NORTH VERNON, IN – Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA will be looking for his third “clean sweep” of the 2007 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series season on Saturday night in the $5,000-to-win 75-lap main event at Twin Cities Raceway Park. On Friday night, Brindle drove his CSC Trailer Repair GRT to fast time honors, and won the first heat to earn the pole position.
Brindle has two wins this season in StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series competition, and Brindle set fast time and won his heat race in both of those events. Brindle started the evening on Friday by out-qualifying the 30 entrants with his first lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 15.590 seconds.
The second lap saw Brindle going for more, but he got into turn three a little bit too hot, and he spun, but the first lap was good enough for fast time honors. After starting on the pole for the first 12-lap heat race, Brindle went wire-to-wire for the win and the pole position for Saturday night’s 75-lap main event.
Joining Brindle on the front row for the big show will be StormPay.com DLMS championship contender and second 12-lap heat race winner Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA in the Hays Racing/Barto Enterprises Warrior.
Jay Blair of Angie, LA, another title contender, won the third 12-lap heat race in the All-Star Graphics Mastersbilt to grab the inside second row starting spot on the Saturday night main event.
The defending StormPay.com DLMS National Champion and current point leader David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN won the fourth 12-lap heat race in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt to get a seat for the big show from the outside of the second row. Rainey is second in the points, 24 points behind Gentry, and Blair is third, 28 points behind the point leader.
The top four finishers from Friday night’s four 12-lap heat races transferred into Saturday night’s $5,000-to-win 75-lap main event.
Following Brindle under the checkered flag in the first heat race were Patrick Sheltra of Indiantown, FL in the Sheltra and Sons Construction Rayburn, Bryan Bernhardt of Versailles, IN in the B&B Precision Moving Rocket, and Steve Godsey of Bedford, IN in the Indiana Stone Works Rayburn.
Second through fourth respectively in the second heat race behind Rainey were Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt, Mark Barber of North Vernon, IN in the Biehle Electric Mastersbilt, and Brad Barrow of Bloomington, IN in the King Distributors Rayburn.
Trailing Blair in the third heat race were Steve Barnett of Franklin, IN in the J.D. Byrider/Tony Stewart Racing Rayburn, Jim Till of Greenville, AL in the Dafor Heavy Timber Fabricators Trak-Star, and Chris Tays of Corinth, MS in the Bud Coley Trucking Rocket.
Rounding out the “Sweet 16” behind Gentry in the fourth heat race were the second through fourth-place finishers Brandon Keeton of Toomsuba, MS in the Charlotte’s Boy GRT, Robert Stutts of Murfreesboro, TN in the Bob Parks Realty Rocket, and Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN in the H&H Powersports GRT.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races on Friday night will have an opportunity to make the big show in one of two 15-lap B-Mains on Saturday night. The top finishers in the B-Mains will fill in starting positions 17 through 24.
One driver still on the outside looking in his 11-year-old Tyler Allen of Indianapolis, IN, who is trying to become the youngest driver to start a national touring dirt late model series race. The fifth-grader turned heads during time trials by turning a lap in 15.75 seconds in the Richmond Guttering Rayburn for the eighth-quick time to earn the outside front row starting spot in the fourth heat.
