O'REILLY AUTO PARTS MID-AMERICA RACING SERIES
Bolivar Speedway
Friday, July 11, 2003
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
BOLIVAR MO. Bill Frye is having the same sort of hot streak Terry Phillips had earlier in the season. Frye picked up his fifth O'Reilly Auto Parts Mid-America Racing Series win of the year, and third out of the last four races. Even a fourty five minute rain delay couldn't cool off Frye prior to the feature. Frye trailed Brad Looney for the first three laps, but led after Looney had a flat tire going into turn one, starting the fourth.
Frye and Looney shared the front row of the 40 Lap Feature event. Looney was able to officially lead the first three laps, with Frye and Looney virtually side by side for that early run. Looney slowed going into turn one, with the flat, on the fourth circuit, and came to a halt in turn three, bringing out the first caution of the event. Frye inherited the lead, with Jack Sullivan, Jeff Floyd, Joey Mack, and Mike Bowers making the early top five.
Floyd shot to second on the restart, and Mack moved past Sullivan to third on lap four. Mike Brown took over the fifth spot on lap five. Joey Mack was on the move, and drove by Floyd for second in turn four on lap six.
Out front, Frye opened a 10 carlength advantage by lap seven. Brown slipped past Sullivan for fourth in turn four on lap 10. Jeff Taylor was running fifth by lap 11, while Brown bypassed Floyd for the third spot in turn two on lap 12. Taylor dove by Floyd for fourth in turn two on lap 13.
Bill Frye had opened a 1/2 straightaway advantage by lap 15. Terry Phillips, who had to qualify out of the Last Chance race, had moved to fifth by lap 16. Phillips was running the extreme high side of the track and was the fastest car on the track at this point.
Frye was starting to drive into slower cars by lap 18. Brown, Taylor, and Phillips were in a tight three way battle for third by lap 20. Taylor got the third spot, past Brown on lap 23. That pack had caught second place Joey Mack, and Taylor moved to second on the next circuit. Phillips stayed high, and rocketed past Brown and Mack, into third on lap 25.
Phillips had moved to second, past Taylor in turn four on lap 27, and quickly began to reel in Frye. Phillips had cut Frye's big lead down to 10 carlengths by lap 31. The caution flag waved on lap 33 however, as a hard crash in turn two claimed Jack Sullivan, Brad Looney, and David Gibson.
Phillips' tires cooled during the caution, and Taylor was back by him as the green flag re-appeared. Mike Brown got back around Phillips on lap 38, and Rex McCroskey, who got into the picture late in the race nipped Phillips for fourth on a photo finish.
Bill Frye came home with the win, with Jeff Taylor, Mike Brown, Rex McCroskey, and Terry Phillips making up the top five. Joey Mack, Jeff Floyd, Mike Bowers, Leslie Essary, and Jerry Buck rounded out the top ten.
