By Roby Helm
PADUCAH, KY - Four-time series champion Scott Bloomquist of
Mooresburg, TN drove to his third Xtreme DirtCar Series win of the season Monday night in the 50-lap main event at Paducah International Raceway. Bloomquist took the lead on lap seven, and then held off a late race challenge to post his 92nd XDCS career win in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/Custom Taurus.
After taking the lead from Terry English of Benton, KY, Bloomquist
opened up a full straightaway lead at one point in the race. The defending and two-time series champion Rick Eckert of York, PA took over the second spot on lap 39, and closed to within three car-lengths of Bloomquist at the checkered flag in front of a packed house.
"We've been trying some different shock and spring combinations with this car during the past few races, and I think we've found something that works well," Bloomquist said. "The car could run the middle groove and was really good from the center of the turns and off, while everyone else seemed to run a little tighter."
The $10,700 victory brought Bloomquist's "Drive For Five Alive" as he jumped from sixth to second in the point standings, and is now 99 points behind point leader Jimmy Mars of Elk Mound, WI.
Mars had a disastrous main event in his Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo. After starting from the pole position, Mars forgot to pull in the anchor on his ship, and he dropped through the pack to finish 13th. This ends Mars' streak of consecutive top ten finishes at 12.
Eckert got close at the end while Bloomquist worked through lapped traffic, but had to settle for second in the Raye Vest/Petroff Towing Rocket/Cornett Taurus. Eckert moved from fifth to third in points, nine points behind Bloomquist, as Eckert tries to become the first driver in series history to win three straight championships.
Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN had an up and down night in the Petroff Towing Rayburn/Pro Power Monte Carlo. After starting third, O'Neal dropped back to seventh early in the race, used the outside groove to climb back up to second spot, but ended up the race where he started in the third position.
Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA only went in one direction throughout the race, and that was forward. Birkhofer started 17th, and drove his Seubert Calf Ranches Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo to the fourth spot at the checkered flag to earn the $100 Advance Auto Parts Hard Charger of the Race Award. Birkhofer remains fourth in points, one point behind Eckert.
Randy Korte of Highland, IL had better luck on the track than getting to the speedway on Monday. Korte arrived late at the track after his transporter overturned just one mile from the pit gate. Korte's Mid-Continental Fuels Rocket/Race Tech Grand Prix escaped damage in the highway accident and carried him to a fifth-place finish. Everyone in the rig escaped injury.
Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH finished sixth in the QPI Tools Dirt
Ripper Monte Carlo, and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY brought the
Valvoline/Mopar Parts Rocket/Stanton Intrepid home in the seventh spot. Francis dropped from third to fifth in the points chase, 11 points behind Birkhofer.
The 1997 series champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR finished eighth in the J&J Steel Mastersbilt/Dickens Monte Carlo, and early race leader English took the ninth spot in the Petroff Towing/AAA Fence Rayburn/Runyon Monte Carlo. Billy Drake of Bloomington, IL rounded out the top ten in the Creative Kitchens Mastersbilt/Mullvain Grand Prix.
English grabbed the lead at the start of the race from the outside
front row followed by Bloomquist from the fourth starting spot, Mars, Joe Morris of Galatia, IL in the Morris Excavating Rocket/Runyon, Monte Carlo, Eckert and Korte. Morris drove under Mars for the third spot coming off the fourth turn on lap three, while Korte got around Eckert for fifth.
By lap five, English and Bloomquist began to pull away from the rest of the field with English running the high side, and Bloomquist working down on the bottom of the track. Behind the leaders, Korte drove inside Morris down the backstretch to take over the third spot.
Bloomquist worked inside English on lap six, and the pair raced
side-by-side for the next two laps, before Bloomquist had the lead outright by lap eight. With ten laps in the books, it was Bloomquist followed by English, Korte, Mars, Morris, Moran, Eckert, O'Neal, Matt Miller of Waterville, OH, and Randy Sellars of Mayfield, KY.
