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Missouri’s Will Vaught & Terry Phillips take Texas World Dirt Track Championship wins!

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Texas World Dirt Track ChampionshipTexas World Dirt Track Championships @ Texas Motor Speedway Dirt Track, 3/4-5/2011
By J M Hallas

Fort Worth, Tx,(March 5th, 2011) Texas Motor Speedway’s Dirt Track capped off this years Texas World Dirt Track Championship, with the SUPR Late Models highlighting the show that included final events for the Modifieds and Limited Modifieds. Drivers competing in the Late Model portion of the show from Colorado, Alabama and Iowa raised the state total to ten for the weekend.

The Late Models would run a complete program for the $3000 to win payday, while the Modifieds an Limited Modified finished qualifying with Last Chance Qualifiers, and two Lucky Dog draws from pre-registered drivers to fill their fields for the $3000 and $2000 to win features, respectively.

Vaught Victorious in SUPR Late Model Main
They call Missouri the “Show Me” state and that’s exactly what the Crane, Mo. native, Will Vaught, did to the Late Model field. After surrendering the early lead to Chris Brown, Vaught retook the top spot and proceeded to run away from the competition. A late caution was as close as anyone got as Vaught easily rebuilt his margin in the remaining laps.

After the four-wide, flag bearing salute to the crowd, Vaught beat the pack into turn 1 as green waved on the 40-lap, 22-car main event. Doug Begnaud and Brown trailed, but not for long as Brown swept by both for the point on lap 2. Last years champion, Jack Sullivan brought out the yellow on lap 3 when rolled to a stop in turn 3. Brown got a big jump on green with Morgan Bagley making a charge on the top side to crack the top five.

Jeff Chandler looped it in turn 4 to bring out another caution on lap 4. On the restart, Brown again got away while Bagley began pressuring Bill Moyer jr. for third. A past two-time winner, Kelly Boen got by Begnaud on lap 7 for fifth. Vaught then put the heat on Brown getting along side on the back stretch. Vaught beat Brown back to the line to lead lap 10.

Moyer ducked inside Brown for second then got beside Vaught, but Vaught was able to fend off the challenge. Boen got third from Bagley on lap 14. By lap 15 Vaught had begun to inch away from Moyer. At the crossed flags Vaught had a full straightaway on Moyer, with Brown, Boen and Bagley rounding out the top five.

With the leader easily dicing through traffic, Brown, Boen and Bagley were scrapping it out as they cut in and out of slower cars. Bagley got by Boen in that fight, while Ronny Hollingsworth closed on that trio. Hollingsworth grabbed fifth from Boen on lap 30. Gary Christian stopped in turn 3 with a flat right front to bring out the final caution on lap 32 and erase Vaught’s big lead.

Vaught had an 8-car buffer on second place Moyer as green waved again, easily gapping the field. Brown got under Moyer for second on lap 34 with Moyer fading to Bagley and Hollingsworth who took third and fourth. With two to go, Vaught had rebuilt his margin to a full straight and ran unchallenged to the checkers in the Mark Martin Chevrolet, Circle M Auto Sales, Big Dog Motorsports, DW Performance, Port City Racing, Clements Race Engine, Warrior Chassis.

“It was a lot of patience,” said the young Vaught. “Chris Brown got past me and I didn’t know the outside was the place to be. When you’re leading it hard to tell without radios where the track is working. I finally moved on the outside and the car felt good. I kept the tires underneath me and got back around him.”

“We were actually going to Tennessee to race this weekend. I’ve always wanted to come down here and race and we got the chance. I’ve had friends win the cowboy hat before, so I wanted to give it a try.”

“This track drives a lot like our local tracks, so the guys from Missouri can come down here and feel comfortable. This is a new car that we ran in Volusia then took home and changed some stuff. We’ve got a good baseline set up we go everywhere with. If you choose the right tire and spring combination you’re usually pretty good.”

“I grew up around the MARS series and local Late Model at Monett and Lebanon. The last couple years we’ve branched out and run some World of Outlaws and Lucas Oil Series Late Model shows. We run all the big shows.”

