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42nd Annual World 100
Eldora Speedway
September 8, 2012
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Birkhofer Wins Prestigious World 100 At Eldora Speedway For Second Time
Pockets $50,000 Top Prize 10 Years After Memorable First Victory In DIRTcar Event
ROSSBURG, OH (September 8) - Ten years later, Brian Birkhofer is back on top of the world.
A decade after capturing the prestigious DIRTcar UMP-sanctioned World 100 at Eldora Speedway for the first time, the superstar driver from Muscatine, Iowa, returned to the spotlight on Saturday night with a dominant march to victory in dirt Late Model racing’s biggest event.
Birkhofer’s triumph was worth $50,000, including a $5,000 bonus added to the first-place prize on Saturday by Mark Larson of Rock Rivers Arms in Colona, Ill.
“Who would’ve thought 10 years ago I won and here we are again,” said Birkhofer, who became the seventh driver to win the World 100 at least twice in the race’s 42-year history. “It feels good to get back in Victory Lane. I’m in awe that I have my name on this (World 100) shirt a second time and I have a new globe (trophy) to put right by my big TV tomorrow night when I watch the (Pittsburgh) Steelers.”
Birkhofer, 40, inherited the lead on lap 35 when Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., retired with driveline problems and never looked back. He built an edge of over a straightaway before three late caution flags tightened the field and shrank his winning margin to a more modest 2.570 seconds over Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. – the same driver who finished second to Birkhofer in the 2002 World 100.
Brad Neat of Dunnville, Ky., finished third, charging forward from the 23rd starting spot to tally a career-best performance in his seventh World 100 A-Main start. World of Outlaws Late Model Series points leader Darrell Lanigan of Union, Ky., quietly advanced from the 11th starting spot to place fourth and 16th-starter Jason Feger of Bloomington, Ill., used a late burst to register a career-best World 100 finish of fifth.
Saturday’s race was a stark contrast to Birkhofer’s unforgettable first World 100 win, which he secured on a slicker, slower track surface with a dramatic last-corner pass of Bloomquist that brought the packed house down.
Patience wasn’t a virtue this around for Birkhofer, who steered his MB Customs car from the eighth starting spot to fourth by lap 32 and vaulted up to second following the race’s first caution flag that same circuit. Billy Moyer of Batesville, Ark., was the cause of the caution when he slowed while running second place due to brake woes.
“How I used to approach this place is, you wait till 20 (laps) to go and then go for it,” said Birkhofer. “But now you hustle all the time. It’s all about racing hard. I’m not saying I’m comfortable doing it, but I guess we got it done tonight.
“The racetrack’s different than what it was 10 years ago. It’s definitely faster, and I’ve had to bring my level up a little bit different. When Earl (Baltes) had it back in the day, it would get about 19 seconds and it just don’t get that slow anymore – so ol’ Brian has to get up on the wheel more. I realized, if I’m gonna win here again, I gotta get aggressive.”
Birkhofer slipped into the lead without having to battle O’Neal, who simply fell off the pace and ceded the top spot on lap 35. The mechanical trouble ended what appeared to be a very formidable bid for victory by O’Neal, who started fifth and passed polesitter Chad Simpson of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, for the lead on lap 33.
In fact, Birkhofer even acknowledged that O’Neal, 48, would have been difficult to overtake.
“Don O’Neal might have had the best race car, but he broke,” said Birkhofer. “It might have been a gift, but I’ll take it any day.”
Birkhofer never went into conservation mode the remainder of the distance, however. He stayed on the gas so thoroughly that Bloomquist, who slipped by Simpson for second on a lap-53 restart, fell a straightaway behind the leader by lap 60 and only was drawn close by a caution flag on lap 91 and two more on lap 93.
Birkhofer was more than ready for a showdown with Bloomquist, whose presence brought back memories of Birkhofer’s ’02 World 100 success.
“I seen the caution come out and I seen ‘zero’ (Bloomquist) in second,” said Birkhofer. “I went down the backstretch (under caution) and I’m warming my tires up, and I actually looked up in turn three at the crowd and I thought, Man they’re getting ready to see something here. It’s been 10 years since me and this guy battled.
“I think it was great for the crowd. They got to see restarts and us battling it out. I don’t think you can have a better ending.”
Especially since Birkhofer maintained full control on the restarts, of course.
