BATESVILLE SPEEDWAY
3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship
Championship Feature
Saturday, October 18
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
LOCUST GROVE AR. Jack Sullivan dominated the 3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship Saturday, at the Batesville Speedway. Sullivan started on the pole for the event lead all 70 laps, and was never challenged for the lead. Six cautions slowed the event, but Sullivan was able to pull away each time. Sullivan picked up $9,000 for the win, and secured a spot in next years Alltel 100.
Brandon Smith was entered in the event as the Batesville Speedway provisonal starter, being the season's top finisher in points, not qualified for the race.
Sullivan, Richie Tosh, and Jon Debenedetti were aligned in three wide configuration to start the 70 Lap Feature. Sullivan moved to the lead with Tosh and Jimmy Owens falling in behind. Owens drove under Tosh to the second spot on the opening lap. Scott Drake moved to third on lap two, then Jason Hughes got around Tosh for the fourth spot on lap three.
Sullivan lead Owens by five carlenghs by lap five. Drake and Hughes were side by side on lap six. Hughes moved by Drake for third on the backstretch on lap seven. Sullivan had expanded his lead to fifteen carlengths by lap 10.
The yellow flag waved on lap 13 for debris on the track after Kevin Salter broke. Salter was the first car out of the race.
Jason Hughes shot into the second spot on the double-file restart. Gary Clark worked to third ahead of Owens and Drake as the field sorted itself back out following the re-start.
It didn't take Sullivan long to move back out to a ten carlength advantage. Wayne Brooks made an appearance in the top five, getting by Drake on lap 20. Out front, Sullivan had a half straightaway margin by that point in the race.
Brooks and Owens were side by side for fourth on lap 28. Sullivan was a full straightaway ahead of the field by lap 30, and was looking at traffic by lap 32.
The yellow flag waved on lap 33, as Ronnie Jeffrey had slowed dramatically on the backstretch. The caution allowed Jeffrey to get his car pitside, also done for the night.
Sullivan re-opened a ten carlength advantage as the field re-started. Clark and Ownes dueled side by side for third. Mark Noble moved to fifth on the restart, then drove by Brooks for fourth on lap 37. Greg Waugh improved past Brooks for fifth on lap 40, then drove by Noble for the fourth spot on the next circuit.
Once again, Sullivan was pacing the field by a half straightaway by lap 43. The caution re-appeared on lap 49 as Freddy Hogrefe got his car upside down in turn four. Hogrefe had tangled with Jason Wilkey and ended up on his roof in the mele. Hogrefe wasn't injured, but was through for the night.
Gary Clark and Jason Hughes were side by side on the restart, and Clark moved to the second spot on lap 50. Sullivan was dominating the action again, with a 15 carlength margin by lap 54. The caution flag came right back out on lap 57, as Micah Gavin was in the backstretch wall.
The restart was kind to Jason Hughes, as he re-took second over Clark. Clark got back even with Hughes however, and had taken the second spot back over on lap 59. The yellow flag waved on lap 64 for Jon Debenedetti, who was stopped in turn two.
Greg Waugh shot into third on the restart ahead of Owens and Hughes, but progress was slowed again on lap 67, this time for Al Hejna, who was in the outside retaining wall in turn three.
Owens and Waugh were side by side on the restart. Something broke on Waugh's car as the field took the white flag and he slowed, falling outside the top ten.
Jack Sullivan came home with the win, with Gary Clark, Jason Hughes, Jimmy Owens, and Jeff Taylor making up the top five. Scott Drake, John Whittington, Kelly Shryock, Micah Gavin, and Johnny Bone Jr. rounded out the top ten.
1) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR; $9,000
2) Gary Clark, Walker MO; $5,000
3) Jason Hughes, Colcord OK; $4,000
4) Jimmy Owens, Newport TN; $3,500
5) Jeff Taylor, Pleasant Plains AR; $3,000
6) Scott Drake, Webb City MO; $2,500
7) John Whittington, Vidor TX; $2,450
8) Kelly Shryock, Fertile IA; $2,400
9) Micah Gavin, Oil Trough AR; $2,375
10) Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge AR; $2,350
11) Wayne Brooks, Bald Knob AR; $2,325
12) Denny Schwartz, Ashmore IL; $2,300
13) Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie MN; $2,275
14) Greg Waugh, Batesville AR; $2,250
15) Brandon Smith, Floral AR; $2,225
16) Ricky Arms, Moss TN; $2,200
17) Al Hejna, Clear Lake IA; $2,175
18) Willy Kraft, Lakefield MN; $2,150
19) Jason Wilkey, Batesville AR; $2,125
20) Jon Debenedetti, Rogue River OR; $2,100
21) Freddy Hogrefe, Cameron OK; $2,075
22) Richie Tosh, Salado AR; $2,050
23) Bart Richardson, Bradford TN; $2,025
24) Ronnie Jeffrey, Locust Grove AR; $2,000
25) Kevin Salter, Desha AR; $2,000
BATESVILLE SPEEDWAY
3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship
Qualifying, Round 3
Saturday, October 18
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
LOCUST GROVE AR. Jon Debenedetti of Rogue River, Oregon claimed the final night of qualifying for the 3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship at the Batesville Speedway. Debenedetti took the lead from Ricky Arms on the 4th lap, and went the rest of the way in the 25 lap qualifier.
Armes and Debenedetti shared the front row of the qualifier. Arms took the lead with Debenedetti, Al Hejna, Micah Gavin, and Freddy Hogrefe falling in behind. Hejna pulled even with Debenedetti on the second lap.
Debenedetti got his run on Arms in turn two on lap four, moving to the top spot. Hejna was able to take the second spot from Arms on lap six.
Rex Merritt brought out the only caution of the event, as he was stopped on the backstretch with a blown motor on lap seven. Ronnie Jeffrey, Kevin Salter, and Micah Gavin went three wide for third on the restart. Salter took third, then he and Gavin went side by side for the spot on lap ten. Gavin moved past Salter to third in turn two on lap twelve.
Jon Debenedetti lead the balance of the event and came home with the win, putting him on the outside front row for the 70 Lap main event. Al Hejna, Micah Gavin, Kevin Salter, and Ronnie Jeffrey made up the top five. Greg Waugh, Freddy Hogrege, and Ricky Arms took the final tranfer spots. Sean Jones and Mike Hejna rounded out the top ten.
Qualifying Feature (25 Laps, 8 transfer)
1) Jon Debenedetti
2) Al Hejna
3) Micah Gavin
4) Kevin Salter
5) Ronnie Jeffrey
6) Greg Waugh
7) Freddy Hogrefe
8) Ricky Arms
9) Sean Jones
10) Mike Hejna
11) Walt Butler
12) Brandon Smith
13) Don Adams
14) Eric Turner
15) Curt Barnett
16) Mark Norris
17) Mike Roach
18) Dan Daniels
19) John Schwab
20) Jerry Buck
21) Brian Foote
22) Jeff Leka
23) Terry Beckham
24) Rex Merritt
1st Heat (20 Laps, three transfer) 1) Ricky Arms 2) Mark Norris 3) Rex Merritt 4) Troy Goodwin 5) Corey Dripps 6) David Mitchell 7) Larry Campbell 8) Mike Palliow 9) Dan Gumke 10) C. A. Nix 11) Steve Lacy 12) Curtis Tennant 13) Ricky White 14) Lynn Nilsson 15) Eric Hickerson 16) Jeremy Morris 17) Ronnie Chism 18) Claudie Cook 19) John Bryant 20) Stacy Taylor 21) Marc Robe