The first of only two cautions flag came out on lap 17 when Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR stalled the J&J Steel GRT/Craft Taurus in turn three. Wallace would return to the track for the double-file restart, as Bloomquist brought the field down for the green flag with English, Korte, Mars, Eckert, Moran, O'Neal, Francis, Miller, and Sellars in tow.
O'Neal used the double-file restart to his advantage, jumping from seventh to fourth riding the razor thin cushion near the wall, and coming off the fourth turn, Korte drove around English for the second spot. Morris had quickly faded out of the top ten before the caution flag came out, and he called it a night on lap 20.
At the halfway point, Bloomquist had a full straightaway lead on Korte, when O'Neal got busy on the high side of the track, and passed Korte for second. Debris on the front straightaway lit up the caution lamp for the second and final time on lap 26. During the caution period, Wallace retired from the event.
At the halfway point restart, Bloomquist led O'Neal, Korte, Eckert,
English, Moran, Francis, Birkhofer, Sellars in the RJS Automotive
Rayburn/Sellars Monte Carlo, and Moyer. The green flag action saw English move back around Eckert and Korte to reclaim the third spot, and by lap 28, Birkhofer was up to the sixth spot.
Bloomquist and O'Neal began to pull away from the field on lap 30, but behind them, a three-wide battle was being waged for the third spot on lap 34 with Korte on the bottom of the track, Eckert in the middle groove, and English rim riding. Eckert established himself in the third spot on lap 35, and began to close in on O'Neal.
Eckert got around O'Neal for the second spot on lap 39, but Bloomquist had again pulled out to a full straightaway advantage. With less than ten laps to go, Eckert began to chip away at the big lead Bloomquist had enjoyed for the most part of the race. On lap 46, Birkhofer, like Eckert, was on the move, as he passed Korte for the fourth spot.
With three laps to go, Bloomquist came upon heavy lapped traffic, as Eckert closed in. Three car-lengths was as close as Eckert would get, as O'Neal just edged Birkhofer for the third spot. There 21 of the 24 starters in the race still running at the end.
Steve Shaver of Parkersburg, WV was the Ringers Gloves Fast Qualifier among the 37 entrants, turning a lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 15.885 second for an average speed of 84.986 miles per hour driving the Bill Bland Towing/The Farm Used Auto Parts Rocket/Malcuit Monte Carlo.
Bloomquist, English, and Mars won the first three eight-lap heat races, and O'Neal picked up the $100 JE Pistons Bonus Award with a fourth heat race win. Mars earned the pole position for the main event by winning the four-lap Action Performance Dash with English, O'Neal, and Bloomquist trailing at the checkered flag.
Birkhofer won the first 10-lap consolation race, and the 1996 series champion Freddy Smith of Knoxville, TN took the second consy driving the White Oak Motorsports Warrior/Gaerte Intrepid. Miller was the Lucas Oil Rookie of the Race driving the McCullough Motorsports Rocket/Russell Baker Grand Prix.
The next event for the Xtreme DirtCar Series will be Wednesday night at Kankakee Motor Speedway in Kankakee, IL for the continuation of the postponed May 9 show. The program will picked up at 7 p.m. after 6 p.m. hot laps with the continuation of the first consy with two laps in the books.
That will be followed by the Action Performance Dash, the second consy, and the 50-lap $10,000-to-win main event.
The Country Inn & Suites, located on I-57 at exit 322 in Manteno, IL, is the Official Host Hotel for the XDCS event at Kankakee Motor Speedway. The Country Inn & Suites is located just minutes north of the track, and they are offering Xtreme DirtCar Series fans and competitors a special discount rate of $71.95 per night. To make reservations call (815) 468-2600 and ask for the Kankakee Motor Speedway discount rate.
