Babb wears Diamond
Wheatland, MO - May 13, 2008
By: RacinBoys.com
PHOTO: Shannon Babb on his way to SuperClean Diamond Nationals victory Sunday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. He pocketed $40,000-CREDIT: Lloyd Collins/FastTrack Photos
Shannon Babb led the entire 100 laps to win the SuperClean Diamond Nationals Sunday night at Lucas Oil Speedway. The event had been postponed by rain from Saturday. After 68 of the 80 drivers returned from Friday night's qualifying, track conditions were dry and slick for the heat races, however officials decided to re-work the surface for the 100-lap A-Main. It made for much better racing, however Babb was never seriously threatened.
Scott Bloomquist ran second for much of the race before slipping high on a restart. Billy Moyer kept Darrell Lanigan at bay for second. Jimmy Owens and Steve Casebolt rounded out the top-five.
Jeremy Payne made it a weekend sweep in Modifieds, taking home the $2000 top prize.
SUMMARY AND RESULTS
A-Feature Line-up
100-laps
ROW 1 - 0 Scott Bloomquist - 18 Shannon Babb
ROW 2 - 44 Earl Pearson Jr. - 21 Billy Moyer
ROW 3 - 1V Will Vaught - 28M Jimmy Mars
ROW 4 - 83 Scott James - 23 John Blankenship
ROW 5 - 20 Jimmy Owens - C9 Steve Casebolt
ROW 6 - 24 Rick Eckert - 40t Eric Turner
ROW 7 - 74 Jeremy Payne - S9 Dan Schlieper
ROW 8 - 42t Terry Casey - 5E Michael England
ROW 9 - 1R Josh Richards - 15T David Turner
ROW 10 - 29 Darrlell Lanigan - 19 Steve Francis
ROW 11 - 1* Chub Frank - 88 Wendell Wallace
ROW 12 - 16 Justin Rattliff - 33 Al Purkey
ROW 13 - 75 Bart Hartman - 75P Terry Phillips
Line-up has been announced. Cars circulating, getting formed up for the start. We're Ready for Green
GREEN FLAG!
Lap 2 - Shannon Babb pulls out to big lead
Lap 5 - Babb with straightaway lead over Bloomquist, Billy Moyer is third
Lap 6 - CAUTION: Lanigan and Turner get together in T-2
Babb, Bloomquist, Moyer, Pearson, Mars Your top-five for the restart.
GREEN FLAG!
Lap 6 - James takes over third.
Lap 7 - CAUTION David Turner stalled on front stretch
Babb, Bloomquist, Moyer, Pearson, James, Mars, Owens, Vaught, Casebolt, Blankenship your top-10 for the restart.
GREEN FLAG
Lap 9 - Babb opens up another big advantage over Bloomquist
Lap 12 - CAUTION Lanigan slows at the end of the back straightaway. Appears to be flat tire.
Babb, Bloomquist, Pearson, Moyer, James, Mars, Owens, Casebolt, Francis, Schlieper your top-ten for the restart. 11 laps complete
GREEN FLAG
Lap 14 - Francis on the move. He's up to 7th.
Lap 19 - Babb, Pearson, Bloomquist, James, Moyer your top-five
Lap 23 - Babb working lap traffic. Pearson closing in.
Lap 25 - CAUTION: Eric Turner stalls high in turn 4
Babb, Peasron, Bloomquist, James, Moyer, Owens, Mars, Francis, Casebolt, Schliepr your top-ten.
Eckert pulls into the pits.
GREEN FLAG
Lap 27 - Bloomquist moves back into second. 10 lengths behind Babb
Lap 31 - Babb maintains 10-car length lead over Bloomquist, followed by Pearson, James and Moyer
Lap 36 - Francis up to sixth
Lap 39 - Francis off pace. Smoke coming from the 19 car. CAUTION ON THE SPEEDWAY
Babb, Bloomquist, Pearson, James, Moyer, Owens, Mars, Casebolt, Blankenship, and Hartman your top-ten
GREEN FLAG
Lap 38 - CAUTION. Crash on the back straightaway, caused when Bloomquist drifted high ff turn two. Will Vaught clipped Jimmy Mars. Justin Rattliff also involved. Heavy damage to Mars amd Vaught's machine. Will Vaught expressed his displeasure to Bloomquist for causing the incident.
RED FLAG has been brought out.
Lots of tire changes.
14 cars left on the race track
GREEN FLAG
Lap 40. - Babb, Pearson. Bloomquist, Moyer, James, Casebolt, Owens, Schlieper,Richards, Blankenship your top-ten
lap 45 - Babb leads Pearson by a half-straigtawy. Bloomquist is still third
Lap 50 - CAUTION Blankenship stalled in turn 4
Babb, Pearson, Bloomquist, Moyer, James, Owens, Casebolt, Richards, Eckert, Rattliff your top-ten.
