Windom Tops Eldora BOSS Sprintacular
The Eldora Speedway "Sprintacular" once again closed out the 2016 Rick's Trucks and Equipment BOSS sprint season. Forty-nine teams signed in for action at the iconic Rossburg, Ohio 1/2 mile field of dreams. Chris Windom, driving the Baldwin Brother Racing car #5 emerged victorious after another classic Eldora slide-job battle that featured a 4 car battle for the lead.
The large field of cars was divided into 6 heat races that ran with only one caution flag. Heat winners were Bill Rose, C.J. Leary, Matt Westfall, Chris Windom, Thomas Meseraull and Dustin Smith. Twin B-Main events found Brandon Whited and Drew Abel scoring victories. The night's only red flag flew in B-Main #1 when Justin Owen and Carmen Perigo made contact in turn 3. Owen spun up the track collecting South Dakota driver Brett Mellenberndt. Behind Mellenberndt, Rick Holley arrived on the scene and winding up getting upside down in the process. Everyone emerged unhurt and Holley was awarded the JF Construction "Hard Luck Award".
The 24 car main event was brought to the green flag by front row starters Dustin Smith and Dallas Hewitt. Hewitt jumped out to the early lead with Smith in tow while newly crowned 2016 champion Shawn Westerfeld battled Chris Windom for 3rd. The first 20 laps of the main event would run clean and green. Thomas Meseraull in the Stan Cortad #9x was on the move early advancing 5 spots in the first 2 laps. By lap #8, Hewitt had broken away to a clear lead from Smith as Windom closed in and took the runner-up spot away. A lap later, Hewitt began to encounter heavy lapped traffic as Windom closed the gap quickly.
The lapped traffic allowed Hewitt to repel the challenges from Windom. On lap 14, Smith was able to retake 2nd as Windom seemed the most effected by the cluster of lapped cars. With the runner-up battle held up, fourth place Thomas Meseraull was able to reel them in to make it a 3 car battle. Meanwhile, Hewitt was now on cruise control with more than a dozen length lead with 8 to go. Then came the game changer. The race's only caution flag flew working lap 20 when a chain reaction bumper tag situation sent Shane Cottle around for a spin.
The restart would find the 3 car battle for runner-up was now a 4 car battle for the win. Hewitt had used lapped cars to his advantage throughout the race and now with an open race track, he had a trio of challengers trying several grooves all over the race track. Chris Windom was finally able to wrestle the race lead from Hewitt on lap 23 with a perfect slide job in turn 2. Meseraull, who had started 10th, was also able to get past Hewitt in the final laps. At the stripe, it was Windom, Meseraull, Hewitt followed by Smith and Matt Westfall making up the top 5. Rounding out the top 10 were Westerfeld, Michael Fischesser, Bill Rose, Justin Grant and Nick Bilbee.
This was the final event of the 2016 season. Watch for details on the BOSS banquet which will be held on Saturday evening, November 12th. Congratulations to Shawn Westerfeld and his family and race team on becoming the first ever BOSS repeat champion.
Event #22 of 22
Eldora Speedway
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Starting Position[*]
Buckeye Machine of Forest, OH Heat 1 - (8 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 320-Bill Rose[1] ; 2. 14-Chad Wilson[7] ; 3. 17G-Justin Grant[6] ; 4. 21-Carmen Perigo[2] ; 5. 39-Matt Goodnight[3] ; 6. 6-Chris Phillips[9] ; 7. 08-Andy Feil[5] ; 8. 97J-Andy Fike[4] ; 9. 76-J.J. Hughes[DNS]
Lias Tire / American Racer Heat 2 - (8 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 30-C.J. Leary[5] ; 2. 57-Shane Cottle[4] ; 3. 19-Matt Cooley[3] ; 4. 11-David Applegate[2] ; 5. 18D-Bobby Distel[8] ; 6. 71- Stratton Briggs[6] ; 7. 0c-Chris VanDeWiele[7] ; 8. 13M-Brandon Matus[1]