Fans holding rain checks from the May 9 show will receive free
admission on Wednesday night for the completion of the show. For ticket and race day information call (815) 929-9105, or visit the track's web site at www.kankakeemotorspeedway.com. Kankakee Motor Speedway is located one mile south of I-57 at exit 308 on U.S. Highway 45.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 13 AT PADUCAH INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY IN PADUCAH, KY
ON 5/26/03:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS $ WON
1. 4 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Ford 50 $10,700
2. 5 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Ford 50 $6,850
3. 3 71 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN Chev. 50 $3,200
4. 17 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Chev. 50 $3,200
5. 8 00k Randy Korte Highland, IL Pont. 50 $2,000
6. 6 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Chev. 50 $2,400
7. 14 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Dodge 50 $2,200
8. 16 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR Chev. 50 $1,400
9. 2 96 Terry English Benton, KY Chev. 50 $1,300
10. 21 9 Billy Drake Bloomington, IL Pont. 50 $1,100
11. 11 3 Randy Sellars Mayfield, KY Chev. 50 $1,000
12. 15 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Pont. 50 $950
13. 1 28 Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Chev. 50 $1,600
14. 24 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Ford 50 $1,475
15. 13 8 Jeremy Williams Paducah, KY Pont. 50 $850
16. 9 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Chev. 50 $825
17. 23 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Ford 49 $1,400
18. 20 72 Steve Russell Pontotoc, MS Pont. 49 $750
19. 10 7 Matt Miller (R) Waterville, OH Pont. 49 $1,300
20. 19 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Chev. 49 $1,300
21. 22 58 Garrett Durrett Simsboro, LA Ford 48 $700
22. 18 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN Dodge 32 $700
23. 12 88 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR Ford 25 $700
24. 7 83 Joe Morris Galatia, IL Chev. 19 $700
ENTRIES: 37
RINGERS GLOVES FAST TIME: Shaver, 15.588 sec., 84.986 MPH
PROVISIONALS: Pearson and McDowell (2)
LEAD CHANGES: 1
LAP LEADERS: English, 1-6; Bloomquist, 7-50
LAPS LED: Bloomquist, 44; English, 6
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HARD CHARGER: Birkhofer (started 17th and finished 4th)
LUCAS OIL ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Miller
CAUTIONS: 2
XTREME SHOOTOUT INVITEES: Sellars, Williams, Russell, Morris, Duke Whiseant and Tony Albright (Promoter's Choice)
RINGERS GLOVES QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Rocket Malcuit 16.024 15.885 15.885 84.986
2 96 Terry English Benton, KY Rayburn Runyon 16.033 16.269 16.033 84.201
3 28m Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Mastersbilt Pro Power 16.201 16.187 16.18783.400
4 00k Randy Korte Highland, IL Rocket Race Tech 16.728 16.214 16.214 83.261
5 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Warrior Custom 16.239 16.239 16.239 83.133
6 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Mastersbilt Malcuit 16.247 16.540 16.247 83.092
7 83m Joe Morris Galatia, IL Rocket Runyon 16.379 16.267 16.267 82.990
8 71 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN Rayburn Pro Power 16.270 NT 16.270 82.975
9 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Rocket Cornett 16.406 16.295 16.295 82.847
10 7 Matt Miller (R) Waterville, OH Rocket Russell Baker 16.526 16.310 16.310 82.771
11 3 Randy Sellars Mayfield, KY Rayburn Sellars 16.383 16.392 16.383 82.402
12 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR Mastersbilt Dickens 16.499 16.397
16.397 82.332
13 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Mastersbilt Pro Power 16.465 16.51316.465 81.992
14 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Rocket Stanton 16.806 16.480 16.480 81.917
