Strickler Dominates UMP Modified Field; Nine Champs Crowned In Seven Classes At DIRTcar World Short Track Championship

Story By: JORDAN DELUCIA / DIRTCAR – CONCORD, NC – All 335 Drydene World Short Track Championship drivers knew what was on the line Saturday night.

Not just a victory. A victory on the biggest stage of the year for weekly racers from seven divisions.

After Friday’s Heat Races set the first rows of the Championship Features, Saturday’s event kicked off with Last Chance Showdowns, giving drivers one last chance to qualify for the Features and shine on the 4/10-mile Dirt Track at Charlotte.

Ultimately, nine champions found their way to Victory Lane.

Ruggiero & Herrington Top FOX Racing SHOX Pro Late Models

John Ruggiero Jr. of Lincolnton, N.C. walked away as top dog, banking $4,000 and becoming a World Short Track Champion with a dominating flag-to-flag performance. Redrawing the pole position with Thugg Nasty Logan Roberson to his outside, Ruggiero declined the Drydene Double Down Challenge to double his winnings from the tail, backing his decision up with an unchallenged 30-lap run.

Drydene Feature (30 Laps) – 1. 44-John Ruggiero [1]; 2. 18B-Kyle Bronson [5]; 3. 18P-Gray Parton [3]; 4. 6-Clay Harris [18]; 5. 97-Cody Overton [4]; 6. T1-Timbo Mangum [24]; 7. 27H-Justin Hudspeth [15]; 8. 75-Donald Bradsher [13]; 9. 32-Brett Hamm [6]; 10. O8-Layton Sullivan [19]; 11. 215-Jamison McBride [10]; 12. 29-Dale Moore [20]; 13. 5R-Lucas Ruark [14]; 14. 55-Matt Long [9]; 15. OOJR-Richard Kuiken [21]; 16. 67-Bryan Mullis [16]; 17. 82-Gary Dillon [17]; 18. 3815-Garrett Mosley [23]; 19. O3-Jody Knowles [25]; 20. 17R-Logan Roberson [2]; 21. 1E-TY Ellis [26]; 22. 18-T.J. Salango [8]; 23. 6B-Dillon Brown [11]; 24. 14H-Wil Herrington [7]; 25. 14-Braeden Dillinger [22]; 26. 7-Justin Smith [12]. Drydene/Fox Racing Shox Hard Charger Award: T1-Timbo Mangum[+18]

All-Star Invitational Feature (15 Laps) – 1. 14H-Wil Herrington; 2. 55-Matt Long; 3. 18B-Kyle Bronson; 4. 385-Mark Whitener; 5. 08-Layton Sullivan; 6. 00-Dalton Polsten; 7. 00JR-Richard Kuiken; 8. 14C-Chuck Bowie; 9. 11-Cole Apple; 10. 12-Cody Cubbage; 11. 1E-Ty Ellis; 12. 23G-Corey Gordon; 13. 03-Jody Knowles; 14. 28S-Bob Schwartzmiller; 15. 22-Jeremy Steele.

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. O8-Layton Sullivan [1]; 2. 14-Braeden Dillinger [4]; 3. 11-Cole Apple [3]; 4. 618-Kevin Wilson [9]; 5. OO-Dalton Polsten [5]; 6. 23-Ahnna Parkhurst [7]; 7. 12-Cody Cubbage [8]; 8. 5-Colby Quick [2]; 9. 20G-Chub Gunter [6]; 10. 117-Jeremiah Johnson [10]; 11. 6JR-Parker Martin [11]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 29-Dale Moore [1]; 2. 3815-Garrett Mosley [2]; 3. 22-Jeremy Steele [3]; 4. 14S-Sylvan Schuette [5]; 5. 89-Timmie Harrelson [9]; 6. 20-Owen Osteen [4]; 7. 54-Justin Wofford [7]; 8. O3-Jody Knowles [10]; 9. 1E-TY Ellis [8]; 10. 39-Greg Clark [6]; 11. 17-Jeff Johnson [11]

Last Chance Showdown 3 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. OOJR-Richard Kuiken [1]; 2. T1-Timbo Mangum [4]; 3. 5F-Forrest Trent [2]; 4. 23G-Corey Gordan [3]; 5. 14C-Chuck Bowie [5]; 6. 15S-Jeremy Strunk [8]; 7. 28S-Bob Schwartzmiller [7]; 8. 11F-Jamies Fountain [11]; 9. 99-Lance Finn [10]; 10. 911-Tommy Turner [6]; 11. 385-Mark Whitener [9]

Summit Racing Equipment DIRTcar UMP Modifieds

After setting Fast Time in Qualifying and running away with the Heat Race victory on Friday, Kyle Strickler pulled the outside pole position in the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment UMP Modified redraw on Saturday and went to work as the green flag dropped, snatching the lead from polesitter David Stremme and leading flag-to-flag for the $4,000 victory.

Stremme came home in the fourth spot, getting passed by Hoffman for third with just two-to-go. He did, however, get the job done in the 20-lap All-Star Invitational Feature after initial leader Drake Troutman dropped out while leading on Lap 5.

Feature (30 Laps) 1. 8-Kyle Strickler [2]; 2. 99W-Chris Arnold [4]; 3. 2H-Nick Hoffman [23]; 4. 35-David Stremme [1]; 5. 71D-Dan Davies [7]; 6. 5S-Curt Spalding [6]; 7. 3W-Dylan Woodling [5]; 8. 8A-Austin Holcombe [18]; 9. 74-Mike Franklin [14]; 10. 6-Ryan Ayers [24]; 11. 95J-Justin Cullum [8]; 12. 463-Daniel Sanchez [9]; 13. 5T-Jonathan Taylor [11]; 14. 43-RJ Otto [22]; 15. 21J-Clay Harris [17]; 16. 537-Jesse Rockett [13]; 17. 79-Cody Brightwell [20]; 18. 5-Jerry Foster [16]; 19. 11-Troy Loomis [26]; 20. 84-Ryan Toole [15]; 21. 45-William Long [19]; 22. 7-Robert Poole [25]; 23. 7T-Drake Troutman [10]; 24. 18-Brandon Kinzer [12]; 25. 12R-Ty Rhoades [3]; 26. 96-Slade Parsons [21] Hard Charger: 2H-Nick Hoffman[+20]

