By- Jim Rouse, BRP Media

Joining the Top Gun Sprint Cars were the Hobby Stocks, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunderstocks, Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks, and the Rent-N-Roll Gladiators and they were all looking for the $1000 payday!

First up were the Hobby Stocks for 16 laps. DJ Nobles led lap 1 after Mick Kulak had troubles from pole. Lap 2 was Mike Stalnaker’s lap to shine. And, lap 3 saw “Ragin” Rodney Wright steal the lead. Josh Hughes spun the Don Woosley 81 out of turn 4 on lap 4 to slow the feature for the first time. “Sheriff” Trevor Gamble and Kevin Durden were charging but on lap 6 Durden went around in turn 2 setting “Ragin” Rodney up in front of “Sheriff” Gamble and Howard O’Steen for the restart. On lap 7 Wright made contact with Gamble out of 4 and both went reeling to the infield. As 1+2 sat, P3 Howard O’Steen took the lead. Wright’s dive into 4 was deemed rough driving and was disqualified as Gamble pitted for a new left rear. At the half-way point a debris caution was called setting O’Steen, Stalnaker, and Darran Jackson up with 10 on the board. By this point Durden had rebounded to 4th and Gamble had jumped up to 8th. Gamble stole the lead from O’Steen on lap 14 but before they crossed the line a caution came out for RJ Glazer’s turn 1 spin putting O’Steen in front of Gamble and Durden. Gamble jumped the start and O’Steen didn’t like it. Déjà vu in turn 1- result: Gamble to the back because of a flat; O’Steen disqualified. GWC with Durden, Mark Maresca, and Josh Hughes the new top 3. Maresca spun out of 4 and Durden won under yellow. Hughes was 2nd, Mick Kulak 3rd, DJ Nobles 4th, and Robert Sirmons completed the top 5.

Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks went 2nd and had to fight hard for 15 laps. On lap 6 Jesse Foster’s solo spin brought the caution out as Nick Kerr tried to pull away from “The Terror” Travis Staats and Stephen Hohlbough. On lap 10 Charlie Staats and Hohlbough made contact and brought the yellow out. Kerr took an easy win as “Charging Charlie” finished 2nd. “The Terror,” Buddy Pope, and Keith Briggs put the brand new Xtreme Team 19T in the top 5.

Top Gun Sprint Cars battled for 25 circuits and it started with Robbie Smith up front and leaving Mark Ruel, Jr. in the dust. These drivers went 16 green flag laps before Andrew Griffin spun in a clump to bring the first yellow out. Smith led until lap 14 when Ruel showed why “The Peruvian Outlaw” is the points leader. Ruel used traffic to his advantage and led Smith and “Mean” Gene Lasker at the restart. Tyler Godwin spun out of 4 on lap 19 setting Ruel up in front of Smith and Lasker with traffic between them. Ruel won over hard charging Robbie Smith. Matt Kurtz, Collin Cabre, and Ryan Partin completed the top 5.

A wild 1-800-ASK GARY Thunderstock battle occurred over 17 laps. Justin Durbin led early but lost it before the lap 5 caution for top 5 runner Mike Valdes’ spin. “Flash” Jonathan Appleby led but lost it before halfway to Chad Scranton. Appleby fell out due to a broken tierod on lap 9 as Jason Gamble had engine troubles as well. Mike Tovet stole Scranton’s lead at halfway as he jumped up 20 spots from B Main winner. On lap 15 James Sullivan, III flipped the 14 out of 4 setting up a GWC. Tovet, the B Main winner (he later said his only B), held off Scranton, fellow B Main transfer Dean Jarvis, Gamble, and Durbin. The 8th different winner in 14 features shows how competitive this division is and he did it from 21st on the grid!

A 1 caution race, halted only for Dennis Sanderson’s wild ride in turns 3 and 4, was dominated by the old guys. Sanderson barrel rolled a few times but immediately climbed from the battered 26X. “Old Fox” Steve Cox led the first half but faded late to 3rd. “Rockin” Reid Christensen finished 2nd because it was all about “Terrific” Tony LaPorta. John Moore and Robert Gullett, from opposite ends of the grid, completed the top 5.

