Jeff Walbaum wins night one of the Dodge Dealers Mid-Season Championship

Saturday, 04 July 2009 00:00

Comfort Shack Sportsman

Jeff Walbaum held off the ever approaching Brinlee and Tommy Roe for his first victory this season at CNS. Now 2nd in points, Walbaum is a clear contender for the '09 Sportsman Championship.

25 Sportsman hit the track for the 30 lap main event. #38 Frankie Estes had the pole with #8 Jeffrey Walbaum on his outside. #62 Jim Bob Rogers had the inside of row 2, #49 Dennis Pobanz was on the outside. #99 Nick Brinlee followed on the inside of row 3.

Throughout the first 2 laps Jeff Walbaum had been gaining on Estes’ on the outside. By lap 4 Walbaum had 1st with a 3 car length lead. Meanwhile, in an awesome display of skill, Nick Brinlee maneuvered his way into 2nd.

Yellow flag 10 laps in due to contact in turn 3. Walbaum and Brinlee got ready to drag race out of the double file restart. Walbaum quickly retook his lead with Brinlee right behind him. #6 Tommy Roe followed in 3rd. The distance between the top 3 continued to widen as the race went on. By lap 22 the leaders were navigating lapped traffic.

#00 Steven Maas spun out right in front of Walbaum but he did a great job avoiding him. The field lined up single file for the restart. On the green flag, the drivers toward the rear of the field accelerated into a pile. The contact caused #84 Bruce Borchardt to hook right and he smashed right into the wall on the outside of turn 4. After the flames were subdued, Bruce exited the car A-Okay to the relieved cheers of the crowd.

The field lined up for one last single file for a restart with only 3 laps to go. Walbaum took the win followed by Brinlee, Tommy Roe and Jim Bob Rogers. Brinlee was penalized. See official results below:

1 #8 JEFFREY WALBAUM, 2 #6 TOMMY ROE, 3 #62 JAMES ROGERS, 4 #38 FRANKIE ESTES, 5 #41 DOUG JENSEN, 6 #49 DENNIS POBANZ, 7 #46 ERIC BLACKARD, 8 #58 JEFF WEBB, 9 #55 CRAIG HOLMES, 10 #98 LEE KEMMIT, 11 #26 #DALE REEDER, 12 #3 WADE GROVE, 13 #67 STEPHANIE BROWN, 14 #28 ALAN ALAN CARTER, 15 #00 STEVEN MAAS, 16 #24 83 #GREG WOHLCKE, 17 #47 CHRISTOPHER ANGLIM, 18 #18 #DENNIS J STEPANICH, 19 #21 TROY MEYER, 20 #01 PETE MAAS, 21 #84 BRUCE BORCHARDT, 22 #39 SCOTT ESTES, 23 #30 #BRENDON DREILING, 24 #99 NICHOLAS BRINLEE

CARC Mod Coupes

13 Mod Coupes hit the track 25 lap feature.
#55 Gary Land had the pole, with #33 Chet Graham on the outside. On the inside of row 2 was #88 Scott Bremkamp with #8 Andy Hampton on the outside, #56 rookie Michael Fetters had the inside of row three.

#21 Cory Gordon sped through traffic moving into 3rd early on. By lap 6 Cory had taken 2nd and was the only guy with a shot at taking down the speedy Land.

At lap 12 Land and Cory Gordon were navigating lapped traffic. Through the next 9 laps, Land continued to open his lead on Gordon. Caution on the speedway at lap 21 closed the gap between Land and Gordon as they prepared for a double file restart. Land got the jump at the green flag, putting the distance back between himself and Gordon.

At the checkered it was #55 Gary Land followed by Cory Gordon, #45 Carl Vair, #33 Chet Graham & #36 rookie Matt Burton. This marked the 2nd consecutive 2009 win for Gary Land at CNS!

1 #55 GARY LAND, 2 #21 CORY GORDON, 3 #45 CARL VAIR, 4 #33 CHET GRAHAM, 5 #36 #MATT BURTON, 6 #24 CHAD GUILFORD, 7 #90 FRANK DENNING, 8 #29 DAVID JOHNSON, 9 #56 #MICHAEL FETTERS, 10 #8 ANDY HAMPTON, 11 #6 MICHAEL CORRENDI, 12 #91 #JAMIE GREIVE, 13 #88 SCOTT BREMKAMP, 14 #17 SCOTT RHOADES

ERA Super Modified

17 Super Modifieds took to the oval for the 25 lap A Main.
#22 Ira Castor had the pole with #26 Brian Pacheco on the outside. On the inside of row 2 was #88 Kevin Day, #33 Chris Scheil was on the outside. #15 Joshua Lewis had the inside of row 3.

