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Michael Despain
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (June 26) - The American Modified Series presented by Force Fuel and Engine Conditioner would visit Bluegrass Speedway on Saturday evening for the 10th Annual Mod Squad Bash and Jason Wheatley of Loretto, KY would grab the $1,500 payday in the event with an exciting last lap pass for the win. It would be 7th Annual Topless Terror Night for the 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models and Jeff Watson of Campbellsville, KY would take his second win of the season in the division, while Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY would score the victory in the WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman feature event.
The 44 Auto Mart Super Late Models would be in action in the 7th Annual Topless Terror event and Jeff Watson would take the lead at the drop of the green flag, followed by Tim Rivers, Johnny Wheeler, Tim Tungate, and Lee Devasier. Tungate would go second on lap 2 as Wheeler would keep the pressure on Tungate, while Watson held a five car length on Rivers by lap 4. Steve Barnett would make his way into the top five past Devasier on lap 5, with the only caution of the race waving on lap 7 as Clarence Belcher spun his mount in turn two. The restart would see Watson maintain the point as Tungate pressured Rivers for the second position, with Barnett now challenging Wheeler for the fourth spot. Barnett would win the battle for fourth with Wheeler on lap 12 as Watson quietly pulled away to a ten car length lead on Rivers at the halfway signal. Rivers would close a bit on Watson and show his nose to Watson on lap 20, but Watson would stave off those challenges, while Tungate turned the heat back up on Rivers for second, with Tungate taking the runner-up spot as the field saw the white flag. But it would Watson's night beneath the moon and stars with the top off sporting the convertible look to take the victory in the Finn and Jeff Watson owned Premier Integrity Solutions/Shofner Enterprises/Brad Burton Dairy Farms/Watson Plumbing/ Kitchen Krate Katering/Commercial Fleet Repair/B&W Irrigation/Sam's Restaurant/ Wynn's Oil Treatment sponsored #11 MasterSbilt Race Car, Frank Ofria Race Engines powered machine. Tungate would take second, followed by Rivers, Barnett, and Wheeler. Completing the top ten were Devasier, Marty O'Neal, Kevin Colston, Clarence Belcher, and Randy Shuman. Wheeler was top qualifier among 11 entries at 17.289 seconds, while Rivers won the dash, with O'Neal winning the heat.
Bryan Barber would take the lead at the drop of the green flag on the 30 lap, caution-free main event, followed by Jason Wheatley, Michael England, Randle Sweeney, and Joey Kramer. Kramer would take fourth from Sweeney on lap 2 as Barber and Wheatley would set a torrid pace at the point. By lap 5, Sweeney was attempting to retake fourth from Kramer, but would be unsuccessful. Benji Lee would now begin to pressure Sweeney for fifth and would take the spot on lap 10 as Barber continued to hold the race lead, with Wheatley giving chase. The process of lapping slower traffic would begin on lap 11, with the lead pair of Barber and Wheatley clear of traffic until the halfway signal was shown on lap 15. The leaders would again get into traffic at this point, while Lee was mounting a charge on Kramer for the fourth position, with Lee finally able to claim the spot on lap 19. The leaders would again get into heavy traffic on lap 22, with England still third and starting to get some pressure from Lee, while Kramer held down the fifth spot. Wheatley would close right up on Barber on lap 27 and the pair worked carefully in and around lapped traffic. Wheatley's opening would come as the white flag would be displayed and would jump to the bottom of turn one and fire the slidejob pass on Barber exiting turn two to take the race lead and see the checkered flag first. Wheatley's win would come aboard the Kaylee and Tommy Wheatley owned St. Joe Garage/ VFM Manufacturing/Wheatley Seamless Gutters/Wheatley Tile Flooring/Wheatley Auto Sales/ Brian Wheatley Landscaping/Gootee and Mattingly Heat and Air/Central Kentucky Electrical and Plumbing/Brady Excavating/Mark Martin Chevrolet/Springfield Auto and Farm/Cozy Corner/ Rosewood Golf Course/TSM Shocks/Nukem Graphics sponsored #7 Larry Shaw Race Car by Landers, Mullins Race Engines powered machine. Barber would take second, followed by Benji Lee nipping Michael England for third in a photo finish, with Joey Kramer completing the five. The remainder of the top ten would be Randle Sweeney, John Demoss, Wayne Brooks, Earl Plessinger, and Randy Turpin. In preliminary action, Bryan Barber would lay claim to the SPEC Race Engines top qualifier award with a lap of 18.315 seconds. Barber would also win Wehr's Machine and Racing Products heat one, Jason Wheatley would win PPM Racing Products heat two, Michael England would win Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil heat three, and Randle Sweeney would win Wiles Driveshafts heat four. The B-Mains would be captured by Elliott Despain and Levi Kissinger.
The WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman main event would see Pat Hagan return to action after about a month off with engine troubles to claim the top spot in the division's 15 lap main event in the seat of the Billy Holbert owned New Haven NAPA/New Haven Quick Stop/Willard's Heating and Air/Brangers Race Engines/Holbert's Auto Recovery sponsored #88 Chevy Monte Carlo mount. Avral Thompson would take runner-up honors yet again in the class, followed by Barry Chesser, Robbie Settles, and Billy Meredith. The class drew for their heat race starting spots and Settles would score the heat race victory.
SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-June 26, 2010
44 Auto Mart Super Late Models (11 entries)
Top Qualifier- Johnny Wheeler 17.289
Dash- Tim Rivers, Jeff Watson, Tim Tungate, Johnny Wheeler, Randy Shuman, Lee Devasier
Heat- Marty O'Neal, Steve Barnett, Clarence Belcher, Kevin Colston
Feature- Jeff Watson, Tim Tungate, Tim Rivers, Steve Barnett, Johnny Wheeler, Lee Devasier, Marty O'Neal, Kevin Colston, Clarence Belcher, Randy Shuman (DNS- Wesley Brummett)
American Modified Series presented by Force Fuel and Engine Conditioner (33 entries)
SPEC Race Engines Group Time Trials Top Qualifier- Bryan Barber 18.315
Wehr's Machine and Racing Products Heat #1 (Top Four Transfer)- Bryan Barber, Joey Kramer, Randy Turpin, Bryan Fiscus, Elliott Despain, Billy Cooper, Broc Burton, Butch Shay
PPM Racing Products Heat #2 (Top Four Transfer)- Jason Wheatley, Benji Lee, Wayne Brooks, Adam Cole, Devin Gilpin, Matt Goulden, Kelly Warren, Joe Mattingly
Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil Heat #3 (Top Four Transfer)- Michael England, Earl Plessinger, Rob Penny, Robbie Gullion, Levi Kissinger, Russ Gabbert, Doodle Farris, Mike Selby
Wiles Driveshafts Heat #4 (Top Four Transfer)- Randle Sweeney, John Demoss, Brian Shaw, Jared Bailey, Shawn Simpson, Brad Schlosser, Shelby Miles (DNS- Randall Basham)
B-Main #1 (Top Four Transfer)- Elliott Despain, Joe Mattingly, Kelly Warren, Matt Goulden, Billy Cooper (DNS- Devin Gilpin, Broc Burton, Butch Shay)
B-Main #2 (Top Four Transfer)- Levi Kissinger, Robbie Gullion, Russ Gabbert, Brad Schlosser (DNS- Shawn Simpson, Shelby Miles, Doodle Farris, Randall Basham, Mike Selby)
Series Provisionals- None
Track Provisionals- None
10th Annual Mod Squad Bash A-Main- Jason Wheatley, Bryan Barber, Benji Lee, Michael England, Joey Kramer, Randle Sweeney, John Demoss, Wayne Brooks, Earl Plessinger, Randy Turpin, Brian Shaw, Bryan Fiscus, Dion Benningfield, Adam Cole, Jared Bailey, Rob Penny, Levi Kissinger, Russ Gabbert, Elliott Despain, Joe Mattingly, Robbie Gullion, Kelly Warren, Brad Schlosser, Matt Goulden
WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman (9 entries)
Heat- Robbie Settles, Pat Hagan, Avral Thompson, Billy Meredith
Feature- Pat Hagan, Avral Thompson, Barry Chesser, Robbie Settles, Billy Meredith, Sam Mull, Derek Bottoms, Tim Cummings (DNS- Mike Opall)
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