By Roby Helm
HARTFORD, MI - Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN led all but one of 50 laps Saturday night to win the Xtreme DirtCar Series main event at Hartford Speedway Park. The victory was worth $10,800 for the four-time series champion driving the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/Custom Taurus.
Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA led one lap and finished second in the Seubert Calf Ranches Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo. Steve Francis of Ashland, KY took the third spot in the Valvoline/Mopar Parts Rocket/Stanton Intrepid. Steve Shaver of Parkersburg, WV was fourth in the Bill Bland Towing/The Farm Used Auto Parts Rocket/Malcuit Monte Carlo.
Xtreme DirtCar Series point leader Jimmy Mars of Elk Mound, WI drove his Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo to the fifth spot, but Birkhofer was able to close in on Mars in the championship battle. Mars leads Birkhofer by 16 points, while Bloomquist moved up to the third spot, 24 points behind Birkhofer, and 40 points behind Mars.
Defending and two-time series champion Rick Eckert of York, PA finished sixth to remain in the championship hunt. Eckert is 42 points behind fourth-place Francis, and 93 points behind Mars.
Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH was seventh and moved up to the seventh in points driving the QPI Tools Dirt Ripper Mastersbilt/Malcuit Monte Carlo. Matt Miller of Waterville, OH was the Lucas Oil Rookie of the Race with an eighth-place finish in the McCullough Motorsports Rocket/Russell Baker Grand Prix, and moved up to ninth spot in series points.
Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL took the ninth spot in the Lucas Oil/Dunn-Benson Ford Rocket/Eatmon Taurus. Pearson remains sixth in the XDCS points chase, 53 points behind Eckert. Jeep Van Wormer of Picconning, MI rounded out the top ten in the Bayline Fire Protection Warrior/Cornett Taurus.
Bloomquist used his outside front row starting spot to pass pole sitter Birkhofer for the lead coming off the second turn on the first lap. Shaver held the third spot followed by Francis, Moran, Mars, Dale McDowell of Rossville, GA, Eckert, Miller, and Van Wormer. McDowell passed Mars for the fifth spot on lap two, and Francis got by Shaver for the third spot on lap four.
During the first 10 laps of the race, Bloomquist began to pull away from Birkhofer, but the leader was approaching the last cars on the lead lap by the 12th tour. When Bloomquist had to move from the cushion on the high side of the track to the bottom, his car lost speed, and Birkhofer began to close in.
Birkhofer caught Bloomquist trapped behind lapped traffic coming off the second turn on lap 17, and moved around the outside to take the lead. On the next lap, the roles were reversed, and Bloomquist went to the outside to retake the lead on lap 18 while Birkhofer was stuck behind lapped cars.
By lap 20, the outside groove was slowing down and the cushion was disappearing. Many drivers began to drop to the inside groove, as it was taking rubber and therefore faster.
Just when the track locked down, the only caution flag of the race came out when the 1999 series champion McDowell stopped his Larry Shaw Race Cars/J&J Steel Rocket By Shaw/Kuntz Taurus in turn four on lap 24. McDowell was running sixth when he dropped out of the race.
With the track locked down, XDCS officials elected to go with a single file restart, with Bloomquist leading, Birkhofer, Francis, Shaver, Mars, Eckert, Moran, Miller, Pearson and Van Wormer. With no passing lane left on the race track, that's the way they ran for the remaining 27 laps of the race.
Jeff Smith of Dallas, NC started 23rd and finished 14th to earn the $100 Advance Auto Parts Hard Charger of the Race Award in the Die Cast Digest/Starrette Trucking GRT/Gaerte Monte Carlo. McDowell was the Ringers Gloves Fast Qualifier among the 38 entrants with a lap around the 1/2-mile dirt oval in 20.134 seconds for an average speed of 89.401 miles per hour.
Bloomquist also picked up the $100 JE Pistons Bonus Award with a win in the first eight-lap heat race. Moran won the second heat, with Birkhofer taking the third heat, and Shaver posting the fourth heat race win. Birkhofer won the 4-lap Action Performance Dash to earn the pole position for the main event, and was followed by Bloomquist, Moran, and Shaver.
Rick Aukland of Zanesville, OH drove the Ostrom Painting and Sandblasting Rocket/Malcuit Grand Prix to victory in the first ten-lap consolation race. Dan Schlieper of Pewaukee, WI dropped out of the third heat with running in a transfer spot.
