SPRINTFREAK'S TRAVELS May 10, 1999
Hello sprintcar fans, its the sprintfreak back with another week of sprintcar news and notes! It was a soggy weekend for most, however, quite a few shows did get run. The All-stars got three of four run, but the Outlaws only got in one show over the weekend. Well, off to the news!
The big news of the weekend was Dale Blaney and Tim Hughes returning to action together with the All-stars this weekend. As I reported last week, Dale and the Hughes #94 made their return at the Williams Grove Speedway with Dale finishing in the top ten in his first night back in the #94. At Lincoln one night later, Dale once again finished in the top ten. Two solid runs to start off with for the #94 team, look for Dale to get his first win this coming weekend at Attica or Eldora, two of Dale's favorite tracks!
Another story of the weekend was California's Brad Furr, who towed east to run with the All-stars for a while. Brad looked fast, but failed to pick up a victory. Look out if this guy decides to stay here for a while! He is smooth and a good time trialer! A real good combination when running with the All-stars. Brad also showed up at Tri-city on Sunday(after Sharon cancelled)and finished fourth in a stout local show! Brad won his heat, but seemed to just miss the setup a bit in the feature. Like I said, watch out if he decides to run out here for a while! By the way, Brad gets my vote for having the nicest hauler in the pits! Brad has an Outlaw quality set up as far as truck, trailer, and equipment!
How about "Fast" Freddie Rahmer! Three for three with the All-stars this weekend. Fred and the Hamilton crew have really got things going in the right direction. At the begining of the year there were a lot of people saying that Fred was off his game and that the team was using the wrong equipment and tires. Well after Fred's performance over the past couple of weeks, I'd say Freddie's doing just fine! I've heard from more than one driver that the new J&J chassis is a little tricky to figure out, but once you hit the setup the car will fly! I think Freddie has hit the "setup"!
How about all the Outlaw regulars who ran at Knoxville Saturday night. Even with about ten Outlaws in the pits it was local Skip Jackson coming away with the victory. Skip has been tough to beat at Knoxville the past couple of seasons, maybe Skip can do some damage at this years Nationals!
One of the biggest disappointments of the weekend had to be Sharon Speedway cancelling their Sunday All-star show. Now I can understand if it had been raining all day, but it hadn't, the sun was out most of the day. It didn't even rain the day before! I live nine miles from the track and the most rain we got in the 48 hours before the race was a little drizzle. Now Pa. is another story, they got hammered with rain, but somehow Tri-city was able to run their show! Something doesn't seem right here. This makes the second time this year that Sharon has cancelled under sunny skies and blamed it on wet grounds? Now I am not one to promote rumors, but I have heard from more than one reliable source that Sharon's present management is in financial trouble and that the two questionable cancellations are a result of this situation. I hope they get their act together or they are going to lose a lot of fans and teams who would otherwise support them!
The winners of last weeks poll questions are:
The best local driver in Ohio?
1) Mark Keegan 35% of the total votes
2) Jack Hewitt 19%
3) Rodney Duncan 8%
4) Chad Kemenah 8%
5) Jim Nier 4%
Those are the top five vote getters in Ohio.
The best local driver in Pa.?
1) Fred Rahmer 39% of the total votes
2) Jeff Shepard 15%
3) Jimmy Hawley 11%
4) Cris Eash 9%
5) Keith Kauffman 6%
Those are the top five vote getters in Pa.
Just a sidenote, I recieved a lot of votes for people who were not LOCAL drivers, such as Jac Haudenschild, Kenny Jacobs, Kevin Gobrecht, and Stevie Smith. These votes did not count as these drivers are no longer LOCAL drivers.
Here are some weekend results:
All-stars
Grandview 5.5.99
1) Rahmer 77
2) Shepard 1
3) Kauffman 7
4) Eash 17e
5) DeWease 461
Williams Grove
1) Rahmer 77
2) J.Chesson 22
3) DeWease 461
4) Hodnett 12
5) Saldana 17
Lincoln
1) Rahmer 77
2) Shepard 1
3) Saldana 17
4) K.Jacobs 6
5) D.Jones 8
Points
1) K.Jacobs 630
2) D.Jacobs 609
3) J.Hull 514
4) R.Duncan 489
5) G.Wilson 469
WoO
RT. 66 5.9.99
2) Lasoski 83
3) Schatz 15
4) M.Kinser 5m
5) Walker 35
Lernerville
1) Priester 11x
2) Marshall 15
3) Matus 33
4) Ruth 5x
5) Daugherty 27
Attica
1) Reed 5
2) Keegan 92
3) Schroeder 17
4) Goeden 27
5) Dukes 3
Knoxville
1) Jackson 55
2) Gobrecht 93
3) Haudenschild 22
4) Tatnell 7
5) McCarl 5
K-C
1) Smith 92
2) Nier 00
3) Wisbon 16
4) Kemenah 15
5) Stinson 99
Tri-city
1) Felmlee 6
2) Ellenberger 20
3) Hawley cIII
4) Furr 2
5) Mott 5m
Millstream
1) Wilson 63
2) Kemenah 15
3) Keegan 92
4) Schroeder 17
5) Reed 5
This weeks poll questions are:
#1) Who is the best driver in or from
California?
a. Brent Keading
b. Steve Kent
c. Randy Hannigan
d. Randy Tiner
e. Tyler Walker
Choose any of these drivers or any other
driver you think is the best.
#2) Which driver has the best nickname that
currently races?
a. "The King" Steve Kinser
b. "The dude" Danny Lasoski
c. Randy "Boo" Tiner
d. "The Wild Child" Jac Haudenschild
e. "The Apollo Rocket" Ed Lynch Jr.
f. "The G-man" Kevin Gobrecht
g. "The mouse" Kenny Jacobs
h. Johnny "Hollywood" Herrera
i. "The X-man" Mark Keegan
j. "Slammin" Sammy Swindell
Choose any of these nicknames or any other
nickname you think is the best.
You can e-mail your answers to: sprintfreak@hotmail.com
The results will be in next weeks column.
Well, that's about it for this week. I hope
you enjoyed this weeks column and continue to
read and enjoy my column for the rest of the
racing season!
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Happy sprintcar racing!
~H
oMe~
