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Weekend Wrap-Up May 30th
 

AMSA
The American Mini Sprint Association (AMSA) event at Thunder Valley Speedway in Salem Indiana was rained out on Friday May 29th.  The next event up on the AMSA calendar is two exciting nights of racing with the World of Outlaws sprints at Lawrenceburg Speedway May 5th and 6th.  The event features ahard charger award and meal after Saturday night's race.

Waynesfield Motorsports Park

This would only be the 2nd Mini-Sprint race of this season due to the rainouts of previously scheduled races. The staff and fans at Waynesfield were thrilled when over 20 cars showed up to race this night. The mini-sprint class seemed to stuggle with low car counts last season but they are showing their support of Waynesfield this year. Miracle said he had even gotten a few calls last week from some of the racers saying that they were unable to attend this weeks race because of family members graduating high school but they would be racing all of the other races scheduled. Gary Loney led the minis to the starting line of the feature but would soon be overcome by previous winner Trevor Helminger. Helminger shot out into the lead and was able to hold that spot for over 18 laps. Wapak's Devon Dobie managed to real in Helminger and make the pass for the lead on the final trip down the back shoot. The 2 cars fought side by side around the last 2 turns but tonight would belong to Dobie. Rod Henning had a strong run to finish the race in 3rd. Heat wins went to Helminger, Todd Wills, and the pink car of young lady Becca Stiefel.

600cc MINI-SPRINTS...1)Devon Dobie #23, 2)Trevor Helminger #8t, 3)Rod Henning #26, 4)Becca Stiefel #328, 5)Garry Loney #47, 6)Lee Underwood #24L, 7)Vince Coleman #29, 8)Bob Owens #31, 9)Brad Racer #22b, 10)Jerrod Delong #10j, 11)Tyler Hesson #7t, 12)Mikey Helterbran #00, 13)Michael Caroll #24c, 14)Todd Wills #1w, 15)Herschel Wills #1H, 16)Jamie Paul #24p, 17)Jeff Long #4L, 18)Chris Smalley #4s, 19)Kale Heitkamp #8k, 20)Shawn Lewis #32, 21)Ron Caroll #76

 

Saturday night May 30, 2009 MMSA race results:

It was a beautiful, warm Saturday night at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, IN.  30 cars showed up. Kevin Roberts heard a noise in his motor and decided not to try and race his car.  29 cars drew a pill for the heat race line up. Ten cars started in each of the first two heats and nine cars in the third heat. Each heat advanced five cars to the feature with the final five cars coming from the “B” Main.

 Heat #1                                                                       Heat#2                                                

1^st - #92 Sam Ashworth (1)                                          1^st – #22H Blake Hayes (1)                 

2^nd- #44 Seth Motsinger (2)                                          2^nd - #1X Scott Bradley (4)

3^rd - #1   Lynn Ambrose (6)                                          3^rd - #66W Mike Willis (2)

4^th - #27 Beau Steward (8)                                           4^th  - #67 Nathan Mensendiek (9)

5^th - #2   Austin Archdale (3)                                        5^th - #3D Dave Dorsett (7)

6^th - #86 Andy Bradley (10)                                         6^th - # 11 Stormy Steinhauer ( 5)

7^th - #4  Carl Cruse (4)                                     7^th - # 25P Colin Parker ( 8)

8^th - #7 Josh Garris (5)                                                 8^th - # 14 Nathan Horward (6)

9^th – #1R Justin Roberts (9)                                          9^th - # 99 Kerry Kinser (3)

10^th - #55 James Willis (7)                                            10^th - # 9C Zack Clark (10)

Heat #3

1^st - # 22 Collin Ambrose (1)

2^nd - # 12 Dustin Hueston (8)

3^rd - #22R Kevin Roberts Jr. (4)

4^th - #83 Kenny Burr (2)

5^th - # 68 Steve Bradley ( 3)

6^th - # 3 Gina Lowe ( 5)

7^th - # 11X Alex Shipman (7)

8^th - # 25 J.D. Parker (6)

9^th - # 37 Lynsey Tilton ( 9)

The “B” main had 14 cars start with 5 advancing to the “A” Main.

Lynsey Tilton put on an excellent show, running the cushion, to come from 12^th to finish 3^rd.

“B” Main

1^st - # 86 Andy Bradley ( 1)

2^nd - # 3 Gina Lowe (3)

3^rd - #37 Lynsey Tilton (12)

4^th - #11 Stormy Steinhauer (2)

5^th - # 4 Carl Cruse ( 4)

6^th thru 14^th was

#7 Josh Garris

#55 James Willis

#9c Zack Clark

#1R Justin Roberts

#11X Alex Shipman

#99 Kerry Kinser

#14 Nathan Howard

#25P Colin Parker

#25 J.D.Parker  

The “A” Main was a hard fought battle between Dustin Hueston, the 2008 AMSA Champion; Collin Ambrose, the 2009 Thunder Valley MMSA winner; Lynn Ambrose, the 2005/2006 AMSA Champion; and Sam Ashworth, first year MMSA 1000cc driver (Sam spun and came back from the tail).

There was good racing and a lot of action throughout the entire 20 laps. Andy Bradley had motor problems and the car stopped on the track.  Nathan Mensendiek swerved to miss him and crashed.  Steve Bradley had a hard crash and took out Gina Lowe. Beau Steward had a very good run going until a motor problem took him out.

“A” Main

1^st - #22 Collin Ambrose (5)

2^nd - # 1 Lynn Ambrose (7)

3^rd - # 92 Sam Ashworth (3)

4^th - #1X Scott Bradley (2)

5^th - # 12 Dustin Hueston (1)

6^th - # 2 Austin Archdale (13)

7^th - # 22R Kevin Roberts, Jr. (9)

8^th - # 3D Dave Dorsett (14)

9^th - # 83 Kenny Burr (12)

10^th - # 11 Stormy Steinhauer (19) Received the Hard Charger Award of $50.00

11^th - #44 Seth Motsinger (6)

12^th - # 4 Carl Cruse (20)

13^th - # 22H Blake Hayes (9)

14^th - #27 Beau Steward (10)

15^th - #3 Gina Lowe (17)

16^th - # 68 Steve Bradley (15)

17^th - # 67 Nathen Mensendiek (11)

18^th - #86 Andy Bradley (16)

19^th - # 37 Lynsey Tilton (18)

20 th - # 66 Mike Willis (8)

Our next MMSA race will again be at Twin Cities Raceway Park on Saturday night, June 6^th. We hope everyone will be back with us then

35 Raceway
35 Raceway action was cancelled after the heats due to rain.

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