September 19, 2004
current season statistics:
45 races
16 wins
28 top 5s
31 top 10s
22 heat race wins
average A Main finish of 5.74
September 11, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
In the heat race, Bunton and Beach got together and Randy had nowhere to go. Randy flipped as a result. The crew got the car back together for the B which Randy ran 3rd in and transfered into the A. On the start of the race, Bunton got into Randy and sent him flipping down the front stretch and ended his night.
September 5, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Martin ran 2nd in his heat and ran 10th in the A Feature. The track was once again a one lane train around the bottom.
September 4, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy started 7th in his heat and finished 5th. Randy started the 2nd B Main 6th and finished in that spot in a one-lane racetrack.
August 29, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy got back on track tonight after last night's disappointing result. Randy won his heat from the 5th starting position. Randy started the feature on the pole and led flag to flag to claim his 16th win of the season. Martin was never seriously challenged at any point during the race.
August 28, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Randy qualified 18th tonight out of 33 cars. Randy finished his heat race 2nd. On the first lap of the feature, Martin slowed down to avoid a flipping Wayne Johnson when Jason Johnson slammed into the side of him. Randy was not injured but the car was forced into early retirement.
August 22, 2004
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 86 Doug Wilson (2)
2) 14 Randy Martin (1)
3) 4T Steve Gennetten (3)
4) 11B Stan Boch (4)
5) 121 Ken Stolfus (5)
6) 12 Faron Crank (7)
7) 23F Matthew Fox (6)
8) 22 Marty Ballenger (8)
Heat 2:
1) 21 Brian Brown (1)
2) 9C Tony Crank (2)
3) 71 Mike Trent (4)
4) 86S Eric Schrock (6)
5) 21H Terry Hinck (5)
6) 04 Frankie Heimbaugh (3)
7) 85 Tommy Mikels (7)
Heat 3:
1) 11C Pete Crall (2)
2) 6 Bryan Grimes (3)
3) 3P Rusty Potter (5)
4) 33 Jon Corbin (7)
5) 3C Randy Combs (1)
6) 4U Frank Brown (4)
7) 19 Tracy Nichols (6)
A Feature:
1) 14 Randy Martin (4)
2) 86 Doug Wilson (1)
3) 71 Mike Trent (8)
4) 4T Steve Gennetten (7)
5) 21 Brian Brown (2)
6) 33 Jon Corbin (12)
7) 86S Eric Schrock (11)
8) 21H Terry Hinck (14)
9) 19 Tracy Nichols (21)
10) 85 Tommy Mikels (20)
11) 04 Frankie Heimbaugh (17)
12) 9C Tony Crank (5)
13) 121 Ken Stolfus (13)
14) 3C Randy Combs (15)
15) 23F Matthew Fox (19)
16) 11B Stan Boch (10)
17) 12 Faron Crank (16)
18) 11C Pete Crall (3)
19) 6 Bryan Grimes (6)
20) 4U Frank Brown (18)
21) 3P Rusty Potter (9)
22) 22 Marty Ballenger (22)
Tonight was the 14th and final points race of the 2004 season for the O'Reilly Auto Parts/ American Compressed Steel/ Hoosier Racing Tire Winged Outlaw Warriors presented by Ditzfeld Transfer. Doug Wilson, Brian Brown, and Pete Crall were tonight's heat race winners.
Brian Brown grabbed the lead at the beginning of the race and definitely looked like the car to beat. Brown continued to stretch his lead until lap 5 when a lapped car and he made contact and resulted in Brian having a flat left rear tire. Randy Martin inherited the lead with Wilson, Grimes, Trent, and Gennetten lined up behind him for the restart. On lap 6, Rusty Potter retired from the race with a broken front axle. On lap 11, Doug Wilson tried to get around Martin for the lead on the high side of turn 4. The move didn't work and Randy was able to put a lapped car between him and Doug on the following lap. On lap 14, Pete Crall flipped in turn 4. Pete did not sustain any injuries from the accident. Randy Martin was able to hold on to the lead for the remaining 7 laps in the Diamond Pet Foods #14. Doug Wilson finished second just a few car lengths back. Third place went to 2-time series champion Mike Trent. Gennetten and Brown rounded out the top 5. It is worth mentioning that Brown moved up 16 positions after restarting 21st with 15 laps to go. Tonight's hard charger was Tracy Nichols, moving up 12 spots to finish 9th. Terry Hinck's 8th place finish easily allowed him to be the 2004 W.O.W points champion.
