Fulp celebrates Show-Me Racin Series win at Springfield
Springfield , MO - April 21, 2008
By: Karen Fulp
PHOTO: Jim Fulp following his Race Brothers Show-Me RacinSeries win Saturday night at Springfield Raceway-CREDIT: Brandi Issacson
Saturday’s season opener for the Springfield Raceway featuring the Race Brothers Show-Me Racin Series brought an amazing 34 late models to the track to battle for the win.
Glen Yarbrough, Rick Wallis, Ken Patterson, and Jarrod Hilton took heat race wins. Two B features were run for the 18 remaining cars that had failed to qualify through the heats. Ken Essary took the win for the first B feature, and Darrin Barton took the second B.
22 cars strong started the evening’s 30 lap main event, with Ken Patterson and Rick Wallis on the front row. Second row starter Don Cloyd jumped out to the early lead, with a yellow coming on lap 3 for the number 83 of Chuck Comer. The restart lead to a red for an accident involving Ken Patterson, Ken Essary, Kenny Hartwigsen, and Shannon Phillips.
When racing action got back underway Don Cloyd was hanging on to the top spot over a hard charging Jim Fulp, with last week’s winner Leslie Essary, and second place runner Jeremy Kelley making their way towards the front. A caution came out on lap 11, and second place runner Jim Fulp, decided that he wasn’t going to pull the pass off on the low grove, so on the restart, the 00 moved up to the high side, and started working on taking over the lead. Fulp took the point on lap 17. Behind the fight for the lead, Jeremy Kelley, Leslie Essary, Shane Essary, Burl Woods, and Conner Ward were all swapping positions from lap to lap. Back in the field, Randy Galloway was moving up from his 21st starting position to an impressive 9th place.
In the end, the 00 was able to hang on for the win with his high groove still working, just barely over Jeremy Kelley who was using the low side to bring him to his second 2nd place finish in as many races. Jeremy Kelley was able to take over the point lead with his finish. Shane Essary ended up 3rd, Burl Woods 4th, and Don Cloyd in 5th. Leslie Essary had power steering problems and ended up 6th.
Next on the schedule for the Race Brothers Show-Me Racin Series is a double header weekend on May 2 at North Central Arkansas Speedway in Flippin, AR and on Saturday May 3 at West Plains Motor Speedway in West Plains, MO.
As always, for the most complete and current information on the series visit www.Show-MeRacinSeries.com
Race Brothers Show-Me Racin Series
Springfield Raceway
Springfield, Mo.
Sat. April 19, 2008
Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply A Feature
1. Jim Fulp
2. Jeremy Kelley
3. Shane Essary
4. Burl Woods
5. Don Cloyd
6. Leslie Essary
7. Conner Ward
8. Rick Lebow
9. Randy Galloway
10. Shannon Phillips
11. Glen Yarbrough
12. Jordan Holloway
13. Chris Morelock
14. Darrin Barton
15. Jarrod Hilton
16. Roger Wilson
17. Rick Wallis
18. Chuck Comer
19. Ken Patterson
20. Kenny Hartwigsen
21. Ken Essary
22. Kevin Patrick
Baillie Diesel B Feature #1
Ken Essary
Chris Morelock
Randy Galloway
Steve Beach
Wesley Briggs
Mark Penticuff
Todd McIntyre
Jeff Johnson
Chris Powell
Powertrain Industries B Feature #2
Darrin Barton
Kenny Hartwigsen
Jordan Holloway
Jeremy Wallis
Dairan Hendrix
Frank Tindle
Sundance Keeper
Kevin Henson
Jimmy Bellamy
Baillie Diesel Heat Race #1
1. Glen Yarbrough
2. Shane Essary
3. Leslie Essary
4. Conner Ward
5. Darrin Barton
6. Randy Galloway
7. Kenny Hartwigsen
8. Kevin Henson
9. Dairan Hendrix
Powertrain Industries Heat Race #2
Rick Wallis
Don Cloyd
Shannon Phillips
Kevin Patrick
Ken Essary
Jeremy Wallace
Chris Morelock
Steve Beach
Wesley Briggs
Baillie Diesel Heat Race #3
Ken Patterson
Burl Woods
Jeremy Kelley
Roger Wilson
Todd McIntyre
Chris Powell
Mark Penticuff
Jeff Johnson
Country Dodge Heat Race #4
Jarrod Hilton
Jim Fulp
Rick Lebow
Chuck Comer
Jordan Holloway
Sundance Keeper
Frank Tindle
Jimmy Bellamy - DNS