Qualifying Flight-A 1. 2H-Nick Hoffman, 17.384; 2. 35-David Stremme, 17.689; 3. 71D-Dan Davies, 17.849; 4. 5T-Jonathan Taylor, 17.945; 5. 21J-Clay Harris, 17.971; 6. 7H-Josh Hughes, 18.065; 7. 95J-Justin Cullum, 18.098; 8. 84-Ryan Toole, 18.236; 9. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 18.254; 10. 12R-Ty Rhoades, 18.313; 11. 537-Jesse Rockett, 18.357; 12. 45-William Long, 18.445; 13. 96-Slade Parsons, 18.702; 14. 2-Derek Radford, 18.851; 15. O-Haley Kaiser, 18.977; 16. 15-Rick Potter, 19.426; DQ. 7-Robert Poole, 18.358

Qualifying Flight-B 1. 8-Kyle Strickler, 17.149; 2. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 17.513; 3. 5S-Curt Spalding, 17.516; 4. 99W-Chris Arnold, 17.687; 5. 7T-Drake Troutman, 17.699; 6. 6-Ryan Ayers, 17.756; 7. 11-Troy Loomis, 17.849; 8. 18-Brandon Kinzer, 17.883; 9. 8A-Austin Holcombe, 17.894; 10. 5-Jerry Foster, 17.973; 11. 25-Mike Corbin, 17.978; 12. 79-Cody Brightwell, 18.067; 13. 74-Mike Franklin, 18.182; 14. 43-RJ Otto, 18.316; 15. 83-Brian Clegg, 18.346; 16. 31G-Stephen Pedulla, 18.348; 17. 34-Cody Williams, 18.45; 18. 27R-Steve Rex, 18.743

Drydene Heat #1 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 71D-Dan Davies [2]; 2. 95J-Justin Cullum [4]; 3. 463-Daniel Sanchez [5]; 4. 537-Jesse Rockett [6]; 5. 21J-Clay Harris [3]; 6. 96-Slade Parsons [7]; 7. 7-Robert Poole [9]; 8. O-Haley Kaiser [8]; 9. 2H-Nick Hoffman [1]

Drydene Heat #2 – Flight (A) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 35-David Stremme [1]; 2. 12R-Ty Rhoades [5]; 3. 5T-Jonathan Taylor [2]; 4. 84-Ryan Toole [4]; 5. 45-William Long [6]; 6. 15-Rick Potter [8]; 7. 2-Derek Radford [7]; 8. 7H-Josh Hughes [3]

Drydene Heat #3 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 8-Kyle Strickler [1]; 2. 5S-Curt Spalding [2]; 3. 7T-Drake Troutman [3]; 4. 74-Mike Franklin [7]; 5. 8A-Austin Holcombe [5]; 6. 11-Troy Loomis [4]; 7. 25-Mike Corbin [6]; 8. 34-Cody Williams [9]; 9. 83-Brian Clegg [8]

Drydene Heat #4 – Flight (B) (8 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer
1. 3W-Dylan Woodling [1]; 2. 99W-Chris Arnold [2]; 3. 18-Brandon Kinzer [4]; 4. 5-Jerry Foster [5]; 5. 79-Cody Brightwell [6]; 6. 43-RJ Otto [7]; 7. 6-Ryan Ayers [3]; 8. 27R-Steve Rex [9]; 9. 31G-Stephen Pedulla [8]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 96-Slade Parsons [1]; 2. 2H-Nick Hoffman [7]; 3. 7-Robert Poole [3]; 4. 15-Rick Potter [2]; 5. O-Haley Kaiser [5]; 6. 2-Derek Radford [4]; 7. 7H-Josh Hughes [6]

Last Chance Showdown 2 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer
1. 43-RJ Otto [2]; 2. 6-Ryan Ayers [4]; 3. 11-Troy Loomis [1]; 4. 83-Brian Clegg [7]; 5. 34-Cody Williams [5]; 6. 27R-Steve Rex [6]; 7. 25-Mike Corbin [3]; 8. 31G-Stephen Pedulla [8]

NEVER LOOK BACK: McLaughlin Claims Drydene Racing Formulas Street Stock Glory

Calob McLaughlin, from Belmont, NC, held off all challengers to win the Drydene Racing Formulas Street Stock Feature. The new Drydene World Short Track Champion charged to the lead from fourth in a time-limited Feature, which completed only 15 of the 20 scheduled laps due to a streak of sheet metal-bending incidents.

Drydene Racing Formulas Street Stock Feature (20 Laps)

1. 83-Calob McLaughlin [4]; 2. O1-Patrick Lyon [3]; 3. 18-Ricky Greene [7]; 4. 76-Chris Rice [2]; 5. 18C-Damon Crump [1]; 6. 111-Thomas McCurdy [6]; 7. 9-Dalton Peavy [8]; 8. 78-Blake Pryor [9]; 9. 66-Johnny Westmoreland [15]; 10. 2-Bradley Weaver [10]; 11. 5P-Earl Petty [19]; 12. 32-Garrett Killman [23]; 13. 73-Timmy Smith [12]; 14. 99-Greg Carroll [20]; 15. X-Kris Frost [17]; 16. 84-Brett Cooper [22]; 17. 5-Junior Johnson [14]; 18. 3-Tre Beaty [18]; 19. 28XL-Johnny Hipp [27]; 20. 20T-Tim McBride [26]; 21. 17-Dustin Morris [13]; 22. 96-Dalton Pannell [21]; 23. 119-Joe Belkey [11]; 24. O2-Rick Duzlak [24]; 25. 98-Justin Armour [25]; 26. 92-Tyler Love [5]; 27. 11-Jessie Gibson [16]; Drydene/Fox Racing Shox Hard Charger Award: 32-Garrett Killman[+11]

