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Sprint Car Bandits Finale Ends with Wild Event at 82; 2020 Schedule Posted

Garland, TX (10/16/19) Track/Series Publicity & Event Marketing by DarinShort.com. The conclusion of the 4th season of the Sprint Car Bandits® series was held this past Saturday, October 12th at 82 Speedway in Petty, Texas with the running of the $31,500 Paul Peters Memorial event. Going into the final event, the series championship was still up for grabs, with a scant 27 points separated points leader Will Eggimann over Dale Wester, which roughly equated to 5 finishing positions that Wester needed to finish ahead of Eggimann to claim the title.

But before we jump right to the center of the cinnamon roll, let’s rewind the night as it unfolded:

Cool-ish, yet clear and calm fall weather conditions greeted the fans and 100 race teams assembled in four divisions, after a strong storm system exited the area the day before.

Recording artist and The Voice contestant Trey Rose Music (Trey Rose) was on hand to meet with the fans during the pre-race Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest. Trey would also kick off opening ceremonies by singing The National Anthem before a very appreciative crowd. Click https://youtu.be/7Cn8N4W9UCY if you’d like to see the video of his performance. Trey’s appearance at the event was provided by the Sprint Car Bandits series.

Special thanks to Applebee's Grill + Bar Dairy Queen for providing Sprint Car Bandits Fan Fest giveaways for fans and kids. Over 100 kids swag bags were given away during Fan Fest.

The www.KoolTrikes.com heat race winners were Will Eggimann and Casey Burkham. Burkham won his heat from the 4th starting position, which gave him enough overall points to become the www.FixYourGenerator.com High Points Award recipient – and an additional $100 from Fred Summers, sponsor of the award.

The 25-lap series championship feature would fire off with similar fashion of the last series stop at 82 Speedway, that being, the race would go green for a long distance. But on lap 23 disaster struck that all began when the left rear tire on Will Eggimann’s J&J Racing sprinter would somehow slide off its beadlock wheel causing him to lose speed going down the backstretch. Chipper Wood clipped his left side, as did the second place driver of polesitter Casey Burkham, all culminating with the #71 of Colby Estes getting crossed up and upside down just past the apex of corners 3 and 4.

During the red flag stoppage, outside front row starter and leader, Michael Day, would not be able to refire after the yellow flag came out to resume the race, forcing Day pitside for the remaining two laps.

Meanwhile, Eggimann had dropped pitside after sustaining damage on that backstretch fracas…which suddenly put Dale Wester in prime position to claim the points championship!

The event resumed with a torrid 3-car battle up front between Burkham, Stubblefield and Wester. Stubblefield briefly took the lead before Burkham would take command, while Wester would take second place from Stubblefield. But when they crossed the finish line, Burkham would end up taking home $2,100 for the win, with Stubblefield regaining second from Wester on the final lap.

When the mud clods quit flying, it appeared that Wester should have finished high enough to claim the Series title – however after adding and re-adding the points totals, Eggimann had garnered 8 more markers than Wester in the final points battle.

After the event, Dale Wester was smiling from ear to ear and commented: “I really had fun racing this series. I came to the track tonight with the attitude that I’m just going to do my best, and whatever happens, happens. And it sure was close at the end!”

A stunned Eggimann had to be towed into victory lane to receive his championship award – after thinking that his DNF was going to cost him the title. But after he reviewed the points, before and after, he had the following comments to make: “This is the first time in my racing career that I’ve been able to follow a complete series from start to finish, and a lot of that had to do with favorable economics of the Sprint Car Bandits rules package. Between the wing angle and ‘one tire all night’ rules of the ‘Bandits, not only does it make for consistently good racing, but it helps keep all the racer’s budgets regarding consumables in check…and as a byproduct, it even produces consistently competitive races.”

