2005 Chili Bowl -
Thursday, January 6
Hines
Hustles to Thursday Love's Qualifier
Victory
 Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 6, 2005)
– Tracy Hines notched his second career
O’Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals
preliminary feature victory by topping
Thursday night’s 25-lap Love’s Travel
Stops & Country Stores qualifying
feature at Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Hines gunned into the lead from his pole
starting position at the outset and led
all the way, racing to the checkered flag
in convincing fashion ahead of Bud Kaeding,
Tony Stewart and Gary Wright. Those four
locked themselves into Saturday night’s
Chili Bowl finale along with Josh Ford,
Chad DeSelle, Danny Lasoski and Casey
Shuman, the top four finishers from
Wednesday night’s Creek Nation Casino
Qualifying Showdown.
Four more will be locked into Saturday’s
main from Friday night’s qualifying
event, which will feature approximately 90
entries.
Hines earned the pole position for
Thursday’s feature by racing from fifth
to win the fifth of the evening’s eleven
heat races. Hines led the way to the green
flag with California shoe Bud Kaeding
alongside, as Texan Gary Wright and Late
Model ace Bart Hartman made up the second
row.
Hines jumped into the early lead and
quickly set the tone for the race as he
slipped away from Kaeding, who was busy
fending off Wright and Stewart for the
runner-up slot. Hines held nearly a
straightaway advantage by the time lapped
traffic came into play on the ninth round,
only to once again see clear track when
the caution flew for Ryan Hamilton’s
disabled mount in turn two.
Hines took off again on the restart,
reestablishing his sturdy lead in short
order. Wright briefly overtook Kaeding for
second on the tenth round, only to have
Kaeding return the favor the next time
around. Two circuits later, Stewart
slipped past Wright to take over third.
After a lap 16 caution for Steve
Knepper’s stalled racer, Kaeding and
Stewart had one last chance to nab the
victory from Hines when the race’s final
caution flew on lap 22 for a three-car
tangle in turn two that eliminated A.J.
Fike. Hines was up to the task however,
piloting the Mopar-powered Wilke-Pak
Motorsports Guts Wear No. 11 Spike Chassis
to the checkered flag unchallenged.
Kaeding fought off NASCAR star and 2002
Chili Bowl winner Stewart to secure the
runner-up slot aboard Murray Erickson’s
Pink-powered Budweiser Beast, while
Stewart took the show position in Jerry
Russell’s Mopar-powered Bass Pro Shops
Eagle.
Ray Bull tried to snatch the final
transfer to Saturday’s main from Wright
in the final rounds, but Wright held firm
to lock the Pink Chevy-powered Wright One
Construction No. 35w Beast into the Chili
Bowl championship feature.
Bull settled for fifth, with Rich Camfield,
13th-starter Eric Wilkins, 15th-starter
Tim McCreadie, Kraig Kinser and
18th-starter Critter Malone completing the
top ten.
Kinser kicked off the night by collecting
a checkered flag in his first taste of
Chili Bowl action by topping the first
heat race, with other heat race winners
for the 78-car field including Kaeding,
Steve Knepper, Wally Pankratz, Hines,
Hamilton, McCreadie, Gary Taylor, Fike,
Wright and Malone.
Marc Dailey topped the “D” Main, with
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., and Jesse Hockett
splitting victory honors in the twin
“C” Mains. Twin “B” Main victories
were snared by Taylor and Malone.
The worst of the evening’s tumbles was
LeRoy VanConett’s series of barrel rolls
down the front stretch in hot laps. The
70-year-old VanConett suffered a broken
arm, bringing an early end to his first
Chili Bowl.
Other flip victims included Johnny Cofer,
Thomas Meseraull, Kenny Brown, Joe Park
and Michael Lewis. There were no other
injuries.
Results for Heat races (8 laps) Thursday
night
(Top 16 in passing points to A; next 28 to
two B Mains; next 28 to two C Mains; rest
to D Main)
Heat 1: 1. #67K Kraig Kinser, Bloomington,
IN; 2. #14J Jimmy Voitel, Covina, CA; 3.
#22M Ray Bull, Bloomsburg, PA; 4. #17X Rob
Russell, Fremont, CA; 5. #78 Joey Moughan,
Springfield, IL; 6. #7B Joe Boyles,
Greenwood, MO; 7. #45AZ J.T. Imperial,
Phoenix, AZ; 8. #10W Michelle Decker,
Guthrie, OK.
Heat 2: 1. #8X Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA;
2. #75H Bart Hartman, Zanesville, OH; 3.
#95X Jay Jordan, Lincoln, NE; 4. #5S Shon
Deskins, Glendale, AZ; 5. #42C Mike
Courtney, Surprise, AZ; 6. #5X Jimmy
Light, West Springfield, PA; 7. #15 Todd
Beach, Donnelsville, OH; 8. #7D Marc
Dailey, Concord, NC.
Heat 3: 1. #55K Steve Knepper, Belleville,
IL; 2. #1AU Adam Clarke, Black Hill, New
South Wales, Australia; 3. #40M Michael
Lewis, Noblesville, IN; 4. Mike Smith,
Shelbyville, IN; 5. #5M Mike Neher,
Monticello, IN; 6. D33 Jeff Davis,
Pittsburg, IL; 7. #3A Bill Allen,
Independence, MO.
Heat 4: 1. #8P Wally Pankratz, Orange, CA;
2. #4 Michele Miller, Reading, PA; 3. #8D
Brian Baker, Concord, CA; 4. #51 Ryan
Durst, Lincoln, NE; 5. #2X Danny Stratton,
Fontana, CA; 6. #9T Thomas Meseraull, San
Jose, CA; 7. #56 Ken Dull, Machesney Park,
IL; 8. #57C Johnny Cofer, Macdoel, CA.
Heat 5: 1. #11 Tracy Hines, Greenfield,
IN; 2. #14 Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls,
OH; 3. #21AZ Eric Wilkins, El Mirage, AZ;
4. #35X Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL; 5.
#XX Darrin Bolton, El Dorado Hills, CA; 6.
#00X Pete Davis, Pleasonton, CA; 7. #42P
Chris Pearce, Broken Arrow, OK.
Heat 6: 1. #6 Ryan Hamilton, Morgantown,
IN; 2. #31X Jason Howe, Jacksonville, IL;
3. #18 Donnie Trent, Honey Brook, PA; 4.
#3M John Wolfe, Winchester, IN; 5. #6H
Alex Coonan, Ransom, IL; 6. #61 Lonnie
Oliver, Cortez, CO; 7. #28M Travis Miniea,
Indianapolis, IN.
Heat 7: 1. #39 Tim McCreadie, Watertown,
NY; 2. #26C Glenn Carson, Newark, CA; 3.
#43 Buddy Luebke, Stoughton, WI; 4. #4W
Edwin Wilson, Tuttle, OK. DNS - #27A LeRoy
VanConett, Galt, CA.
Heat 8: 1. #5D Gary Taylor, Snohomish, WA;
2. #20S Tony Stewart, Rushville, IN; 3.
#33A Stephen Arnold, Seymour, IN; 4. #04
Josh Lakatos, Arroyo Grande, CA; 5. #3P
Chris Parkinson, Gladstone, MO; 6. #2B
Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK; 7. #71C
Cruz Pedregon, Camarillo, CA.
Heat 9: 1. #69 A.J. Fike, Galesburg, IL;
2. #87C Rich Camfield, Decatur, IL; 3.
#27K Ryan Kaplan, Chico, CA; 4. #47X Scott
Hatton, Roscoe, IL; 5. #5R Rickey
Stenhouse, Jr., Olive Branch, MS; 6. #57
Brian Gard, Kelseyville, CA; 7. Garrett
Hansen, Manhattan Beach, CA.
Heat 10: 1. #35W Gary Wright, Hooks, TX;
2. #48J Jordan Barbee, Tulsa, OK; 3. #55
Tony Everhart, El Cajon, CA; 4. #71X Kenny
Love, Lincoln, NE; 5. #17A Alan Ballard,
Bakersfield, CA; 6. #17B Kenny Brown,
Millstadt, IL DNS - #24E Bill Eslick,
Burleson, TX.
Heat 11: 1. #7M Critter Malone, Speedway,
IN; 2. #7R Josh Wise, Riverside, CA; 3.
#85 Shane Hollingsworth, Indianapolis, IN;
4. #75 Jesse Hockett, Warsaw, MO; 5. #74S
Shane Paris, Muscatine, IA; 6. #19X Tadd
Holliman, Warsaw, MO; 7. #13 Joe Park,
Dallas, TX
D Main (10 Laps) - top 4 to Twin C Mains
D Main: 1. #7D Marc Dailey, Concord, NC;
2. #10W Michelle Decker, Guthrie, OK; 3.
#57C Johnny Cofer, Macdoel, CA. DNS - #13
Joe Park, Dallas, TX; #27A LeRoy VanConett,
Santa Rosa, CA; #24e Bill Eslick,
Burleson, TX.
C Mains (12 Laps) - top 2 to Twin B Mains
First C Main: 1. #5R Ricky Stenhouse,
Olive Branch, MS; 2. #D33 Jeff Davis,
Pittsburg, IL; 3. #7B Joe Boyles,
Greenwood, MO; 4. #2B Brady Bacon, Broken
Arrow, OK; 5. #XX Darrin Bolton, El Dorado
Hills, CA; 6. #6H Alex Coonan, Ransom, IL;
7. #71C Cruz Pedregon, Camarillo, CA; 8.
