Senter Snares
Second 600 Nationals Crown at
I-30 Speedway!
Taylor & Crawley Reach Victory
Lane as Well…
Lonnie Wheatley, LITTLE ROCK,
Ark. (September 20, 2008) –
Travis Senter, Jr., captured a
second 600 Nationals crown by
working his way to victory lane
in Saturday night's 40-lap
championship event at I-30
Speedway.
Senter battled past Friday night
winner Ben Murphy at the midway
point and led the rest of the
way to capture the $8,500
winner's share to conclude the
Third Annual 600 Nationals
presented by Hoosier Tires.
While Senter took the lion's
share of the purse, Trent Taylor
and Tim Crawley both earned
victories as well. Taylor
completed a sweep of both nights
of the Second Annual Horizon
Mini Sprints Restricted "A"
Class main event, while Crawley
led all the way in the Sprint
Car feature event.
Senter, who topped I-30
Speedway's inaugural 600
Nationals in 2006, started
Saturday's main event from the
third row outside after locking
himself into the finale by
finishing among the top six in
Friday's feature.
Ben Murphy, who won Friday's
feature and then topped the
Sawyer Dash for Cash on Saturday
to earn the pole position,
outgunned fellow front row
starter Eric Edwards at the drop
of the green flag and paced the
opening four circuits before
Edwards battled into the top
position. Edwards maintained
the lead for a handful of laps
before Murphy recaptured the
lead on the tenth circuit.
Meanwhile, Senter was
methodically picking off car
after car. Senter disposed of
Donnie Ray Crawford for fourth
on the fourth lap and then was
up to third behind Edwards and
Murphy on the seventh round.
By the twelfth circuit, Senter
made his way past Edwards for
second and began pressuring
Murphy for the point. While
Murphy successfully fought off a
pair of challenges, Senter
finally dove to the low side
entering turn three on the 20th
lap for what proved to be the
race-winning pass.
Senter held strong over the
final half of the race to
collect the hefty winner's
share, which included $1,000
contributed by Senter Farms to
the winner's share earlier in
the week.
While Senter set the pace,
Murphy held second until a lap
23 restart when the No. 23 cars
of Kevin Bayer and Jason Lair
both battled past. Murphy
developed problems and pulled
pitside soon after.
Bayer and Lair raced for second
in the Osceola, Arkansas
driver's wake, with Oklahoma
City's Lair taking command of
the runner-up position just five
laps from the end. Bayer held
on for the show position, with
defending race winner Jerrod
Wilson and Evans rounding out
the top five.
Andrew Felker crossed the stripe
sixth, with Aaron Reutzel,
Justin Jackson, Earl McDoulett,
Jr., and Nick Ivy completing the
top ten.
New Jersey's Jimmy Glenn picked
up a $500 bonus in the form of
the Stallard Hard Charger Award
by racing from 22nd
to twelfth.
The feature event was
interrupted by just a pair of
cautions. The first occurred
after 17 laps when Justin Webb
slid off the backstretch and
came to a stop. Under the
caution, Steven Shebester was
forced pitside with mechanical
woes.
The final caution flew five
rounds later with 22 laps in the
book when Riley Adair climbed
the right rear of a slowing
Donnie Ray Crawford on the
frontstretch and nearly flipped,
with Michael Dicely caught up in
the scramble as well.
Missouri's Jason Dent picked up
a $200 bonus courtesy of Mid
South Mini-Sprint Association as
the first Non-Qualifier.
In the Horizon Mini-Sprint
Restricted "A'" class main
event, Trent Taylor of Benton,
AR, gunned into the lead from
the pole position and led the
entire distance to post his
twelfth victory of the season in
front of the Tulsa-area trio of
Darien Roberts, Brandon Hahn and
Blake Hahn, with I-30 regular
Nic Jenkins rebounding from a
Friday night tumble to round out
the top five.
After rallying from the tail of
the field to win his heat race
with a white-flag lap pass of
Justin Sturch, Tim Crawley
started Mike Ward's No. 88
machine on the pole position and
led all the way for Sprint Car
honors.
