Bluegrass Speedway

2221 New Haven Road

Bardstown, Kentucky  40004

2009 Official Media Release #30 (For Immediate Distribution:  June 21, 2009)  

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Jewell Wins Clayton Homes/Hagan Wins Shorty Gardner Memorial at Bluegrass Speedway

Bardstown, KY-June 20, 2009- The O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series presented by Graphic Impressions visited Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, KY for the second straight week and third time in 2009 and Mike Jewell of Scottsburg, IN grabbed the $3,000 payday in the Clayton Homes of Stanford 30 at the David and Anita Ferrell promoted ½ mile clay oval.  It was also the 6^th Annual Shorty Gardner Memorial for the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman division and Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY would become the sixth different winner of the event.  Michael England of Glasgow, KY would score the Modified feature win and Johnny Cecil of Balltown, KY scored his second Street Stock feature victory of the season.        

Mike Jewell would take the lead at the drop of the green flag, with Eric Wells, David Webb, Dustin Neat, and Tim Tungate giving chase.  The first caution would wave on lap 3 when Greg Johnson and Lee Devasier would tangle in turn four, with both drivers able to continue.  The restart would see Jewell hold the lead, with Webb pressuring Wells for second, while Tungate would go to fourth past Neat, only to have Neat retake fourth one round later.  With Jewell putting a bit of distance back to Wells and Webb, Victor Lee would begin to move as he would make his way past Tungate for fifth on lap 7.  Jewell would begin working slower traffic on lap 10, almost making contact with a slower car in turn one, but able to gather his mount back up and continue strong.  Lee would take fourth from Neat on lap 13, but the action would be slowed with a caution on lap 14 that would turn into a red flag as Terry Keltner climbed the wall in turn one and would flip back onto the racing surface, with Keltner uninjured, but done for the night.  The restart would see Webb take second from Wells in turn two, but the yellow bunting would wave again on lap 15 as Greg Johnson and Todd Coffman would tangle in turn four, with Johnson being done for the night.  The next restart would see Webb’s machine spin in turn four and series officials would charge Victor Lee with rough driving and place him and the rear of the field, with Webb going back into second.  This restart would Wells go back to second for one lap, before Webb got back by Wells for second on lap 16, while Jeff Watson would go from sixth to fourth on the same circuit.  Caution would fly again on lap 18 when Jarryd Holshouser and Scotty Earl made contact in turn one, with Holshouser ending up parked next the retaining wall and done for the event.  The restart would see Jewell still out front, with Wells taking second again from Webb, while Tungate and Watson would go fourth and fifth.  Jerry Rutherford would spin in turn two to draw the sixth caution of the race on lap 20.  The restart would also be nulled when Bobby Wolter, Jr. would spin in turn four while running in the tenth position.  The final restart would see Jewell still out front, while Mike Marlar would take fifth from Watson with a slidejob pass in turn four.  Marlar would get by Tungate for fourth with a turn four slider one circuit later, with Watson making his way back into the top five with a turn four slidejob of his own on Tungate.  Marlar’s charge would continue as he would scoot past Webb for third on lap 24.  As race Jewell reeled in the rear of the field, Marlar would set his sights on Wells for second and would attempt a turn four slidejob on lap 27, but would grab the wall in turn four and not be able to challenge Wells again.  As the field took the white flag, Watson would work past Webb for the fourth position, but it would be Jewell taking the checkered flag first aboard his Southern Indiana Rock Drilling/Morgan Foods/MPC Motorsports/Jewell TV/Shelton Angus Farms/Scott County Tire/Pruett’s Auto Repair/KP Radio/Hicks Painting/RacingGraphics.com sponsored #9 MasterSbilt Race Cars, Cornett Race Engines powered entry.  The winning mount also receives product support, followed by Wells, Marlar, Watson, and Webb.  The remainder of the top ten in the Clayton Homes of Stanford 30 would be Victor Lee, Tim Tungate, Aaron Hatton, Larry Gray, Jr., and Dustin Neat.  In preliminary action, David Webb was the Racing Optics Top Qualifier among 21 entries with a lap of 15.211 seconds.  Heat race checkered flags went to Neat in Wayne Bowen Racing Supply heat one and Jewell in Graphic Impressions heat two.

Pat Hagan would take the lead at the drop of the green flag on the 6^th Annual Shorty Gardner Memorial WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman main event and would be dogged by close friend and rival Roger Cecil throughout the entire 20 lap, 10 mile distance in this event, but when all was said and done, Hagan would put his Billy Holbert owned Willard’s Heat and Air/New Haven NAPA/ New Haven Quick Stop/New Haven Car Wash/Holbert Auto Recovery sponsored #88 Chevy Monte Carlo in victory lane at Bluegrass Speedway for the fourth time this season and become the sixth different winner of this event.  Defending race winner and class track champion Cecil would take runner-up honors, with Avral Thompson, Rick King, and Jimmy Bryan rounding out the top five.  Completing the top ten were Rob Jones, Logan Whitis, Justin Trinkle, Robbie Settles, and Sam Mull.  Cecil was top qualifier among 17 entries and also won the dash, while Bryan won the heat.

