By John Rittenoure
Meeker, Ok (March 30, 2012) - Mike Goodman started on the pole but had to out duel outside front row starter Fred Mattox along the way to capture the win in the Champ Sprint feature during the season opening Spring Nationals at Brill's Motor Speedway.
After a pair of lap one restarts Mattox jumped out front but just before halfway Goodman closed in and shot under Mattox in turn four to take away the lead. Mattox remained in second with Sean McClelland right behind in third.
The race went red on the start when Whit Gastineau got sideway at the start-finish line collecting Strike Hill and Danny Smith. The rear of Gastineau's sprinter was up in the air with the right rear tire lodged in the catch fence. Smith was turned sideways on the track with Hill's car up on the hood of Smiths car. All three cars were towed to the pits and did nog restart.
Just a lap after the restart the race was stopped again when Josh Toho flipped in turn one. Following the second restart the race only saw two more yellows for spins.
Greg Burt turned back defending track champion Chad Davis to win the modified feature.
Champ Sprint
HEAT 1 1, Fred Mattox. 2, Strike Hill. 3, Whit Gastineau. 4, Kyle Cobb. 5, Brandon James. 6, Drew Harless. 7, Jeff Garnett.
HEAT 21, Mike Goodman. 2, Robert Sellers. 3, Brent Swift. 4, Jimmy Taylor. 5, Travis Cobb. 6, Josh Toho. 7, Rob Hooper.
HEAT 3 1, Sean McClelland. 2, Jeremy Allen. 3, Kyle Clark. 4, Danny Smith. 5, Brandon Jennings. 6, Beau Gastineau.
A FEATURE 1, Mike Goodman. 2, Fred Mattox. 3, Sean McClelland. 4, Kyle Cobb. 5, Travis Cobb. 6, Kyle Clark. 7, Beau Gastineau. 8, Brandon Jennings. 9, Brandon James. 10, Drew Harless. 11, Rob Hooper. 12, Robert Sellers. 13, Jeff Garnett. 14, Brent Swift. 15, Josh Toho. 16, Strike Hill. 17, Jeremy Allen. 18, Whit Gastineau. 19, Danny Smith. 20, Jimmy Taylor.
Modified
HEAT 1 1, Chad Davis. 2, Brandon Smith. 3, Colt Goodman. 4, Chris Spencer. (DNS). 5, Austin McSperitt. (DNS).
HEAT 2 1, Greg Burt. 2, Chad Miller. 3, James Esmond. 4, Tommy Kirk. 5, Doug Bragg.
A FEATURE 1, Greg Burt. 2, Chad Davis. 3, Colt Goodman. 4, Doug Bragg. 5, Brandon Smith. 6, James Esmond. 7, Chad Miller. 8, Tommy Kirk. 9, Chris Spencer. 10, Austin McSperitt. (DNS).
E-Modified
HEAT 1 1, Chris Wilhite. 2, Robert Elliott. 3, Steve Robinson. 4, Leroy Burger. 5, Vickie Cummings. 6, Mark Harrison. (DNS).
HEAT 2 1, Glenn Wiley. 2, Kyle Stevens. 3, Don Chesser. 4, Stephen Grimes. 5, Kyle Choate. 6, Rick Cowan. (DNS).
HEAT 3 1, Darrell Thompson. 2, Chase Walker. 3, Brandon Cross. 4, Larry McBride. 5, Chris Balthrop. 6, Eric Brooks.
A FEATURE 1, Robert Elliott. 2, Chris Wilhite. 3, Glenn Wiley. 4, Darrell Thompson. 5, Chase Walker. 6, Kyle Stevens. 7, Larry McBride. 8, Don Chesser. 9, Chris Balthrop. 10, Kyle Choate. 11, Brandon Cross. 12, Leroy Burger. 13, Stephen Grimes. 14, Eric Brooks. 15, Vickie Cummings. 16, Mark Harrison. 17, Steve Robinson. 18, Rick Cowan. (DNS).
E-Sprint
HEAT 1 1, Gil White. 2, Cody Brewer. 3, David Mcduffee. 4, Dwayne Forsgren.
HEAT 2 1, Colton Brewer. 2, James Fabian. 3, Paul Johnson. 4, Dan Schnackenberg.
A FEATURE 1, Gil White. 2, Colton Brewer. 3, James Fabian. 4, Paul Johnson. 5, Dwayne Forsgren. 6, David Mcduffee. 7, Cody Brewer. 8, Dan Schnackenberg.
ProStreet
HEAT 1 1, Chad Weber. 2, Gary Hunt. 3, Terry Stauffer. 4, Johnny Reed, Jr.. 5, Jeff Weller. (DNS).
HEAT 2 1, Brian Wolfe. 2, David Smith. 3, Jon Lehew. 4, Scott Smith. 5, Josh Jeffries. (DNS).
A FEATURE 1, Johnny Reed, Jr.. 2, Brian Wolfe. 3, Chad Weber. 4, Gary Hunt. 5, Jon Lehew. 6, Scott Smith. 7, Jeff Weller. (DNS). 8, David Smith. (DNS). 9, Josh Jeffries. (DNS). 10, Terry Stauffer. (DNS).
Mini Stock
HEAT 1 1, Phil Vickers. 2, Dillan Randall.
A FEATURE 1, Dillan Randall. 2, Phil Vickers.
- Terry Mattox on Mar 31, 2012
- Article Date: 3/31/2012 by John Rittenoure