2002 Chili Bowl - Wednesday, January 9
Results at end of story
Heat Races #1, #2, #3,
#4, #5, #6, #7, #8,
#9
C Main; B Mains:
#1, #2 --- A Feature
Doty
Takes First Prelim Victory
Tulsa, OK (Jan. 9, 2002) - Saying
the top groove was going to be ``tricky’’ Chili Bowl veteran Kevin Doty
decided to run the low side of the Tulsa Expo Raceway on Wednesday night and
it paid off with a victory on the first qualifying night of the 16th Annual
O’Reilly Chili Bowl Midget Nationals.
Doty, who started fifth, battled throughout the 25-lap main event with
Kasey Kahne, one of racing’s top young stars. On a Lap 17 restart Doty
took the lead for good driving under Kahne in Turn 2 to secure his third
preliminary feature in a Chili Bowl career that spans much of the event’s
history. Doty, of Burlington, Iowa, was driving the No. 12 Wilke PAK
Motorsports/Kwik Change Products Stealth, powered by a SESCO Mopar.
Kahne finished second, with Greg Lueckert, of Kansas City, MO, finished
third and Chad Farmer drove from 11th to fourth. Doty, Kahne, Lueckert and
Farmer are locked into Saturday night’s 50-lap championship Main event.
``We were setting up for the bottom or the top, I could get an
excellent start on both,’’ said Doty, who has started 12 of the 15
Chili Bowl championship main events since 1987. ``I figured would stay
down (on the bottom) and see what happens. I kept picking them guys off.’’
Because of the added night of qualifying, though, the four drivers’
positions are not determined. The three preliminary winners will draw to
determine their starting position on Saturday, while the other three will
also draw.
Doty drove from fifth to first on the low side to lead the first two
laps, but Kahne took the lead for the first time on lap 3, which was the first of six lead
changes the two had throughout the event. Kahne led laps 3 and 4,
but Doty took the lead on a Lap 5 restart as Kahne regained it one lap
later.
The race’s third caution came out on Lap 7 when outside pole starter
Bud Kaeding jumped the berm in Turn 3 and did not restart the race. On the
restart, Kahne regained the lead and stayed on the high side of the race
track while Doty remained on the low side. Kahne held the lead until Lap
15, when Doty took the lead inside of Turn 2 when Kahne jumped the
cushion.
``I was kind of struggling with the cushion and it was a pretty hard
cushion,’’ said Kahne. ``A few times I got my right rear up there and
it pulled my front end over. I was thinking the top was the place to be,
so I just stayed there.’’
One lap later, Kahne drove around Doty on the outside of Turn 4 to
retake the lead. But on Lap 17, Floyd Alvis spun in Turn 3, bringing out
the race’s fifth caution. On the ensuing restart, Davey Ray, who was
running fifth, jumped the cushion in Turn 1 and spun out, slowing the
field again.
When the race resumed, Doty stayed on the low side and Kahne the high
side, and Doty powered by Kahne coming out of Turn 2 for the final lead
change of the race on Lap 17. Doty stayed on the low side the rest of the
race, while Kahne remained high with Greg Lueckert remaining in the hunt
trying to find a way around Kahne.
Lueckert hung on for third, while Farmer held off Richard Griffin, who
started ninth. Griffin finished fifth, with A.J. Fike coming from 17th to
take sixth.
Four-time Chili Bowl champion Sammy Swindell moved into the top four on
Lap 20, but on Lap 21 Swindell and Griffin made contact and Swindell
stopped on the front stretch. He did not restart the race.
Wednesday Night News and Notes
B Main action … In the first B Main, A.J. Fike and Gary
Wright battled for the lead throughout the 15-lap event. On Lap 13, Fike
took the lead for good when he passed Wright on the outside of Turn 2. Sammy
Swindell took the third and final transfer spot on Lap 14 after starting
12th.
In the second B Main, Davey Ray drove around Matthew Neely on Lap 9 and
led the rest of the race. Aaron Kirk finished third, outracing Joe Boyles
at the end. On Lap 7, Mike Hess, Kirk and Ray were battled for third, but
Hess ended up on the outside looking in and spun in Turn 3, taking him out
of contention.
C Main action ... Scott Sawyer, of Broken Arrow, OK, took the
lead from the pole on the first lap and led all 12 laps of the race. Johnny
Miller took second, with Chris Wagner third and Jeff Parga taking fourth.
Heat race action …
In the first heat, Greg Lueckert drives from fourth to first, passing
pole starter Gary Wright on the first lap. Wright and Lueckert battle
throughout the race, with Lueckert taking the victory and Wright finishing
second.