Entries: 33
Top Qualifier: Bill Frye
W&W Concrete Hard Charger: Terry Phillips
Provisionals: Dewaine Hottinger (2), Charlie Randolph (3)
Lap Leaders: Brad Looney 1-3, Bill Frye 4-40
Cautions: 2
A FEATURE (40 Laps)
Finish/Driver/Start/Chassis/Motor/Brand/Money Won
1) Bill Frye, (1) GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $3,000
2) Jeff Taylor, (9) Larry Shaw/Kuntz/Taurus; $2,000
3) Mike Brown, (8) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,250
4) Rex McCroskey, (10) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,100
5) Terry Phillips, (17) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,000
6) Joey Mack, (6) GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $750
7) Jeff Floyd, (3) GRT/Kuntz/Taurus; $700
8) Mike Bowers (5) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $675
9) Leslie Essary, (18) GRT/Kuntz/Grand Prix; $650
10) Jerry Buck, (7) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $625
11) Stacy Taylor, (12) GRT/Dickens/Monte Carlo; $600
12) Chad Clark, (18) MasterSbilt/Buzzard/Grand Prix; $575
13) Steve Rushin, (15) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $550
14) Raymond Merrill, (13) GRT/Kuntz/Grand Prix; $525
15) Ken Essary, (14) Ince/Mike's/Grand Prix; $500
16) Charlie Randolph, (22) GRT/BMS/Monte Carlo; $500
17) Gary Stolba, (16) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
18) Jack Sullivan, (4) GRT/Dickens/Grand Prix; $500
19) Brad Looney, (2) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
20) David Gibson, (11) Rocket/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
21) Darrell Mooneyham, (20) Moon Brothers/Buzzard/Grand Prix; $500
22) Dewaine Hottinger, (21) GRT/Kuntz/Monte Carlo; $500
1st Heat (12 Laps) 1) Jeff Floyd, Walnut Ridge AR 2) Brad Looney, Republic MO 3) Stacy Taylor, Jacksonville AR 4) Steve Rushin, Poplar Bluff MO 5) Darrell Mooneyham, Aurora MO 6) Darrin Barton, Aurora MO 7) Jim Greenway, Galena MO 8) Charlie Randolph, Muskogee OK
2nd Heat 1) Bill Frye, Greenbriar AR 2) Joey Mack, Benton MO 3) Jeff Taylor, Batesville AR 4) David Gibson, Ash Flat AR 5) Terry Phillips, Springfield MO 6) Scott Drake, Webb City MO 7) Leslie Essary, Crane MO 8) Larry Jones, Eldorado Springs MO
3rd Heat 1) Mike Bowers, North Little Rock AR 2) Jerry Buck, Harviell MO 3) Raymond Merrill, Sallisaw OK 4) Gary Stolba, Willow Springs MO 5) Ken Essary, Cape Fair MO 6) Dewaine Hottinger, Russellville AR 7) Shane Essary, Aurora MO 8) Mike Harris, Lebanon MO
4th Heat 1) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 2) Mike Brown, Ft. Gibson OK 3) Rex McCroskey, Springfield MO 4) Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove MO 5) Chad Clark, Marshall MO 6) Dustin Mooneyham, Aurora MO 7) Will Ince, Rogersville MO 8) LeRoy Johnson, Springfield MO 9) Willard Batterton, Jasper MO
Last Chance Qualifier (15 Laps, four transfer) 1) Terry Phillips 2) Chad Clark 3) Leslie Essary 4) Darrell Mooneyham 5) Dustin Mooneyham 6) Charlie Randolph 7) Scott Drake 8) Mike Harris 9) Darrin Barton 10) Jim Greenway 11) LeRoy Johnson 12) Dewaine Hottinger 13) Larry Jones 14) Rusty Dukes
In Modified Feature action,Webb Ciy driver Tim Blackford and Jamie Ragland brought the 19 car field down for the green,with Blackford taking the early control as Ragland caught the wall on the frontstretch sidelining him for the night.Point leader Erik Maggard made the move from his third starting spot and Gary Clark was in heavy tow.With the 2 leaders swapping it back and forth,Clark ws looking for running room in third.On lap 5,Maggard made the pass in turn 2 with Blackford coming right back at him.On lap 11,Eric Turner caught the frontstretch wall while trying to avoid an incident and taking him out for the evening.It was there were the rain started coming down and the cars stayed out to save the track.After a 10 minute shower and a few minutes of packing,the feature continued with Maggard pulling away as Blackford and Clark wagged a great battle for the runner-up spot.
Burl Woods dominated the FactoryStock feature as he jumped out from his front row starting spot and left the field behind him.Point leader Sean Williams was charging hard from his 12th starting spot until troubles took him out of the action.Behind Woods was a 5 car battle for second as Brian Stewart held off repeated challanges by Josh Franklin,Quintin Day,and Cookie Blevins along with Darrin Crisler for the runner-up spot as those drivers kept swapping positions behind.At the Checkered Woods claims the win followed by a hard charging Stewart,Franklin,Day,and Blevins
In the Bomber Feature,Point Leader Jamie Wicker took control at the start unti la late race caution put Roger Flood on his bumper.with only 3 to go,Flood tries the low side several times,but Wicker Captured the victory followed closely by Flood,James Redus,Micheal Maggard,and Danny Maples.
