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June 15th, 2008
Thunder Mountain Results June 13th
Kenny Hammond of Speedsville NY capitalized on his
front row starting spot to take home is first career
AutoWorks of Ithaca Sportsmen feature win at Thunder
Mountain Speedway in Center Lisle NY. Hammond, a
rookie in the division, jumped out to the lead at
the drop of the green and ran away from the pack.
While Hammond was hiding, Candor's Eddie White took
to the high side of the speedway and made a charge
to the front. From his sixth starting position White
gradually picked off car after car when on lap 20 he
moved past P.J. Goodwin to take over second place.
But with only five laps to go there wasn't enough
time to reel in the leader and White settled for
second. P.J. Goodwin finished third with Gary Card
Jr. fourth and Brian White crossing the line fifth.
Tom Eiklor of Barton NY passed Joe Miles on the
third lap and opened up a big lead on his way to his
second Hunt's Auto Service IMCA Modified feature win
of the season. Chris Fleming pressed Eiklor in the
early stages of the race but handling problems
caused Fleming to fade as the race progressed. As
Eiklor stretched his advantage Dave Barrows moved
through the field getting by Miles on lap 9 to take
second place.
At the halfway point Eiklor led with Barrows in
second and Jerry Lobdell third. Five time feature
winner Sean Lias had been bottled up in traffic and
was running sixth. As the track surface started
coming to him, Lias started moving through the pack.
A caution on lap 13 caused Eiklor's big lead to
evaporate and put Barrows on his back bumper with
Jerry Lobdell third and Lias now running fourth.On
lap 16 Lias slipped under Jerry Lobdell and set his
sights on the leaders. But Barrows held off Lias for
the final four laps and Eiklor took the win. Barrows
finished second with Lias third, Lobdell fourth and
Scott George fifth.
Afton's Kurt Decker notched his second win of the
season in the Hunt's Auto Service Hurricane Street
Stock feature event. Decker won easily in a race
that was slowed by only one caution despite a 21 car
starting line-up.
Ricky Marsh was the early race leader from his pole
starting position. Decker grabbed the lead on the
fifth lap just before the caution flew. During the
caution period Marsh broke an axle and had to go
pitside. On the restart Decker jumped out to a big
lead over second place Bill Rampe.
Current point leader Mike Wilbur took his time
working his way through the field before moving past
Rampe on the 12th lap to take over second. Wilbur
ran out of laps as Decker had built an
insurmountable lead on his way to the win. Mike
Morse finished third with Rampe crossing the line
fourth and Clayton Ingraham fifth.
Nick Griest out dragged Bobby Edwards down the
backstretch on lap three to take the lead and the
win in the Road Bandit feature. Griest pulled away
from the pack before picking up the win. Edwards
finished second with Rich Gardner third, Ray Oakley
fourth and Matt Tripp fifth.
Rick Frisco started on the outside of the front row
for the Road Warrior main and never left the outside
in cruising to the win. D.J. Pender finished second
with Tommy Velez third, Jesse Velez fourth and Stan
Wayman fifth.
Track Notes: Tammy Welch picked up the win in the
Street Stock Powder Puff event. Great racing marked
both the Sportsmen and the Hurricane Street Stock
feature events with each racing having only one
caution even with plenty of side by side racing.
AutoWorks of Ithaca Sportsmen Feature Results: Kenny
Hammond, Eddie White, P.J. Goodwin, Gary Card Jr.,
Brian White, Scott Conover, Jim LaRock, Kevin
Jordan, Larry Hillis, Pat Votra, Ben Bushaw, John
Morse, Brett Welch, Dave Rosa
Hunt's Auto Service IMCA Modified Finish: Tom Eiklor,
Dave Barrows, Sean Lias, Jerry Lobdell, Scott
George, Chris Fleming, Joe Miles, K.C. Cole, Tyler
Stoddard, Joe Cole, Mike Stoddard
Hunt's Auto Service Hurricane Street Stock Finish:
Kurt Decker, Mike Wilbur, Mike Morse, Bill Rampe,
Clayton Ingraham, Scott Smith, Charlie Gilbert,
Kevin Boynton, K.J. Yager, Mike Wilbur Jr., Derek
Birdsall, Randy Metcalf, Jerry Lobdell, Gil
Sharpsteen, T.J. Anderson, Steve Mattscheck, Brian
Horner, Rob Snow, Roger Walburn, John Cooper Jr.,
Ricky Marsh
Road Warriors Feature Finish: Rick Frisco, D.J.
Pender, Tommy Velez, Jessy Velez, Stan Wayman, James
Reynolds, Mark Cardew. Nicky White, Blake Burnette,
Ed White, Shane Reynolds
Road Bandits Feature Finish: Nick Griest, Bobby
Edwards, Rich Gardner, Ray Oakley, Matt Tripp, Dave
Jenkins, Wayne Ross, Austin Welch, Nick Alexander,
George Brown, Jerry Dashnau, Dennis McKinney, Nick
Stark
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