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Danny Smith Holds Off Bud Kaeding for Paragon Win
Veteran Danny Smith picked up his first feature win with the O’Reilly Midwest All Star Series Saturday night, holding off a late charge by Bud Kaeding for the $2,000 winner’s prize, as winged sprint car racing returned to its historical roots in the Hoosier state.
Smith, from nearby Danville, started fourth in the thirty lap feature and overtook early leader and pole-sitter Robbie Standridge on the fifth circuit. Meanwhile, ninth-starting Bud Kaeding worked his way into the runner-up position midway through the race and challenged Smith late in the event. Smith prevailed to add another win to an illustrious career, which has garnered over 300 wins in sprint car competition throughout America and Australia.
Kevin Briscoe started sixth and finished third. Kyle Cummins had the drive of the night. After having problems in qualifying and being forced to start last in all events, the local racer raced to second in his heat and then put on a remarkable performance in the feature, advancing from twentieth to finish fourth. Tom Busch completed the top five.
Robbie Standridge was sixth, followed by Bill Rose, seventeen-year-old female driver Arin McIntosh, Ryan Bunton, who had to race from the C Main and current series points leader Jerrod Hull rounding out the top ten.
Heat races were won by Smith, Kaeding, Jared Fox and Bill Rose. Chase Stockton won the C Main and Jeremy Standridge copped the B Main. A series- record forty-six entries participated in the night’s program, which provided outstanding racing throughout the night for the large crowd in attendance.
Trouble befell All Star Circuit of Champions regular Paul May, who set fast time but was involved in a heat race crash which sidelined him for the remainder of the evening and series regular Tim Montgomery, who started the night second in series points but burnt a piston in his engine during his heat race and did not return. He had timed third quick for the evening.
The O’Reilly Midwest All Star Series will next be in action on Sunday, July 15th at Jefferson County Speedway in Mt. Vernon, IL. For more information, go to www.midwestallstarseries.com
O’Reilly Midwest All Star Series
Paragon (IN) Speedway Results July 7, 2007
Qualifying: 1.Paul May, 2.Kevin Briscoe, 3.Tim Montgomery, 4.Bill Rose, 5.Danny Smith, 6.Jeremy Standridge, 7.Jimmy Hurley, 8.Tom Busch, 9.Robbie Standridge, 10.A.J. Bruns, 11.Tommy Rockwell, 12.Arin McIntosh, 13.Adam Beliles, 14.Bud Kaeding, 15.Jerrod Hull, 16.Chris Naber, 17.John Johnson, Jr., 18.Brandon Whited, 19.Jimmy Light, 20.Tiffany Wyzard, 21.Lee Stark, 22.Tony Reed, 23.Jared Fox, 24.Lance Grimes, 25.Ryan Grubaugh, 26.Kody Kinser,.27.Corey Bruns, 28.Tommy Shepard, 29.Dusty Wright, 30.Steve Rone, 31.Jake Scott, 32.Chris Babcock, 33.Chase Stockton, 34.Chris Guinn, 35.Patrick Budde, 36.Miranda Throckmorton, 37.Terry Babb, 38.Chad Branson, 39.Ryan Bunton, 40.Dennis Rose, 41.Josh Cunningham, 42.Eric Edwards, 43.Johnny Johnson 44.Mark Stewart, 45.Justin Hickman, 46.Kyle Cummins
First Heat: (10 Laps): 1.Danny Smith, 2.Robbie Standridge, 3.Terry Babb, 4.Adam Beliles, 5.Josh Cunningham, 6.Dusty Wright, 7.Chase Stockton, 8.John Johnson, Jr., 9.Justin Hickman, 10.Lee Stark, 11.Ryan Grubaugh, 12.Paul May
Second Heat: (10 Laps): 1.Bud Kaeding, 2.Kyle Cummins, 3.Kevin Briscoe, 4.Brandon Whited, 5.Tony Reed, 6.Jeremy Standridge, 7.Chris Guinn, 8.Kody Kinser, 9.Steve Rone, 10.Chad Branson, 11.A.J. Bruns, 12. Eric Edwards
Third Heat: (10 Laps): 1.Jared Fox, 2.Jimmy Light, 3.Jimmy Hurley, 4.Jerrod Hull, 5.Ryan Bunton, 6.Tommy Rockwell, 7.Jake Scott, 8.Johnny Johnson, 9.Patrick Budde, 10.Corey Bruns, 11.Tim Montgomery
Fourth Heat: (10 Laps): 1.Bill Rose, 2.Tom Busch, 3.Tommy Shepard, 4.Arin McIntosh, 5.Chris Babcock, 6.Mark Stewart, 7.Tiffany Wyzard, 8.Dennis Rose, 9.Miranda Throckmorton, 10.Lance Grimes, 11.Chris Naber
C Main: (12 Laps): 1.Chase Stockton, 2.Miranda Throckmorton, 3.Ryan Bunton, 4.Chad Branson, 5.Mark Stewart, 6.Chriss Guinn, 7.Dennis Rose, 8.Justin Hickman, 9.Johnny Johnson, 10.Eric Edwards, 11.Patrick Budde
B Main: (14 Laps) 1.Jeremy Standridge, 2.Lee Stark, 3.A.J. Bruns, 4.Ryan Buntin, 5. .Dusty Wright, 6.Chase Stockton, 7. Tommy Rockwell, 8. Miranda Throckmorton, 9.Ryan Grubaugh, 10.Corey Bruns, 11. Jake Scott, 12. Chris Babcock, 13. Chad Branson, 14.Tony Reed, 15.Steve Rone, 16. Tiffany Wyzard, 17. John Johnson, Jr., 18. Chris Nabor, 19. Kody Kinser, 20. Lance Grimes
A Main; (30 Laps) 1.Danny Smith, 2.Bud Kaeding, 3.Kevin Briscoe, 4.Kyle Cummins, 5.Tom Busch, 6.Robbie Standridge, 7.Bill Rose, 8.Arin McIntosh, 9.Ryan Bunton, 10.Jerrod Hull, 11.Brian Whited, 12.Tommy Shepard, 13.Josh Cunningham, 14.Jimmy Hurley, 15.A.J. Bruns, 16.Lee Stark, 17, Jimmy Light, 18. Jeremy Standridge, 19. Terry Babb, 20. Jared Fox
Current Point Standings (through July 7) 1.Jerrod Hull 741, 2.Robbie Standridge 674, 3.Jimmy Hurley 640, 4.A.J. Bruns 637, 5.Tim Montgomery 636, 6.Tommy Shepard 612, 7.Ryan Bunton 589, 8.Jeremy Standridge 537, 9.Jason Keith 498, 10.Tyler Thompson 439, 11.Tommy Worley 396, 12.Tiffany Wyzard 388, 13.Corey Bruns 383, 14.Mark Stewart 340, 15.Terry Babb 302
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