Tungate, Thompson, Glazer, and Wheatley Honored as 2010 Bluegrass Speedway Track Champions

Bardstown, KY-November 4, 2010- Bluegrass Speedway track promoters David and Anita Ferrell officially finished the 2010 racing season at Bluegrass Speedway on Sunday afternoon October 31 as the track held its annual championship celebration that honored the top ten points racers in each division, while also celebrating the division’s four track champions for the 2010 racing season.

In the 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model division, Tim Tungate of Campbellsville, KY was honored as the division’s track champion.  Tungate competed in all fifteen track points events, winning one feature event along the way and scoring a total of six top-five feature event finishes.  Tungate’s track title at the ½ mile high-banked clay oval is his third at the track to go along with 30 career wins at the track as well, ranking him first on the division’s all time win list.  Tungate would win his third track title at Bluegrass Speedway aboard the J and L Motorsports owned Campbellsville University/Rick-Rod Oil Company/Barnes Auto Sales/Wilson Plumbing/L&R Dozing/Rodgers Salvage/Oil Country Auto Sales, Victor E. Designer Clothing/Arizona Sport Shirts/Dale Petty Well Service sponsored C.J. Rayburn Race Car, powered by a Dan Sturgeon Race Engine.  Another Campbellsville, KY native, Jeff Watson, would finish as the division’s track championship runner-up for the second year in a row, grabbing two feature wins during the season.  Former two-time track champion Dustin Neat of Dunnville, KY was third in Super Late Model track points, taking three feature wins along the way.  Lee Devasier of Crestwood, KY would finish fourth in the final division points tally, while Aaron Hatton of Mount Sterling, KY would complete the top five in the class, scoring one feature event win.  The remainder of the top ten in 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model track points would be Justin Rattliff of Campbellsville, KY, Jarryd Holshouser of Boaz, KY, Johnny Wheeler of Campbellsville, KY, Tim Rivers of Salem, IN, and Mike Jewell of Scottsburg, IN.  Also recognized was the Norman Copley Super Late Model Rookie of the Year award winner and that honor was taken by Wesley Brummett of Harrodsburg, KY. 

Avral Thompson of Loretto, KY was honored as the WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman division track champion.  It is the first Sportsman division track championship for Thompson, who previously won the track’s Street Stock track championship in 2006.  Thompson’s championship run was a mark of consistency as he did not win a feature event, but scored a total of nine top five feature finishes in the twelve track points event, including finishing in the second position on five occasions.  Thompson would win his first Sportsman division track title in the seat of his Hawk’s Place/Thompson’s Heat and Air/Teamsters Local 89/Cox Wrecker Service/High Grove Grocery/Nalley’s Exhaust/ Cozy Corner sponsored #44 Chevy Malibu machine.  Former division track champion Barry Chesser of Bloomfield, KY would finish in the runner-up position in the division track points, winning three feature event during the course of the season.  Billy Meredith of Hodgenville, KY would finish third in the WBRT 1320-AM UMP Sportsman division track points while also scoring three feature event wins during the season.  Tim Cummings of Shepherdsville, KY would place fourth in the division’s top ten point netters, while Derek Bottoms of Taylorsville, KY would complete the top five for the class.  Robbie Settles of New Hope, KY would head up the second five in division points, followed by Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY, Sam Mull of Jeffersonville, IN, Roger Cecil of Bardstown, KY, and Wayne Hager of Nicholasville, KY.

In the UMP Street Stock division, Timmy Glazer of Bardstown, KY was honored as the 2010 division track champion.  Glazer would wage a very spirited points battle with Shane Lafollette of Hodgenville, KY throughout the entire 2010 race season, winning the points battle on the final night of competition by just a mere seven points.  Glazer would win four feature events along the way to his second track (previous division champion in 2007) title in the class, scoring eight top five feature finishes along the way.  Glazer has a total 13 career feature victories in the class, ranking him second place on the division’s all-time win list.  Glazer’s championship winning mount would be a Chevy Monte Carlo and carry sponsorship from Cecil Transmissions and Sam Murphy Race Engines.  Lafollette would finish as the division championship runner-up, having also won four feature events during the season.  Joe Walker of Bardstown, KY would finish third in the division’s final points listing, while Bobby Settles of Bardstown, KY would grab a fourth place points finish in his first season of action.  Scott Beeler of Louisville, KY would finish fifth in points and score one feature event win.  Terry Bartley of Bardstown, KY would finish sixth in points, while Fred Mercer of Louisville, KY and Jason Bartley of Bardstown, KY would finish in a tie for the seventh position.  Roy Skaggs of Campbellsville, KY and Mark Filiatreau of Cox’s Creek, KY would complete the top ten in division points.

Jason Wheatley of Loretto, KY would be honored as the track’s 2010 UMP Modified track champion and overall track champion for scoring more track points than anyone at the track this season.  Wheatley’s third track title in the last four years at the ½ mile speedplant came on the heels of five feature event wins and never finishing worse than third position in a feature event.  Wheatley would also finish fourth in Kentucky state UMP Modified points and would finish 25^th in the final UMP Modified national points tally.  It was the third overall division track championship at Bluegrass Speedway for Wheatley, who has 30 career feature event wins at Bluegrass, ranking him second on the division’s all-time win list.  Wheatley’s championship winning drive came behind the wheel of the Kaylee and Tommy Wheatley owned St. Joe Garage/VFM Manufacturing/ Wheatley Seamless Gutters/Wheatley Tile Flooring/Wheatley Auto Sales/Brian Wheatley Landscaping/Gootee and Mattingly Heating and Cooling/Central Kentucky Electrical and Plumbing/Mark Martin Chevrolet/Springfield Auto and Farm/Cozy Corner/ Brady Excavating/Rosewood Golf Course/Nukem Graphics/TSM Shocks sponsored Larry Shaw Race Car, powered by a Mullins Race Engine.  Former three-time and defending division track champion Benji Lee of Loretto, KY would finish as division runner-up, scoring three feature event wins along the way.  Brad Schlosser of Leitchfield, KY would have his best season to date at Bluegrass Speedway with a third place points, while Michael England of Glasgow, KY and Adam Cole of Campbellsville, KY would tie for the fourth position in final points, with England taking one feature win.  The remainder of the top ten in final UMP Modified track points would be Gary Parks of Elizabethtown, KY, Josh Lucas of Bardstown, KY, Dion Benningfield of Lebanon, KY, Randy Turpin of Lebanon, KY, and Jeff Stith of Louisville, KY.

All track employees that were present were recognized for their dedication and hard work throughout the season.  To conclude the awards ceremony, track co-promoter David Ferrell announced that he and wife Anita would return as track promoters at Bluegrass Speedway for the 2011 racing season, with basically the same rules for all divisions, with racing set to begin in mid-April 2011.