John Puckett Earns First Ever Four Cylinder Feature Win at Richmond Raceway Sept. 3!

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The “Scottsburg Express” Charges to Stars & Stripes 40 Win at Richmond Raceway!

RICHMOND, KY (September 3, 2011)-The STARS Midwest Dirt Racing League and STARS Volunteer Racing Series collided at Joey and Tiffany Tackett’s Richmond Raceway for the first and only time during the 2011 season. Mike Jewell of Scottsburg, IN survived an eventful night of racing to score his first feature win at Richmond Raceway under the Tackett promotion.

The event would start single-file after three aborted starts due to accidents. Volunteer Racing Series point’s leader Ross White of Knoxville, TN grabbed the initial race lead with Mike Jewell and Tyrel Todd in hot pursuit. Jewell worked passed White for the lead on lap five and by lap ten Jewell and Todd had settled into a nice battle for the race lead. Todd took over the top spot on lap 11 just before another caution waved to slow the action. Back underway, Todd and Jewell continued to battle side-by-side for the lead; with Jewell securing the top spot once again as the field saw the halfway signal. Jewell survived four more caution periods in the final half of the 40-lap main event to score the $3,000 payday aboard his Southern Indiana Rock Drilling, MPC Motorsports, Morgan Foods, Rick Julian Towing sponsored #9 MasterSbilt Race Car powered by a Cornett Racing Engine. Todd finished second while Aaron Hatton recovered from a spin on the first attempted start of the event to race his way from the rear of the field to finish third. Jason Barrett and Timmy Yeager completed the top five.

Josh Lucas of Bardstown, KY led all 20 laps of the $800 to win Open Wheel Modified feature for his third victory this season at Richmond Raceway. Trent Green, Bartley Grant, Gary Ward, and Chris Johnson completed the top five.

The “Estill Rocket” Ricky Brandenburg of Irvine, KY clinched his first feature win this season in the Sportsman over Jeremy Howard and Eddie Stewart. Rookie driver Chance Roberson of Lexington, KY earned an impressive fourth place while Anthony Standifer rounded out the top five.

Glen Hounshell, Sr. of Berea, KY rolled to another Road Hog feature victory. John Mandigo finished second, Paul Osborne third, Wayne Duvall fourth, and Shawn Grimes fifth.

John Puckett of Irvine, KY scored his first event Four Cylinder feature win over track championship point’s leader Nathaniel Harrison. Jayson Henderson finished third while Colton Thornsburg and Jerry Jolly completed the top five.

Official Summary of Results
Richmond Raceway-Richmond,KY-September 3, 2011

STARS MDRL/STARS VRS Super Late Models (23 Entries)
Top Qualifier-Aaron Hatton-15.108 seconds
Heat #1-Aaron Hatton, Time Tungate, Jeff Watson, Michael Chilton, Timmy Yeager, Tommy Carlton, Donald Barrett, James Smith
Heat #2-Ross White, Bobby Carrier, Jr., Jason Barrett, Jimmy Robinson, Buzz Williams, Anthony Reams, Doug Smith, Clint Vaughn
Heat #3-Mike Jewell, Tyrel Todd, Joey Daniel, Dennis Roberson, Terry Tomlison, Russ Gabbert, Mick Sansom
Stars & Stripes 40 A-Main-Mike Jewell, Tyrel Todd, Aaron Hatton, Jason Barrett, Timmy Yeager, Dennis Roberson, Ross White, Jimmy Robinson, Russ Gabbert, Donald Barrett, Tim Tungate, Terry Tomlison, Buzz Williams, Tommy Carlton, Mick Sansom, Doug Smith, Clint Vaughn, Anthony Reams, Jeff Watson, Michael Chilton, Bobby Carrier, Jr., Joey Daniel(DQ)
A-Main Hard Charger-Russ Gabbert (advanced nine positions)

Open Wheel Modifieds (23 Entries)
Top Qualifier-Josh Lucas-16.591 seconds
Heat #1-Josh Lucas, Gary Ward, Logan Preston, Corey Denny, Stacey Satterfield, Matthew Colston, Jeff Richards, Mark Deatherage
Heat #2-Russ Gabbert, Bartley Grant, Brandon Flannary, Michael Ward, Ben Petrey, Jared Reams, A.J. Reams, Zack Powers
Heat #3-Trent Green, Chris Johnson, David Adams, Travis Preston, Chad Barrett, Nathan Sweat, Brent Denny
Consi-Matthew Colston, Brent Denny, Jeff Richards, A.J. Reams, Jared Reams, Zack Powers, Nathan Sweat(DNS), Mark Deatherage(DNS)
Feature-Josh Lucas, Trent Green, Bartley Grant, Gary Ward, Chris Johnson, Russ Gabbert, Brandon Flannary, Michael Ward, Corey Denny, Brent Denny, Ben Petrey, Stacey Satterfield, David Adams, A.J. Reams, Jeff Richards, Logan Preston, Chad Barrett, Matthew Colston, Travis Preston

Sportsman (15 Entries)
Heat #1-Ricky Brandenburg, Glen Hounshell, Jr., Jeff Farmer, Ed Murray, John Cole, Allen Hackworth, Jr., Richard Taylor, Jeremy Stuart(DNS)
Heat #2-Jeremy Howard, Eddie Stuart, Anthony Standifer, Chance Roberson, Jason West, Daniel Howard, Randy Jones(DNS)
Feature-Ricky Brandenburg, Jeremy Howard, Eddie Stuart, Chance Roberson, Anthony Standifer, Jason West, Ed Murray, Jeff Farmer, John Cole, Daniel Howard, Richard Taylor, Glen Hounshell, Jr.(DQ), Allen Hackworth, Jr.,(DNS), Randy Jones(DNS), Jeremy Stuart(DNS)

Road Hogs (13 Entries)
Heat #1-Glen Hounshell, Sr., Paul Osborne, John Mandigo, Donnie Samples, Billy Saylor, Matt Ginter, Glen Saylor(DNS)
Heat #2-Johnny King, Shawn Grimes, Trae Soper, Martin Stacey, Wayne Duvall, Brandon Tussey
Feature-Glen Hounshell, Sr., John Mandigo, Paul Osborne, Wayne Duvall, Shawn Grimes, Donnie Samples, Martin Stacey, Matt Ginter, Trae Soper, Johnny King, Glen Saylor, Brandon Tussey, Billy Saylor(DNS)

Four Cylinders (8 Entries)
Feature-John Puckett, Nathaniel Harrison, Jayson Henderson, Colton Thornsburg, Jerry Jolly, Randall Dunn, Tim Osborne, Dylan Spivey