Qualifying Flight-A

1. 8C-Damon Crump, 18.659; 2. 76-Chris Rice, 18.735; 3. 92-Tyler Love, 18.818; 4. 66-Johnny Westmoreland, 18.819; 5. 78-Blake Pryor, 18.852; 6. 18-Ricky Greene, 19.004; 7. 32-Garrett Killman, 19.188; 8. 119-Joe Belkey, 19.281; 9. 17-Dustin Morris, 19.444; 10. 98-Justin Armour, 19.468; 11. X-Kris Frost, 19.559; 12. 28XL-Johnny Hipp, 19.605; 13. 5T-Dustin Taylor, 19.674; 14. 5P-Earl Petty, 19.743; 15. 96-Dalton Pannell, 20.22; 16. 40-Todd Bolin, 20.272; 17. 77R-Glen Rice, 20.744; 18. 611-Rodney Lawter, 43.821; DNS. 18W-Ben Watkins, NT

Qualifying Flight-B

1. 83-Calob McLaughlin, 18.622; 2. O1-Patrick Lyon, 18.85; 3. 111-Thomas McCurdy, 19.057; 4. 73-Timmy Smith, 19.152; 5. 2-Bradley Weaver, 19.158; 6. 9-Dalton Peavy, 19.167; 7. 5-Junior Johnson, 19.538; 8. 99-Greg Carroll, 19.874; 9. 3-Tre Beaty, 19.898; 10. O2-Rick Duzlak, 20.02; 11. 20T-Tim McBride, 20.042; 12. 11-Jessie Gibson, 20.114; 13. 97-Jerred Mitchell, 20.307; 14. 78S-David Stone, 21.003; DNS. 29-Bryan Harrelson, NT; DNS. 32B-Kristopher Bobo, NT; DNS. 84-Brett Cooper, NT

Heat Race #1 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer

1. 92-Tyler Love [2]; 2. 18C-Damon Crump [1]; 3. 78-Blake Pryor [3]; 4. 17-Dustin Morris [5]; 5. X-Kris Frost [6]; 6. 5T-Dustin Taylor [7]; 7. 96-Dalton Pannell [8]; 8. 32-Garrett Killman [4]; 9. 77R-Glen Rice [9]; 10. 18W-Ben Watkins [10]

Heat Race #2 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer

1. 76-Chris Rice [1]; 2. 18-Ricky Greene [3]; 3. 119-Joe Belkey [4]; 4. 66-Johnny Westmoreland [2]; 5. 5P-Earl Petty [7]; 6. 28XL-Johnny Hipp [6]; 7. 40-Todd Bolin [8]; 8. 98-Justin Armour [5]; 9. 611-Rodney Lawter [9]

Heat Race #3 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer

1. 83-Calob McLaughlin [1]; 2. 111-Thomas McCurdy [2]; 3. 2-Bradley Weaver [3]; 4. 5-Junior Johnson [4]; 5. 3-Tre Beaty [5]; 6. 20T-Tim McBride [6]; 7. 97-Jerred Mitchell [7]; 8. 29-Bryan Harrelson [8]; 9. 84-Brett Cooper [9]

Heat Race #4 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer

1. O1-Patrick Lyon [1]; 2. 9-Dalton Peavy [3]; 3. 73-Timmy Smith [2]; 4. 11-Jessie Gibson [6]; 5. 99-Greg Carroll [4]; 6. O2-Rick Duzlak [5]; 7. 78S-David Stone [7]; 8. 32B-Kristopher Bobo [8]

Last Chance Showdown #1 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer

1. 96-Dalton Pannell [3]; 2. 32-Garrett Killman [5]; 3. 98-Justin Armour [6]; 4. 5T-Dustin Taylor [1]; 5. 40-Todd Bolin [4]; 6. 28XL-Johnny Hipp [2]; 7. 611-Rodney Lawter [8]; 8. 77R-Glen Rice [7]; 9. 18W-Ben Watkins [9]

Last Chance Showdown #2 ( Laps)

1. 84-Brett Cooper [7]; 2. O2-Rick Duzlak [2]; 3. 20T-Tim McBride [1]; 4. 78S-David Stone [4]; 5. 97-Jerred Mitchell [3]; 6. 29-Bryan Harrelson [5]; 7. 32B-Kristopher Bobo [6]

Trouille Loses Chevrolet Performance 602 Late Model Championship to Mullis on Post-Race Inspection

Fourteen-year-old Colton Trouille raced his heart out in the Chevrolet Performance 602 Late Model Feature Saturday night at the Dirt Track at Charlotte, making it through the checkers and all the way to Victory Lane for the first time ever, only to have his Drydene World Short Track Championship trophy taken away from him and handed to second-place finisher Bryan Mullis after post-race technical inspection.

Chevrolet Performance Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 67-Bryan Mullis [5]; 2. 18-Austin Mintz [1]; 3. 83-Rod Tucker [9]; 4. O7-Dale Timms [6]; 5. 121-Blake Craft [12]; 6. 44-John Ruggiero [4]; 7. 104-Chris Cape [19]; 8. 12D-Devon Morgan [3]; 9. 22B-Chase McCormick [15]; 10. 71C-Lee Cooper [22]; 11. 21B-Royce Bray [17]; 12. OO-Brandon Dockery [18]; 13. 14R-Jeff Robinson [26]; 14. P4-John Price [10]; 15. 35-Dillon Daves [25]; 16. 16-Colby Cannon [14]; 17. 54-Justin Mintz [13]; 18. 92-Tanner Fortune [21]; 19. C1-Chuckie Duncan [11]; 20. 21C-Chris McKeeham [23]; 21. 21M-Javan Merck [20]; 22. 4-Kyle Beck [16]; 23. 27-Mike Davidson [24]; 24. 12-Michael Smith [7]; 25. 615-Colton Trouille [2]; 26. 24-Seth Wimpey [8]; Drydene/Fox Racing Shox Hard Charger Award: 14R-Jeff Robinson[+13]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 44-John Ruggiero, 16.937; 2. 67-Bryan Mullis, 17.124; 3. 12-Michael Smith, 17.133; 4. 22B-Chase McCormick, 17.151; 5. 19-Jeremy Mayfield, 17.152; 6. O5-Carson Ruark, 17.189; 7. 14R-Jeff Robinson, 17.245; 8. 83-Rod Tucker, 17.293; 9. 54-Justin Mintz, 17.303; 10. 17-Chris Joyce, 17.386; 11. 77-Blake Dill, 17.4; 12. 45-Colt Smith, 17.438; 13. 16W-Nathan Walker, 17.486; 14. 35-Dillon Daves, 17.594; 15. 71C-Lee Cooper, 17.744; 16. 727-Baillie Lowe, 17.797; 17. 104-Chris Cape, 17.943; 18. 22-Randy Pfaff, 18.982; 19. 149-Seth Speed, 26.721; DQ. 21S-JD Strader, 18.165

