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Hines by
a Nose in Thursday Chili Bowl Qualifier!
Posted:1/16/2009
Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla.
(January 15, 2009) – For the second
time in as many nights, it was a
past Chili Bowl champion reaching
victory lane at the QuikTrip
Center's Tulsa Expo Raceway. This
time, it was 2005 Chili Bowl king
Tracy Hines tracking down top honors
in Thursday's 25-lap Warren CAT
Qualifying night feature event at
the 23rd Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl
Nationals presented by General Tire.
The triumph before a
standing-room-only crowd came by the
narrowest of margins though, as
Hines flashed across the finish line
in the Tony Stewart Racing Kistler
Chevy-powered No. 21 Chevy/Bass Pro
Shops Spike just 0.12-seconds ahead
of fellow Hoosier State hotshoe Dave
Darland.
Also assured of a starting slot in
Saturday night's 50-lap Chili Bowl
championship main event along with
Hines and Darland is Illinois native
and 2008 ARCA champion Justin
Allgaier, who claimed the show
position to lock into his third
career Chili Bowl finale. Hines and
Darland will both make their
eleventh career championship feature
starts on Saturday night.
Hines and Darland earned the front
row for Thursday's feature through
heat race and qualifying action and
then hinted at the close finish to
follow in the opening handful of
circuits, dueling for the lead in
wheel-to-wheel fashion with Hines
running the low line and Darland on
the top shelf.
After the battle was interrupted
five laps in due to a Scott Hatton
spin in turn two, Hines established
a grip on the lead and moved to the
upper portion of the racetrack,
building nearly a straightaway
advantage over the ensuing laps.
Hines pace was only marginally
slowed after reaching lapped traffic
at the midway point, with Darland
making up minimal ground as Allgaier
fought off Brent Beauchamp for the
third and final transfer position.
Hines' comfortable advantage went by
the wayside as the caution flag flew
just three laps short of the finish
when Jason Meyers slid to a stop in
turn three, surrendering the sixth
position in the process.
After another pair of quick
cautions, Darland was on Hines'
tailtank for the
green-white-checkered run. And, as
Hines continued to work the high
line over the final two laps,
Darland got perhaps his best run of
the race off the bottom of turn four
on the final lap. Darland pulled
alongside but fell just inches short
as Hines took the checkered flag.
While Darland settled for second in
the Toyota-powered Wilke-Pak
Motorsports Speedway Motors No. 5
Spike, Allgaier slipped away from
his chasers in the final scramble to
secure third aboard Ebby Bergfield's
Esslinger-powered Ethanol No. 86
Spike.
After battling each other throughout
the night, including some qualifying
race contact, Shane Cottle and
Donnie Ray Crawford mixed it up for
position much of the way in the
feature event. Trading positions
several times in the closing
circuits, Cottle got the edge on the
final lap to claim fourth with
Crawford rounding out the top five.
Beauchamp got shuffled back to sixth
in the final two-lap dash to the
checkered flag, with Glenn Carson in
seventh. After starting outside the
second row, Jesse Hockett lost a
left front shock in the early going
and still managed an eighth-place
showing.
Nathan High claimed ninth, with Jay
Drake's first full night of
competition behind the wheel in more
than two years netted a tenth-place
finish after starting 17th.
Among Thursday's heat race winners
that also included Frank Polimeda,
Rob Russell, Jimmy Light, Darland,
Allgaier, Crawford, Cottle and
Beauchamp, Drake later posted the
night's second-narrowest victory
when he nipped Michelle Decker by
0.023-seconds at the line in the
first "B" Main.
The night's closest finish came in
the third "A" qualifier when Scott
Hatton edged Allgaier by just 0.009
seconds. Other qualifying race
winners included Hockett, Wise and
A.J. Fike, who surrendered a
fifth-row feature starting position
when he made a quick trip to the
work area prior to the start.
Billy Pauch, Jr., and Garrett Hansen
topped the "C" Mains, with Scott
Pierovich joining Drake among the
ranks of "B" Main winners.
There were nine tumbles over the
course of the evening, including
fence-manglers by Channing Zierolf
and Nick Knepper in heat race
competition. Jonathan Hendrick and
Brad Sweet also got upside down in
heat race action before returning
for unsuccessful attempts to climb
from "C" to "B" Main competition.
