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Blonde from Litchfield Dusts The Ditch Field.
WEST MEMPHIS, AR (8-17-07) – The O’Reilly All Star Circuit of Champions
were back in action on Friday night as the Thunder Through the Plains
tour resumed at Riverside International Speedway, more commonly referred
to as "The Ditch". Chad Blonde, who missed the two Thunder shows
earlier in the week, towed all the way from Litchfield, MI to put on a
dominating performance much like the one at Hilltop Speedway during Ohio
Sprint Speedweek. A field of 26 cars were on hand at the storied 1/4
mile bullring on the banks of the Mississippi River, but it was the
orange #5B who would show the way to the checkers for his third All Star
victory.
Blonde started the A-main from the 3rd row and by lap six was putting a
slider on race leader Lee Sowell, which caused Sowell to get into the
fence flattening his right rear tire. On the restart it was Blonde
followed by Jeff Swindell, Greg Wilson, Brandon Martin, AJ Bruns, and
Tim Montgomery. A few more laps into the event, Paul May slammed head
on into the turn one fence bringing out the red. It was an extended
delay as track workers had to repair the fence.
Action resumed with Blonde and Swindell battling for the lead, but
Blonde pulled out front and into lapped traffic and drove away from the
field. In the closing laps of the 30 lap affair, Swindell would make
one last attempt to reel Blonde in through heavy traffic, but was not
able to get close enough to contend for the win. Blonde crossed the
stripe ahead of Swindell, Wilson, Bruns, Danny Smith (who started 15th),
and Montgomery.
The All Stars return to The Ditch for night number two on Saturday
August 18th to wrap up the Thunder Through the Plains week and will head
back to Ohio. For more information visit www.allstarsprint.com
*Riverside International Speedway - 8-17-07 - O'Reilly All Star Circuit
of Champions Statistical Report
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Huggins Cams Qualifying
1. 51-Tim Montgomery, 11.435; 2. 5B-Chad Blonde, 11.438; 3. 12-Jeff
Swindell, 11.559; 4. 44-AJ Bruns, 11.567; 5. 51S-Lee
Sowell, 11.587; 6. W20-Greg Wilson, 11.637; 7. 11B-Brock Mayes, 11.644;
8. 9-Gary Wright, 11.662; 9. 40-Ernie Ainsworth,
11.674; 10. 11T-Tyler Thompson, 11.779; 11. 4X-Jan Howard, 11.782; 12.
11M-Brandon Martin, 11.793; 13. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard,
11.810; 14. 28-Brian Paulus, 11.868; 15. 47-Dale Howard, 11.909; 16.
4-Danny Smith, 11.948; 17. 71M-Paul May, 11.975; 18. 20E-
Brian Ellenberger, 12.046; 19. 20-Josh Howard, 12.135; 20. 44H-Ronnie
Howard, 12.165; 21. 24W-Kenny Coke, 12.272; 22. 35-
Phillip Faulkner, 12.353; 23. 8X-Chris Williams, 12.467; 24. 16-Dwayne
Prince, 12.780; 25. OX-Clint Weiss, 13.138; 26. 74-Shane
Wade, NT
Outerwears Heat Race 1
1. 5W-Tiffany Wyzard; 2. 4-Danny Smith; 3. 11B-Brock Mayes; 4. 51-Tim
Montgomery; 5. 44-AJ Bruns; 6. 35-Phillip Faulkner; 7.
11T-Tyler Thompson; 8. OX-Clint Weiss; 9. 20-Josh Howard;
Hoosier Racing Tire Heat Race 2
1. 5B-Chad Blonde; 2. 28-Brian Paulus; 3. 71M-Paul May; 4. 51S-Lee
Sowell; 5. 44H-Ronnie Howard; 6. 8X-Chris Williams; 7. 74-
Shane Wade; 8. 4X-Jan Howard; 9. 9-Gary Wright;
Engler Machine & Tool Heat Race 3
1. 47-Dale Howard; 2. 11M-Brandon Martin; 3. 40-Ernie Ainsworth; 4.
W20-Greg Wilson; 5. 12-Jeff Swindell; 6. 20E-Brian
Ellenberger; 7. 24W-Kenny Coke; 8. 16-Dwayne Prince;
MSD Ignition A-main - Starting Position [#]
1. 5B-Chad Blonde[5]; 2. 12-Jeff Swindell[4]; 3. W20-Greg Wilson[1]; 4.
44-AJ Bruns[3]; 5. 4-Danny Smith[15]; 6. 51-Tim
Montgomery[6]; 7. 20-Josh Howard[18]; 8. 11B-Brock Mayes[7]; 9. 40-Ernie
Ainsworth[8]; 10. 28-Brian Paulus[11]; 11. 24W-Kenny
Coke[20]; 12. 44H-Ronnie Howard[19]; 13. 16-Dwayne Prince[23]; 14.
74-Shane Wade[25]; 15. 11M-Brandon Martin[9]; 16. 5W-Tiffany
Wyzard[10]; 17. 47-Dale Howard[14]; 18. 8X-Chris Williams[22]; 19.
51S-Lee Sowell[2]; 20. 71M-Paul May[16]; 21. 11T-Tyler
Thompson[12]; 22. OX-Clint Weiss[24]; 23. 4X-Jan Howard[13]; 24.
35-Phillip Faulkner[21]; 25. 20E-Brian Ellenberger[17];
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