SUPR Late Models heats(Top 16 in passing points to A-main)
Heat 1

  1. 1 Will Vaught
  2. 1B Doug Begnaud
  3. 2 Allen Murray
  4. 8 Skip Oneal
  5. 28 Chris Holly
  6. 17m Phil Miller
  7. 17 Howard Willis
  8. 69 Todd Hormel
  9. 98 Trom Tindall
  10. 10 Mike Balcaen

Heat 2

  1. 18 Ronny Hollingsworth
  2. 93 Ray Moore
  3. 21jr Billy Moyer jr
  4. 14m Morgan Bagley
  5. 88t Wendall Wallace
  6. F5 Josh Danzy
  7. 71A Allen Tippen
  8. 49 Scot Brewer
  9. 84B Nicholas Brown

Heat 3

  1. 21 Chris Brown
  2. 33x Kelly Boen
  3. 1s Jack Sullivan
  4. C8 Timothy Culp
  5. 84 Tom Lorenz
  6. 28B Wendall Bolden
  7. 88 Bobby Malchus
  8. 99 Jeff Crane
  9. 174 John Sliney
  10. 05 Cameron Wilson

Heat 4

  1. 11c Jeff Chandler
  2. 20 Kevin Sitton
  3. 58x Gary Christian
  4. 5J Matt Johnson
  5. 18 Bryan Sugg
  6. 97 Eric Neal
  7. 75 Patrik Daniel
  8. 77E Robbie Starnes
  9. 77B Marcus Baxter
  10. R5 BJ Robinson

LCQ 1

  1. 8 Skip Oneal
  2. 28B Wendall Bolden
  3. 18 Bryan Sugg
  4. 17 Howard Willis
  5. F5 Josh Danzy
  6. 69 Todd Hormel
  7. 174 John Sliney
  8. 98 Trom Tindall
  9. 99 Jeff Crane
  10. 88 Bobby Malchus
  11. 05 Cameron Wilson
  12. 10 Mike Balcaen—DNS

LCQ 2

  1. C8 Timothy Culp
  2. 71A Allen Tippen
  3. 77E Robbie Starnes
  4. R5 BJ Robinson
  5. 84 Tom Lorenz
  6. 17M Phil Miller
  7. 97 Eric Neal
  8. 84B Nicholas Brown
  9. 49 Scott Baxter
  10. 77B Marcus Baxter—DNS

SUPR Late Model Feature

  1. WILL VAUGHT 1
  2. CHRIS BROWN 21
  3. MORGAN BAGLEY 14M
  4. RONNY HOLLINGSWORTH 18
  5. KELLY BOEN 33X
  6. BILLY MOYER JR. 21JR
  7. KEVIN SITTON 20
  8. DOUG BEGNAUD 1B
  9. JACK SULLIVAN 1S
  10. WENDELL WALLACE 88T
  11. JEFF CHANLER 11C
  12. CHRIS HOLLY 28
  13. TIMOTHY CULP C8
  14. ROBBIE STARNES 77E
  15. RAY MOORE 93
  16. SKIP ONEAL 8
  17. MATT JOHNSON 5J
  18. ALLEN MURRAY 2
  19. WENDALL BOLDEN 28B
  20. ALLEN TIPPEN 71A
  21. GARY CHRISTIAN 58X
  22. JOSH DANZY F5

Phillips Flies to Another Big Payday and TWDTC Win
A second Missouri driver took his second TWDTC title as Terry Phillips(Springfield) led all but the first couple laps. Phillips, coming off a huge payday at the Winter Meltdown in Las Cruces, got by early leader and USMTS Southern Series points leader, John Whittington. From there it was Phillips flying through the field lapping up to ninth place on his way to backing up his 2010 win and pocketing a cool $3000.

The front row of Whittington and Clyde Dunn jr. stayed side by side into turn 1, with Whittington coming off turn 2 with the lead. Dunn, Phillips, Cody Smith and Chase Allen fell in line behind the leader. Phillips went to the top on lap 1 to get around Dunn for second and close on Whittington. Phillips and Whittington had a brief wheel to wheel battle as Phillips grabbed the point on lap 3.

Allen followed Phillips tracks on the high side getting by Smith on lap 3 for fourth, then Dunn on lap 4 for third. Smith used the low grove to get fourth from Dunn on lap 6. Behind the top five, Jason Teague and Brad Doherty were running side by side for sixth. Phillips caught lapped traffic on lap 12 with a big lead and was easily making his way when Ryan Whitworth spun on lap 17 to bring out the races only caution.

