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Race Results April 6th, 2002 First night at the pit 2002!
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Race Results April 6th, 2002 First night at the pit 2002!
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With races at the Eagle and a big money race at SEMO, we thought maybe 50 entries but the 79 that showed up was more than enough to have a special initial non-points race to kick off the 2002 season.
So many new faces and a lot of familiar ones too, made this cool night very awesome and we were given some awesome races by our entries.
With most of our facility still under construction, and my digital camera battery left at home, we had a great time even tho we don't have any pics to show for it. What we did have was some wonderful family racers, having fun and enjoying the changes in our facility.
We are having rumors that we changed the shape of the track. I will tell you now, that is not possible, our reference pins have not been moved and the groove and barrels are in the same position as they have been. The track appears to be wider due to no hay bales anywhere, but we did not alter the shape of the surface at all. Its just a rumor to try and get stuff started early in the season....I think it's called..*racin* and we sure had some close races this evening.
Many thanks for all who came out and we hope you come back soon to ARP!!!
| Junior Novice "A" | Junior Novice "B" | ||
| 1. Tyler Smith | It was Tyler Smith driving the #5 kart to his first victory at ARP in the *A* main of the novice class. Tyler held off a hard charging John Johnson. It was GREAT to see Brandon Moore back in action following his very serious accident last season. Cngrats go out to Tyler for his victory. | 1. Chaney Young | Driving the #77, one of the *young guns*, Chaney Young drove green to checker to take his victory in the "B" main in our novice class. Chaney held off Trey Daniles to take this vioctory. Congrats go out to the *young guns race team for this victory. |
| 2. John Johnson | 2. Trey Daniels | ||
| 3. Brandon Moore | 3. Andy Stephens | ||
| 4. Joey McCutchen | 4. Braxton Templeton | ||
| 5. Jonathan Morgan | 5. Nate Campbell | ||
| Jr Sportsman Champs [Purple] | Jr Sportsman Champs [Aqua] | ||
| 1. Troy Dow | Getting a super start and taking the lead in turn one it was Troy Dow driving the #21 taking the victory in our purple division. Troy was being chased down by Cory Chapman and hard charging *G*man Garrett Carroll, but Dow held off these two to take his victory. New comer o ARP Josh Ray and regular Dylan Crawford topped off the top 5. | 1. Austin Billops | Driving the #10 aqua class was Austin Billops taking the victory in his camo paint scheme junior sports champ kart. The field was light because of SEMO's race, but Dillon Knight and Corey Ray gave Austin all he wanted. Congrats go out to Austin for this victory. |
| 2. Cory Chapman | 2. Dillon Knight | ||
| 3. Garrett Carroll | 3. Corey Ray | ||
| 4. Josh Ray | 4. | ||
| 5. Dylan Crawford | 5. | ||
| Junior 1 | Junior 2 | ||
| 1. Tate Dalrymple | OK, so it was a small class, but you could not tell it from the way Tate Dalrymple driving the 5T kart. Tate was on a mission and he never let up. He drove to this victory and our congrats go out to Tate and his family/crew. | 1. Justin Carver | Justin Carver driving the #24 took the lead from Jordan Meyers early in the race and held off Jordan to take this win. Tyler Ortiz and Phillip Higgs rounded out the class. Congrats to Justin and his family and crew!!! |
| 2. Blake Morgan | 2. Jordan Meyers | ||
| 3. | 3. Tyler Ortiz | ||
| 4. | 4. Phillip Higgs | ||
| 5. | 5. | ||
| Junior 3 | Junior Champs | ||
| 1. Paden Gray | Rumor has it that Paden will be moving up to the stock classes soon but tonight he showed every one he is ready as he took the well deserved victory in the un restricted junior class. He took the lead mid way thru the race and never gave it back up. This was a very good race by all drivers. Congrats go out to Paden and his crew | 1. Gary Boggan | The junior champ class grows, and the feature winner tonight driving the #90 was Gary Boggan. Gary held off Zach Hutcherson and new comer Beau Browning to take this first win of the 2002 season. Congrats to this class as I am sure you will see growth here. |
| 2. Joseph Leister | 2. Zach Hutcherson | ||
| 3. Justin Webb | 3. Beau Browning | ||
| 4. Lacey Webb | 4. | ||
| 5. Alan Kirk | 5. | ||
| Stock Light | Stock Medium | ||
| 1. Ty Young | One of the *young guns* Ty Young took top spot in the light class. Ty held on to the lead from the very first lap with Garrett Gray and Michael Harville in close pursuit. | 1. Garrett Gray | Garrett Gray and Richard Downing, and Michael Harville were something to see in this thriller of a Medium race. Downing led until the 9th lap when Gray took the lead, Harville took it on the 11th but slid up to let Gray take the victory and Downing take 2nd place. This was an awesome race, start to finish! |
| 2. Michael Harville | 2. Richard Downing | ||
| 3. Garrett Gray | 3. Michael Harville | ||
| 4. Richard Downing | 4. Ashley Musgrove | ||
| 5. Spencer Lee Jr | 5. Warren Parker | ||
| Stock Heavy | Stock Super Heavy | ||
| 1. Billy Bennett | After being attacked by 120# rottweiler earlier in the week and almost cutting off two fingers, Billy Bennett got it all back with a very decisive victory in the Heavy class. Billy had about a full turn on 2nd place finisher, the hard charging Garrett Gray. Congrats go out to Billy for this well earned victory. | 1. | It must have been too cold for the super heavy drivers tonight!!!! |
| 2. Garrett Gray | 2. | ||
| 3. Jerry Williams | 3. | ||
| 4. Wes Michael | 4. | ||
| 5. Justin Pierce | 5. | ||
| Senior Stock [Over 35] | Senior Champs | ||
| 1. Dan Johns | Richard Keele had the field covered in the heat, but come feature time, it was Dan Johns taking the lead in the 5th lap and never looking back. Pete Groff ended up taking second place in this feature. Making a strong 3rd place showing was a very happy David Martino!! | 1. Johnny Lock | It was a first time feature win for Johnny Lock driving the #8 champ kart. Johnny's teammate, Pete Crawford came in second as they debuted new motors and new looks for the 2002 season. Our congratulations go out to Johnny Lock for his first feature win at ARP, one that has been coming for a long time. |
| 2. Pete Groff | 2. Pete Crawford | ||
| 3. David Martino | 3. Ronson Morgan | ||
| 4. Richard Keele | 4. John Henderson | ||
| 5. Jeff Gilliam | 5. Jason Moss | ||
| Modifieds - Limiteds - Opens | |||
| 1. Michael Dubert | Michael Dubert was the only entry in the modified class but Michael didn't care, he wanted some seat time in his new kart and was just happy to be there. | ||
