Shannon Babb takes Topless 100 Win!

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11th Annual Comp Cams Topless 100
Friday, Saturday; August 15-16, 2003

by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR

LOCUST GROVE AR. Shannon Babb picked up the $42,000 top prize in the 11th Annual Comp Cams Topless 100. Babb took the lead from Dan Schlieper on a lap 54 restart, and went the rest of the way in taking the win. Scott Bloomquist lead the first 42 laps, but got turned around on a restart. Dan Schlieper was the race leader from that point until Babb took over on lap 54. There were seven cautions in the race, and twelve cars finished on the lead lap.

Scott Bloomquist held the pole, with Bill Frye to his outside. Frye fell back as the green appeared, but the race had just gotten off to a good start when Peyton Taylor brought out the caution on lap two, stalled in turn four.

Schlieper, Babb, Dale McDowell, and Ray Cook followed Bloomquist on the restart. Cook shot past McDowell as the field took the green flag, then Frye was past McDowell to take fifth.

Bloomquist was ten carlenghts ahead of Schlieper by lap seven. Frye got under Cook for fourth in turn four on lap 12. Out front Bloomquist was already starting to lap back markers by lap 13. Bloomquist was in heavy traffic by lap 16, which allowed Schlieper to start to close back in by lap 20. Bloomquist's lead was down to five carlenghts by lap 25.

Bloomquist had cleared one batch of slower cars, but was back in heavy traffic again by lap 32. Schlieper was knocking on Bloomquists back door on lap 36, and Babb had also closed up on Schlieper, making for a tight three way battle for the lead by lap 38.

Terry Phillips brought out the caution on lap 42, as he was hard into the wall in turn two. Some contact on the restart between Bloomquist and Schlieper sent Bloomquist spinning in turn four, not allowing the race to restart. The contact occured as some bumping started further back in the field, and Schlieper was bumped into Bloomquist from behind.

Schlieper would pace the field on the restart. Frye got past Babb on the restart, while Shane Clanton worked up to fourth and Ray Cook fifth. Schlieper was fifthteen carlengths over Frye by lap 50. Schlieper was coming up on traffic, but Billy Moyer brought out the caution on lap 54 as he was stalled in turn four.

Babb was on the outside of Frye on the restart, and vaulted past Frye and Schlieper into the lead as the green flag waved. Wendell Wallace shot into fourth, but the caution flag waved one lap into the restart as Gary Stolba and Shane Harris tangled on the frontstretch.

Steve Francis was on the move on the next restart, into fifth, then past Wallace to fourth in turn four. The yellow waved again on lap 60 for Brian Birkhofer who was pulled up in turn four.

Francis had something go sour on the restart, and Wallace and Bloomquist were by. Wallace drove past Schlieper into third in turn four on lap 61. Francis brought out another caution on lap 62 as he stopped on the backstretch.

Wallace improved another spot on the restart, to second past Frye. Babb had edged out ahead of Wallace by lap 66. Bloomquist worked past Schlieper to fourth in turn two on lap 67.

Babb was pulling away from the field, and had a half straightaway advantage by lap 70. Babb was looking at traffic when the yellow flag waved on lap 71 for Dewaine Hottinger, who had a broken rear suspension.

Babb had roared back out to a 15 carlenght advantage by lap 75, and was a half straightaway ahead, working traffic by lap 80. Babb was working some very heavy traffic by lap 88, and Wallace had been able to work back to within ten carlenghts. Babb had cleared his obsticles by lap 95, when Gary Stolba brought out the yellow on lap 97 as he was spun in turn four.

Shannon Babb lead the final three laps, and came home with the win. Wendell Wallace, Bill Frye, Scott Bloomquist, and Matt Miller made up the top five. Dan Schlieper, Ray Cook, Billy Moyer, Freddy Smith, and Steve Francis rounded out the top ten.

Brandon Smith claimed Friday's modified feature. Larry Shaw Race Cars and Performance Autoplex added money, so Smith took home $800. Kevin Salter, Jason Wilkey, Richie Tosh, and Wayne Brooks rounded out the top five.

Peyton Taylor notched Saturday's modified feature win. Larry Shaw, Performance Autoplex, and Mark Greer added money, making the feature win worth $1,300 to Taylor. Wayne Brooks, Randy Zimmerman, Jason Wilkey, and Jared Landers rounded out the top five.