#17B Kenny Brown, Millstadt, IL; 9. #45AZ
J.T. Imperial, Phoenix, AZ; 10. #00X Pete
Davis, Pleasanton, CA; 11. #74S Shane
Paris, Muscatine, IA; 12. #7D Marc Dailey,
Concord, NC; 13. #3A Bill Allen,
Independence, MO; 14. #42P Chris Pearce,
Broken Arrow, OK; 15. #71X Kenny Love,
Lincoln, NE.
Second C Main: 1. #75 Jesse Hockett,
Warsaw, MO; 2. #2X Danny Stratton,
Fontana, CA; 3. #9T Thomas Meseraull, San
Jose, CA; 4. #28M Travis Miniea,
Indianapolis, IN; 5. #5X Jimmy Light, West
Springfield, PA; 6. #15 Todd Beach,
Donnelsville, OH; 7. #3P Chris Parkinson,
Gladstone, MO; 8. #78 Joey Moughan,
Springfield, IL; 9. #57C Johnny Cofer,
Macdoel, CA; 10. #70 Garrett Hansen,
Manhattan Beach, CA; 11. #56 Ken Dull,
Machesney Park, IL; 12. #10W Michelle
Decker, Guthrie, OK; 13. #57 Brian Gard,
Kelseyville, CA; 14. #61 Lonnie Oliver,
Cortez, CO. DNS - #17A Alan Ballard,
Bakersfield, CA; #19X Tadd Holliman,
Beaver Lake, NE.
B Mains (15 Laps) - top 4 to A Main
First B Main: 1. #5D Gary Taylor,
Snohomish, WA; 2. #14 Matt Westfall,
Ludlow Falls, OH; 3. #5S Shon Deskins,
Glendale, AZ; 4. #27K Ryan Kaplan, Chico,
CA; 5. #4W Edwin Wilson, Tuttle, OK; 6.
#18 Donnie Trent, Honey Brook, PA; 7. #D33
Jeff Davis, Pittsburg, IL; 8. #43X Mike
Smith, Shelbyville, IN; 9. 35X Korey
Weyant, Springfield, IL; 10. #14J Jimmy
Voitel, Covina, CA; 11. #42C Mike
Courtney, Surprise, AZ; 12. #40M Michael
Lewis, Noblesville, IN; 13. #55 Tony
Everhart, El Cajon, CA; 14. #17X Rob
Russell, Fremont, CA; 15. #33A Stephen
Arnold, Seymour, IN; 16. #5R Ricky
Stenhouse, Jr., Olive Branch, MS.
Second B Main: 1. #7M Critter Malone,
Speedway, IN; 2. #1AU Adam Clarke, Black
Hill, New South Wales, Australia; 3. #85
Shane Hollingsworth, Indianapolis, IN; 4.
#47X Scott Hatton, Roscoe, IL; 5. #2X
Danny Stratton, Fontana, CA; 6. #04 Josh
Lakatos, Arroyo Grande, CA; 7. #31X Jason
Howe, Jacksonville, IL; 8. #51 Ryan Durst,
Lincoln, NE; 9. #3M John Wolfe,
Winchester, IN; 10. #75 Jesse Hockett,
Warsaw, MO; 11. #8D Brian Baker, Concord,
CA; 12. #95X Jay Jordan, Lincoln, NE; 13.
#7R Josh Wise, Riverside, CA; 14. #43
Buddy Luebke, Stoughton, WI; 15. #5M Mike
Neher, Monticello, IN; 16. #48J Jordan
Barbee, Tulsa, OK.
A Main (25 Laps) - top 4 transfer to
Saturday A feature; others to Saturday B
& C features
 A
Main: 1. #11 Tracy Hines, Greenfield, IN;
2. #8X Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA; 3. #20S
Tony Stewart, Rushville, IN; 4. #35W Gary
Wright, Hooks, TX; 5. #22M Ray Bull,
Bloomsburg, PA; 6. #87C Rich Camfield,
Decatur, IL; 7. #21AZ Eric Wilkins, El
Mirage, AZ; 8. #39 Tim McCreadie,
Watertown, NY; 9. #67K Kraig Kinser,
Bloomington, IN; 10. #7M Critter Malone,
Speedway, IN; 11. #8P Wally Pankratz,
Orange, CA; 12. #5D Gary Taylor,
Snohomish, WA; 13. #1AU Adam Clarke, Black
Hill, New South Wales, Australia; 14. #14
Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 15. #85
Shane Hollingsworth, Indianapolis, IN; 16.
#26C Glenn Carson, Newark, CA; 17. #27K
Ryan Kaplan, Chico, CA; 18. #75H Bart
Hartman, Zanesville, OH; 19. #5S Shon
Deskins, Glendale, AZ; 20. #4 Michele
Miller, Reading, PA; 21. #69 A.J. Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 22. #55K Steve Knepper,
Belleville, IL; 23. #6 Ryan Hamilton,
Morgantown, IN; 24. #47X Scott Hatton,
Roscoe, IL.
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