The Dream at Eldora

[**ORANGEBLOOD**]

Tony Stewart has put his name in the hat this year. And what do you know he's on the front row of the 6th heat race. Here are the lineups...

Heat #1

01) Jimmy Mars - Ray Cook
02) Brent Kreke - Josh Richards
03) Earl Pearson - Chris Ferguson
04) Brian Birkhofer - Wendell Wallace
05) Will Vaught - Clint Smith
06) Curtis Roberts - David Gentry
07) DJ Wells - Mike Marlar
08) Shawn Negangard - Jill George
09) Mike Mataragas - Bobby Carnes
10) Chris Ross - Chris Wall

Heat #2

01) Scott Bloomquist - Rusty Schlenk
02) Brad Neat - Chris Madden
03) Aaron Scott - Casey Roberts
04) John Blankenship - Scott Orr
05) Dale McDowell - Steve Casebolt
06) Randy Korte - Jon Henry
07) Rod Conley - Tyler Ivey
08) Jason Jameson - Randle Chupp
09) Curtis Diesenroth - Bill Lewis
10) Ryan VanderVeen - Jordan Bland

Heat #3

01) Jason Feger - Jeep VanWormer
02) Darrell Lanigan - Jimmy Owens
03) Dennis Erb Jr - Wayne Chinn
04) Davey Johnson - Steve Francis
05) Chad Ruhlman - Doug Drown
06) Jerry Rice - Scott James
07) Andrew Reaume - Tommy Kerr
08) Terry Casey - April Farmer
09) Casey Noonan - Andrew McKay
10) Jackie Boggs

Heat #4

01) Chub Frank - Billy Moyer
02) Jonathan Davenport - Tyler Landers
03) Rick Eckert - Delmas Conley
04) Jason Keltner - Dan Schlieper
05) Jerry Bowersock - Bart Hartman
06) Shawn Toczek - Tim Dohm
07) Wayne Maffett Jr - Chris Simpson
08) Jeff Beyers - Tim Isenberg
09) Chuck Roelle - Patrick Ferguson
10) Shannon Thornsberry

Heat #5

01) Shannon Babb - Don O'Neal
02) Shane Clanton - Ben Adkins
03) Duane Chamberlain - Curt Spalding
04) Eric Wells - Mark Douglas
05) RJ Conley - Brian Shirley
06) Tim Manville - Matt Lux
07) Brett Wyatt - Kevin Cole
08) Ricky Arms - Lee Devasier
09) Brandon Perkins - Brandon Thirlby
10) Steve Shaver

Heat #6

01) Tony Stewart - Brady Smith
02) Matt Miller - Donnie Moran
03) Eddie Carrier Jr - John Mason
04) Brian Ruhlman - Gregg Satterlee
05) Shanon Buckingham - Tim Fuller
06) Robby Hensley - Justin O'Neill
07) Jay Johnson - Dustin Neat
08) Vic Hill - Jason Riggs
09) Justin Labonte - Bill Williams
10) Chad Mahder

 

[**ORANGEBLOOD**]

Here are the full results. The "Newport Nightmare" Jimmy Owens from Newport,Tn wins. Tony Stewart finished 6th.

JUNE 6, 2009
15TH ANNUAL DIRT LATE MODEL DREAM - 116 cars
Fast Qualifier: Josh Richards - 15.655 seconds

Heat 1:
1. Jimmy Mars 2. Josh Richards 3. Ray Cook 4. Dale McDowell 5. John Blankenship 6. Steve Casebolt 7. Bart Hartman 8. Aaron Scott 9. Chris Simpson 10. Shawn Toczek 11. Ricky Arms 12. Shannon Thornsberry 13. Chuck Roelle 14. Casey Roberts 15. Tim Dohm 16. Tim Isenberg 17. Brent Kreke 18. Scott Orr 19. Wayne Maffett Jr. 20. Pat Ferguson

Heat 2:
1. Scott Bloomquist 2. Chris Madden 3. Brian Birkhofer 4. Chris Ferguson 5. Earl Pearson Jr. 6. Wendell Wallace 7. Clint Smith 8. Rusty Schlenk 9. Doug Drown 10. Casey Noonan 11. Scott James 12. Brad Neat 13. Will Vaught 14. Jeff Beyers 15. Jerry Rice 16. Andrew Reaume 17. April Farmer 18. Andrew Mckay 19. Jordan Bland 20. Terry Casey

