22 1000cc mini-sprints signed
into Moler Raceway Park Friday Night, despite threats of severe weather.
Hud Horton took the victory in heat 1, while Ryan Broughton took the win
in heat 2.
Rough track conditions plagued the event all night, but it provided an
extremely competitive racetrack. On the initial attempt to start the
feature, Ryan Broughton made contact with # 86 Andy Bradley sending
Broughton’s machine end over end. This triggered a chain reaction, with
Ron Steinhauer also flipping after making contact with # 3T Ricky Taylor.
All three drivers were uninjured, but unable to continue. On the second
attempt to start, Jeff Barnhart took advantage of his outside pole
starting position taking an early lead with Hud Horton in quick pursuit.
Horton made his way underneath Barnhart and began to stretch his lead. The
field was slowed on lap 8 due to a scary crash when #151 Bill Kilgore hit
the concrete wall in turn 1, then being hit by 3rd running # 29E Chris
Eick while upside down. Kilgore was uninjured, and both cars were retired
from the event. On the restart Hud Horton left the field and cruised to
his 2nd MMSA win of the season. Following Horton to the line was Barnhart,
Andy Bradley, Nick Roberts, and Collin Ambrose coming from 20th starting
position to finish fifth to earn the hard charger award.
The MMSA is off Next weekend, but returns to action June 7th at
Waynesfield Motorsports Park, a fast 1/3 mile track. This will be a
shootout race between the MMSA 1000cc sprints, and Waynesfield’s 600cc
sprints. Details to follow soon.
1st. Heat Hud Horton
2nd.Heat Ryan Broughton
Feature
1. #28 Hud Horton $1,000
2. 2B Jeff Barnhart $600
3. 86 Andy Bradley $270
4. 1R Nick Roberts $240
5. 36 Collin Ambrose $200 plus hard charger $50
6. 27 Beau Stewart $170
7. 4R Kevin Roberts, sr. $160
8. 37 Justin Roberts $150
9. 10 Rod Sanders $140
10. 11 Stormy Steinhauer $130 plus top 600cc car $100
11. 22R Kevin Roberts, jr $110
12. 83 Ken Burr $100
13. 66 Mike Willis $100
14. 31 Greg Nicholas $100
15. 29E Chris Eick $100
16. 151 Bill Kilgour $100
17. 1X Scott Bradley $100
18. 22 Ryan Broughton $100
19. 3T Ricky Taylor $100
20. 11T Ron Steinhauer $100
21. 09 JR Douglas $100