Phillips got away clean or the restart, while Allen got by Whittington for second. At the halfway mark it was Phillips edging ahead, Allen, Whittington, Dunn and Chris Henigan getting by Smith for fifth. Whittington got second back from Allen as Phillips checked out. Dunn put a slide job on Allen to take over third on lap 22. Allen continued to fall back giving up spots to Henigan, Dunn and Rodney Sanders.

Phillips was back into traffic and lapping his way through the field. In the meantime, Dunn, Smith, Sanders and Allen continued to slug it out. With five to go Phillips had nearly a half track advantage on Whittington who had a gap back to Henigan. Phillips easily ran to the victory in the Andys Frozen Custard, Don Babb Motorsports, Port City Racing, Integra Shocks, Hatfield Racing Engines, GRT Chassis.

“We got the bugs worked out of this new car,” commented Phillips. “It turned out to be pretty fast. It was a good car with a good motor. We haven’t made any big changes to our cars in several years. We just do little stuff. Once we found a good combination we haven’t messed with it much.”

“We come down to race while it’s cold up north, it just worked out that we’ve picked up two big wins on back to back weekends. I’m ready for it to warm up so we can stick around home a little bit. We’ve got big Late Model and Modified races coming up. Now we’re ready to rock and roll.”

“I’m mainly going to run Late Model stuff. We’ll be getting geared up for our MARS Series and run the Modified when we can. The ones that pay more we’ll make time for. Our Modified program is real good, we’ll get the Late Model program going and have a good year.”

Modified LCQ’s(Top 3 to A-main)
LCQ 1

  1. 2G Kenny Gaddis
  2. 2x Corey Babbitt
  3. 9H Shane Hebert
  4. 87M Justin McCoy
  5. 71 Robert Baker
  6. 86j Travis Johnson
  7. 151 Tommy Williams
  8. 781 Trevor Egbert
  9. 41 Jacob Pirkle
  10. 45t Eric Tomlinson
  11. 60 Jason ILich
  12. 15b Tomas Blackwell
  13. 77x Shawn Greenlee
  14. 13x Brandon Byars
  15. 74 Jeremy Payne
  16. 75 Patrik Daniel

LCQ 2

  1. 121x Bobby Ruffin
  2. 410 Brad Doherty
  3. 89 Steve Whiteaker jr
  4. 23 Howard Willis
  5. 5T Randy Timms
  6. 10P Brian Parker
  7. 7 Rick Lovelady
  8. 18j Chase JUnghans
  9. 12 Jim Armstrong
  10. 12p Jeff Herbers
  11. 33x Brad Pannell
  12. 22s Scott Hilburn
  13. 88H James Harper
  14. 78 Billy Jack Brutchin
  15. 15x Ryan Humphreys
  16. 12g Jeremy Green

LCQ 3

  1. 88xx Bobby Malchus
  2. 20 Rodney Sanders
  3. 98 John Allen
  4. 05 Rod Slack
  5. 14T Tristan Dycus
  6. 87K Jimmy Littlejohn
  7. 81b Cody Simpson
  8. 34N CH Nix
  9. 4R Derek Ramirez
  10. 25D Donnie Shipp
  11. 186 Jeremy Gossett
  12. 190 Shwan Stephenso
  13. 21 Jason Borlace
  14. 60B Mike Bowers
  15. 68 Brandon Watson

LCQ 4

  1. 32 Kevin Clement
  2. 63 Ryan Whotworth
  3. 1 Dee Gossett
  4. 955 Robert Metz
  5. 8j Dustin Hyde
  6. 77 GW Egbert IV
  7. 1S Ronnie Sigman
  8. 1A Allen Oliva
  9. 00x Chance Bishop
  10. 51 Micah Thompson
  11. 198 Zach Gossett
  12. 74j Jasen Hammond
  13. 36T Trent Dorman
  14. 160 William Gould
  15. 10 Kyle Schmidt
  16. 34 Mickey Lassiter

