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John started 6th and finished 4th in the pole dash. He will be starting 2nd row outside for the A main tonight.
John finished 6th in the A main.
Phillips fends off Arpin in Modified finale
Missouri's Terry Phillips and Canadian Steve Arpin put on a classic battle throughout the 40-lap Modified Championship finale. Arpin got out front early, but gave way to Phillips on lap 7. Arpin used lap traffic near the midway point to get the lead back for one lap until Phillips re-assumed the point. On the final lap Phillips had to dodge a lapped car giving Arpin one last run at him coming to the checkers. Phillips eked out the win by a mere car length at the line.
Arpin beat Phillips into turn 1 at the start of the 26-car, $3000 to win, Modified main event. Phillips fell in line second, with William Gould third. As the top five sorted out single file, John Allen and Jason Armstrong battled side by side for sixth. Arpin had Phillips on his bumper as they eased away from Gould. With nearly everyone on the bottom grove, Chad Wheeler was using the high side to get along side Tate Cole and Rodney Sanders.
Phillips took his first look for he lead on lap 10 and finally got beside Arpin on lap 11. After a brief wheel to wheel battle, Phillips took over the point on lap 12. Arpin then moved to the top looking for a way to get the lead back. The lead duo caught traffic on lap 15, with Arpin pinning Phillips behind a slower car to get the top spot back on lap 16.
Phillips was able to get the nose back under Arpin on lap 17, retaking the lead on lap 18. Phillips and Arpin were still side by side on lap 18 as they were forced to go three wide around a lapped car. At the crossed flags it was Phillips beginning to creep away, Arpin, Gould, Tommy Meyer and Timothy Culp in the top five.
With Phillips increasing his margin, Gould began reeling in Arpin for second catching him on lap 26. Arpin was able to regain some space as the two worked lapped traffic, but Gould closed the gap once clear on lap 32. With five laps to go, Phillips had a 1/4 straightaway lead over Arpin and Gould, who held gap to Meyer.
Phillips again had slower cars become rolling road blocks with two to go. This gave Arpin the opportunity to sneak back in, with Gould in tow. As the white flag waved Arpin was there, along with Gould and a rapidly closing Meyer. Coming out of turn 4 Phillips had to move high to avoid a lapped car. Arpin gave it the ol' college try coming to the line, but fell a car length short as Phillips in the Andy's Frozen Custard, Don Babb Motorsports, Hatfield Racing Engines, Integra Shocks, Simpson, GRT Chassis, was taking the victory.
Missouri's Terry Phillips and Canadian Steve Arpin put on a classic battle throughout the 40-lap Modified Championship finale. Arpin got out front early, but gave way to Phillips on lap 7. Arpin used lap traffic near the midway point to get the lead back for one lap until Phillips re-assumed the point. On the final lap Phillips had to dodge a lapped car giving Arpin one last run at him coming to the checkers. Phillips eked out the win by a mere car length at the line.
Arpin beat Phillips into turn 1 at the start of the 26-car, $3000 to win, Modified main event. Phillips fell in line second, with William Gould third. As the top five sorted out single file, John Allen and Jason Armstrong battled side by side for sixth. Arpin had Phillips on his bumper as they eased away from Gould. With nearly everyone on the bottom grove, Chad Wheeler was using the high side to get along side Tate Cole and Rodney Sanders.
Phillips took his first look for he lead on lap 10 and finally got beside Arpin on lap 11. After a brief wheel to wheel battle, Phillips took over the point on lap 12. Arpin then moved to the top looking for a way to get the lead back. The lead duo caught traffic on lap 15, with Arpin pinning Phillips behind a slower car to get the top spot back on lap 16.
Phillips was able to get the nose back under Arpin on lap 17, retaking the lead on lap 18. Phillips and Arpin were still side by side on lap 18 as they were forced to go three wide around a lapped car. At the crossed flags it was Phillips beginning to creep away, Arpin, Gould, Tommy Meyer and Timothy Culp in the top five.
With Phillips increasing his margin, Gould began reeling in Arpin for second catching him on lap 26. Arpin was able to regain some space as the two worked lapped traffic, but Gould closed the gap once clear on lap 32. With five laps to go, Phillips had a 1/4 straightaway lead over Arpin and Gould, who held gap to Meyer.