15 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Rocket Malcuit 16.540 16.505 16.505 81.793
16 88 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR GRT Craft 16.514 16.911 16.514 81.749
17 8 Jeremy Williams Paducah, KY Mastersbilt Hickson 16.705 16.561 16.56181.517
18 9 Billy Drake Bloomington, IL Mastersbilt Mullvain 16.980 16.644 16.64481.110
19 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN Warrior Gaerte 16.652 16.837 16.652 81.071
20 2 Phil Walker Paducah, KY Rayburn Runyon 16.706 16.803 16.706 80.809
21 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC Mastersbilt Cornett 16.969 16.716 16.716 80.761
22 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Rocket Eatmon 16.767 16.957 16.76780.515
23 1T Tony Albright Clarksville, TN Rayburn Hess 17.007 16.820 16.820 80.262
24 72 Steve Russell Pontotoc, MS TNT Brown 17.076 16.904 16.904 79.863
25 1cj C.J. Rayburn Whiteland, IN Rayburn Rayburn 16.922 17.043 16.922 79.778
26 70 Jeff Smith Dallas, NC GRT Gaerte 17.095 16.925 16.925 79.764
27 47 Rod Reed Mayfield, KY Rayburn Turner 17.021 16.931 16.931 79.735
28 18 Shannon Babb Decatur, IL Rayburn Dickens 18.190 16.937 16.937 79.707
29 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Warrior Pro Power 16.958 17.044 16.958 79.608
30 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Rocket Kuntz 16.963 18.028 16.963 79.585
31 53t Lee Thomason Marion, IL Rayburn Cummins 17.018 17.315 17.018 79.328
32 K5 Gary Keeling Paducah, KY Warrior Cornett 17.458 17.044 17.044 79.207
33 32p Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL Rayburn Pro Power 17.210 17.160 17.160 78.671
34 A1 Duke Whiseant Texarkana, AR GRT Jay Dickens 17.181 17.353 17.181 78.575
35 58 Garrett Durrett Simsboro, LA Warrior Keith Craft 17.315 17.585 17.315 77.967
36 18L Mike Lowery Paducah, KY Mastersbilt Mark Martin 17.855 17.596 17.596 76.722
37 84 Kelly Canter Paducah, KY Rayburn Carry Harris 17.672 17.757 17.672 76.392
HEAT RACES (8 Laps - Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Bloomquist; 2. Eckert; 3. Shaver; 4. Williams; 5.
Birkhofer; 6. Cook; 7. Schlieper; 8. Rayburn; 9. Pierce; 10. Canter.
2ND HEAT: 1. English; 2. Moran; 3. Miller (R); 4. Francis; 5. Drake; 6. Whiseant; 7. J. Smith; 8. Pearson.
3RD HEAT: 1. Mars; 2. Morris; 3. Sellars; 4. Aukland; 5. F. Smith; 6. Durrett; 7. Albright; 8. Reed.
JE PISTONS 4TH HEAT: 1. O'Neal; 2. Korte; 3. Wallace; 4. Moyer; 5. Russell; 6. Walker; 7. Keeling; 8. Babb; 9. Lowery.
ACTION PERFORMANCE 4-LAP DASH: 1. Mars; 2. English; 3. O'Neal; 4. Bloomquist.
CONSOLATION RACES (Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST CONSY: 1. Birkhofer; 2. Schlieper; 3. Drake; 4. Whiseant; 5.
Rayburn; 6. Cook; 7. Pierce; 8. Canter; 9. Pearson; 10. J. Smith; 11. McDowell.
2ND CONSY: 1. F. Smith; 2. Russell; 3. Durrett; 4. Babb; 5. Keeling; 6. Albright; 7. Reed; 8. Lowery; 9. Walker.
XTREME DIRTCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/26/03:
1. Jimmy Mars - 2067
2. Scott Bloomquist - 1968
3. Rick Eckert - 1959
4. Brian Birkhofer - 1958
5. Steve Francis - 1947
6. Earl Pearson Jr. - 1926
7. Donnie Moran - 1775
8. Dale McDowell - 1736
9. Dan Schlieper - 1605
10. Matt Miller (R) - 1581
11. Billy Moyer - 1477
12. Steve Shaver - 1406
13. Shane Tankersley - 1243
14. Terry English - 1077
15. Jeff Smith - 1038
16. Randy Korte - 811
17. Ray Cook - 791
18. Randle Chupp - 789
19. Freddy Smith - 773
20. Don O'Neal - 714
R - Denotes Lucas Oil Rookie of the Year Candidate
PADUCAH, KY - Four-time series champion Scott Bloomquist of
Mooresburg, TN drove to his third Xtreme DirtCar Series win of the season Monday night in the 50-lap main event at Paducah International Raceway. Bloomquist took the lead on lap seven, and then held off a late race challenge to post his 92nd XDCS career win in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/Custom Taurus.
