8/2/02
Adams County Speedway
Corning, IA
Gumout Series
28 cars
Shane Stewart (20th car to time) set quick time with a lap of 17.533 seconds on the dry half-mile. Ricky Logan (15th) was second quick, followed by Dennis Moore Jr. (17th), Jason Johnson (11th), Jason Sides (12th) and Skip Jackson (14th). Shane Hunter lost a rear end in hot laps and retired for the night. Jeremy Campbell also had rear end problems, but managed to make it out for his heat even though he couldn't get a time in. 360 ESS driver Erin Crocker also did not time in or race in the heat, though she did get a few laps in in the B.
Heat one (started): 1. Wayne Johnson 29 (1) 2. Stewart 8h (4) 3. Jackson 21 (3) 4. Bob Bennett 3 (2) 5. Tommy Tarlton 21T (5) 6. Toni Lutar 4x (7) / 7. Derek Beckman 50D (8) 8. Brian Carlson 18 (6) 9. Greg Jones 35x (9)
W. Johnson led flag to flag in a mostly single file affair. Stewart looked fast, and Tarlton was right on Bennett's tail at the checkered.
Heat two (started): 1. Logan 3s (2) 2. Peter Murphy 0 (1) 3. Lynnton Jeffery 4k (5) 4. Sides 7 (3) 5. Larry Pinegar II 11L (4) 6. Jaymie Moyle 10 (6) / 7. Mike Reinke 17 (7) DNS - Jeff Mitrisin 5J, Hunter 8s
Mitrisin was to start outside row one, but pulled in before the green fell. Logan hounded the leader Murphy the distance until with two laps to go, he rode the high side for the lead and the victory.
Heat three (started): 1. Tyler Walker 35 (2) 2. Moore 71 (4) 3. J. Johnson 41 (3) 4. Craig Keel 9 (5) 5. Don Droud Jr. 55 (1) 6. Leonard Lee 16L (7) / 7. Ryan Coniam 6 (6) 8. Campbell 10c (9) 9. Mike Woodring 19 (8)
Droud had a terrible start, but rebounded for fifth. Coniam and Woodring are also 360 ESS competitors, the latter dropped out on lap six. Walker left the field in the dust, though Moore was a fast second.
Dash one (started): 1. Logan (2) 2. W. Johnson (1) 3. Walker (3) 4. Jackson (4) 5. J. Johnson (6) 6. Jeffery (5)
Logan dominated this event. There was good racing for second, with W. Johnson narrowly beating Walker. This set up the inside of the first six rows in the feature.
Dash two (started): 1. Moore (3) 2. Sides (5) 3. Keel (6) 4. Murphy (2) 5. Bennett (4) 6. Stewart (1)
Stewart blew his power plant while leading on lap three. This handed the lead to Moore, who set up an all Knoxville regular front row in the A.
B feature (started): 1. Carlson (2) 2. Reinke (4) 3. Coniam (3) 4. Campbell (8) 5. Mitrisin (1) 6. Woodring (6) / 7. Beckman (5) 8. Jones (7) 9. Crocker 16 (9) DNS - Hunter
Carlson led wire to wire. Campbell moved up through the field nicely, securing fourth.
A feature (started): 1. Sides (4) 2. Moore (2) 3. Logan (1) 4. Stewart (12) 5. Carlson (16) 6. W. Johnson (3) 7. Lutar (19) 8. Bennett (10) 9. Moyle (22) 10. Walker (5) 11. Coniam (18) 12. Pinegar (17) 13. Reinke (20) 14. Jackson (7) 15. Droud (14) 16. Keel (6) 17. Lee (21) 18. Murphy (8) 19. Campbell (24) 20. J. Johnson (9) 21. Woodring (23) 22. Jeffery (11) 23. Tarlton (15) 24. Mitrisin (13)
This was a race of attrition. Moore took an impressive lead in the 30 lapper, before Jeffery got sideways on lap four. J. Johnson spun to avoid him, and Droud hit one of them giving him a flat right rear. Jeffery joined Tarlton and Mitrisin who were already pitside. J. Johnson would last four more laps before retiring. Campbell would bring out a caution on lap ten, with Moore still leading Logan and Sides. He was done for the night. Murphy blew a motor while running sixth. Lee suffered the same fate on lap 13. Keel was running fourth, when he came to a stop on lap 17. He was finished. Reinke had blown his right rear two laps prior, but had restarted minus a shock and torsion bar. The race went non-stop with Sides sliding around Moore with two laps to go. Jackson spun on the white flag circuit bringing out a caution. At this point, Walker and Coniam ran out of fuel before the mandatory laps were put in, so after a fuel stop for everyone, they started at the tail. Sides went on to win his first Gummie feature of the year. Moyle moved up the most spots (13) in the event, though there were many moving up through the field throughout.