8/23/2016
Salina Highbanks Speedway
SALUTE TO THE VETERANS NIGHT!
This past Saturday night is one of my favorite nights of racing we have all year! Over 160 Veterans and Active Military men and women stood as Drivers took to the track carrying the flags of our Armed Forces and as war birds from the past flew in formation over head, we paid tribute to those who have served and those who gave it all for this great country we call home! Its always and honor to plan this event and see it all unfold!
We had a busy night of racing planned as well. Due to the four weeks of rain outs classes were add to the nights events for drivers to make up valuable national points as we come into the last four weeks of Whelen All-American Series points racing. USMTS, OCRS and three of our weekly classes boasted a record car count of 162 cars for the speedway since it was reopened in 2011.
The Pure Stock Division sees a repeat of last week with the same one,two finish of Nathan Campbell and Brennon Lacy. Nathan took the top spot making it back to back wins. Both of these Boys are cutting in the the national points lead of Kevin Lacy as the weeks wind down to close out the season. Nathan and Brennon both will jump into the top five after the points are updated. Its entirely possible for Salina to have a One-Two-Three finish by seasons end.
Kyle Davis wins the Grand National Division this week after just coming up short in the previous weeks races but both points night will have him sitting third when the National Points come out this Thursday. Kyle had fallen back to tenth but with two weeks of great finishes he has really fought his way back to the top. For anyone who has chased points we all know how nerve-racking a points battle can be and not to make it any harder, he actually has a shot at capturing the division III title if things work out! We all know he is capable as a nine time feature winner this year!
The B Modified Class had Chance Bishop back this week in his first visit back to the speedway since May. Bishop puts his Hatfield powered B Mod in Victory Lane for the fourth time this season. I spoke with Chance earlier in the night and he had said that they had just got the motor back and in the car and hadn't raced the since the motor let loose back in May. We are glad to have him back. Chris Hawkins still leads national points for division II but said he would like a little more cushion as the season comes to a close so you might look for him making his way back to the checkered in the next few weeks!
USMTS and OCRS results are posted in their news stories.
Official Race Results
B MODIFIED
Date of Race: Monday, August 20, 2016
HEAT 1
1, BOBBY WARD. 2, Austin Fullerton. 3, Randi Goins.
4, Dylan Cantwell. 5, Keith Campbell. 6, Rob Hull. 7, Mike Northrup. 8, JEFFREY VAUGHN.
HEAT 2
1, Jacob Stoll. 2, CHANCE BISHOP. 3, KADEN WEAVER.
4, Scott Sopha. 5, BRADY WALSH. 6, Tony Quinton. 7, Rex Kidder. 8, Michael Watson.
HEAT 3
1, Matt Walton. 2, Nathan Hagar. 3, Dean Green. 4, Chris Hawkins. 5, Jared Thulin. 6, TODD BROYLES. 7, ERICK SHIVE.
8, Lindsey Alexander.
HEAT 4
1, Hunter Byers. 2, JONATHAN SHOEMAKER. 3, CODY COUCH. 4, Scott Walton. 5, Bobby Gilbert. 6, Alex Heimer. 7, William Dixon.
A FEATURE
1, CHANCE BISHOP. 2, Jacob Stoll. 3, Hunter Byers.
4, Matt Walton. 5, Chris Hawkins. 6, Dean Green. 7, Alex Heimer.
8, Keith Campbell. 9, CODY COUCH.
10, JONATHAN SHOEMAKER. 11, Austin Fullerton.
12, BRADY WALSH. 13, BOBBY WARD. 14, Jared Thulin.
15, Scott Sopha. 16, KADEN WEAVER. 17, Dylan Cantwell.
18, Randi Goins. 19, Bobby Gilbert. 20, Nathan Hagar.
Grand National
Date of Race: Monday, August 20, 2016
HEAT 1
1, Andy Morris. 2, Daniel Johnson. 3, DENNIS COOK.
4, STAN ANDERSON. 5, Jacky Griffin. 6, AJ Smith. 7, Mike Smith. 8, Dennis Slader.
HEAT 2
1, Kyle Davis. 2, Kyle Slader. 3, RUSTY ETHERTON.
4, WILLIAM PARKER. 5, JASON WAYNE. 6, Robert Knowles.
7, Charlie Tuggle. 8, DANIEL MULLINS.
HEAT 3
1, Jeff Metcalf. 2, Steve Toalson. 3, Tyler Chambers.
4, Darin Rigney. 5, Justin Green. 6, Brand Henry.
7, TYLER HOPSON. 8, MIKE SOPHA.
A FEATURE
1, Kyle Davis. 2. Steve Toalson. 3, Kyle Slader. 4, Jeff Metcalf.
5, Tyler Chambers. 6, TYLER HOPSON. 7, Darin Rigney.
8, Andy Morris. 9, JASON WAYNE. 10, DENNIS COOK.
11, Charlie Tuggle. 12, AJ Smith. 13, RUSTY ETHERTON.
14, Daniel Johnson. 15, Mike Smith. 16, STAN ANDERSON.
17, WILLIAM PARKER. 18, Justin Green.
19, Jacky Griffin. 20, DANIEL MULLINS. 21, MIKE SOPHA.
22, Robert Knowles. 23, Dennis Slader. (DNS).
24, Brand Henry. (DNS).
Pure Stock
Date of Race: Monday, August 20, 2016
HEAT 1
1, Keith Couch. 2, Jimmy White. 3, Roger Starling. 4, Tyler Harris.
5, JR JOHNSON. 6, Kevin Lacy. 7, Susan Stand. (DNS).
HEAT 2
1, Mark Martin. 2, NATHAN CAMPBELL. 3, PAUL DILBECK.
4, Justin Walters. 5, James Mossien. 6, JASON EDWARDS.
7, Trent Harris.
HEAT 3
1, Brennon Lacy. 2, AJ CHANCELLOR. 3, JP Harris.
4, JAKE LLOYD. 5, Zachary Cowan. 6, KEITH SAPPINGTON.
A FEATURE
1, NATHAN CAMPBELL. 2, Brennon Lacy. 3, Justin Walters.
4, JP Harris. 5, JAKE LLOYD. 6, Zachary Cowan.
7, JASON EDWARDS. 8, Susan Stand. 9, JR JOHNSON.
10, Trent Harris. 11, Tyler Harris. 12, Jimmy White.
13, Roger Starling.
14, PAUL DILBECK. 15, Keith Couch. 16, KEITH SAPPINGTON. 17, AJ CHANCELLOR. 18, James Mossien. 19, Kevin Lacy.
20, Mark Martin. (DQ).
Article Credit: David Edwards Salina GM
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