Phillips again had slower cars become rolling road blocks with two to go. This gave Arpin the opportunity to sneak back in, with Gould in tow. As the white flag waved Arpin was there, along with Gould and a rapidly closing Meyer. Coming out of turn 4 Phillips had to move high to avoid a lapped car. Arpin gave it the ol' college try coming to the line, but fell a car length short as Phillips in the Andy's Frozen Custard, Don Babb Motorsports, Hatfield Racing Engines, Integra Shocks, Simpson, GRT Chassis, was taking the victory.
Modified Main
1. 75x Terry Phillips
2. 00X Steve Arpin
3. 60 William Gould
4. 65 Tommy Meyer
5. 11 Jason Armstrong
6. 98 John Allen
7. c8 Timothy Culp
8. 12D Scott Drake
9. 18 Tim Clonch
10. 99T Eric Turner
11. 9H Shane Hebert
12. 89 Tate Cole
13. 88 Chad Wheeler
14. 120 Rodney Sanders
15. 14T Jon Tesch
16. 97 Rich Lewerke
17. 21 Chris Brown
18. 1V Vance Wilson
19. 88x Clyde Dunn jr
20. 30 Chase Allen
21. 1H TJ Herndon
22. 301 Ken Couch
23. 31 Neal Debord
24. 47x Melvin Pilcher
25. X2 Brain Bolin
26. 12HX Mike Hansen“I was fortunate enough to get some lucky breaks early,” stated Phillips “Running the race is easy, getting into the race is the hard part with these field of cars. Knowing we had the front after the dash was a big weight off me. I just watched the track to see what it was going to do. With a big race like this and so many good cars, you've got have a lot of luck and be I the right place at the right time.”
“I could hear him (Arpin ) out there. I knew he was close, but I was having a little trouble(with my brakes). I wasn't going to block, but I wasn't going to give him the good line either. He kind of picked me on the lapped cars, which is he needed to do. He's a good driver and raced me clean. It worked out for us. It must have been a heck of a race to watch.”
“We had a pretty good car, but that's about the time my brakes went away. These race cars are hard to drive with no brakes. I hit my corners right without having to use much brake. I knew if stayed patient and didn't over drive the car I'd be alright.”
“ On the last lap I slid up a little bit and he'd go to the bottom. I had to get around that lapped car. I went in there and the pedal went to the floor and it pushed up. I tried to keep the car down as much as I could so he couldn't drift up and get a good run of the corner. Once I got mine straight I eased in he gas and tried to beat him to the line. I new we were ok then.”
I like running these mods as a hobby, a serious hobby, because these guys are serious.”
1. 75x Terry Phillips
2. 00X Steve Arpin
3. 60 William Gould
4. 65 Tommy Meyer
5. 11 Jason Armstrong
6. 98 John Allen
7. c8 Timothy Culp
8. 12D Scott Drake
9. 18 Tim Clonch
10. 99T Eric Turner
11. 9H Shane Hebert
12. 89 Tate Cole
13. 88 Chad Wheeler
14. 120 Rodney Sanders
15. 14T Jon Tesch
16. 97 Rich Lewerke
17. 21 Chris Brown
18. 1V Vance Wilson
19. 88x Clyde Dunn jr
20. 30 Chase Allen
21. 1H TJ Herndon
22. 301 Ken Couch
23. 31 Neal Debord
24. 47x Melvin Pilcher
25. X2 Brain Bolin
26. 12HX Mike Hansen“I was fortunate enough to get some lucky breaks early,” stated Phillips “Running the race is easy, getting into the race is the hard part with these field of cars. Knowing we had the front after the dash was a big weight off me. I just watched the track to see what it was going to do. With a big race like this and so many good cars, you've got have a lot of luck and be I the right place at the right time.”
“I could hear him (Arpin ) out there. I knew he was close, but I was having a little trouble(with my brakes). I wasn't going to block, but I wasn't going to give him the good line either. He kind of picked me on the lapped cars, which is he needed to do. He's a good driver and raced me clean. It worked out for us. It must have been a heck of a race to watch.”
“We had a pretty good car, but that's about the time my brakes went away. These race cars are hard to drive with no brakes. I hit my corners right without having to use much brake. I knew if stayed patient and didn't over drive the car I'd be alright.”
“ On the last lap I slid up a little bit and he'd go to the bottom. I had to get around that lapped car. I went in there and the pedal went to the floor and it pushed up. I tried to keep the car down as much as I could so he couldn't drift up and get a good run of the corner. Once I got mine straight I eased in he gas and tried to beat him to the line. I new we were ok then.”
I like running these mods as a hobby, a serious hobby, because these guys are serious.”