“I actually felt pretty good,” said Birkhofer, who car carried an engine built by ProPower’s Bill Schlieper. “We had a restart and I looked over at my guy on the frontstretch and he kind of gave me that sign like I was pulling (away) after a lap. But with Scott it only takes one mistake and he’s by you.
“I gave him what room I needed to give him (on the restarts), and I said, ‘Brian, sail that baby in there.’ I just didn’t want to give Scott that clear run into (turn) three to slide me back.”
Birkhofer’s triumph came in his 12th World 100 A-Main start since he broke into the field for the first time in 1998. He’s only finished outside the top 10 three times, but a 26th-place finish in 2010 and a DNQ last year had him feeling uncertain about his abilities at Eldora.
“I actually contemplated not coming back here for just a year or two till I could come back and compete better,” said Birkhofer, who joined Bloomquist, Moyer, Donnie Moran, Jimmy Owens, Jeff Purvis and Larry Moore as a repeat winner of the World 100. “We didn’t even make the race last year, so it feels good to get back on top here.
“Who’s to say who would’ve won this if Don O’Neal don’t break, but we’ll take it.”
Bloomquist settled for his unprecedented eighth runner-up finish in 23 World 100 A-Main starts. He has also three wins and a total of 15 top-five finishes in the event, which he has failed to qualify for just twice since 1988.
Neat, 32, was the unlikeliest of third-place finishers. He qualified 90th-fastest because he smacked the outside wall during his time-trial lap and had to run a Qualifying Feature (which he won), and then he rallied to transfer to the World 100 by finishing second in a B-Main.
By the midway point of the 100-lapper Neat sat just outside the top 10. He was up to seventh when a caution flag flew on lap 91, and two laps later he surged to third on a restart.
Neat, who had never finished better than 12th in the World 100, crossed the finish line just over a half-second behind Bloomquist.
Both Lanigan, 42, and Feger, 34, cracked the top five in the final laps. Lanigan sat sixth and Feger was 10th on lap 91.
Lanigan remained winless in 19 career World 100 starts, tying Freddy Smith for the most appearances without a victory. He appeared to be in prime position to snap the losing streak when the qualifying invert put him on the pole of the fifth heat race, setting him up to earn the outside pole for the A-Main with a victory.
But a turn-three run-in with a lapped car cost Lanigan the lead midway through his heat and he never recovered.
In a race slowed by six caution flags, contenders who joined Moyer and O’Neal in falling by the wayside included first-time World 100 starter Simpson, who led laps 3-32 and sat third until moments before a broken rearend eliminated him on lap 92; Jimmy Mars of Menomonie, Wis., who gave up fourth place to mechanical trouble on lap 92; and Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C., who raced in the top 10 for most of the distance before retiring on lap 93.
Steve Francis of Ashland, Ky., finished sixth after running in the top five for most of the race’s second half. Brandon Sheppard of New Berlin, Ill., relinquished his 24th-place starting spot when he pitted on the race’s pace lap to bolt on a softer tire but charged through the pack to finish seventh in his second World 100 start, and Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., was the last driver on the lead lap at the finish in eighth. Fast-time provisional-starter Shannon Babb of Moweaqua, Ill., and World 100 rookie Michael Chilton of Salvisa, Ky., both finished one lap down in ninth and 10 th, respectively.
Dale McDowell of Chickamauga, Ga., was fastest in Saturday afternoon’s time trials, turning a lap of 15.797 seconds to earn a $1,000 bonus from CM Graphics.
Time Trials were pushed to Saturday afternoon – and reduced to a single lap – after rain struck Eldora on Friday night 45 cars into the 123-car qualifying session. All results from Friday were wiped out and qualifying restarted from scratch on Saturday.
Winners of the 15-lap heats were Chilton, O’Neal, Moyer, Bloomquist, Tyler Reddick of DuQuoin, Ill., and Simpson. The 20-lap B-Mains were captured by Shane Clanton of Fayetteville, Ga., and Ryan Unzicker of El Paso, Ill., whose spin into the backstretch wall on lap 53 of the World 100 was the race’s hardest crash.
Reddick, 16, became the youngest driver ever to start the World 100. He started from the outside pole and led laps 1-2 before retiring on lap 41 and finishing 24th.
New to the World 100 program this year was a pair of five-lap ‘Scrambles’ for drivers failing to earn transfer positions in the B-Mains. Jacob Hawkins of Fairmont, W.Va., and Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., earned $1,000 for their victories.