Crawley outgunned Sturch for the
point at the drop of the green
and then held off Lewis Jenkins,
Jr., who took second away from
Sturch on the eighth round.
Sturch maintained his I-30
Speedway points lead with a
third-place run, as Terry Gray
and Brian Bell rounded out the
top five.
A total of 153 drivers competed
in Saturday night's all
open-wheel action at I-30
Speedway, including 110 in the
Multi portion of the Third
Annual 600 Nationals presented
by Hoosier Tires along with 23
in the Horizon Mini Sprints and
20 in the Sprint Cars.
Third Annual 600 Nationals
presented by Hoosier Tires
Saturday Results:
Locked in from Friday Night's
Preliminary Feature: 36-Ben
Murphy, 22T-Travis Senter, Jr.,
1e-Eric Edwards, 7J-Jerrod
Wilson, 23a-Kevin Bayer,
55c-Donnie Ray Crawford.
Heat Races – Top 50 in
Finishing/Passing Points to Four
Inverted Qualifying Races;
Balance of Field to Four Last
Chance Races.
First Heat (10 Laps): 1.
87r-Aaron Reutzel, 2. 5b-Austin
Laskey, 3. 51b-Joe Miller, 4.
16x-Michael Davidson, 5.
17r-Justin Rapp, 6. 82s-Steven
Shebester, 7. 75-Ryan Truitt, 8.
51e-Duane Emberton, 9. 59x-Billy
Lawhead, 10. 14m-Jordan Mallett,
11. 10e-Matt Ebarb.
Second Heat (10 Laps): 1.
11a-Andrew Felker, 2. 44-Michael
Dicely, 3. 18m-Jake Murphy, 4.
22rm-Rhett Miller, 5.
6x-Christopher Meyer, 6.
19-Keith McIntyre, Jr., 7.
70-Michael Wickham, 8. 85m-John
McCord, 9. 24J-Brandie Jass, 10.
6g-Dustin Gates. DNS:
1xx-Darryl Wills.
Third Heat (10 Laps): 1.
59F-Greg Fritts, 2. 22J-Josh
Rehm, 3. 66J-J.J. Simmons, 4.
11d-Jason Dent, 5. 79-Ryan Duke,
6. 31d-Joe Dent, 7. 57-Jimmy
Taylor, 8. 1x-Curt Schumacher,
9. 3c-Cody Coggin, 10. 9v-Mike
Vaculik, 11. 3F-Austin Farley.
Fourth Heat (10 Laps): 1.
1k-Kara King, 2. 18T-Tyler
Devault, 3. 9L-Tim Dietz, 4.
4-Justin Hooter, 5. 46-Wally
Henson, 6. 5x-Tyson Hall, 7.
21T-Taylor Smitherman, 8.
1-Bobby Zaiontz, 9. 31z-Brent
Zimmerman, 10. 16F-Nate
Fleming. DNS: 32m-Trey Marcham.
Fifth Heat (10 Laps): 1.
2h-Heath Hehnly, 2. 2a-Riley
Adair, 3. 92-Jake Rosario, 4.
51g-Dean Gaerte, 5. 00-Cody
Cleaves, 6. 198-Hunter Jones, 7.
47-Rusty Pipes, 8. 7b-Nick
Bailey, 9. 29w-Skyler Wissman.
DNS: 45-Brad Lee.
Sixth Heat (10 Laps): 1.
8c-Chris Andrews, 2. 39-Brian
Nance, 3. 82b-Cody Brewer, 4.
11r-Tyler Reddick, 5.
69r-Clayton Robertson, 6.
21x-Phil Reed, 7. 1st-Dusty
Young, 8. 66r-Roger Rose, 9.
28w-Jeff Willingham, 10. w77-Jim
Wall.
Seventh Heat (10 Laps): 1.
1J-Cale Reigle, 2. 96s-Samantha
Gargus, 3. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 4.
73-Jake Mosley, 5. 81m-Jimmy
McClain, 6. 111a-Toby Brown, 7.
64-Chad Boone, 8. 166-Channin
Tankersley, 9. 11T-Tim
Sandelovic, 10. 14T-Taryn
Laskey.
Eighth Heat (10 Laps): 1.
7y-Stan Yockey, 2. 23L-Jason
Lair, 3. 18c-Scott Bolden, 4.
88w-Eric Wright, 5. 81F-Frank
Flud, 6. 31w-Justin Webb, 7.
32k-Ricky King, 8. 85x-Kevin
Gigot, 9. 23T-Jasmes Tsokatos,
10. 13k-Kyle Carpenter.
Ninth Heat (10 Laps): 1.
29s-Scott Sawyer, 2. 35-Justin
Jackson, 3. 60-Earl McDoulett,
Jr., 4. 55L-Shane Lewis, 5.
96z-Zach Gigot, 6. 8F-Andy
Farley, 7. 87h-Duane Harbaugh,
8. 49-Sam Miller, 9. 6h-Shelby
Henson, 10. 10m-Tim McKenzie.
Tenth Heat (10 Laps): 1.
32n-Nick Ivy, 2. 76-Josh Ruple,
3. 7g-Jimmy Glenn, 4. 40h-Dereck
King, 5. 83-Karlas Stephens, 6.
72-Eric Fenton, 7. 51o-Jason
Ormsby, 8. 15-Coy Jorden, 9.
99-Dalton Stevens, 10. 78-Jimmy
Davis.
Last Chance Races – Top 4
Finishers to tail of the Five
Qualifying Races.
First Last Chance Race (10
Laps): 1. 96z-Zach Gigot, 2.
5x-Tyson Hall, 3. 21x-Phil Reed,
4. 85x-Kevin Gigot, 5. 28w-Jeff
Willingham, 6. 1x-Curt
Schumacher, 7. 70-Michael
Wickham, 8. 9v-Mike Vaculik.
DNS: 49-Sam Miller, 14T-Taryn
Laskey, 3F-Austin Farley.
Second Last Chance Race (10
Laps): 1. 6x-Christopher Meyer,
2. 1-Bobby Zaiontz, 3.
1xx-Darryl Wills, 4. 14m-Jordan
Mallett, 5. 21T-Taylor
Smitherman, 6. 85m-John McCord,
7. 8F-Andy Farley, 8. 13k-Kyle
Carpenter, 9. 24J-Brandie Jass,
10. 11T-Tim Sandelovic. DNS:
51o-Jason Ormsby.
Third Last Chance Race (10
Laps): 1. 198-Hunter Jones, 2.
1st-Dusty Young, 3.
57-Jimmy Taylor, 4. 6g-Dustin
Gates, 5. 15-Coy Jorden, 6.
3c-Cody Coggin, 7. 23T-James
Tsokatos, 8. 7b-Nick Bailey, 9.
10m-Tim McKenzie, 10. 87h-Duane
Harbaugh. DNS: 32m-Trey
Marcham.
Fourth Last Chance Race (10
Laps): 1. 31w-Justin Webb, 2.
64-Chad Boone, 3. 47-Rusty
Pipes, 4. 69r-Clayton Robertson,
5. 66r-Roger Rose, 6. 51e-Duane
Emberton, 7. 31z-Brent
Zimmerman, 8. 78-Jimmy Davis, 9.
45-Brad Lee, 10. 6h-Shelby
Henson. DNS: 16F-Nate Fleming.
Fifth Last Chance Race (10
Laps): 1. 32k-Ricky King, 2.
59x-Billy Lawhead, 3. 19-Keith
McIntyre, Jr., 4. 166-Channin
Tankersley, 5. 10e-Matt Ebarb,
6. 75-Ryan Truitt, 7. 99-Dalton
Stevens, 8. 29w-Skyler Wissman,
9. w77-Jim Wall, 10. 31d-Joe
Dent.
Sawyer Chassis Dash for Cash –
Finishing Order Determines Front
Three Rows of "A" Feature
Dash for Cash (6 Laps): 1.
