By Dan Stewart
The Don O'Neal victory tour continued to roll on with another victory Sunday night at Vermilion County Speedway. Rodney Melvin led the first 15 laps, giving way to Shannon Babb, then Babb got passed by O'Neal for the lead on lap 26. Babb and O'Neal worked their way through traffic, as only 6 of the 15 finishers were still on the lead lap. Babb never gave up the chase, and numerous times would pull alongside O'Neal, but just could not get past him.
The time trials had O'Neal within a tenth of a second of the track record for fast time of the 37 qualifiers. The dash went to Rodney Melvin with Terry English, Scott James, Shannon Babb, Roger Long, O'Neal, Randy Korte, Eric Smith and Steve Sheppard Jr rounding out the field. Heats went to Richie the Hitman Hedrick over Randy Korte, Dennis Erb Jr over Kyle Logue, and Kevin Weaver over Jr Shickel. Semis went to Eric Smith over Don Hammer, and to Jamie Zidar over Jammie Wilson with only the winners advancing. Justin Allgaier was added as a provisional, and the field was set.
Final Rundown:
1. 71 Don O'Neal
2. 18 Shannon Babb
3. 27 Rodney Melvin
4. 96 Terry English
5. wf0 Kyle Logue
6. 28 Dennis Erb Jr
7. S10 Jr Shickel
8. 00 Randy Korte
9. 56 Rohn Moon
10. 1A Justin Allgaier
11.7M Michael Bradley
12. 9 Eric Smith
13. 1 Wes Steidinger
14. 5s Steve Sheppard Jr
15. 9z Jamie Zidar
16. 83 Scott James
17. 36 Roger Long
18. 0 Richie Hedrick
19. C12 Chris Carlson
20. 75 Ray Guss Jr
21. B12 Kevin Weaver
The modified feature was a real barn-burner with Marvin Burton holding on for the win over Danny Schwartz, Rob Fuqua, Al Crawley, and Arby Burton
The Don O'Neal victory tour continued to roll on with another victory Sunday night at Vermilion County Speedway. Rodney Melvin led the first 15 laps, giving way to Shannon Babb, then Babb got passed by O'Neal for the lead on lap 26. Babb and O'Neal worked their way through traffic, as only 6 of the 15 finishers were still on the lead lap. Babb never gave up the chase, and numerous times would pull alongside O'Neal, but just could not get past him.
The time trials had O'Neal within a tenth of a second of the track record for fast time of the 37 qualifiers. The dash went to Rodney Melvin with Terry English, Scott James, Shannon Babb, Roger Long, O'Neal, Randy Korte, Eric Smith and Steve Sheppard Jr rounding out the field. Heats went to Richie the Hitman Hedrick over Randy Korte, Dennis Erb Jr over Kyle Logue, and Kevin Weaver over Jr Shickel. Semis went to Eric Smith over Don Hammer, and to Jamie Zidar over Jammie Wilson with only the winners advancing. Justin Allgaier was added as a provisional, and the field was set.
Final Rundown:
1. 71 Don O'Neal
2. 18 Shannon Babb
3. 27 Rodney Melvin
4. 96 Terry English
5. wf0 Kyle Logue
6. 28 Dennis Erb Jr
7. S10 Jr Shickel
8. 00 Randy Korte
9. 56 Rohn Moon
10. 1A Justin Allgaier
11.7M Michael Bradley
12. 9 Eric Smith
13. 1 Wes Steidinger
14. 5s Steve Sheppard Jr
15. 9z Jamie Zidar
16. 83 Scott James
17. 36 Roger Long
18. 0 Richie Hedrick
19. C12 Chris Carlson
20. 75 Ray Guss Jr
21. B12 Kevin Weaver
The modified feature was a real barn-burner with Marvin Burton holding on for the win over Danny Schwartz, Rob Fuqua, Al Crawley, and Arby Burton
