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The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour made the trip into LA Raceway and when the checkered flag flew it was Coffeyville, KS wheelman Al Purkey finding himself at the head of the class. Purkey notched his eight win of the 2005 Thunder Tour campaign and in the process solidified his place at the top of the championship standings looking for his fourth series title.
The A Feature rolled off with fan favorites David Turner and Chris Smyser leading the field to the green flag. The original start was quickly slowed as Brandon McCormick found himself pointed the wrong direction going through turns 3 & 4. On the ensuing restart Turner quickly jumped to the front of the pack only to have Smyser pull alongside and make a bid for the top spot. While the front two began a torrid battle Purkey took over the third position on lap three. Turner would find his position in front of Smyser only to find Purkey making it a three way battle for the position with cars running two and three wide searching for the quick line. The caution flew for the machine of Larry Clawson who found himself with a flat left rear tire. On the restart Steve Kosiski made his presence known as he pulled alongside Purkey only to have shoot back around both he and Chris Smyser and into the runner up position. The machine of John Anderson mad a run to the front as he powered his way into the third position and attempt to track down the front runners. Steve Kosiski's night came to any early end and he took his machine to the pits after problems developed on his 52k relegating him to a spot on the sidelines as a spectator. There was fierce action happening all over the track, as the field neared the halfway mark, with Turner, Anderson, and Bodenhamer going three wide looking for the third position. At the time that Purkey entered lapped traffic he had increased his lead over Turner to nearly one-half the front stretch. As Purkey continued to stretch his lead to nearly a half of a lap, John Anderson found himself in a heated battle with Alan Vaughn who had moved his way towards the front from his fifteen starting position. The pair ran side by side with neither driver gaining a clear advantage over the other until Anderson found the bite he needed to grab second. Purkey found himself racing under the checkered flag with nearly 1/2 lap advantage over half a lap over his closest pursuer. Anderson was able to fend off Vaughn for the second spot while David Turner and Jason Bodenhamer complete the top five at the line.
Aaron Seabaugh, Chris Smyser, Purkey, John Anderson, and Turner came home with the five heat race wins on the night. Sonny Findling and David Barker worked their way into the feature via B feature victories. A total of 45 cars signed at the gate for the evenings racing action.
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour makes the trip to the north and Winston Speedway on Saturday night, September 17, to complete the weekends racing action.
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Full Results
LA Raceway
September 16, 2005
Heat 1
1) Aaron Seabaugh, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) Randy McGraw, 4) Dustin Mooneyham, 5) Shorty Acker, 6) Dave Bush, 7) Bob Hiller, 8) Bob Cummings, 9) Tom Cordray
Heat 2
1) Chris Smyser, 2) TJ KuyKendall, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Chad Clark, 5) Richard Weber, 6) Virgil Jeffries, 7) Barney Bauernfeind, 8) Owen Evinger, 9) Jimmy Morris
Heat 3
1) Al Purkey, 2) Brandon McCormick, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) David Barker, 5) Darrell Mooneyham, 6) Danny Atkkinson, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Jake Morris, 9) Steven Clancy
Heat 4
1) John Anderson, 2) Steve Kosiski, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Brett LaFollette, 5) Larry Clawson, 6) Kevin Kaiser, 7) David Gemes, 8) Kenny Bowman, 9) Greg Choate
Heat 5
1) David Turner, 2) Shad Badder, 3) Jeff Schlup, 4) Sonny Findling, 5) Gary Billings, 6) Chad Frewaldt, 7) Charlie Reed, 8) Larry Moon, 9) Clint Long
B Feature #1
1) Sonny Findling, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Darrell Mooneyham, 4) Shorty Acker, 5) Dustin Mooneyham, 6) Tom Cordray, 7) Virgil Jeffries, 8) Mike Danburg, 9) Charlie Reed, 10) Kenny Bowman, 11) Owen Evinger, 12) Bob Hiller, 13) Danny Atkinson, 14) Steven Clancy
B Feature #2
1) David Barker, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) Jake Morris, 4) Kevin Kaiser, 5) Barney Bauernfeind, 6) Gary Billings, 7) Jimmy Morris, 8) Richard Weber, 9) David Gemes, 10) Larry Moon, 11) Dave Bush, 12) Chad Frewaldt, 13) Bob Cummings,
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) John Anderson, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) David Turner, 5) Jason Bodenhamer, 6) Brandon McCormick, 7) Chad Clark, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) TJ KuyKendall, 10) Aaron Seabaugh, 11) Larry Clawson, 12) Brett LaFollette, 13) David Barker, 14) Jeff Schlup, 15) Shad Badder, 16) Darrell Mooneyham, 17) Bryon Allison, 18) Jake Morris, 19) Randy McGraw, 20) Steve Kosiski, 21) Sonny Findling, 22) Chris Smyser