2nd Heat 1) Jon Debenedetti 2) Curt Barnett 3) Keith Pittman 4) Shawn Walsh 5) Donnie Powers 6) Peyton Taylor 7) Todd Klees 8) Phil Dixon 9) Robert Powers 10) Jim Small 11) Jim Leka 12) Dustin Boney 13) Paul Wilmouths 14) Jerry Young 15) Lindsey Shields 16) Scott Dikey 17) Brad Waits 18) Darrell George 19) Mike Bowers 20) Chris Hall 21) Jeremy Keller 22) Dennis Anderson
3rd Heat 1) Freddy Hogrefe 2) Kevin Salter 3) John Schwab 4) Howard Willis 5) Robby Arnold 6) J.D. Kelley 7) Jamie Burford 8) Brian Mullen 9) Chris Prussman 10) Chad Wheeler 11) Shawn Blees 12) Erik Maggard 13) Darren Hacker 14) Donald Parker 15) David Cove 16) Kelly Harmelink 17) Jason Cooper 18) Graham Jackson 19) Billy Shearer 20) Kyle Logue
4th Heat 1) Al Hejna 2) Greg Waugh 3) Terry Beckham 4) Larry Hull 5) Jeff Greene 6) Skeet Amason 7) Kenny Gaddis 8) Jerry Thompson 9) Chad Lyle 10) Chris Brown 11) Brian Edel 12) Jim Roach 13) Jeremy Kester 14) Dain Schultz 15) Jason Schniepp 16) Jeremy Greenway 17) Dennis Reib 18) Jerry Waugh 19) Will Rinehart 20) Billy Robinson 21) B. J. Robinson 22) Alvin Maple 23) Billy Melton
5th Heat 1) Sean Jones 2) Brandon Smith 3) Dan Daniels 4) Bud Collett 5) John Vandenberg 6) Steve Holzkamper 7) Ron Jones 8) Mark Stephens 9) Chris Moore 10) Myron DeYong 11) Brad McEwen 12) Brent Mullens 13) Jim Combs 14) Brandon Poppenheimer 15) Philip Forbush 16) Craig Scott 17) Brian Slader 18) Russell Moore 19) Alan Brown 20) Greg Herron 21) James Hartman 22) Clay Galbreath 23) Dan Bohr
6th Heat 1) Micah Gavis 2) Walt Butler 3) Don Adams 4) Andy Tennison 5) John Tesch 6) Brandon Maggard 7) George White 8) Joe Walker 9) Billy Street 10) Jared Landers 11) John Logue 12) Donnie Barnhart 13) Ray Guss Jr. 14) Mike Sorenson 15) Klint Pursley 16) Chris Spieker 17) Gary Fraiser 18) Tommy Porter 19) Kyle Taylor 20) Alex Roofener 21) Randy Henson 22) Jake Kelley 23) Brad Quinn
7th Heat 1) Mike Hejna 2) Jeff Leka 3) Brian Foote 4) Jeff Cone 5) Scooter Bates 6) Jon Schwartz 7) Brad Qualls 8) Luke Cochran 9) Alan Holmes 10) Ricky Stephan 11) Lyle Shepherd 12) Cliff Carter 13) Paul Taylor 14) Terry Kirk 15) Jason Markewitz 16) Jason Davis 17) Lucas Cox 18) Billy Bates 19) Tammy Small 20) Brian Slader 21) Neil Neisler
8th Heat 1) Ronnie Jeffrey 2) Mike Roach 3) Eric Turner 4) Tommy Myer 5) Justin Boney 6) Brantlee Gotschall 7) Chris Henigan 8) Brent Thompson 9) Shane Hebert 10) Jason Sullivan 11) Steve Rushin 12) Jason Hollis 13) Earnie Pattyn 14) Gary Andrews 15) Chad Mallett 16) Stanley Danahoo 17) Tim Lemirande 18) Jerry Buck 19) Brian Ritchie 20) Kenny Kennedy 21) Mike Crader 22) Randy Weaver
3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship
Championship Feature
Saturday, October 18
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
LOCUST GROVE AR. Jack Sullivan dominated the 3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship Saturday, at the Batesville Speedway. Sullivan started on the pole for the event lead all 70 laps, and was never challenged for the lead. Six cautions slowed the event, but Sullivan was able to pull away each time. Sullivan picked up $9,000 for the win, and secured a spot in next years Alltel 100.
