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7/30/09

Belleville High Banks

Belleville, KS

Belleville Midget Nationals Night #1

All Stars - Thunder Through the Plains Night #2

11 Midgets

20 410s

Midgets

Cole Whitt (2^nd car out to time) set a new track record in qualifying at 17.500 seconds. Billy Boat held the old mark at 17.504. Darren Hagen (5^th car out) was second quick, followed by Brad Sweet (11^th), Dave Darland (1^st), Bobby East (8^th), Jerry Coons Jr. (3^rd), Josh Wise (7^th), Henry Clarke (6^th), Tracy Hines (9^th), Brad Kuhn (4^th) and Zach Daum (10^th). The drivers who competed had USAC Sprint Car/Silver Crown obligations at the Iowa Speedway in Newton on Friday.

Heat one (started): 1. East 4 (2) 2. Whitt 1 (4) 3. Clarke 97 (1) 4. Sweet 49 (3) 5. Coons Jr. 11 (6) 6. Kuhn 17B (5) Coons Jr. had to pull down a back-up, so started at the rear. 8-lap heats on the high banks were little more than high-speed freight trains.

Heat two (started): 1. Wise 75 (2) 2. Hagen 3 (4) 3. Hines 21 (1) 4. Darland 9 (3) 5. Daum 5D (5) Wise was gone, while Hagen and Hines battled for second much of the way.

A main (started): 1. Wise (2) 2. Hagen (4) 3. Whitt (3) 4. Clarke (5) 5. Sweet (7) 6. Darland (8) 7. Daum (10) 8. Kuhn (11) 9. East (1) 10. Coons Jr. (9) 11. Hines (6)

The top four locked themselves into Saturday’s finale. East had things in control in the 20-lapper until slowing and exiting on lap 18. Wise assumed the lead, and pulled away. Sweet tried hard at Clarke for fourth, but there was nothing to grip low on the banks, providing little action in the form of passing. Daum and Kuhn did a spinning act on lap 14 for the only caution. Hines fell out on lap 12, and Coons Jr. retired with two to go.

410s

Terry McCarl (2^nd car out to time) became the fastest man ever to circle the high banks at 14.321 seconds. Randy Hannagan (5^th car out) was second quick, follwed by Ryan Bunton (11^th), Ryan Myers (12^th), Kerry Madsen (18^th), Tim Shaffer (1^st), Tim Kaeding (15^th), Don Droud Jr. (4^th), Shane Stewart (10^th) and Sam Hafertepe Jr. (16^th). Greg Wilson and David Gravel had engine issues in hot laps and failed to get a time in.

Heat one (started): 1. Brandon Wimmer 0 (2) 2. Daron Clayton 92 (1) 3. Kaeding 83R (4) 4. Hafertepe Jr. 15H (3) 5. McCarl 24 (6) 6. Myers 56R (5) 7. Greg Wilson w20 (7) The emphasis in the heats was on tire conservation, but Wimmer took the lead sliding under Clayton on lap three. All three heats ran under the previous 8-lap track record on a cool night.

Heat two (started): 1. Droud Jr. 1 (2) 2. Hannagan 1x (6) 3. Brian Brown 21 (3) 4. Madsen 55 (5) 5. Todd Wanless 2au (1) 6. David Gravel 89G (7) 7. Gary Wright 9x (6) Wright elected for a start at the tail and exited after the green was thrown. Droud Jr.’s run was the fastest ever for eight laps at 1:57.51.

Heat three (started): 1. Stewart 57 (2) 2. Miranda Throckmorton 22T (1) 3. Shaffer 83 (5) 4. Bunton 6R (4) 5. Brad Greer 3B (3) 6. Tony Bruce Jr. 18 (6) Bruce elected for the tail and exited shortly after the green fell. Stewart led flag to flag. Shaffer and Bunton provided the best racing in a battle for third.

Dash (started): 1. McCarl (4) 2. Shaffer (5) 3. Bunton (2) 4. Hannagan (3) 5. Greer (6) 6. Myers (1) Myers led the first lap before McCarl took over and cruised. In his interview, he called Belleville “scary fast” on this night.

