By- Jim Rouse, Bubba Raceway Park Media
Top Gun Sprints, Scorpion Performance Products Modifieds, Hobby Stocks, Thunderstocks, and Gladiators battled hard with 5 winners all happy to take home the $1000 prize on Night Of A Thousands!
The Hobby Stock feature saw minor incidents cause caution flags including the lap 10 caution when Don Woosley stopped at pit entrance. Trevor Gamble, Rodney Wright, and Mike Stalnaker dominated the first half but Stalnaker’s car began to go away and he fell back a little. The final caution came out for Trey Isgette III when he found himself facing the turn 2 wall. 
Gamble pulled away to take his first win of the season while Kevin Durden and Tim Gay took advantage of Rodney Wright’s mistake pushing Wright to 4th behind Durden and Gay. Mike Stalnaker completed the top 5.
On lap 2 “The Killer” passed Kent Corbin for the lead just before Larry Mott spun and brought the yellow out. Fast forward to lap 20 when Mike Warren spun the #2 and brought the caution out setting up a 5 lap battle between Kyle Bronson, Jeff Mathews, and Wayne Hammond. Bronson was less than 1 lap away from the win when Dalton Lanich spun out and put the caution out. Bronson didn’t let up and he took the win as Mathews and Hammond completed the podium finishers. Barry Sheffield finished 4th and Scott Mooers took another 5th place finish pushing him to 3rd in the standings.
Matt Kurtz had duct tape numbers. A 5 caution race was quick other than for the red flag after the Jimmy Ballew/Terry Witherspoon flip in turn 4. No one was hurt. Gene Lasker spun on lap 13 leaving Kurtz, Danny Martin, Jr., and Robbie Smith to battle for the win over the final 7 laps. Kurtz held on after an aggressive assault from Martin. Mark Ruel, Jr. was 3rd, Ryan Partin 4th, and Smith finished 5th. Matt Kurtz has a trophy.
Until the lap 7 restart the race had belonged to Chad Scranton, Jason Gamble, and Shane Nichols. But, it all left when Gamble spun and tore the right side of Mike Stalnaker’s 77 off and flattened John Thorpe’s right front. From then until the last restart it was Nichols behind Scranton with Jonathan Appleby the new 3rd place man. On the penultimate restart Nichols was slow but he was given 2nd back when the yellow flew half a lap in. Scranton took an easy win while Appleby, Robert Ray, Gordon Cade (on 6 cylinders), and Brian Mullins completed the top 5 putting both Cheater Racing cars 5th or better.
After a few cautions Harold Lewis passed Ray Hunter for the lead but 2 laps later Hunter took it back through some help from lapped traffic. However, on lap 10 Hunter’s right front flew off and “The Old Fox” Steve Cox took the lead. He would not relinquish it as he beat Jordan McMillon, Harold Lewis, Sammy Dale, and Randy Harless across the line. And, S&S Roofing Team has their drivers 1-2-3 in the standings.
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Bubba Raceway Park Results (3/17)
Top Gun Sprint Cars
1- 92 Matt Kurtz
2- 82 Danny Martin, Jr.
3- 83 Mark Ruel, Jr.
4- 14 Ryan Partin
5- 6S Robbie Smith
6- 11 Brett O’Donnell
7- 98 Bruce Buffington
8- 24 Stephen Darvalics
9- 12 Collin Cabre
10- 55 Kerry Gilbert
11- 5 Tim Grubaugh
12- 88 Andrew Griffin
13- 99 Tanner Witherspoon
14- 38 Tony Agin
15- 02 Gene Lasker
16- G6 Brandon Grubaugh
17- 0 Jimmy Ballew, Jr.
18- 43 Terry Witherspoon
19- 3A AJ Maddox
20- 0X Brandon Lineberger
21- 6 Mitchell Webb
22- 8 Rich Alexander
23- 83A Bob Auld
Scorpion Performance Products UMP DirtCar Open-Wheel Modifieds
1- 40B Kyle Bronson (Hammond Motorsports)
2- 33 Jeff Mathews (Jeff Mathews Motorsports)
3- 40H Wayne Hammond (Hammond Motorsports)
4- 41 Barry Sheffield
5- 10 Scott Mooers
6- 78 Rich Pratt (Tom Macaloso)
7- 34 Jim Passino (Chuck Gustafson, Jr.)
8- Z06 Larry Mott
9- 1K Scott Kurtzner
10- 14 Tyler Clem (Bubba Clem)
11- 77 Dalton Lanich (Kent Corbin)
12- 11 Chuck Gustafson, Jr.
13- 2 Mike Warren (Chris Williams)
14- 122 Ron Burgess (Lisa Burgess)
15- 7 Kent Corbin
Hobby Stocks
1- 12 Trevor Gamble
2- 26 Kevin Durden
3- 90 Tim Gay
4- 99 Rodney Wright
5- 19M Mike Stalnaker
6- 17 Nevin Gainey
7- 88H Howard O’Steen
8- 29 Timmy King, Jr.
9- 2 Trey Isgette III
10- 5 Jeff Barrett
11- 21M Sean Monaghan
12- 19 Brian Shea
13- 81 Don Woosley
14- 08 William Edwards
15- 80J John Clark
16- 03 Ken Hall, Jr.
17- 77M Mark Maresca
18- 88 Darran Jackson
19- 74 Ray Wheeler
20- 89 Trey Cameron
21- 82 Kyle Morse
22- 04 Tyler Firnstahl
23- 77 Matt Kramer
DNS- 54 Ronald Soltis
Thunderstocks
1- 27 Chad Scranton
2- 60 Jonathan Appleby
3- 9 Robert Ray
4- 121 Gordon Cade
5- 28M Brian Mullins
6- 19 Brian Shea
7- 65 Shane Nichols
8- 09 William Edwards
9- 29L Daniel Laird
10- 28E Brandon Elwood
11- 34 Mark Trexler
12- 96 Jason Gamble
13- 3W Vaughn Woodall
14- 6 Tony Campbell
15- 2W Chris Watson
16- 46 Michael Carr
17- 12 Justin Durbin
18- 114 John Thorpe
19- 44 Todd Roberts
20- 118 Ron Adams
21- 3 Jeff Baer
22- 33 Melvin Fockler
23- 90 Cody Johnson
24- 77 Mike Stalnaker
25- 0 Curtis Clark
26- 5W Eddie Kilbury
27- 02 Brandon Tillander
DNS- 30 Mike Tovet
Gladiators
1- P38 Steve Cox
2- 68 Jordan McMillon
3- 48 Harold Lewis
4- 8 Sammy Dale
5- 12 Randy Harless
6- 17D Reid Christensen
7- 81 Steve Johnson
8- 7M Dalton Strehle
9- 69JR Tommy Ausburn, Jr.
10- 83 Kody Fisher
11- 11 Casey Feaster
12- 30 Rex Christensen
13- 2 Robert Gullet
14- 79 Ray Hunter
15- 10 Mike McDonald
16- 3T Tony LaPorta
17- 126 Robert Graham
18- 76 Ken Macleod
19- 26 Billy Holmes
20- 3H Brandon Haseleu
21- 87 John Johnson
22- 57 Larry Swift
23- 31 Jerry Taylor