BOSS at Richmond Raceway Sat
 

22 Sprinters in the house.

Sprint cars on the track at 6:50.

Heat 1

4j Justin Owen
3 Joe Butera
87 Paul Dues
23s Kyle Simon
24L Lee Underwood
12 Ted Hines
51Curtis Mulenkamp
41 Cole Ketchum


Heat 2

53 Steve Little
44 Joe Ligouri
44f Michael Fischesser
9g Cody Gardner
31 Buddy Lowther
18 Dallas Hewitt
42 Tilton


Heat 3

82 Mike Miller
77 Kory Crabtree (in Dustin Smiths car)
6 Bill Rose
19 Matt Cooley
5 Bob McMillin
96 Riley Van Hise
14 Chad Wilson

Based on his tweets, Dustin smith was looking for a ride for this race. I would guess he is no longer involved with the 77 ,but I am only speculating.

Heat Race Finishes:

1st

23s Simon
4j Owen
87 Dues
24L Underwood
3 Butera
51 Mulenkamp
12 Hines
41 Ketchum

Lap 3 Ketchum did a half roll after contact with another car.

Heat 2

9g Gardner
44f Fischesser
44 Ligouri
18 Hewitt
42 Tilton
53 Little
31 Lowther

3 different leaders

Heat 3

82 Miller
19 Cooley
77 Crabtree
6 Rose
96 Van Hise
14 Wilson
5 McMillan

Feature Starting Lineup

87 Dues
4j Owen
44f Fischesser
9g Gardner
44 Ligouri
23s Simon
77 Crabtree
19 Cooley
82 Miller
24l Underwood
18 Hewitt
6 Rose
3 Butera
42 Tilton
96 Van Hise
51 Mulenkamp
53 Little
14 Wilson
12 Hines
31l Lowther
5 McMillan
41 Ketchum

L4 Red. Ketchum upside down in Turn 3

Top 5

Dues
Owen
Fischesser
Cooley
Simon

L15 Red. Gardner Butera & Underwood get together in turn 2. Little on the hook with damage. Fischesser was turned around in turn 1. Hewitt parked in the infield and Crabtree pushed to the pits.Damn what a mess.

They attempted to push off but turned the red on again because of a problem in turn 4. Dues gets pushed to the pits. I couldn't give you a top 1 much less a top 5 at the moment.

Top 5 at 15 laps

Dues
Owen
Cooley
Rose
Ligouri

I must have misread Dues before. Back to green.For some reason I sometimes get his car mixed up with Muhlenkamp. Not sure why.

Dues wins it.
Cooley 2nd sideways
Rose third
Owen 4th
Ligouri 5th

Dues kept it in front despite some hungry drivers behind him. Cooley and Rose swapped positions and Owen was never far behind.

Congrats to Paul Dues. He earned it.

Thanks for the updates! Just curious.... in the past, open wheelers have had difficulties drawing a crowd south of the Ohio River. Was there a good crowd?

Originally Posted by btg1963:
Thanks for the updates! Just curious.... in the past, open wheelers have had difficulties drawing a crowd south of the Ohio River. Was there a good crowd?

Well, you would not have had a hard time finding a good seat.
It was a shame too, track crew worked hard to get that race in and the feature was a heck of a show.