GREEN FLAG
Lap 54 - Babb still out in front, but Pearson closing in with Bloomquist third
lap 60 - Babb widening the gap over Pearson. Bloomquist, Moyer and Owens your top-five
Lap 65 - Babb riding the high line as Bloomquist tries the low side.
Lap 70 - Babb drifts high in turn two. Lead diminishes over Pearson
lap 71 - Pearson slows on the track. Appears to be terminal CAUTION is out
Babb, Bloomquist, Moyer, Owens, James, Blankenship, Casebolt, Lanigan, Eckert, Rattliff your top-ten
GREEN FLAG
Lap 72 - Owens slows on back stretch. Appears to be a flat tire.
Lots of tire issues in this race. Track prep prior to A-Main appears to have thrown some curve balls on many of these team's set ups and tire choices.
Babb, Bloomquist, Moyer, Lanigan, James, Casebolt, Richards, Schlieper, Eckert, Rattliff your top-ten
GREEN FLAG
Bloomquist slides high on the restart. falls back to seventh.
Lap 75 - CAUTION James slows. Appears to be flat tire.
Bloomquist to the pits. Tire change?
Bloomquist returns for restart
GREEN FLAG
11 cars left on track
Lap 80 - Babb holds a 3/4 straightaway lead over Billy Moyer. Lanigan is third. Casebolt, and James your top-five
Lap 85 - Lanigan closing in on Moyer for second. Babb still maintaining healthy lead.
Lap 90 - Babb's lead is a full straightaway as Moyer and Lanigan are nose-to-tail for second
Lap 95 It's Babb, Moyer, Lanigan, Owens, and Casebolt your top-five.
WHITE FLAG. Babb in command
CHECKERED FLAG: BABB WINS!
1. 18 Shannon Babb
2. 21 Billy Moyer
3. 29 Darrell Lanigan
4. 20 Jimmy Owens
5. C9 Steve Casebolt
6. 83 Scott James
7. 1R Josh Richards
8. 0 Scott Bloomquist
9. 9 Dan Schlieper
10. 24 Rick Eckert
11. 16 Justin Rattliff
12. 19 Steve Francis
13. 44 Earl Pearson Jr.
14. 23 John Blankenship
15. 28M Jimmy Mars
16. 75 Bart Hartman
17. 1V Will Vaught
18. 42t Terry Casey
19/. Michael England
20. Wendell Wallace
21. 1* Chub Frank
22. 74 Jeremy Payne
23. 75P Terry Phillips
24 40T Eric Turner
25. 33 Al Purkey
26. 15T David Turner
Modified A-Feature
30 laps
1. 74 Jeremy Payne
2. 40T Eric Turner
3. 15R Jamie Ragland
4. 88 Chad Wheeler
5. 12 Johnny Bone Jr.
6. 17H Brent Holman
7. 10P Jason Pursley
8. 22F Luke Feeback
9. 25 Rex Merritt
10. 31M Erik Maggard
11. 89 Tate Cole
12. 54H David Hendrix
13. 23B Brandon Smith
14. 90 Terry Schultz
15. 75 Terry Phillips
16. 6 Justin Fulton
17. 8H Jason Hughes
18. 31K Todd Kallweit
19. 15 Nathan Mayes
20. 33 Stephen Muilenburg
21. 12D Scott Drake
22. 42 Daulton Greven
23. 777 Jared Landers
24. 54 Paul Snyder
25. 48D Jimmy Dowell
26. 45 Colt Cheevers
PRELIMINARY RACES
LATE MODEL
B-Main 1 (20 laps)
Top-two advance to A-Main
1. Darrell Lanigan
2. 1* Chub Frank
3. 44 Clint Smith
4. 00 Freddy Smith
5. 25C Chad Simpson
6. 32 Chris Simpson
7. 00s Jesse Stovall
8. 3s Brian Shirley
9. 44L Larry Campbell
10. 7J JD Hubert
11. 1 Wayne Chinn
12. 88 Larry Clawson
13. 4 Chad Frewaldt
14. 12 Scott Drake
15. 30 Mark Voigt
16. 58 Dave Eckrich
17. 42B Brandon McCormick
18. 6 Alan Vaughn
19. 64L Greg Larson
B-Feature 2