36-Ben Murphy (1), 2. 1e-Eric
Edwards (4), 3. 55-Donnie Ray
Crawford (2), 4. 23a-Kevin Bayer
(5), 5. 7J-Jerrod Wilson (3), 6.
22T-Travis Senter, Jr. (6).
Qualifying Races
– Top 14 in Combined Points from
Heats & Qualifiers to “A”
Feature
First Qualifier (12 Laps): 1.
23L-Jason Lair, 2. 7g-Jimmy
Glenn, 3. 35-Justin Jackson, 4.
60-Earl McDoulett, Jr., 5.
72-Eric Fenton, 6. 5x-Tyson
Hall, 7. 29s-Scott Sawyer, 8.
85x-Kevin Gigot, 9. 96z-Zach
Gigot, 10. 55L-Shane Lewis, 11.
1J-Cale Reigle, 12. 21x-Phil
Reed, 11. 83-Karlas Stephens,
12. 39-Brian Nance.
Second Qualifier (12 Laps): 1.
82s-Steven Shebester, 2.
4-Justin Hooter, 3. 76-Josh
Ruple, 4. 32n-Nick Ivy, 5.
2a-Riley Adair, 6. 5b-Austin
Laskey, 7. 18m-Jake Murphy, 8.
6x-Christopher Meyer, 9.
96s-Samantha Gargus, 10.
1xx-Darryl Wills, 11. 14m-Jordan
Mallett, 12. 16x-Michael
Davidson, 13. 51b-Joe Miller,
14. 1-Bobby Zaiontz.
Third Qualifier (12 Laps): 1.
79-Ryan Duke, 2. 66J-J.J.
Simmons, 3. 46-Wally Henson, 4.
87r-Aaron Reutzel, 5. 11d-Jason
Dent, 6. 17r-Justin Rapp, 7.
57-Jimmy Taylor, 8. 22rm-Rhett
Miller, 9. 1st-Dusty
Young, 10. 6g-Dustin Gates, 11.
51g-Dean Gaerte, 12. 18T-Tyler
Devault, 13. 7y-Stan Yockey, 14.
198-Hunter Jones.
Fourth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1.
11a-Andrew Felker, 2. 81m-Jimmy
McClain, 3. 82b-Cody Brewer, 4.
1k-Kara King, 5. 64-Chad Boone,
6. 32x-Brad McDaniel, 7.
69r-Clayton Robertson, 8.
22J-Josh Rehm, 9. 00-Cody
Cleaves, 10. 47-Rusty Pipes, 11.
31w-Jusitn Webb, 12. 92-Jake
Rosario, 13. 88w-Eric Wright,
14. 59F-Greg Fritts.
Fifth Qualifier (12 Laps): 1.
81F-Frank Flud, 2. 111a-Toby
Brown, 3. 11r-Tyler Reddick, 4.
8c-Chris Andrews, 5. 9L-Tim
Dietz, 6. 18c-Scott Bolden, 7.
44-Michael Dicely, 8. 73-Jake
Mosley, 9. 2h-Heath Hehnly, 10.
32k-Ricky King, 11. 19-Keith
McIntyre, 12. 166-Channin
Tankersley, 13. 40h-Dereck King,
14. 59x-Billy Lawhead.
Third Annual 600 Nationals
Championship “A” Feature
A Feature (30 Laps): 1.
22T-Travis Senter, Jr., 2.
23L-Jason Lair, 3. 23a-Kevin
Bayer, 4. 7J-Jerrod Wilson, 5.
1e-Eric Edwards, 6. 11a-Andrew
Felker, 7. 87r-Aaron Reutzel, 8.
35-Justin Jackson, 9. 60-Earl
McDoulett, Jr., 10. 32n-Nick
Ivy, 11. 66J-J.J. Simmons, 12.
7g-Jimmy Glenn, 13. 79-Ryan
Duke, 14. 1k-Kara King, 15.
76-Josh Ruple, 16. 36-Ben
Murphy, 17. 81F-Frank Flud, 18.