Racing action resumes this coming Friday night with Hotlaps at 7:30 and racing at 8PM sharp in the LateModels,Modifieds,SuperStocks,Factory
Results
Modifieds
1st Ht-Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 2)Bobby Maggard Jr-Springfield 3)Jeff Cutshaw-Cross Timbers
2nd Ht-Tim Blackford-Webb City 2)Jason Meadors-Fordland 3)Eric Turner-Hermitage
3rd Ht-Erik Maggrd-Pleasant Hope 2)Gary Clark-Walker 3)Josh Hughes-West Plains
A Ft-1)E.Maggard 2)Blackford 3)Clark 4)Meadors 5)Steve Martin-Willard 6)Jason Hughes-West Plains 7)Greg Hughes-West Plains 8)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 9)JD Kelley-Walnut Grove 10)Jim Body-Joplin
FactoryStocks
1st Ht-Quintin Day-Lebanon 2)Dennis Jones-Springfield 3)Cookie Blevins-Nixa
2nd Ht-Burl Woods-Republic 2)Brian Stewart-Republic 3)Josh Franklin-Macks Creek
A Ft-1)Woods 2)Stewart 3)Frankiln 4)Day 5)Blevins 6)Darrin Crisler-Springfield 7)Steve Richardson-Monett 8)Ken Bridges-Monett 9)Jones 10)Dan Crites-Bolivar
Bombers
1st Ht-Jamie Wicker-Republic 2)Roger Flood-Aurora 3)Dusty Rhoades-Lebanon
2nd Ht-Micheal Maggard-Springfield 2)Rusty Rickard-Monett 3)James Redus-Springfield
A Ft-1)Wicker 2)Flood 3)Redus 4)Maggard 5)Danny Maples-Clever 6)Jimmy Bellamy-Aurora 7)Jeff Durr-Republic 8)Jeff Scroggins-Brookline 9)Rickard 10)Brett Mooneyham-Republic
Bolivar Speedway
Friday, July 11, 2003
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
BOLIVAR MO. Bill Frye is having the same sort of hot streak Terry Phillips had earlier in the season. Frye picked up his fifth O'Reilly Auto Parts Mid-America Racing Series win of the year, and third out of the last four races. Even a fourty five minute rain delay couldn't cool off Frye prior to the feature. Frye trailed Brad Looney for the first three laps, but led after Looney had a flat tire going into turn one, starting the fourth.
Frye and Looney shared the front row of the 40 Lap Feature event. Looney was able to officially lead the first three laps, with Frye and Looney virtually side by side for that early run. Looney slowed going into turn one, with the flat, on the fourth circuit, and came to a halt in turn three, bringing out the first caution of the event. Frye inherited the lead, with Jack Sullivan, Jeff Floyd, Joey Mack, and Mike Bowers making the early top five.
Floyd shot to second on the restart, and Mack moved past Sullivan to third on lap four. Mike Brown took over the fifth spot on lap five. Joey Mack was on the move, and drove by Floyd for second in turn four on lap six.
Out front, Frye opened a 10 carlength advantage by lap seven. Brown slipped past Sullivan for fourth in turn four on lap 10. Jeff Taylor was running fifth by lap 11, while Brown bypassed Floyd for the third spot in turn two on lap 12. Taylor dove by Floyd for fourth in turn two on lap 13.
Bill Frye had opened a 1/2 straightaway advantage by lap 15. Terry Phillips, who had to qualify out of the Last Chance race, had moved to fifth by lap 16. Phillips was running the extreme high side of the track and was the fastest car on the track at this point.
Frye was starting to drive into slower cars by lap 18. Brown, Taylor, and Phillips were in a tight three way battle for third by lap 20. Taylor got the third spot, past Brown on lap 23. That pack had caught second place Joey Mack, and Taylor moved to second on the next circuit. Phillips stayed high, and rocketed past Brown and Mack, into third on lap 25.
