Gas City 10/2
 

I know it was mentioned in another thread, but before USAC heads to Lawrenceburg Saturday night, don't forget, or if anyone was unaware, open sprints are running at Gas City tomorrow night.

http://www.gascityi69speedway.com/?p=244

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A few of us from Michigan are coming to support the track. Great place to watch a race. I hope it stays open in the future.

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What is open sprints? No rules other than safety equipt?

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Originally Posted by Charles Nungester:
What is open sprints? No rules other than safety equipt?

typically means - NON SANCTIONED

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I always thought it ment ready for it lol no wings :5: let the bashing beging

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I hope everyone that can will come out and support the track. As always you never know what next year holds for Gas City..and this year is no exception. Come out bring a friend..bring a blanket..and enjoy some racing. I will try and provide updates when i can for those that cannot make it. Everyone have a great afternoon/evening.
Tk

On my way (3hr trip)
Begged off work for this.
Hope they move right thru the show.
It will be a chilly evening!

What time is hotlaps?

Grandstands Open: 4PM
Pit Gates Open: 4PM
Draw Close: 6PM
Late? Call: 765-667-1019
Drivers Meeting: 6PM
Hot Laps: 6:30
Racing: 7:15

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Anybody doing updates tonight? I can't find it on race monitor

Rain is coming.

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Any updates

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32 cars per Robert Ballou Racing Facebook page

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Have they ran hot laps

Grant, Malone, maggartt, gurley, ballou, bilbee, Robbins, McGhee, weir, hery, Courtney, DD, mattox, Jarrett, goodnight, D.Jackson, hopkins, studley, colten and shane cottle, Fredrickson, Spencer, hanft, main, dakus, D. Gross, t. Hewitt, Morin, ingle, Leary, shuman, wessle, and one other car here

Originally Posted by kingpin:
Have they ran hot laps

Yes they have ...heat 1 of sprints now

Heat 1
12 ballou- 75 dakus
57 S.cottle- 17 Mcghee
1 C. Cottle- 2di ingle
58 fredrickson- 98 Morin

Heat 2
18x weir- 12g gurley
97x hewitt- 5 grant
28 mattox- 29j Jarrett
66j spencer- 08 maggartt

Heat 3
23c courtney- 69 hanft
24 darland- 17r Robbins
17n bilbee- 21 hery
41 jackson-57k studley

Heat 4
4p Leary- 39g goodnight
42 hopkins- 7 Malone
4j shuman- 74 main
05 wessle- 87 gross

Heat 1
Ballou
S.cottle
McGhee
Dakus
C.cottle
Ingle
Morin
Fredrickson
Heat 2
Weir
Jarrett
Grant
Gurley
Mattox
Hewitt
Spencer
Maggartt
Heat 3
DD
Sunshine
Robbins
Bilbee
Hery
Jackson
Hanft
Studley
Heat4
Hopkins
Leary
Goodnight
Malone
Shuman
Main
Wessle
Gross
Bmain lineup
1 c.cottle- 28 mattox
21 hery-4j shuman
2 ingle- 97x hewitt
41 jackson- 74 main
Morin-spencer
Hanft-wessle
Fredrickson-maggartt
Studley-gross

Mattox wins the bmain over c.cottle, shuman, and Jackson

Feature lineup
Jarrett-hopkins
Weir-courtney
S.cottle-leary
Darland-ballou
McGhee-grant
Robbins-goodnight
Dakus-gurley
Bilbee-malone
Mattox-C.cottle
Shuman-jackson

Was to be a 5 minute turn around.. Weather in the area..trying to push they have called amain up

Jarrett gets crossed up on lap 1 and pulls in. Hopkins, weir, Courtney, darland, Leary, ballou, s.cottle, McGhee, grant, Robbins round out the top 10

Weir wins after a great battle with darland and Courtney.. Darland, Courtney, cottle, ballou, mattox( from the bmain), grant, Leary, Malone, shuman, gurley, bilbee, hopkins, goodnight, C.cottle, Robbins, dakus, McGhee, Jackson, and Jarrett. 9:21 and sprint feature over..not bad. Thanks for everyone coming out and braving the weather!

Tk

Heat 1 Ballou Cottle McGhee Dakus transfer
Heat 2 weir Jarret Grant Gurley transfer

Heat 3 Darland Sunshine KRob and Bilbee transfer

Hopkins CJ Goodnight Critter transfer from Heat 4

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any B main updates

I am just editing my posts..