Schlieper had to start last in the second ten-lap consolation race, and came through the field to win it driving the Miller Brothers Coal/Hawkeye Trucking Warrior/Pro Power Monte Carlo. Schlieper finished 11th in the main event and was battling Van Wormer for the tenth spot in the closing laps of the race.
The next event for the Xtreme DirtCar Series will be on June 17 with a 50-lap $10,000-to-win event at Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IA.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 15 AT HARTFORD SPEEDWAY PARK IN HARTFORD, MI ON MAY 31, 2003:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS $ WON
1. 2 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Ford 50 $10,800
2. 1 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Chev. 50 $6,700
3. 6 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Dodge 50 $3,600
4. 4 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Chev. 50 $2,600
5. 7 28 Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Chev. 50 $2,600
6. 8 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Ford 50 $2,650
7. 3 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Chev. 50 $2,300
8. 10 7 Matt Miller (R) Waterville, OH Pont. 50 $2,000
9. 14 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Ford 50 $1,800
10. 12 55 Jeep Van Wormer Picconning, MI Ford 50 $1,100
11. 18 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Chev. 50 $1,600
12. 16 0p Kris Patterson St. Johns, MI Ford 50 $950
13. 9 114 Randle Chupp Mooresville, NC Pont. 49 $900
14. 23 70 Jeff Smith Dallas, NC Chev. 49 $975
15. 20 3 Rick DeLong Whitehouse, OH Pont. 49 $850
16. 21 11 Ace Ihm Hazel Green, WI Pont. 48 $825
17. 15 55T Shawn Toczek Hebron, IL Chev. 48 $800
18. 22 23g Ran Gorey Delta, OH Pont. 45 $750
19. 13 32d Darren Miller Chadwick, IL Ford 35 $700
20. 5 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Ford 23 $1,300
21. 19 23 Ted Loomis Kingston, IL Chev. 22 $700
22. 24 8 Reece O'Connor Kankakee, IL Ford 15 $700
23. 17 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Pont. 9 $700
24. 11 18 Rusty Seaver Stanton, MI Chev. 0 $700
ENTRIES: 38
RINGERS GLOVES FAST QUALIFIER: McDowell
PROVISIONAL: Smith (3)
FIRST ALTERNATE: O'Connor
LEAD CHANGES: 2
LAP LEADERS: Bloomquist, 1-16; Birkhofer, 17; Bloomquist, 18-50 LAPS LED: Bloomquist, 49; Birkhofer, 1 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HARD CHARGER: Smith (started 23rd and finished 14th) LUCAS OIL ROOKIE OF THE RACE: M. Miller
CAUTIONS: 1
XTREME SHOOTOUT INVITEES: Van Wormer, Patterson, DeLong, Toczek, Gorey, and Loomis (Promoter's Choice)
RINGERS GLOVES QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED 1 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Rocket Kuntz 20.134 20.569 20.134 89.401 2 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Rocket Stanton 20.522 20.136 20.136 89.392 3 28m Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Mastersbilt Pro Power 20.402 20.567 20.402 88.227 4 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Rocket Cornett 20.423 20.560 20.423 88.136 5 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Warrior Custom 20.653 20.525 20.525 87.698 6 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Mastersbilt Malcuit 20.625 20.748 20.625 87.273 7 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Mastersbilt Pro Power 20.671 20.850 20.671 87.079 8 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Rocket Malcuit 21.478 20.766 20.766 86.680 9 114 Randle Chupp Mooresville, NC Rocket Race Tech 20.811 20.868 20.811 86.493 10 7 Matt Miller ® Waterville, OH Rocket Russell Baker 20.856 20.812 20.812 86.489 11 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Warrior Pro Power 21.421 20.893 20.893 86.153 12 32D Darren Miller Chadwick, IL Mastersbilt Pro Power 21.231 21.120 21.120 85.227 13 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Rocket Eatmon 21.227 