STREEPY TAKES FIRST SPORTSMAN WIN

Source: South Sound Speedway Public Relations
Date: 08/29/2004

Amanda Easley won the trophy dash in the Hinkle Homes Pure Stocks in her brand new racecar. Eric Lee also had a brand new car and he won the A heat race. Dan Walker finished closely behind Lee with Zach Franklin in third. The B heat race started out with eight cars. Newcomer Jeff Fresen and Lloyd Bonar started on the front row. After the first attempt to start Fresen, Bonar and Dennis Faulkner all got together in turn one. Kory Kugan got caught up in the incident and left the track. The next attempt was almost completed but as the group came out of turn four Scott Johnson and Faulkner got together, sending Faulkner nearly head on into the wall. A small fire set under Faulkner’s hood and he was pulled out of the car, short of breath. He was fine later. Johnson, Faulkner, Steve Gerdts and Mark Rorvik all left the track this time. The race was down to three cars. Fresen, Bonar and Mitchell Woods. The three cars raced for four laps with Bonar winning and Woods and Fresen close behind him. Dennis Faulkner and Mike Carlson were both unable to start the main event. Kory Kugan led the first lap of the main event before Steve Gerdts took over on lap two. Gerdts slowed on lap six giving Marshall Hallett just enough time to take the lead on lap six. Eric Lee, David Tresenriter and Amanda Easley all got around Gerdts on lap 10, moving him back to fifth. David Tresenriter took over second place on lap 14. A caution was thrown before the next lap when Amanda Easley spun. Another caution was thrown after the green flew when Steve Gerdts spun on the backstretch. The rest of the race ran green. Hallett continued to lead until lap 25 when Tresenriter made a very clean pass on him. Eric Lee moved into second on lap 28. Tresenriter took the checkered for his third win of the season. Eric Lee finished second with Marshall Hallett in third. Zach Franklin was fourth, Bobby Moore was fifth and Steve Woods finished sixth. Amanda Easley, Dan Walker, Scott Johnson and Mark Rorvik completed the top ten.

Tony Bartlotti clocked in fastest for the Cut Rate Auto Parts Economy 4-Cylinders. Todd VanDiest won the trophy dash with Bartlotti second. Richard Smith led the first six laps of the heat race before Freeman Pruitt took over. Pruitt won with Bartlotti second and Smith third. Tim Garske was the only qualifier not able to make it to the main event. Richard Smith started on the front row with Mike Hayne. Smith took the lead with Hayne in second. Hayne went very high on the track on lap five, dropping him back to sixth. By lap seven Tony Bartlotti had moved himself up to second place from his ninth place starting position. Bartlotti took the lead on lap 10 with a nice outside pass on the backstretch. Bartlotti was flying and his lead just kept growing and growing. A caution was thrown on lap 15 when Tom Keehan got into Floyd Hayne, spinning him. Hayne collected Jack Allen and Freeman Pruitt when they had no where to go. Pruitt and Allen both left the track. Another caution was thrown a lap later when Richard Smith’s tire came off in turn two. Todd VanDiest was running second when the green flew again but Doug Shaffer took the spot on lap 19. The last 16 laps ran very smooth with Bartlotti taking with win with Doug Shaffer right on his bumper. Todd VanDiest was third, Floyd Hayne was fourth and Dwayne Hardin was fifth.

Chris Cunningham won the dash for the FSCRA with the fastest qualifier, Tom Pinkowsky, finishing third. John Grosvenor won the A heat race after taking the lead from Scott Tiplady on lap seven. Richard Dionne took the lead on lap five from Vic Rogers in the B heat race to win. Skip Markham was second and Jason Shipman was third. Shipman led the first lap of the main event before Dionne took over. A caution was thrown on lap two when Craig Derksen, Skip Markham and Dave Powell got together. Markham and Powell left the track and Derksen was sent to the back for being part of the yellow. Wayne Dillon took the lead on lap four and Chris Cunningham moved into second on lap six. Tom Pinkowsky moved into second on lap 26 and then took first on lap 27. A caution was thrown on the end of lap 27 when Jerry Koepping spun. Jason Shipman, Koepping and Scott Tiplady all left the track during the caution. The green flew and after a lap was complete another caution was thrown when Chris Cunningham got into Dan Hale, spinning him. Another caution was thrown on the next lap when Craig Derksen spun. Then again on the next lap a caution was thrown when John Grosvenor and Wayne Dillon got together after running in second and third. Ted Mundy, trying to avoid the mess, hit the wall. Mundy left the track. Dillon and Grosvenor stayed on but were put to the back of the pack for being part of the yellow. The final ten laps ran caution free. Tom Pinkowsky won with Dillon in second and Grosvenor in third. Chris Cunningham finished fourth with Richard Dionne in fifth. Craig Derksen was sixth followed by Jim McKay, Dwight VanDyne, Dan Hale and Phil Flora.

Fast Time: John Boyatt 14.858

Dash: John Boyatt

Heat B: Tom Smitham, Shane Sawin, Jeremy Richardson, JD Barnum, Tom Kargman, Paul Welch, Kelly Ensor Heat A: Al Carver, Mark Jones, Jerry Clark, Cale Streepy, Brandon Finch, Mike Saylors

Main: Streepy, Finch, Carver, Sawin, Barnum, Kargman, Smitham, Saylors, Jones, Boyatt, Clark, Richardson

Fast Time: David Tresenriter 16.733

Dash: Amanda Easley

B Heat: Lloyd Bonar, Mitchell Woods, Jeff Fresner, Dennis Faulkner, Mark Rorvik, Kory Kugan, Steve Gerdts, Scott Johnson A Heat : Eric Lee, Dan Walker, Steve Woods, Bobby Moore, David Tresenriter, Marshall Hallett, Zach Franklin, Amanda Easley

Main: Tresenriter, Lee, Hallett, Franklin, Moore, S. Woods, Easley, Walker, Johnson, Rorvik, Gerdts, Fresner, M. Woods, Kugan, Bonar

Fast Time: Tony Bartlotti 17.225

Dash: Todd VanDiest

Heat: Freeman Pruitt, Tony Bartlotti, Richard Smith, Floyd Hayne, Doug Shaffer, Mike Hayne, Tom Keehan, Todd VanDiest, Jack Allen, Dwayne Hardin, Tim Garske

Main: Bartlotti, Shaffer, VanDiest, M. Hayne, Hardin, F. Hayne, Keehan, Smith, Pruitt, Allen

Fast Time: Tom Pinkowsky 15.343

Dash: Jerry Koepping

Heat A: John Grosvenor, Scott Tiplady, Dan Hale, Tom Pinkowsky, Chris Cunningham, Craig Derksen, Wayne Dillon, Jerry Koepping, Ted Mundy, Bob Quarterman Heat B: Richard Dionne, Skip Markham, Jason Shipman, Vic Rogers, Dave Powell, Dwight VanDyne, Jim McKay, Phil Flora, Ron Stocker, Terry Rennick

Main: Pinkowsky, Dillon, Grosvenor, Cunningham, Dionne, Derksen, McKay, VanDyne, Hale, Flora, Mundy, Koepping, Tiplady, Rogers, Shipman, Markham, Stocker, Quarterman, Powell

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