Next week the RaceCar Engineering Late Models, Scorpion Racing Products Modifieds, Buddy’s Home Furnishings Limited Late Models, 1-800-ASK GARY Thunderstocks, and the Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks return to battle on the 1/3 mile! For more information check out www.bubbaracewaypark.com or call the Speedway at 352-622-9400!

 

Bubba Raceway Park Results (6/16)

 

Top Gun Sprint Cars

1- 83 Mark Ruel, Jr.

2- 6S Robbie Smith

3- 92 Matt Kurtz

4- 12 Collin Cabre

5- 14 Ryan Partin

6- G6 Brandon Grubaugh

7- 55 Kerry Gilbert

8- 88K Shane Kreidler

9- 22 Shawn Murray

10- 5 Tim Grubaugh

11- 38 Tony Agin

12- 8 Rich Alexander

13- 34 Darren Orth

14- 02 Gene Lasker

15- 38T Tyler Godwin

16- 88 Andrew Griffin

17- 43 Rex Howe

18- 3K Kurt Taylor

19- 3A AJ Maddox

DNS- 0X Phillip Pettay

 

Hobby Stocks

1- 56 Kevin Durden

2- 81 Josh Hughes

3- 2S Mick Kulak

4- 15 Hunter Gustafson

5- 94 Robert Sirmons

6- 57 Wally Schneider

7- 54 Alvin Adkison

8- 119 DJ Nobles

9- 77A RJ Glazer

10- 77M Mark Maresca

11- 12 Trevor Gamble

12- 9 Mike Stalnaker

13- 88H Darran Jackson

14- 2 Trey Isgette, III

15- 43 Joe Boyd

16- 25 Dean Kinsey

17- 77 Matt Kramer

18- 1W Eddie Woodall

DNS- 4C Richard Calmes, Jr.

DQ (Conduct)- 99 Rodney Wright

DQ (Conduct)- 80J Howard O’Steen

 

1-800-ASK GARY Thunderstocks

1- 98T Mike Tovet

2- 27 Chad Scranton

3- 44 Dean Jarvis

4- 21 Jason Gamble

5- 12 Justin Durbin

6- 65 Shane Nichols

7- 28E Brandon Elwood

8- 2H Jimmy Holley

9- 28 Brian Mullins

10- 71 Rick Kilbury

11- 23 Glenn Baum

12- 114 John Thorpe

13- 14 James Sullivan, III

14- 8 Patrick Mennenga

15- 33 Donnie Dobbins

16- 5W Eddie Kilbury

17- 73 Brandon Tillander

18- 27H Nathan Huffingham

19- 69A Jonathan Appleby

20- 72 Terry Dunbar

21- 15 Mike Valdes

22- 2W Nick Leconte

23- 6H Ronnie Harrell

24- 9 Robert Ray

 

Barfield Law Group Mini Stocks

1- 75 Nick Kerr

2- 9AR Charlie Staats

3- 1AR Travis Staats

4- 81 Buddy Pope

5- 19T Keith Briggs

6- 75H Stephen Hohlbaugh

7- 58 Jesse Foster

8- 30 Reid Christensen

DNS- 26 Kris Prouty

 

Rent-N-Roll Gladiators

1- 3T Tony LaPorta

2- 17D Reid Christensen

3- P38 Steve Cox

4- 66 John Moore

5- 2 Robert Gullett

6- 126 Robert Graham

7- 3 Brandon Haseleu

8- 99M Mike Hart

9- 131 George Ingram

10- 20 Casey Feaster

11- 12 Randy Harless

12- 83 Kody Fisher

13- 68 Jordan McMillon

14- 78 Blake Trawiak

15- 98 Jerry Lovejoy

16- 26 Billy Holmes

17- 81 Steve Johnson

18- 1 Ray Vann

19- 26X Dennis Sanderson