Rumble in Fort Wayne -- Friday results
 

(detailed story with quotes is on a separate thread)

Tony Stewart won the 50-lap midget feature Friday that capped the opening night of the 14th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne for his record-extending eighth career victory at the Memorial Coliseum Expo Center.

Another program of midgets, winged outlaw modified midgets, mini-sprints, karts and quarter midgets is scheduled for Saturday. Spectator gates open at 11 a.m., with the main portion of the program after 6 p.m. Tickets and pit passes will be available at the door.

MIDGETS

Qualifications – 1. Tony Stewart, 2x, Stewart, 7.830 seconds; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 7, Daugherty, 7.972; 3. Dave Darland, 0, Daugherty, 8.169; 4. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 8.179; 5. Jacob Wilson, 10, Moore, 8.251; 6. David Gough, 6, A&G, 8.275; 7. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 8.278; 8. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles, 8.282; 9. Nick Hamilton, 8, Hamilton, 8.286; 10. Mike Wallace, 10, Wallace, 8.297; 11. Brandon Knupp, 78, Chambers, 8.315; 12. Tim Jedrzejek, 8up, Williams, 8.320; 13. Cory Setser, 56, Rencurrel, 8.327; 14. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton, 8.327; 15. Jim “Timex” Morgan, 2, Afterhours, 8.328; 16. Jim Anderson, 99g, Guess, 8.342; 17. Joe Liguori, 67, Sexton, 8.352; 18. Mike Osite, 20, Fedorcak, 8.375; 19. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns, 8.380; 20. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, 8.427; 21. Donnie Adams Jr., 49, Burrow, 8.466; 22. Rex Norris III, 63, Norris, 8.485; 23. Bobby Santos III, 98, Burrow, 8.501; 24. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, 8.540; 25. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse, 8.543; 26. Chris Jagger, 27, Jagger, 8.554; 27. Steve Irwin, 0s, Flying Zero, 8.708; 28. Amanda Quinones, 15k, Knupp, 8.852; 29. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19d, Dunigan, 8.897; 30. Terry Ahern, 6t6, Ahern, 9.015; 31. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple, 9.070; 32. Eric Shirey, 22, Sexton, 9.135; 33. Deano Lennon, 61, Lennon, 9.262; 34. Joey Burrow, 92, Burrow, 9.464; 35. Zach Fuhrman, 32x, Fuhrman, 9.553; 36. Kevin Shirey, 41, Sexton, 9.575; 37. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim, 9.700; 38. David Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman, 9.753; 39. Derek Bischak, 31, Bischak, 11.199; 40. Gary Bradley, 4, Bradley, NT; 41. Chris Neuenschwander, 3, Barnett, NT.

First heat (10 laps) – Stewart, Knupp, Gough, Anderson, Chapple, Jagger, Neuenschwander, K. Shirey, Adams.

Second heat (10 laps) – Jedrzejek, Stanbrough, Liguori, Irwin, Cottongim, E. Shirey, Norris, Fedorcak.

Third heat (10 laps) – Darland, Setser, Santos, Quinones, Osite, Nuckles, Lennon, D. Fuhrman.

Fourth heat (10 laps) – K. Hamilton, Wease, Westfall, N. Hamilton, Ferns, Bischak, Burrow, Dunigan.

Fifth heat (10 laps) – Morgan, Wilson, Corson, Clouse, Ahern, Z. Fuhrman, Wallace.

First semi-feature (12 laps) – Gough, Corson, Neuenschwander, Wallace, E. Shirey, Dunigan, N. Hamilton.

Second semi-feature (12 laps) – Liguori, Anderson, Clouse, Nuckles, Norris, Adams, Ferns, K. Shirey.

Third semi-feature (12 laps) – Santos, Irwin, Fedorcak, Chapple, Lennon, Ahern.

Fourth semi-feature (12 laps) – Westfall, D. Fuhrman, Quinones, Z. Fuhrman, Cottongim, Jagger, Burrow.

Feature (50 laps) – 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Kyle Hamilton, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. David Gough, 5. Joe Liguori, 6. Brandon Knupp, 7. Tim Jedrzejek, 8. Cory Setser, 9. Billy Wease, 10. Bobby Santos III, 11. Jacob Wilson, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Matt Westfall, 14. Jim “Timex” Morgan. Lap leaders: Darland 1-16, Stewart 17-50.

