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Night Two Duel qualifying feature honors to Martin « Thread Started on Nov 20, 2007, 6:09pm »
Night Two Duel qualifying feature honors go to Martin
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (Nov. 16) – A late charge landed night two honors at > Las Vegas Motor Speedway’s Duel In The Desert special for an IMCA > Modified driver from the Sooner State. > > Oklahoma veteran Eddie Martin won Friday’s 20-lap qualifying feature, > pocketing $300 and earning the outside row one starting spot in the > $5,000 to win main event on Saturday. > > The top eight finishers in the qualifier advanced to the big show. > Alan Sharpensteen and Richard Papen hausen both ran at the front of > the pack before finishing right behind Martin. Conner Pullen, Jeep > Berry, Ryan McDaniel, Paul Stone and Robby Haines also secured > Saturday night spots. > > Berry made the biggest move, all the way from the 24th and final > starting position. Christy Georges crossed the finish line fourth but > was disqualified in post-race tech inspection for stud girdles. > > Sharpensteen led the first three circuits before giving way to > Papenhausen. Martin stayed close to the front pair before finding his > way by with four laps left. > > One new entry on Friday nudged the record Modified car count for the > 10th annual special to 185; the top two finishers from each of six > last-chance races will complete the starting grid for the 40-lap main > event. > > Seven states and one Canadian province are now represented, with six > of the 16 drivers already qualified coming from California. > > Top 20 finishers in the EQ Cylinder Heads Wild West Tour square off > in a special 15-lap Shootout that sports a $3,000 purse. Winners of > both the Shootout and the Duel In The Desert feature will be added to > the ballot for the 2008 Fast Shafts All-Star Invitational. > > Fifty-five late models saw their first action Friday, with Brad > Pounds topping the qualifying feature for that class. He’d already > raced his way into the Modified main during Thursday’s opening night > program. > > Results > 1st heat (top three) – 1. Leland Hibdon, Las Vegas; 2. Keith Brown > Sr., Pittsburg, Calif.; 3. Bill Smith III, Sparks. > 2nd heat – 1. Alan Sharpensteen, Amarillo, Texas; 2. Tony Kinkade > Jr., Hesperia, Calif.; 3. Will Brack, Mead, Colo. > 3rd heat – 1. Gene Kay, Yerington; 2. Paul Stone, Winton, Calif.; 3. > Chad Dolan, Gibbon, Neb. > 4th heat – 1. Conner Pullen, Amarillo, Texas; 2. Ryan McDaniel, > Olivehurst, Calif.; 3. Chase Hansen, Myton, Utah. > 5th heat – 1. Christy Georges, El Paso, Texas; 2. Dan Fitzgerald, Las > Vegas; 3. Jimmy Reeves, Laton, Calif. > 6th heat – 1. Derek Kopp, Montrose, Colo.; 2, Robby Haines, > Benkelman, Neb.; 3. Ricky Alvarado, Delta, Colo. > 7th heat – 1. Richard Papenhausen, Chico, Calif.; 2. Gary Dutton, > Bakersfield, Calif.; 3. Ray Laird, Mon trose, Colo. > 8th heat – 1. Eddie Martin, Stillwell, Okla.; 2. Bryan Burnes, > LeMoore, Calif.; 3. Jeep Berry, Grand Junction, Colo. > Qualifying feature – 1. Martin; 2. Sharpensteen; 3. Papenhausen; 4. > Pullen; 5. Berry; 6. McDaniel; 7. Stone; 8. Haines; 9. Kay; 10. > Dolan; 11. Hansen; 12. Burnes; 13. Dutton; 14. Fitzgerald; 15. > Alvarado; 16. Laird; 17. Reeves; 18. Hibdon; 19. Kopp; 20. Kinkade; > 21. Smith; 22. Brown; 23. Brack