21.363 21.227 84.798 14 64 Zach Hanson Paw Paw, MI Mastersbilt Snyder 21.232 21.285 21.232 84.778 15 55 Jeep Van Wormer Picconning, MI Warrior Cornett 21.319 21.313 21.313 84.455 16 0p Kris Patterson St. Johns. MI Rayburn Fleice 21.578 21.332 21.332 84.380 17 23 Ted Loomis Kingston, IL GRT Rhyne 21.916 21.405 21.405 84.093 18 11 Ace Ihm Hazel Green, WI Rocket Custom 21.428 21.429 21.428 84.002 19 23G Ran Gorey Delta, OH Rocket Tico 21.449 21.883 21.449 83.920 20 3 Rick DeLong Whitehouse, OH Rocket Performance 21.749 21.456 21.456 83.893 21 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Rocket Malcuit 21.472 21.546 21.472 83.830 22 8 Reece O'Connor Kankakee, IL Fegers B&B Automotive 21.534 21.722 21.534 83.589 23 55t Shawn Toczek Hebron, IL Warrior Rhyne 22.040 21.611 21.611 83.291 24 70 Jeff Smith Dallas, NC GRT Gaerte 21.742 22.388 21.742 82.789 25 20 Jeff LaJoye Hastings, MI Larry Shaw Fleice 21.759 21.834 21.759 82.724 26 18 Rusty Seaver Stanton, MI Warrior Cornett 21.846 21.867 21.846 82.395 27 3W Randy Woodling Warsaw, IN Rayburn Hogue 21.923 22.094 21.923 82.106 28 12M John McClure Lowell, MI Mastersbilt Felice 22.078 21.977 21.977 81.904 29 32T Tim Throop Verstburg, MI Larry Shaw Mooris 22.005 22.404 22.005 81.800 30 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson, MI American Hatfield 22.061 22.408 22.061 81.592 31 06 Phil Hendershott Houghton Lake, MI Rocket Homemade 22.333 22.265 22.265 80.844 32 I1 Don Hawley Harrison, MI Rocket Hatfield 22.955 22.298 22.298 80.725 33 61 Jim Fairbanks Muskegon, MI Mastersbilt Duroteck 23.059 22.620 22.620 79.576 34 35 Dan Dykman Muskegon, MI Rayburn Felice 23.117 22.641 22.641 79.502 35 51 Steve Fairbanks Marne, MI Mastersbilt Outlaw 23.333 22.711 22.711 79.257 36 84 Jeff Framptom Coldwater, MI Mastersbilt Framptom 23.223 23.294 23.223 77.509 37 78 Mark Wagner St. Joseph, MI Swartz Wagner 24.031 23.237 23.237 77.463 38 3am Dean Anderson Alvordton, OH Rocket Hughes 22.923 22.856 DQ DQ
HEAT RACES (8 Laps - Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
JE PISTONS 1ST HEAT: 1. Bloomquist; 2. McDowell; 3. Chupp; 4. Pearson; 5. Aukland; 6. Loomis; 7. LaJoye; 8. J. Fairbanks; 9. Wagner.
2ND HEAT: 1. Moran; 2. Francis; 3. M. Miller (R); 4. Seaver; 5. Hanson; 6. O'Connor; 7. Dykman; 8. Anderson; 9. Throop; 10. Schlenk; 11. Ihm.
3RD HEAT: 1. Birkhofer; 2. Mars; 3. Van Wormer; 4. Toczek; 5. Gorey; 6. Woodling; 7. S. Fairbanks; 8. Hendershott; 9. Schlieper.
4TH HEAT: 1. Shaver; 2. Eckert; 3. D. Miller; 4. Patterson; 5. Smith; 6. DeLong; 7. Framptom; 8. McClure.
ACTION PERFORMANCE 4-LAP DASH: 1.
CONSOLATION RACES (10 Laps - Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST CONSY: 1. Aukland; 2. Loomis; 3. Ihm; 4. O'Connor; 5. Hanson; 6. Throop; 7. LaJoye; 8. Dykman; 9. J. Fairbanks; 10. Schlenk; 11. Anderson; 12. Wagner.
2ND CONSY: 1. Schlieper; 2. DeLong; 3. Gorey; 4. Woodling; 5. Hendershott; 6. Framptom; 7. S. Fairbanks; 8. Smith; 9. McClure.
XTREME DIRTCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/31/03:
1. Jimmy Mars - 2323
2. Brian Birkhofer - 2307
3. Scott Bloomquist - 2283
4. Steve Francis - 2272
5. Rick Eckert - 2230
6. Earl Pearson Jr. - 2177
7. Donnie Moran - 2043
8. Dale McDowell - 2015
9. Matt Miller (R) - 1850
10. Dan Schlieper - 1844
11. Steve Shaver - 1711
12. Billy Moyer - 1634
13. Shane Tankersley - 1303
14. Jeff Smith - 1270
15. Terry English - 1211
16. Randle Chupp - 913
17. Don O'Neal - 900
18. Rick Aukland - 876
19. Darren Miller - 854
20. Randy Korte - 811
R - Denotes Lucas Oil Rookie of the Year Candidate
HARTFORD, MI - Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN led all but one of 50 laps Saturday night to win the Xtreme DirtCar Series main event at Hartford Speedway Park. The victory was worth $10,800 for the four-time series champion driving the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/Custom Taurus.
Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA led one lap and finished second in the Seubert Calf Ranches Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo. Steve Francis of Ashland, KY took the third spot in the Valvoline/Mopar Parts Rocket/Stanton Intrepid. Steve Shaver of Parkersburg, WV was fourth in the Bill Bland Towing/The Farm Used Auto Parts Rocket/Malcuit Monte Carlo.
Xtreme DirtCar Series point leader Jimmy Mars of Elk Mound, WI drove his Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo to the fifth spot, but Birkhofer was able to close in on Mars in the championship battle. Mars leads Birkhofer by 16 points, while Bloomquist moved up to the third spot, 24 points behind Birkhofer, and 40 points behind Mars.
Defending and two-time series champion Rick Eckert of York, PA finished sixth to remain in the championship hunt. Eckert is 42 points behind fourth-place Francis, and 93 points behind Mars.
Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH was seventh and moved up to the seventh in points driving the QPI Tools Dirt Ripper Mastersbilt/Malcuit Monte Carlo. Matt Miller of Waterville, OH was the Lucas Oil Rookie of the Race with an eighth-place finish in the McCullough Motorsports Rocket/Russell Baker Grand Prix, and moved up to ninth spot in series points.
Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL took the ninth spot in the Lucas Oil/Dunn-Benson Ford Rocket/Eatmon Taurus. Pearson remains sixth in the XDCS points chase, 53 points behind Eckert. Jeep Van Wormer of Picconning, MI rounded out the top ten in the Bayline Fire Protection Warrior/Cornett Taurus.
Bloomquist used his outside front row starting spot to pass pole sitter Birkhofer for the lead coming off the second turn on the first lap. Shaver held the third spot followed by Francis, Moran, Mars, Dale McDowell of Rossville, GA, Eckert, Miller, and Van Wormer. McDowell passed Mars for the fifth spot on lap two, and Francis got by Shaver for the third spot on lap four.
During the first 10 laps of the race, Bloomquist began to pull away from Birkhofer, but the leader was approaching the last cars on the lead lap by the 12th tour. When Bloomquist had to move from the cushion on the high side of the track to the bottom, his car lost speed, and Birkhofer began to close in.
Birkhofer caught Bloomquist trapped behind lapped traffic coming off the second turn on lap 17, and moved around the outside to take the lead. On the next lap, the roles were reversed, and Bloomquist went to the outside to retake the lead on lap 18 while Birkhofer was stuck behind lapped cars.
By lap 20, the outside groove was slowing down and the cushion was disappearing. Many drivers began to drop to the inside groove, as it was taking rubber and therefore faster.
Just when the track locked down, the only caution flag of the race came out when the 1999 series champion McDowell stopped his Larry Shaw Race Cars/J&J Steel Rocket By Shaw/Kuntz Taurus in turn four on lap 24. McDowell was running sixth when he dropped out of the race.
With the track locked down, XDCS officials elected to go with a single file restart, with Bloomquist leading, Birkhofer, Francis, Shaver, Mars, Eckert, Moran, Miller, Pearson and Van Wormer. With no passing lane left on the race track, that's the way they ran for the remaining 27 laps of the race.
Jeff Smith of Dallas, NC started 23rd and finished 14th to earn the $100 Advance Auto Parts Hard Charger of the Race Award in the Die Cast Digest/Starrette Trucking GRT/Gaerte Monte Carlo. McDowell was the Ringers Gloves Fast Qualifier among the 38 entrants with a lap around the 1/2-mile dirt oval in 20.134 seconds for an average speed of 89.401 miles per hour.
Bloomquist also picked up the $100 JE Pistons Bonus Award with a win in the first eight-lap heat race. Moran won the second heat, with Birkhofer taking the third heat, and Shaver posting the fourth heat race win. Birkhofer won the 4-lap Action Performance Dash to earn the pole position for the main event, and was followed by Bloomquist, Moran, and Shaver.
Rick Aukland of Zanesville, OH drove the Ostrom Painting and Sandblasting Rocket/Malcuit Grand Prix to victory in the first ten-lap consolation race. Dan Schlieper of Pewaukee, WI dropped out of the third heat with running in a transfer spot.