WINGED OUTLAW MODIFIED MIDGETS

Qualifications – 1. Ben Quinones, 007, Quinones, 8.134 seconds; 2. Ryan Smith, 22, VanDoren, 8.249; 3. Matt Janisch, 14j, Janisch,8.316; 4. John Ivy, 94, Henry, 8.317; 5. Cap Henry, 04, Henry, 8.407; 6. Erick Rudolph, 32, Rudolph, 8.444; 7. Tyler Ross, 3t, Holmquist, 8.575; 8. Bill Dunham, 84, Dunham, 8.577; 9. Chris Stockham, 44, Stockham, 8.594; 10. Larry Joe Sroufe, 21s, Sroufe, 8.628; 11. A.J. Lesiecki, 14, Lesiecki, 8.772; 12. Clay Sanders, 21, Sanders, 8.778; 13. Randy Brown, 55b, Brown, 8.783; 14. Tim Neil, 19n, Dunigan, 8.790; 15. Ben Taylor, 19, Taylor, 8.795; 16. Brandon Knupp, 20, Chambers, 8.800; 17. Chase Ridenour, 11r, Ridenour, 8.806; 18. Nick Landon, 82, Landon, 8.807; 19. Brian Gerster, 7, Underwood, 8.864; 20. Drew Dorsett, 11b, Bickel-Sager, 8.949; 21. Dan Dunigan Jr., 19d, Dunigan, 8.952; 22. Michael Kettnich, 19k, Kettnich, 8.995; 23. Rusty Strausbaugh, 29, Strausbaugh, 9.003; 24. Jason Ormsby, 51, Ormsby, 9.034; 25. Richard Smith, 12, Smith, 9.052; 26. Mark Zumbrun, 35, Zumbrun, 9.068; 27. Jim “Timex” Morgan, 51m, Ormsby, 9.103; 28. Jeremy Glasford, 14, Glasford, 9.132; 29. Howard McCormick, 26m, Sager, 9.217; 30. Butch Hamilton, 1h, Hamilton, 9.226; 31. Larry Fox, 28, Fox, 9.236; 32. Gary Klein, 68, Klein, 9.238; 33. Steve Shockney Jr., 28s, Shockney, 9.428; 34. Kyle Henry, 51h, Ormsby, 9.434; 35. Nick Eastin, 93, Eastin, 9.446; 36. Ryan Nawrocki, 5n, Reed, 9.733; 37. Steve Myers, 88, Myers, 9.934; 38. Ed Wilberg Sr., 5, Wilberg, 10.380.

First heat (10 laps) – C. Henry, Stockham, Dunigan, Ri. Smith, McCormick, Ridenour, Shockney, Myers, Brown, Quinones.

Second heat (10 laps) – Ry. Smith, Neil, Rudolph, Sroufe, K. Henry, Landon, Zumbrun, Wilberg, Hamilton, Kettnich.

Third heat (10 laps) – Janisch, Ross, Lesiecki, Morgan, Eastin, Strausbaugh, Taylor, Fox, Gerster.

Fourth heat (10 laps) – Ivy, Knupp, Dunham, Glasford, Sanders, Nawrocki, Klein, Ormsby, Dorsett.

First semi-feature (12 laps) – Sroufe, Ridenour, Ormsby, Taylor, Strausbaugh, Sanders, K. Henry.

Second semi-feature (12 laps) – McCormick, Gerster, Glasford, Eastin, Zumbrun, Wilberg, Hamilton, Fox, Kettnich, Landon, Ri. Smith, Shockney, Myers.

Feature (30 laps) – 1. Tyler Ross, 2. John Ivy, 3. Erick Rudolph, 4. Cap Henry, 5. Matt Janisch, 6. Brandon Knupp, 7. Ryan Smith, 8. Larry Joe Sroufe, 9. Jason Ormsby, 10. Bill Dunham, 11. Dan Dunigan Jr., 12. Chase Ridenour, 13. Jeremy Glasford, 14. Brian Gerster, 15. Howard McCormick, 16. A.J. Lesiecki, 17. Tim Neil; 18. Chris Stockham. Lap leaders: Ross 1-30.

MINI-SPRINTS

Qualifications – 1. Lynn Ambrose, 1, Ambrose, 9.041 seconds (establishes track record); 2. Doug Jones, 37, Jones, 9.272; 3. Lynsey Tilton, 74, Tilton, 9.402; 4. Collin Parker, 25, Parker, 9.439; 5. Becca Stiefel, 328, Stiefel, 9.652; 6. Collin Ambrose, 36, Ambrose, 9.671; 7. Ron Coleman, 44, Coleman, 10.093; 8. Gary Bradley, 4, Bradley, 12.631; 9. Kyle McIntosh, 17b, Eaglin, 13.082.

Heat (10 laps) – Parker, Tilton, C. Ambrose, McIntosh, L. Ambrose, Stiefel, Jones, Coleman, Bradley.

Feature (15 laps) – 1. Lynn Ambrose, 2. Lynsey Tilton, 3. Kyle McIntosh, 4. Doug Jones, 5. Becca Stiefel, 6. Ron Coleman, 7. Gary Bradley, 8. Collin Parker, 9. Collin Ambrose. Lap leaders: L. Ambrose 1-15.

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Supposedly a midget flipped, crashed into the photographer grandstand, Broke grandstand but nobody hurt. WOW!

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Ben Quinones, fast qualifier in the winged outlaw modified midgets, crashed into the backstretch fencing and adjacent photographers stand during the first heat race. No injuries, according to preliminary reports. Photographers no longer are in that stand.

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Photographers are a smart lot. They know when it's time to move.

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If Ft. Wayne was indeed a 1/6th mile, that would work out to 76.6 mph. Sorry, but if the midgets were turning laps in the high nine second bracket at Du Quoin--which likely is pretty close to a 1/6th--I find it hard to believe that the lap times were two seconds faster at Ft. Wayne. Coke syrup is sticky, but it's not supernatural.