1. 19 Steve Francis
2. 88 Wendell Wallace
3. 53 Ray Cook
4. 2 John Anderson
5. 4 Brantlee Gotschall
6. 71 Andrew McKay
7. 8K Rusty Dukes
8. 72 John Mason
9. 18 Jack Sullivan
10. 01 Peyton Taylor
11. 45W Denny Woodworth
12. 99 Larry Jones
13. 43 Jeremy Grady
14. 88 Larry Clawson
15. 3s Brian Shirley
16. 33 Al Purkey
17. 75 Bart Hartman
18. 14Jr Steve Rushin
19. Z28 Randy Zimmerman
Heat 1 (10 laps)
Top-3 advance to A
1. 0 Scott Bloomquist
2. 83 Scott James
3. 74 Jeremy Payne
4. 29 Darrell Lanigan
5,. 25 Chad Simpson
6. 44L Larry Campbell
7. 0 Jesse Stovall
8. 7J JD Hubert
9. 30 Mark Voigt
10. 88L Larry Clawson
11. 64 Greg Larson
Heat 2
1. 1 Will Vaught
2. 23 Joh Blankenship
3. 9 Dan Schlieper
4. 1* Chub Frank
5. 00 Freddy Smith
6. 3s Brian Shirley
7. 50 Shannon Buckingham
8. 12 Scott Drake
9. 6 Alan Vaughn
10. 1 Wayne Chinn
11. 4F Chad Frewaldt
Heat 3
1. 18 Shannon Babb
2. 20 Jimmy Owens
3. 42 Terry Casey
4. 44 Clint Smith
5. 32 Chris Simpson
6. 15B Brian Birkhofer
7. 58 Dave Eckrich
8. 9 Billy Drake
9. 42 Brandon McCormick
10, 7 Mark Burgtorf
Heat 4
1. 21 Billy Moyer
2. C9 Steve Casebolt
3. 5E Michael England
4. 53 Ray Cook
5. 88 Wenderll Wallace
6. 8K Rusty Dukes
7. 50 Denny Eckrich
8. 18 Jack Sullivan
9. 72 John Mason
10. F15 Justin Fegers
11. 88 Steve Hucovski
Heat 5
1. 44 Earl Pearson Jr.
2. 24 Rick Eckert
3. 1 Josh Richards
4. 19 Steve Francis
5. 2 John Anderson
6. 75 Bart Hartman
7. W3 James Ward
8. 16 Justin Rattliff
9. 99 Larry Jones
10. 43 Jeremy Grady
11. 01 Peyton Taylor
12. 0x Jason Sivals
Heat 6
1. 28 Jimmy Mars
2. 40T Eric Turner
3. 15 David Turner
4. 4 Brantlee Gotschall
5. 33 Al Purkey
6. 75 Terry Phillips
7. 71 Andrew McKay
8. 45W Denny Woodworth
9. 14 Steve Rushin
10. Z28 Randy Zimmerman
11. 45 Tommy Elston
12. 51 Brad Neat
13. 40 Shawn Harker
MODIFIED
B-Feature 1 (15 laps)
Top 8 advance to A main
1. 74 Jeremy Payne
2. 75 Terry Phillips
3. 99T Eric Turner
4. 54H David Hendrix
5. 31M Erik Maggard
6. 22F Luke Feeback
7. 88 Chad Wheeler
8. 25 Rex Merritt
9. 18 Justin Boney
10. 50 Tyler Propps
11. 14 Shawn Nations
12. 19T Kelby Taylor
13. 8M James McMillin
14. C3 Chad Staus
15. 71 Chris Tonoli
16 10R Cory Riddle
17. 48D Jimmy Dowell
18. 23 Lucas Dobbs
19. 98J John Allen
B-Feature 2
1. 12 Johnny Bone Jr.
2. 777 Jared Landers
3. 33 Stephen Muilenburg
4.8H Jason Hughes
5. 6 Justin Fulton
6. 90 Terry Schultz
7. 54 Paul Snyder
8. 23B Brandon Smith
9. 9E Evan Hubert
10. 24D Donnie Fellars
11. 68 Dean Wille
12. 98 Jeff Cutshaw
13. 11 Jimmy Willis
14. 85D Mark Dotson
15. 31 Raymond Peacock
15. 99 Jim Cihy
16. 31 Raymond Peacock
17. 72 Andrew Aust
18. 20D Jim Drake
19. 7H Greg Hughes
20. 1/4 Brandon Hunter
B-Feature 3
1. 15R Jamie Ragland
2. 17H Brent Holman
3. 12D Scott Drake
4.89 Tate Cole
5. 45 Colt Cheevers
6. 15 Nathan Mayes
7. 10P Jason Pursley
8. 42 Daulton Greven
9. 25T Travis Johnson
10. 2H Eric Hudson
11. 77D Jeffrey Douty
12. B29 Tammy Mitchell
13.31K Todd Kallweit
14. 21 Johnny Fennewald
15. 45 Tony Fraise
16. 2 Bryan Brown
17. 5J Matt Johnson
18. 32 Ray Peacock
