Barberville, FL – After taking last weekend off, “The World’s Fastest Half Mile” was back in action with four classes of racing including the Daytona Sportswear Modifieds, Billy Ballew Motorsports Thunderstocks, Going Butts BBQ Outlaw 4’s, and Triple D Equipment Gladiators. 55 Total cars checked in with 19 Thunderstocks leading the car count as teams take time to get ready for next weekends Dennis North Memorial Race.
First up on the racing docket went to the Billy Ballew Motorsports Thunderstocks with Dustin Turnage Sr. and Joey “Bubba” Durbin leading the field to the green. Turnage Sr., would get the early jump on the field with Bubba Durbin hot on his heels as the rest of the field scattered for potion. Turnage would lead nearly the entire distance until lap 18 when hard charging Tyler Clem making a rare appearance in the Big Frog Motorsports #58 would get around Turnage going on to win his first career Thunderstock feature at the half mile. Ron Adams would follow Clem across the line in second followed by David Kinsey, Turnage, and 14th starting Robert Hicks rounded out the top five.
Unofficial Rundown from 6-24-18
Daytona Sportswear Modifieds (17)
Heat 1: Garrett Stewart, Jamie Carter, Shane Burrows, Patrick Vareika, Nathan Huffingham, Charlie Phillips
Heat 2: Seath Geary, Sean Monaghan, Steve Shead, Shane Nichols, Ken Mihalik
Heat 3: Buzzie Reutimann, Larry Burkins, Mike Phillips, Paul Shead, David Moheng
Feature: Carter, Burkins, Reutimann, Geary, Stewart, Burrows, Monaghan, Vareika, Huffingham, P. Shead, Mihalik, M. Phillips (DNF), Moheng (DNF), Nichols (DNF), S. Shead (DNF), Phillips (DNF), Thomas (DNS)
Billy Ballew Motorsports Thunderstocks (19 Cars)
Heat 1: David Showers Jr., James Parrish, Dale Durbin, George Lane, Jamie Carter, RJ Glaser
Heat 2: Ron Adams, Dustin Turnage Sr., Tyler Clem, Robert Hicks, David Kinsey, John Canary
Heat 3: Justin Durbin, Jason Gamble, Hank Baker, Donnie Birdwell, Joey Durbin, Ron McCreary, James Strehle
Feature: CLem, Adams, Kinsey, Turnage Sr., Hicks, Carter, Birdwell, Canary, J. Durbin, D. Durbin, Strehle, McReary, Gamble (DNF), Ju. Durbin (DNF), Glaser, Baker (DNF), Showers Jr. (DNF), Parrish (DNF), Lane (DNS)
Going Butts BBQ Mini Stocks (7)
Heat 1: Brad Fender, Michael Ridgeway Jr., Billy Dukes, Chris Thomas, Jim Nichols, Robert Schrunk, Shawn Reiss
Feature: Dukes, Fender, Thomas, Reiss, Schrunk, Ridgeway, Jr. (DNF), Nichols (DNF)
Triple D Equipment Gladiators (12)
Heat 1: Rusty Young, Todd Latour, Dewayne Yeomans, Dustin Childers, Henry Lanier, Dustin Higdon
Heat 2: Johnnie Yeomans, Michael Trotter, Travis McDonald, Corey Phillips, Casey Young, Erik Mantz
Feature: J. Yeomans, Latour, R. Young, C. Young, Lanier, Childers, D. Yeomans, Phillips, Trotter (DNF), McDonald (DNF), Higdon (DNF), Mantz (DNF)