The A Feature rolled off with fan favorites David Turner and Chris Smyser leading the field to the green flag. The original start was quickly slowed as Brandon McCormick found himself pointed the wrong direction going through turns 3 & 4. On the ensuing restart Turner quickly jumped to the front of the pack only to have Smyser pull alongside and make a bid for the top spot. While the front two began a torrid battle Purkey took over the third position on lap three. Turner would find his position in front of Smyser only to find Purkey making it a three way battle for the position with cars running two and three wide searching for the quick line. The caution flew for the machine of Larry Clawson who found himself with a flat left rear tire. On the restart Steve Kosiski made his presence known as he pulled alongside Purkey only to have shoot back around both he and Chris Smyser and into the runner up position. The machine of John Anderson mad a run to the front as he powered his way into the third position and attempt to track down the front runners. Steve Kosiski's night came to any early end and he took his machine to the pits after problems developed on his 52k relegating him to a spot on the sidelines as a spectator. There was fierce action happening all over the track, as the field neared the halfway mark, with Turner, Anderson, and Bodenhamer going three wide looking for the third position. At the time that Purkey entered lapped traffic he had increased his lead over Turner to nearly one-half the front stretch. As Purkey continued to stretch his lead to nearly a half of a lap, John Anderson found himself in a heated battle with Alan Vaughn who had moved his way towards the front from his fifteen starting position. The pair ran side by side with neither driver gaining a clear advantage over the other until Anderson found the bite he needed to grab second. Purkey found himself racing under the checkered flag with nearly 1/2 lap advantage over half a lap over his closest pursuer. Anderson was able to fend off Vaughn for the second spot while David Turner and Jason Bodenhamer complete the top five at the line.
Aaron Seabaugh, Chris Smyser, Purkey, John Anderson, and Turner came home with the five heat race wins on the night. Sonny Findling and David Barker worked their way into the feature via B feature victories. A total of 45 cars signed at the gate for the evenings racing action.
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour makes the trip to the north and Winston Speedway on Saturday night, September 17, to complete the weekends racing action.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling (816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
Please support these sponsors who support O'Reilly MLRA Racing
O'Reilly Auto Parts/Hoosier Race Tires/Hatfield Racing Engines/Larry Shaw Race Cars/GRT Race Cars/AFCO/Driveline Shop/ATL Fuel Cells/Intensitee/Leaf Racewear/Sunoco/Simons Petroleum/Weld Wheels/Chase Race Decals/Gameday Trophy/Bodee's Race Bodies/Smitty's Racing Engines/Duralite Wheels/Holley/Lunati/Rod End Supply/Schoenfeld Headers/Kluhsman Racing Components/Performance Bodies/SportsNutz
Full Results
LA Raceway
September 16, 2005
Heat 1
1) Aaron Seabaugh, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) Randy McGraw, 4) Dustin Mooneyham, 5) Shorty Acker, 6) Dave Bush, 7) Bob Hiller, 8) Bob Cummings, 9) Tom Cordray
Heat 2
1) Chris Smyser, 2) TJ KuyKendall, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Chad Clark, 5) Richard Weber, 6) Virgil Jeffries, 7) Barney Bauernfeind, 8) Owen Evinger, 9) Jimmy Morris
Heat 3
1) Al Purkey, 2) Brandon McCormick, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) David Barker, 5) Darrell Mooneyham, 6) Danny Atkkinson, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Jake Morris, 9) Steven Clancy
Heat 4
1) John Anderson, 2) Steve Kosiski, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Brett LaFollette, 5) Larry Clawson, 6) Kevin Kaiser, 7) David Gemes, 8) Kenny Bowman, 9) Greg Choate
Heat 5
1) David Turner, 2) Shad Badder, 3) Jeff Schlup, 4) Sonny Findling, 5) Gary Billings, 6) Chad Frewaldt, 7) Charlie Reed, 8) Larry Moon, 9) Clint Long
B Feature #1
1) Sonny Findling, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Darrell Mooneyham, 4) Shorty Acker, 5) Dustin Mooneyham, 6) Tom Cordray, 7) Virgil Jeffries, 8) Mike Danburg, 9) Charlie Reed, 10) Kenny Bowman, 11) Owen Evinger, 12) Bob Hiller, 13) Danny Atkinson, 14) Steven Clancy
B Feature #2
1) David Barker, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) Jake Morris, 4) Kevin Kaiser, 5) Barney Bauernfeind, 6) Gary Billings, 7) Jimmy Morris, 8) Richard Weber, 9) David Gemes, 10) Larry Moon, 11) Dave Bush, 12) Chad Frewaldt, 13) Bob Cummings,
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) John Anderson, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) David Turner, 5) Jason Bodenhamer, 6) Brandon McCormick, 7) Chad Clark, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) TJ KuyKendall, 10) Aaron Seabaugh, 11) Larry Clawson, 12) Brett LaFollette, 13) David Barker, 14) Jeff Schlup, 15) Shad Badder, 16) Darrell Mooneyham, 17) Bryon Allison, 18) Jake Morris, 19) Randy McGraw, 20) Steve Kosiski, 21) Sonny Findling, 22) Chris Smyser
Nice car count......