CJ RACEWAY STORY

FAMILIAR FACES IN CJ RACEWAY WINNER'S CIRCLE

Travis Yakle, Jeremy Tompkins, Greg Rossell, Aaron Summy, Jeff Guengerich, and Darren Wilson made return visits to the winner's circle at CJ Raceway on Friday, June 15. Trophies were sponsored by Midwest Rod and Restoration with a candy dash sponsored by Triple D Motorsports.

Andrew Theobald was out front for the 4 cylinder feature with Travis Yakle in second for the first two laps when Yakle took the lead coming out of turn 2. One lap later the caution was out for Michael Frank II and Geoffrey Theobald sending them to the back on the restart which saw Yakle, Andrew Theobald, and Wayne Noble making up the top three. Coming around for the white flag Andrew Theobald went high coming out of turn 4, allowing Noble by for second. Yakle picks up his second feature win of the year, Noble takes second, and Andrew Theobald finishes third. The point race is heating up with just two points separating first through third.

Jeremy Tompkins led the entire flag-to-flag hobby stock feature picking up his fourth feature win of the year and making it two in a row. Doug Eichelberger was in second early on when he went high in turn 4 and almost over. He was able to save it, sparing a caution, but lost two spots. Bill Faler moved into second and Brian Holmes into third. Tompkins takes the win and is now tied with Brian Holmes for the point lead. Faler takes second and Holmes finishes third. Tompkins and Holmes are now tied for the point lead.

Scott Spink had the point in the mod-lite feature for one lap before Greg Rossell took the lead. One lap later Troy Philpot got side-by-side with Spink coming out of turn 4 and was able to take over second at the flagstand. Rossell went on to hold off Philpot taking another feature win. Philpot took second and Spink finished third.

On the first lap of the IMCA feature Todd Staley spun out in front of the entire pack in turn 4 going from the top of the track to the bottom with everyone able to avoid contact with him. However, by the front stretch there was a pile up that sent Brandon Jay, Shelly Mizell, Todd Staley, and Randy Phillips to the pits, with only Phillips unable to make it back out. Aaron Summy took the lead on the restart with Darrin Ealey in second when another caution was out for Brandon Jay and Dion Harris, putting them both in the pits for the rest of the night. Summy kept the lead on the restart with Darrin Ealey in second and a battle for third between Tad Payne and Dave Hemsted with Hemsted in third for lap 2, then to Payne for laps three and four, and back to Hemsted for lap 5. They then came three wide out of turn four with contact made, but all cars able to avoid a caution. Hemsted moves into second before getting two flat tires on lap 12, causing him to go over in turns 1 and 2. He was able to limp it into the pits and avoid a caution. Shelly Mizell drew the caution on the next lap when her car was on fire. Mizell was okay, but the car was done for the night. This set up a green, white, checker finish that saw Summy keep his lead while Payne, Ealey, and Travis Finke come 4 wide out of turn 4 with Payne taking second and Ealey third. Summy keeps his point lead.

Stan O'Brien and Jeff Guengerich were running first and second in the late model feature with Guengerich going low coming out of turn 4 and getting within a bumper of O'Brien at the flagstand. O'Brien was able to hold Guengerich off when a caution was out for Michael Dominguez whose car was engulfed in flames. Dominguez was okay, but the car was done for the night. O'Brien was able to hold Guengerich off for the next 7 laps before Guengerich took the lead, but one lap later O'Brien was back out front. However, going through turn 2 O'Brien took the low line and spun, giving the lead back to Guengerich. O'Brien was able to keep going, avoiding a caution, but lost 7 spots. Guengerich takes another feature win, Tom Darbyshire takes second, and Kevin Kile finishes third.

Duane Rees led the CJ Cruiser feature with Darren Wilson challenging the entire race. Coming around for the checker flag they simultaneously spun in turn 2, both cars kept going though so no caution came out. Wilson was able to recover and take the lead with Matt Gomez following in second, Brandon Stalkfleet in third, and Duane Rees finishing fourth. Duane Rees and Matt Gomez are now tied for the point lead.

MidSeason Championships will be next week sponsored by Island Auto Salvage and money being added to the purse.



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