Heat 3:
1. Jason Feger 2. Jeep Van Wormer 3. Darrell Lanigan 4. Jimmy Owens 5. Randy Korte 6. Brian Ruhlman 7. John Mason 8. Tim Fuller 9. Tommy Kerr 10. Eddie Carrier Jr. 11. Curtis Deisenroth 12. Tyler Ivey 13. Bill Lewis 14. Gregg Satterlee 15. Randle Chupp 16. Jon Henry 17. Shanon Buckingham 18. Rod Conley 19. Ryan VanderVeen

Heat 4:
1. Billy Moyer 2. Chub Frank 3. Duane Chamberlain 4. Jonathan Davenport 5. RJ Conley 6. Jared Landers 7. Mike Marlar 8. Eric Wells 9. Curt Spalding 10. David Gentry 11. DJ Wells 12. Mike Mataragas 13. Curtis Roberts 14. Jill George 15. Mark Douglas 16. Jackie Boggs 17. Jason Jameson 18. Bobby Carnes 19. Chris Ross

Heat 5:
1. Don O'Neal 2. Shannon Babb 3. Rick Eckert 4. Delmas Conley 5. Dan Schlieper 6. Jerry Bowersock 7. Jay Johnson 8. Chad Mahder 9. Justin McNeill 10. Brian Shirley 11. Jason Riggs 12. Robby Hensley 13. Bill Williams 14. Jason Keltner 15. Shane Clanton 16. Ben Adkins 17. Shawn Negangard 18. Dustin Neat 19. Justin Labonte

Heat 6:
1. Tony Stewart 2. Matt Miller 3. Steve Francis 4. Dennis Erb Jr. 5. Wayne Chinn 6. Chris Wall 7. Donnie Moran 8. Vic Hill 9. Chad Ruhlman 10. Brady Smith 11. Tim Manville 12. Matt Lux 13. Kevin Cole 14. Brett Wyatt 15. Lee Davasier 16. Brandon Thirlby 17. Davey Johnson 18. Brandon Perkins 19. Steve Shaver

C Main:
1. Bart Hartman 2. Tim Fuller 3. Clint Smith 4. Jay Johnson 5. Donnie Moran 6. Aaron Scott 7. Eric Wells 8. Brady Smith 9. Vic Hill 10. Brian Shirley 11. Chris Simpson 12. Chad Mahder 13. Tommy Kerr 14. Chad Ruhlman 15. Doug Drown 16. Justin McNeill 17. David Gentry 18. Casey Noonan 19. DJ Wells 20. Curt Spalding 21. Rusty Schlenk 22. Eddie Carrier Jr. 23. Shawn Toczek 24. Curtis Deisenroth

B Main :
1. Dale McDowell 2. Randy Korte 3. Jonathan Davenport 4. Earl Pearson Jr. 5. Dennis Erb Jr. 6. Tim Fuller 7. Delmas Conley 8. John Blankenship 9. Brian Ruhlman 10. Chris Wall 11. Mike Marlar 12. Bart Hartman 13. Dan Schlieper 14. RJ Conley 15. Wayne Chinn 16. Aaron Scott 17. Jerry Bowersock 18. Clint Smith 19. Jay Johnson 20. Donnie Moran 21. John Mason 22. Chris Ferguson 23. Steve Casebolt 24. Wendell Wallace

A Main :
1. Jimmy Owens 2. Scott Bloomquist 3. Darrell Lanigan 4. Jimmy Mars 5. Brian Birkhofer 6. Tony Stewart 7. Matt Miller 8. Rick Eckert 9. Don O'Neal 10. Earl Pearson Jr. 11. Chris Madden 12. Steve Francis 13. Ray Cook 14. Billy Moyer 15. Jeep Van Wormer 16. Jason Feger 17. Jonathan Davenport 18. Jared Landers 19. Chub Frank 20. Shannon Babb 21. Duane Chamberlain 22. Josh Richards 23. Dale McDowell 24. Randy Korte

 

[rbroyles]

It is a sure sign I have been away from dirt late models too long when I recognize only about a dozen of these names.