LCQ 5

  1. 16 Chris Henigan
  2. 15j Jared Webb
  3. 707 PJ Egbert
  4. 12T Tyler Townsend
  5. 66 Greg Burt
  6. 85 Thomas Tillison jr
  7. 82 Brandon Houk
  8. 18 Tim Clonch
  9. 121 David Winslett
  10. 56b Troy Taylor
  11. 25 Criag Moss
  12. D11 David Henan
  13. 79 Shane Campbell
  14. 311 Neal Debord
  15. 19T Tony Osborn

Modified Pole Dash

  1. 5w John Whittington
  2. 88xxx Clyde Dunn jr
  3. 75 Terry Phillips
  4. 30 Chase Allen
  5. 18s Cody Smith
  6. 117 Jason Teague
  7. 8 Dennie Gieber

Modified Feature

  1. 75 Terry Phillips
  2. 5w John Whitington
  3. 16 Chris Henigan
  4. 88xxx Clyde Dunn Jr
  5. 18s Cody Simpson
  6. 20 Rodney Sanders
  7. 30 Chase Allen
  8. 117 Jason Teague
  9. 410 Brad Doherty
  10. 12x Corey Babbitt
  11. 707 PJ Egbert
  12. 121x Bobby Ruffin
  13. 88xx Bobby Malchus
  14. 89 Steve Whiteaker jr
  15. 32 Shane Clement
  16. 98 John Allen
  17. 25 Craig Moss
  18. 1 Dee Gossett
  19. 8 Dennie Gieber
  20. 14T Tristan Dycus
  21. 15j Jared Webb
  22. 2G Kenny Gaddis
  23. 63 Ryan Whitworth
  24. 9H Shane Hebert

Jones Jousts with Whiteaker for Limited Modified title
Local driver Sean Jones(Mansfield) found himself relegated to one of the last chance qualifiers and didn’t figure on challenging for the win. But patience and persistence paid off as he caught race long leader Steve Whiteaker jr. after a caution. Jones and Whiteaker, who won the US Dirt Track Championship title in his Modified last fall, battled it out until Jones took the top spot and motored away for the win and $2000 payday.

Whiteaker beat the pack into turn 1 as the 24-car, 30-lap feature took the green. Last night’s qualifier winner Paul White fell in behind Whiteaker with Derick Grigsby and Danny Hebert in pursuit. Behind the lead quartet it was three and four wide in the pack. A two-time champ, Troy Taylor got by Jake Upchurch for fifth leaving him three wide with Rodney Sanders and Jones for sixth.

Jones emerged from that fight with the spot and then took fifth from Taylor. Jones, running up top, continued his march to the front getting beside D. Hebert on lap 7. It took several laps but Jones finally got fourth from D. Hebert on lap 12. At the midway point it was Whiteaker, White, Grigsby, Jones and D. Hebert holding the top five spots.

Jones snagged third from Grigsby on lap 17 and got to close on the leader when Michael Walker expired a motor from a yellow on lap 18. Whiteaker had a lapped car as a buffer as the green flew and Jones got along side White. Jones finally completed the pass on lap 20 with Sanders getting fifth from D. Hebert. Jones caught Whiteaker for the lead, and the fight was on.

Jones went back up top and got beside Whiteaker on lap 21. The two ran side by side as both lines were working for each driver. Jones finally eked out an advantage on lap 24, while D. Hebert, Sanders and Shane Hebert battled for fifth. Once clear Jones quickly began to stretch out his lead over Whiteaker as the Hebert brothers continued the scrap for fifth, and family bragging rights. At the checkers it was Jones in the Ameritech Automotive, Ameritech Pest Control, Craig Martin Racing, Kim Barr powered, HOT Chassis taking the big win.

I really didn’t think I had a chance,” replied Jones. “Starting that far back, with the competition that’s out there. We’ve got all these guys that run Modifieds and get in a Limited ride that are so fast. We hit the right set up and choose the right groove at the right time. This is the biggest win prestige-wise, but we won $10,000 at Cowtown before.”

“I just tried to stay smooth and go where no one else was running to pass. I was just keeping myself calmed own and my car underneath me. It was a matter of keeping the right rear in the moisture on the top to get around those guys.”

“The was a little cushion up there in (turns) 1-2 that allowed me to get along side those guys. There wasn’t really anything on top in (turns 3-4). It as just too far around and with these cars so equal on power I had to run the bottom with them.”

