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Posted: 06/13/10
02:08 PM
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Hello friends and welcome to another edition of the Starstruck Report. It was a very hot night again at the track and the racing was just as hot. We had three winners in three modified races. Let's go straight to the action this week.
Modifieds 1 (30 laps): Mike Rudy (8) ran the fastest lap in qualifying. Chris Johnson (36) started this race on the pole via the redraw. C. Johnson (36) had the early lead in this race. Brian Scott (34) brought out the first caution in turn 4. They lined up on the cone restart where Rudy (8) took the outside lane and Johnson (36) stayed on the inside. Rudy (8) took the lead on this restart. Lap 19, Brian Scott (34) spins in turn 3 bringing out the second caution. Ironically, Scott (34) would also get the wave around since he was the only car a lap down at the time. The second cone restart was set up and Rudy (8) took the inside lane and held off Johnson's (36) challenge. Lap 21, Tim Layne (22) and Chris Hoylman (37) got together in the backstretch. This set up the final cone restart, where Rudy (8) chose the inside lane and held off C. Johnson (36). Rudy would claim the checkered flag. On the redraw, he was set up to start in 7th place.
Pos. Car Driver
1 8 Mike Rudy
2 4 Thomas Stinson
3 36 Chris Johnson
4 19 Kyle Wood
5 38 Michael Johnson
6 41 Alan Purser
7 37 Chris Hoylman
8 21 Ryan Wilbourne
9 23 Stacey Wilbourne
10 73 Mike Tomlin
11 22 Tim Layne
12 34 Bryan Scott
Ucar (25 laps): Austin Dodge (87) ran the fastest lap in qualifying. They did the redraw and Daniel Thomas (99) got the pole. On lap 10, Rusty Bennett (92) went off the pace and retired to the pits. Soon after, Butch Mixell (22) spun in turn 2. Tony Mills (61) would gain the lucky dog. On the cone restart, Thomas (99) took the inside lane and held off Mike Chapman (18) but there would be no official lap. Jordan Bell (17x) hit the wall in just outside of turn 2. Thomas (99) and Chapman (18) lined up the same way and Thomas retained his lead. Thomas (99) retained the lead. David Blankenship (4) wrecked in turn 2. Thomas (99) took the inside lane and held off Chapman (18) on the restart. Thomas (99) would claim the checkered flag in this race.
Pos. Car Driver
1 99 Daniel Thomas
2 78 David Kerns
3 18 Mike Chapman
4 94 Michael R. Hall
5 12 Jamie Hite
6 91 Frank Silva
7 87 Austin Dodge
8 34 Bryan Scott
9 3 Charlie Simons
10 6 Corey Lawrence
11 9 David Gonce
12 36 Andrew Condrey
13 44 Shawn Hendricks
14 61 Tony Mills
15 4 David Blankenship
16 22 Butch Mixell
17 51 Rick Powers
18 17x Jordan Bell
19 21 Jonathan Doane
20 92 Rusty Bennett
Modified 2 (30 laps): Chris Hoylman (37) started this race on the pole. Mike Tomlin (73) went in the pits during the warm up laps and officially retired from the race. The first stop was called back. Hoylman retained his lead as the race officially started. Mike Rudy (8) spun in turn 3 on lap 9 bringing out the first caution. For the restart, Holyman (37) remained on the inside and held off a challenge from C. Johnson (36). On lap 26, C. Johnson (36) took the lead but lost it back to Hoylman (37) on the next lap. Hoylman (37) hung on to win this race and it was his first win at Southside Speedway. Hoylman would start 5th in the last race.
Pos. Car Driver
1 37 Chris Hoylman
2 4 Thomas Stinson
3 36 Chris Johnson
4 41 Alan Purser
5 38 Michael Johnson
6 19 Kyle Wood
7 8 Mike Rudy
8 21 Ryan Wilbourne
9 23 Stacey Wilbourne
10 34 Greg Fernandez
11 22 Tim Layne
12 73 Mike Tomlin
Street Stock (50 laps):Brian Smith (06) ran the fastest lap in qualifying. Ethan Ayers (69) started this race on the pole. There was a small pile up in turn 2 but no caution was called. On lap 9, Chris Bryant (6) started smoking very heavily on the front stretch bringing out the caution. On lap 12, the cars were redflagged for fluid on the track. The race resumed on lap 14, where leader E. Ayers (69) took the inside and held off James Groome (31) for a couple of laps. Groome (31) took the lead and both cars spun. Gary Turner (17) had a brief lead but spun and lost it to Mike Ganoe (82) around lap 18. Yes, alot of action between laps 14-18. The caution flag waved again on lap 20 when Travis Nicely (911) spun in turn 3. Dan Rogers (33) won the lucky dog wave around. The race resumed on lap 25, where Ganoe (82) took the inside and held off a challenge from J. Groome (31). Ricky Stotler (92) spun on the restart but the car was under control fast enough to prevent a caution. Lap 26, Todd Ruggles (40) spins and brings out the caution. The cone restart was in effect at lap 31 where Ganoe (82) retained the lead on the inside and held off Turner (17). Ruggles (40) spun in the backstretch. E. Ayers (69) spun in turn 4 at the same time. On lap 36, Ganoe (82) was in the inside lane and held off James Loving (97). Chris Kantzler (01) wrecked during the restart and the caution flag was back out immediately. Kantzler (01) busted his radiator. During this caution, Ruggles (40) was blackflagged for rough driving. E. Ayers (69) regained his lap on the lucky dog. At lap 45, we had the final cone restart and Ganoe (82) stayed in the inside and held off Paul Clemmons (29). Ganoe (82) would retain the lead to start the checkered flag.