11th Annual Comp Cams Topless 100

Finish/Start/Driver/Money Won

1) (5) Shannon Babb, $42,000
2) (10) Wendell Wallace, $20,000
3) (2) Bill Frye, $10,000
4) (1) Scott Bloomquist, $6,000
5) (15) Matt Miller, $5,000
6) (3) Dan Schlieper, $4,750
7) (7) Ray Cook, $4,500
8) (11) Billy Moyer, $4,250
9) (24) Freddy Smith, $4,000
10) (12) Steve Francis, $3,800
11) (6) Shane Clanton, $3,600
12) (16) Gary Stolba, $3,400
13) (17) Shane Harris, $3,200
14) (18) Richie Tosh, $3,000
15) (22) Jeep Van Wormer, $2,900
16) (19) Jack Sullivan, $2,800
17) (20) Peyton Taylor, $2,700
18) (14) Chris Madden, $2,600
19) (23) Dewaine Hottinger, $2,500
20) (25) Jeff Taylor, $2,400
21) (9) Brian Birkhofer, $2,300
22) (21) Rick Eckert, $2,200
23) (13) Stacy Taylor, $2,100
24) (8) Terry Phillips, $2,000
25) (4) Dale McDowell, $2,000

Qualifying

1) Steve Francis-14.091
2) Billy Moyer-14.185
3) Mike Brown-14.230
4) Brian Birkhofer-14.263
5) Scott Bloomquist-14.266
6) Ray Cook-14.355
7) Shannon Babb-14.369
8) Peyton Taylor-14.381
9) Dan Schlieper-14.429
10) Rick Eckert-14.435
11) Terry Phillips-14.450
12) Stacy Taylor-14.473
13) Richie Tosh-14.486
14) Shane Clanton-14.487
15) Jack Sullivan-14.492
16) Matt Miller-14.492
17) Skip Arp-14.498
18) Jeff Smith-14.509
19) Jimmy Owens-14.535
20) Jon Mitchell-14.542
21) Wendell Wallace-14.542
22) Dale McDowell-14.547
23) Robert Utz-14.547
24) Bill Frye-14.560
25) Bronson Berry-14.579
26) Cliff Williams-14.584
27) Jerry Buck-14.588
28) Bryan Mitchell-14.590
29) Duke Whiseant-14.595
30) Raymond Merrill-14.597
31) David Gibson-14.603
32) Jeff Chanler-14.613
33) Al Purkey-14.631
34) Gary Stolba-14.641
35) Garrett Durrett-14.679
36) Kenny Merchant-14.680
37) Leslie Essary-14.717
38) Donnie Barnhart-14.720
39) Freddy Smith-14.735
40) Jason Snodgrass-14.741
41) Stacy Caldwell-14.746
42) Randy Korte-14.772
43) Jerry Inmon-14.793
44) Anthony Rushing-14.804
45) Edwin Wells-14.824
46) Darrell Lanigan-14.826
47) Charlie Ranolph-14.828
48) Steve Russell-14.842
49) Brandon Ball-14.853
50) Steve Rushin-14.888
51) Brandon King-14.915
52) Jeep Van Wormer-14.927
53) Jimmy Holland-14.938
54) Greg Herron-14.945
55) Jimmy Mars-14.967
56) Chris Madden-14.983
57) Jamie Elam-15.003
58) Scott Drake-15.016
59) Stacy Holmes-15.088
60) Jason Cliburn-15.101
61) Chris Tayes-15.157
62) Scott Slay-15.164
63) Johnny Lancaster-15.206
64) Stan Amacher-15.257
65) Jeff Taylor-15.360
66) Eric Conner-15.371
67) Johnny Johnson-15.386
68) Dewaine Hottinger-15.408
69) David Brazeale-15.421
70) Bryan Millican-15.429
71) Robbie Starnes-15.431
72) Odie Green-15.447
73) Marcus Minga-15.462
74) Kenneth Crowe-15.501
75) Dean Carpenter-15.615
76) Travis Mears-15.636
77) Shane Harris-15.653
78) Doug Showah-15.823
79) Dewayne Kiefer-15.833
80) Brook Phillips-16.877
81) Jason Hood-16.925
82) Charles Wright-18.221
83) Dustin Billingsly-DQ
84) Jerry Walker-DQ
85) Lonnie Richardson-NT
86) Lyle Seltmen-DQ
87) Brian Holliway-DQ

1st Heat (20 Laps, three transfer) 1) Bill Frye, Greenbriar AR 2) Ray Cook, Brasstown NC 3) Stacy Taylor, Jacksonville AR 4) Leslie Essary, Crane MO 5) Jimmy Mars, Elk Mound WI 6) Bronson Berry, Huntington TN 7) David Gibson, Ash Flat AR 8) Brandon Ball, West Plains MO 9) Johnny Johnson, West Burlington IA 10) Chris Tayes, Corinth MS 11) Jerry Inmon, Bruce MS 12) Marcus Minga, Shannon MS 13) Dewayne Kiefer, Bloomsdale MO 14) Jeff Smith, Dallas NC 15) Lonnie Richardson, Paris TX

