"The Lawman" Skinner confiscates the loot in Round One of the O'Reilly USCS Hooker Hood Sprint Car Shootout
April 15, 2006
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"The Lawman" Skinner confiscates the loot in Round One of the O'Reilly USCS Hooker Hood Sprint Car Shootout
April 14, 2006 Luray, TN - Marshall Skinner from West Memphis, Arkansas raced to victory in round one of the 1st annual Hooker Hood Sprint Car Shootout sanctioned by the O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series. Skinner bested a of cars field from five states for the win in the first night of the two- day event. Skinner, who was the 1999 O'Reilly USCS Dirt Cup Champion, led every lap in his #26 Parts Plus /Dyno Tech powered J&J Auto Racing after grabbing the lead in turn one from his outside front row starting position. Skinner beat twenty-year old Pierson, Florida hot-shoe Tom Winegardner, Jr. to turn one on the initial start and never looked back.
Defending O'Reilly USCS Champion Kenny Adams from Malabar, Florida , eighteen year old Mid-South young gun Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. from Olive Branch, Mississippi, the pole-starter Winegardner and four time O'Reilly USCS champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee chased Skinner for the entire twenty-five lap contest. They crossed the finish line in that order. The race was only plagued by one caution on lap nine that bunched the field behind Skinner who seemed to be in the "drive it like you stole it" mode.
On lap two Kenny Adams leaped into second place past Winegardner, Jr. from his outside second row starting position and tried to chase down Skinner. Then on lap four Ricky Stenhouse drove low into turn three under Winegardner to move in behind Adams and join the quest to chase down the leader with Winegardner in fourth. Paul Hart from Troy, Tennessee was chasing Winegardner and trying to battle off Terry Gray who started eighth for the first nine laps. After the lap nine restart Gray got past Hart and into the top five on lap ten. He battled Winegardner for fourth the final sixteen laps to no avail.
Lee Sowell from Nesbitt, Mississippi who started ninth finished in sixth. Sowell challenged for top five status after passing Hart who finished seventh in his first O'Reilly USCS start. The Huggins Cams Hard Charger Award went to Mike Ward from Memphis, Tennessee who passed seven cars to advance from fifteenth to eighth. Sixteen-year old Matt Tiffany from Daytona Beach, Florida was ninth and Danny "Hammer" Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida rounded out the top ten.
Tom Winegardner, Jr. was impressive winning the Engler Tool and Machine First Heat Race and then captured the K&N Filters Pole Award by drawing a zero inversion pill placing himself on the pole. Skinner gained a front row starting position along beside Winegardner, Jr. via his win in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Racer also over Adams and Stenhouse.
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. won the Lucas Oil Power Dash that pits the top six cars from the previous O'Reilly USCS event in a six car / six lap Shootout. Brad Bowden from Hernando, Mississippi was the Robison Racing Products Rookie of the Race. Stenhouse was also the Hoosier Tire Young Gun of the Race.
The Finals of the Hooker Hood Sprint Car Shootout are set for Saturday night at 7:00 pm. An autograph session with Mid-South open-wheel legend Hooker Hood is scheduled at 5:00 pm. Several vintage race cars will be on display at that time.
In addition to the O'Reilly USCS sprints, the USCS Open Wheel Modifieds, Street Stock and Hummer Cup Cars are on the racing card as well. Pit gates open at 3:00 pm, Grandstands at 4:00 pm. Racing starts at 7:00 pm. For directions to Garnertown Speedway visit www.garnertownspeedway.com . for ticket info call 731-614-0143 or 404-886-5913.
Garnertown Speedway will be issuing coupons for FREE admission to the West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx seson opener on Monday April 17th for those that purchase a ticket to Garnertown Speedway on Saturday night.