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Bmain transfers:
mattox - Ccottle
Shuman - Jackson

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Thank you

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1 Jarret Hopkins
2 Weir Courtney
3 S Cottle Leary
4. Darland Ballou
5. McGhee Grant
6. Robbins Goodnight
7. Dakus Gurley
8. Bilbee Malone

Plus Bmain transfers:
mattox - Ccottle
Shuman - Jackson

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Running Order
Weir Darland Courtney Cottle BALLOU Round out your top 5

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Thanks for updates everybody :8:

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That was very good race

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On Lap 1 of the A Main, Logan Jarrett went for a ride in Turn 4. The car spun, bucked up on the rear, flopped around onto the nose, and landed all four wheels down. I am so glad the kid didn't take a worse ride/flip. He just got back, for crying out loud.

Nonetheless, they red flagged it and he got out of the car looking unscathed. Whether the red flag was due to him just getting back and recovering from his summer issue, who knows. I was just glad he was okay.

As for the REST of the feature, Scotty Weir rode the low line all 25 laps. By low, I mean LOW. He wasn't even hanging the rear end out in the corners. Just tip toeing around it. Darland was riding high. Weir was better in Turns 3 & 4 but Darland was better on the East end of the track. Then, about half way through, or so, DD iced Stomp & Steer by dropping down low in 3 & 4 and taking away his line away. Then DD started gapping him a little until lapped traffic came into play. By that time, Weir was starting to catch back up - especially in 1 & 2.

Enter Tyler Courtney, who was running 3rd in Darland's groove - high. He was catching both of them. With about 3 or 4 laps to go, Sunshine pulled a slider on DD in Turn 2 but the end result was he slowed them both down. Weir assumed the point again. On the last lap, Courtney and Darland were wrestling for the spot on both ends of the track (especially 1 & 2) and that let Scotty get away, never leaving the bottom lane all race long.

I don't know if Tyler Courtney drinks beer, but if he does, Scotty owes him a couple. :32:

A tad brisk all night long with a slight breeze coming out of the East. A little drizzle as the Feature ended.

Hats off to the track for getting the show in in a timely manner. :8:

On a sidebar, I was stopped by a local cop in Baroda, Michigan on the way home. He said I rolled through a stop sign - the only one in the town. I probably did.

He then asked me where I was coming from.

"Gas City, Indiana," I said. "I went to a car race there tonight."

He looked at me with an odd face.

"Hmmmm. Never heard of it."

I wanted to continue our banter in the inky blackness of the night, currently being interrupted by the bright flashing blue lights of his patrol car, to to inform him of sprint cars along with promoting the upcoming race at Kokomo Speedway on the 16th, but in lieu of the circumstances, I felt it was better to remain silent and be polite.

Subsequently, he let me off with a warning.

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Mike,

Good post! Got to question though that you felt that wind was a breeze and light. The flags behind the grandstands were standing straight out all night long and it was quite cold. Must be those Michigan winters that you are use to the cold weather. Anyhow it was a good race with a great battle for the lead among Darland, Weir and Courtney. Yes, Weir can thank Courtney for pressuring Darland and allowing him to run the bottom to the victory. Glad to hear you got off with just a warning.

Bruce Eckel

Was there any talk about next year?

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Originally Posted by WinglessLovers:
Mike,

....Got to question though that you felt that wind was a breeze and light. The flags behind the grandstands were standing straight out all night long and it was quite cold.
Bruce Eckel

Well, referring to baseball, every bloop single over the second baseman's head looks like a line drive in the box score. I was just trying to make it look good in the post.

I froze my -ss off. I actually wrapped my scarf around my head and then put my hat on over it, for the right side of my head and face was going numb. Watched four heats, a B Main, Mods, Stocks, and the sprint feature like that.

IT WAS GREAT !!!! :D

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Originally Posted by PIT CART:
Was there any talk about next year?

Not what racers whant to hear. :(

Jerry

Originally Posted by Jerry Spencer:
Not what racers whant to hear. :(

Jerry

Drove by this afternoon and noticed a sign out front that said "Auction postponed to October 17." Not sure if that is for the track or the buildings next door. It was a separate sign from the one at the bottom of the pole with the car on it that usually advertises the next track event. That made me think it was for the buildings next door.

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Originally Posted by MIKE HEIMEL:
NOTICE !!! Just talked to auctioneer friend Andy Wagner and the track is NOT UP FOR AUCTION !! There will be an auction held at the track on the 17th Of OCTOBER. It will be a Barn Find Auction with all kinds of stuff that belongs to a guy thats a friend of the track owner. NOT STUFF FROM THE TRACK !! I looked at Andys website and if you like old antiques and so forth you should be there !! Check it out at Wagnerauctioneeringandrealestate.com
Thanks
Mike Heimel

Thanks for posting. I was hoping that would be the explanation.

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Not to hijack the thread, but with Gas City maybe not being sold, South Bend Motor Speedway is back up for sale.

An annual event it seems.....

http://www.racesouthbendmotorspeedway.com/