Thompson and Todd Take Feature Wins at SFCR, Hannagan wins All-Star feature

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By Jeff Mills
FARMINGTON, Mo. -- (July 23, 2005) On the hottest night of the race season, fans packed the St. Francois County Raceway grandstands and an exceptional car count filled the pit area.

In the Modified class, Brent Thompson of Farmington held off a charging John Bohn of Farmington to pick up the victory in the feature. Bohn settled for second place, Jeremy Greenwalt finished in third with Tommy Worley Sr. fourth and Alan Conner fifth. They were followed by Kenny Kennedy, Mike Francis, Kasey Burch, Chris Boyd and John Paul Reando.

Bohn won the first heat race with Worley second and Doug Beier third. Doug DeClue won the second heat with Greenwalt second and R.C. Hovis third. Conner won the third heat with Chris Boyd second and Lou Dreimeier third. Thompson won the fourth heat with Kennedy second and Francis third. Danny Resinger won the "B" main with Kasey Burch second and Danny Sisson third.
In the Pure Street class, Mark Todd of Jackson returned to victory lane with a solid win in the feature. Chris Boyd settled for second place with Bill Skaggs third, Chris Webb fourth and Michael Abney fifth. They were followed by Gary Johnson, Tommy Worley Sr., Ryan Robins, Ray Dodd and Serek Shipman.
Wayne Frymire won the first heat race with Pete Koenig second and Josh DeSpain third. Todd won the second heat race with Boyd second and Beith Brugger third. Shipman won the third heat with Skaggs second and Dodd third.
Randy Hannagan knew he was going to have a good night on Saturday. In a pre-race interview he told All Star Announcer Rob Klepper "I'll talk to you later on the front stretch in victory lane." Hannagan kept his promise and scored his first win of the season at St. Francois County Raceway in wire-to-wire fashion, leading all 40 laps of the Haulmark All Star sprint car feature.

"The car was really good all night. I really have to thank Gaerte Engines. This was an experimental motor from Gaerte and it was good all night," Hannagan recalled. "I really have to thank my brother and the whole crew. We raced at Knoxville last night and were second in points and decided to come here and race with the All Stars and it worked out."

Hannagan's brother Terry owns the feature winning Hurricane Chassis.
A bit of luck put Hannagan on the pole for the start of the main when Danny Smith and Kelly Kinser failed to transfer through their heat races and were forced to run the B Main. Hannagan drove to the top of the track in turn one around fellow front row mate Bryan Matthews and set sail right into victory lane. Third starter Paul May took over second from Matthews on the second circuit and began his pursuit of Hannagan. Following a lap five caution the order up front was Hannagan, May, Matthews, Dale Blaney, Chad Kemenah, Smith, Joey Montgomery, Kinser, Jeremy Campbell and Terry Babb.

Blaney moved to the top groove as he noticed Hannagan's success up there and began pressuring May for second. But Hannagan had the right setup for the tricky oval and began stretching his lead. Following another caution period, Hannagan again stretched his lead, but once in lapped traffic, May pulled right back on the Hurricane's back bumper. On lap 24 May passed Hannagan using lapped cars on the bottom of the track. Hannagan was lucky as the yellow came out for Nathan Higgins who spun right in front of leaders,
nearly taking out the top three. Hannagan's near miss enabled him to take back the top spot for the restart. May was still second ahead of Blaney and Matthews. With rubber down on the racetrack surface, Hannagan on the restart went right to bottom of the track and stayed there the rest of the way. Blaney used the bottom groove and passed May for second, but could not catch the leader and the lead pack ran in freight train style. Blaney made a few runs but Hannagan was too good off the bottom of turn two and pulled away to win by two car lengths over Blaney's George Fisher No. 2x. May ended up third ahead of points leader Kemenah, Matthews, Smith, tenth starter Campbell, 14th starting Jerrod Hull and Tim Montgomery. Montgomery was the Fisher Performance Hard Charger of the race after starting 22nd. He had worked his way into the top ten by lap 12 and ran a smooth race to end up ninth.

