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Debbie
Green Memorial drawing raises $3,000 for leukemia patients By
LORI PETTIT ST. CLAIRSVILLE,
Proceeds from
the night’s 50/50 drawing went to this year’s recipients of the
Debbie Green Memorial fund, established by Ronnie Green after his sister
Debbie died of leukemia. Over $3,100 was raised at the event, which will
benefit two area children with leukemia -- Scott Owens of St.
Clairsville and Kody Braley of Last year’s
Debbie Green Memorial recipient, Robbie Kemp, drew the winning ticket. Flag carriers
for the night’s opening ceremonies were Corey Conley, Jess Hartman,
Ryan Twarog and J.E. Stalder. LATE MODELS Danger, danger, danger! The top 10 Late Model points leaders lined
up in inverted order to see who could survive Cannonball’s Australian
Pursuit, sponsored by QuickTime Performance. Once passed, a car must
retire immediately, and among the early outs were Rick Armstrong, Donnie
McFarland and Charlie Maloney. Mike Davis crashed out, leaving Doug Dodd
to try to chase down Greg Baumberger. Baumberger opened up a comfortable
margin, and come home the winner over Dodd. Earlier in the
evening, three wild and crazy Late Model heats set the field for an
equally wild and crazy feature -- minus Cannonball Challenge contender
and two-time double feature winner Corey Conley. Conley had to settle
for the consey after blowing an engine in his heat, but as the field
took the green flag Conley got caught up in an opening lap crash that
terminally damaged the #14 and ended his night early. Doug Dodd
earned the pole beside Challenge contestant Charlie Maloney. The other
contenders -- Greg Baumberger, Ty Myers and Mark Banal -- were spread
out through the pack. Sammy Stile started sixteenth by winning the
consey. As field came
off the line crashing, banging and spinning, Maloney took the early lead
with Dodd and Baumberger in pursuit. Baumberger got by Dodd, then past
Maloney on the inside. Behind them a couple of hard-working drivers
broke into the top five -- Sonny Conley, up to third from a tenth-place
start, and, behind Banal in fourth, Stile in fifth from near the tail. With the third
through fifth cars running two- and three-wide at times, up front
Maloney kept pressure on Baumberger. Baumberger finally faltered, and
Maloney and Banal got around. Banal got alongside and then around
Maloney, grinding sheet metal in the process. Maloney continued to
pursue Banal down to the wire, but Maloney got home first. Stile secured
third followed by Conley. Baumberger rounded out the top five. AMRA MODIFIEDS Norm Aronhalt
sat on the pole for the AMRA Modified feature beside Jess Hartman, with
Larry Kugel and Chris Dickson forming row two. Corey Conley,
once again running two divisions, had a little better luck with the Mods.
Starting eighth, by lap 3 he had put Gib Patt’s #707 in third spot
behind leaders Hartman and Kugel. Conley then got around Kugel for
second, setting up a struggle for third between Kugel and Junior Nolan.
Chris Dickson finally squeezed the #00 between the two, but Nolan then
dropped back and headed into the infield. Dickson picked up one more
spot to finish third behind Hartman and Conley. Ed Robinette rounded out
the top five. STREET STOCKS Kenny Isner and
Kevin Smith set the first row of the Street Stock feature, followed by
Todd Brennan and Tom Cota in row two. Smith cruised
into the lead to stay as Isner retired early and Gary Knollinger, Jr.
gave chase in second. Cota held onto third with a very persistent Ryan
Twarog all over his rear bumper, but Knollinger suddenly headed up the
hill to the pits, leaving Smith with a comfortable lead over Cota and
Twarog. Meanwhile,
eleventh-starting Rick Conley had gotten by Brennan and settled into
fourth. Doug Crall, starting near the tail in fourteenth, had also
improved his situation, now taking on Brennan for sixth. When the
checkered flew Smith collected his tenth feature win at Cannonball this
season. Cota finished second, but Twarog didn’t make it easy -- Cota
was just able to keep a nose out in front as the two crossed the line.
Conley and Brennan rounded out the top five. PURE STOCKS The Pure Stocks had a tough
time getting their feature started, but after several incidents that
forced two complete restarts and retired half a dozen cars, things
finally got rolling. Aubrey Nolan sat on the pole beside Randy Clark,
with Josh Boulet and J.E. Stalder behind them in row two. Clark and Stalder became two
of the early retirements, while out front Nolan took the lead, lost the
handle, and gave over to Randy Bauknecht, up from a tenth-place start,
and Ted Bier. Nolan, Boulet and Ty Glasgow now escalated a three-wide
scuffle for third, with At the finish Bauknecht
checked in first ahead of last week’s feature winner Bier, while Nolan
successfully held off Boulet for third. Scott Brown, starting from the
very tail through the consey, beat the high attrition rate and came home
fourth. Dave McConn, also starting from the tail, survived a battle with
Dave McNabb to round out the top five. FOUR-CYLINDER HOBBY STOCKS Another nice
field of thirteen Four-Cylinders took to the track for their feature,
with Hank Geis on the pole beside John McNutt, and Bill Stutler and Dale
Beatty in row two. Geis, last
week’s winner looking for his third feature win in a row at
Cannonball, got out front early but pulled up lame on a flat tire.
