BUDWEISER U.M.P. MODIFIEDS – “7th Annual Merrill Downey Memorial”
July 7, 2018 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS GROUP 1 – 1. 68 Adam Stricker-16.152; 2. 12L Lucas Lee-16.197; 3. 10Y Trent Young-16.254; 4. 155 Peyton Harlow-16.322; 5. 51 Brandon Green-16.489; 6. 16K Jeff Koz-16.526; 7. 22 Josh Harris-16.556; 8. 1S Keith Smith-16.609; 9. 9H Matt Hamilton-16.618; 10. 11H Pete Holt-16.643; 11. 1Y Aaron Pendleton-16.886; 12. D48 Derek Groomer-16.892; 13. 1H John Holt, Jr.-16.904; 14. 28 Jeff Deckard-16.971; 15. 28J JT Ayers-17.101; 16. 3H Jason Hollon-17.178; 17. 3B Ryan Bross-17.232; 18. 21 David Lehman-17.271; 19. 02 Patrick Alcorn-17.350; 20. 141 Casey Davis-17.743; 21. 610 Matt Edmisten-17.982; 22. 44F Rick Frey-19.213.

QUALIFICATIONS GROUP B – 1. 95J Jerry Bowersock-16.160; 2. 14G Trent Green-16.179; 3. 4 Ricky Arms-16.324; 4. 23 Kyle Schornick-16.335; 5. KC44 KC Burdette-16.492; 6. 22X Matt Boknecht- 16.534; 7. 20 Brian Skaggs-16.816; 8. 11S Cody Smith-16.915; 9. K12 Scotty Kincaid-16.955; 10. 509 Kevin Copher-16.980; 11. 07S Cory Skipton-17.053; 12. 32 Brad Wieck-17.224; 13. 15G Richard Gibson-17.259; 14. AK47 Alan Ketcham-17.487; 15. 14 Adam Love-17.937; 16. B2 David Adams-18.083; 17. 75 Gary Dunaway-18.248; 18. 2AA AJ Pace-18.300; 19. B5 Ricky Bolton-18.302; 20. 14C Cody Hedgreberg-18.526; 21. 22W Mike Weber-No Time (time of 17.960 disallowed); 22. 03 Jay Greene-No Time.

QUALIFICATIONS GROUP C – 1. T9 Ryan Thomas-16.330; 2. 77 Joey Kramer-16.473; 3. 18S Ryan Sutter-16.551; 4. 05 Dave Wietholder-16.658; 5. 16 Jeremy Hines-16.669; 6. 18X Scott James-16.681; 7. 25 Tyler Nicely-16.693; 8. 17 Chuck Griffis-16.739; 9. 38H Rick Hudson-16.954; 10. 33 Mike Gemmer-16.973; 11. 44 David Spille-17.012; 12. 1 Scottie Williams-17.031; 13. 38 Aaron Branham-17.118; 14. 222 Kris Johnson-17.119; 15. 98 Shon Flanary-17.242; 16. 35 Tim Cornett-17.277; 17. T27 Troy Whitaker-17.736; 18. 3 Kelly Riggs-17.867; 19. 55S Jim Szekacs-18.143; 20. 39 Travis Johnson-18.580; 21. 37 Harold Branham-18.913; 22. 97B Shawn Brown-49.565.

HEAT 1 – 1. 51 Brandon Green, 2. 22 Josh Harris, 3. 9H Matt Hamilton, 4. 68 Adam Stricker, 5. 10Y Trent Young, 6. 1Y Aaron Pendleton, 7. 28J JT Ayers, 8. 02 Patrick Alcorn, 9. 3B Ryan Bross, 10. 610 Matt Edmisten, DNS 1H John Holt, Jr.

HEAT 2 – 1. 155 Peyton Harlow, 2. 16K Jeff Koz, 3. 3H Jason Hollon, 4. 11H Pete Holt, 5. 1S Keith Smith, 6. 141 Casey Davis, 7. 21 David Lehman, 8. 44F Rick Frey, 9. 28 Jeff Deckard, 10. 12L Lucas Lee, 11. D48 Derek Groomer.

HEAT 3 – 1. KC44 KC Burdette, 2. 20 Brian Skaggs, 3. 95J Jerry Bowersock, 4. K12 Scotty Kincaid, 5. 07S Cory Skipton, 6. 14 Adam Love, 7. 75 Gary Dunaway, 8. 15G Richard Gibson, 9. 4 Ricky Arms, DNS B5 Ricky Bolton, DNS 22W Mike Weber.