After taking the lead from Terry English of Benton, KY, Bloomquist
opened up a full straightaway lead at one point in the race. The defending and two-time series champion Rick Eckert of York, PA took over the second spot on lap 39, and closed to within three car-lengths of Bloomquist at the checkered flag in front of a packed house.
"We've been trying some different shock and spring combinations with this car during the past few races, and I think we've found something that works well," Bloomquist said. "The car could run the middle groove and was really good from the center of the turns and off, while everyone else seemed to run a little tighter."
The $10,700 victory brought Bloomquist's "Drive For Five Alive" as he jumped from sixth to second in the point standings, and is now 99 points behind point leader Jimmy Mars of Elk Mound, WI.
Mars had a disastrous main event in his Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo. After starting from the pole position, Mars forgot to pull in the anchor on his ship, and he dropped through the pack to finish 13th. This ends Mars' streak of consecutive top ten finishes at 12.
Eckert got close at the end while Bloomquist worked through lapped traffic, but had to settle for second in the Raye Vest/Petroff Towing Rocket/Cornett Taurus. Eckert moved from fifth to third in points, nine points behind Bloomquist, as Eckert tries to become the first driver in series history to win three straight championships.
Don O'Neal of Martinsville, IN had an up and down night in the Petroff Towing Rayburn/Pro Power Monte Carlo. After starting third, O'Neal dropped back to seventh early in the race, used the outside groove to climb back up to second spot, but ended up the race where he started in the third position.
Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, IA only went in one direction throughout the race, and that was forward. Birkhofer started 17th, and drove his Seubert Calf Ranches Mastersbilt/Pro Power Monte Carlo to the fourth spot at the checkered flag to earn the $100 Advance Auto Parts Hard Charger of the Race Award. Birkhofer remains fourth in points, one point behind Eckert.
Randy Korte of Highland, IL had better luck on the track than getting to the speedway on Monday. Korte arrived late at the track after his transporter overturned just one mile from the pit gate. Korte's Mid-Continental Fuels Rocket/Race Tech Grand Prix escaped damage in the highway accident and carried him to a fifth-place finish. Everyone in the rig escaped injury.
Donnie Moran of Dresden, OH finished sixth in the QPI Tools Dirt
Ripper Monte Carlo, and Steve Francis of Ashland, KY brought the
Valvoline/Mopar Parts Rocket/Stanton Intrepid home in the seventh spot. Francis dropped from third to fifth in the points chase, 11 points behind Birkhofer.
The 1997 series champion Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR finished eighth in the J&J Steel Mastersbilt/Dickens Monte Carlo, and early race leader English took the ninth spot in the Petroff Towing/AAA Fence Rayburn/Runyon Monte Carlo. Billy Drake of Bloomington, IL rounded out the top ten in the Creative Kitchens Mastersbilt/Mullvain Grand Prix.
English grabbed the lead at the start of the race from the outside
front row followed by Bloomquist from the fourth starting spot, Mars, Joe Morris of Galatia, IL in the Morris Excavating Rocket/Runyon, Monte Carlo, Eckert and Korte. Morris drove under Mars for the third spot coming off the fourth turn on lap three, while Korte got around Eckert for fifth.
By lap five, English and Bloomquist began to pull away from the rest of the field with English running the high side, and Bloomquist working down on the bottom of the track. Behind the leaders, Korte drove inside Morris down the backstretch to take over the third spot.
Bloomquist worked inside English on lap six, and the pair raced
side-by-side for the next two laps, before Bloomquist had the lead outright by lap eight. With ten laps in the books, it was Bloomquist followed by English, Korte, Mars, Morris, Moran, Eckert, O'Neal, Matt Miller of Waterville, OH, and Randy Sellars of Mayfield, KY.
The first of only two cautions flag came out on lap 17 when Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR stalled the J&J Steel GRT/Craft Taurus in turn three. Wallace would return to the track for the double-file restart, as Bloomquist brought the field down for the green flag with English, Korte, Mars, Eckert, Moran, O'Neal, Francis, Miller, and Sellars in tow.
