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Thomas Heats Up HOT ‘Bandits Victory Lane; Series Summer Break Underway!
Elm Mott, TX (07/13/19) by DarinShort.com. The 360C.I. NCRA Sprint Car Bandits® (SCB) series invaded the 1/4 mile 'bullring' oval of Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) on Waco on Friday, July 12th with the running of the “MDA Muscling in the Dirt” night, and when the final checkers waved, Marcus Thomas would take the win with a spot-on wing dance that commemorated the moment. It would also become Thomas’s 4th Series victory of 2019. Click https://youtu.be/9-RqKX0baaA for a video clip of the feature racing action.
The night would start out with three www.KoolTrikes.com heat races that saw the D&W Towing and Recovery #12W of Dale Wester earning the www.FixYourGenerator.com Top Qualifier Award, and collecting $100 for his efforts. Special thanks to Fred Summers of www.FixYourGenerator.com for his continued support of the Sprint Car Bandits series.
The feature event would fire off sans Chance McCrary (engine) and Jeb Sessums (drivetrain) with a 4-wide salute to the large appreciative HOT crowd. It also happened to be a very pleasant night at the races with unseasonably comfortable conditions in the mid-80’s. You could also see in the far distance the lightning from Hurricane Barry dancing along the eastern horizon.
From his outside front row starting spot, Marcus Thomas would shoot out to an early lead in the 25-lapper, with Jeff Emerson, Dale Wester and Junior Jenkins in tow. A quick caution would restart the field in Delaware format, when points leader Will Eggimann would be sent backwards into oncoming traffic when the green flag waved. Three other cars would be collected that saw light damage, but enough to force three cars out of the event.
When the race resumed, Thomas and Emerson pulled away from the field with Wester and Dalton Stevens putting on a great side-by-side battle for third. Emerson caught Thomas in heavy lapped traffic mid-way through the feature but Thomas would quickly make his way by those cars to remain at the point.
Another quick caution period saw the racing surface quickly rubbering up across the middle, when the Wester/Stevens side-by-side battle would result in contact with Stevens pancaking the backstretch wall and sliding to a stop outside the corner three entrance. The hard charging Wester would also drop out during the caution flag, putting an end to his solid run.
This would set up a shootout for the final four laps, when last week’s SCB winner Claud Estes III would emerge into second from his 5th place starting position to give Marcus Thomas a run for his money. Estes would close within a bumper of Thomas at one point, then Thomas was able to pull away by a 10-car length lead at the checkers. Emerson would finish in an impressive third place – in what was his first-ever Sprint Car Bandits series event. Jeremy Jonas and Daniel Estes would earn their best-ever SCB feature finishes by finishing in 4th and 5th, respectively. The balance of finishing order is posted below.
In light of the fact that 2019 is the ‘DARE TO BE DIFFERENT’ tour for the Sprint Car Bandits series, we intentionally planned a Summer Break this season so teams and fans can take in any of a number of huge events up north – without the fear of missing any of the action here.
The SCB will resume racing action in two months, with the fall events line-up to be posted in a month or so from now. Besides the ‘Month of Money’ events slated across the Midwest, this Summer Break will also allow for the heat of the summer to take its course, so when we resume Series action, it will take place during much more suitable racing conditions – for both fans and racing surfaces. We’re excited about this new twist to our schedule, as the season is long in Texas, and it gives everyone a chance to retool, go on vacations or check out other racing events – whether near, or far.
Thanks again to the great crowds that have attended Sprint Car Bandits events this season across the Metroplex region, the strong support of 77 different drivers, our sponsors, series workers, track workers & officials – and we look forward to seeing you all again after our Summer Break when racing action fires back up later in September!
In the meantime, if you’d like to get your brand new Fierce 15 driver t-shirts, the new online store at www.SprintCarBandits.com is open and orders get shipped regularly. Reminder, that proceeds from Fierce 15 driver apparel benefits each individual driver that is a part of the program, so please show your support by grabbing one when you can...and your support will help drivers better funded throughout the season.
Click www.SprintCarBandits.com for the latest in series news and where the DARE TO BE DIFFERENT Tour is headed to next. You can also reach the SCB on Facebook, atwww.Facebook.com/SprintCarBandits .