Victors in Saturday afternoon’s trio of 20-lap Qualifying Features were Scott Creel of Laurel, Miss., Matt Miller of Whitehouse, Ohio, and Brad Neat.
World 100
1 8 15B Brian Birkhofer
2 3 0 Scott Bloomquist
3 23 41 Brad Neat
4 11 29 Darrell Lanigan
5 16 25F Jason Feger
6 14 15 Steve Francis
7 24 1S Brandon Sheppard
8 10 28C Eddie Carrier Jr
9 20 18 Shannon Babb
10 6 97 Michael Chilton
11 7 3S Brian Shirley
12 9 13 JR Hotovy
13 28 20JB Jerry Bowersock
14 17 44M Chris Madden
15 12 28M Jimmy Mars
16 25 88 Andrew Reaume
17 1 25 Chad Simpson
18 27 24H Greg Johnson
19 13 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
20 30 1WC Wayne Chinn
21 22 24U Ryan Unzicker
22 4 21 Billy Moyer
23 19 17M Dale Mcdowell
24 2 11 Tyler Reddick
25 15 55 Jeep Vanwormer
26 18 24 Rick Eckert
27 5 71 Don O'Neal
28 29 23S Dan Schlieper
29 26 57J Bub McCool
30 21 25C Shane Clanton
B-Main #1
1 12 25C Shane Clanton
2 18 41 Brad Neat
3 4 88 Andrew Reaume
4 13 24H Greg Johnson
5 8 23S Dan Schlieper
6 20 20H Jacob Hawkins
7 9 49 Brian Ruhlman
8 11 1W Dillon Wood
9 23 75M Dusty Moore
10 22 89 Mike Spatola
11 7 46 Tim Rivers
12 15 86 Rick Rickman
13 24 90 Brian Rickman
14 19 87 Richard Neiser
15 14 D8 Dustin Linville
16 10 17 Shannon Thornsberry
17 3 71C R J Conley
18 16 10S Scott Schmitt
19 5 20C Duane Chamberlain
20 1 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
21 17 31S Shane Cottle
22 2 3 Matt Miller
23 6 93 Jay Johnson
24 21 25N Dustin Neat
B-Main #2
1 1 24U Ryan Unzicker
2 2 1S Brandon Sheppard
3 3 57J Bub McCool
4 4 20JB Jerry Bowersock
5 14 1WC Wayne Chinn
6 8 28 Dennis Erb Jr
7 11 48 Chad Ruhlman
8 7 20 Jimmy Owens
9 13 14M Morgan Bagley
10 18 23 John Blankenship
11 10 21M Jason Montgomery
12 20 99G Jacob Grizzle
13 21 99 Donnie Moran
14 22 25L Steve Lance Jr
15 15 9R Curtis Roberts
16 16 69 Jon Hodgkiss
17 19 555 Justin Coulter
18 23 21H Robby Hensley
19 12 53 Ray Cook
20 24 1B Jerry Rice
21 6 81 Scott James
22 5 15H Jon Henry
23 9 75P Terry Phillips
24 17 15D Jonathon Davenport
Heat #1
1 1 97 Michael Chilton
2 3 3S Brian Shirley
3 7 21JR Billy Moyer Jr
4 6 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr
5 11 88 Andrew Reaume
6 14 46 Tim Rivers
7 9 17 Shannon Thornsberry
8 8 24H Greg Johnson
9 10 10S Scott Schmitt
10 13 87 Richard Neiser
11 4 17M Dale McDowell
12 12 90 Brian Rickman
13 2 72 John Mason
14 5 1* Chub Frank
15 16 21K Kyle Logue
16 15 31C Scott Creel
17 17 27H Ken Hahn
18 18 25B Gary Major
19 20 75A Anthony Adams
20 19 11R James Rice
Heat #2
1 4 71 Don O'Neal
2 3 15B Brian Birkhofer
3 1 15 Steve Francis
4 15 3 Matt Miller
5 5 20C Duane Chamberlain
6 9 23S Dan Schlieper
7 8 1W Dillon Wood
8 6 D8 Dustin Linville
9 12 31S Shane Cottle
10 14 20H Jacob Hawkins