HEAT 4 – 1. 14G Trent Green, 2. 23 Kyle Schornick, 3. 22X Matt Boknecht, 4. 32 Brad Wieck, 5. 509 Kevin Copher, 6. B2 David Adams, 7. AK47 Alan Ketcham, 8. 2AA AJ Pace, 9. 03 Jay Greene, 10. C14 Cody Hedgreberg, 11. 11S Cody Smith.

HEAT 5 – 1. 25 Tyler Nicely, 2. 16 Jeremy Hines, 3. T9 Ryan Thomas, 4. 18S Ryan Sutter, 5. 98 Shon Flanary, 6. 44 David Spille, 7. 38H Rick Hudson, 8. 55S Jim Szekacs, 9. T27 Troy Whitaker, 10. 37 Harold Branham, 11. 38 Aaron Branham.

HEAT 6 – 1. 18X Scott James, 2. 77 Joey Kramer, 3. 05 Dave Wietholder, 4. 1 Scottie Williams, 5. 97B Shawn Brown, 6. 33 Mike Gemmer, 7. 35 Tim Cornett, 8. 17 Chuck Griffis, 9. 222 Kris Johnson, 10. 3 Kelly Riggs, 11. 39 Travis Johnson.

DASH – 1. 25 Tyler Nicely, 2. 14G Trent Green, 3. KC44 KC Burdette, 4. 155 Peyton Harlow, 5. 18X Scott James, 6. 51 Brandon Green.

B MAIN 1 – 1. 12L Lucas Lee, 2. 68 Adam Stricker, 3. 11H Pete Holt, 4. 1S Keith Smith, 5. 10Y Trent Young, 6. 28J JT Ayers, 7. 1Y Aaron Pendleton, 8. 28 Jeff Deckard, 9. 141 Casey Davis, 10. 02 Patrick Alcorn, 11. 21 David Lehman, 12. 3B Ryan Bross, 13. 610 Matt Edmisten, DNS 44F Rick Frey, DNS D48 Derek Groomer, DNS 1H John Holt, Jr.

B MAIN 2 – 1. 32 Brad Wieck, 2. 07S Cory Skipton, 3. K12 Scotty Kincaid, 4. 14 Adam Love, 5. B2 David Adams, 6. AK47 Alan Ketcham, 7. 03 Jay Greene, 8. 2AA AJ Pace, DNS 509 Kevin Copher, DNS 75 Gary Dunaway, DNS 15G Richard Gibson, DNS 4 Ricky Arms, DNS C14 Cody Hedgreberg, DNS 11S Cody Smith, DNS B5 Ricky Bolton, DNS 22W Mike Weber.

B MAIN 3 – 1. 18S Ryan Sutter, 2. 1 Scottie Williams, 3. 98 Shon Flanary, 4. 33 Mike Gemmer, 5. 97B Shawn Brown, 6. 17 Chuck Griffis, 7. 44 David Spille, 8. 222 Kris Johnson, 9. 35 Tim Cornett, 10. 55S Jim Szekacs, 11. 37 Harold Branham, 12. 39 Travis Johnson, 13. 38H Rick Hudson, DNS T27 Troy Whitaker, DNS 3 Kelly Riggs, DNS 38 Aaron Branham.

FEATURE – 1. 25 Tyler Nicely (1), 2. KC44 KC Burdette (3), 3. 23 Kyle Schornick (8), 4. T9 Ryan Thomas (15), 5. 22 Josh Harris (7), 6. 95J Jerry Bowersock (16), 7. 77 Joey Kramer (10), 8. 16 Jeremy Hines (12), 9. 68 Adam Stricker (22), 10. 18S Ryan Sutter (21), 11. 12L Lucas Lee (19), 12. 22X Matt Boknecht (18), 13. 16K Jeff Koz (9), 14. 51 Brandon Green (6), 15. 1 Scottie Williams (24), 16. 32 Brad Wieck (20), 17. 3H Jason Hollon (14), 18. 14G Trent Green (2), 19. 20 Brian Skaggs (11), 20. 07S Cory Skipton (23), 21. 155 Peyton Harlow (4), 22. 05 Dave Wietholder (13), 23. 18X Scott James (5), 24. 9H Matt Hamilton (17).