Eggimann continues: “All season long, faster cars have been able to advance positions on the tracks that our series go to – so clearly – this series has got a rules package that works for racers and track promoters alike, which is really refreshing when so much of sprint car racing nationwide is being controlled by high budget teams, which is not economically sustainable to the majority of the other teams. I’m thankful for the rules platform that the Sprint Car Bandits has developed, because I’m not a big budget team.”

Following Eggimann’s sentiment, Steve Golightly, 8-year executive crew chief on the 74E of Claud Estes III, comments: “Everyone knows that sprint car racing is expensive, and the Estes family regularly fields 3-4 cars at Sprint Car Bandits events. What we have found is that between the strong series purse structure and tire/wing angle rules, we’re able to keep fielding cars without burning up our racing budget.”

Golightly continues: “I just took a picture of Claud’s left rear tire after tonight’s feature race. It looks brand new. That tire has 33 laps on it from tonight, plus hot laps – and it’s the same tire we used at the last ‘Bandits event, where we had to run 45 laps due to being in the B-feature. By the time you had hot laps to it, that tire easily has 85 laps on it – and it will be used again at our next ‘Bandits race.”

In the past, co-crew chief’s on the Estes cars Doc Miller and Lonnie Bright help keep the family team hitting the track with well-prepared cars at each series event, and their past service is much appreciated. Claud would finish 2019 Series points in 3rd place. 2018 SCB series champion Colby Estes would end up in 5th place this season (after missing the opening night due to family obligations).

We would like to thank our 2019 series marketing partners that help enable us to continue to provide quality 360C.I. sprint car racing in the North Texas and surrounding areas: www.SmileysRacing.comwww.FixYourGenerator.comwww.AirPerformanceRockwall.comwww.ShopTheBoss.comwww.UtilityTrailerofDallas.comwww.KoolTrikes.com and www.DarinShort.com.

Digital marketing and at-track advertising packages are available for the 2020 racing season with the Sprint Car Bandits series. And if your needs include on-site promotions and out-of-home advertising, the Sprint Car Bandits series has a show car provided by 2019 series champion Will Eggimann. Just shoot off a quick email to [email protected] with your contact info and we’ll help develop an effective solution for your business. Don’t miss this chance to get your business in front of the loyal fans of the Sprint Car Bandits series and to consumers throughout the region!

We would also like to thank the racetrack workers, SCB officials, media members and race fans for their dedication to the series. We are all just cogs on a wheel and it takes every single one of us working together to make it happen – and to sustain it into the future.

Speaking of the future, the first round of the 2020 Sprint Car Bandits racing schedule was posted last month, and here is the latest. Tracks interested in hosting an event should email Darin at [email protected] as soon as possible, as remaining dates are very limited:

FRI March 20 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX
SAT March 28 – Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale TX
SAT April 4 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX
SAT April 18 – Abilene Speedway, Abilene TX
SAT April 25 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX
FRI May 1 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX
SAT May 9 – Monarch Motor Speedway, Wichita Falls TX
SAT May 30 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX
FRI June 12 – Boyd Raceway, Boyd TX
SAT June 27 SCB - RAINDATE
SAT July 4 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX
FRI July 10 – Heart O’ Texas Speedway, Elm Mott (Waco) TX
~Sprint Car Bandits Summer Break~
FRI September 25 – Boyd Raceway, Boyd TX
SAT September 26 – Kennedale Speedway Park, Kennedale TX
SAT October 10 – 82 Speedway, Petty TX
SAT October 31 – Monarch Motor Speedway, Wichita Falls TX

10/12/19 Feature Results - Series Finale at 82 Speedway:

Position: Car: Driver: Finishing Points:

1 45b - Casey Burkham 150 ($2,100 winner)
2 2s - Colby Stubblefield 142
3 12w - Dale Wester 135
4 74e - Claud Estes III 130
5 17w - Brad Welborn 125
6 02 - Cody Freeman 122
7 2 - Michael Day 119
8 77w - Will Eggimann 116
9 71 - Colby Estes 113
10 47 - Chipper Wood 110
11 74 - DJ Estes 108
12 72 - Daniel Estes 106
13 41m - Steve McMackin 104
14 33h - Mark Huddleston 102
15 33 - Michael Merrell 100
16 v8 - Robert Vetter 98
17 13m - Chance McCrary 65

