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 Camargo, IL (5-9-09) by Kelly Brown - Public Relations Director – With one of the most prestigious races on the All Star Circuit of Champions schedule, Stevie Smith was on point tonight as he won the warm up before the Bob Weikert Memorial.
When the Green Flag fell on the feature event, Mike Erdley and Todd Shaffer went side-by-side into the fist turn. By the end of the first lap Shaffer got an edge over Erdley and settled into the lead. In an event that went Green to Checkered Flag with non-stop action at every turn of the track you could have thrown a blanket over second to fourth for most of the event. As the event went on Erdley, Alan Cole and Stevie Smith traded second, third and fourth several times. Shaffer had a sizable lead over the battling trio until he encountered lapped traffic. It was a encounter that Shaffer had with the lapped car of Daron Clayton that allowed Smith to close in on the lead. Once the leader was in sight Smith settled into the high groove and began working on Shaffer. With the laps in the event winding down Smith and Shaffer traded the lead back and fourth several times. In the end, it was Smith who had the edge with the Checkered Flag looming in the distance, as he recorded his eighth All Star Circuit of Champions win. Behind Smith it was Shaffer, Erdley, Cole and Lance Dewease rounding out the top-five. Finishing in the top-four tonight carried extra prestigue as the cars of Smith, Shaffer, Erdley and Cole will be locked into the feature for the Bob Weirkert memorial. The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions will be back in action tomorrow night as the series runs the Bob Weikert Memorial at Port Royal. For the most up to date information on the All Star Circuit of Champions bookmark www.allstarsprint.com on your computer.
Kistler Engines Qualifying Quick Time 1. 7 – Keith Kauffman Heat Finishes (Started) | | | | Heat 1 –8 Laps | | 1. 7m Mark Smith (3) | | 2. 75 Dave Ely (4) | | 3. 30c Lance Dewease (5) | | 4. 7 Keith Kauffman (6) | | 5. 16 Cliff Brian (1) | | 6. 76 Corey Haas (2) | | 7. 16r Craig Robinson (8) | | 8. 8h Michael Heckman (7) | | | | Heat 2 – 8 Laps | | 1. 25 Daryn Pittman (2) | | 2. 22 Greg Hodnett (3) | | 3. 11 Mike Erdley (5) | | 4. 35 Alan Cole (6) | | 5. 6r Ryan Bunton (1) | | 6. 89g David Gravel (7) | | 7. 17 Pat Cannon (4) | | 8. 2 Dale Blaney (8) | | | | Heat 3 – 8 Laps | | 1. 0L Rick Lafferty (4) | | 2. 92 Daron Clayton (1) | | 3. 88 Todd Shaffer (6) | | 4. 56r Ryan Myers (2) | | 5. 11t TJ Winegardner (3) | | 6. 83 Tim Shaffer (5) | | 7. 44 Joey Hershey (7) | | 8. 33 Brian Ehrenzeller (8) | | | | Heat 4 – 8 Laps | | 1. 6 Kevin Nouse (3) | | 2. 1 Stevie Smith (6) | | 3. 0 Brandon Wimmer (2) | | 4. 55 Mike Wagner (5) | | 5. W20 Greg Wilson (4) | | 6. 2h Dave Hahn (1) | | 7. 3 Bob Bennett (7) | | 8. 19h Jeff Van Dusen DNS | | | | Dash – 6 Laps | | 1. W20 Greg Wilson (1) | | 2. 83 Tim Shaffer (2) | | 3. 22 Greg Hodnett (6) | | 4. 7m Mark Smith (5) | | 5. 1 Stevie Smith (4) | | 6. 30c Lance Dewease (3) | | | | B Main – 12 Laps | | 1. 2 Dale Blaney (10) | | 2. 17 Pat Cannon (1) | | 3. 76 Corey Haas (2) | | 4. 56r Ryan Myers (3) | | 5. 44 Joey Hersey (7) | | 6. 3 Bob Bennett (8) | | 7. 2h Dave Hahn (4) | | 8. 16r Craig Robinson (9) | | 9. 89g David Gravel (6) | | 10. 33 Brian Ehrenzeller (11) | | 11. 19h Jeff Van Dusen (DNS) | | | | A Main – 30 Laps | | 1 | | 1. 1 Stevie Smith (4) | | 2. 88 Todd Shaffer(2) | | 3. 11e Mike Erdley (1) | | 4. 35 Alan Cole (3) | | 5. 30c Lance Dewease (6) | | 6. 7 Keith Kauffman (7) | | 7. 55 Mike Wagner (8) | | 8. 83 Tim Shaffer (7) | | 9. 22 Greg Hodnett (14) | | 10. 0L Rick Lafferty (10) | | 11. 75 Dave Ely (9) | | 12. W20 Greg Wilson (12) | | 13. 7m Mark Smith (13) | | 14. 25 Daryn Pittman (18) | | 15. 6 Kevin Nouse (16) | | 16. 2 Dale Blaney (24) | | 17. 0 Brandon Wimmer (20) | | 18. 16 Cliff Brian (21) | | 19. 56r Ryan Myers (19) | | 20. 6r Ryan Bunton (22) | | 21. 11t TJ Winegardner (15) | | 22. 92 Daron Clayton (23) | | 23. 76 Corey Haas (17) | | 24. 17 Pat Cannon (11) |
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