Schlieper had to start last in the second ten-lap consolation race, and came through the field to win it driving the Miller Brothers Coal/Hawkeye Trucking Warrior/Pro Power Monte Carlo. Schlieper finished 11th in the main event and was battling Van Wormer for the tenth spot in the closing laps of the race.
The next event for the Xtreme DirtCar Series will be on June 17 with a 50-lap $10,000-to-win event at Davenport Speedway in Davenport, IA.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 15 AT HARTFORD SPEEDWAY PARK IN HARTFORD, MI ON MAY 31, 2003:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS $ WON
1. 2 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Ford 50 $10,800
2. 1 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Chev. 50 $6,700
3. 6 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Dodge 50 $3,600
4. 4 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Chev. 50 $2,600
5. 7 28 Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Chev. 50 $2,600
6. 8 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Ford 50 $2,650
7. 3 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Chev. 50 $2,300
8. 10 7 Matt Miller (R) Waterville, OH Pont. 50 $2,000
9. 14 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Ford 50 $1,800
10. 12 55 Jeep Van Wormer Picconning, MI Ford 50 $1,100
11. 18 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Chev. 50 $1,600
12. 16 0p Kris Patterson St. Johns, MI Ford 50 $950
13. 9 114 Randle Chupp Mooresville, NC Pont. 49 $900
14. 23 70 Jeff Smith Dallas, NC Chev. 49 $975
15. 20 3 Rick DeLong Whitehouse, OH Pont. 49 $850
16. 21 11 Ace Ihm Hazel Green, WI Pont. 48 $825
17. 15 55T Shawn Toczek Hebron, IL Chev. 48 $800
18. 22 23g Ran Gorey Delta, OH Pont. 45 $750
19. 13 32d Darren Miller Chadwick, IL Ford 35 $700
20. 5 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Ford 23 $1,300
21. 19 23 Ted Loomis Kingston, IL Chev. 22 $700
22. 24 8 Reece O'Connor Kankakee, IL Ford 15 $700
23. 17 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Pont. 9 $700
24. 11 18 Rusty Seaver Stanton, MI Chev. 0 $700
ENTRIES: 38
RINGERS GLOVES FAST QUALIFIER: McDowell
PROVISIONAL: Smith (3)
FIRST ALTERNATE: O'Connor
LEAD CHANGES: 2
LAP LEADERS: Bloomquist, 1-16; Birkhofer, 17; Bloomquist, 18-50 LAPS LED: Bloomquist, 49; Birkhofer, 1 ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HARD CHARGER: Smith (started 23rd and finished 14th) LUCAS OIL ROOKIE OF THE RACE: M. Miller
CAUTIONS: 1
XTREME SHOOTOUT INVITEES: Van Wormer, Patterson, DeLong, Toczek, Gorey, and Loomis (Promoter's Choice)
RINGERS GLOVES QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED 1 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Rocket Kuntz 20.134 20.569 20.134 89.401 2 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Rocket Stanton 20.522 20.136 20.136 89.392 3 28m Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Mastersbilt Pro Power 20.402 20.567 20.402 88.227 4 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Rocket Cornett 20.423 20.560 20.423 88.136 5 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Warrior Custom 20.653 20.525 20.525 87.698 6 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Mastersbilt Malcuit 20.625 20.748 20.625 87.273 7 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Mastersbilt Pro Power 20.671 20.850 20.671 87.079 8 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Rocket Malcuit 21.478 20.766 20.766 86.680 9 114 Randle Chupp Mooresville, NC Rocket Race Tech 20.811 20.868 20.811 86.493 10 7 Matt Miller ® Waterville, OH Rocket Russell Baker 20.856 20.812 20.812 86.489 11 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Warrior Pro Power 21.421 20.893 20.893 86.153 12 