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Meseraull Claims Buckeye Machine BOSS at Lawrenceburg
Once again, the Buckeye Machine BOSS series treated fans to a stellar field of cars in both quality and quantity last night at Lawrenceburg Speedway. An incredible field of 39 cars with drivers representing 6 states were signed in for competition. The spacious Dearborn County facility saw perhaps its largest crowd of the season to witness a traditional sprint car event on the fast, high banked 3/8 mile oval.
The 25 lap main event was run with only one caution flag on lap #10 and all 22 starters not only finished the event, but managed to do so on the lead lap on the dry-slick feature surface. In the end, it was California native Thomas Meseraull driving the Dave Stensland #41picking up his second career BOSS feature win.
The 22 car field was paced to the green flag by Tampa, Florida native Joe Ligouri. However, it was outside front row starter Shawn Westerfeld who rocketed to the early lead. Meseraull wasted little time in advancing from 4th to 2nd and set up the chase for the lead. Through the early stages, the local hero Westerfeld appeared to be the man to beat. Then a lap #10 caution for a flat tire on BOSS points leader Mike Miller brought out the race's only caution flag.
On the restart, Meseraull knew it was his chance to make the winning move and he threw a slide job on Westerfeld who crossed over to retake the lead. The next 2 laps saw the pair swap the top spot multiple times with Meseraull officially taking the race lead at the stripe on lap #12. Once in front, Meseraull began to open up a commading lead as the laps clicked away very quickly on the track that became very hard to pass on.
At the finish, it was Meseraull over Westerfeld. Ligouri, Tyler Courtney, and Landon Simon completing the top 5 finishers. Rounding out the top 10 were Joss Moffatt, Dickie Gaines, Michael Fischesser, Logan Hupp and Shane Cottle. Hupp was up to 9th from the 20th starting spot and was the only driver able to do much passing, but enough to earn himself the Bridge Restaurant "Hard Charger" Award worth an extra $50.
Preliminary heats were won by Ligouri, Gaines, Courtney and Simon. The twin "B" Mains were taken by Chris Gurley and BOSS regular Chad Wilson. Also in preliminary hot laps, J.T. Stapp of Brownsburg took one of the hardest and wildest rides of the year in BOSS competition, flipping numerous times in turn 1 and 2. The car was heavily damaged but thankfully Stapp was able to walk away under his own power.
Up next for the Buckeye Machine BOSS Tour is the largest track on the schedule, the "Monster Half Mile" At Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 21st. This event last year at PPMS saw 11 lead changes among 5 different drivers in a 21 lap main event with series champion Tony Beaber picking up the win. Officials expect another strong field of cars on the ultra competitive Monster in 2 weeks!
Event #6 of 16
Lawrenceburg Speedway - 6/7/2014
Buckeye Machine B.O.S.S 410 Sprints (39 Cars)
[#]-Starting Position
Heat 1 - Burdette Builders (Sunman, IN): (8 Laps - Top 4 transfer to the A-feature)
1. 6RR-Joe Ligouri[2] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[7] ; 3. 27-Shane Cottle[4] ; 4. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[1] ; 5. 24M-Adam Miller[6] ; 6. 12G-Chris Gurley[10] ; 7. 26-Justin Owen[5] ; 8. 15-Brandon Whited[3] ; 9. 13E-T.J. Heil[9] ; 10. 6-ChrisNaber[8]
Heat 2 - Lias Tire / American Racer (Indiana, PA): (8 Laps - Top 4 transfer to the A-feature)
1.4P-Dickie Gaines[1] ; 2. 5J-Joss Moffatt[3] ; 3. 82-Mike Miller[6] ; 4. 4-Michael Fischesser[5] ; 5. 2M-Logan Hupp[2] ; 6. 14-Chad Wilson[4] ; 7. 3T-Tony Beaber[9] ; 8. 5M-Bob McMillin[8] ; 9. 7x-Evan Gindling[10] ; 10. 44-Jeff Harriss[7]
Heat 3 - Indy Race Parts (Indianapolis, IN): (8 Laps - Top 4 transfer to the A-feature)
1. 21x-Tyler Courtney[2] ; 2. 21-Dustin Smith[1] ; 3. 57B-Brandon Spithaler[7] ; 4. 32M-Derek Hastings[3] ; 5. 3J-Johnny Beaber[5] ; 6. 11-David Applegate[6] ; 7. 17M-Max McGhee[9] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[4] ; 9. 20-Steve Thomas[10] ; 10. 97-Scott Hardman[8]
Heat 4 - Fast Signs (Dayton, OH): (8 Laps - Top 4 transfer to the A-feature)