Rookie Kathy Peckins spun out of turn four and wound up against the
wall, but backed out and continued on to a seventh-place finish. Meanwhile at
the front Stutler had inherited the lead, but abruptly headed for the
pits, leaving John McNutt out front with Ray Scott second and Terry
Colletti and Scott Davis going at it door-to-door for third. With two to
go a caution period retired Scott, and on the restart with one to go
Rick Angelo shot into third and set his sights on MINI-WEDGES Paige Dodd shot
from the rear of a field of nine Mini-Wedges to mount a last lap,
three-wide charge for the lead with Rachel Robinette and David Henry,
Jr. Robinette spun
out and Dodd got the advantage coming down to the line, collecting her
first feature win at Cannonball in just her third appearance there.
Henry, Kody Smith, Brendon Twarog and Scott Folmar rounded out the top
five. POWDERPUFF In the end the
ladies got the last word, capping off the evening with Powderpuff events
in three divisions. Michelle
Fischer in the #3 AMRA Modified drove away from Heidi McPeak in the #9
to get the win. Erin Brennan
put the #30 Street Stock out front to stay in her feature, but came home
steaming in front of Tonya Piper’s #D78, who staved off a last minute
pass attempt by the #R35. Arlene Cross (#7) and Mindy Carpenter (#00)
rounded out the top five. Angie Decker
drove like a pro in the Pure Stock event, bringing the #17JE across the
line in front of Missy O’Brien in the #11X. Coming up … Next Friday,
Sept. 6, the Cannonball points race will come to a close with the WTOV9
Season Championship featuring double points in all divisions -- Late
Models, AMRA Modifieds, Street Stocks, Pure Stocks and Four-Cylinders,
along with the kids’ Mini-Wedges. Also, the AMRA
Modified division will offer $1,500
to win in the feature. For more
information, call the track office at 740-676-5444. Check the Web site,
www.cannonballspeedway.com, for complete stories and results from the
2002 season, and details on any events that may be added to the schedule
in September. Thank you… Ronnie Green would like to offer a sincere ‘thank you’ to all of those who supported the night’s 50/50 drawing and t-shirt sales. Green said the total proceeds from the Debbie Green Memorial fund, including additional bonuses, would approach $10,000 to benefit local children with leukemia. Go to TOP Friday, August
30, 2002
LATE MODELS Heat 1:
Doug Dodd, Danny McFarland, Ty Myers, Sonny Conley, John Mollick, Josh
Flynn, Pat Weldon, Jim Edmisten, Eric Otto. Heat 2:
Charlie Maloney, Greg Baumberger, Mark Banal, DJ Pellen, Donnie
McFarland, Jim Lepro, Mike Liggett, Rick Armstrong, Corey Conley. Heat 3:
Dave Hackathorn, Mike Davis, Scott Peltz, Denny Klug, Curtis Youst, Ron
Hoopingarner Jr, Bob Moskey, Brad Clark, Sammy Stile. Consey
-- 3 advance to Feature: (Sammy Stile, Jim Lepro, Rick Armstrong,) Pat
Weldon, Ron Hoopingarner Jr, Josh Flynn, Jim Edmisten, Eric Otto, Corey
Conley, (Mike Liggett, Bob Moskey, Brad Clark DNS.) FEATURE:
MARK BANAL (Cannonball Challenge Winner),
Charlie Maloney*, Sammy Stile*, Sonny Conley, Greg Baumberger*, Dave
Hackathorn, John Mollick, Donnie McFarland, Ty Myers*, DJ Pellen, Danny
McFarland, Curtis Youst, Rick Armstrong, Scott Peltz, Denny Klug, Doug
Dodd, Jim Lepro, (Mike Davis DNS.) AUSTRALIAN
PURSUIT: Greg Baumberger, Doug Dodd, Charlie Maloney, Donnie
McFarland, Mike Davis, Rick Armstrong, Curtis Youst. *