Lap Leaders – 1-44 Tyler Nicely

Hard Charger – Adam Stricker (+13)

Winning Margin – 2.164 seconds

Fastest Lap of the Race – Lap 4 Tyler Nicely 16.699 seconds (81.273 mph)

Best Appearing Car – D48 Derek Groomer

POINT STANDINGS – 1. Brad Wieck-1,630; 2. Kyle Schornick-1,525; 3. Matt Hamilton-1,500; 4. David Spille-1,395; 5. Scotty Kincaid-1,295; 6. Cory Skipton-1,255; 7. Mike Weber-995, 8. Adam Love (R)- 955; 9. Jim Szekacs-875; 10. Adam Stricker-790.

TIMING REPORTS – www.westholdtiming.com

LATE MODELS – “7th Annual Merrill Downey Memorial”
July 7, 2018 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway

HEAT 1 – 1. 4G Kody Evans, 2. 21 Robby Hensley, 3. 31 Nick Latham, 4. 9N Ted Nobbe, 5. 2 Matt Gilardi.

HEAT 2 – 1. 5N Dustin Nobbe, 2. 23 Walker Arthur, 3. 1AM Austyn Mills, 4. 41 Jim Couch, 5. 20 Jeff Simonton.

FEATURE – 1. 21 Robby Hensley (2), 2. 5N Dustin Nobbe (3), 3. 23 Walker Arthur (1), 4. 41 Jim Couch (8), 5. 4G Kody Evans (4), 6. 9N Ted Nobbe (7), 7. 1AM Austyn Mills (6), 8. 20 Jeff Simonton (10), 9. 2 Matt Gilardi (9), 10. 31 Nick Latham (5).

Lap Leaders – 1-20 Robby Hensley

Hard Charger – Jim Couch (+4)

Winning Margin – 0.452 seconds

Fastest Lap of the Race – Lap 5 Robby Hensley 16.140 seconds (84.088 mph)

TIMING REPORTS – www.westholdtiming.com

NEXT RACE – July 22 – Indiana Sprint Week
USAC Sprints, Budweiser UMP Modifieds



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NEARLY $25,000 PAID OUT AT MERRILL DOWNEY MEMORIAL

Owensboro, Kentucky’s Tyler Nicely took home the lions share of the $24,690 Budweiser UMP Modified purse Saturday night when the Lawrenceburg Speedway hosted the 7th Annual Merrill Downey Memorial.

Thanks to Lawrenceburg Speedway Fire-Rescue and the Merrill Downey Family Nicely picked up several bonuses in addition to his $4,444 winners check. Nicely won the dash ($444), led all forty-four laps of the feature ($1,936), and by being the first driver to win the Merrill Downey Memorial twice he picked up the $1,000 repeat winners bonus, giving him a grand total of $7,824 for his night's work.

Although he came oh so close, the only thing Nicely didn’t win was qualifying. Nicely’s lap of 16.693 seconds in Qualifying Group C was 0.363 seconds slower than Ryan Thomas and only good enough for seventh quick in his group. Had Nicely been quicker than Thomas he would have earned another $100 plus a $4,444 clean sweep doubler bonus!

In addition to the posted purse several drivers received extra money for their efforts:

• Best Appearing Car - $100 Derek Groomer
• Fast Qualifier Group A - $100 Adam Stricker
• Fast Qualifier Group B - $100 Jerry Bowersock
• Fast Qualifier Group C - $100 Ryan Thomas
• Dash Winner - $444 Tyler Nicely
• Feature Lap Leader - $1,936 Tyler Nicely (44 laps at $44)
• Previous Winner Bonus - $1,000 Tyler Nicely
• B Main 1 First Non-Transfer - $100 Pete Holt (in addition to the posted purse)
• B Main 2 First Non-Transfer - $100 Scotty Kincaid (in addition to the posted purse)
• B Main 3 First Non-Transfer - $100 Shon Flanary (in addition to the posted purse)
• Feature Hard Charger - $136 Adam Stricker (from decal sales)
• 19th Place Feature Finish - $200 Brian Skaggs (in addition to the posted purse)

Lawrenceburg Speedway would like to thank the sixty-six modified teams and drivers for participating in the 7th Annual Merrill Downey Memorial honoring the former track champion and we look forward to the eighth running of this race next summer.




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thanks to all involved (bobby gompf and brandon downey) for secretly nominating me to drop the flag on the Merrill downey memorial. in all my years of racing it was a huge thrill and a great birthday present!!!