coupla queries:

1. Will pit passes from last night get us in on 8/8? and
#1 Yes, Free free free!!
2. Will the 50/50 winner from tickets sold last night be drawn on 6/19, drawn on 8/8, :16 or did the 50/50 from last night become the 0/100 with you the winner? :(

#1 Yes, Free free free!!
#2 The 50/50 was drawn and there was a winner!!

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Originally Posted by Dave Rudisell:
#2 The 50/50 was drawn and there was a winner!!

Obviously not FISHBURGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!:19::17: Better luck next time Marv.;)

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Originally Posted by Mud Packer:
Obviously not FISHBURGER!!!!!!!!!!!!!:19::17: Better luck next time Marv.;)

au contraire my tall, heavily muscled friend. Bought my tickets from Cherie............and that makes me a winner, wouldn't you agree? ;)

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Originally Posted by FishBurger:
au contraire my tall, heavily muscled friend. Bought my tickets from Cherie............and that makes me a winner, wouldn't you agree? ;)

My only question my dear friend is how much cash did you take home?;):20: Enough for a new stove? Numerous others also went home a winner after buying tickets from Cherie no doubt.:2:

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Right on Thanks Dave

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Originally Posted by AERO410SCJA:
Then you should have rescheduled for Sept.;)

PS Keep them smokies from shaking us down in the parking lot:2:

It's hard to smoke crack with DYNO:18: with the feds breathing down are necks:2:

Only crack you smoked is bending over near the campfire :10:

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Imagine what things would have been like without 6hrs of hard rain earlier in the day. Could the crowd have been bigger? How many were scared off by the threatening weather? Possibly more cars, although, I'm sure a few showed because of rainouts at other places but, did some not show because of what appeared to be hopeless weather conditions? The only benefit from the rain was the track was incredible. It was so much fun to drive (the few laps that I got!!:3:)

Thanks to Tim Johnson and family for the great party on the back stretch Friday evening! Great ribs, great homemade wine, great hospitality!!

I do believe Saturday could've been one of the biggest crowds in L'Burg history. I thought it was a great night in spite of the weather. It's just a shame they didn't get to run the features on that beautiful surface. I also want to thank the L'Burg staff for trying so hard to get everything in!!!! I think Mel was very proud of all of you folks...

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It was a crazy day for sure. I felt like at any point i was going to keel over, never been that nervous before. The 3 inches of rain in the morning was unbelievable!! Tim and the whole crew did a great job. The track was ready to go at 4:30 then more rain hit, causing a delay of the start of hot laps at 6:30. We had to repack the track several times because it was so soft. All in all i was very happy with the way things went. I just wished the weather would of held of so we could of completed the show. I apologize to everyone who felt cheated or disappointed. I felt that way myself. Mother nature just won't give us a break this year. I Hope to see you all on Saturday for the USAC Midgets, Lawrenceburg Chevrolet Sprints, and the Budweiser UMP Modifieds.
Sincerely, Dave Rudisell

Also want to thank the entire Johnson family for all their hard work on this event.
and thanks to all the officials for helping with this different type of format race.
and how bout the safety crew!! They are great!!

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Hats off to Dave and everyone there. To pull off a feat like that against those odds for as much of the races as we got in was an undertaking of monumental proportions! I never met Mel Johnson, but I guarantee he would have been proud of everyone. The turnout for that race-cars and fans alike-with that weather-speaks volumes about what kind of person he was and what everyone really thinks about Lawrenceburg Speedway. And it's not that the track was barely raceable, it was frickin' awesome! Very smooth (at least from the stands) and was actually widening out as the heats went on, with very good racing.

KC cancelled early, but it looked so bad all morning on the radar for Cincy, I made a mistake and assumed there was no way Burg could run. When I called @ 3:45 to see when it was rescheduled and learned it was still on and sunny, I was shocked! My help had already left. If I knew 2 hrs earlier they weren't cancelled, I'd have brought the car and raced. So all I could do then was go and watch, but it was still worth it!

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dave, can we do this again next year.:6:

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One more question about this. Will pit passes be good for any show remaining this year?

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Originally Posted by on_the_edge:
One more question about this. Will pit passes be good for any show remaining this year?

On the edge, All armbands from last weekend are void. The admission is free for the makeup date on August 8th, including pit passes.
Thanks, Dave

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Less than 2 weeks away. August 7th is a regular show and the next night the 8th is the Mel Johnson Classic. Schedule below. Make a weekend out of it!!
August 7th, Saturday
Lawrenceburg Chevrolet Sprints, Budweiser UMP Modifieds, Purestocks, HARF,DARF,BARC Club Night
Admission Ticket: $15 for adults, kids 7-12 $7 and 6 and under FREE!!

Pit pass $25 for all ages

Pit gate opens at 4pm

General Admission Gates open at 5pm.

Hot Laps(practice) at 6pm.

Racing at 7pm.
Sunday August 8th
Mel Johnson Classic, This event is carried over from the rained out event on June 12th. We will have hot laps, one Pure stock heat race and then 2 Sprint Features, 2 Modified features, and 2 Pure Stock Features. The Sprints and Mods features are already set.

Admission Tickets: FREE FREE FREE!!!

Hot Laps at 6:30 pm, racing at 7:30 pm

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Obviously the show on August 8th isn't free, since many of us paid $8 to get in the first time, more for the pits, and they didn't finish the B mains, so you would of thought we would have rainchecks. For those of us that can't make it back for the 8th we are out our original amounts, same for the pits. Free is a misnomer.

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Originally Posted by HotWheels:
Obviously the show on August 8th isn't free, since many of us paid $8 to get in the first time, more for the pits, and they didn't finish the B mains, so you would of thought we would have rainchecks. For those of us that can't make it back for the 8th we are out our original amounts, same for the pits. Free is a misnomer.

Wow your kidding right.:14:

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Originally Posted by HotWheels:
Obviously the show on August 8th isn't free, since many of us paid $8 to get in the first time, more for the pits, and they didn't finish the B mains, so you would of thought we would have rainchecks. For those of us that can't make it back for the 8th we are out our original amounts, same for the pits. Free is a misnomer.

Your not for real , ARE YOU ?:32::32::32:

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Remember in 1997 when Indy rained out on Sunday and Monday and ran on Tuesday? They ended up opening the gates for free on Tuesday. Now that was free event. I did not plan on going that year because I was in school. Worked out well.

Looking forward to the race to not use my $4 DARF Ticket.

That's comical
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Originally Posted by HotWheels:
Obviously the show on August 8th isn't free, since many of us paid $8 to get in the first time, more for the pits, and they didn't finish the B mains, so you would of thought we would have rainchecks. For those of us that can't make it back for the 8th we are out our original amounts, same for the pits. Free is a misnomer.

We never had any b-mains scheduled for this race. We had all the heats done except one heat left in purestocks. It is a passing points system, with all cars making a feature. We will have hot laps and the one remaining heat race for purestocks, and then 2 features for sprints, 2 features for Mods, and 2 features for purestocks.
Dave

i think its awsome wat dave is doing making it a free race. but it does suck for somebody like me who went to the original date and paid to get in but cant make it back for a sunday night because they work third shift.
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Some of you people don't have a clue...Nice job Dave..No other promoter would do anything like this...With feature lineups already set most places would have made these races up with another complete show and all fans and drivers would have to PAY AGAIN...

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Originally Posted by mudplug:
Some of you people don't have a clue...Nice job Dave..No other promoter would do anything like this...With feature lineups already set most places would have made these races up with another complete show and all fans and drivers would have to PAY AGAIN...

I was thinking the same thing. Dave, you do a great job.:8: