By Michael Despain
Glasgow, KY-September 24- The O'Reilly Auto Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts invaded Barren County Speedway on Friday night and Scott James of Lawrenceburg, IN scored his third career BoB win and became the 14th different winner in the 20 O'Reilly NARA BoB events so far in 2004 in a dandy of a race that saw three different leaders and three and four wide action.
Other feature winners on the evening included Josh Lucas of Bardstown, KY in Modifieds, Dave Crawford of Glasgow, KY in Pro Street, Eugene Houchens of Glasgow, KY in Pure Street, and Leymon Winchester of Cave City, KY in Chevettes/Frontrunners.
Randle Sweeney and Brad Neat would bring the field to the green flag, with Neat taking the initial lead, with Terry English taking second, with Sweeney, Bryan Barber, and Scott James in pursuit, with James taking second on lap. Jay Brinkley would roll up between cars and battle English for third, with the first caution waving on lap 5 and Johnny Wheeler would get spun in turn one to slow the pace. The double file restart would see Neat out in front, with English and Brinkley working past James to go second and third. English and Brinkley would battle for second until English would loop his mount in turn three with six laps completed. Neat would still command the field on this double file restart, with James now pressuring Brinkley for second, with Steve Barnett rolling past Aaron Hatton four fourth on lap 8, with James taking second from Brinkley on lap 9. Barnett would roll past Brinkley one lap later and then take second from James on lap 12. Meanwhile, first B-main winner Patrick Sheltra would start 13th and would roll to fourth and second B-main winner Mike Marlar would start 14th and would go to fifth on lap 15, with Marlar taking fourth one round later. Barnett would now pressure Neat for the lead and would take the top spot off of turn two on lap 21 as the field got into heavy slower traffic. James would roll up on the outside of the lead pair to make it a three way battle for the lead on lap 24, with Sheltra passing Marlar and Sheltra would join the mix and the quartet of James, Barnett, Neat, and Sheltra would go four-wide for the lead off of turn two on lap 25, with Marlar just a couple car lengths off of this battle. The caution would wave on lap 27 as Wheeler had rolled to a stop in turn four. The restart would see Barnett on the point with James second, followed by Neat, Sheltra, and Marlar as Victor Lee and Jeff Watson would spin on the restart in turn two. The restart would see James step to the outside of Barnett and James would take lead from Barnett on lap 29. Sheltra would take third on lap 32 and then roll up on Barnett and take second from Barnett on lap 36. Sheltra would charge on James but would come up short by about three car lengths as James would take the win in his Powell Motorsports, Baylor Trucking, Franks Industries, Welsh Excavating, James Art Design, Hoosier Tire, Stealth Carbs, AFCO sponsored #83. The rest of the top five would be Sheltra, Barnett, Marlar, and Neat. Completing the top ten would be Mike Jewell, Aaron Hatton, Brinkley, Dion Deason, and 24th starting Victor Lee. Thirty-seven entries saw James set Racing Optics/Russell Baker Race Engines fast time at 13.47 seconds. Crown Spray Power heat wins went to English, Barber, Neat, and Sweeney. Sheltra and Marlar won the O'Reilly Auto Parts B-mains. Tyrel Todd and Doug Smith were series provisionals, with Jeff Watson and Billy Dever taking track provisionals.
Josh Lucas would lead the way in scoring his first Barren County win in the 20 lap Modified main event in the Gerald and Rita Lucas owned National City Bank, Lucas Oil Products, The Car Pool, Riggs Electric, Family Chiropractic, Sidney's Grill, Betty Seng Insurance #78 Lightning Chassis, Dale Meers Race Engines powered entry. Don Adams would take second, with Kelly Warren going third. Justin Ratliff and Ryan Hogue would complete the top five. Rounding out the top ten would be Jordan Matthews, Josh Belcher, Roger Vincent, Butch Shay, and Kelly Riggs. Heat wins went to Lucas and Warren.
Dave Crawford would win his first Pro Street feature of the season in his Pharmacy Express of Glasgow, Bailey's Race Engine, Quick Fuel Carbs #29 mount. Clarksville Speedway track champion Brian Caudle would take runner-up honors, with Dave Huff, Robert Houchens, and Clifton Wheeler rounding out the top five. Completing the top ten were Daryl Butler, Robert Davis, Jimmy Lyon, Ronnie Rogers, and Thomas Uptegraft.