Brandon Smith was entered in the event as the Batesville Speedway provisonal starter, being the season's top finisher in points, not qualified for the race.
Sullivan, Richie Tosh, and Jon Debenedetti were aligned in three wide configuration to start the 70 Lap Feature. Sullivan moved to the lead with Tosh and Jimmy Owens falling in behind. Owens drove under Tosh to the second spot on the opening lap. Scott Drake moved to third on lap two, then Jason Hughes got around Tosh for the fourth spot on lap three.
Sullivan lead Owens by five carlenghs by lap five. Drake and Hughes were side by side on lap six. Hughes moved by Drake for third on the backstretch on lap seven. Sullivan had expanded his lead to fifteen carlengths by lap 10.
The yellow flag waved on lap 13 for debris on the track after Kevin Salter broke. Salter was the first car out of the race.
Jason Hughes shot into the second spot on the double-file restart. Gary Clark worked to third ahead of Owens and Drake as the field sorted itself back out following the re-start.
It didn't take Sullivan long to move back out to a ten carlength advantage. Wayne Brooks made an appearance in the top five, getting by Drake on lap 20. Out front, Sullivan had a half straightaway margin by that point in the race.
Brooks and Owens were side by side for fourth on lap 28. Sullivan was a full straightaway ahead of the field by lap 30, and was looking at traffic by lap 32.
The yellow flag waved on lap 33, as Ronnie Jeffrey had slowed dramatically on the backstretch. The caution allowed Jeffrey to get his car pitside, also done for the night.
Sullivan re-opened a ten carlength advantage as the field re-started. Clark and Ownes dueled side by side for third. Mark Noble moved to fifth on the restart, then drove by Brooks for fourth on lap 37. Greg Waugh improved past Brooks for fifth on lap 40, then drove by Noble for the fourth spot on the next circuit.
Once again, Sullivan was pacing the field by a half straightaway by lap 43. The caution re-appeared on lap 49 as Freddy Hogrefe got his car upside down in turn four. Hogrefe had tangled with Jason Wilkey and ended up on his roof in the mele. Hogrefe wasn't injured, but was through for the night.
Gary Clark and Jason Hughes were side by side on the restart, and Clark moved to the second spot on lap 50. Sullivan was dominating the action again, with a 15 carlength margin by lap 54. The caution flag came right back out on lap 57, as Micah Gavin was in the backstretch wall.
The restart was kind to Jason Hughes, as he re-took second over Clark. Clark got back even with Hughes however, and had taken the second spot back over on lap 59. The yellow flag waved on lap 64 for Jon Debenedetti, who was stopped in turn two.
Greg Waugh shot into third on the restart ahead of Owens and Hughes, but progress was slowed again on lap 67, this time for Al Hejna, who was in the outside retaining wall in turn three.
Owens and Waugh were side by side on the restart. Something broke on Waugh's car as the field took the white flag and he slowed, falling outside the top ten.
Jack Sullivan came home with the win, with Gary Clark, Jason Hughes, Jimmy Owens, and Jeff Taylor making up the top five. Scott Drake, John Whittington, Kelly Shryock, Micah Gavin, and Johnny Bone Jr. rounded out the top ten.
1) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR; $9,000
2) Gary Clark, Walker MO; $5,000
3) Jason Hughes, Colcord OK; $4,000
4) Jimmy Owens, Newport TN; $3,500
5) Jeff Taylor, Pleasant Plains AR; $3,000
6) Scott Drake, Webb City MO; $2,500
7) John Whittington, Vidor TX; $2,450
8) Kelly Shryock, Fertile IA; $2,400
9) Micah Gavin, Oil Trough AR; $2,375
10) Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge AR; $2,350
11) Wayne Brooks, Bald Knob AR; $2,325
12) Denny Schwartz, Ashmore IL; $2,300
13) Mark Noble, Blooming Prairie MN; $2,275
14) Greg Waugh, Batesville AR; $2,250
15) Brandon Smith, Floral AR; $2,225
16) Ricky Arms, Moss TN; $2,200
17) Al Hejna, Clear Lake IA; $2,175
18) Willy Kraft, Lakefield MN; $2,150
19) Jason Wilkey, Batesville AR; $2,125
20) Jon Debenedetti, Rogue River OR; $2,100
21) Freddy Hogrefe, Cameron OK; $2,075
22) Richie Tosh, Salado AR; $2,050
23) Bart Richardson, Bradford TN; $2,025
24) Ronnie Jeffrey, Locust Grove AR; $2,000
25) Kevin Salter, Desha AR; $2,000
BATESVILLE SPEEDWAY
3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship
Qualifying, Round 3
Saturday, October 18
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
LOCUST GROVE AR. Jon Debenedetti of Rogue River, Oregon claimed the final night of qualifying for the 3rd Annual Dirt Works World Modified Championship at the Batesville Speedway. Debenedetti took the lead from Ricky Arms on the 4th lap, and went the rest of the way in the 25 lap qualifier.
Armes and Debenedetti shared the front row of the qualifier. Arms took the lead with Debenedetti, Al Hejna, Micah Gavin, and Freddy Hogrefe falling in behind. Hejna pulled even with Debenedetti on the second lap.
Debenedetti got his run on Arms in turn two on lap four, moving to the top spot. Hejna was able to take the second spot from Arms on lap six.
Rex Merritt brought out the only caution of the event, as he was stopped on the backstretch with a blown motor on lap seven. Ronnie Jeffrey, Kevin Salter, and Micah Gavin went three wide for third on the restart. Salter took third, then he and Gavin went side by side for the spot on lap ten. Gavin moved past Salter to third in turn two on lap twelve.
Jon Debenedetti lead the balance of the event and came home with the win, putting him on the outside front row for the 70 Lap main event. Al Hejna, Micah Gavin, Kevin Salter, and Ronnie Jeffrey made up the top five. Greg Waugh, Freddy Hogrege, and Ricky Arms took the final tranfer spots. Sean Jones and Mike Hejna rounded out the top ten.
Qualifying Feature (25 Laps, 8 transfer)
1) Jon Debenedetti
2) Al Hejna
3) Micah Gavin
4) Kevin Salter
5) Ronnie Jeffrey
6) Greg Waugh
7) Freddy Hogrefe
8) Ricky Arms
9) Sean Jones
10) Mike Hejna
11) Walt Butler
12) Brandon Smith
13) Don Adams
14) Eric Turner
15) Curt Barnett
16) Mark Norris
17) Mike Roach
18) Dan Daniels
19) John Schwab
20) Jerry Buck
21) Brian Foote
22) Jeff Leka
23) Terry Beckham
24) Rex Merritt