O'Neal used the double-file restart to his advantage, jumping from seventh to fourth riding the razor thin cushion near the wall, and coming off the fourth turn, Korte drove around English for the second spot. Morris had quickly faded out of the top ten before the caution flag came out, and he called it a night on lap 20.
At the halfway point, Bloomquist had a full straightaway lead on Korte, when O'Neal got busy on the high side of the track, and passed Korte for second. Debris on the front straightaway lit up the caution lamp for the second and final time on lap 26. During the caution period, Wallace retired from the event.
At the halfway point restart, Bloomquist led O'Neal, Korte, Eckert,
English, Moran, Francis, Birkhofer, Sellars in the RJS Automotive
Rayburn/Sellars Monte Carlo, and Moyer. The green flag action saw English move back around Eckert and Korte to reclaim the third spot, and by lap 28, Birkhofer was up to the sixth spot.
Bloomquist and O'Neal began to pull away from the field on lap 30, but behind them, a three-wide battle was being waged for the third spot on lap 34 with Korte on the bottom of the track, Eckert in the middle groove, and English rim riding. Eckert established himself in the third spot on lap 35, and began to close in on O'Neal.
Eckert got around O'Neal for the second spot on lap 39, but Bloomquist had again pulled out to a full straightaway advantage. With less than ten laps to go, Eckert began to chip away at the big lead Bloomquist had enjoyed for the most part of the race. On lap 46, Birkhofer, like Eckert, was on the move, as he passed Korte for the fourth spot.
With three laps to go, Bloomquist came upon heavy lapped traffic, as Eckert closed in. Three car-lengths was as close as Eckert would get, as O'Neal just edged Birkhofer for the third spot. There 21 of the 24 starters in the race still running at the end.
Steve Shaver of Parkersburg, WV was the Ringers Gloves Fast Qualifier among the 37 entrants, turning a lap around the 3/8-mile high-banked clay oval in 15.885 second for an average speed of 84.986 miles per hour driving the Bill Bland Towing/The Farm Used Auto Parts Rocket/Malcuit Monte Carlo.
Bloomquist, English, and Mars won the first three eight-lap heat races, and O'Neal picked up the $100 JE Pistons Bonus Award with a fourth heat race win. Mars earned the pole position for the main event by winning the four-lap Action Performance Dash with English, O'Neal, and Bloomquist trailing at the checkered flag.
Birkhofer won the first 10-lap consolation race, and the 1996 series champion Freddy Smith of Knoxville, TN took the second consy driving the White Oak Motorsports Warrior/Gaerte Intrepid. Miller was the Lucas Oil Rookie of the Race driving the McCullough Motorsports Rocket/Russell Baker Grand Prix.
The next event for the Xtreme DirtCar Series will be Wednesday night at Kankakee Motor Speedway in Kankakee, IL for the continuation of the postponed May 9 show. The program will picked up at 7 p.m. after 6 p.m. hot laps with the continuation of the first consy with two laps in the books.
That will be followed by the Action Performance Dash, the second consy, and the 50-lap $10,000-to-win main event.
The Country Inn & Suites, located on I-57 at exit 322 in Manteno, IL, is the Official Host Hotel for the XDCS event at Kankakee Motor Speedway. The Country Inn & Suites is located just minutes north of the track, and they are offering Xtreme DirtCar Series fans and competitors a special discount rate of $71.95 per night. To make reservations call (815) 468-2600 and ask for the Kankakee Motor Speedway discount rate.
