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SUMMARY
Daugherty Speedway
Boswell, IN
June 25, 2016
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Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series:
(20 Entries)
WISSMILLER NUMBER ONE AT DAUGHERTY MSCS SHOW
Boswell, IN - June 25, 2016 - The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car
Series capped the first half of the season with an appearance at
Daugherty Speedway. The 3/8s mile oval was a new hunting ground for
many of the MSCS drivers on hand to support the series. But some of
the veterans had been there before. One of those was Mitch
Wissmiller. The Saybrook, IL, driver and former MSCS Champion came
to race. His car was fast. The inversion based on the redraw put
his sprint car on the pole for the feature. He shot into the lead
and that is where he ran for the entire 25 laps. The victory was
worth $2,000!
Nick Bilbee also had a fast machine. The Indianapolis driver had
posted the second fastest qualifying time. Bilbee closely followed
by Carson Short took up the pursuit of Wissmiller. The three left
the field behind and were soon in lapped traffic which in itself
presented packs of cars to contend with at times. On the final lap
Bilbee closed in and finished just .054 seconds behind the winner.
Carson Short was only a second off the winning pace in third place.
Chris Gurley and Jon Stanbrough were immersed in a race of their own.
The two veteran drivers battled for the fourth spot throughout the
event. Gurley prevailed. Stanbrough was fifth in the Paul Hazen
sprinter. Rookie Tyler Hewitt finished sixth. Brandon Mattox was
next, having returned to the seat of his own number 28. Kent Schmidt
pitted in the infield work area on a caution to replace a tire. He
rejoined the race before the green flag and moved back up through the
field to finish eighth. Brandon Morin and Donny Brackett rounded out
the top ten.
Chad Davenport picked up the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award in finishing
eleventh. Brandon Morin was the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger
of the Race. He was the only driver who was able to gain more than 3
spots. There was only one caution period in the feature followed by
the very quick final 8 laps!
Corey Smith from Kokomo, IN, had the overall fastest time during
group qualifying. Smith turned a lap of 13.905 seconds. However he
was an early scratch in the racing program and did not compete in the
heat races. Rookie Nevil Algie finished his heat with smoke pouring
from his car due to a blown head gasket. He was not able to start
the feature. Ken Drangmeister lost an engine in the feature.
A big holiday weekend is next up on the Midwest Sprint Car Series
schedule. MSCS will be racing Saturday July 2nd to headline the
second night of the two day Bill Gardner Sprintacular at the Lincoln
Park Speedway. Sunday evening July 3rd MSCS will be involved in the
Southern Indiana Sprint Stampede at Tri-State Speedway. The series
will share the program with the Winged MOWA Sprint Car Series.
Provided as News and Information for the Midwest Sprint Car Series.
Overall Fastest Qualifier - 66s Corey Smith, 13.905 seconds
First Heat - 21 Carson Short, 12 Chris Gurley, 5K Kent Schmidt,
4B Donny Brackett, 10 Aric Gentry, 41 Dakota Jackson,
98 Brandon Morin, 20 Steve Thomas, 27 Ken Drangmeister,
66s Corey Smith (Scratched)
Second Heat - 57 Jon Stanbrough, 17 Nick Bilbee, 1 Mitch Wissmiller,
97 Tyler Hewitt, 28 Brandon Mattox, 11A Nevil Algie,
20D Chad Davenport, 69 Stuart Hanft, 52C Jared
Chastain,
72 Al Thomas
Feature (25 Laps) - 1 Mitch Wissmiller, 17 Nick Bilbee, 21 Carson Short,
12 Chris Gurley, 21 Jon Stanbrough, 97
Tyler Hewitt,
28 Brandon Mattox, 5K Kent Schmidt, 98
Brandon Morin,
4B Donny Brackett, 20D Chad Davenport, 10
Aric Gentry,
20 Steve Thomas, 41 Dakota Jackson, 52c
Jared Chastain,
72 Al Thomas, 27 Ken Drangmeister, 69
Stuart Hanft
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