Phillips had moved to second, past Taylor in turn four on lap 27, and quickly began to reel in Frye. Phillips had cut Frye's big lead down to 10 carlengths by lap 31. The caution flag waved on lap 33 however, as a hard crash in turn two claimed Jack Sullivan, Brad Looney, and David Gibson.
Phillips' tires cooled during the caution, and Taylor was back by him as the green flag re-appeared. Mike Brown got back around Phillips on lap 38, and Rex McCroskey, who got into the picture late in the race nipped Phillips for fourth on a photo finish.
Bill Frye came home with the win, with Jeff Taylor, Mike Brown, Rex McCroskey, and Terry Phillips making up the top five. Joey Mack, Jeff Floyd, Mike Bowers, Leslie Essary, and Jerry Buck rounded out the top ten.
Entries: 33
Top Qualifier: Bill Frye
W&W Concrete Hard Charger: Terry Phillips
Provisionals: Dewaine Hottinger (2), Charlie Randolph (3)
Lap Leaders: Brad Looney 1-3, Bill Frye 4-40
Cautions: 2
A FEATURE (40 Laps)
Finish/Driver/Start/Chassis/Motor/Brand/Money Won
1) Bill Frye, (1) GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $3,000
2) Jeff Taylor, (9) Larry Shaw/Kuntz/Taurus; $2,000
3) Mike Brown, (8) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,250
4) Rex McCroskey, (10) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,100
5) Terry Phillips, (17) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,000
6) Joey Mack, (6) GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $750
7) Jeff Floyd, (3) GRT/Kuntz/Taurus; $700
8) Mike Bowers (5) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $675
9) Leslie Essary, (18) GRT/Kuntz/Grand Prix; $650
10) Jerry Buck, (7) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $625
11) Stacy Taylor, (12) GRT/Dickens/Monte Carlo; $600
12) Chad Clark, (18) MasterSbilt/Buzzard/Grand Prix; $575
13) Steve Rushin, (15) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $550
14) Raymond Merrill, (13) GRT/Kuntz/Grand Prix; $525
15) Ken Essary, (14) Ince/Mike's/Grand Prix; $500
16) Charlie Randolph, (22) GRT/BMS/Monte Carlo; $500
17) Gary Stolba, (16) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
18) Jack Sullivan, (4) GRT/Dickens/Grand Prix; $500
19) Brad Looney, (2) GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
20) David Gibson, (11) Rocket/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
21) Darrell Mooneyham, (20) Moon Brothers/Buzzard/Grand Prix; $500
22) Dewaine Hottinger, (21) GRT/Kuntz/Monte Carlo; $500
1st Heat (12 Laps) 1) Jeff Floyd, Walnut Ridge AR 2) Brad Looney, Republic MO 3) Stacy Taylor, Jacksonville AR 4) Steve Rushin, Poplar Bluff MO 5) Darrell Mooneyham, Aurora MO 6) Darrin Barton, Aurora MO 7) Jim Greenway, Galena MO 8) Charlie Randolph, Muskogee OK
2nd Heat 1) Bill Frye, Greenbriar AR 2) Joey Mack, Benton MO 3) Jeff Taylor, Batesville AR 4) David Gibson, Ash Flat AR 5) Terry Phillips, Springfield MO 6) Scott Drake, Webb City MO 7) Leslie Essary, Crane MO 8) Larry Jones, Eldorado Springs MO
3rd Heat 1) Mike Bowers, North Little Rock AR 2) Jerry Buck, Harviell MO 3) Raymond Merrill, Sallisaw OK 4) Gary Stolba, Willow Springs MO 5) Ken Essary, Cape Fair MO 6) Dewaine Hottinger, Russellville AR 7) Shane Essary, Aurora MO 8) Mike Harris, Lebanon MO
4th Heat 1) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 2) Mike Brown, Ft. Gibson OK 3) Rex McCroskey, Springfield MO 4) Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove MO 5) Chad Clark, Marshall MO 6) Dustin Mooneyham, Aurora MO 7) Will Ince, Rogersville MO 8) LeRoy Johnson, Springfield MO 9) Willard Batterton, Jasper MO