Fans holding rain checks from the May 9 show will receive free
admission on Wednesday night for the completion of the show. For ticket and race day information call (815) 929-9105, or visit the track's web site at www.kankakeemotorspeedway.com. Kankakee Motor Speedway is located one mile south of I-57 at exit 308 on U.S. Highway 45.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 13 AT PADUCAH INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY IN PADUCAH, KY
ON 5/26/03:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CAR LAPS $ WON
1. 4 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Ford 50 $10,700
2. 5 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Ford 50 $6,850
3. 3 71 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN Chev. 50 $3,200
4. 17 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Chev. 50 $3,200
5. 8 00k Randy Korte Highland, IL Pont. 50 $2,000
6. 6 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Chev. 50 $2,400
7. 14 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Dodge 50 $2,200
8. 16 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR Chev. 50 $1,400
9. 2 96 Terry English Benton, KY Chev. 50 $1,300
10. 21 9 Billy Drake Bloomington, IL Pont. 50 $1,100
11. 11 3 Randy Sellars Mayfield, KY Chev. 50 $1,000
12. 15 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Pont. 50 $950
13. 1 28 Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Chev. 50 $1,600
14. 24 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Ford 50 $1,475
15. 13 8 Jeremy Williams Paducah, KY Pont. 50 $850
16. 9 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Chev. 50 $825
17. 23 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Ford 49 $1,400
18. 20 72 Steve Russell Pontotoc, MS Pont. 49 $750
19. 10 7 Matt Miller (R) Waterville, OH Pont. 49 $1,300
20. 19 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Chev. 49 $1,300
21. 22 58 Garrett Durrett Simsboro, LA Ford 48 $700
22. 18 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN Dodge 32 $700
23. 12 88 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR Ford 25 $700
24. 7 83 Joe Morris Galatia, IL Chev. 19 $700
ENTRIES: 37
RINGERS GLOVES FAST TIME: Shaver, 15.588 sec., 84.986 MPH
PROVISIONALS: Pearson and McDowell (2)
LEAD CHANGES: 1
LAP LEADERS: English, 1-6; Bloomquist, 7-50
LAPS LED: Bloomquist, 44; English, 6
ADVANCE AUTO PARTS HARD CHARGER: Birkhofer (started 17th and finished 4th)
LUCAS OIL ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Miller
CAUTIONS: 2
XTREME SHOOTOUT INVITEES: Sellars, Williams, Russell, Morris, Duke Whiseant and Tony Albright (Promoter's Choice)
RINGERS GLOVES QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 0s Steve Shaver Parkersburg, WV Rocket Malcuit 16.024 15.885 15.885 84.986
2 96 Terry English Benton, KY Rayburn Runyon 16.033 16.269 16.033 84.201
3 28m Jimmy Mars Elk Mound, WI Mastersbilt Pro Power 16.201 16.187 16.18783.400
4 00k Randy Korte Highland, IL Rocket Race Tech 16.728 16.214 16.214 83.261
5 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Warrior Custom 16.239 16.239 16.239 83.133
6 99 Donnie Moran Dresden, OH Mastersbilt Malcuit 16.247 16.540 16.247 83.092
7 83m Joe Morris Galatia, IL Rocket Runyon 16.379 16.267 16.267 82.990
8 71 Don O'Neal Martinsville, IN Rayburn Pro Power 16.270 NT 16.270 82.975
9 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Rocket Cornett 16.406 16.295 16.295 82.847
10 7 Matt Miller (R) Waterville, OH Rocket Russell Baker 16.526 16.310 16.310 82.771
11 3 Randy Sellars Mayfield, KY Rayburn Sellars 16.383 16.392 16.383 82.402
12 21 Billy Moyer Batesville, AR Mastersbilt Dickens 16.499 16.397