Allen held the second spot in the opening laps of the race, but a miscue dropped back to fifth, and then two spins on a tricky racing surface while challenging for a transfer spot ended his evening. Despite his misfortunes, the youngster said he would be back on Saturday night to try and race his way into the main event.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 19 AT TWIN CITIES RACEWAY PARK IN NORTH VERNON, IN ON 9/21/07:
QUALIFYING:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
LAP 1
LAP 2
TIME
1
38c
Chip Brindle - R
Chatsworth, GA
GRT
604
15.590
NT
15.590
2
81
Mark Barber
North Vernon, IN
Mastersbilt
604
15.750
15.650
15.650
3
2x
Jay Blair
Angie, LA
Mastersbilt
604
15.750
15.650
15.650
4
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.940
15.650
15.650
5
23
Patrick Sheltra
Indiantown, FL
Rayburn
604
15.810
15.660
15.660
6
87
Derrick Rainey
Powder Springs, GA
Warrior
604
15.690
15.730
15.690
7
1
Jim Moon
Zionsville, IN
Rocket
604
15.720
15.910
15.720
8
T1
Tyler Allen
Indianapolis, IN
Rayburn
602
15.940
15.750
15.750
9
B69
Bryan Bernhardt
Versailles, IN
Rocket
604
16.070
15.750
15.750
10
K1
Brad Barrow
Bloomington, IN
Rayburn
604
15.780
16.160
15.780
11
20
Steve Barnett
Franklin, IN
Rayburn
604
16.190
15.840
15.840
12
34
Brandon Keeton
Toomsuba, MS
GRT
604
16.000
15.870
15.870
13
9
Derek Fisher
Columbus, IN
Rayburn
602
16.340
15.870
15.870
14
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.910
15.910
15.910
15
8
Chris Tays
Corinth, MS
Rocket
604
15.970
16.130
15.970
16
21
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
604
15.970
16.120
15.970
17
802
Terry Mosley - R
Gilbertown, AL
Rocket
604
16.030
16.310
16.030
18
88
P.J. Feistritzer
Danville, KY
Rayburn
604
16.060
16.030
16.030
19
44t
Jim Till - R
Greenville, AL
Trak Star
604
16.940
16.220
16.220
20
302
Robert Stutts - R
Murfreesboro, TN
Rocket
604
16.280
16.370
16.280
21
97
Mike Bechelli
Elizabethtown, IN
Rocket
604
16.500
16.310
16.310
22
93
Zak Blackwood
Columbus, IN
Rayburn
602
16.460
16.780
16.460
23
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
16.600
16.570
16.570
24
18
Tracy Ellison
Montpelier, IN
Mastersbilt
604
16.600
16.660
16.600
25
2
Chip Stitsworth
Deputy, IN
Rocket
602
16.780
17.090
16.780
26
00
David Daughtery
Carmel, IN
Rayburn
604
17.310
16.810
16.810
27
51
Mike Ruble
Greensburg, IN
Rayburn
604
NT
NT
NT
28
6j
Josh Walker
Auquia, IN
GRT
602
16.970
18.440
NT-LT
29
14
Steve Godsey
Bedford, IN
Rayburn
604
15.940
16.130
NT-LT
30
18
Jeff Wilson
Butlerville, IN
Rayburn
604
16.970
16.220
NT-LT
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Brindle (R); 2. Sheltra; 3. Bernhardt; 4. Godsey; 5. Mosley (R); 6. Stitsworth; 7. Fisher; 8. Bechelli.
2ND HEAT: 1. Rainey; 2. Fields; 3. Barber; 4. Barrow; 5. Wilson; 6. Blackwood; 7. Feistritzer; 8. Daughtery.
3RD HEAT: 1. Blair; 2. Barnett; 3. Till (R); 4. Tays; 5. Turner; 6. Moon; 7. Ruble DNS.
4TH HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Keeton; 3. Stutts (R); 4. Hoge; 5. Ellison; 6. Walker; 7. Allen.
FEATURE RACE “SWEET 16” STARTING LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
38c Chip Brindle (R) – 87 Derrick Rainey
ROW 2:
2x Jay Blair – 56 David Gentry
ROW 3:
23 Patrick Sheltra – 16 Jeff Fields
ROW 4:
20 Steve Barnett – 34 Brandon Keeton
ROW 5:
B69 Bryan Berhardt – 81 Mark Barber
ROW 6:
44t Jim Till (R) – 302 Robert Stutts (R)
ROW 7:
14 Steve Godsey – K1 Brad Barrow
ROW 8:
8 Chris Tays – 21 Rusty Hoge
B-MAIN STARTING LINE UPS (12 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
802 Terry Mosley (R) – 10 Matthew Turner
2 Chip Stitsworth – 1 Jim Moon
9 Derek Fisher – 51 Mike Ruble
97 Mike Bechelli
2ND B-MAIN:
18 Jeff Wilson – 18 Tracy Ellison
93 Zak Blackwood – 6j Josh Walker
88 P.J. Feistritzer – T1 Tyler Allen
00 David Daughtery
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
Brindle has two wins this season in StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series competition, and Brindle set fast time and won his heat race in both of those events. Brindle started the evening on Friday by out-qualifying the 30 entrants with his first lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 15.590 seconds.