Heat wins were taken by Crawford and Wheeler.
Eugene Houchens would grab the lead around the midpoint of the 15 lap Pure Street feature and take the win in his Lyon Towing, Houchens Racing, Hillbilly Racing Technology #05 entry. Greg Brooks, Garnett Eldridge, David York, and Nathan Wells would make up the rest of the top five. The second set of five would be Bryant Wilson, Sr., Scott Hunn, Thomas Sutton, Nathan Butler, and Ricky Wilson.
Leymon Winchester would make a last lap pass to take the Chevette/Frontrunner feature win in his unsponsored #55 mount. Donald Winchester, Jeremy Griggs, Mike Todd, and Brandon Pierson completed the top five. The rest of the top ten were Lloyd McCoy, Brian Hamilton, Jerry Jackson, Richard Davis, and Bradley Matthews.
SUMMARY-Barren County Speedway-Glasgow, KY-September 24, 2004
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCars (37 entries)
Racing Optics/Russell Baker Race Engines Fast Time- Scott James 13.47
Crown Spray Power 1st Heat- Terry English, James, Johnny Wheeler, Tommy Carlton
Crown Spray Power 2nd Heat- Bryan Barber, Aaron Hatton, Jay Brinkley, Patrick Sheltra
Crown Spray Power 3rd Heat- Brad Neat, Victor Lee, Mike Jewell, Spencer Watson
Crown Spray Power 4th Heat- Randle Sweeney, Steve Barnett, Michael England, Mike Marlar
O'Reilly Auto Parts 1st B-Main: Sheltra, Carlton, Dion Deason, Chris Carlson, Joey Kramer
O'Reilly Auto Parts 2nd B-Main: Marlar, Dennis Selby, Tim Tungate, Tony Morris, Frankie Coomer
Series Provisionals- Tyrel Todd and Doug Smith
Track Provisionals- Jeff Watson and Billy Dever
Lucas Oil A-Main: James, Sheltra, Barnett, Marlar, Neat, Jewell, Hatton, Brinkley, Deason, Lee, Todd, Tungate, Carlson, England, Carlton, Morris, Watson, Dever, Smith, Selby, Sweeney, Wheeler, English, Barber
MODIFIEDS (20 entries)
1st Heat- Josh Lucas, Butch Shay, Roger Vincent, Jason Riney
2nd Heat- Kelly Warren, Justin Ratliff, Don Adams, Ryan Hogue
Feature- Lucas, Adams, Warren, Ratliff, Hogue, Jordan Matthews, Josh Belcher, Vincent, Shay, Kelly Riggs, Rocky Wilson, Chuck Freeman, Riney, Ricky Huff, William Sanders, Stacey York, Terry Edward, Dan Beasley (DNS- Bill Geiger, Jeff Jones)
PRO STREET (12 entries)
1st Heat- Dave Crawford, Brian Caudle, Dave Huff, Daryl Butler
2nd Heat- Clifton Wheeler, Larry Greer, Terrelton Young, Jimmy Lyon
Feature- Crawford, Caudle, Huff, Robert Houchens, Wheeler, Butler, Robert Davis, Lyon, Ronnie Rogers, Thomas Uptegraft, Greer, Young
PURE STREET (15 entries)
1st Heat- Eugene Houchens, Josh Allen, Thomas Sutton, Bryant Wilson, Sr.
2nd Heat- Greg Brooks, Garnett Eldridge, Tyler Young, David York
Feature- Houchens, Brooks, Eldridge, York, Nathan Wells, Bryant Wilson, Sr., Scott Hunn, Sutton, Nathan Butler, Ricky Wilson, Allen, Charles Benham, Rodney Cooper, Young (DNS- Terry Kelsay)
CHEVETTE/FRONTRUNNERS (11 entries)
Chevette Heat- Jeremy Griggs, Donald Winchester, Leymon Winchester, Bradley Matthews
Frontrunner Heat- Mike Todd, Richard Davis, Brandon Pierson, Lloyd McCoy
Feature- Leymon Winchester, Donald Winchester, Griggs, Todd, Pierson, McCoy, Brian Hamilton, Jerry Jackson, Davis, Matthews, Mark McFall
Glasgow, KY-September 24- The O'Reilly Auto Parts NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Arizona Sport Shirts invaded Barren County Speedway on Friday night and Scott James of Lawrenceburg, IN scored his third career BoB win and became the 14th different winner in the 20 O'Reilly NARA BoB events so far in 2004 in a dandy of a race that saw three different leaders and three and four wide action.