Michael England would jump to the top spot and never look back in picking up the win in the 20 lap Modified feature event after a handful of second place finishes at the track up to this point in the ’09 season.  The victory for England came in the seat of the Team WompusCat owned, WompusCat Enterprises/Horton Racing/Williams and Tucker Auto Parts/Water Head Motorsports/ Kelvin Wilson Dozing/Davis Machine Shop sponsored #10.5 Lightning Chassis, Pro Power Race Engines mount.  Benji Lee would take runner-up honors in the main event, with Dion Benningfield claiming a third place finish.  Adam Cole would take fourth, with Rocky Wilson spinning sideways across the finish line to complete the top five.  Rounding out the top ten were Vernon Soeder, Brian Shewmaker, Sam Murphy, Sr., Sam Huffer, and Jason Priddy.  Thirteen entries would see heat wins scored by England and Lee.                   

The 12 lap Street Stock main event would see Johnny Cecil take the race lead from Timmy Glazer on lap 6 and hold off 10^th place starting Shane Lafollette to pick up his second feature win of the season in the division in his Craig’s Shoe Store/M&M Get-N-Go sponsored #69 Ford Crown Victoria machine.  Lafollette would finish second for the fourth time this season, followed to the stripe by Brad Leake, Glazer, and Terry Bartley.  The rest of the top ten would be Scott Thompson, Jason Bartley, Joe Walker, Ray Jones, and Terry Greenwell.  Eleven entries would see heat race checkered flags scored by Cecil and Lafollette.

SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-June 20, 2009

O’Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass DirtCar Series Super Late Models (21 entries)

Racing Optics Top Qualifier- David Webb 15.211    

Wayne Bowen Racing Supply Heat #1- Dustin Neat, Eric Wells, David Webb, Scotty Earl, Greg Johnson, Lee Devasier, Ed Behn, Todd Coffman, Jarryd Holshouser, Jason Keltner (DNS-Bobby Wolter, Jr.)     

Graphic Impressions Heat #2- Mike Jewell, Tim Tungate, Victor Lee, Jeff Watson, Mike Marlar, Larry Gray, Jr., Jerry Rutherford, Aaron Hatton, Terry Keltner, Jason Hinkle     

Clayton Homes of Stanford 30 REAL Racing Wheels A-Main- Mike Jewell, Eric Wells, Mike Marlar, Jeff Watson, David Webb, Victor Lee, Tim Tungate, Aaron Hatton, Larry Gray, Jr., Dustin Neat, Lee Devasier, Todd Coffman, Scotty Earl, Bobby Wolter, Jr., Ed Behn, Jerry Rutherford, Jarryd Holshouser, Greg Johnson, Jason Keltner, Terry Keltner, Jason Hinkle

WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman (17 entries)

Top Qualifier- Roger Cecil

Dash- Roger Cecil, Pat Hagan, Barry Chesser, Avral Thompson, Rob Jones, Rick King

Heat- Jimmy Bryan, Wayne Hager, Logan Whitis, Paul Lewis, Jr.

6^th Annual Shorty Gardner Memorial- Pat Hagan, Roger, Cecil, Avral Thompson, Rick King, Jimmy Bryan, Rob Jones, Logan Whitis, Justin Trinkle, Robbie Settles, Sam Mull, Barry Chesser, Wayne Hager, Paul Lewis, Jr., Nathan Wells (DNS-Leo Brady, Elton Martin, Todd Carmickle)

Modifieds (13 entries)

1^st Heat- Michael England, Adam Cole, Rocky Wilson, Vernon Soeder

2^nd Heat- Benji Lee, Dion Benningfield, Josh Lucas, Brian Shewmaker

Feature- Michael England, Benji Lee, Dion Benningfield, Adam Cole, Rocky Wilson, Vernon Soeder, Brian Shewmaker, Sam Murphy, Sr., Sam Huffer, Jason Priddy, Randall Basham, Josh Lucas, Joe David Humphrey

Street Stocks (11 entries)

1^st Heat- Johnny Cecil, Ray Jones, Jason Bartley, Terry Bartley

2^nd Heat- Shane Lafollette, Timmy Glazer, Brad Leake, Scott Thompson

Feature- Johnny Cecil, Shane Lafollette, Brad Leake, Timmy Glazer, Terry Bartley, Scott Thompson, Jason Bartley, Joe Walker, Ray Jones, Terry Greenwell (DNS-Willie Edelen)