In the second heat, Bryan Stanfill and A.J. Fike battled for the last
half of the race and swapped the lead several times. But on Lap 10, Fike
jumped the cushion in Turn 2 and spun out and Stanfill took the victory.
Kasey Kahne took the lead from pole starter Matthew Rossi on the ninth
lap to win the third heat race.
Don Lehmann led all 10 laps of the fourth heat race, with Richard
Griffin taking second and Floyd Alvis third.
In the fifth heat race, Bud Kaeding drove from fifth to first in five
laps. Kaeding passed Mike Leslie for the lead on Lap 5.
Kevin Doty led all 10 laps from the front row of the sixth heat race.
In the seventh heat race, Ron Gregory drove to the inside of pole
starter Kenny Brown and took the lead on Lap 3 and led the rest of the
10-lap event.
Wally Pankratz led all 10 laps from outside the front row of the eighth
heat, but edged Robert Marfia for the victory on the final lap.
In the ninth heat race, Randy Nigg led all 10 laps from the pole, as
A.J. Anderson edged John Wolfe for second on the final lap.
Results for heat races (10 laps) Wednesday
night
(top 14 in passing points to A; next 28 to two B mains; rest to C
main)
Heat 1: 1. #01, Greg Lueckert, Kansas City, MO; 2. #24, Gary
Wright, Hooks, TX; 3. #16F, Chad Farmer, Colorado Springs, CO; 4. #7B, Joe
Boyles, Greenwood, MO; 5. #91AZ, Preston Norbury, Prescott Valley, AZ; 6.
#75S, Fred Schell, Phoenixville, PA; 7. #11X, David Bridges, Speedway, IN
Heat 2: 1. #8B, Bryan Stanfill,
Bakerfield, CA; 2. #17N, Mathew Neely, Robison, IL; 3. #12B, Chris Urish,
Elkhart, IL; 4. #3Q, Lee Walther, Oklahoma City, OK; 5. #69, A.J. Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 6. #51T, Don Trent, Honeybrook, PA; 7. #43, Kevin Arnold,
Franklin, IN
Heat 3: 1. #51, Kasey Kahne,
Enumclaw, WA; 2. #44, Matthew Rossi, Phoenix, AZ; 3. #51H, Mike Hess,
Petersburg, IL; 4. #85, Michael Lewis, Fishers, IN; 5. #7M, Tim McVay, Blue
Springs, MO; 6. #78C, David Camfield, Sr, Maroa, IL; 7. #27, Jon Foster,
Marion, IL
Heat 4: 1. #31, Don Lehmann,
Springfield, IL; 2. #67, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM; 3. #18, Floyd
Alvis, San Carlos, CA; 4. #10W, Stephanie Chappell, Talala, OK; 5. #29,
Scott Sawyer, Broken Arrow, OK; 6. #37, Johnny Miller, Burleson, TX
Heat 5: 1. #29K, Bud Kaeding, Campbell,
CA; 2. #71L, Mike Leslie, Peoria, AZ; 3. #25B, Teddy Beach, Donnelsville,
OH; 4. #15, Tim Siner, Dupo, IL; 5. #0, Johnny Murdock, Kaufman, TX; 6.
#42P, Chris Pearce, Broken Arrow, OK
Heat 6: 1. #12, Kevin Doty, Milan,
IL; 2. #21K, Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, IN; 3. #45, Aaron Kirk, Conroe, TX; 4.
#99M, Mike Miller, Wapakoneta, OH; 5. #33A, Stephen Arnold, Seymour, IN; 6.
#19, Chris Wagner, Colorado Springs, CO
Heat 7: 1. #22, Ron Gregory,
Noblesville, IN; 2. #17B, Kenny Brown, Millstadt, IL; 3. #2R, Davey Ray,
Davenport, IA; 4. #10G, Bill Baue, Indianapolis, IN; 5. #6, Jeff Parga,
Glenarm, IL; 6. #4, Toby Alfrey, Miamisburg, OH
Heat 8: 1. #1P, Wally Pankratz,
Orange, CA; 2. #6M, Robert Marfia, Jr., Rio Rancho, NM; 3. #26, Glenn
Carson, Newark, CA; 4. #1, Sammy Swindell, Germantown, TN; 5. #3W, Brandon
Waelti, Sun Prairie, WI; 6. #11J, Todd Jackson, Independence, MO
Heat 9: 1. #67N, Randy Nigg, Colorado Springs,
CO; 2. #5, A.J. Anderson, State Line, IN; 3. #3M, John Wolfe, Winchester, IN; 4.