 

[**ORANGEBLOOD**]

Josh Richards just did about 20 minutes on Wind Tunnel. Anybody else see it? Seems like he will be getting a shot on asphalt soon.

 

[jhen713]

Josh Richards just did about 20 minutes on Wind Tunnel. Anybody else see it? Seems like he will be getting a shot on asphalt soon.

Yeah, he seems to be a little behind the curve for this day and time though. Alot of these young guys are on asphalt in their teens so they can move up the ranks whike they are still young. He's already 21(I know that's still young). Stewart, Bowyer, and Newman seemed to speak highly of him. I'm sure that helps out his resume.

 

[mooreaj21]

I grew up on dirt late model racing more than i did Nascar, i remember going to Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap Tn every saturday night. I havent been yet this year though, they have fan appreciation night this coming Friday so ill probably go along with my dad.

Anyways Jimmy Owens won the Dream, he is from my hometown. He has really made something of hisself. He has won 2 races in a row now. But i dont think i have ever seen anyone that can drive a late model as smooth as Scott Bloomquist can.

 

[rbroyles]

I grew up on dirt late model racing more than i did Nascar, i remember going to Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap Tn every saturday night. I havent been yet this year though, they have fan appreciation night this coming Friday so ill probably go along with my dad.

Anyways Jimmy Owens won the Dream, he is from my hometown. He has really made something of hisself. He has won 2 races in a row now. But i dont think i have ever seen anyone that can drive a late model as smooth as Scott Bloomquist can.

I was conducting the races at Kingsport Speedway/Raceland when Scott was just getting started. His ability to set up the car for track conditions was way ahead of the rest, plus he had first class equipment. Put that together with above average talent, and he won just about every week. Except once when I had to disqualify him for being less than 30 lbs underweight. I don't think he has gotten over it yet. At least he had not the last time I saw him a few years ago. This happened in 1985!

BTW are there any races at the Newport Speedway?

 

[mooreaj21]

I was conducting the races at Kingsport Speedway/Raceland when Scott was just getting started. His ability to set up the car for track conditions was way ahead of the rest, plus he had first class equipment. Put that together with above average talent, and he won just about every week. Except once when I had to disqualify him for being less than 30 lbs underweight. I don't think he has gotten over it yet. At least he had not the last time I saw him a few years ago. This happened in 1985!

BTW are there any races at the Newport Speedway?

My dad has been to Kingsport Speedway a few times, my moms side of the family is from up there. Growing up all i heard was about smart & good Bloomquist was setting up his car, my dad is a huge Bloomer fan. I use to be until Owens got up into Late Model racing, i love seeing Owens & Bloomquist go at it at Volunteer Speedway.

Yea they still race down here, its asphalt now. I live maybe 2 miles from the track i hear them racing every satruday night. I hate that place though, its so small & narrow. Its like follow the leader, its so hard to pass there. Nobody ever goes to them, their lucky to usually have enough cars to show up to race.

 

[thehardknoxlife]

I grew up on dirt late model racing more than i did Nascar, i remember going to Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap Tn every saturday night. I havent been yet this year though, they have fan appreciation night this coming Friday so ill probably go along with my dad.

Anyways Jimmy Owens won the Dream, he is from my hometown. He has really made something of hisself. He has won 2 races in a row now. But i dont think i have ever seen anyone that can drive a late model as smooth as Scott Bloomquist can.

Oh, please. He drives in a league where money prevails, and he has alot. I've seem him get beat by people who can barley afford his used tires. I'm not taking away from his abilities, but give him a budget of the 2nd place guy and see how well he does.

 

[**ORANGEBLOOD**]

Oh, please. He drives in a league where money prevails, and he has alot. I've seem him get beat by people who can barley afford his used tires. I'm not taking away from his abilities, but give him a budget of the 2nd place guy and see how well he does.

Right. Because nobody else in late model racing has any money.

 

[mooreaj21]

Oh, please. He drives in a league where money prevails, and he has alot. I've seem him get beat by people who can barley afford his used tires. I'm not taking away from his abilities, but give him a budget of the 2nd place guy and see how well he does.

Bloomquist races with the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model series along with the likes of Donnie Moran, Billy Moyer, Steve Francis, Rick Eckertt, Jimmy Owens, Shannon Babb, & many more who have plent of money.