Limited Modified LCQ’s(Top 3 to A-main)
LCQ 1

  1. 18m Wayne Melton
  2. 241 Dennie Gieber
  3. 34 Michael Walker
  4. 90 Dustin Butcher
  5. 3 Paul Vines
  6. 188 Derek Rashall
  7. 46 David Gailey
  8. 5 Steve Robinson
  9. 57 Carl Conley II
  10. 37 Daylan Reeves
  11. D3 Logan Macy
  12. 06 Tommy Bohnstedt
  13. 114 Barry Hornbeck
  14. 95 Smiley Welborn
  15. 1H Cullen Hill
  16. 22N Nick Shenberger
  17. 10 Bily Melton–DNTG

 

LCQ 2

  1. 188x Doug Easterling
  2. B75 Waylon Ball
  3. 18 Tim Clonch
  4. 7M Danny Morris
  5. 30 Joel Couvilion
  6. 21B Josh Brock
  7. 31 Michael Martin
  8. 10g Mike Goodson
  9. 83 Mike Shenberger
  10. 5c Chris Cogburn
  11. 21w Chris Wilhite
  12. 175 Anthony Boatman
  13. 02 Dillon Burks
  14. 72 Bill Burt
  15. 211 Chad Fitzgerald
  16. 84 Jay Jenkins
  17. 38 Matt Mueller—DNS

LCQ 3

  1. 09 Robert Elliot
  2. 71k Kevin Sustaire
  3. 9 Kinzer Edwards
  4. 39 Jimmy Staats
  5. 19 Kyle Slader
  6. BK8 Brandon Kent
  7. 73 Shawn Jorski
  8. 38F Ed Fowler
  9. 21c Barry Codling
  10. 15 Craig Ridgeway
  11. 76 AJ McCollum
  12. 88 RJ Strohman
  13. 18T Terry Osburn
  14. 08 Sean Glennon
  15. 71M Terry Pritchett
  16. K6 Joe Adams

LCQ 4

  1. 56 Troy Taylor
  2. 9H Shane Hebert
  3. 103 JC Howell
  4. 5A Joshua Beckham
  5. 1* Jason Troutman
  6. 25x Tony Staats
  7. 5 Casey Penn
  8. 22 Gene Bryce
  9. 22T Darrell Thompson
  10. 5xx Nate Ganes
  11. 561 Darin Busch
  12. 24 Scott Modl
  13. 23m Jimmy Day
  14. 75 Kyle Nelson
  15. 21x Johnie Rauschenberg
  16. 62 Randy Bohnstedt

LCQ 5

  1. 94 Sean Jones
  2. 86j Travis Johnson
  3. 12m Howard Willis
  4. 49 Chris Cleveland
  5. 711 Michael Daniels
  6. 91 Dennis Slader
  7. 85D Greg Deterding
  8. 8g DEvin Gerrior
  9. 05 Ryan Bohnstedt
  10. 99 Kristi Byrd
  11. 260 Erik Thorne
  12. 77 John Jarrell jr.
  13. 561 Jimmy Criswell
  14. 23G Glen Gordy
  15. 1x Brent York

Limited Modified Pole Dash

  1. 89 Steve Whiteaker jr
  2. 2w Paul White
  3. 69 Derick Grigsby
  4. 124 Jake Upchurch
  5. 9D Danny Hebert
  6. 17 Tommy Davis Jr
  7. 02x Rodney Sanders

Limited Modifieds Feature Results

  1. 94 Sean Jones
  2. 89 Steve Whiteaker jr
  3. 2w Paul White
  4. 68 Derick Grigsby
  5. 9H Shane Hebert
  6. 9D Danny Hebert
  7. 56 Troy Taylor
  8. 71K Kevin Sustaire
  9. 18 Tim Clonch
  10. 02x Rodney Sanders
  11. 103 JC Howell
  12. 12m Howard Willis
  13. B75 Waylon Ball
  14. 124 Jake Upchurch
  15. 09 Robert Elliot
  16. 188x Doug Easterling
  17. 86j Travis Johnson
  18. 9 Kinzer Edwards
  19. 24 Scott Modl
  20. 241 Dennie Gieber
  21. 18M Wayne Melton
  22. 34 Michael Walker
  23. 021 Jason Gore
  24. 17 Tommy Davis jr.
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