August 21, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy started his heat 6th and ran 4th. The track was very heavy at this time and passing was at a premium. Randy started the Feature on the inside of the of the 7th row. Randy had moved his way up to 6th when a car spun out in turn 2. Randy turned low in an attempt to avoid him, but he was unable to. The two cars did not hit too hard, but just hard enough to end Randy's night.
August 12, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Knoxville Nationals
Randy qualified 18th and started 7th in his heat. Paulus spun into the wall and collected Hunter and Randy. Martin hit the turn 3 wall hard and the car is junk. Team 14 is preparing the backup car for Friday Night's race.
August 8, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Brodix Tournament of Champions
Randy started his heat 9th and finished 4th. Only the top 3 in passing points transfered into the A, and somehow passing 5 cars wasn't enough. Randy tarted the 2nd B Main on the pole and won it easily. Randy started 20th in the A Main and was running 13th midway through the race when Jesse Gianetto lost a right rear wheel right in front of him. Randy spun out while trying to avoid him. Randy restarted at the tail of the field, but pulled in a few laps later after not being able to work back up through the very stout field of cars.
August 7, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy started the feature 10th and found himself in the lead just 5 laps into the race. Randy ran away with this one and was never challenged after taking the lead. Randy lapped up to 10th place and beat the second place car by 2/3 of a lap. I'm sorry I can't make this write up more exciting, but Randy simply embarrassed the field. Randy now has 14 wins, 26 top 5s, 28 top 10s, and 21 heat race wins in 36 races this season.
August 6, 2004 - State Fair Speedway - Sedalia, MO
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 19 Tracy Nichols (2)
2) 21H Terry Hinck (1)
3) 85 Tommy Mikels (4)
4) 23F Matthew Fox (3)
5) 12 Faron Crank (5)
6) 9 Clinton Keeton (6)
Heat 2:
1) 4T Steve Gennetten (2)
2) 72 Curtis Boyer (5)
3) 33 Jon Corbin (1)
4) 4U Frank Brown (3)
5) 02 Randy Combs (4)
DNS 30 Matt Cook
Heat 3:
1) 14 Randy Martin (3)
2) 3P Rusty Potter (6)
3) 6 Bryan Grimes (5)
4) 9C Tony Crank (2)
5) 75 Tyler Blank (1)
6) 22 Marty Ballenger (4)
A Feature:
1) 14 Randy Martin (3)
2) 19 Tracy Nichols (1)
3) 21H Terry Hinck (4)
4) 85 Tommy Mikels (7)
5) 6 Bryan Grimes (9)
6) 33 Jon Corbin (8)
7) 3P Rusty Potter (6)
8) 02 Randy Combs (14)
9) 9C Tony Crank (12)
10) 75 Tyler Blank (15)
11) 22 Marty Ballenger (16)
12) 4T Steve Gennetten (2)
13) 12 Faron Crank (13)
14) 4U Frank Brown (11)
15) 72 Curtis Boyer (5)
16) 23F Matthew Fox (10)
DNS - 9 Clinton Keeton
DNS - 30 Matt Cook
There were 18 O'Reilly/ Hoosier Racing Tire/ American Compressed Steel Winged Outlaw Warriors presented by Ditzfeld Transfer Co. Tracy Nichols, Steve Gennetten, and Randy Martin were tonight's heat race winners.
