Rumble in Fort Wayne
Memorial Coliseum Expo Center, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Friday, Dec. 28 & Satuday, Dec. 29, 2007

SATURDAY RESULTS

USAC Midgets

Qualifications -- 1. Tony Stewart, 2, Stewart, 7.509 seconds; 2. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 7.512; 3. Dave Darland, 0, RAD, 7.654; 4. Billy Hulbert, 5x, Hulbert, 7.777; 5. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 7.780; 6. David Gough, 12, Domark, 7.840; 7. Cale Conley, 3, Conley, 7.855; 8. Derek Bischak, 3x, Barnett, 7.859; 9. Ronnie Johncox, 0g, Gibson, 7.873; 10. Kyle Robbins, 17r, Robbins, 7.884; 11. Ryan Miller, 00x, Miller, 7.907; 12. Joe Liguori, 31, Sexton, 7.908; 13. Matt Estep, 25, Estep, 7.942; 14. Kyle Hamilton, 79, Hamilton, 7.956; 15. Tony Elliott, 5, Williams, 7.967; 16. Ginny Quinones, 00, Quinones, 7.968; 17. Geoff Kaiser, 10, Moore, 7.991; 18. Arin McIntosh, 8, Reed, 8.002; 19. Tim Jedrzejek, 7j, Williams, 8.005; 20. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 33, Wuerdeman, 8.008; 21. John Heydenreich, 92, Heydenreich-Gander, 8.020; 22. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, 8.029; 23. Tyler Nuckles, 56, Rencurrel, 8.075; 24. Brandon Knupp, 15k, Knupp, 8.090; 25. Jeff Wimmenauer, 15x, Wimmenauer, 8.180; 26. Mel Kenyon, 61, 3-K, 8.204; 27. Tyler Cottongim, 28x, Cottongim, 8.233; 28. Jacob Wilson, 07, Team WBR, 8.254; 29. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, 8.263; 30. Dillon Welch, 14, Welch, 8.313; 31. Tad Uzzle, 69, Uzzle, 8.317; 32. Rod Anderson, 35, Hot Rod Racing, 8.329; 33. Daniel Robinson, 4m, Meents, 8.366; 34. Doug Dietsch, 0x, Dietsch, 8.372; 35. Adam Schuyler, 56x, Schuyler, 8.376; 36. Zach Leeke, 19x, Leeke, 8.399; 37. Dave Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman, 8.485; 38. Drew Charlson, 21, Charlson, 8.502; 39. Jason Dull, 56q, Dull, 8.519; 40. Tim Argus, 32x, Fuhrman, 8.564; 41. Jessica Iannuzzi, 96, Iannuzzi, 8.565; 42. Austin Troyer, 24, Troyer, 8.570; 43. Jeff Bookwalter, 16, Benefiel, 8.715; 44. Deano Lennon, 27, Lennon, 8.812; 45. Gary Bradley, 4g, Bradley, 8.967; 46. Paul Crafton, 51, Midwest Ventures, 9.196; 47. Paul Gray, 16b, Benefiel, 9.516. (Tony Elliott, 28, Hamilton, 8.547, withdrawn).
First qualifying race (8 laps) -- Robinson, Fuhrman, Schuyler, Bradley, Iannuzzi, Bookwalter.
Second qualifying race (8 laps) -- Dietsch, Charlson, Leeke, Argus, Troyer, Crafton.
First heat (12 laps) -- Stewart, Kaiser, Johncox, Fedorcak, Estep, Heydenreich, Robinson, Wimmenauer, Westfall.
Second heat (12 laps) -- Gough, Hamilton, Corson, Fuhrman, Kenyon, Wease, Welch, Robbins, McIntosh.
Third heat (12 laps) -- Jedrzejek, Elliott, Darland, Conley, Miller, Uzzle, Dietsch, Cottongim, Nuckles.
Fourth heat (12 laps) -- Bischak, Wuerdeman, Liguori, Wilson, Knupp, Charlson, Quinones, Anderson, Hulbert.
First consolation (12 laps) -- Wease, Fedorcak, Knupp, Cottongim, Welch, Charlson, Robinson, Heydenreich, Estep.
Second consolation (12 laps) -- Darland, Corson, Miller, Conley, Wilson, Dietsch, Wimmenauer, Quinones, Uzzle.
Third consolation (12 laps) -- Ligouri, Nuckles, Westfall, Fuhrman, Anderson, Johncox.
Feature (60 laps) -- 1. Tony Stewart; 2. Mike Fedorcak; 3. Dave Darland; 4. Derek Bischak; 5. Rich Corson; 6. Ronnie Wuerdeman; 7. Kyle Hamilton; 8. Joe Liguori; 9. Tony Elliott; 10. Tyler Nuckles; 11. Geoff Kaiser; 12. David Gough; 13. Billy Wease; 14. Tim Jedrzejek. Lap leaders: Wuerdeman 1-6, Kaiser 7-16, Stewart 17-60.

