South Buxton Raceway Saturday Night September 29th had 34Late Model Dirt cars from Ontario,Michigan,Ohio,Indiana and
Wisconsin attempted to qualify for 22 spots to win the win purse
of $5000.00 U.S. of the $20,000.00 (U.S.) Castrol Late Model Shootout.And race they did for the 4000 fans that were in attendence.First there was time trials and Andrew Reaume from
Blenheim Ontario won the time trial segment in 15.59 Seconds as 11 cars ran under 16.00 Seconds on the 3/8 mile D shaped track.Heat race winners were race #1 Andew Reaume, race #2 Rusty Schlenk ( Jackson Michigan ) race #3 Jayme Zidar (Greenfield Wisconsin ) In the B Main race Kirk Hooker,Chatham
Ontario won the 15 Lap last chance to qualify race with a big pass of 3 cars on the inside on lap 9 of the race.
In the 35 Lap Castrol Late Model Shootout race it was #4 Joe Fields ( Chatham Ontario) who led the first 20 laps until he was involved in an accident on the back stretch.On lap 21 #49 Brian Ruhlman ( Clarke Lake Michigan ) took the lead as was being closely followed by Rusty Schlenk & Jayme Zidar and the rest of the field.On lap 29 Schlenk made a big move on the front stretch
to pass Ruhlman and then led the rest of the way.Of the 22 cars that started 16 finished and 14 were on the lead lap.
Results- Time trials
1) 88 Andrew Reaume -Blenheim Ontario- 15.59
2) 91 Rusty Schlenk - Jackson Michigan- 15.69
3) 92 Jayme Zidar- Greenfield Wisconsin 15.75
4) 4 Joe Fields Chatham Ontario 15.76
5)WD 40 Dusty Moore Swanton Ohio 15.79
6)03P- John Pinsonneault Thamesville Ontario 15.84
7)49 Brian Ruhlman Clark Lake Michigan 15.87
8) 1A Brad Authier Chatham Ontario 15.91
9) 3 Rick Delong Whitehills Ohio 15.97
10) 18R Chris Ross Chatham Ontario 15.97
11) 60G Dale Glassford Blenheim Ontario 15.90
12) 77 Brett Reaume Blenheim Ontario 16.00
13) 10C Tyler Boggs Warsaw Indiana 16.00
14) 63 Donny Roberts Gladwin Michigan 16.06
15) 6M Don Marcoullier Jr. Houghton Lake Michigan 16.06
16) 28 Sam Epling perry Michigan 16.07
17) 00 Jim Dale Jr. Shrewsbury Ontario 16.44
18) 38 Kirk Hooker Chatham Ontario 16.47
19) 60 Don Marcoullier Sr Houghton Lake Michigan 16.47
20) 34 Jim Jones Chatham Ontario 16.56
21) 25 Chuck Hummer Ottawa Lake Michigan 16.60
22) 117 Kevin Reeve Hanover Michigan 16.62
23) 09 Brock Crogswell Davisberg Michigan 16.63
24) 99 Dan Smoulders Merlin Ontario 16.66
25) 55 Clayton Smith Windsor Ontario 16.91
26) RH94 Jason Haskell Chatham Ontario 17.00
27) RH21 Greg Haskell Chatham Ontario 17.12
28)11 Justin Coulter Leamington Ontario 17.35
29) 05 Mike Lewis Wallaceburg Ontario 17.53
30) 44 Tom Hazlett Blenheim 17.53
31)13x John Vanderunden Paincourt Ontario 17.60
32) 9 Randy Jackson Chatham Ontario 17.68
33) 33 Don Gordon Chatham Ontario 18.28
34) 35 Ron Miller Lambertville Michigan No Time
Feature
Pos. Started
1) 7 91 Rusty Schlenk Jackson Michigan 35 Laps
2) 3 49 Brian Ruhlman Clark Michigan 35 Laps
3) 6 9z Jayme Zidar Greenfield Wisconsin 35 Laps
4) 4 WD40 Dusty Moore Swanton Ohio 35 Laps
5) 8 88 Andrew Reaume Blenheim Ontario 35 Laps
6) 1 3 Rick Delong Whitehills Ohio 35 Laps
7) 12 6m Don Marcoullier Jr. Houghton Lake Michigan 35
8) 5 1A Brad Authier Chatham Ontario 35 Laps
9) 14 60G Dale Glassford Blenheim Ontario 35 Laps
10) 10 10c Tyler Boggs Warsaw Indiana 35 Laps
11) 15 18r Chris Ross Chatham Ontario 35 Laps
12) 11 63 Donny Roberts Glanwin Michigan 35 Laps
13) 16 38 Kirk Hooker Chatham Ontario 35 Laps
14) 13 03P John Pinsonneault Thamesville Ontario 35 Laps
15) 22 25 Chuck Hummer Ottawa Lake Michigan 34 Laps
16) 19 55 Clayton Smith Windsor Ontario 30 Laps
17) 17 117 Kevin Reeve Hanover Michigan 22 Laps N/F
18) 2 4 Joe Fields Chatham Ontario 20 Laps N/F
19) 18 60 Don Marcoullier Sr. Houghton Lake Michigan N/F
20) 21 28 Sam Epling Perry Michigan N/F
21) 20 00 Jim Dale Jr. Schrewsbury Ontario N/F
22) 9 77 Brett Reaume Blenheim Ontario N/F
Lap Leaders
#4 Joe Fields 1-20
#49 Brian Ruhlman 21-28
#91 Rusty Schlenk 29-35
Cautions 4
Dash for cash winner Andrew Reaume
Time Trial winner Andrew Reaume
B Main Winner (15 Laps ) Kirk Hooker
Heat Top 3
Heat 1- A. Reaume ,B. Authier, J Fields
Heat 2- R. Schlenk,D Moore,R. Delong
Heat3 -J, Zidar,B. Ruhlman,B Reaume
I'm sorry I missed that one.