2nd Heat 1) Scott Bloomquist, Moresburg TN 2) Terry Phillips, Springfield MO 3) Chris Madden, Grays Court NC 4) Dewaine Hottinger, Russellville AR 5) Donnie Barnhart, North Little Rock AR 6) Jeff Chanler, Minden LA 7) Steve Rushin, Poplar Bluff MO 8) Scott Slay, Jackson MS 9) Brook Phillips, Wichita KS 10) Robert Utz, Kosciusko MS 11) Cliff Williams, Star MS 12) Lyle Seltmann, Colliersville TN 13) Anthony Rushing, Kosciusko MS 14) Kenneth Crowe, Port Allen LA 15) Skip Arp, Georgetown TN

3rd Heat 1) Dale McDowell, Rossville GA 2) Brian Birkhofer, Muscatine IA 3) Matt Miller, Watertown OH 4) Rick Eckert, York PA 5) Al Purkey, Coffeyville KS 6) Jerry Buck, Harviell MO 7) Freddy Smith, Seymore TN 8) Brandon King, Decatur AL 9) Jamie Elam, Hernando MS 10) David Brazeale, Four Corners MS 11) Edwin Wells, Morrilton AR 12) Dean Carpenter, Coldwater MS 13) Johnny Lancaster, Coldwater MS 14) Jasen Hood, Atoka TN 15) Brian Holliway, Sheridan AR

4th Heat 1) Dan Schlieper, Franklin WI 2) Wendell Wallace, Batesville AR 3) Gary Stolba, Willow Springs MO 4) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 5) Darrell Lanigan, Union KY 6) Jeep Van Wormer, Pinconning MI 7) Jason Snodgrass, Mountain Home AR 8) Scott Drake, Webb City MO 9) Stan Amacher, Tullahoma TN 10) Bryan Michael, Florence AL 11) Bryan Millican, Cleveland TX 12) Mike Brown, Ft. Gibson OK 13) Travis Mears, Newport AR (scratch: Charles Wright)

5th Heat 1) Shane Clanton, Locust Grove GA 2) Billy Moyer, Batesville AR 3) Shane Harris, Sheridan AR 4) Peyton Taylor, Desha AR 5) Jeff Taylor, Pleasant Plains AR 6) Duke Whiseant, Texarkana AR 7) Jon Mitchell, Texarkana TX 8) Garrett Durrett, Simsboro LA 9) Stacy Holmes, Munford AL 10) Robbie Starnes, Baytown TX 11) Dustin Billingsley, Crawfordsville AR 12) Jimmy Holland, Southhaven MS 13) Charlie Randolph, Muskogee OK (scratch: Stacy Caldwell)

6th Heat 1) Shannon Babb, Mowequa IL 2) Steve Francis, Ashland KY 3) Richie Tosh, Salado AR 4) Raymond Merrill, Sallisaw OK 5) Jimmy Owens, Newport TN 6) Randy Korte, Highland IL 7) Steve Russell, Pontotoc MS 8) Kenny Merchant, Ruston LA 9) Odie Green, Fouke AR 10) Jason Cliburn, Florence MS 11) Eric Conner, Amity AR 12) Dough Showah, Indiaola MS 13) Greg Herron, Little Rock AR 14) Jerry Walker, Southhaven MS

Pole Dash (6 Laps, sets top three rows in feature) 1) Scott Bloomquist 2) Bill Frye 3) Dan Schlieper 4) Dale McDowell 5) Shannon Babb 6) Shane Clanton

1st Last Chance Qualifier (20 Laps, two transfer) 1) Jack Sullivan 2) Jeep Van Wormer 3) Jimmy Mars 4) David Gibson 5) Brandon Ball 6) Bryon Michael 7) Chris Tayes 8) Jerry Inmon 9) Travis Mears 10) Dewayne Kiefer 11) Bryan Millican 12) Jason Snodgrass 13) Bronson Berry 14) Charles Wright 15) Leslie Essary 16) Lonnie Richardson 17) Stan Amacher 18) Mike Brown 19) Johnny Johnson 20) Scott Drake

2nd Last Chance Qualifier 1) Peyton Taylor 2) Dewaine Hottinger 3) Steve Rushin 4) Duke Whiseant 5) Charlie Randolph 6) Garrett Durrett 7) Robbie Starnes 8) Brook Phillips 9) Jimmy Holland 10) Cliff Williams 11) Lyle Selltmann 12) Jon Mitchell 13) Jeff Taylor 14) Robert Utz 15) Dustin Billingsly 16) Donnie Barnhart 17) Scott Slay

3rd Last Chance Qualifier 1) Rick Eckert 2) Freddy Smith 3) Brian Holliway 4) Jerry Buck 5) Raymond Merrill 6) Jason Cliburn 7) Greg Herron 8) Eric Conner 9) Steve Russell 10) Johnny Lancaster 11) Jerry Walker 12) Dean Carpenter 13) Doug Showah 14) Odie Green 15) David Brazeale 16) Jasen Hood 17) Al Purkey 18) Brandon King 19) Jamie Elam 20) Jimmie Owens
 




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