11 10 25N Dustin Neat
12 13 75M Dusty Moore
13 16 21R Kevin Mack
14 2 C9 Steve Casebolt
15 7 19 Chad Smith
16 17 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
17 18 16 Shane Allen
18 11 18R Chris Ross
19 19 5 Jared Landers
20 20 26 Bill Lewis
Heat #3
1 3 21 Billy Moyer
2 5 13 JR Hotovy
3 11 55 Jeep Vanwormer
4 7 71C R J Conley
5 1 93 Jay Johnson
6 13 49 Brian Ruhlman
7 14 25C Shane Clanton
8 9 86 Rick Rickman
9 15 41 Brad Neat
10 10 42 Terry Casey
11 12 89 Mike Spatola
12 6 1V Vic Hill
13 18 360 Michael Asberry
14 17 6 Danny Hatcher
15 16 25X Jarred Breeding
16 19 11X Tom Ramey
17 2 18W DJ Wells
18 8 1J Jeff Babcock
19 4 18 Shannon Babb
20 20 11W Jeff Watson
Heat #4
1 1 0 Scott Bloomquist
2 6 28C Eddie Carrier Jr
3 3 25F Jason Feger
4 8 24U Ryan Unzicker
5 7 20JB Jerry Bowersock
6 11 20 Jimmy Owens
7 13 21M Jason Montgomery
8 9 14M Morgan Bagley
9 14 69 Jon Hodgkiss
10 15 555 Justin Coulter
11 16 25L Steve Lance Jr
12 10 2 Justin Chance
13 4 4B Jackie Boggs
14 17 33 Don Gordon
15 5 44 Earl Pearson, Jr
16 12 5BX Stephen Breeding
17 2 23V Ryan Vanderveen
18 20 11A Adam Hutson
19 18 92 Brandon Perkins
20 19 86C Scott Clifford
Heat #5
1 6 11 Tyler Reddick
2 1 29 Darrell Lanigan
3 4 44M Chris Madden
4 5 1S Brandon Sheppard
5 2 15H Jon Henry
6 11 28 Dennis Erb Jr
7 14 48 Chad Ruhlman
8 7 1WC Wayne Chinn
9 15 15D Jonathon Davenport
10 8 99G Jacob Grizzle
11 12 21H Robby Hensley
12 3 41M Josh McGuire
13 10 44S Clint Smith
14 13 25H Austin Hubbard
15 9 5K Klint Byers
16 16 31 Nick Latham
17 17 17C Tommy Carlton
18 18 3 Jim Gingery
19 19 27M Shawn Martin
20 20 81F Brandon Fouts
Heat #6
1 1 25 Chad Simpson
2 3 28M Jimmy Mars
3 4 24 Rick Eckert
4 7 57J Bub McCool
5 12 81 Scott James
6 6 75P Terry Phillips
7 5 53 Ray Cook
8 2 9R Curtis Roberts
9 9 23 John Blankenship
10 15 99 Donnie Moran
11 10 1B Jerry Rice
12 11 R1 Riley Hickman
13 16 7R Kent Robinson
14 8 48L Tim Lance
15 13 9G Larry Greer
16 18 45 Russ Frohnapfel
17 14 69M John Mayes Jr
18 20 1N Casey Noonan
19 19 5B Mike Marlar
20 17 34 Ky Harper
Qualifier #1
1 7 31C Scott Creel
2 2 555 Justin Coulter
3 12 21K Kyle Logue
4 5 25L Steve Lance Jr
5 6 27H Ken Hahn
6 8 33 Don Gordon
7 10 25B Gary Major
8 3 92 Brandon Perkins
9 4 11R James Rice
10 9 86C Scott Clifford
11 1 75A Anthony Adams
12 11 11A Adam Hutson
13 13 1 Josh Richards
Qualifier #2
1 3 3 Matt Miller
2 5 15D Jonathon Davenport
3 12 21R Kevin Mack
4 6 31 Nick Latham
5 4 14 Terry Wolfenbarger
6 8 17C Tommy Carlton
7 7 16 Shane Allen
8 9 3 Jim Gingery
9 13 5 Jared Landers
10 10 27M Shawn Martin
11 1 26 Bill Lewis
12 2 81F Brandon Fouts
13 11 4C Ernie Cordier
Qualifier #3
1 2 41 Brad Neat
2 10 9G Larry Greer
3 5 25X Jarred Breeding
4 6 69M John Mayes Jr