The second lap saw Brindle going for more, but he got into turn three a little bit too hot, and he spun, but the first lap was good enough for fast time honors. After starting on the pole for the first 12-lap heat race, Brindle went wire-to-wire for the win and the pole position for Saturday night’s 75-lap main event.
Joining Brindle on the front row for the big show will be StormPay.com DLMS championship contender and second 12-lap heat race winner Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA in the Hays Racing/Barto Enterprises Warrior.
Jay Blair of Angie, LA, another title contender, won the third 12-lap heat race in the All-Star Graphics Mastersbilt to grab the inside second row starting spot on the Saturday night main event.
The defending StormPay.com DLMS National Champion and current point leader David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN won the fourth 12-lap heat race in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt to get a seat for the big show from the outside of the second row. Rainey is second in the points, 24 points behind Gentry, and Blair is third, 28 points behind the point leader.
The top four finishers from Friday night’s four 12-lap heat races transferred into Saturday night’s $5,000-to-win 75-lap main event.
Following Brindle under the checkered flag in the first heat race were Patrick Sheltra of Indiantown, FL in the Sheltra and Sons Construction Rayburn, Bryan Bernhardt of Versailles, IN in the B&B Precision Moving Rocket, and Steve Godsey of Bedford, IN in the Indiana Stone Works Rayburn.
Second through fourth respectively in the second heat race behind Rainey were Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt, Mark Barber of North Vernon, IN in the Biehle Electric Mastersbilt, and Brad Barrow of Bloomington, IN in the King Distributors Rayburn.
Trailing Blair in the third heat race were Steve Barnett of Franklin, IN in the J.D. Byrider/Tony Stewart Racing Rayburn, Jim Till of Greenville, AL in the Dafor Heavy Timber Fabricators Trak-Star, and Chris Tays of Corinth, MS in the Bud Coley Trucking Rocket.
Rounding out the “Sweet 16” behind Gentry in the fourth heat race were the second through fourth-place finishers Brandon Keeton of Toomsuba, MS in the Charlotte’s Boy GRT, Robert Stutts of Murfreesboro, TN in the Bob Parks Realty Rocket, and Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN in the H&H Powersports GRT.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races on Friday night will have an opportunity to make the big show in one of two 15-lap B-Mains on Saturday night. The top finishers in the B-Mains will fill in starting positions 17 through 24.
One driver still on the outside looking in his 11-year-old Tyler Allen of Indianapolis, IN, who is trying to become the youngest driver to start a national touring dirt late model series race. The fifth-grader turned heads during time trials by turning a lap in 15.75 seconds in the Richmond Guttering Rayburn for the eighth-quick time to earn the outside front row starting spot in the fourth heat.