Pos. Car Driver
1 82 Mike Ganoe
2 17 Gary Turner
3 97 James Loving
4 31 James Groome
5 8 Justin Groome
6 29 Paul Clemons
7 06 Brian Smith
8 96 Alex Ayers
9 41 Jason Beck
10 911 Travis Nicely
11 58 Bobby Corbitt
12 69 Ethan Ayers
13 40 Todd Ruggles
14 32 O.K. Wilson
15 92 Ricky Stotler
16 33 Dan Rodgers
17 38 Jesse Hendricks
18 13 Justin Dunkum
19 79 Robbie Groome
20 1 Chris Kantzler
21 6 Chris Bryant
Modified 3 (30 laps): Michael Johnson (38) started the final race on the pole. Mike Tomlin (73) continued to have problems and retired from the race on the warm up laps. Tim Layne (22) also left the race on lap 1. Alan Purser (41) took the early lead on a race that stayed clean and green. On lap 20, Thomas Stinson (4) pulled into the lead after a few laps of side by side racing with Purser (41). Stinson (4) took the checkered flag. Stacey Wilbourne (23) wrecked in the front stretch on the final lap.
Pos. Car Driver
1 4 Thomas Stinson
2 36 Chris Johnson
3 8 Mike Rudy
4 41 Alan Purser
5 38 Michael Johnson
6 37 Chris Hoylman
7 19 Kyle Wood
8 21 Ryan Wilbourne
9 34 Greg Fernandez
10 23 Stacey Wilbourne
11 73 Mike Tomlin
This made for a good night of racing. Now let's give out the weekly awards.
Performance of the week: This week's winner will be Chris Hoylman (37 mod) for winning the middle race in the triple 30's. For the record, this is Hoylman's first win at Southside Speedway. His last win ever was in 2004 at Ace Speedway during the Rolling Thunder Modified Tour.
Tough Luck Modified: This week, I am only giving one award out. There were no DNF's in the first modified race. However, Mike Tomlin (73) failed to complete one lap in the last two 30 lap races by pulling into the pits during the warmup laps.
Tough Luck Ucar: Rusty Bennett (92) pulled into the pits early in the race and was the first car out.
Tough Luck Street Stock: Ethan Ayers (69) started this race on the pole and lost 11 positions in the course of the race.
Late Model Carb rule change: "The intent of the optional carburetor rule in section 23 F was to run a Stock Holley carburetor model number 7448 (350 cfm). This was to be the same carburetor as stated in section 23 A which specifically addressed the type that Ford’s may use. Although the intent was to do so, the model number 7448 and 350 cfm were not previously stated in section 23 F. Late Model Sportsman 2010 rules have been amended for clarification." All I can say is very interesting we are having a rule change mid season. I just hope the rule is enforced down the middle. I will let all of you draw your own conclusions on this matter.
Flashback: In 1963, Ned Jarett won the last Nascar Grand National race held at Southside Speedway. He won the race by a margin of 2 laps and 8 seconds. Richard Petty was second and it was his best finish at Southside. Nascar's series continued to race at South Boston through 71 and Langley through 70. I will post on the other tracks stories in future columns.
Starstruck Report Future: The Starstruck Report is now available on facebook. The content will include the regular weekly wrap ups you have read here. There will also be exclusive material on the facebook group that will include our drivers on the road and weekly points race analysis. Unlike this wrap up, the mid week columns will be all commentary and discussion. Join me on facebook at The Starstruck Report.
Looking ahead: All divisions other than Street Stock will be seeing action next week. It's double points night and some of the races are very tight. I will be addressing that in the midweek report as well as any breaking news. That's all for now. I will see you at the races.
*Larry Starstruck*
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