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5-17-02 Racing Results

Dennis Moore, Jr. 2 for 2 at US 36

Entering a stiff field of competition, Moore started on the pole and never looked back, accomplishing his second straight victory at US 36 Raceway. If there is one word to describe his performance tonight, it’s “fast.”

The track couldn’t be any better as the Sprint A-Feature lines up for the race. #71 Dennis Moore, Jr. has the pole position with # 7s Tim St. Arnold beside him, #6 Bryan Grimes behind Moore, and #92J J.R. Topper behind Grimes.

Early in the race, #50D Derek Beckman passes two cars for the 4^th place spot while Moore accelerates to about 5 car lengths ahead of St. Arnold (in 2^nd). After lap 4, Grimes and St. Arnold are battling for 2^ndwhile Topper is making his move for 4^th, forcing Beckman into 5^th.

After about twelve laps, Topper takes 3^rd by passing St. Arnold on the high side. The same line up continues throughout the rest of the race until, in the last two laps, Beckman takes 4^th with St. Arnold battling for his spot back. Lap traffic then pinches Beckman off, making Beckman settle with 5^th place and allowing St. Arnold to finish 4^th.

The final result is Moore in 1^st, Grimes in 2^nd, Topper in 3^rd, and St. Arnold in 4^th.

Wray’s Second Victory Straight

Most of the race consisted of a battle for the top four spots between #88 Lonnie Hibner, #51 Mike Ryun, #77 Dean Wray, and #58 Terry Vantramp.

Vantramp was all over the place. One minute he would be in 1^st and the next back to 4^th. This continued until finally, #22 Yancy Shepard, coming from a 12^th position start, came flying though the ranks and swerved into 1^st place, pushing Hibner, Ryun, and Vantramp into lap traffic. This lets Shepard and Wray have a free battle for 1^st, and what a battle it was. It seems like after every lap, they had switched places for 1^st and 2^nd. Finally, Wray passes Shepard for 1^st and keeps it for a lap to take the checkered flag. Shepard took 2^nd, Ryun took 3^rd, and Vantramp took 4^th.

Ryun Blows the Rest Away

#30 Mike Ryun started in 9^th place and with his maneuvering through the slower traffic, took 2^nd and started battling #67 Dusty Beaty for 1^st. When he finally got around Beaty, a car in the back hit the wall causing Ryun to get back in 2^nd (didn’t complete the lap).

After a ten minute delay due to a lack in emergency crew, the race was restarted with about 8 laps to go. On the last stetch, Beaty passes #21 Steven Clancy and #26 Steve Glenn for 2^nd while Ryun just extends his lead.

The checkered was thrown to Ryun in 1^st, Beaty in 2^nd, Clancy in 3^rd, and Glenn in 4^th.

By: Tony Snook