600cc Winged Midgets

Qualifications -- 1. Joey Payne, 2p, 7.581 seconds; 2. Erick Rudolph, 72, 7.675; 3. Larry Joe Sroufe, 21, 7.679; 4. Jimmy Broderick II, 5b, 7.739; 5. Danny Shirey, 16, 7.818; 6. John Ivy, 02, 7.877; 7. Mike Osite, 59, 7.958; 8. Ryan Smith, 2rs, 7.977; 9. Mike Iles, 711, 8.018; 10. Daniel Robinson, 24d, 8.067; 11. Timex Morgan, 7m, 8.109; 12. Cap Henry, 04, 8.138; 13. Ben Gaerte, 51g, 8.166; 14. Benny Trimble, 80, 8.200; 15. A.J. Lesiecki, 14, 8.207; 16. Aaron McClure, 73, 8.221; 17. Mark Zumbrun, 35z, 8.237; 18. Jack Spence, 2js, 8.251; 19. Howard McCormick, 26m, 8.265; 20. Amanda Quinones, 00q, 8.273; 21. Richard Smith, 12, 8.300; 22. Gary Klein, 68, 8.307; 23. Rusty Strausbaugh, 29, 8.316; 24. Jake Wright, 59t, 8.335; 25. Trent Wilson, 7w, 8.337; 26. Dave Williams, 3, 8.345; 27. Russ Belt, 19, 8.404; 28. Harold Johnson, 12m, 8.436; 29. Jason Ormsby, 51o, 8.472; 30. Tim Moore, 55, 8.542; 31. Nick Wilson, 77w, 8.585; 32. Dennis Veach, 13, 8.617; 33. Jason Holibaugh, 04, 8.631; 34. Brent Turner, 51t, 8.632; 35. Roger Ritchey, 25r, 8.639; 36. Dean Gaerte, 15, 8.656; 37. Kevin Stephenson, 9, 8.725; 38. Brett Smith, 25s, 8.726; 39. Dakota Jackson, 3d, 8.765; 40. Ryan Nawrocki, 5n, 8.852; 41. Bill Dunham, 84, 8.861; 42. Jeremy Glasford, 11, 8.971; 43. Steve Myers, 88, 8.974; 44. Cole Ketcham, 41, 9.049; 45. Cheryl Erwin, 00e, 9.083; 46. Tom Noel, 32, 9.207; 47. Halen Shafer, 36s, 9.273; 48. Junior Gould, 65, 9.332; 49. Aaron Farney, 50, 9.546; 50. Chris Malaterre, 79, 9.811; 51. Marc Orr, 77, 10.489; 52. Cody Parrah, 89, NT; 53. Matt Palmer, 40, NT; 54. Chase Briscoe, 88m, NT.
First heat (8 laps) -- Payne, Ivy, McClure, Ri. Smith, Williams, N. Wilson, Dunham, Noel, Orr, D. Gaerte, Morgan.
Second heat (8 laps) -- Rudolph, Osite, Zumbrun, Veach, Klein, Henry, Belt.
Third heat (8 laps) -- Spence, B. Gaerte, Sroufe, Ry. Smith, Strausbaugh, B. Smith, Myers, Gould, Johnson, Glasford.
Fourth heat (8 laps) -- Iles, Broderick II, Wright, McCormick, Jackson, Turner, Farney.
Fifth heat (8 laps) -- Robinson, Lesiecki, T. Wilson, Nawrocki, Ritchey, Quinones.
First consolation (8 laps) -- Sroufe, Morgan, McClure, Ritchey, Strausbaugh, B. Smith, Ketcham, Malaterre, Williams, Dunham, Quinones.
Second consolation (8 laps) -- Shirey, Ri. Smith, Belt, Jackson, Erwin, Belt, Zumbrun, Holibaugh, Gould, Wright.
Third consolation (8 laps) -- Ry. Smith, Parrah, T. Wilson, Turner, Noel, Klein, Nawrocki, Myers, N. Wilson, McCormick, Farney.
Feature (50 laps) -- 1. John Ivy; 2. Larry Joe Sroufe; 3. Joey Payne; 4. Mike Osite; 5. Danny Shirey; 6. Aaron McClure; 7. Ben Gaerte; 8. Mike Illes; 9. Jimmy Broderick II; 10. Ryan Smith; 11. Erick Rudolph; 12. Jack Spence; 13. Cody Parrah; 14. Cap Henry; 15. Richard Smith; 16. A.J. Lesiecki; 17. Daniel Robinson; 18, Timex Morgan.

Slingshots

First heat, round one (8 laps) -- Kaitie McCardle, Kelly Falls, Dave McCollough, Ryan Smith, John Bellinger, David Rapp, Steve Hicks, Brad Arnold, Anthony Perrego, Bill Van Inwegen Sr.
Second heat, round one (8 laps) -- Kyle Rohner, Paul Lotier Jr., Bill Van Inwegen Jr., Joel Smith, Shannon Smith, Kurt Bettler, Jake Smith, Bodie Bellinger, Zach O

Another good time was had in Ft. Wayne! Glad I could make the trip down for some racin'!




Kevin Striegle
Flat Foot Racin.com
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Cool picture!

Very nice picture! Who is in those cars?

THAT CAR WAS BANNED FROM USAC COMPETION A LONG TIME AGO.NOT TRYING TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM SMOKE

what was illegal about it?

The tubing is illegal along with most of the other VW powered cars.

Don,

I assume you are saying the wall thickness is illegal. So, what size wall thickness is it and when was the car constructed?

The car still has to pass a minimum weight. So other than a safety issue and a USAC rule, the wall thickness has NO performance advantage.

Secondly, do you have any idea what the wheelbase is and the overall rear width of the Stewart car? I was also paying close attention to the fact that it looks like Tony's car has very little front offset. I've got some ideas for an indoor car, but I think our largest problem is going to be that we only run Inline's so the CG's are going to be a bunch higher.

I'm not an expert at this, but here goes. The width of the tubing and maybe the thickness is the issue. Read the USAC rule book and it will tell you what it should be. There also may be references to older cars in the rules. You would be crazy these days to run those cars outdoors. It could be potentially dangerous indoors also, IMO. Racers have been fatally injured at the Tulsa Expo Center and the Speedrome which are very small tracks.