Scotty Weir and Dylan Peterson both
got upside down in "C"Main action,
with Eric Sandage, Ricky Ehrgott and
Derek Hagar all flipping in the
qualifiers.
The fourth and final qualifying
night of the 23rd Annual Lucas Oil
Chili Bowl Nationals presented by
General Tires hits the track at 6:00
p.m. on Friday night, setting the
stage for Saturday's slate of
championship feature events.
Thursday Night's Warren CAT
Qualifying Results from the 23rd
Annual Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Midget
Nationals presented by General Tire
Heat Races (8 Laps - Top 40 in
passing points to A Qualifiers;
Balance to two C Mains)
Heat 1: 1. #44F Frank Polimeda, Fort
Lee, NJ; 2. #37J Jeff Bland Jr.,
Bloomington, IN; 3. #7X Michelle
Decker, Guthrie, OK; 4. #21T Don
Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE; 5. #26 Glenn
Carson, Concord, CA; 6. #11B Scott
Weir, Marion, IN; 7. #10C Scott
Allen, Kansas City, KS; 8. #33A
Stephen Arnold, Seymour, IN; 9. #68
Jonathan Hendrick, Fortville, IN
Heat 2: 1. #10R Rob Russell,
Fremont, CA; 2. #21 Tracy Hines, New
Castle, IN; 3. #2D Steve Davis,
Norco, CA; 4. #11J Justin Melton,
Flower Mound, TX; 5. #44 Ryan Pace,
Brownsburg, IN; 6. 36X Dylan
Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD; 7. #75
David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 8.
331V Victor Davis, Simi Valley, CA;
9. #76K Frank Ikerd, Loma Linda, CA
Heat 3: 1. #4M Jimmy Light,
Indianapolis, IN; 2. #27D Danny
Jennings, Norman, OK; 3. #14J Jason
Meyers, Clovis, CA; 4. #1D Dennis
Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 5. #27
Ryan Kaplan, Chico, CA; 6. #0 Glenn
Styres, Ohsweken, Ont.; 7. #6Z Cody
Kershaw, Oak, Park, CA; 8. #0C
Cameron Beard, Atwater, CA
Heat 4: 1. #5 Dave Darland, Lincoln,
IN; 2. #69 A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL;
3. #25A Aaron Ott, York Springs, PA;
4. #9JR Derek Hagar, Marion, AR; 5.
#07X Jennifer Greenberg,
Albuquerque, NM; 6. #58 Cole Peard,
Quincy, CA; 7. #2X Doug Day, Winder,
GA; 8. #49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley,
CA
Heat 5: 1. #86 Justin Allgaier,
Cornelius, NC; 2. #22 Brian
Camarillo, Camarillo, CA; 3. #60
Eric Sandage, Alexander, AR; 4. #57
Kevin Studley, Plainfield, IN; 5.
#38G Coleman Gulick, Binghamton, NY;
6. 10 Will Pierce, Lees Summit, MO;
7. #21K Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, IN; 8.
#31L Chuck Knight, Fort Smith, AR
Heat 6: 1. #55 Donnie Ray Crawford,
Tulsa, OK; 2. #15H Scott Hatton,
Roscoe, IL; 3. #35X Scott Pierovich,
Alamo, CA; 4. #49P Billy Pauch Jr.,
Frenchtown, NJ; 5. #7C Chris Burns,
Bethany, OK; 6. #10B Brock Lemley,
Bellingham, WA; 7. #1M Garry Lee
Maier, Cimarron, KS; 8. #05X
Channing Zierolf, Houma, LA
Heat 7: 1. #67 Jay Drake,
Brownsburg, IN; 2. #18 Donnie Trent,
Honey Brook, PA; 3. #8R Ricky
Ehrgott, Brownsburg, IN; 4. #57X
Jason Holt, Brownsville, IN; 5. #7J
Eric Todd, Falcon, MO; 6. #87C Tim
Crawley, Little Rock, AR; 7. #7E
Blake Miller, Yorba Linda, CA; 8.
