[Jerry Shaw]

Originally Posted by Wrench Turner Here's what I read in the Brazil Times the other day... It was a great day in beautiful downtown Putnamville. Sunny and 75 degrees with a slight breeze in the air. Thirty-five of history's best sprint car drivers showed up for a wild night at the races. Mike and V Farrar had a well prepared and heavy track for the beginning of the night with some very fast times being turned in qualifying. At the end of the time trials, fast time went to Dave Darland with a time of 12.675. Five heats started off the fantasy night with only the top four tranferring. On this night, there would be no B-Main. It was a tough evening for the drivers, but made for some very competitive and exiting to watch heat races. The heat one transfers in order consisted of Bob Kinser, Roger McClusky, Chuck Amati and A.J. Foyt. Bryan Clauson appeared to have the heat in the bag until a blown motor threw a rod and puked oil over the track causing a bit of a clean-up delay. Heat two trasfers in order consisted of Parnelli Jones, Dave Darland, Sheldon Kinser and Steve Butler. Chris Windom was making a hard charge to the front when he drove it a bit too deep into one in an attempt for a slide job on DD. Sadly, the car spun and he went to the tail causing him to miss the transfer. Heat three transfers in order consisted of Robbie Stanley, Tony Stewart, Rich Vogler and Pancho Carter. Jerry Coons Jr. appeared to cut a tire on lap three and his night was ruined. It was sad to see indeed. Heat four transfers once again in order consisted of Jon Stanbrough, J.J. Yeley, Kenny Irwin Jr. and Jeff Gordon. Gary Bettenhausen had been putting on a clinic until lap 6 when caught his left front one of the inside tire barriers breaking the front end and causing him to pull off. Heat five transfers contained Tony Elliot, Jack Hewitt, Mike Bliss and Levi Jones. Larry Rice was making a very respectable run into second place until he climbed Hewitts wheel and flipped out of turn one. He was OK after the nasty spill, but his car was a different story. Starting order for the feature went by qualifying times with an invert of the top six. Starting positions were as follows. Inside Outside Chuck Amati Rich Vogler A.J. Foyt Bob Kinser Dave Darland Steve Butler Parnelli Jones J.J. Yeley Jon Stanbrough Pancho Carter Tony Elliot Sheldon Kinser Tony Stewart Jeff Gordon Levi Jones Jack Hewitt Kenny Irwin Jr. Robbie Stanley Mike Bliss Roger McClusky Chuck Amati started led the first lap of a very tight race where three wide racing was observed between himself, Rich Vogler and Bob Kinser. After lap five Rich Vogler took the lead with Bob all over his tail. This didn't last long though, as Bob once again took the lead back on lap seven. The hard charger was Jack Hewitt dominating his way through the field, finally taking the lead away from Bob Kinser on lap twelve. However, Jack's night would come to a sad end on lap fourteen when he slammed the cushion flattening his right rear whilst cowboying around the top. This put Bob back in the lead with Steve Butler riding behind him after making a great move on Vogler. On the white flag lap, Bob Kinser looked poised to take the win. But in turn one, Steve Butler attempted to pull a daring slide job, clipping Kinsers left front and sending them both over the bank. Rich Vogler took a last hard lap around the top with Amati challenging him from the pole. It became a drag race to the line with Vogler taking the checkered from Colonel Tommy Sanders and edging Amati by a bumper. Bob Kinser had the last laugh of the night after making his way over to Butlers pit after the race. His cigar hit the floor and Butler left with a Black right eye and a mouse over his left that made Hasim Rahman's look like a grape. As you can see, I had some fun with this. Nothing bad natured toward any driver intended.

Excellent!! That was so good, I could picture myself there.

Jerry