32D Darren Miller Chadwick, IL Mastersbilt Pro Power 21.231 21.120 21.120 85.227 13 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Rocket Eatmon 21.227 21.363 21.227 84.798 14 64 Zach Hanson Paw Paw, MI Mastersbilt Snyder 21.232 21.285 21.232 84.778 15 55 Jeep Van Wormer Picconning, MI Warrior Cornett 21.319 21.313 21.313 84.455 16 0p Kris Patterson St. Johns. MI Rayburn Fleice 21.578 21.332 21.332 84.380 17 23 Ted Loomis Kingston, IL GRT Rhyne 21.916 21.405 21.405 84.093 18 11 Ace Ihm Hazel Green, WI Rocket Custom 21.428 21.429 21.428 84.002 19 23G Ran Gorey Delta, OH Rocket Tico 21.449 21.883 21.449 83.920 20 3 Rick DeLong Whitehouse, OH Rocket Performance 21.749 21.456 21.456 83.893 21 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Rocket Malcuit 21.472 21.546 21.472 83.830 22 8 Reece O'Connor Kankakee, IL Fegers B&B Automotive 21.534 21.722 21.534 83.589 23 55t Shawn Toczek Hebron, IL Warrior Rhyne 22.040 21.611 21.611 83.291 24 70 Jeff Smith Dallas, NC GRT Gaerte 21.742 22.388 21.742 82.789 25 20 Jeff LaJoye Hastings, MI Larry Shaw Fleice 21.759 21.834 21.759 82.724 26 18 Rusty Seaver Stanton, MI Warrior Cornett 21.846 21.867 21.846 82.395 27 3W Randy Woodling Warsaw, IN Rayburn Hogue 21.923 22.094 21.923 82.106 28 12M John McClure Lowell, MI Mastersbilt Felice 22.078 21.977 21.977 81.904 29 32T Tim Throop Verstburg, MI Larry Shaw Mooris 22.005 22.404 22.005 81.800 30 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson, MI American Hatfield 22.061 22.408 22.061 81.592 31 06 Phil Hendershott Houghton Lake, MI Rocket Homemade 22.333 22.265 22.265 80.844 32 I1 Don Hawley Harrison, MI Rocket Hatfield 22.955 22.298 22.298 80.725 33 61 Jim Fairbanks Muskegon, MI Mastersbilt Duroteck 23.059 22.620 22.620 79.576 34 35 Dan Dykman Muskegon, MI Rayburn Felice 23.117 22.641 22.641 79.502 35 51 Steve Fairbanks Marne, MI Mastersbilt Outlaw 23.333 22.711 22.711 79.257 36 84 Jeff Framptom Coldwater, MI Mastersbilt Framptom 23.223 23.294 23.223 77.509 37 78 Mark Wagner St. Joseph, MI Swartz Wagner 24.031 23.237 23.237 77.463 38 3am Dean Anderson Alvordton, OH Rocket Hughes 22.923 22.856 DQ DQ
HEAT RACES (8 Laps - Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
JE PISTONS 1ST HEAT: 1. Bloomquist; 2. McDowell; 3. Chupp; 4. Pearson; 5. Aukland; 6. Loomis; 7. LaJoye; 8. J. Fairbanks; 9. Wagner.
2ND HEAT: 1. Moran; 2. Francis; 3. M. Miller (R); 4. Seaver; 5. Hanson; 6. O'Connor; 7. Dykman; 8. Anderson; 9. Throop; 10. Schlenk; 11. Ihm.
3RD HEAT: 1. Birkhofer; 2. Mars; 3. Van Wormer; 4. Toczek; 5. Gorey; 6. Woodling; 7. S. Fairbanks; 8. Hendershott; 9. Schlieper.
4TH HEAT: 1. Shaver; 2. Eckert; 3. D. Miller; 4. Patterson; 5. Smith; 6. DeLong; 7. Framptom; 8. McClure.
ACTION PERFORMANCE 4-LAP DASH: 1.
CONSOLATION RACES (10 Laps - Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST CONSY: 1. Aukland; 2. Loomis; 3. Ihm; 4. O'Connor; 5. Hanson; 6. Throop; 7. LaJoye; 8. Dykman; 9. J. Fairbanks; 10. Schlenk; 11. Anderson; 12. Wagner.
2ND CONSY: 1. Schlieper; 2. DeLong; 3. Gorey; 4. Woodling; 5. Hendershott; 6. Framptom; 7. S. Fairbanks; 8. Smith; 9. McClure.
XTREME DIRTCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/31/03:
1. Jimmy Mars - 2323
2. Brian Birkhofer - 2307
3. Scott Bloomquist - 2283
4. Steve Francis - 2272
5. Rick Eckert - 2230
6. Earl Pearson Jr. - 2177
7. Donnie Moran - 2043
8. Dale McDowell - 2015
9. Matt Miller (R) - 1850
10. Dan Schlieper - 1844
11. Steve Shaver - 1711
12. Billy Moyer - 1634
13. Shane Tankersley - 1303
14. Jeff Smith - 1270
15. Terry English - 1211
16. Randle Chupp - 913
17. Don O'Neal - 900
18. Rick Aukland - 876
19. Darren Miller - 854
20. Randy Korte - 811
R - Denotes Lucas Oil Rookie of the Year Candidate
