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By Jake Croxton - [email protected]
Quincy, Ill. (June 6, 2007) - Matt Sutton scored his
first Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders A-feature win of
2007 as he held off Brian Hetrick and Rager Phillips
over the final 15 laps to earn his fourth-career win.
Sutton inherited the lead when early leader Gabe
Maycock made contact with a lapped car and spun from
the lead.
"It feels kinda like where we left off from last
year," said Sutton. "Chris had the car dialed in and
Olson Brothers had the motor great. So far so good. It
was a pretty good points night."
Attrition plagued the 20-car field before the opening
lap was completed as four cars were eliminated in
various incidents. Matt Rogerson spun on the initial
start. Lance Gullo and Kaley Gharst came together on
the second attempt that ended with Gullo on his head.
When racing finally got underway, Gabe Maycock was the
early front-runner from his pole-starting position.
The Middletown, Missouri, driver swapped the lead with
Brian Hetrick throughout the first ten laps.
"We're running better," said Hetrick, driver of the
Sebastian Sandblasting / Gap's Automotive / Hetrick
Daycare / Gustaf / Maxim. "I think the 305 thing at
Burlington's helping us a little bit. We enjoyed
running tonight.We got a little bit loose and I
probably should've moved my wing back a little bit
more. The car went away at the end." Hetrick's
third-place effort was his best of the season.
Maycock's bid for the win ended in disappointment as
Sutton began to put on the pressure when the leaders
entered lapped traffic. Maycock dove to the inside of
Bart Andrews on lap 10 but ran out of room and spun
his Korte Transportation-sprinter to avoid taking out
both cars. Maycock restarted from the tail and came
home sixth.
The final caution of the night was for leading rookie
candidate Jordan Goldesberry as a shower of sparks
followed his Goldesberry Signs & Designs / Eagle down
the back straightaway with torque-tube failure. The
16-year old had been running in the top five before
the problem.
After the restart, Rager Phillips found the high line
to his liking as he drove by Hetrick for the runner-up
position. That is where Phillips would stay for the
balance of the 25-lapper.
"We loosed the car up a lot and we were able to zing
around the top," Phillips commented. "We didn't have
quite a fast enough car to get by Sutton, there, but
we were fast enough to get by everybody else. I wanted
to try the bottom, but everybody else was kind of
cycling around there.I couldn't get in (to the corner)
really good and that's where everybody took off from
me. But it was a good car all around."
Rogerson battled back from his opening lap tangle to
earn KSE Racing Products Hard Charger honors in
fourth, while Chris Urish rounded out the top five.
Maycock, Korey Weyant, Josh Schneiderman, Jimmy
Davies, and Bart Andrews completed the top 10.
The next event is at Lee County Speedway on Wednesday,
June 27.
Results
Car Count - 20
Cautions - 5 - L0, 0 (Gullo flip), 10, 11, 11
Leaders - Maycock 1-2, Hetrick 3-5, Maycock 6-10,
Sutton 11-25
Laps Led - Sutton 15, Maycock 7, Hetrick 3
Highest Finishing Rookie - Jordan Goldesberry (13th)
Contingency:
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger - Matt Rogerson
(Started 16th, Finished 4th)
Saldana Racing Product - Bart Andrews
Ultra Shield - John Schulz
Diversified Machine - Korey Weyant
Kinser Air Filters - Chris Urish
MPD - Josh Schneiderman
The Brake Man - Justin Newberry
M&W Aluminum Products - Kaley Gharst
Staats Awards Heat Race #1 (Top 7 advance) - 1. 98
Gabe Maycock, Middletown, MO; 2. 3* Kaley Gharst,
Decatur; 3. 35 Brian Hetrick, Stronghurst; 4. 51J Ryan
Jamison, Mediapolis, IA; 5. 2 John Schulz, W.
Burlington, IA; 6. 29 Matt Rogerson, Burlington, IA;
7. 99W Korey Weyant, Springfield
Budweiser Heat Race #2 (Top 7 advance) - 1. 3G Lance
Gullo, Springfield; 2. 4M Mark Tischer, Hannibal, MO;
3. Chris Urish, Elkhart; 4. Jordan Goldesberry,
Springfield; 5. 53H Matt Harms, Chillicothe; 6. 99
Jimmy Davies, Oquawka; 7. 18A Dan Avery, Burlington,
IA
Storm Steel / Abrasive Jet Technologies Heat Race #3
(Top 6 advance) - 1. 14P Rager Phillips,
Pleasantville, IA; 2. 9X Bart Andrews, Muscatine, IA;
3. 3 Matt Sutton, Macomb; 4. 10T Tim Moore, Moline; 5.
49 Josh Schneiderman, W. Burlington, IA; 6. 36 Justin
Newberry, Burlington, IA
Shottenkirk Toyota of Quincy Shake-up Dash - 1.
Maycock; 2. Gharst; 3. Phillips; 4. Andrews; 5. Gullo;
6. Tischer
Gem City 25 (started) - 1. Sutton (9); 2. Phillips
(3); 3. Hetrick (7); 4. Rogerson (16); 5. Urish (8);
6. Maycock (1); 7. Weyant (19); 8. Schneiderman (15);
9. Davies (17); 10. Andrews (4); 11. Avery (20); 12.
Harms (14); 13. Goldesberry (11); 14. Schulz (13); 15.
Jamison (10); 16. Tischer (6); 17. Gharst (2); 18.
Gullo (5); 19. Moore (12); 20. Newberry (18)
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