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 1-Goose Calvert, 17.014; 2. 18-Austin Mintz, 17.102; 3. 21B-Royce Bray, 17.211; 4. 24-Seth Wimpey, 17.25; 5. 615-Colton Trouille, 17.295; 6. 6W-Mark Wilbanks, 17.392; 7. 5-Robbie Gibson, 17.42; 8. 37-Michael Barnett, 17.469; 9. 12T-Justin Taylor, 17.522; 10. K7-Keaton Smith, 17.525; 11. 21M-Javan Merck, 17.583; 12. 16-Colby Cannon, 17.615; 13. 711-Morgan Alexender, 17.621; 14. 10-Mario Gresham, 17.643; 15. 300-Bill Tesh, 17.903; 16. 71-Bobby Hunter, 18.339; 17. 18D-Riley Dunford, 33.201; 18. 21C-Chris McKeeham, NT; DQ. C1-Chuckie Duncan, 17.241

Qualifying Flight-C – 1. 12D-Devon Morgan, 16.999; 2. O7-Dale Timms, 17.052; 3. 148-Booger Brooks, 17.134; 4. 121-Blake Craft, 17.175; 5. 27-Mike Davidson, 17.223; 6. 17S-Brandon Stroud, 17.231; 7. P4-John Price, 17.258; 8. OO-Brandon Dockery, 17.283; 9. 6J-Jacob Brown, 17.351; 10. 92-Tanner Fortune, 17.368; 11. 4-Kyle Beck, 17.446; 12. 7J-Dalton Jacobs, 17.454; 13. 42-BooMan Galloway, 17.589; 14. 14-Baron McDowell, 17.595; 15. T2-Travis Sharpe, 17.822; 16. 10E-Patrick Evatt, 18.461; 17. 15-Bron Rutledge, NT; DQ. 114-Jordan Koechler, 17.065; DQ. 17K-Kale Steele, 19.031

Drydene Heat #1 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 44-John Ruggiero [1]; 2. 12-Michael Smith [2]; 3. 54-Justin Mintz [5]; 4. 71C-Lee Cooper [8]; 5. 14R-Jeff Robinson [4]; 6. 104-Chris Cape [9]; 7. 77-Blake Dill [6]; 8. 16W-Nathan Walker [7]; 9. 19-Jeremy Mayfield [3]; 10. 149-Seth Speed [10]

Drydene Heat #2 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 67-Bryan Mullis [1]; 2. 83-Rod Tucker [4]; 3. 22B-Chase McCormick [2]; 4. O5-Carson Ruark [3]; 5. 21S-JD Strader [10]; 6. 727-Baillie Lowe [8]; 7. 45-Colt Smith [6]; 8. 35-Dillon Daves [7]; 9. 22-Randy Pfaff [9]; 10. 17-Chris Joyce [5]

Drydene Heat #3 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 615-Colton Trouille [3]; 2. C1-Chuckie Duncan [10]; 3. 21B-Royce Bray [2]; 4. 21M-Javan Merck [6]; 5. 711-Morgan Alexender [7]; 6. 5-Robbie Gibson [4]; 7. 1-Goose Calvert [1]; 8. 12T-Justin Taylor [5]; 9. 18D-Riley Dunford [9]; 10. 300-Bill Tesh [8]

Drydene Heat #4 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 18-Austin Mintz [1]; 2. 24-Seth Wimpey [2]; 3. 16-Colby Cannon [6]; 4. 37-Michael Barnett [4]; 5. 10-Mario Gresham [7]; 6. 21C-Chris McKeeham [9]; 7. 71-Bobby Hunter [8]; 8. K7-Keaton Smith [5]; 9. 6W-Mark Wilbanks [3]

Drydene Heat #5 – Flight (C) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 12D-Devon Morgan [1]; 2. P4-John Price [4]; 3. 4-Kyle Beck [6]; 4. T2-Travis Sharpe [8]; 5. 27-Mike Davidson [3]; 6. 17K-Kale Steele [10]; 7. 6J-Jacob Brown [5]; 8. 148-Booger Brooks [2]; 9. 15-Bron Rutledge [9]; 10. 42-BooMan Galloway [7]

Drydene Heat #6 – Flight (C) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. O7-Dale Timms [1]; 2. 121-Blake Craft [2]; 3. OO-Brandon Dockery [4]; 4. 92-Tanner Fortune [5]; 5. 14-Baron McDowell [7]; 6. 114-Jordan Koechler [9]; 7. 17S-Brandon Stroud [3]; 8. 7J-Dalton Jacobs [6]; 9. 10E-Patrick Evatt [8]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 104-Chris Cape [5]; 2. 71C-Lee Cooper [1]; 3. 14R-Jeff Robinson [3]; 4. O5-Carson Ruark [2]; 5. 19-Jeremy Mayfield [11]; 6. 17-Chris Joyce [14]; 7. 77-Blake Dill [7]; 8. 45-Colt Smith [8]; 9. 16W-Nathan Walker [9]; 10. 22-Randy Pfaff [12]; 11. 35-Dillon Daves [10]; 12. 21S-JD Strader [4]; 13. 727-Baillie Lowe [6]; 14. 149-Seth Speed [13]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( Laps) – 1. 21M-Javan Merck [1]; 2. 21C-Chris McKeeham [6]; 3. 37-Michael Barnett [2]; 4. 6W-Mark Wilbanks [12]; 5. 1-Goose Calvert [7]; 6. K7-Keaton Smith [10]; 7. 18D-Riley Dunford [11]; 8. 5-Robbie Gibson [5]; 9. 711-Morgan Alexender [3]; 10. 71-Bobby Hunter [8]; 11. 10-Mario Gresham [4]; 12. 12T-Justin Taylor [9]; 13. 300-Bill Tesh [13]