1. 24-Landon Simon[1] ; 2. 41-Thomas Meseraull[5] ; 3. 9T-Jordan Kinser[3] ; 4. 04-Drew Abel[9] ; 5. 22W-Mike Weber[2] ; 6. 39-Matt Goodnight[6] ; 7. 25-Eric Semple[7] ; 8. 31-Chuck Wilson[8] ; 9. 74-J.T. Stapp[4] DNS
B-Main #1 - Hochstetler Truck & Auto Repair (10 Laps - Top 3 transfer to the A-feature)
1. 12G-Chris Gurley[3] ; 2. 24M-Adam Miller[1] ; 3. 13E-T.J. Heil[9] ; 4. 11-David Applegate[4] ; 5. 20-Steve Thomas[10] ; 6. 6-Chris Naber[11] ; 7. 97-Scott Hardman[12] ; 8. 3-Joe Butera[8] ; 9. 3J-Johnny Beaber[2] ; 10. 26-Justin Owen[5] ; 11. 15-Brandon Whited[7] ; 12. 17M-Max McGhee[6]
B-Main #2 - Buckeye Machine & Fab (Forest, OH): (10 Laps - Top 3 transfer to the A-feature)
1. 14-Chad Wilson[3] ; 2. 2M-Logan Hupp[1] ; 3. 5M-Bob McMillin[7] ; 4. 3T-Tony Beaber[5] ; 5. 22W-Mike Weber[2] ; 6. 39-Matt Goodnight[4] ; 7. 31-Chuck Wilson[8] ; 8. 25-Eric Semple[6] ; 9. 7x-Evan Gindling DNS ; 10. 44-Jeff Harriss DNS ; 11. 74-J.T. Stapp DNS
A-Main - (25 Laps)
1. 41-Thomas Meseraull[4] ; 2. 89-Shawn Westerfeld[2] ; 3. 6RR-Joe Ligouri[1] ; 4. 21x-Tyler Courtney[8] 5. 24-Landon Simon[7] ; 6. 5J-Joss Moffatt[5] ; 7. 4P-Dickie Gaines[3] ; 8. 4-Michael Fischesser[14] ; 9. 2M-Logan Hupp[20] ; 10. 27A-Shane Cottle[9] ; 11. 57B-Brandon Spithaler[11] ; 12. 21-Dustin Smith[6] ; 13. 9T-Jordan Kinser[12] ; 14. 12G-Chris Gurley[17] ; 15. 32M-Derek Hastings[15] ; 16. 24M-Adam Miller[19] ; 17. 04-Drew Abel[16] ; 18. 91x-Aaron Middaugh[13] ; 19. 82-Mike Miller[10] ; 20. 14-Chad Wilson[18] ; 21. 5M-Bob McMillin[22] ; 22. 13E-T.J. Heil[21]
Bonus Award Winners:
The Bridge Restaurant of Sidney, OH - "Hard Charger" - Logan Hupp (+11) - $50
Lynn Cook "a racer's friend" of Dayton, OH - "Hard Luck Award" - Tony Beaber - $50
Rusty & Cap McClure of Ashland, OH - "Lucky Pill Draw" - Joe Butera - Free Pit Pass/Hot Dogs for Crew
Lias Tire of Indiana, PA - "American Racer Bonus Award" - Joe Ligouri - Free Tire
Hoosier Tire Midwest - "Hoosier Tire Bonus Award" - Thomas Meseraull - Free Tire
2014 BOSS Points Standings
After Lawrenceburg 6/7/14
Event #6 of 16
1) Mike Miller - 1340
2) Michael Fischesser - 1326
3) Brandon Spithaler - 1265
4) Dustin Smith - 1262
5) Tony Beaber - 1169
6) Aaron Middaugh - 1144
7) Adam Miller - 1125
8) Chuck Wilson - 1122
9) Chad Wislon - 1121
10) Derek Hastings - 1119
11) Johnny Beaber - 1082
12) Bob McMillin - 1014
13) Joe Butera - 944
14) Scott Hardman - 784
15) Logan Hupp - 740
16) Thomas Meseraull - 658
17) Andre Layfield - 580
18) Brandon Whited - 571
19) Robert Ballou - 485
20) Steve Little - 476
21) Arnie Kent - 452
22) Scotty Weir - 428
23) Lewie Christian - 408
24) Tyler Gunn - 388
25) Todd Keen - 387
26) Gary Rankin - 373
27) Andy Feil - 372
28) Mike Burkin - 363
29) Gale Ruth Sr - 354
30) Tom Miller - 348
31) David Applegate - 340
32) Matt Goodnight - 337
33) Jeremy Shambaugh - 336
34) Mike Moore - 329
35) Nick Daugherty - 311
36) Kirk Jeffries - 281
37) Kody Swanson - 250
37) Chase Stockon - 250
39) Sheila Rankin - 244
40) Shawn Westerfeld - 241
41) Joe Ligouri - 240
41) Justin Grant - 240
43) Tyler Courtney - 235
44) Landon Simon - 230
45) Kory Crabtree - 226
45) Jack Sodeman Jr - 226
47) Joss Moffat - 221
47) Dickie Gaines - 221
49) Nick Bilbee - 217
50) Brian Smith - 215
51) Brandon Matus - 213
52) Brady Bacon - 208
53) Shane Cottle - 202
53) Luke Hall - 202
55) Bryan Sebetto - 199
56) Gale Ruth Jr - 198
57) Mike Galajda - 195
58) Jordan Kinser - 192
59) Roger Shammo - 187
60) Chris Gurley - 185
61) Dallas Hewitt - 180
61) Chad Boespflug - 180
63) Drew Abel - 179
64) Dalton Gabbard - 178
65) Brian Hayden - 177
66) Chris Andrews - 169
67) T.J. Heil - 164
68) Chris Durand - 160
68) Tony Main - 160
70) Chris Plascek - 158
70) Charlie Cornelius - 158
72) Mike Weber - 157
73) Davey Jones - 156
74) Brandon Moore - 154
74) Kyle Simon - 154
74) Aric Gentry - 154
77) Kevin Klatte - 153
77) Steve Thomas - 153
79) Chris Naber - 150
79) Andy Fike - 150
79) Brandon Ferguson - 150
79) Mark Silva - 150
79) Francis Sesco - 150
84) Eric Semple - 149
85) Travis Hery - 148
86) Jimmy Snead - 147
86) Brandon Cornelius - 147
88) Mark Shultz - 146
89) Evan Gindling - 145
89) Johnny McCracken Jr - 145
89) Justin Owen - 145
92) Brent Matus - 144
93) Max McGhee - 143
94) Huston Hewitt - 142
94) Jeff Harriss - 142
96) Adam Cruea - 141
97) Mark Pinski - 100
97) Ryan French - 100
97) J.T. Stapp - 100
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