#24 Nick Foster Jr., San Jose, CA
Heat 8: 1. #1S Shane Cottle, Kokomo,
IN; 2. #75W Josh Wise, Columbus, IN;
3. #12JR Nathan High, Goodyear, AZ;
4. #83 Kurt Blackaby, Bentonville,
AR; 5. #70 Garrett Hansen, Manhattan
Beach, CA; 6. #11A Andrew Felker,
Carl Junction, MO; 7. #3A Bill
Allen, Independence, MO; 8. #50T Tom
Everhart, El Cajon, CA
Heat 9: 1. #112 Brent Beauchamp,
Fairland, IN; 2. #7B Austin Brown,
Millstadt, IL; 3. #05H Jesse Hockett,
Warsaw, MO; 4. #7 Critter Malone,
Speedway, IN; 5. #73T Samantha
Taylor, Bonney Lake, WA; 6. #4F Chad
Frewaldt, Kansas City, KS; 7. #64
Brett Miller, Chico, CA; 8. #55K
Nick Knepper, Belleville, IL
C Mains (12 Laps - Top 4 in each
transfer to back of corresponding B
Main)
C Main 1: 1. #49P Billy Pauch Jr.,
Frenchtown, NJ; 2. #75 David Gough,
Machesney Park, IL; 3. #58 Cole
Peard, Quincy, CA; 4. #7C Chris
Burns, Bethany, OK; 5. #73T Samantha
Taylor, Bonney Lake, WA; 6. #68
Jonathan Hendrick, Fortville, IN; 7.
#2X Doug Day, Winder, GA; 8. #31L
Chuck Knight, Fort Smith, AR; 9.
#10B Brock Lemley, Bellingham, WA;
10. #50T Tom Everhart, El Cajon, CA;
11. #3A Bill Allen, Independence,
MO; 12. #10C Scott Allen, Kansas
City, KS; 13. #11A Andrew Felker,
Carl Junction, MO; 14. #11B Scott
Weir, Marion, IN; 15. #1M Garry Lee
Maier, Cimarron, KS DNS – #05X
Channing Zierolf, Houma, LA; #55K
Nick Knepper, Belleville, IL
C Main 2: 1. #70 Garrett Hansen,
Manhattan Beach, CA; 2. #7E Blake
Miller, Yorba Linda, CA; 3. #27 Ryan
Kaplan, Chico, CA; 4. #24 Nick
Foster Jr., San Jose, CA; 5. #10
Will Pierce, Lees Summit, MO; 6. #0
Glenn Styres, Ohsweken, ONT; 7. #64
Brett Miller, Chico, CA; 8. #33A
Stephen Arnold, Seymour, IN; 9. #31V
Victor Davis, Simi Valley, CA; 10.
#21K Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, IN; 11.
#49 Brad Sweet, Grass Valley, CA;
12. #76K Frank Ikerd, Loma Linda,
CA; 13. #7J Eric Todd, Falcon, MO;
14. #6Z Cody Kershaw, Oak Park, CA;
15. #0C Cameron Beard, Atwater, CA;
16. #87C Tim Crawley, Benton, AR;
17. #6X Dylan Peterson, Sioux Falls,
SD
A Qualifiers (10 Laps - Top 16 in
combined passing points to A Main;
Balance to twin B Mains)
A Qualifier 1: 1. #69 A.J. Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 2. #112 Brent
Beauchamp, Fairland, IN; 3. #14J
Jason Meyers, Clovis, CA; 4. #7B
Austin Brown, Millstadt, IL; 5. #35X
Scott Pierovich, Alamo, CA; 6. #10R
Rob Russell, Fremont, CA; 7. #25A
Aaron Ott, York Springs, PA; 8. #57X
Jason Holt, Brownsville, IN; 9. #07X
Jennifer Greenberg, Albuquerque, NM;
10. #60 Eric Sandage, Alexander, AR
A Qualifier 2: 1. #05H Jesse Hockett,
Warsaw, MO; 2. #12JR Nathan High,
Goodyear, AZ; 3. #26 Glenn Carson,
Concord, CA; 4. #22 Brian Camarillo,
Camarillo, CA; 5. #4M Jimmy Light,
Indianapolis, IN; 6. #44 Ryan Pace,
Brownsburg, IN; 7. #8G Coleman
Gulick, Binghamton, NY; 8. #83 Kurt
Blackaby, Bentonville, AR; 9. #9JR
Derek Hagar, Marion, AR; 10. #8R
Rick Ehrgott, Brownsburg, IN
A Qualifier 3: 1. #15H Scott Hatton,
Roscoe, IL; 2. #86 Justin Allgaier,
Cornelius, NC; 3. #5 Dave Darland,
Lincoln, IN; 4. #21T Don Droud Jr.,
Lincoln, NE; 5. #67 Jay Drake,
Brownsburg, IN; 6. #44F Frank
Polimeda, Fort Lee, NJ; 7. #11J
Justin Melton, Flower Mound, TX; 8.