Last Chance Showdown 3 ( Laps) – 1. 92-Tanner Fortune [2]; 2. 27-Mike Davidson [3]; 3. T2-Travis Sharpe [1]; 4. 42-BooMan Galloway [13]; 5. 114-Jordan Koechler [6]; 6. 7J-Dalton Jacobs [10]; 7. 14-Baron McDowell [4]; 8. 10E-Patrick Evatt [12]; 9. 17K-Kale Steele [5]; 10. 6J-Jacob Brown [7]; 11. 17S-Brandon Stroud [8]; 12. 148-Booger Brooks [9]; 13. 15-Bron Rutledge [11]

Parsons Scores Third Hoosier Racing Tire Pro Modified Championship

The Hoosier Racing Tire Pro Modifieds raced so hard they were plagued by cautions, ultimately resulting in an 11-lap Feature, less than half of the originally scheduled 25 lapper. While avid dirt racing fans often say that a good qualifying driver does not a winner make, tonight’s story told otherwise as the fast-timers in two flights of Qualifying finished first and second — and by no means due to single file racing. Union Grove, NC-driver Jeff Parsons ultimately scored his third Pro Modified World Short Track Championship victory, with Trey Stamper and Robert Poole in second and third.

Hoosier Racing Tire Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 44-Jeff Parsons [2]; 2. 20-Trey Stamper [3]; 3. 25-Robert Poole [5]; 4. 2J-Jake Barneycastle [7]; 5. 312-Greg Brown [12]; 6. 23-Buck Stevens [6]; 7. O7-Steve Axtell [9]; 8. 24-AJ Belanger [13]; 9. 42-Kevin Pangrazio [19]; 10. 17B-Case Daniels [25]; 11. 50-Justin Blevins [11]; 12. 4-Caleb Fulp [17]; 13. OO-Preston Blalock [18]; 14. 5S-Brian Strickland [24]; 15. 92-Larry Martin [14]; 16. 52-Chris Stowe [1]; 17. 8-Cameron Campbell [23]; 18. 60X-Dean Noseworthy [21]; 19. 121-Chase Cardwell [20]; 20. 18B-Keith Baker [26]; 21. 15-Morgan Widener [22]; 22. 19K-Ryan Morgan [16]; 23. 98-Wes Helms [4]; 24. 7D-Kevin Dugger [10]; 25. 14-Lawson Rogers [8]; 26. 10-Daniel Parker [15]; Drydene/Fox Racing Shox Hard Charger Award: 17B-Case Daniels[+15]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 44-Jeff Parsons, 18.452; 2. 50-Justin Blevins, 18.518; 3. 4-Caleb Fulp, 18.569; 4. 25-Robert Poole, 18.603; 5. O7-Steve Axtell, 18.671; 6. 52-Chris Stowe, 18.818; 7. 60X-Dean Noseworthy, 18.871; 8. O3-Dylan Smith, 18.891; 9. O4-Cole Wagoner, 18.935; 10. 21-Chris McKeehan, 18.961; 11. 24-AJ Belanger, 18.982; 12. 10-Daniel Parker, 19.086; 13. 98-Wes Helms, 19.134; 14. 42-Kevin Pangrazio, 19.135; 15. 8-Cameron Campbell, 19.155; 16. 417-Joey Johnson, 19.292; 17. 18B-Keith Baker, 19.388; 18. 28-Mike Beasley, 19.475; 19. 7-Steve Hines, 19.605; 20. 3-Dennis Brewer, 19.772; 21. 86-Brandon Lambert, 19.793; 22. 5-Mack Coxe, 19.817; 23. 72-Patrick Field, 20.446

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. 20-Trey Stamper, 18.42; 2. 14-Lawson Rogers, 18.613; 3. 23-Buck Stevens, 18.632; 4. 2J-Jake Barneycastle, 18.696; 5. 2T-TY Norder, 18.73; 6. 312-Greg Brown, 18.806; 7. 7D-Kevin Dugger, 18.871; 8. 121-Chase Cardwell, 18.907; 9. 62-Jason Adams, 18.942; 10. 95-Brandon Woodcock, 18.976; 11. 17B-Case Daniels, 18.985; 12. 15-Morgan Widener, 19.031; 13. OO-Preston Blalock, 19.04; 14. OOB-Todd Bradburry, 19.081; 15. 92-Larry Martin, 19.106; 16. 19K-Ryan Morgan, 19.323; 17. 23K-Kenny Kallam, 19.402; 18. 2020-Joseph Sanoske, 19.541; 19. 50C-Ronnie Covey, 19.858; 20. 18M-Landon Mitchell, 20.098; 21. 99-Michael Woodcock, 20.948; 22. 5S-Brian Strickland, NT; 23. 13-Kevin Hulstein, NT

Drydene Heat #1 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 44-Jeff Parsons [1]; 2. 98-Wes Helms [7]; 3. O7-Steve Axtell [3]; 4. 24-AJ Belanger [6]; 5. 4-Caleb Fulp [2]; 6. 60X-Dean Noseworthy [4]; 7. 8-Cameron Campbell [8]; 8. 18B-Keith Baker [9]; 9. 28-Mike Beasley [13]; 10. O4-Cole Wagoner [5]; 11. 86-Brandon Lambert [11]; 12. 72-Patrick Field [12]; 13. 7-Steve Hines [10]