16.397 82.332
13 15b Brian Birkhofer Muscatine, IA Mastersbilt Pro Power 16.465 16.51316.465 81.992
14 m15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Rocket Stanton 16.806 16.480 16.480 81.917
15 12 Rick Aukland Zanesville, OH Rocket Malcuit 16.540 16.505 16.505 81.793
16 88 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR GRT Craft 16.514 16.911 16.514 81.749
17 8 Jeremy Williams Paducah, KY Mastersbilt Hickson 16.705 16.561 16.56181.517
18 9 Billy Drake Bloomington, IL Mastersbilt Mullvain 16.980 16.644 16.64481.110
19 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN Warrior Gaerte 16.652 16.837 16.652 81.071
20 2 Phil Walker Paducah, KY Rayburn Runyon 16.706 16.803 16.706 80.809
21 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC Mastersbilt Cornett 16.969 16.716 16.716 80.761
22 1 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Rocket Eatmon 16.767 16.957 16.76780.515
23 1T Tony Albright Clarksville, TN Rayburn Hess 17.007 16.820 16.820 80.262
24 72 Steve Russell Pontotoc, MS TNT Brown 17.076 16.904 16.904 79.863
25 1cj C.J. Rayburn Whiteland, IN Rayburn Rayburn 16.922 17.043 16.922 79.778
26 70 Jeff Smith Dallas, NC GRT Gaerte 17.095 16.925 16.925 79.764
27 47 Rod Reed Mayfield, KY Rayburn Turner 17.021 16.931 16.931 79.735
28 18 Shannon Babb Decatur, IL Rayburn Dickens 18.190 16.937 16.937 79.707
29 s9 Dan Schlieper Pewaukee, WI Warrior Pro Power 16.958 17.044 16.958 79.608
30 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA Rocket Kuntz 16.963 18.028 16.963 79.585
31 53t Lee Thomason Marion, IL Rayburn Cummins 17.018 17.315 17.018 79.328
32 K5 Gary Keeling Paducah, KY Warrior Cornett 17.458 17.044 17.044 79.207
33 32p Bob Pierce Oakwood, IL Rayburn Pro Power 17.210 17.160 17.160 78.671
34 A1 Duke Whiseant Texarkana, AR GRT Jay Dickens 17.181 17.353 17.181 78.575
35 58 Garrett Durrett Simsboro, LA Warrior Keith Craft 17.315 17.585 17.315 77.967
36 18L Mike Lowery Paducah, KY Mastersbilt Mark Martin 17.855 17.596 17.596 76.722
37 84 Kelly Canter Paducah, KY Rayburn Carry Harris 17.672 17.757 17.672 76.392
HEAT RACES (8 Laps - Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Bloomquist; 2. Eckert; 3. Shaver; 4. Williams; 5.
Birkhofer; 6. Cook; 7. Schlieper; 8. Rayburn; 9. Pierce; 10. Canter.
2ND HEAT: 1. English; 2. Moran; 3. Miller (R); 4. Francis; 5. Drake; 6. Whiseant; 7. J. Smith; 8. Pearson.
3RD HEAT: 1. Mars; 2. Morris; 3. Sellars; 4. Aukland; 5. F. Smith; 6. Durrett; 7. Albright; 8. Reed.
JE PISTONS 4TH HEAT: 1. O'Neal; 2. Korte; 3. Wallace; 4. Moyer; 5. Russell; 6. Walker; 7. Keeling; 8. Babb; 9. Lowery.
ACTION PERFORMANCE 4-LAP DASH: 1. Mars; 2. English; 3. O'Neal; 4. Bloomquist.
CONSOLATION RACES (Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST CONSY: 1. Birkhofer; 2. Schlieper; 3. Drake; 4. Whiseant; 5.
Rayburn; 6. Cook; 7. Pierce; 8. Canter; 9. Pearson; 10. J. Smith; 11. McDowell.
2ND CONSY: 1. F. Smith; 2. Russell; 3. Durrett; 4. Babb; 5. Keeling; 6. Albright; 7. Reed; 8. Lowery; 9. Walker.
XTREME DIRTCAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 5/26/03:
1. Jimmy Mars - 2067
2. Scott Bloomquist - 1968
3. Rick Eckert - 1959
4. Brian Birkhofer - 1958
5. Steve Francis - 1947
6. Earl Pearson Jr. - 1926
7. Donnie Moran - 1775
8. Dale McDowell - 1736
9. Dan Schlieper - 1605
10. Matt Miller (R) - 1581
11. Billy Moyer - 1477
12. Steve Shaver - 1406
13. Shane Tankersley - 1243
14. Terry English - 1077
15. Jeff Smith - 1038
16. Randy Korte - 811
17. Ray Cook - 791
18. Randle Chupp - 789
19. Freddy Smith - 773
20. Don O'Neal - 714
R - Denotes Lucas Oil Rookie of the Year Candidate