#7 Critter Malone, Speedway, IN; 9.
#57 Kevin Studley, Plainfield, IN;
10. #27D Danny Jennings, Norman, OK
A Qualifier 4: 1. #75W Josh Wise,
Columbus, IN; 2. #21 Tracy Hines,
Newcastle, IN; 3. #1S Shane Cottle,
Kokomo, IN; 4. #55 Donnie Ray
Crawford, Tulsa, OK; 5. #37J Jeff
Bland Jr., Bloomington, IN; 6. #7X
Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK; 7. #1D
Dennis Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 8.
#18 Donnie Trent, Honey Brook, PA;
9. #2D Steve Davis, Norco, CA; 10.
#4F Chad Frewaldt, Kansas City, KS
B Mains (15 Laps - Top 4 advance to
A Main)
B Main 1: 1. #67 Jay Drake,
Brownsburg, IN; 2. #7X Michelle
Decker, Guthrie, OK; 3. #44F Frank
Polimeda, Fort Lee, NJ; 4. #21T Don
Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE; 5. #49 Billy
Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 6. #75
David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 7.
#18 Donnie Trent, Honey Brook, PA;
8. #7 Critter Malone, Speedway, IN;
9. #25A Aaron Ott, York Springs, PA;
10. #57X Jason Holt, Brownsville,
IN; 11. #11J Justin Melton, Flower
Mound, TX; 12. #7C Chris Burns,
Bethany, OK; 13. #58 Cole Peard,
Quincy, CA; 14. #07X Jennifer
Greenberg, Albuquerque, NM; 15. #27D
Danny Jennings, Norman, OK; DNS -
#60 Eric Sandage, Alexander, AR
B Main 2: 1. #35X Scott Pierovich,
Alamo, CA; 2. #44 Ryan Pace,
Brownsburg, IN; 3. #22 Brian
Camarillo, Camarillo, CA; 4. #8G
Coleman Gulick, Binghamton, NY; 5.
#37J Jeff Bland Jr., Bloomington,
IN; 6. #7E Blake Miller, Yorba
Linda, CA; 7. #9JR Derek Hagar,
Marion, PA; 8. #70 Garrett Hansen,
Manhattan Beach, CA; 9. #27 Ryan
Kaplan, Chico, CA; 10. #1D Dennis
Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 11. #2D
Steve Davis, Norco, CA; 12. #83 Kurt
Blackaby, Bentonville, AR; 13. #57
Kevin Studley, Plainfield, IN; 14.
#8R Rick Ehrgott, Brownsburg, IN;
15. #4F Chad Frewaldt, Kansas City,
KS; 16. #24 Nick Foster Jr., San
Jose, CA
A Main (25 laps – Top 3 advance to
Saturday Night's Main Event)
1. #21 Tracy Hines, Newcastle, IN;
2. #5 Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 3.
#86 Justin Allgaier, Cornelius, NC;
4. #1S Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 5.
#55 Donnie Ray Crawford, Tulsa, OK;
6. #112 Brent Beauchamp, Fairland,
IN; 7. #26 Glen Carson, Concord, CA;
8. #05H Jesse Hockett, Warsaw, MO;
9. #12JR Nathan High, Goodyear, AZ;
10. #67 Jay Drake, Brownsburg, IN;
11. #7B Austin Brown, Millstadt, IL;
12. #44F Frank Polimeda, Fort Lee,
NJ; 13. #75W Josh Wise, Columbus,
IN; 14. #35X Scott Pierovich, Alamo,
CA; 15. #21T Don Droud Jr., Lincoln,
NE; 16. #15H Scott Hatton, Roscoe,
IL; 17. #44 Ryan Pace, Brownsburg,
IN; 18. #14J Jason Meyers, Clovis,
CA; 19. #22 Brian Camarillo,
Camarillo, CA; 20. #69 A.J. Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 21. #7X Michelle
Decker, Guthrie, OK; 22. #8G Coleman
Gulick, Binghamton, NY; 23. #4M
Jimmy Light, Indianapolis, IN; 24.
#10R Rob Russell, Fremont, CA
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