OFFICIAL RESULTS - ROUND FIVE - O'REILLY USCS OUTLAW THUNDER
TOUR AT GARNERTOWN SPEEDWAY IN LURAY, TN ON 4/14/06:
POS STRT CAR# DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 2 26 Marshall Skinner W. Memphis, AR 25
2. 4 4a Kenny Adams Malabar, FL 25
3. 6 40R Ricky Stenhouse, Jr Olive Branch, MS 25
4. 1 11T Tom Winegardner, Jr Pierson, FL 25
5. 8 10 Terry Gray Bartlett, TN 25
6. 9 51 Lee Sowell Nesbitt, MS 25
7. 3 14 Paul Hart Troy, TN 25
8. 13 51 Mike Ward Memphis, TN 25
9. 10 19T Matt Tiffany Daytona Beach, FL 25
10. 14 00 Danny Martin, Jr. Bartlett, TN 25
11. 16 14x Eric White Southaven, MS 24
12. 9 4b Bryn Gohn Malabar, FL 24
13. 10 25 Ray Bugg Iuka, MS 24
14. 7 15 Brad Bowden - R Hernando, MS 6
15. 19 3d Marion Jacobs Tuscumbia, AL 3
16. 18 18c Scott Bolden W. Memphis, AR 3
17. 17 58 Mike McElya Bartlett, TN 2
18. 13 11 Tom Winegardner Pierson, FL 2
19. 96 96 Nick DeFeo Woodstock, GA 2
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH WINNER: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Tom Winegardner, Jr.
HUGGINS CAMS HARD CHARGER: Mike Ward (started 15th and
passed 7 cars)
HOOSIER TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Ricky Stenhouse.
ROBISON RACING PRODUCTS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brad Bowden
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. (3rd place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Tom Winegardner, Jr.
OUTLAW DISC BRAKES TOP FIVE AWARD: Terry Gray
SIMPSON SAFETY PRODUCTS 6TH-PLACE AWARD: Lee Sowell
FSR RACING PRODUCTS-7 TH-PLACE AWARD: Paul Hart
AIR FLOW RESEARCH 9TH-PLACE AWARD: Matt Tiffany
FSR TOP 10 AWARD : Danny Martin, Jr.
WELD RACING HARD LUCK AWARD: Tom Winegardner
ENTRIES: 19
PROVISIONAL: None
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAP LEADERS: Skinner 1-25
CAUTIONS: 1 - lap nine
LUCAS OIL POWER DASH - 6 Laps: 1. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.;
2. Terry Gray; 3. Mike Ward; 4. Scott Bolden;
5. Lee Sowell; 6. Marshall Skinner.
ENGLER TOOL AND MACHINE 1ST HEAT: 1. Winegarner, Jr ;
2. Hart; 3. Tiffany; 4. Bowden; 5. Sowell; 6. DeFeo;
7. Winegardner, Sr. 8. Ward; 9. McElya; 10. Jacobs.
BUTLERBUILT 2ND HEAT: 1. Skinner; 2 Adams; 3. Stenhouse,
4. Gray; 5. Bugg;. 6. Gohn; 7. Danny Martin, Jr.;
8. White; 9. Bolden
O'Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder
Car# Driver Points
40R Stenhouse, Ricky Jr. 292
26 Skinner, Marshall 290
10 Gray, Terry 296
88 Ward, Mike 278
51 Sowell, Lee 274
19T Tiffany, Matt 270
11t Winegardner, T.J. 268
18 Bolden, Scott 252
14 White, Eric 246
15 Bowden, Brad - R 242
11 Winegardner, Tom Sr. 228
25 Bugg, Ray 226
94 Hull, Jerrod 150
4a Adams, Kenny 148
7s Sides, Jason 148
1 Gallagher, Eddie 138
14 Hart, Paul 138
00 Martin, Danny Jr. 132
86 Schrock, Eric 130
4B Gohn, Bryn 128
11j Sides, Paul 128
44 Howard, Ronnie 126
22 Barks, Dustin - R 122
3d Jacobs, Marion 122
42 Baker, Josh 120
58 McElya, Mike 118
96 DeFeo, Nick - R 114
11 Thompson, Tyler 114
9 Hagar, Derrick - R 110
22 Senter, Travis 108
1 Buckley, Kent 100
12 Courtney, A.J 100
7 DeJournett, Dylan 100