Stewart wins! Stanbrough 3rd. Darland had some car issues and did not finish.


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The track at Ft. Wayne is much smaller than the track at Duquoin. If Duquion is truly a 1/6, I'd say Ft. Wayne is more like 1/8.

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Let's not forget Kyle Hamilton finishing runner up!

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I think the tracks are pretty close...

What happened to all of the 1000cc Mini-Sprints?

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JT, I'll give ya 3 guesses, and the first 2 don't count! Bob!:5:

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There is so much grip the cars want to turn over in the corners if they go in a bit too hot. I have been around coke syrup racing in the wintertime for the past 10 years or so and would say the times and speeds are accurate.

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FYI -- Ben Quinones' car has been repaired and he'll be racing again tonight in the winged outlaw modified midget division. His sister, Amanda, was scheduled to be in the car tonight, but she is allowing Ben to remain in the seat. By the way, some Rumble fans may remember their sister, Ginny (who twice finished fourth in the midget feature in the Rumble in Fort Wayne). According to her father, Victor, she has landed what apparently will be a full-season ARCA ride with Bob Schacht Motorsports. She tested at Daytona earlier this month. She landed the sponsorship package herself and does not have to bring any personal money to the deal, Victor said.

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they all blew up at lawrenceburg super speedway lol

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We had more in the stands watching us screw up than we had on the track screwing up. We did have about the best 1000cc drivers in the nation their racing and putting on a pretty good show on 10 year old tires.

Old worn out hard Hoosiers were at a premium. I ran a McCreary on my left rear that I bought to run 16th st with, several many years ago.

Wish JT could have got a ride. We would have loved to race with him. You know Bob he started in mimisprints (I arranged his first test ride in a mini back in 19??). He then moved up into TQ's and then sprints and midgets. I did offer him a ride in one of my 600cc cars but he declined. That is ashame because we had a young lady up here with a 600cc car that did quite well on the little track, she is one good little driver.

Wish these guys would wake up so we could head home.


DAD himself :6::6:

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well said dad I agree. There were some great mini sprint drivers there and the young girl did a great job both nights. :6: I had fun up there not the best luck but we all still had fun!!

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Nope the AMSA cars 2 or 3 of them went to Tulsa. We had 10 at the "RUMBLE". I think money is the problem "gas money" in particular I spent $150.00 getting here and expect to spend $200.00 getting home gas cost more here. But we still got the most inexpensive open wheel racing there is out there and darned near the fastest also. we use all the high tec stuff electronic injection, computer control and even that new drive system "CHAIN" And we even managed to do what very TQ drivers have done. We beat not one but two "AMBROSE BROS". We dont do that very often.

We are HIGH TEC racers.

DAD himself :6::6:

Would have loved to run wheel to wheel with Doug and the Ambrose boys too. We have all had a lot of great wheel to wheel races over the years, for sure! I do miss that!

If I never said thanks, for arranging that ride after the show, that September night at Little Salem in Mark's car, it's because I never knew.

THANK YOU DAD, AND I HOPE TO RACE WITH MY FRIENDS AT LEAST A COUPLE OF TIMES, THIS COMING SEASON!

GO GET THAT MMSA TITLE DOUG!!

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DAD and Colin25 thanks for the comments about my daughter, she enjoyed racing with you guys this weekend. I think it was some good clean racing hope everyone enjoyed it. Thanks Again!
Steve

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She is an impressive young driver, agressive and clean. no problem racing with her. For drivers fresh off of dirt they all did a good job. I had no idea there were that many old tires out there. Get her in a 1000cc sprint and come on down race with us.

DAD himself :6::6:

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she has a FOZ with a 1000cc and hope to run some different tracks this year, we normally run Waynesfield asince it' close to us. Thanks Again!

Fast qualifier and fastest car in feature (mini sprints) was parked in the infield with mechanical issues had 2 brand new tires on the rear.....

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There was only one car in the 1000cc mini sprint class that was in the 8 second bracket setting the track record at 8.885 in qualifying and ran a 8.665 in the feature but broke on lap 5 running 3rd from HER 6th starting spot......and she was also the only car Not doing the monkey see monkey do tire setup....funny how thing work out....

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You guys really "FOCUSED" on the tire deal. You know I bet on slicks the 1000cc midgets could have gotten close to "SMOKE's" time. Was she not driving a FSC chassis also. All we are is a midget with 100 horsepower knocked off, and probably indoors just missing 75 or so.

We did the best with what we had and tried to help get some of the other crews up to speed with what they had also.
It seemed more like a monkey and a football.

DAD himself :6::6:

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I was mad at myself for missing the race this year, but i finally got a chance to watch some of the video's and I was really impressed with the #33 Kyle Hamilton. I am curious to know what kind of car Kyle was in, that wasnt a munchkin was it? :22::918:

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Kyle was in a Beast chassis.

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Kyle had an excellent race on Friday, and who doesn't love orange racecars.

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