Bluegrass Speedway

2221 New Haven Road

Bardstown, KY 40004

2009 Official Media Release #21 (For Immediate Distribution: May 24, 2009)

Keltner Claims Super Late Models; Glazer $300 Street Stock Winner at Bluegrass

Bardstown, KY-May 23, 2009- Jason Keltner of Campbellsville, KY would claim his first 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model feature victory of the season on Saturday evening at Bluegrass Speedway to become the fifth different winner in the division so far in 2009.  Timmy Glazer of Bardstown, KY would score the $300 to win Street Stock special feature event, while Jason Wheatley of Loretto, KY would be victorious in the Modified main event, with Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY winning the WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman feature.

The 25 lap main event for the 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model division would see polesitter Jason Keltner jump to the race lead, with Jeff Watson, Jarryd Holshouser, Rob Starkey, and Daniel Hatcher in pursuit.  Keltner would begin to pull away immediately from the field, while Watson would do the same on the battle for third between Holshouser and Starkey.  By lap 8, Keltner was beginning to work slower traffic and had opened his advantage over Watson to almost a full straightaway.  Holshouser would slip on lap 13 and lose third to Starkey, with Hatcher sneaking by as well to go to fourth.  Matthew Rigdon would draw the first caution of the race when he spun on lap 14 in turn four.  The restart would be nulled and voided when Rigdon spun his machine in turn two.  Keltner would again pull away a bit from Watson on the ensuing restart, while Hatcher nipped at Starkey’s heels for third.  Rigdon would bring out the caution again with a spin in turn four and his night would be finished, with the threes-spin rule in effect.  Back underway, Keltner and Watson would pull away quickly from third place Starkey, only to have the action slowed for the final time on lap 22 for a turn two spin by Dylan Preston.  The final restart would see the event go green to the checkered flag with Keltner scoring the victory aboard the Terry Keltner owned, Keltner Contracting/Hamilton Flooring/Zija International/Arizona Sport Shirts/Harrod Farms/Indiana Decal Company sponsored #0 Rocket Chassis, Draime Race Engines powered machine.  Watson, Starkey, Hatcher, and Holshouser would complete the top five.  The remainder of the top ten would be Doodle Farris, Kevin Colston, Joey Tackett, Clarence Belcher, and Joey Jones.  Keltner was top qualifier among fourteen entries with a lap of 16.040 seconds and also won the dash, with Colston winning the heat.

The $300 to win Street Stock special event would see Timmy Glazer grab the lead in the early going and hold off the hard charges of Shane Lafollette over the final six laps of the 15 lap feature event to pick up his second feature win of the season at Bluegrass Speedway in the seat of his Cecil Transmissions/Tech-1 sponsored #93 Chevy Monte Carlo unit.  Lafollette would take runner-up honors for the second time this season, while Johnny Cecil, Brad Leake, and Terry Bartley would round out the top five.  Completing the top ten were Willie Edelen, Garnett Eldridge, Scott Thompson, Johnny King, and Fred Mercer.  Glazer would be the top qualifier among fifteen entries with a lap of 20.097 seconds.  Jason Bartley would be the dash victor, with Garnett Eldridge picking up the heat victory.

In the 20 lap Modified feature, Jason Wheatley would take the lead from early leader Michael England on lap 7 and never look back the remainder of the way to capture his second feature event checkered flag of the season at Bluegrass Speedway.  The win by Wheatley came behind the wheel of the Kaylie and Tommy Wheatley owned, B&W Metals/VFM Manufacturing/Wheatley Tile Flooring/Wheatley Seamless Gutters/Wheatley Auto Sales/Brian Wheatley Landscaping/Cozy Corner/Rosewood Golf Course/Gootee and Mattingly Heating and Air/Central Kentucky Electrical and Plumbing/Brady Excavating/St. Joe Garage/Wayne Bowen Racing Supply/Knopp Siding sponsored #7 Larry Shaw Race Cars, Mullins Race Engines powered mount.  Benji Lee would get around England in the late stages of the race to claim second, with England third, and Dion Benningfield nipping Joe Mattingly for fourth.  Sixth through tenth would go to Butch Barber, Johnny Lee, Randy Turpin, Adam Cole, and Joe David Humphrey.  Nineteen entries drew for heat race assignments and those victories went to Scotty Earl and England. 

The WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman feature event would see Pat Hagan survive a hairy green-white-checkered scenario to claim his division leading third feature win of the ’09 season driving the Billy Holbert owned Willard’s Heat and Air/New Haven NAPA/New Haven Car Wash/Holbert Auto Recovery sponsored #88 Chevy Monte Carlo.  Barry Chesser would score a runner-up finish, with Roger Cecil, Avral Thompson, and Curtis Bennett completing the top five.  Rounding out the top ten would be Elton Martin, Billy Rigdon, Paul Lewis, Jr., Jimmy Bryan, and Rick King.  Thirteen entries also drew for heat race assignments and Hagan and Chesser would claim those victories.

SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-May 23, 2009

44 Auto Mart Super Late Models (14 entries)

Top Qualifier- Jason Keltner 16.040

Dash- Jason Keltner, Jeff Watson, Jarryd Holshouser, Rob Starkey, Doodle Farris, Daniel Hatcher

Heat- Kevin Colston, Clarence Belcher, Joey Jones, Dylan Preston

Feature- Jason Keltner, Jeff Watson, Rob Starkey, Daniel Hatcher, Jarryd Holshouser, Doodle Farris, Kevin Colston, Joey Tackett, Clarence Belcher, Joey Jones, Dylan Preston, Terry Keltner, Matthew Rigdon, Mike Covington

Street Stocks (15 entries)

Top Qualifier- Timmy Glazer 20.097

Dash- Jason Bartley, Timmy Glazer, Shane Lafollette, Terry Bartley, Brad Leake, Willie Edelen

Heat- Garnett Eldridge, Mike Cozzin, Jr., Fred Mercer, Johnny King

Feature- Timmy Glazer, Shane Lafollette, Johnny Cecil, Brad Leake, Terry Bartley, Willie Edelen, Garnett Eldridge, Scott Thompson, Johnny King, Fred Mercer, Jason Bartley, Mike Cozzin, Jr. (DNS- Joe Walker, John Bryan, David Bayans)

Modifieds (19 entries)

1^st Heat- Scotty Earl, Joe Mattingly, Dion Benningfield, Butch Barber

2^nd Heat- Michael England, Jason Wheatley, Benji Lee, Johnny Lee

Feature- Jason Wheatley, Benji Lee, Michael England, Dion Benningfield, Joe Mattingly, Butch Barber, Johnny Lee, Randy Turpin, Adam Cole, Joe David Humphrey, Sam Huffer, Elliott Despain, Sidney Sprague, Carey Morris, Brad Schlosser, Randall Basham, Scotty Earl, Jeremy Hisel (DNS- Gary Parks)

WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman (13 entries)

1^st Heat- Pat Hagan, Rick King, Elton Martin, Avral Thompson

2^nd Heat- Barry Chesser, Jimmy Bryan, Roger Cecil, Curtis Bennett

Feature- Pat Hagan, Barry Chesser, Roger Cecil, Avral Thompson, Curtis Bennett, Elton Martin, Billy Rigdon, Paul Lewis, Jr., Jimmy Bryan, Rick King, Robbie Settles (DNS- Zak Underwood, Chad Cecil)