#51 Joe Priselac and #11 Nick Haygood rocketed up through the field into 2nd and 3rd. Haygood was looking FAST.

Contact on the track left #3 HJ Evans wrecked and he was towed off the track. On the restart, Haygood grabbed a large lead. After several laps, Haygood had a 1 half lap lead over his second place contender #2 Rich Castor Jr. By time the white flag waved, the only car that Haygood hadn’t lapped was Castor. Nick Haygood passed the checkered for the win.

For full race results see http://erasupermodifieds.tripod.com/home.html

Loveland Goodyear Figure 8

16 machines hit the track for the 20 lap figure 8 feature.
#81 David Smith had the pole with #03 Bobby Zike on the outside. #69 Tammy Totos had the inside of row 2 with #52 Jared Wall on the outside. #15 Jereme Wall had the inside of row 3.

#52 Jared Wall moved to the front of the field early on and dragged with #81 David Smith for 2 laps. Jared won the bout taking the lead as #15 Jereme Wall moved into 2nd. Jereme and #22 Joe Matlock sped past Jared taking 1st and 2nd respectively. Jereme Wall dropped behind as Matlock took the lead with #26 Nicholas Martinez moving into 2nd. Martinez and #90 John Johnson duked it out for 2nd place as Matlock widened his lead on the rest of the field.

At the white flag it had been the cleanest, figure 8 feature in CNS history. Matlock took the win followed by #90 John Johnson, #26 Nicholas Martines, #23 Al Duran & #25 Phil Taylor.

1 #22 JOE MATLOCK, 2 #90 JOHN JOHNSON, 3 #26 NICHOLAS MARTINEZ, 4 #23 AL DURAN, 5 #25 PHIL TAYLOR, 6 #24 JOE MARTINEZ, 7 #52 JARED WALL, 8 #80 HARRY BRAGG, 9 #17 HARRY LIVERMORE JR, 10 #15 JEREME WALL, 11 #95 EDDIE FLOYD JR, 12 #66 JOHN MARTELLO, 13 #03 LUKE ZIKE, 14 #69 #TAMMY TOTOS, 15 #81 DAVID SMITH

RMLRA Legends

24 Legends hit the track for the 25 lap A Main.
#8 Jon Krizman had the pole with #3 Wayne Barlock on the outside. #66 Kyle Clegg had the inside of row two with #21 Terry Plummer on the outside. #24 Derek Kopp followed on the inside of row 3.

Krizman was moving fast up-front but contact in the middle of the pack caused #07 William Seip to flip upside down in turn 2. On the restart Barlock spun out a complete 360 degrees but held it together and kept on racing! Caution was called due to a bumper on the back chute. At this point, only 1 lap had been completed.

When the green flag waved Krizman had the pole with Clegg on the outside and Wayne Barlock had taken back 3rd. Krizman maintained his lead but Clegg wasn’t giving him an inch. At lap 12 Clegg was approaching Krizman from the inside. Terry Plummer tagged along with his eye on first. It was an old fashioned three car battle for the lead. Suddenly Plummer got loose and Krizman pulled ahead for a 3 car length lead.  Out of nowhere, Terry Plummer sprang forward with a burst of speed taking the lead from Krizman! Barlock maintained 3rd.

At the finish it was #21 Terry Plummer for the win followed by #8 Jon Krizman, #3 Wayne Barlock, #03 & #66 Kyle Clegg.

1 #21 TERRY PLUMMER, 2 #8 JON KRIZMAN, 3 #3 WAYNE BARLOCK, 4 #03 DARRELL STEWART, 5 #66 KYLE CLEGG, 6 #62 PHIL PECONI, 7 #29 #SCOTT GRIFFITH, 8 #24 DEREK KOPP, 9 #78 BRITTANY DUNCAN, 10 #95 LUKE ULANDER, 11 #84 MICHAEL WEBBER, 12 #17 BILL YEROS, 13 #59 JOSHUA BANDSTRA, 14 #6 LARREL SCOTT, 15 #4 #GARY KOPP, 16 #16 TIMOTHY FAATZ, 17 #51 A.J. CANADA, 18 #06 TONY LEICHTWEIS, 19 #75 #DOUG ULANDER, 20 #19 GARRETT  PARK, 21 #57 JASON STEWERT, 22 #07 WILLIAM SEIP, 23 #73 ZACK POWELL, 24 #13 PETE DELARCO