THUNDERHILL RACEWAY
Summertown, TN
“The Family Track”
www.thunderhillracing.com
April 10, 2010

We ask everyone to keep Bobbie Zeigler in your prayers. This young lady is at Vanderbilt Medical Center with an unexplained seizure condition. She raced the past several years in the Open Wheel Mini class in the orange #76. 

The top three qualifiers in the Super Late Model division were:
(1) Eric Hickerson 12.237 (2) Ray McElhiney 12.287 (3) Josh Putnam 12.590

Top five qualifiers for the Open Wheel $1200 to win special:
(1) Eddie Rhinehart 13.561 (2) Jason Markewitz 13.678 (3) Jeff Weaver 13.684 (4) Steven Holcomb 13.864 (5) Doug Harrington 13.876

Crate/Limited Late Model #1
(1) Brad Skinner (2) Kenneth Coan (3) Ben Davis

Open Wheel Mini
(1) Dustin Stutts (2) Timmy Woodard (3) Brandon Woodard

Modified Street #1
(1) J.J. Hall (2) Michael Kennedy (3) Steve Yocom
Modified Street #2
(1) Jimmy Woodard (2) T.J. Taylor (3) Trevor Woodard

Street Stock #1
(1) Ben Gillespie (2) David McGill (3) Bradley Boshers
Street Stock #2
(1) Daniel Kelley (2) Brian Russ (3) Jesse McGill

Mini Stock #1
(1) Jere Plant (2) Troy Jett (3) Michael Rittenberry
Mini Stock #2
(1) Kevin Staggs (2) John Neill (3) Keith Kaylor
Mini Stock #3
(1) Dillon Scott (2) Jr. Roland (3) Craig Pedrick

Outlaw
(1) Greg Love (2) Shane Workman

Feature Time!!
In the Open Wheel Mini class Timmy Woodard led from the drop of the green all the way to the checkered for his first win of the season. The only caution came on lap ten when B.B. Tarpley’s car was on fire.
(1) Timmy Woodard (2) Dustin Stutts (3) Brandon Woodard (4) B.B. Tarpley

In the Limited Late Model division Brad Skinner led the full twenty laps of the race for his first win of the season. The only caution in this race came on lap twelve when Bruce Belew went over turn two, on his own. (1) Brad Skinner (2) Ben Davis (3) Kenneth Coan (4) Mark Dowdy (5) Robert Ardry (6) Doyle Manley (7) Bruce Belew (8) Cody Martin
DNS- Dane Jean

The Modified Street class saw Jimmy Woodard take his second win of the season. The one caution in this race came on lap two when T.J. Taylor got into Michael Kennedy in turn four. (1) Jimmy Woodard (2) Steve Yocom (3) Trevor Woodard (4) Shawn Mitchell (5)Brian Richardson (6) Michael Kennedy (7)T. J. Taylor (8) Tim Hobby
DNS- J.J. Hall, Wesley Harper

The Super Late Model division saw Eric Hickerson lead the full twenty-five laps to take his first win of the season in a one caution race. That caution came on lap twenty-two when Tommy Taylor stalled on the front stretch. (1)Eric Hickerson (2) Ray McElhiney (3) Jacob France (4) Jerry Owens (5) David Gentry (6) Tony Simmons (7) Brad Glass (8) Cale Finley (9) Scott Cook (10) Clint Nichols (11) Ben Kittrell (12) Tommy Taylor (13) Marty Jones (14) Dakota Cheek (15) Josh Putnam

Open Wheel was up next for their $1200 special with a field of sixteen cars … what a race these guys put on. On the first start, Jason Markewitz jumped the start and was rolled back one row, on the second attempt Tyler Wood and Justin Cross got together on the front stretch, then on the third try Ron Bailey and Belvie Jordan spun in turn two. It was single file on the next start with Jeff Weaver taking the lead and never looking back as he led the full twenty-five laps to not only win this special event but also make it three straight wins at Thunderhill. On lap fourteen Eddie Rhinehart drew the caution when he got into Belvie Jordan in turn four.
(1) Jeff Weaver (2) Jason Markewitz (3) Steven Holcomb (4) Doug Harrington (5) Jason Maurer (6) Kevin Daniel (7) Jason Clayton (8) Eddie Rhinehart (9)Bob Jarrett (10) David Gentry (11) Belvie Jordan (12) Tyler Wood (13) Ron Bailey (14) Justin Cross (15) Eric Hickerson , DNS- Blake Roberson

With a field of thirteen Street Stocks we had three restarts as Brian Russ went over turn two, then Bubba Green spun in turn one and then Jim Floyd spun in turn four. After going single file it would be Ben Gillespie who led the full fifteen laps to pick up his first win of the season.
(1) Ben Gillespie (2) David McGill (3) Daniel Kelley (4) Randall Johnson (5) Brian Russ (6) Jessie McGill (7) Jim Floyd (8) Cheryl Shrader (9) Bubba Green (10) Randy Boaz (11) Bradley Boshers (12) Brandon Workman
Jessie McGill was scored to the end of the lead lap due to attempting to pass before the cone on the last restart.
DNS-Jake McGill

The Mini Stock class saw four lead changes as Kevin Staggs led the first four laps, Dillon Scott led laps five thru fourteen, Jr. Roland led lap fifteen BUT due to fluid that was put down on the track on the white flag lap that cause the leader to spin, the win went to Scott. (1) Dillon Scott (2)Jr. Roland (3) Kevin Staggs (4) Michael Rittenberry (5) Jere Plant (6) Cody Staggs (7) Andy Rogers (8) Keith Kaylor (9) Michael Cates (10) Derrick Donegan (11) Justin Maxwell (12) Jessica Dale (13) Joe Wall (14) Steve Nave (15) Matthew Turner (16) Michael Nave (17) John Story (18) Troy Jett (19) Timmy Jett (20) John Neill (21) Mike Brewer
DNS- Craig Pedrick, Jason Hubbell

The Outlaw division saw Charles Cherry go flag to flag for the win after not getting any laps in his heat race (Joe Forsythe got into Cherry and turned him in front of the field and was t-boned by Tommy Marshall who had no where to go, on the first lap). He looked like some kind of NEW open wheel, with the whole right side of his car missing. (1) Charles Cherry (2) Shane Workman (3) Greg Love DQ- did not cross scales
DNS-Joe Forsythe, Tommy Marshall

Races for (5-1-10) have been canceled due to the RAIN. The makeup date for this race is FRIDAY, May 7th... IT WILL STILL BE FAN APPRECIATION NIGHT ... $5.00 General Admission.

SATURDAY, MAY 8TH.... 2ND ANNUAL JOHN PRESSNELL, JR MEMORIAL LATE MODEL STOCK SHOW with ALL classes running.
Racing every Saturday night.
Gates open @ 4:00, racing at 7:00pm.
Submitted by:
Doris Cherry