If your business is interested in getting involved with the SCB series, please email [email protected] for more information. There are effective programs available for all sizes of budgets.
Thank you to the sponsors of the Sprint Car Bandits series: Smiley’s Racing Products & Hoosier Tire Southwest, Rodd Hanna's Air Performance, Gen-Tech at FixYourGenerator.com, Utility Trailer of Dallas, Inc., www.KoolTrikes.com, www.DarinShort.com and www.ShopTheBOSS.com .
If your track is interested in hosting the Sprint Car Bandits, please email [email protected] as soon as possible. This schedule is subject to change, so please visit the series website prior to traveling. New dates will be published when they become available.
Feature Results - Heart O' Texas Speedway (HOT) Friday, July 12th “MDA Muscling in the Dirt” night:
15t – Marcus Thomas
74e – Claud Estes III
35 – Jeff Emerson
5j – Jeremy Jonas
72 – Daniel Estes
99b – Blake Mallory
23 – Junior Jenkins
97 – Reagan Reed
17x – Micah Baccus
27 – Kodey Keimig
12w – Dale Wester (Top Qualifier)
99x – Dalton Stevens
71 – Colby Estes
77w – Will Eggimann
118 – Scott Evans
74 – DJ Estes
64 – Mark Zoeller
01j – Jeb Sessums (DNS)
13m – Chance McCrary (DNS)
Sprint Car Bandits Series Points Standings going into Summer Break (as of 7/13/19):
Position Car # Driver Name Total Points
1 77w Will Eggimann 1305
2 12w Dale Wester 1267
3 23j Junior Jenkins 1133
4 74e Claud Estes III 1070
5 71 Colby Estes 962
6 45b Casey Burkham 869
7 2 Michael Day 865
8 15t Marcus Thomas 844
9 118 Scott Evans 830
10 13m Chance McCrary 827
11 74 DJ Estes 770
12 20 Chad Wilson 769
13 27 Kodey Keimig 693
14 72 Daniel Estes 637
15 99x Dalton Stevens 614
16 21 Michelle Melton 591
17 02 Cody Freeman 545
18 80 Josh Hawkins 544
19 47 Chipper Wood 510
20 41m Steve McMackin 424
21 64 Mark Zoeller 418
22 33 Michael Merrell 392
23 10 Bryan Debrick 371
24 4 Austin Mundie 369
25 01j Jeb Sessums 342
26 2h Tommy Hall 328
27 44 Jason Howell 315
28 5J Jeremy Jonas 305
29 v8 Robert Vetter 300
30 76 Zane Lawrence 254
31 99b Blake Mallory 238
32 8a Koty Adams 218
33 17x Micah Baccus 215
34 5r John Ricketts 208
35 57 Chase Parson 190
36 79V Ryan Hall 185
37 04 Kyle Jones 184
38 55 Brad Queen 159
39 45 John Carney II 150
40 17W Harli White 142
41 26 Jacob Harris 142
42 1X Tim Crawley 135
43 12 Trey Schmidt 135
44 35 Jeff Emerson 135
45 48 Cody Stacy 130
46 49 Justin Fifield 125
47 2w Dustyn Welch 125
48 b51 Johnny Brown 122
49 9Z Taylor Courtney 119
50 91 Craig Oates 119
51 3 Willie Reed 116
52 97 Reagan Reed 116
53 92 Jordan Weaver 113
54 9tx Brad Wesp 113
55 8A Alan Myers 110
56 22L Kent Lewis Sr. 106
57 83 Jett Hays 106
58 17w Brad Welborn 104
59 07 Bobby Middleton 104
60 57C Chris Schmelzle 102
61 17 Channin Tankersley 100
62 16 Cody Tankersley 100
63 18 Logan Scherb 98
64 18L Dillon Laden 96
65 82c Christian Kinnison 92
66 10C Jeremy Campbell 92
67 41 Josh Harner 90
68 35 Chris Hinson 88
69 4b Austin Burkham 65
70 4t6 Russ Fletcher 65
71 15 Michael Colaluca 65
72 9 Bobby Breen 65
73 52 JD Fry 65
74 79 Charlie McDonald 65
75 12.5 James Griffin 65
76 5X Tyson Hall 65
77 22X Steven Shebester 65
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