The Crown Battery heat fell to Robbie Standridge, the B&B Products heat went to Jimmy Hurley, the Engler Machine and Tool heat was won by Tim Montgomery and the TP Wings heat fell to Tommy Worley, Jr. The University of Northwestern Ohio B Main was won by Danny Smith and Blaney captured the Haulmark Dash. Joey Montgomery was the Huggins Cams Fast Time qualifier.

There will be no racing at the St. Francois County Raceway on July 30th due to the annual St. Francois County Fair. Racing will resume on Saturday, August 6 with Barrett-Jenson Chevrolet Night. Regular admission prices of $10 for adults and kids age 12 and under admitted free. Gates will open at 4 p.m. with racing at 7. For more information phone (573) 438-4546 or visit the track's website at: www.sfcr.net

Sprint Qualifying-
1.Joey Montgomery-11.440
2.Kelly Kinser-11.540
3.Danny Smith-11.570
4.Chad Kemenah-11.750
5.Dale Blaney-11.750
6.Paul May-11.810
7.Bryan Matthews-11.810
8.Randy Hannagan-11.840
9.Terry Babb-11.870
10.Jeremy Campbell-11.870
11.Jason Keith-11.910
12.Steve Short-11.940
13.Cody Geldart-11.970
14.Jerrod Hull-12.030
15.Bob Bennett-12.100
16.Greg Burns-12.190
17.Robbie Standridge-12.190
18.Jimmy Hurley-12.220
19.Brock Mayes-12.220
20.AJ Bruns-12.250
21.Nathan Higgins-12.280
22.Bob Thoman-12.340
23.Tim Montgomery-12.350
24.Tommy Worley Jr.-12.440
25.Danny Long-12.470
26.Adam Jones-12.530
27.Kent Buckley-12.570
28.Timmy Moss-12.590
29.Tyler Thompson-12.720
30.Curtis Boyer-12.720
31.Daniel Adler-12.780
32.Eddie Lynch-12.810
33.Tubby Black-13.280
34.Doc Sloan-13.500

Sprints-
1 Randy Hannagan started 1
2 Dale Blaney started 4
3 Paul May started 3
4 Chad Kemenah started 5
5 Bryan Matthews started 2
6 Danny Smith started 8
7 Jeremy Campbell started 10
8 Jerrod Hull started 14
9 Tim Montgomery started 22
10 Steve Short started 12
11 Daniel Adler started 24
12 Tommy Worley Jr. started 23
13 Brock Mayes started 18
14 Jimmy Hurley started 17
15 Robbie Standridge started 16
16 Bob Thoman started 21
17 Cody Geldart started 13
18 Nathan Higgins started 20
19 Terry Babb(nf) started 9
20 Kelly Kinser(nf) started 7

Modifieds-
1 Brent Thompson started 4
2 John Bohn started 1
3 Jeremy Greenwalt started 6
4 Tommy Worley Sr. started 5
5 Alan Conner started 3
6 Kenny Kennedy started 8
7 Mike Francis started 12
8 Kasey Burch started 18
9 Chris Boyd started 7
10 John Reando started 15
11 Adam Parmeley started 16
12 Doug DeClue started 2
13 Danny Resinger started 17
14 Danny Sissom started 19
15 Leo Kiefer started 20
16 Jim Fisher started 13
17 Rick Ruch started 14
18 Lou Driemier started 11
19 RC Hovis started 10
20 Doug Beier started 9

PureStreets-
1 Mark Todd started 2
2 Chris Boyd started 5
3 Bill Skaggs started 6
4 Chris Webb started 12
5 Michael Abney started 13
6 Gary Johnson started 21
7 Tommy Worley Sr. started 20
8 Ryan Robins started 15
9 Ray Dodd started 9
10 Derek Shipman(nf) started 3
11 Lenny Terrell(nf) started 16
12 Josh Skaggs(nf) started 18
13 Wayne Hinkle(nf) started 22
14 Wayne Frymire(nf) started 1
15 Pete Koenig(nf) started 4
16 Josh Despain(nf) started 7
17 Bill Kinney(nf) started 11
18 Shawn Griffen(nf) started 17
19 Beith Brugger(nf) started 8
20 Mike Savage(nf) started 10
21 Allen King(nf) started 19
22 Greg Chilton(BF) started 14
23 Terry Stephens(ns) started 0
 




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