Gennetten grabbed the lead by utilizing the high line in turns 1 and 2 on the first lap. Nichols, Martin, Boyer, and Hinck rounded out the top 5 after the first lap. On lap 3, Martin moved passed Nichols and into second place. On lap 5, Curtis Boyer smoked heavily and stalled on the backstretch with motor problems. Gennetten continued to lead after the restart. After 8 laps, Gennetten led Martin by 2.2 seconds. Three laps later, the lead doubled to 4.4 seconds. On lap 14, Faron Crank spun out and collected Jon Corbin, who was running fourth place, in turn 3. Rusty Potter spun out in turn 3 shortly after. All of this happened right in front of the leader, Steve Gennetten. Steve clipped Crank's car and received a flat right rear tire as a result. The crew did not get enough time to change the tire and get him back out before the race restarted. Martin inherited the lead and never looked back. Nichols kept up for a couple of laps, but the Putnam Chevrolet/ Pro Powder Coating/ JD Engine & Machine #19 was simply too tight. Randy Martin won the race by 6 seconds over Tracy Nichols. Point leader Terry Hinck finished the race third in the Rick Ball Auto Mall/ J&J Chassis/ Big Stop Conoco #21H. Tommy Mikels and Bryan Grimes rounded out the top 5. Randy now has 5 W.O.W. wins and 13 total for the season in the Diamond Pet Foods/ Weld Wheels/ Hoosier Tire #14. Jon Corbin worked his way back up to 6th in the final 7 laps after restarting at the tail of the field.
August 1, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy ran 2nd in his heat and then finished 2nd in the dash to Jesse Hockett. Rand started the feature on the outside of the first row. Randy drove high in 1 and 2 and beat Jesse to the backstretch. Around lap 6, the two leaders found themselves in lapped traffic. Jesse harassed Randy for the next 4 laps and then got by him in traffic. A few laps later Randy slid Jesse in turn 3 to retake the lead. With 6 laps to go, Jesse slid Randy in turn 1 to grab the lead. Jesse started to pull away until he jumped the cushion in turn 4 and spun out on lap 21. Randy inherited the lead and beat bill Utz by a straightaway for Randy's 12th win of the season.
July 31, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy won his heat race tonight and started the feature 10th. Randy found himself around 5th place with 10 laps to go. Randy moved up to 2nd with about 5 laps to go and started to chase down Brian Brown. With 2 laps to go Randy was glued to Brown's bumper. On the final lap, Randy slid Brian in turn 1. Brian drove hard into turn 3 and tried I an illadvised slide job. As a result, Randy was forced to slam on his brakes. Randy then turned under Brian and mashed the throttle. The two appeared to be side by side at the finish line and the crowd looked to the scoreboard for affirmation. The board listed Randy in first place, just .07 seconds ahead of Brian Brown.
July 25, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy ran away with his heat race and won by half of a lap. Randy started the featur 6th because of the invert. He moved up to 3rd after one lap and up to 2nd a couple of laps later. Randy pursued Jesse Hockett for the remainder of the race. Randy's car was set up to run low but it appeared that the cushion was the place to be. Martin made a couple of moves on late race restarts, but was never able to overtake the Rocket.
July 23, 2004
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 21H Terry Hinck (1)
2) 4T Steve Gennetten (3)
3) 6 Bryan Grimes (4)
4) 12 Faron Crank (2)
5) 23F Matthew Fox (5)
DNS 22 Marty Ballenger
Heat 2:
1) 71 Mike Trent (3)
2) 33 Jon Corbin (6)
3) 3P Rusty Potter (4)
4) 85 Tommy Mikels (5)
5) 30 Matt Cook (2)
6) 9 Clinton Keeton (1)
Heat 3:
1) 72 Curtis Boyer (3)
2) 14 Randy Martin (2)
3) 9C Tony Crank (5)
4) 4U Frank Brown (4)
5) 11X Stan Boch (1)
A Feature:
1) 4T Steve Gennetten (4)
2) 21H Terry Hinck (1)
3) 33 Jon Corbin (5)
4) 14 Randy Martin (6)
5) 71 Mike Trent (2)
6) 72 Curtis Boyer (3)
7) 6 Bryan Grimes (7)
8) 3P Rusty Potter (8)
9) 9C Tony Crank (9)
10) 4U Frank Brown (12)
11) 85 Tommy Mikels (11)
12) 12 Faron Crank (10)
13) 23F Matthew Fox (13)
14) 30 Matt Cook (14)
15) 11X Stan Boch (15)
16) 22 Marty Ballenger (16)
DNS - 9 Clinton Keeton
The O'Reilly Auto Parts/ Hoosier Racing Tire/ American Compressed Steel Winged Outlaw Warriors presented by Ditzfeld Transfer had 17 cars in attendance tonight. Tonight's race was at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, MO. Hinck, Trent, and Boyer won the heat races.
