Bardstown, KY-August 6, 2011- The STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League would make its first ever visit to Bluegrass Speedway on Saturday evening for the 13th Annual Bluegrass 50 and Brad Neat of Dunnville, KY would claim his second win in this event. Other feature event winners were Danny Blackwell of Taylorsville, KY in Clayton Homes of Stanford UMP Sportsman and Benji Lee of Loretto, KY in Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modifieds.
Dustin Neat would take the lead at the start of the 13th Annual Bluegrass 50 and would lead until lap 13 when younger brother Brad Neat would take the lead. Dustin Neat would drive back under 4th place starting Brad Neat on lap 14, only to have Brad Neat drive around Dustin Neat again exiting turn four on lap 15. Neat would drive away to almost ¾ of a straightaway at times during the event and score the $5,000 victory aboard his Red Buck Cigars/Neat’s Service Center/Tarter Farm and Ranch sponsored #41 Longhorn Chassis, Cornett Race Engines powered machine. Dustin Neat would take runner-up honors, with Jason Jameson taking a third place finish. Terry English and Justin Rattliff would complete the top five. The remainder of the top ten would be 12th place starting Tim Dohm, Victor Lee, 13th place starting Rohn Moon, Mike Jewell, after restarting at the tail of the field after a tangle with Eric Wells on a lap 19 restart, and Tanner English. In preliminary action, Tim Tungate was the overall top qualifier at 15.369 seconds among 27 entries, while heat race victories fell to Tungate, Jameson, and Dustin Neat. Greg Johnson would win the B-Main, while provisional starting spots went to Mick Sansom (series), Jason Smith (series), and Jason Hinkle (track).
The 15 lap Clayton Homes of Stanford UMP Sportsman feature event would see Robbie Settles take the race lead from Danny Blackwell on lap 3 only to lose it after doing a 360 degree spin in turn two on lap 11. Blackwell would then hold off the hard charges of Avral Thompson over the final four laps of the event to take his first win of the 2011 season at Bluegrass Speedway behind the wheel of the Sherry Blackwell owned Noel Auto Sales/Kentucky Outdoors Magazine/Custom Fabrication and Machine Shop sponsored #B1 Chevy Monte Carlo mount. Thompson would finish second, with Rob Jones, Derek Bottoms, and Mike Opall completing the top five. In preliminary action, Settles would be the top qualifier among 10 entries at 18.761 seconds and would also win the heat.
In the 20 lap Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modified main event, Benji Lee would dominate the action, leading wire to wire to capture his third win of the season at Bluegrass Speedway in the seat of his Thompson Heat and Air/On Time Courier/On Time Construction/St. Joe Garage/Smart Shoppers/Springfield NAPA/A.L. Ball Moving and Storage/B&B Motorsports sponsored #03 Bandit Race Car, Dale Meers Race Engines powered entry. Dion Benningfield would score a runner-up finish, while Robbie Gullion would finish third.  Jeff Stith and Rocky Wilson would complete the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Brian Foster, Gary Parks, Brad Schlosser, Matthew Colston, and Billy Meredith. Twelve entries would see heat race wins fall to Lee and Joe Godsey.
SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-August 6, 2011
STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League (27 entries) Overall Top Qualifier (Group Time Trials)- Tim Tungate 15.369 1st Heat (top 5 transfer)- Tim Tungate, Brad Neat, Eric Wells, Mike Jewell, Rohn Moon, Greg Johnson, Jason Hinkle, Danny Hatcher, Zak Blackwood 2nd Heat (top 5 transfer)- Jason Jameson, Cody Mahoney, Tanner English, Victor Lee, Michael Chilton, Jeff Watson, Jason Smith, Timmy Yeager, Scotty Earl 3rd Heat (top 5 transfer)- Dustin Neat, Terry English, Justin Rattliff, Tim Dohm, Steve Barnett, Tim Rivers, Dustin Linville, Lee Devasier, Mick Sansom B-Main (top 5 transfer)- Greg Johnson, Tim Rivers, Jeff Watson, Dustin Linville, Lee Devasier, Timmy Yeager, Jason Smith, Zak Blackwood, Danny Hatcher, Jason Hinkle, Scotty Earl, Mick Sansom
Provisionals- Mick Sansom (series), Jason Smith (series), Jason Hinkle (track) 13th Annual Bluegrass 50- Brad Neat, Dustin Neat, Jason Jameson, Terry English, Justin Rattliff, Tim Dohm, Victor Lee, Rohn Moon, Mike Jewell, Tanner English, Tim Rivers, Dustin Linville, Jeff Watson, Lee Devasier, Mick Sansom, Cody Mahoney, Greg Johnson, Steve Barnett, Eric Wells, Jason Smith, Michael Chilton, Tim Tungate, Jason Hinkle
Clayton Homes of Stanford UMP Sportsman (10 entries) Top Qualifier- Robbie Settles 18.761
Heat- Robbie Settles, Danny Blackwell, Avral Thompson, Elton Martin
Feature- Danny Blackwell, Avral Thompson, Rob Jones, Derek Bottoms, Mike Opall, Elton Martin, Tim Cummings, Robbie Settles (DNS- Sam Mull, Barry Chesser)
Country 100.9 MIKE FM UMP Modifieds (12 entries) 1st Heat- Benji Lee, Michael England, Robbie Gullion, Dion Benningfield 2nd Heat- Joe Godsey, Billy Meredith, Gary Parks, Jeff Stith
Feature- Benji Lee, Dion Benningfield, Robbie Gullion, Jeff Stith, Rocky Wilson, Brian Foster, Gary Parks, Brad Schlosser, Matthew Colston, Billy Meredith, Michael England, Joe Godsey