A main (started): 1. Madsen (6) 2. McCarl (2) 3. Kaeding (7) 4. Hannagan (1) 5. Droud Jr. (8) 6. Wimmer (13) 7. Shaffer (5) 8. Brown (11) 9. Bunton (4) 10. Clayton (14) 11. Wilson (17) 12. Gravel (18) 13. Greer (12) 14. Throckmorton (16) 15. Hafertepe Jr. (10) 16. Wanless (15) 17. Bruce Jr. (19) 18. Myers (3) 19. Wright (20) 20. Stewart (9)

The 410 feature provided the best show of the night. Stewart broke before a lap could be completed in the 30-lapper. McCarl set sail when the green flag flew, with Madsen gaining four spots into second as lap one was in the books. The lead pair separated themselves from the pack by lap eight, when Wanless blew a right rear, and his car veered directly in front of the leader, McCarl. Both drivers did well to stay shiny side up, an dthe restart saw McCarl ahead of Madsen, Hannagan, Droud Jr. and Shaffer. Kaeding restarted seventh and made quick work of Bunton and Shaffer utilizing some rubber in the middle of turns one and two to his advantage. The only other driver to utilize the patch was Wimmer who went by Hafertepe Jr., Brown, Bunton and Shaffer after the restart. Madsen picked up steam, and McCarl was losing it by lap 15, when the “Mad Man” stormed into the lead. He continued to pour it on, distancing himself from second place as the last 22 laps went green. By the checkers, he was a ¼ of a big lap ahead of McCarl and was behind the sixth place car of Wimmer. He lamented that he may have lost a rear-end and a motor afterwards, but was ecstatic by the speeds of the place in victory lane.

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why such a bad car count?

Thats what I was thinking too, only 20 cars? I wonder if Wright, Stewart had 410s or their 360 motors in last night.

Just where would you expect the additional cars to come from? Big fast track and no cars based in the area. Be thankful there were as many as there was. I'm thinking only 16-18 tonight but you have to start building somewhere. Give it time and support what is aleady here.

I am surprised there was 20 I was thinking there would be less. Wish I could be there nevertheless LETS GO RACIN!!

yeah 20 under the circumstances is a success.

far more disconcerting is the 11 midgets. It's difficult to not think the Belleville Midget Nationals as a quality race is all but dead....

Thunderhill had to be nixed just so Belleville could have anything resembling a race.

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I just can't seem to get through to some of you guy's..That is not all of the cars (Midgets) that are going to run Saturday..

Thursday-Saturday, July 30-August 1, 2009
32nd Annual Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals
THURSDAY - USAC All Star Race plus All-Star Sprint Cars
Twelve of USAC's top points leaders in national divisions will compete on Thursday. USAC All Star Race participants will be announced on July 1. The top-4 finishers in the preliminary feature will be locked into Saturday's Pole Dash, along with the top-4 finishers from Friday's preliminary feature. Single-day tickets are $28 (lower rows) and general admission is $18 (if not sold out). Pit passes are $35. Three-day ticket packages are available here. Pits are open all day, grandstands open at 5:00, hot laps are at 6:30 and racing starts at 7:30.

FRIDAY - Qualifying and Preliminary Features
Featuring time trial qualifying, heat races, consolation and preliminary feature. The top-4 finishers in the preliminary feature will be locked into Saturday's Pole Dash, along with the top-4 finishers from Thursday's preliminary feature. Single-day tickets are $28 (lower rows) and general admission is $18 (if not sold out). Pit passes are $35. Three-day ticket packages are available here. Pits are open all day, grandstands open at 5:00, hot laps are at 6:30 and racing starts at 7:30.

SATURDAY - Pole Dash, Last Chance Races and Championship Feature
Featuring heat races, a Pole Dash between the top-4 from Thursday and Friday preliminary features, last chance races and the championship feature. Single-day tickets are $33 (lower rows) and general admission is $20 (if not sold out). Pit passes are $40. Three-day ticket packages are available here. Pits are open all day, grandstands open at 5:00, hot laps are at 6:30 and racing starts at 7:30.

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Is Droud in the Ochs Brothers 1x car?