44-Michael Dicely, 19. 2a-Riley
Adair, 20. 55c-Donnie Ray
Crawford, 21. 82s-Steven
Shebester, 22. 31w-Justin Webb,
23. 8c-Chris Andrews.
Lap Leaders: Ben Murphy 1-4,
Eric Edwards 5-9, Murphy 10-19,
Travis Senter, Jr. 20-40.
Horizon Mini Sprints Restricted
"A" Class Results:
Locked in from Friday Night's
Feature: 57-Trent Taylor,
3d-Andy Hogan, 29-Brandon Hahn,
10-Darien Roberts, 28-Karley Kay
Dobson, 08-Logan Martin.
First Heat (8 Laps): 1.
52-Blake Hahn, 2. 8m-Kade
Morton, 3. 8J-Josh Marcham, 4.
11a-Seth Akers, 5. 23-Howard
Moore, 6. 7m-Chance Morton, 7.
43-Matthew Bauldwin, 8.
47-Bailee Pipes, 9. 99b-Benny
Boudreaux IV.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1-Nic
Jenkins, 2. 05-Blake Jenkins, 3.
8a-Hunter Adcock, 4. d6-Dakota
Gaines, 5. 15J-Jeremy Middleton,
6. 0fs-Morgan Montgomery, 7.
75-Tommy Gire.
Dash (6 Laps): 1. 57-Trent
Taylor, 2. 10-Darien Roberts, 3.
08-Logan Martin, 4. 29-Brandon
Hahn, 5. 3d-Andy Hogan, 6.
28-Karley Kay Dobson.
A Feature (20 Laps): 1.
57-Trent Taylor, 2. 10-Darien
Roberts, 3. 29-Brandon Hahn, 4.
52-Blake Hahn, 5. 1-Nic Jenkins,
6. 08-Logan Martin, 7. 3d-Andy
Hogan, 8. 23-Howard Moore, 9.
8J-Josh Marcham, 10. 05-Blake
Jenkins, 11. d6-Dakota Gaines,
12. 11a-Seth Akers, 13.
15J-Jeremy Middleton, 14. 8-Kade
Morton, 15. 43-Matthew Bauldwin,
16. 99b-Benny Boudreaux IV, 17.
47-Bailee Pipes, 18. 8a-Hunter
Adcock, 19. 28-Karley Kay
Dobson, 20. 0fs-Morgan
Montgomery, 21. 7m-Chance
Morton. DNS: 75-Tommy Gire.
Sprint Car Results:
First Heat (8 Laps): 1. 88-Tim
Crawley, 2. 9-Justin Sturch, 3.
12T-Joe Young, 4. 00-Calvin
McIntyre, 5. 8x-Chris Williams,
6. 13-Dusty Fronabarger, 7.
23-Brian Bell, 8. 1g-Cody
Gardner. DNS: 8z-Zach Pringle,
33-Mark Huddleston.
Second Heat (8 Laps): 1.
10-Terry Gray, 2. 7h-Lewis
Jenkins, Jr., 3. 2m-Bryce Vowan,
4. 32-Garry Bell, 5. 1x-Chad
Pitts, 6. 26s-John Stinson, 7.
5k-Jerry Kamer, 8. 38-Rick
Pringle, 9. 14T-Tyler Brown.
DNS: 4-Tommy Snellgrove.
A Feature: 1. 88-Tim Crawley,
2. 7h-Lewis Jenkins, Jr., 3.
9-Justin Sturch, 4. 10-Terry
Gray, 5. 23-Brian Bell, 6.
38-Rick Pringle, 7. 32-Garry
Bell, 8. 00-Calvin McIntyre, 9.
8z-Zach Pringle, 10. 1x-Chad
Pitts, 11. 4-Tommy Snellgrove,
12. 12T-Joe Young, 13. 2m-Bryce
Vowan, 14. 8x-Chris Williams,
15. 1g-Cody Gardner, 16.
13-Dusty Fronabarger, 17.
5k-Jerry Kamer, 18. 26s-John
Stinson. DNS: 14T-Tyler Brown,
33-Mark Huddleston.