1st Heat (20 Laps, three transfer) 1) Ricky Arms 2) Mark Norris 3) Rex Merritt 4) Troy Goodwin 5) Corey Dripps 6) David Mitchell 7) Larry Campbell 8) Mike Palliow 9) Dan Gumke 10) C. A. Nix 11) Steve Lacy 12) Curtis Tennant 13) Ricky White 14) Lynn Nilsson 15) Eric Hickerson 16) Jeremy Morris 17) Ronnie Chism 18) Claudie Cook 19) John Bryant 20) Stacy Taylor 21) Marc Robe
2nd Heat 1) Jon Debenedetti 2) Curt Barnett 3) Keith Pittman 4) Shawn Walsh 5) Donnie Powers 6) Peyton Taylor 7) Todd Klees 8) Phil Dixon 9) Robert Powers 10) Jim Small 11) Jim Leka 12) Dustin Boney 13) Paul Wilmouths 14) Jerry Young 15) Lindsey Shields 16) Scott Dikey 17) Brad Waits 18) Darrell George 19) Mike Bowers 20) Chris Hall 21) Jeremy Keller 22) Dennis Anderson
3rd Heat 1) Freddy Hogrefe 2) Kevin Salter 3) John Schwab 4) Howard Willis 5) Robby Arnold 6) J.D. Kelley 7) Jamie Burford 8) Brian Mullen 9) Chris Prussman 10) Chad Wheeler 11) Shawn Blees 12) Erik Maggard 13) Darren Hacker 14) Donald Parker 15) David Cove 16) Kelly Harmelink 17) Jason Cooper 18) Graham Jackson 19) Billy Shearer 20) Kyle Logue
4th Heat 1) Al Hejna 2) Greg Waugh 3) Terry Beckham 4) Larry Hull 5) Jeff Greene 6) Skeet Amason 7) Kenny Gaddis 8) Jerry Thompson 9) Chad Lyle 10) Chris Brown 11) Brian Edel 12) Jim Roach 13) Jeremy Kester 14) Dain Schultz 15) Jason Schniepp 16) Jeremy Greenway 17) Dennis Reib 18) Jerry Waugh 19) Will Rinehart 20) Billy Robinson 21) B. J. Robinson 22) Alvin Maple 23) Billy Melton
5th Heat 1) Sean Jones 2) Brandon Smith 3) Dan Daniels 4) Bud Collett 5) John Vandenberg 6) Steve Holzkamper 7) Ron Jones 8) Mark Stephens 9) Chris Moore 10) Myron DeYong 11) Brad McEwen 12) Brent Mullens 13) Jim Combs 14) Brandon Poppenheimer 15) Philip Forbush 16) Craig Scott 17) Brian Slader 18) Russell Moore 19) Alan Brown 20) Greg Herron 21) James Hartman 22) Clay Galbreath 23) Dan Bohr
6th Heat 1) Micah Gavis 2) Walt Butler 3) Don Adams 4) Andy Tennison 5) John Tesch 6) Brandon Maggard 7) George White 8) Joe Walker 9) Billy Street 10) Jared Landers 11) John Logue 12) Donnie Barnhart 13) Ray Guss Jr. 14) Mike Sorenson 15) Klint Pursley 16) Chris Spieker 17) Gary Fraiser 18) Tommy Porter 19) Kyle Taylor 20) Alex Roofener 21) Randy Henson 22) Jake Kelley 23) Brad Quinn
7th Heat 1) Mike Hejna 2) Jeff Leka 3) Brian Foote 4) Jeff Cone 5) Scooter Bates 6) Jon Schwartz 7) Brad Qualls 8) Luke Cochran 9) Alan Holmes 10) Ricky Stephan 11) Lyle Shepherd 12) Cliff Carter 13) Paul Taylor 14) Terry Kirk 15) Jason Markewitz 16) Jason Davis 17) Lucas Cox 18) Billy Bates 19) Tammy Small 20) Brian Slader 21) Neil Neisler
8th Heat 1) Ronnie Jeffrey 2) Mike Roach 3) Eric Turner 4) Tommy Myer 5) Justin Boney 6) Brantlee Gotschall 7) Chris Henigan 8) Brent Thompson 9) Shane Hebert 10) Jason Sullivan 11) Steve Rushin 12) Jason Hollis 13) Earnie Pattyn 14) Gary Andrews 15) Chad Mallett 16) Stanley Danahoo 17) Tim Lemirande 18) Jerry Buck 19) Brian Ritchie 20) Kenny Kennedy 21) Mike Crader 22) Randy Weaver