Drydene Heat #2 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 25-Robert Poole [2]; 2. 52-Chris Stowe [3]; 3. 50-Justin Blevins [1]; 4. 10-Daniel Parker [6]; 5. 42-Kevin Pangrazio [7]; 6. 417-Joey Johnson [8]; 7. 3-Dennis Brewer [10]; 8. O3-Dylan Smith [4]; 9. 5-Mack Coxe [11]; 10. 21-Chris McKeehan [5]

Drydene Heat #3 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 20-Trey Stamper [1]; 2. 23-Buck Stevens [2]; 3. 7D-Kevin Dugger [4]; 4. 92-Larry Martin [8]; 5. OO-Preston Blalock [7]; 6. 13-Kevin Hulstein [12]; 7. 62-Jason Adams [5]; 8. 23K-Kenny Kallam [9]; 9. 17B-Case Daniels [6]; 10. 50C-Ronnie Covey [10]; 11. 99-Michael Woodcock [11]; 12. 2T-TY Norder [3]

Drydene Heat #4 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 5 Transfer – 1. 2J-Jake Barneycastle [2]; 2. 14-Lawson Rogers [1]; 3. 312-Greg Brown [3]; 4. 19K-Ryan Morgan [8]; 5. 121-Chase Cardwell [4]; 6. 15-Morgan Widener [6]; 7. 2020-Joseph Sanoske [9]; 8. OOB-Todd Bradburry [7]; 9. 95-Brandon Woodcock [5]; 10. 18M-Landon Mitchell [10]; 11. 5S-Brian Strickland [11]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 60X-Dean Noseworthy [1]; 2. 8-Cameron Campbell [3]; 3. 18B-Keith Baker [5]; 4. 28-Mike Beasley [7]; 5. O3-Dylan Smith [6]; 6. 5-Mack Coxe [8]; 7. O4-Cole Wagoner [9]; 8. 7-Steve Hines [13]; 9. 417-Joey Johnson [2]; 10. 3-Dennis Brewer [4]; 11. 21-Chris McKeehan [10]; 12. 86-Brandon Lambert [11]; 13. 72-Patrick Field [12]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( Laps) – 1. 15-Morgan Widener [2]; 2. 5S-Brian Strickland [12]; 3. 23K-Kenny Kallam [5]; 4. OOB-Todd Bradburry [6]; 5. 99-Michael Woodcock [11]; 6. 95-Brandon Woodcock [8]; 7. 62-Jason Adams [3]; 8. 50C-Ronnie Covey [9]; 9. 17B-Case Daniels [7]; 10. 2T-TY Norder [13]; 11. 13-Kevin Hulstein [1]; 12. 18M-Landon Mitchell [10]; 13. 2020-Joseph Sanoske [4]

LADIES FIRST: Pruitt Makes History again with Back-to-Back COMP Cams Monster Mini-Stock Wins

As the full moon rose over The Dirt Track at Charlotte, the COMP Cams Monster Mini-Stocks lived up to their Halloween themed moniker, putting on a 25-lap Feature event that thrilled fans and crews alike. Nick “Hotrod” Wallace took the lead in lap four and held onto it through the checkered flag. After an exuberant Victory Lane celebration the top three cars headed back to the pits for technical inspection, where an illegal floorpan was discovered on the 0 car, disqualifying Wallace. This unexpected turn of events handed the Feature win to Brayden Pruitt, making her the first back-to-back Champion of the prestigious event.

COMP Cams Feature (25 Laps) – 1. 13-Brayden Pruitt [5]; 2. O4W-Phillip Wilson [1]; 3. H3-Harley Holden [21]; 4. 43-Sparks Parris [7]; 5. 117-Matt Gilbert [9]; 6. 19-Travis Mosley [25]; 7. 12-Jason Dickerson [12]; 8. 30-Larry Housley [19]; 9. 33-Roger Nance [14]; 10. X-Kevin Cooper [26]; 11. 7-Patrick Annas [22]; 12. 10-Logan Ritchey [11]; 13. O7-Nick Broome [3]; 14. 10C-Carl Currin [17]; 15. 4B-Tack Brown [2]; 16. 97-Casey Towell [15]; 17. O4-Austin Brown [6]; 18. 99-Daniel Coffey [10]; 19. 7C-Brandon Clements [8]; 20. 8T-Rod Tucker [18]; 21. 12B-Pete Brew [13]; 22. 212-Greg Brew [23]; 23. 2-Johnny Raines [24]; 24. T2-Travis Sharpe [16]; 25. 8-Dustin Bolin [20]; 26. O-Nick Walker [4]; Drydene/Fox Racing Shocks Hard Charger Award: 19-Travis Mosley[+19]

Qualifying Flight-A – 1. 43-Sparks Parris, 19.857; 2. O4-Austin Brown, 19.874; 3. 4B-Tack Brown, 19.928; 4. 117-Matt Gilbert, 19.975; 5. 12B-Pete Brew, 20.017; 6. 97-Casey Towell, 20.174; 7. 14-Dakota Wilson, 20.214; 8. 30-Larry Housley, 20.405; 9. 7-Patrick Annas, 20.412; 10. 208-Bubba Kolb, 20.521; 11. 2W-Dylan Warden, 20.548; 12. 61-Eric Hill, 20.747; 13. KO-Caylan Kettle, 20.977; 14. X-Kevin Cooper, 22.42; 15. C5-Johnny Richardson, 22.677; 16. 933-Michael Hill, 23.022; 17. 22-Terry Caples, NT; 18. 69-Billy Cline, NT

Qualifying Flight-B – 1. O-Nick Walker, 19.968; 2. O7-Nick Broome, 20.004; 3. 10-Logan Ritchey, 20.004; 4. 7C-Brandon Clements, 20.141; 5. 19-Travis Mosley, 20.144; 6. 212-Greg Brew, 20.183; 7. 8-Dustin Bolin, 20.212; 8. 44-Marcus Hughes, 20.245; 9. 10C-Carl Currin, 20.293; 10. 33-Roger Nance, 20.47; 11. 12K-Blake Keen, 20.546; 12. 84-Kyle Cooper, 20.671; 13. 96-Tanner Cook, 20.694; 14. 483-Jesse Wall, 21.296; 15. 4-Landen Davis, 21.336; 16. T19-Tyler Hobgood, NT