Other feature winners on the evening included Josh Lucas of Bardstown, KY in Modifieds, Dave Crawford of Glasgow, KY in Pro Street, Eugene Houchens of Glasgow, KY in Pure Street, and Leymon Winchester of Cave City, KY in Chevettes/Frontrunners.
Randle Sweeney and Brad Neat would bring the field to the green flag, with Neat taking the initial lead, with Terry English taking second, with Sweeney, Bryan Barber, and Scott James in pursuit, with James taking second on lap. Jay Brinkley would roll up between cars and battle English for third, with the first caution waving on lap 5 and Johnny Wheeler would get spun in turn one to slow the pace. The double file restart would see Neat out in front, with English and Brinkley working past James to go second and third. English and Brinkley would battle for second until English would loop his mount in turn three with six laps completed. Neat would still command the field on this double file restart, with James now pressuring Brinkley for second, with Steve Barnett rolling past Aaron Hatton four fourth on lap 8, with James taking second from Brinkley on lap 9. Barnett would roll past Brinkley one lap later and then take second from James on lap 12. Meanwhile, first B-main winner Patrick Sheltra would start 13th and would roll to fourth and second B-main winner Mike Marlar would start 14th and would go to fifth on lap 15, with Marlar taking fourth one round later. Barnett would now pressure Neat for the lead and would take the top spot off of turn two on lap 21 as the field got into heavy slower traffic. James would roll up on the outside of the lead pair to make it a three way battle for the lead on lap 24, with Sheltra passing Marlar and Sheltra would join the mix and the quartet of James, Barnett, Neat, and Sheltra would go four-wide for the lead off of turn two on lap 25, with Marlar just a couple car lengths off of this battle. The caution would wave on lap 27 as Wheeler had rolled to a stop in turn four. The restart would see Barnett on the point with James second, followed by Neat, Sheltra, and Marlar as Victor Lee and Jeff Watson would spin on the restart in turn two. The restart would see James step to the outside of Barnett and James would take lead from Barnett on lap 29. Sheltra would take third on lap 32 and then roll up on Barnett and take second from Barnett on lap 36. Sheltra would charge on James but would come up short by about three car lengths as James would take the win in his Powell Motorsports, Baylor Trucking, Franks Industries, Welsh Excavating, James Art Design, Hoosier Tire, Stealth Carbs, AFCO sponsored #83. The rest of the top five would be Sheltra, Barnett, Marlar, and Neat. Completing the top ten would be Mike Jewell, Aaron Hatton, Brinkley, Dion Deason, and 24th starting Victor Lee. Thirty-seven entries saw James set Racing Optics/Russell Baker Race Engines fast time at 13.47 seconds. Crown Spray Power heat wins went to English, Barber, Neat, and Sweeney. Sheltra and Marlar won the O'Reilly Auto Parts B-mains. Tyrel Todd and Doug Smith were series provisionals, with Jeff Watson and Billy Dever taking track provisionals.
Josh Lucas would lead the way in scoring his first Barren County win in the 20 lap Modified main event in the Gerald and Rita Lucas owned National City Bank, Lucas Oil Products, The Car Pool, Riggs Electric, Family Chiropractic, Sidney's Grill, Betty Seng Insurance #78 Lightning Chassis, Dale Meers Race Engines powered entry. Don Adams would take second, with Kelly Warren going third. Justin Ratliff and Ryan Hogue would complete the top five. Rounding out the top ten would be Jordan Matthews, Josh Belcher, Roger Vincent, Butch Shay, and Kelly Riggs. Heat wins went to Lucas and Warren.
Dave Crawford would win his first Pro Street feature of the season in his Pharmacy Express of Glasgow, Bailey's Race Engine, Quick Fuel Carbs #29 mount. Clarksville Speedway track champion Brian Caudle would take runner-up honors, with Dave Huff, Robert Houchens, and Clifton Wheeler rounding out the top five. Completing the top ten were Daryl Butler, Robert Davis, Jimmy Lyon, Ronnie Rogers, and Thomas Uptegraft.
