Needles
Uses Lapped Traffic to Win @ the Zoo
Kalamazoo, MI (May 22, 2010) - Steve
Needles used lapped traffic to overtake Billy Shannon with just
nine laps to go and then pulled away to win Saturday nights
Outlaw Super Late Model feature. Shannon was able to hold off last
week’s winner Brandon Lyons for second with hard charging
Trent Hellenga coming in fourth. Phil Bozell charged through the
field to finish fifth ahead of Tom Thomas, Mark Shook, Todd Dougherty,
Rick Sexton and point leader Andy Bozell. Thomas set the evening’s
quickest time during qualifying with a lap at 12.749 seconds. Phil
Bozell and Rick Senneker won the heats.
Mike Brooks stayed undefeated in the Modified division by holding
off the Scott’s Sport Cards machine driven by Ben Raber.
AJ Foote finished a solid third ahead of Earl Miles and veteran
Chris Orr. Matt Bainbridge set quick time and finished sixth ahead
of Ryan Wheeler, Dan Loughan, Brent Hook and Michelle Sexton. Sexton
and Raber won the heats.
Buddy Head collected his second Super Stock feature win of the
year over surprising runs by Josh Trammel and Nick Gebben. Jake
Hopwood beat out Matt Corliss for fourth while Chris Shannon finished
sixth ahead of Hank Miller, Kelli Jo Hofacker, Phil Bozell and
Matt Frazier. Bozell was quick time while Bryan VanZile and Tony
Staffen won the heats.
On his third attempt Matt Noble collected his first Pro Stock
feature win beating out a very quick Seth Moody. Keith Wilfong
continued his string of strong finishes by finishing third ahead
of Ron Landis and Jeff Carper. Ken Knapp was sixth ahead of Butch
Glass, Alan Rhoderick, Tyler Hufford and Scott Elsey. Noble was
also quick time while Glass and Wilfong collected heat race wins.
The Cyber Stocks had another thrilling event with Nick Layman
once again coming out on top. Dale Leonard and Keith Dunham finished
second and third ahead of Kyle Knapp and Kaylee Misak. Doug Smith
finished sixth ahead of TC Burgess, Matt Slater, Logan Knight and
Brian Gregersen. Layman was also quick time. Doug Nelson collected
the ‘B’ Feature win while Knapp, Walter Nielson, and
Dunham won heats.
Next weekend is the first double header weekend of the season
at the Zoo. On Saturday the Modifieds take center stage with the
$1,200 to win King of the Mods. Outlaw Super Late Models will also
be on hand with the Pro Stocks, Cyber Stocks and Michigan Legends
Cars. Then on Sunday the Belle Tire Enduro Series runs their second
event of the season with the running of the Veterans 200 Enduro.
There will also be the fan favorite Spectator Drags as well as
the first Powder Puff Enduro of 2010. The night will kick off with
FREE Bus Rides.
Stay tuned to www.kalamazoospeedway.com all
week long for more details. |