Qualifying Flight-C – 1. 13-Brayden Pruitt, 19.642; 2. O4W-Phillip Wilson, 19.695; 3. 99-Daniel Coffey, 19.877; 4. 12-Jason Dickerson, 19.885; 5. 2-Johnny Raines, 20.075; 6. 8T-Rod Tucker, 20.183; 7. T2-Travis Sharpe, 20.328; 8. 32-Corey Christian, 20.349; 9. 25-Rusty Campbell, 20.357; 10. 483H-Hannah Wall, 20.376; 11. 52-Timmy Mills, 20.403; 12. 96B-Stacy Brock, 20.45; 13. OO-Cody Ussery, 20.468; 14. O3-Barrett Bishop, 20.587; 15. J2-James Manning, 20.757; 16. 51-Cody Keith, 20.777; 17. R110-Michael Simmons, 20.866; DNS. H3-Harley Holden, NT

Drydene Heat #1 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 4B-Tack Brown [2]; 2. 43-Sparks Parris [1]; 3. 12B-Pete Brew [3]; 4. 7-Patrick Annas [5]; 5. 22-Terry Caples [9]; 6. KO-Caylan Kettle [7]; 7. 14-Dakota Wilson [4]; 8. 2W-Dylan Warden [6]; 9. C5-Johnny Richardson [8]

Drydene Heat #2 – Flight (A) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. O4-Austin Brown [1]; 2. 117-Matt Gilbert [2]; 3. 97-Casey Towell [3]; 4. 30-Larry Housley [4]; 5. X-Kevin Cooper [7]; 6. 933-Michael Hill [8]; 7. 61-Eric Hill [6]; 8. 208-Bubba Kolb [5]; 9. 69-Billy Cline [9]

Drydene Heat #3 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. O-Nick Walker [1]; 2. 10-Logan Ritchey [2]; 3. 10C-Carl Currin [5]; 4. 8-Dustin Bolin [4]; 5. 96-Tanner Cook [7]; 6. 12K-Blake Keen [6]; 7. 4-Landen Davis [8]; 8. 19-Travis Mosley [3]; 9. 69-Billy Cline [9]

Drydene Heat #4 – Flight (B) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. O7-Nick Broome [1]; 2. 7C-Brandon Clements [2]; 3. 33-Roger Nance [5]; 4. 212-Greg Brew [3]; 5. 44-Marcus Hughes [4]; 6. 84-Kyle Cooper [6]; 7. 483-Jesse Wall [7]; 8. T19-Tyler Hobgood [8]

Drydene Heat #5 – Flight (C) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. 13-Brayden Pruitt [1]; 2. 99-Daniel Coffey [2]; 3. T2-Travis Sharpe [4]; 4. 2-Johnny Raines [3]; 5. 52-Timmy Mills [6]; 6. OO-Cody Ussery [7]; 7. R110-Michael Simmons [9]; 8. J2-James Manning [8]; 9. 25-Rusty Campbell [5]

Drydene Heat #6 – Flight (C) (6 Laps) – Top 3 Transfer – 1. O4W-Phillip Wilson [1]; 2. 12-Jason Dickerson [2]; 3. 8T-Rod Tucker [3]; 4. H3-Harley Holden [9]; 5. O3-Barrett Bishop [7]; 6. 51-Cody Keith [8]; 7. 32-Corey Christian [4]; 8. 96B-Stacy Brock [6]; 9. 483H-Hannah Wall [5]

Last Chance Showdown 1 (8 Laps) – Top 2 Transfer – 1. 30-Larry Housley [2]; 2. 7-Patrick Annas [1]; 3. 14-Dakota Wilson [7]; 4. 208-Bubba Kolb [10]; 5. 933-Michael Hill [6]; 6. C5-Johnny Richardson [11]; 7. X-Kevin Cooper [4]; 8. 69-Billy Cline [12]; 9. 22-Terry Caples [3]; 10. KO-Caylan Kettle [5]; 11. 61-Eric Hill [8]; 12. 2W-Dylan Warden [9]

Last Chance Showdown 2 ( Laps) – 1. 8-Dustin Bolin [1]; 2. 212-Greg Brew [2]; 3. 84-Kyle Cooper [6]; 4. 96-Tanner Cook [3]; 5. 4-Landen Davis [7]; 6. 19-Travis Mosley [9]; 7. 44-Marcus Hughes [4]; 8. 483-Jesse Wall [8]; 9. 12K-Blake Keen [5]; 10. T19-Tyler Hobgood [10]; 11. 69-Billy Cline [11]

Last Chance Showdown 3 ( Laps) – 1. H3-Harley Holden [2]; 2. 2-Johnny Raines [1]; 3. 32-Corey Christian [8]; 4. 96B-Stacy Brock [10]; 5. 52-Timmy Mills [3]; 6. OO-Cody Ussery [5]; 7. R110-Michael Simmons [7]; 8. J2-James Manning [9]; 9. 483H-Hannah Wall [12]; 10. O3-Barrett Bishop [4]; 11. 51-Cody Keith [6]; 12. 25-Rusty Campbell [11]

HORNET CHAMPIONS: Windham, Kelly Sweep Weekend; Hoppe Claims First VP Racing Fuels Hornet Win

Divided into three Features for the second night in a row, the VP Racing Fuels Hornets picked up where they left off on Friday by testing the limits of their four-cylinder chariots every lap around the 4/10-mile Dirt Track at Charlotte.

John Windham was close; always so close to a World Short Track Championship win. Last year seemed like it would finally be his year as he had a car capable of winning each night. But each night, misfortune continued to plague his winning quest. Windham, of Lake City, FL, finally broke that curse Friday night with a dominating win and then backed it up Saturday night to claim back to back victories.