Heat wins were taken by Crawford and Wheeler.
Eugene Houchens would grab the lead around the midpoint of the 15 lap Pure Street feature and take the win in his Lyon Towing, Houchens Racing, Hillbilly Racing Technology #05 entry. Greg Brooks, Garnett Eldridge, David York, and Nathan Wells would make up the rest of the top five. The second set of five would be Bryant Wilson, Sr., Scott Hunn, Thomas Sutton, Nathan Butler, and Ricky Wilson.
Leymon Winchester would make a last lap pass to take the Chevette/Frontrunner feature win in his unsponsored #55 mount. Donald Winchester, Jeremy Griggs, Mike Todd, and Brandon Pierson completed the top five. The rest of the top ten were Lloyd McCoy, Brian Hamilton, Jerry Jackson, Richard Davis, and Bradley Matthews.
SUMMARY-Barren County Speedway-Glasgow, KY-September 24, 2004
O'Reilly NARA Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCars (37 entries)
Racing Optics/Russell Baker Race Engines Fast Time- Scott James 13.47
Crown Spray Power 1st Heat- Terry English, James, Johnny Wheeler, Tommy Carlton
Crown Spray Power 2nd Heat- Bryan Barber, Aaron Hatton, Jay Brinkley, Patrick Sheltra
Crown Spray Power 3rd Heat- Brad Neat, Victor Lee, Mike Jewell, Spencer Watson
Crown Spray Power 4th Heat- Randle Sweeney, Steve Barnett, Michael England, Mike Marlar
O'Reilly Auto Parts 1st B-Main: Sheltra, Carlton, Dion Deason, Chris Carlson, Joey Kramer
O'Reilly Auto Parts 2nd B-Main: Marlar, Dennis Selby, Tim Tungate, Tony Morris, Frankie Coomer
Series Provisionals- Tyrel Todd and Doug Smith
Track Provisionals- Jeff Watson and Billy Dever
Lucas Oil A-Main: James, Sheltra, Barnett, Marlar, Neat, Jewell, Hatton, Brinkley, Deason, Lee, Todd, Tungate, Carlson, England, Carlton, Morris, Watson, Dever, Smith, Selby, Sweeney, Wheeler, English, Barber
MODIFIEDS (20 entries)
1st Heat- Josh Lucas, Butch Shay, Roger Vincent, Jason Riney
2nd Heat- Kelly Warren, Justin Ratliff, Don Adams, Ryan Hogue
Feature- Lucas, Adams, Warren, Ratliff, Hogue, Jordan Matthews, Josh Belcher, Vincent, Shay, Kelly Riggs, Rocky Wilson, Chuck Freeman, Riney, Ricky Huff, William Sanders, Stacey York, Terry Edward, Dan Beasley (DNS- Bill Geiger, Jeff Jones)
PRO STREET (12 entries)
1st Heat- Dave Crawford, Brian Caudle, Dave Huff, Daryl Butler
2nd Heat- Clifton Wheeler, Larry Greer, Terrelton Young, Jimmy Lyon
Feature- Crawford, Caudle, Huff, Robert Houchens, Wheeler, Butler, Robert Davis, Lyon, Ronnie Rogers, Thomas Uptegraft, Greer, Young
PURE STREET (15 entries)
1st Heat- Eugene Houchens, Josh Allen, Thomas Sutton, Bryant Wilson, Sr.
2nd Heat- Greg Brooks, Garnett Eldridge, Tyler Young, David York
Feature- Houchens, Brooks, Eldridge, York, Nathan Wells, Bryant Wilson, Sr., Scott Hunn, Sutton, Nathan Butler, Ricky Wilson, Allen, Charles Benham, Rodney Cooper, Young (DNS- Terry Kelsay)
CHEVETTE/FRONTRUNNERS (11 entries)
Chevette Heat- Jeremy Griggs, Donald Winchester, Leymon Winchester, Bradley Matthews
Frontrunner Heat- Mike Todd, Richard Davis, Brandon Pierson, Lloyd McCoy
Feature- Leymon Winchester, Donald Winchester, Griggs, Todd, Pierson, McCoy, Brian Hamilton, Jerry Jackson, Davis, Matthews, Mark McFall