#19, Chris Wagner, Colorado Springs, CO; 5. #41, Tyce Carlson, Indianapolis, IN;
6. #13, Benny Taylor, Inola, OK
1 C Main (12 laps) - Top 4 transfer to twin B mains
C Main: 1. #29, Scott Sawyer, Broken
Arrow, OK; 2. #37, Johnny Miller, Burleson, TX; 3. #19, Chris Wagner,
Colorado Springs, CO; 4. #6, Jeff Parga, Glenarm, IL; 5. #11X, David
Bridges, Speedway, IN; 6. #42P, Chris Pearce, Broken Arrow, OK; 7. #78C,
David Camfield, Sr, Maroa, IL; 8. #43, Kevin Arnold, Franklin, IN; 9. #75S,
Fred Schell, Phoenixville, PA; 10. #27, Jon Foster, Marion, IL; 11. #0,
Johnny Murdock, Kaufman, TX; 12. #4, Toby Alfrey, Miamisburg, OH; 13. #11J,
Todd Jackson, Independence, MO; Did not start - #51T, Don Trent, Honeybrook,
PA; Did not start - #13, Benny Taylor, Inola, OK
2 B Mains (15 laps) - Top 3 transfer to A Feature
1st B Main: 1. #69, A.J. Fike,
Galesburg, IL; 2. #24, Gary Wright, Hooks, TX; 3. #1, Sammy Swindell,
Germantown, TN; 4. #5, A.J. Anderson, State Line, IN; 5. #15, Tim Siner,
Dupo, IL; 6. #19S, Ronnie Day, Salinas, CA; 7. #3W, Brandon Waelti, Sun
Prairie, WI; 8. #29, Scott Sawyer, Broken Arrow, OK; 9. #91AZ, Preston
Norbury, Prescott Valley, AZ; 10. #12B, Chris Urish, Elkhart, IL; 11. #19,
Chris Wagner, Colorado Springs, CO; 12. #21K, Kurt Mayhew, Demotte, IN; 13.
#25B, Teddy Beach, Donnelsville, OH; 14. #10G, Bill Baue, Indianapolis, IN;
15. #85, Michael Lewis, Fishers, IN; 16. #6M, Robert Marfia, Jr., Rio
Rancho, NM
2nd B Main: 1. #2R, Davey Ray,
Davenport, IA; 2. #17N, Mathew Neely, Robison, IL; 3. #45, Aaron Kirk,
Conroe, TX; 4. #7B, Joe Boyles, Greenwood, MO; 5. #26, Glenn Carson, Newark,
CA; 6. #17B, Kenny Brown, Millstadt, IL; 7. #44, Matthew Rossi, Phoenix, AZ;
8. #7M, Tim McVay, Blue Springs, MO; 9. #10W, Stephanie Chappell, Talala,
OK; 10. #33A, Stephen Arnold, Seymour, IN; 11. #6, Jeff Parga, Glenarm, IL;
12. #41, Tyce Carlson, Indianapolis, IN; 13. #3Q, Lee Walther, Oklahoma
City, OK; 14. #99M, Mike Miller, Wapakoneta, OH; 15. #51H, Mike Hess,
Petersburg, IL; 16. #37, Johnny Miller, Burleson, TX
A Feature (25 laps) - top 4 transfer to Saturday A
Feature, rest to Saturday B & C Features
A Feature: 1. #12, Kevin Doty, Milan, IL; 2. #51, Kasey Kahne,
Enumclaw, WA; 3. #01, Greg Lueckert, Kansas City, MO; 4. #16F, Chad Farmer,
Colorado Springs, CO; 5. #67, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM; 6. #69, A.J.
Fike, Galesburg, IL; 7. #3M, John Wolfe, Winchester, IN; 8. #2R, Davey Ray,
Davenport, IA; 9. #67N, Randy Nigg, Colorado Springs, CO; 10. #71L, Mike
Leslie, Peoria, AZ; 11. #1P, Wally Pankratz, Orange, CA; 12. #45, Aaron
Kirk, Conroe, TX; 13. #22, Ron Gregory, Noblesville, IN; 14. #18, Floyd
Alvis, San Carlos, CA; 15. #31, Don Lehmann, Springfield, IL; 16. #1, Sammy
Swindell, Germantown, TN; 17. #8B, Bryan Stanfill, Bakerfield, CA; 18. #17N,
Mathew Neely, Robison, IL; 19. #29K, Bud Kaeding, Campbell, CA; 20. #24,
Gary Wright, Hooks, TX
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