5 3 6 Danny Hatcher
6 1 34 Ky Harper
7 8 360 Michael Asberry
8 7 45 Russ Frohnapfel
9 9 11X Tom Ramey
10 4 5B Mike Marlar
11 11 11W Jeff Watson
12 12 1N Casey Noonan
Results of World 100 Time Trials:
1. 17M-Dale McDowell/Chickamauga, GA 15.797; 2. 71-Don O’Neal/Martinsville, IN 15.858; 3. 18-Shannon Babb/Moweaqua, IL 15.882; 4. 4b-Jackie Boggs/Grayson, KY 15.899; 5. 44M-Chris Madden/Gray Court, SC 15.912; 6. 24-Rick Eckert/York, PA 15.926; 7. 3s-Brian Shirley/Chatham, IL 15.960; 8. 15b-Brian Birkhofer/Muscatine, IA 16.010; 9. 21-Billy Moyer/Batesville, AR 16.056; 10. 25-Jason Feger/Bloomington, IL 16.083; 11. 41M-Josh McGuire/Grayson, KY 16.099; 12. 28M-Jimmy Mars/Menomonie, WI 16.115; 13. 72-John Mason/Millersburg, OH 16.116; 14. C9-Steve Casebolt/Richmond, IN 16.120; 15. 18W-D.J. Wells/Wooton, KY 16.142; 16. 23V-Ryan VanderVeen/Six Lakes, MI 16.157; 17. 15H-Jon Henry/Ada, OH 16.174; 18. 9R-Curtis Roberts/Coleman, MI 16.199; 19. 97-Michael Chilton/Salvisa, KY 16.225; 20. 15-Steve Francis/Ashland, KY 16.236
21. 93-Jay Johnson/W. Burlington, IA 16.286; 22. 0-Scott Bloomquist/Mooresburg, TN 16.303; 23. 29-Darrell Lanigan/Union, KY 16.310; 24. 25s-Chad Simpson/Mt. Vernon, IA 16.322; 25. 1*-Chub Frank/Bear Lake, PA 16.345; 26. 20c-Duane Chamberlain/Richmond, IN 16.355; 27. 13-J.R. Hotovy/Hartford, MI 16.356; 28. 44P-Earl Pearson Jr./Jacksonville, FL 16.371; 29. 1s-Brandon Sheppard/New Berlin, IL 16.382; 30. 53-Ray Cook/Brasstown, NC 16.397; 31. 99Jr.-Frankie Heckenast Jr./Orland Park, IL 16.414; 32. D8-Dustin Linville/Lancaster, KY 16.452; 33. 1V-Vic Hill/Morristown, TN 16.457; 34. 28c-Eddie Carrier Jr./Salt Rock, WV 16.464; 35. 11-Tyler Reddick/DuQuoin, IL 16.484; 36. 75P-Terry Phillips/Springfield, MO 16.502; 37. 21Jr-Billy Moyer Jr./Batesville, AR 16.532; 38. 19-Chad Smith/Miamisburg, OH 16.542; 39. 71c-R.J. Conley/Wheelersburg, OH 16.543; 40. 20JR/Jerry Bowersock/Wapakoneta, OH 16.549
41. 1WC-Wayne Chinn/Bradford, OH 16.551; 42. 57J-Bub McCool/Vicksburg, MS 16.552; 43. 24H-Greg Johnson/Bedford, IN 16.568; 44. 1W-Dillon Wood/New Smyrna Beach, FL 16.591; 45. 1J-Jeff Babcock/Wayne, OH 16.597; 46. 24U-Ryan Unzicker/El Paso, IL 16.620; 47. 99G-Jacob Grizzle/Blairsville, GA 16.642; 48. 48-Tim Lance/Brimfield, IL 16.643; 49. 17-Shannon Thornsberry/Martin, KY 16.652; 50. 23s-Dan Schlieper/Sullivan, WI 16.668; 51. 86-Rick Rickman/Columbus, MS 16.669; 52. 14M-Morgan Bagley/Longview, TX 16.683; 53. 5K-Klint Byars/Calhoun City, MS 16.689; 54. 23-John Blankenship/Williamson, WV 16.694; 55. 10s-Scott Schmitt/Tonica, IL 16.701; 56. 25N-Dustin Neat/Dunnville, KY 16.703; 57. 42-Terry Casey/New London, WI 16.738; 58. 2-Justin Chance/Lexington, OH 16.776; 59. 44s-Clint Smith/Senoia, GA 16.781; 60. 1B-Jerry Rice/Verona, KY 16.788