Compiled Sprint Car Bandits Points for 2019 after 10/12/19 final event at 82 Speedway:

Position: Car #: Driver Name: Total Points:
1 77w Will Eggimann 1540
2 12w Dale Wester 1532
3 74e Claud Estes III 1313
4 23j Junior Jenkins 1198
5 71 Colby Estes 1179
6 45b Casey Burkham 1144
7 2 Michael Day 1119
8 74 DJ Estes 943
9 118 Scott Evans 895
10 13m Chance McCrary 892
11 20 Chad Wilson 891
12 15t Marcus Thomas 844
13 72 Daniel Estes 843
14 02 Cody Freeman 777
15 99x Dalton Stevens 722
16 27 Kodey Keimig 693
17 21 Michelle Melton 689
18 47 Chipper Wood 685
19 41m Steve McMackin 618
20 33 Michael Merrell 557
21 80 Josh Hawkins 544
22 64 Mark Zoeller 483
23 v8 Robert Vetter 463
24 44 Jason Howell 417
25 10 Bryan Debrick 371
26 4 Austin Mundie 369
27 01j Jeb Sessums 342
28 2h Tommy Hall 328
29 5J Jeremy Jonas 305
30 5r John Ricketts 300
31 2s Colby Stubblefield 258
32 76 Zane Lawrence 254
33 17 Channin Tankersley 250
34 99b Blake Mallory 238
35 17w Brad Welborn 229
36 8a Koty Adams 218
37 17x Micah Baccus 215
38 33m Mark Huddleston 196
39 57 Chase Parson 190
40 79V Ryan Hall 185
41 04 Kyle Jones 184
42 55 Brad Queen 159
43 45 John Carney II 150
44 17W Harli White 142
45 26 Jacob Harris 142
46 31 Casey Willis 142
47 1X Tim Crawley 135
48 12 Trey Schmidt 135
49 35 Jeff Emerson 135
50 48 Cody Stacy 130
51 4b Austin Burkham 130
52 49 Justin Fifield 125
53 2w Dustyn Welch 125
54 b51 Johnny Brown 122
55 9Z Taylor Courtney 119
56 91 Craig Oates 119
57 3 Willie Reed 116
58 97 Reagan Reed 116
59 92 Jordan Weaver 113
60 9tx Brad Wesp 113
61 8A Alan Myers 110
62 22L Kent Lewis Sr. 106
63 83 Jett Hays 106
64 21p Robbie Price 106
65 07 Bobby Middleton 104
66 57C Chris Schmelzle 102
67 16 Cody Tankersley 100
68 18 Logan Scherb 98
69 18L Dillon Laden 96
70 41 Casey Merrell 96
71 82c Christian Kinnison 92
72 10C Jeremy Campbell 92
73 41 Josh Harner 90
74 35 Chris Hinson 88
75 4t6 Russ Fletcher 65
76 15 Michael Colaluca 65
77 9 Bobby Breen 65
78 52 JD Fry 65
79 79 Charlie McDonald 65
80 12.5 James Griffin 65
81 5X Tyson Hall 65
82 22X Steven Shebester 65
83 7 Jerrod Warhurst 65
84 42p Preston Perlmutter 65
85 88 Terry Easum 65

If you’d like to interact with the Series online, visit Sprint Car Bandits on Facebook, or click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in news, and until we see you at the track next time, be safe and enjoy the remaining racing events in the area.

Click www.82Speedway.com for complete results from 10/12 for the TOMS Modifieds, Factory Stocks and Limited Modifieds.

Victory Lane and Action Shots by TexasPride Photography and the balance by DarinShort.com.




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