Mike Trent took the lead at the drop of the green flag. Steve Gennetten took the lead on lap 2 by getting by Mike on the low side of turn 2. On lap 4, Terry Hinck charged by Mike Trent for the second position. After 7 laps, Gennetten enjoyed a lead of 3.8 seconds. On lap 8, Randy Martin moved by Boyer and into fourth place. On lap 10, Marty Ballenger stalled in turn 3 to bring out the first caution. Gennetten continued to lead after the restart and once again started to pull away from Hinck. On lap 11, Randy Martin moved by Trent and into third place. Stan Boch stalled on the backstretch on the following lap to bring out another caution. Gennetten continued to lead and Boyer moved by Trent for the fourth spot on the restart. Jon Corbin slipped by Trent on lap 13 to climb into the top 5. Two laps later Corbin passed Boyer for the fourth position. On lap 16, Jon Corbin moved the Weld Wheels/ Howard Cam Correct/ Auto Zone/ Frazier Trucking #33 into third place by Randy Martin. At this point, Gennetten was enjoying a lead of 3.5 seconds. On lap 17, Tommy Mikels spun in turn 4 to bring out the final caution. Gennetten had no problems on the restart and would win by 3.4 seconds over the Rick Ball Auto Mall/ J&J Chassis/ Big Stop Conoco/ Sonic #21H of Terry Hinck. Gennetten is sponsored by Ozarks Barge & Dock Service, Inc, Cardinal Cleaning, Jesse & Beverly Steelman, and Fastenal Company. Martin and Trent rounded out the top 5. This was Gennetten's first win at Sedalia since 1999 and first W.O.W. win since 2000. Steve won the first two W.O.W. features in the series existence back in 2000 at Capital Speedway in Holts Summit, MO. There have been 83 races run in between his victories. Tracy Nichols, who was 2nd in points entering tonight, missed tonight's race due to feeling under the weather. Nichols was the only driver to have raced in every A Feature in the W.O.W.'s history before tonight.
July 21, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy and Team 14 ran their first All Stars race of the year Wednesday Night. Randy's setup was way early on and he qualified 20th out of 28 cars. Randy ran 7th in his heat and was forced to run the B Main. Randy started 4th in the "B" and ran 2nd to grab a transfer spot. Randy worked his way from the back of the pack all the way up to 11th place with 8 laps to go. Randy fell back a couple of positions and would come home a respectible 13th.
July 18, 2004
Double-X Speedway
The first feature ran tonight was the make-up from last Sunday. Randy and Jesse went back in forth all race long for the 2nd position. Leader, Lanny Carpenter, spent the majority of the race just feet ahead of the battle for 2nd. On lap 18, Lanny's motor died and he spun out. Jesse and Randy battled down the stretch with Jesse prevailing by a few car lengths.
In tonight's program, Randy easily won his heat. Randy started on the pole, but Jesse got the jump on him by utilizing the high side of turns 1 and 2. Randy spent most of the race on the bottom with the Rocket running the cushion. Randy pulled even with the #75 several times, but was never able to make the pass. Randy bent the steering rod on the #14 late in the race. Randy faded back from Jesse but was able to hold on to 2nd place.
In the last 11 races, Randy has 5 wins, 4 second-place finishes, a third-place finish, and a sixth-place finish.
July 17, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy won his 10th feature of the year tonight. Randy started 12th and was able to pass half of the field to take the lead in the middle of the race. Randy's right rear tire was going flat late in the race. With 5 or so laps to go, Brian Ash and the crew was able to plug the tire and air it back up. Randy was able to hold Grimes off for the win.