Joey Kelly, a defending World Short Track winner, of Salem, SC, didn’t even know if he would be competing this year. His father was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease this and Kelly decided to cut back on racing and sold all of this race cars to spend more time with his dad. But when his father told him to go racing, Kelly couldn’t say no. About a week before the Drydene World Short Track Championship, Kelly bought a car and prepared it to compete. When he arrived at the Charlotte track, he picked up where he left off last year. Kelly led every lap Friday night to pick up his second consecutive World Short Track win and then did the same on Saturday night.

Tears, heartbreak and joy were the remnants of the third and final VP Racing Fuels Hornet Feature of the night. Chase Hopper, of Stokesdale, NC, left with the trophy – his first Drydene World Short Track Championship win. The heartbreak came for Alan Carter, who led the first eight laps, and Eddie McGraw, while the tears and joy highlighted an exuberant victory lane for Hopper and his family.

Feature #1 (15 Laps) – 1. 65-John Windham [1]; 2. 16-Ryan Owens [3]; 3. 311-Jonanthan Sarratt [2]; 4. O5-Payne Pickles [18]; 5. 26-Trevor Battoia [6]; 6. D5-Willie Fowler [4]; 7. F1-Travis Lankford [9]; 8. C11-Cody Paige [5]; 9. 4X-Blake Hedrick [12]; 10. 2D-Daniel Tate [13]; 11. 38-Rodney Grant [14]; 12. 74-Bruce Denman [7]; 13. 18E-William Estep [17]; 14. 13B-Brandon Collins [11]; 15. X-Shannon Barnhill [8]; 16. 777C-Blaze Coggins [16]; 17. 7L-Marcus Locklear [10]; 18. 80-Doug Winebarger [15]

Feature #2 (15 Laps) – 1. 88-Joey Kelly [1]; 2. 72-Walker Windham [2]; 3. 21C-Dan Benson [3]; 4. 3B-Brad McManus [4]; 5. 21X-Marc White [6]; 6. 95-Jacob Bright [5]; 7. 91Z-Zack Slone [15]; 8. 2-Tyler Capps [7]; 9. 42X-Michael Selig [9]; 10. 888-Chris Martin [12]; 11. 221-Donavan Beacham [18]; 12. D2-Danny Tate [13]; 13. 24-Tyler Fister [14]; 14. B59-Billy Whitfield [16]; 15. 27X-Mitchell Rex [19]; 16. 801-Doug Morris [10]; 17. 1X-Hunter Wallace [8]; 18. 41K-Kevin Saam [11]; 19. 66-Ryan Waller [17]

Feature #3 (15 Laps) – 1. 21H-Chase Hopper [3]; 2. O4-Daniel Moody [5]; 3. AOO-Andrew Rich [8]; 4. 79-Brian Tate [7]; 5. 4W-Daniel Wright [4]; 6. O-Clayton Seling [9]; 7. T3-T.J. Hill [10]; 8. 15-Kenneth Colf [11]; 9. 25J-Josh Whitfield [13]; 10. 4M-Eddie McGraw [2]; 11. 91G-Michael Slone [16]; 12. 49-Tim Justice [12]; 13. 777-Alan Carter [1]; 14. 35-Kyle LeDoux [15]; 15. 27X-Mitchell Rex [18]; 16. 117-Clay Shumake [6]; 17. 41-Parker Griffin [17]; 18. 1H-Justin Harris [14]

Qualifying – 1. 65-John Windham, 19.58; 2. 88-Joey Kelly, 19.853; 3. 777-Alan Carter, 19.879; 4. 311-Jonanthan Sarratt, 19.929; 5. 72-Walker Windham, 19.997; 6. 4M-Eddie McGraw, 20.1; 7. 16-Ryan Owens, 20.104; 8. 21C-Dan Benson, 20.136; 9. 21H-Chase Hopper, 20.218; 10. D5-Willie Fowler, 20.269; 11. 3B-Brad McManus, 20.291; 12. 4W-Daniel Wright, 20.35; 13. C11-Cody Paige, 20.358; 14. 95-Jacob Bright, 20.389; 15. O4-Daniel Moody, 20.415; 16. 26-Trevor Battoia, 20.517; 17. 21X-Marc White, 20.538; 18. 117-Clay Shumake, 20.614; 19. 74-Bruce Denman, 20.645; 20. 2-Tyler Capps, 20.657; 21. 79-Brian Tate, 20.789; 22. X-Shannon Barnhill, 20.806; 23. 1X-Hunter Wallace, 20.898; 24. AOO-Andrew Rich, 20.942; 25. F1-Travis Lankford, 20.945; 26. 42X-Michael Selig, 21.071; 27. O-Clayton Seling, 21.095; 28. 7L-Marcus Locklear, 21.172; 29. 801-Doug Morris, 21.184; 30. T3-T.J. Hill, 21.283; 31. 13B-Brandon Collins, 21.287; 32. 41K-Kevin Saam, 21.486; 33. 15-Kenneth Colf, 21.538; 34. 4X-Blake Hedrick, 21.556; 35. 888-Chris Martin, 21.585; 36. 49-Tim Justice, 21.71; 37. 2D-Daniel Tate, 21.801; 38. D2-Danny Tate, 21.859; 39. 25J-Josh Whitfield, 21.882; 40. 38-Rodney Grant, 21.888; 41. 24-Tyler Fister, 21.958; 42. 1H-Justin Harris, 22.001; 43. 80-Doug Winebarger, 22.22; 44. 91Z-Zack Slone, 22.561; 45. 35-Kyle LeDoux, 22.6; 46. 777C-Blaze Coggins, 22.844; 47. B59-Billy Whitfield, 22.951; 48. 91G-Michael Slone, 23.087; 49. 18E-William Estep, 23.584; 50. 66-Ryan Waller, 25.879; 51. 41-Parker Griffin, NT; 52. O5-Payne Pickles, NT; 53. 221-Donavan Beacham, NT; DQ. 27X-Mitchell Rex, 20.728