Last Chance Qualifier (15 Laps, four transfer) 1) Terry Phillips 2) Chad Clark 3) Leslie Essary 4) Darrell Mooneyham 5) Dustin Mooneyham 6) Charlie Randolph 7) Scott Drake 8) Mike Harris 9) Darrin Barton 10) Jim Greenway 11) LeRoy Johnson 12) Dewaine Hottinger 13) Larry Jones 14) Rusty Dukes
In Modified Feature action,Webb Ciy driver Tim Blackford and Jamie Ragland brought the 19 car field down for the green,with Blackford taking the early control as Ragland caught the wall on the frontstretch sidelining him for the night.Point leader Erik Maggard made the move from his third starting spot and Gary Clark was in heavy tow.With the 2 leaders swapping it back and forth,Clark ws looking for running room in third.On lap 5,Maggard made the pass in turn 2 with Blackford coming right back at him.On lap 11,Eric Turner caught the frontstretch wall while trying to avoid an incident and taking him out for the evening.It was there were the rain started coming down and the cars stayed out to save the track.After a 10 minute shower and a few minutes of packing,the feature continued with Maggard pulling away as Blackford and Clark wagged a great battle for the runner-up spot.
Burl Woods dominated the FactoryStock feature as he jumped out from his front row starting spot and left the field behind him.Point leader Sean Williams was charging hard from his 12th starting spot until troubles took him out of the action.Behind Woods was a 5 car battle for second as Brian Stewart held off repeated challanges by Josh Franklin,Quintin Day,and Cookie Blevins along with Darrin Crisler for the runner-up spot as those drivers kept swapping positions behind.At the Checkered Woods claims the win followed by a hard charging Stewart,Franklin,Day,and Blevins
In the Bomber Feature,Point Leader Jamie Wicker took control at the start unti la late race caution put Roger Flood on his bumper.with only 3 to go,Flood tries the low side several times,but Wicker Captured the victory followed closely by Flood,James Redus,Micheal Maggard,and Danny Maples.
Racing action resumes this coming Friday night with Hotlaps at 7:30 and racing at 8PM sharp in the LateModels,Modifieds,SuperStocks,Factory
Results
Modifieds
1st Ht-Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 2)Bobby Maggard Jr-Springfield 3)Jeff Cutshaw-Cross Timbers
2nd Ht-Tim Blackford-Webb City 2)Jason Meadors-Fordland 3)Eric Turner-Hermitage
3rd Ht-Erik Maggrd-Pleasant Hope 2)Gary Clark-Walker 3)Josh Hughes-West Plains
A Ft-1)E.Maggard 2)Blackford 3)Clark 4)Meadors 5)Steve Martin-Willard 6)Jason Hughes-West Plains 7)Greg Hughes-West Plains 8)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 9)JD Kelley-Walnut Grove 10)Jim Body-Joplin
FactoryStocks
1st Ht-Quintin Day-Lebanon 2)Dennis Jones-Springfield 3)Cookie Blevins-Nixa
2nd Ht-Burl Woods-Republic 2)Brian Stewart-Republic 3)Josh Franklin-Macks Creek
A Ft-1)Woods 2)Stewart 3)Frankiln 4)Day 5)Blevins 6)Darrin Crisler-Springfield 7)Steve Richardson-Monett 8)Ken Bridges-Monett 9)Jones 10)Dan Crites-Bolivar
Bombers
1st Ht-Jamie Wicker-Republic 2)Roger Flood-Aurora 3)Dusty Rhoades-Lebanon
2nd Ht-Micheal Maggard-Springfield 2)Rusty Rickard-Monett 3)James Redus-Springfield
A Ft-1)Wicker 2)Flood 3)Redus 4)Maggard 5)Danny Maples-Clever 6)Jimmy Bellamy-Aurora 7)Jeff Durr-Republic 8)Jeff Scroggins-Brookline 9)Rickard 10)Brett Mooneyham-Republic