July 16, 2004
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 14 Randy Martin (4)
2) 72 Curtis Boyer (3)
3) 21H Terry Hinck (6)
4) 19 Tracy Nichols (7)
5) 9C Tony Crank (5)
6) 3P Rusty Potter (2)
7) 12 Farron Crank (1)
Heat 2:
1) 21 Brian Brown (1)
2) 85 Tommy Mikels (4)
3) 6 Bryan Grimes (3)
4) 43 David Brown (2)
DNS - 33 Jon Corbin
DNS - 30 Matt Cook
Heat 3:
1) 4T Steve Gennetten (1)
2) 71 Mike Trent (2)
3) 75 Jesse Hockett (6)
4) 4U Frank Brown (3)
5) 23F Matthew Fox (5)
6) 9 Tony Crank (4)
A Feature:
1) 21 Brian Brown (2)
2) 21H Terry Hinck (7)
3) 4T Steve Gennetten (3)
4) 85 Tommy Mikels (5)
5) 19 Tracy Nichols (10)
6) 14 Randy Martin (1)
7) 75 Jesse Hockett (9)
8) 71 Mike Trent (6)
9) 6 Bryan Grimes (8)
10) 9C Tony Crank (13)
11) 3P Rusty Potter (15)
12) 4U Frank Brown (12)
13) 23F Matthew Fox (14)
14) 12 Farron Crank (17)
15) 43 David Brown (11)
16) 72 Curtis Boyer (4)
17) 30 Matt Cook (18)
18) 9 Clinton Keeton (16)
DNS 33 Jon Corbin
There were 19 American Compressed Steel/ O'Reilly Auto Parts/ Hoosier Racing Tire/ Ditzfeld Transfer Winged Outlaw Warriors sprinters on hand tonight at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, MO. Randy Martin, Brian Brown, and Steve Gennetten were the heat race winners.
Brian Brown grabbed the lead from the outside pole in turn 1. Martin, Boyer, Gennetten, and Hinck followed completed the top 5 after one circuit. Randy Martin was closing in on Brown on lap 6 until he caught the marbles above the cushion in turn 2 while trying to get around lapped traffic and spun out. Martin's car was not damaged and he restarted 16th. Brown continued to lead after the restart. Curtis Boyer, who was running second, blew his motor in turn 3 on lap 9 to bring out the yellow flag. Brown got a good jump on the restart and pulled away by 12 car lengths over Terry Hinck by the conclusion of 11 laps. On lap 13, Tracy Nichols passed Mike Trent down the backstretch to move into the 5th position. On the following lap Randy Martin got around Jesse Hockett for the 7th position. Randy Martin passed Mike Trent on lap 15 to move into 6th. Meanwhile, Brian Brown continued to pull away from the of Rick Ball Auto Mall/ J&J Chassis/ Big Stop Conoco/ Sonic #21H of Terry Hinck. Brian Brown won by nearly a straightaway in the Yeager's Cycles/ Dake Law Office/ Keele's Accounting/ Luyet's Cleaners #21. This was Brian's 3rd win of the season in W.O.W. competition. Third place went to the Ozarks Barge & Dock Service, Inc/ Jesse & Beverly Steelman/ Fastenal Company #4T driven by Steve Gennetten. Tommy Mikels and Tracy Nichols rounded out the top 5. Point leader Terry Hinck moved up 5 positions and was tonight's hard charger.
July 10, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy ran 3rd in his heat and started 6th in the feature. Randy struggled early on but came on about 10 laps into the A Main to work his way up to 2nd place. He was unable to chase down Brian Brown and was forced to settle for 2nd place. Randy has fnished in the top 3 in the last 7 races. Randy will run at California Sunday Night.
July 9, 2004
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 6 Bryan Grimes (2)
2) 85 Tommy Mikels (1)
3) 121 Ken Stolfus (4)
4) 4U Frank Brown (3)
5) 9C Tony Crank (5)
6) 9 Clinton Keeton (7)
7) 72 Curtis Boyer (6)
Heat 2:
1) 21 Brian Brown (6)
2) 33 Jon Corbin (2)
3) 7 Ricky Logan (3)
4) 19 Tracy Nichols (5)
5) 3P Rusty Potter (1)
6) 43 David Brown (7)
7) 30 Matt Cook (4)
Heat 3:
1) 14 Randy Martin (2)
2) 4T Steve Gennetten (1)
3) 21H Terry Hinck (4)
4) 71 Mike Trent (3)
5) 12 Farron Crank (6)
6) 23F Matthew Fox (5)
A Feature:
1) 14 Randy Martin (3)
2) 4T Steve Gennetten (6)
3) 33 Jon Corbin (5)
4) 6 Bryan Grimes (1)
5) 19 Tracy Nichols (11)
6) 85 Tommy Mikels (4)
7) 21H Terry Hinck (9)
8) 4U Frank Brown (10)
9) 9C Tony Crank (13)
10) 121 Ken Stolfus (7)
11) 12 Farron Crank (15)
12) 23F Matthew Fox (18)
13) 9 Clinton Keeton (16)
14) 30 Matt Cook (20)
15) 21 Brian Brown (2)
16) 71 Mike Trent (12)
17) 7 Ricky Logan (8)
18) 43 David Brown (17)
19) 3P Rusty Potter (14)
20) 72 Curtis Boyer (19)
There were 20 cars on hand tonight for the tenth O'Reilly Auto Parts/ Hoosier Racing Tire American Compressed Steel Winged Outlaw Warriors presented by Ditzfeld Transfer. Bryan Grimes, Brian Brown, and Randy Martin were tonight's heat race winners.
