JULY 10th RESULTS

A funny thing seems to happen when you through double payouts at a class.  Bikes come out of the woodwork to race for it!  A class record 36 bikes tossed their helmets in the ring to run for the cash, 1000 large to the winner.  As the rounds whittled down the competition, some names from seasons past emerged along with class power houses.   Series veteran Joe Banse would lead them all into first round as No. 1 qualifier.

TOP TEN QUALIFIERS

By round three it was a "who's Who" in this class that were still in the race.  Dennis Bailey drove around James Hendricks to move on running a 9.515.  Scott Parker would send Danny Helms packing in a double breakout run.  Brent Merrick ended Joe Banse's day.  Larry Sargis would stop Andy Hendricks who was pushed out the back door on a holeshot by Sargis.  The return of Bob Dougherty to our series also stuck a stick in the spokes of Nelson Taylor ending his day in Super Stock.

1)  JOE BANSE 2)  NELSON TAYLOR 3)  DENNIS BAILEY 4)  RON RIPPEL 5)  KEVIN HOLMES 6)  LARRY SARGIS 7)  DANNY HELMS 8)  ELVIS KURTOVIC 9)  BOB DOUGHERTY 10) BRENT MERRICK

Sorry for no times being listed, the sheet was not available from tower.

The fourth round brought the level of competition up another notch as the big money round loomed closer.  Dennis Bailey was on a laddered bye run and clicked off a nice 9.59 to move to the semi's.  Larry Sargis took an .058 to .077 lead over Brent Merrick and would push Merrick's Busa into a breakout pass.  Sargis ran a 9.52 to Merrick's 9.46.  Bob Dougherty then took out another series vet, Scott Parker who was going rounds on his "old School" Kaw.  Dougherty  cuts a sweet .051 to Parkers game .075.  Parker's bike falters down track and Dougherty nearly breaks out running a 9.52 to Parkers ailing 11.26.   Almost a Homer Simpson moment there Bob,  DOH!

The semi final pass between Dennis Bailey and Bob Dougherty started with almost identical reaction times.  Bailey with a 60 to Dougherty's 54.  Bailey quickly made up the difference and ran away from Dougherty who had an off pass and tried running Bailey down with big MPH but it was a no dice moment.  Sargis, who had just gone out in round four of the Pro ET Class gave his bike a chance to catch it's breath and just takes the tree to move into the grand salami round.

LARRY SARGIS ON BYE RUN

SEMI'S   BAILEY (L) vs DOUGHERTY (R)

FINAL ROUND

BAILEY (L) vs SARGIS(R)

BAILEY    .054  RT   9.50  INDEX   9.549 @ 142.22 << WINNER SARGIS   .046  RT   9.50  INDEX   9.561 @  137.72

The final round was everything you could have asked for after such a great turnout.  Well, Larry might argue that one but I digress.   Sargis leaves with a slight hole shot, Bailey painstakingly reels Sargis in at a snails pace using the entire 1320 to make up the .01 difference on the tree to take the stripe by a hard earned .004 MOV, extremely tight!   Truly a great race.

SUPER STOCK CHAMPION DENNIS BAILEY

JULY 11th RESULTS

Yet another great showing boasting the second largest bike count to the previous day's record.  Again, the racing was a bare knuckle brawl to the finish.  This class is growing by leaps and bounds and show no sign of slowing down.  Joshua Franklin took the top spot in qualifying running an awesome 9.502 to lead the field.

TOP TEN QUALIFIERS

1)  JOSHUA FRANKLIN                9.502 2)  ZAC GYZYWA                        9.508 3)  NELSON TAYLOR                  9.509 4)  BRENT MERRICK                   9.511 5)  RON RIPPEL                          9.519 6)  ANDY HENDRICKS                 9.521 7)  TYRONE LEE                         9.542 8)  JOE FRIEDMANSKY               9.551 9)  BOB DOUGHERTY                 9.580 10) JOE MULHERN                      9.591

Into the third round of the race, Zac Grzywa would catch a break when Joe Mulhern red lit.  Brian Foster of Performance Cycle II fame, got left on by James Hendricks, but the power of Foster's ride would not be denied as he ran him down like a sled dog running a 9.58 @ 145 to Hendricks 9.66 @ 137.  Chris Singsime was enjoying a great day and parked Dennis Bailey who was the previous day's winner.  Like Foster, Singsime also left second but got to the stripe first for the win.  Bob "where the hell have you been" Dougherty got schooled by Maurie Misner on the line cutting an .078 to an .026 respectively.  Not like a 78 is terrible by any means but it's difficult to come up with snappy phrases for 200 laps an event.  Anyway, Misner's bike stumbled mid track and Dougherty was right there to capitalize on the opportunity and went around Misner to move on.

Round four, the semi finals.  Bob Dougherty would again leave second to Chris Singsime but would again power past his competitor and roll out of the gas for the win to move into the final round.  If I'm not mistaken, this was Singsimes best finish in the class to date.  Great job!  Brian Foster and Zac "don't ask how to say my last name" Grzywa were next.  Foster takes the hole shot by almost .08 over Zac.  Not only is that easier to say, it's also easier to type!  Grzywa's bike has power to spare and he taps into the big numbers and powers past Foster and tries to back into him in the traps but breaks out doing so sending Foster to the finals.  Grzywa runs a 9.49 to Foster's 9.60.

SEMI FINAL ROUNDS

SEMI'S   GRZYWA(L) vs FOSTER (R)

SEMI'S   SINGSIME(L) vs DOUGHERTY (R)

FINAL ROUND

DOUGHERTY(L) vs FOSTER (R)

FOSTER          .072  RT  9.50 INDEX  9.511 @ 143.37 << WINNER DOUGHERTY  .046  RT  9.50  INDEX 9.541 @ 141.06

In the final round Dougherty would now pull out his best light of the day cutting an .046 to leave on Foster.  Dougherty would hold the lead for about 1319 feet.  Dougherty would back in a little too much and Foster just snuck past him taking a .004 MOV !!  Both weekends races were decided by .004!   How tough are these racers?  Hardcore Baby !

SUPER STOCK CHAMPION BRAIN FOSTER