61. 88-Andrew Reaume/Blenheim, ONT 16.799; 62. 18R-Chris Ross/Charing Cross, ONT 16.812; 63. 55-Jeep VanWormer/Pinconning, MI 16.825; 64. 20-Jimmy Owens/Newport, TN 16.879; 65. 28-Dennis Erb Jr./Carpentersville, IL 16.893; 66. 99-Donnie Moran/Dresden, OH 16.898. 67. 90-Brian Rickman/Columbus, MS 16.943; 68; 31s-Shane Cottle/Kokomo, IN 16.991; 69. 89-Mike Spatola/Manhattan, IL 17.027; 70. 5BX-Stephen Breeding/Isom, KY 17.055; 71. 21H-Robby Hensley/Walton, KY 17.104; 72. 7R-Kent Robinson/Bloomington, IN 17.131; 73. 87-Rich Neiser/Fruitport, MI 17.133; 74. 75-Dusty Moore/Swanton, OH 17.140; 75. 49-Brian Ruhlman/Clarklake, MI 17.159; 76. 21M-Jason Montgomery/Jackson, OH 17.189; 77. 25H-Austin Hubbard/Seaford, DE 17.247; 78. R1-Riley Hickman/Ooltewah, TN 17.254; 79. 46-Tim Rivers/Salem, IN 17.290; 80. 20H-Jacob Hawkins/Fairmont, WV 17.337
81. 25-Shane Clanton/Fayetteville, GA 17.345; 82. 69-Jon Hodgkiss/Kennedy Twp., PA 17.386; 83. 48R-Chad Ruhlman/Bemus Point, NY 17.457; 84. 81-Scott James/Lawrenceburg, IN 17.496; 85. 75A-Anthony Adams/Pinetop, KY 17.545; 86. 26-Bill Lewis/Warren, IN 17.659; 87. 34-Ky Harper/Holland, OH 17.789; 88. 555-Justin Coulter/Learnington, ONT 17.821; 89. 81F-Brandon Fouts/Kite, KY 17.825; 90. 41-Brad Neat/Dunnville, KY 17.855; 91. 92-Brandon Perkins 17.872; 92. 3-Matt Miller/Whitehouse, OH 17.887; 93. 6-Danny Hatcher/Campbellsville, KY 17.920; 94. 11R-James Rice/Verona, KY 17.922; 95. 14-Terry Wolfenbarger/Clinton, TN 17.279; 96. 5b-Mike Marlar/Winfield, TN 18.297; 97. 25L-Steve Lance Jr./Cuba, IL 18.369; 98. 15d-Jonathan Davenport/Blairsville, GA 18.422; 99. 25x-Jarred Breeding/Isom, KY 18.476; 100. 27-Ken Hahn/Gibsonburg, OH 18.660
101. 31-Nick Latham/Winchester, OH 18.672; 102. 69M-John Mayes Jr./Clyde, OH 18.686; 103. 31c-Scott Creel/Laurel, MS 18.740; 104. 16-Shane Allen/Washington, IL 18.855; 105. 45-Russ Frohnapfel/Columbus, OH 18.870; 106. 33-Don Gordon/Chatham, ONT 19.288; 107. 17c-Tommy Carlton/Lawrenceburg, KY 19.310; 108. 360-Michael Asberry/Crossville, TN 19.576; 109. 86c-Scott Clifford/New Lothrop, MI 19.691; 110. 03-Jim Gingery/Bucyrus, OH 19.909; 111. 11x-Tom Ramey/New Paris, OH 20.203; 112. 25b-Gary Major/Monroe, OH 20.424; 113. 27M-Shawn Martin/Maysville, KY 21.697; 114. 9G-Larry Greer/Bowling Green, KY N/T; 115. 11A-Adam Hutson/Cincinnati, OH N/T; 116. 4c-Ernie Cordier/Brodhead, KY N/T; 117. 11W-Jeff Watson/Campbellsville, KY N/T; 118. 21K-Kyle Logue/Cisco, IL N/T; 119. 21R-Kevin Mack/Defiance, OH N/T;
120. 1N-Casey Noonan/Toledo, OH N/T; 121. 1-Josh Richards/Shinnston, WV N/T; 122. 5-Jared Landers/Batesville, AR N/T; 123. 10-Leon Henderson/Laurel, MS N/T