Hoosier Race Tire Heat 3 - (8 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 33M-Matt Westfall[8] ; 2. 9N-Luke Hall[1] ; 3. 4-Michael Fischesser[7] ; 4. 15-Brandon Whited[6] ; 5. 19x-Cooper Clouse[4] ; 6. 97M-Brett Mellenberndt[3] ; 7. 3-Joe Butera[5] ; 8. 69R-Cody Gardner
Superior Bearing & Supply of Bradenton, FL Heat 4 - (8 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 5-Chris Windom[2] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[8] ; 3. 23s-Kyle Simon[6] ; 4. 74-Drew Rader[1] ; 5. 53-Steve Little[7] ; 6. 26-Johm Watson[5] ; 7. 13H-Ian Hunter[3] ; 8. 24-Landon Simon[4]
Southeast Harley Davidson of Cleveland, OH Heat 5 - (8 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 9x-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 2. 18K-Todd Keen[6] ; 3. 17B-Nick Bilbee[2] ; 4. 4J-Justin Owen[3] ; 5. 5M-Bob McMillin[5] ; 6. 86-Rick Holley[8] ; 7. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[7] ; 8. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[1]
Cowen Truck Lines of Perrysville, OH Heat 6 - (8 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 77-Dustin Smith[4] ; 2. 7x-Logan Hupp[2] ; 3. 27-Zach Morrow[6] ; 4. 32M-Derek Hastings[8] ; 5. 04-Drew Abel[1] ; 6. 97-Scott Hardman[3] ; 7. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[7] ; 8. 71c-Barney Craig[5]
Griff's Engines of Sandusky, OH B-Main #1 - (12 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 15-Brandon Whited[2] ; 2. 6-Chris Phillips[7] ; 3. 19x-Cooper Clouse[5] ; 4. 5M-Bob McMillin[6] ; 5. 21-Carmen Perigo[1] ; 6. 39-Matt Goodnight[4] ; 7. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[12] ; 8. 2DI-Dustin Ingle[15] ; 9. 08-Andy Feil[10] ; 10. 97J-Andy Fike[13] ; 11. 3-Joe Butera[11] ; 12. 4J-Justin Owen[3] ; 13. 97M-Brett Mellenberndt[8] ; 14. 86-Rick Holley[9] ; 15. 69R-Cody Gardner[14] ; 16. 76-J.J. Hughes[DNS]
FAST Signs of Dayton, OH B-Main #2 - (12 Laps, Top 3 to A)
1. 04-Drew Abel[6] ; 2. 74-Drew Rader[2] ; 3. 32M-Derek Hastings[3] ; 4. 53-Steve Little[5] ; 5. 18D-Bobby Distel[4] ; 6. 11-David Applegate[1] ; 7. 26-John Watson[8] ; 8. 71-Stratton Briggs[7] ; 9. 1J-Jeremy Shambaugh[12] ; 10. 0c-Chris VanDeWiele[10] ; 11. 97-Scott Hardman[9] ; 12. 13H-ian Hunter[11] ; 13. 71c-Barney Craig[15] ; 14. 13-Brandon Matus[DNS] ; 15. 24-Landon Simon[DNS]
Rick's Trucks and Equipment of Kenton, OH A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 5-Chris Windom[6] ; 2. 9x-Thomas Meseraull[12] ; 3. 18K-Dallas Hewitt[2] ; 4. 77-Dustin Smith[1] ; 5. 33M-Matt Westfall[9] ; 6. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[4] ; 7. 4-Michael Fischesser[15] ; 8. 320-Bill Rose[11] ; 9. 17G-Justin Grant[13] ; 10. 17-Nick Bilbee[17] ; 11. 15-Brandon Whited[19] ; 12. 7x-Logan Hupp[12] ; 13. 19x-Cooper Clouse[23] ; 14. 23s-Kyle Simon[16] ; 15. 6-Chris Phillips[21] ; 16. 57-Shane Cottle[3] ; 17. 74-Drew Rader[22] ; 18. 04-Drew Abel[20] ; 19. 19-Matt Cooley[14] ; 20. 27-Zach Morrow[18] ; 21. 14-Chad Wilson[5] ; 22. 32M-Derek Hastings[24] ; 23. 9N-Luke Hall[9] ; 24. 30-C.J. Leary[8]
The Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH - $50 Hard Charger - Cooper Clouse +10
The JF Construction of Bucyrus, OH - $50 Hard Luck Award - Rick Holley
The Hochstetler Trucking of Ashland, OH - $50 Perseverance Award - Chris Phillips
The A Plus Automatic Transmission of Mansfield, OH - $50 Steel Block Bonus - John Watson
The Apple Metal Polishing of Eldorodo, OH - $50 Lucky Pill Draw - Nick Bilbee
The McMillin Apiaries of Wampum, PA - $25 Sweet Move of the Night - Bob McMillin
Hoosier Racing Tire Bonus Award - (free tire) - Chris Windom
Lias Tire / American Racer - (free tire) - Dustin Smith
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