American Mini-Sprint Association Comes to MRP
by Mike Goins
Williamsburg, OH (July 16, 2010) - It was another scorcher
Friday night at Moler Raceway Park and the racing action was
just as hot as
the weather. The Sunesis Construction Late Models would kick
things off with Edinburgh Indiana’s Chad Stapleton and
Bethel Ohio’s Rick Combs claiming heat race wins to set
the field for the feature.
In the A-Main Stapleton jumped to an early lead followed by Combs
and defending track champion Barry Doss. Those three would
race closely with Stapleton leading the first 13 laps and Doss
and Combs applying heavy pressure while battling back and forth
for 2nd. Finally on lap 14 Doss was able to get underneath
Stapleton to take the lead for good and capture his 3rd victory
of the season in his Gabbard Ford, Howser’s Discount & Garage,
Doss Contracting, D&G Trucking, Holman Motors sponsored
machine. Combs eventually had mechanical trouble and left the
track ruining an otherwise strong evening. Lil’ John
Whitney would come home 3rd claiming his 6th top 5 finish of
the season followed by “The Big Show” Robby Hensley
and 14 year old Ethan Burgess .
There were 22 cars in attendance in the Mt. Orab Ford Modified
division and it was Glen Este’s Shane Mugavin, Manchester’s
Jeff Arnold and and UMP Modified national points leader Devin
Gilpin of Columbus Indiana taking the heat race wins. In the
A-Main it would be all Gilpin as he jumped to a large lead early
and never looked back claiming his 7th win of the year in dominating
fashion in his Dasco Race Supply, Impressive Race Cars machine.
Corey Skipton of Greendale Indiana would come home 2nd followed
by Late Model veteran “The Jedi “ Jerry Bowersock,
Hamersville’s Randy Wash and Mugavin would finish out the
top 5.
The AMSA Mini Sprints would take the track next as a special
treat for the MRP faithful and it was Bainbridge Ohio’s
Brian Broughton who would claim the win as he quickly stormed
his way to the front from his 5th starting spot to claim the
victory, despite being caught up in lapped traffic towards the
end of the race. The AMSA returns to MRP for the final time this
season August 13th in what is sure to be another exciting show.
The Holman Motors Chevette division had a strong field of cars
on hand as usual and it was two Georgetown drivers, Miles Tarvin
and Sean Jones taking the checkers in heat race action. In the
feature it was all Tarvin as he took the lead from the pole and
never looked back to take the win and gain some ground on current
points leader Jeff Watson in track championship standings. It
was the 4th win on the season for the Brown County Pork Producers,
Bolender Farms, P&G Farms, Positive Therapy Services, Patriot
Signs car. It was another solid run for Hillsboro’s Rusty
Yarger as he would claim 2nd, followed by Jones, Watson, and
Josh Francis.
The US Race Gear Street Stocks would close out the night’s
races and it was Jamey Adams of Laurelville Ohio and Shane Pendleton
of Stout Ohio taking heat race wins to set the field for the
final A-Main. Adams jumped to an early lead and would dominate
all 15 laps taking his 3rd win in three visits to the track this
season in his Helterbran Trucking, Thomas Gas, RA Smith Photo,
and Precision Grinding sponsored machine. Sardinia’s Mark
Kaetzel had an impressive run to finish 2nd and another Sardinia
local, Dave Kirker, would fight his way back to third after going
to the tail of the field earlier in the event. Jim Helterbran
of Peebles and Pendleton closed out the top 5.
MRP has more exciting racing on tap for next Friday July 23rd
when the Sunesis Construction Late Models battle it out for $1,500
as they gear up for the NASRA Late Model Series’ visit
Friday August 6th, plus UMP Modified, Chevette & Street Stocks
all in action. www.molerracewaqypark.com
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