Eligible for this week's Cannonball Challenge. AMRA MODIFIEDS Heat 1:
Norm Aronhalt, Chris Dickson, David Griffin, Rick Schmitt, Pat Carlin,
Randy Gray, Don Jackson, Tim Johnson, (Brian Nethers DNS.) Heat 2:
Jess Hartman, Mike Wilson, Corey Conley, Ed Robinette, Larry Brown,
Gordon Schrader, Don Lewis. Heat 3:
Larry Kugel, Junior Nolan, Mark Lunig, Donnie Nething, Sam Lovejoy, Jim
Calvert, Cody Barack. Consey
-- 3 advance to Feature: (Sam Lovejoy, Gordon Schrader, Randy Gray,) Jim
Calvert, Don Lewis, Cody Barack, Don Jackson, Tim Johnson, (Brian
Nethers, DNS.) FEATURE:
Jess Hartman, Corey Conley, Chris Dickson, Larry Kugel, Ed Robinette,
Sam Lovejoy, Norm Aronhalt, David Griffin, Mark Lunig, Gordon Schrader,
Donnie Nething, Randy Gray, Rick Schmitt, Junior Nolan, Mark Deitch,
Mike Wilson, Pat Carlin, Larry Brown. POWDERPUFF:
Michelle Fischer, Heidi McPeak. STREET STOCKS Heat 1:
Kenny Isner, Tom Cota, David Nutter, Donnie Colletti, Scott Shipley,
Rick Carpenter, Jim Beatty, Arch Blair, (Rick Jasper DNS.) Heat 2:
Kevin Smith, Gary Knollinger Jr, Lou Ennis Jr, Rick Conley, Doug Crall,
Jim Rayner, Nathan Boulet, Steve Bush, John Warner. Heat 3:
Todd Brennan, Ryan Twarog, Larry Jarrett, Rob Melzer, Matt Flesher,
Travis DeVore, Ron Beckett, (Bob Wilt DNS.) Consey
-- 3 advance to Feature: (Jim Rayner, Jim Beatty, Rick Carpenter,) Ron
Beckett, Rick Jasper, Steve Bush, Travis DeVore, (Nathan Boulet, Arch
Blair, John Warner, Bob Wilt DNS.) FEATURE:
Kevin Smith, Tom Cota, Ryan Twarog, Rick Conley, Todd Brennan, Doug
Crall, Larry Jarrett, Jim Rayner, Lou Ennis Jr, Donnie Colletti, Matt
Flesher, Rick Carpenter, Gary Knollinger Jr, Jim Beatty, Scott Shipley,
Kenny Isner, Rob Melzer, David Nutter. POWDERPUFF:
Erin Brennon, Tonya Piper, R35, Arlene Cross, Mindy Carpenter, Janie
Henry. PURE STOCKS Heat 1:
Aubrey Nolan, JE Stalder, Gary Boring Jr, Randy Bauknecht, JD Ramsey,
Dan Holmes, Tim Skelton, Jason Jarrett, (Doug Blon DNS.) Heat 2:
Randy Clark, Max Porter, Ty Glasgow, Dave McNabb, Jon Baier, John
Castle, Dave Fulton, Rex Frohnapfel, Scott Brown. Heat 3:
Josh Boulet, Ted Bier, Bob Nolan Sr, Mike Fulton, Todd Baier, Kacy
Campbell, Mick McGuire, (David Fitch II, Dave McConn DNS.) Consey
-- 5 advance to Feature: (Kacy Campbell, Dan Holmes, Tim Skelton, Scott
Brown, Dave McConn,) David Fitch II, Mick McGuire, Doug Blon, John
Castle, (Jason Jarrett, Rex Frohnapfel, Dave Fulton DNS.) FEATURE:
Randy Bauknecht, Ted Bier, Aubrey Nolan, Josh Boulet, Scott Brown,
Dave McConn, Dave McNabb, Mike Fulton, Gary Boring Jr, Todd Baier, Ty
Glasgow, JD Ramsey, Jon Baier, JE Stalder, Randy Clark, Kacy Campbell,
Dan Holmes, Bob Nolan Sr, Max Porter, (Tim Skelton DNS.) POWDERPUFF:
Angie Decker, Missy OBrien, X01, Chantelle Andrews, Tracy White, Mindy
Fulton, Sue Devoy, Dotty Johnson. FOUR-CYLINDER
HOBBY STOCKS Heat 1:
Hank Geis, Bill Stutler, Ray Scott, Terry Colletti, Rick Angelo, Brian
Eveland, Matt Long. Heat 2:
John McNutt, Dale Beatty, Scott Davis, William Peckins, Charles
Daugherty, Kathy Peckins. FEATURE:
John McNutt, Scott Davis, Rick Angelo, Matt Long, Charles Daugherty,
Brian Eveland, Kathy Peckins, William Peckins, Terry Colletti, Ray
Scott, Hank Geis, Bill Stutler, Dale Beatty. MINI-WEDGES FEATURE:
Paige Dodd, David Henry Jr, Kody Smith, Brendon Twarog, Scott Folmar,
Rachel Robinette, Mike Jaworski, Levi Parsons, Levi Flesher. |
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