Allen held the second spot in the opening laps of the race, but a miscue dropped back to fifth, and then two spins on a tricky racing surface while challenging for a transfer spot ended his evening. Despite his misfortunes, the youngster said he would be back on Saturday night to try and race his way into the main event.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 19 AT TWIN CITIES RACEWAY PARK IN NORTH VERNON, IN ON 9/21/07:
QUALIFYING:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
LAP 1
LAP 2
TIME
1
38c
Chip Brindle - R
Chatsworth, GA
GRT
604
15.590
NT
15.590
2
81
Mark Barber
North Vernon, IN
Mastersbilt
604
15.750
15.650
15.650
3
2x
Jay Blair
Angie, LA
Mastersbilt
604
15.750
15.650
15.650
4
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.940
15.650
15.650
5
23
Patrick Sheltra
Indiantown, FL
Rayburn
604
15.810
15.660
15.660
6
87
Derrick Rainey
Powder Springs, GA
Warrior
604
15.690
15.730
15.690
7
1
Jim Moon
Zionsville, IN
Rocket
604
15.720
15.910
15.720
8
T1
Tyler Allen
Indianapolis, IN
Rayburn
602
15.940
15.750
15.750
9
B69
Bryan Bernhardt
Versailles, IN
Rocket
604
16.070
15.750
15.750
10
K1
Brad Barrow
Bloomington, IN
Rayburn
604
15.780
16.160
15.780
11
20
Steve Barnett
Franklin, IN
Rayburn
604
16.190
15.840
15.840
12
34
Brandon Keeton
Toomsuba, MS
GRT
604
16.000
15.870
15.870
13
9
Derek Fisher
Columbus, IN
Rayburn
602
16.340
15.870
15.870
14
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.910
15.910
15.910
15
8
Chris Tays
Corinth, MS
Rocket
604
15.970
16.130
15.970
16
21
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
604
15.970
16.120
15.970
17
802
Terry Mosley - R
Gilbertown, AL
Rocket
604
16.030
16.310
16.030
18
88
P.J. Feistritzer
Danville, KY
Rayburn
604
16.060
16.030
16.030
19
44t
Jim Till - R
Greenville, AL
Trak Star
604
16.940
16.220
16.220
20
302
Robert Stutts - R
Murfreesboro, TN
Rocket
604
16.280
16.370
16.280
21
97
Mike Bechelli
Elizabethtown, IN
Rocket
604
16.500
16.310
16.310
22
93
Zak Blackwood
Columbus, IN
Rayburn
602
16.460
16.780
16.460
23
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
16.600
16.570
16.570
24
18
Tracy Ellison
Montpelier, IN
Mastersbilt
604
16.600
16.660
16.600
25
2
Chip Stitsworth
Deputy, IN
Rocket
602
16.780
17.090
16.780
26
00
David Daughtery
Carmel, IN
Rayburn
604
17.310
16.810
16.810
27
51
Mike Ruble
Greensburg, IN
Rayburn
604
NT
NT
NT
28
6j
Josh Walker
Auquia, IN
GRT
602
16.970
18.440
NT-LT
29
14
Steve Godsey
Bedford, IN
Rayburn
604
15.940
16.130
NT-LT
30
18
Jeff Wilson
Butlerville, IN
Rayburn
604
16.970
16.220
NT-LT
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Brindle (R); 2. Sheltra; 3. Bernhardt; 4. Godsey; 5. Mosley (R); 6. Stitsworth; 7. Fisher; 8. Bechelli.
2ND HEAT: 1. Rainey; 2. Fields; 3. Barber; 4. Barrow; 5. Wilson; 6. Blackwood; 7. Feistritzer; 8. Daughtery.
3RD HEAT: 1. Blair; 2. Barnett; 3. Till (R); 4. Tays; 5. Turner; 6. Moon; 7. Ruble DNS.
4TH HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Keeton; 3. Stutts (R); 4. Hoge; 5. Ellison; 6. Walker; 7. Allen.
FEATURE RACE “SWEET 16” STARTING LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
38c Chip Brindle (R) – 87 Derrick Rainey
ROW 2:
2x Jay Blair – 56 David Gentry
ROW 3:
23 Patrick Sheltra – 16 Jeff Fields
ROW 4:
20 Steve Barnett – 34 Brandon Keeton
ROW 5:
B69 Bryan Berhardt – 81 Mark Barber
ROW 6:
44t Jim Till (R) – 302 Robert Stutts (R)
ROW 7:
14 Steve Godsey – K1 Brad Barrow
ROW 8:
8 Chris Tays – 21 Rusty Hoge
B-MAIN STARTING LINE UPS (12 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
802 Terry Mosley (R) – 10 Matthew Turner
2 Chip Stitsworth – 1 Jim Moon
9 Derek Fisher – 51 Mike Ruble
97 Mike Bechelli
2ND B-MAIN:
18 Jeff Wilson – 18 Tracy Ellison
93 Zak Blackwood – 6j Josh Walker
88 P.J. Feistritzer – T1 Tyler Allen
00 David Daughtery
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