Brian Brown took the lead at the drop of the green flag. Grimes and Martin settled him behind him along with Gennetten and Corbin battling for 4th. Steve Gennetten was able to claim 4th on the second lap after racing the majority of the first lap side by side with Corbin. On lap 5, Brian Brown's left rear tire went flat. Sedalia doesn't allow extra caution laps to change tires and thus Brown was unable to get back onto the track in time. Randy Martin inherited the lead as a result and looked to make the most out of it. He immediately began to put room between he and Grimes after the restart. On lap 8, Tracy Nichols cracked into the top 5 by passing Tommy Mikels going down the backstretch. By lap 13, Randy Martin was enjoying an entire straightaway lead on Grimes. Randy had little trouble with lapped traffic and continued to pull away all race long. In the final 2 laps, the battle for second place heated up as Grimes, Gennetten, and Corbin got bottled up in traffic. On the last lap Grimes went into turn 3 in 2nd place. Bryan went low and that turned out to be the wrong line as both Gennetten and Corbin were able to overtake him on the outside. Back up front was Randy martin taking the checkers nearly half of a lap ahead of Gennetten. Martin is sponsored by Diamond Pet Foods, Maxim Chassis, Weld Wheels, and Hoosier Tires. Gennetten is sponsored by Ozarks Barge & Dock Service, Inc., Jesse & Beverly Steelman, and Fastenal Company. Third place went to the Weld Wheels/ Howard Cam Correct/ Auto Zone/ Frazier Trucking #33 of Jon Corbin. Bryan Grimes and Tracy Nichols rounded out the top 5. Tracy Nichols was the hard charger tonight, moving up 6 positions.
July 4, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy won his heat and the feature tonight. This was Randy's 8th win of the season.
July 4, 2004
State Fair Speedway
Randy ran 2nd in his heat and 3rd in the A Main. Randy fought a loose car in the "A" and was not able to chase down either Gennetten or Brown.
June 27, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy won tonight in California. With Jesse Hockett running the All Stars speedweek in Ohio, Randy drove the Hockett Motorsports #75. Randy won his heat and started 6th in the A Main. Randy methodically picked them off and grabbed the lead in the middle of the race. Randy would pull away and win comfortably. Randy now has 7 wins this season.
June 26, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy easily won heat race tonight, his 12th heat race win of the year, and started 5th in the A Main. Randy found himself in the runner-up position 9 laps into the race. On lap 21, Randy pulled to the inside of Bryan Grimes in turn 3. Bryan got the better drive off of the corner and maintained the lead. Randy was unable to mount another challenge and would have to settle for 2nd. Tracy Nichols finished 3rd.
June 25, 2004
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 4T Steve Gennetten (3)
2) 72 Curtis Boyer (2)
3) 21H Terry Hinck (4)
4) 9C Tony Crank (5)
5) 43 David Brown (1)
6) 4U Frank Brown (6)
7) 12 Faron Crank (7)
8) 23F Matthew Fox (8)
Heat 2:
1) 14 Randy Martin (3)
2) 19 Tracy Nichols (1)
3) 6 Bryan Grimes (6)
4) 85 Tommy Mikels (2)
5) 3P Rusty Potter (4)
6) 33 Jon Corbin (5)
7) 30 Matt Cook (7)
A Feature:
1) 14 Randy Martin (2)
2) 72 Cutis Boyer (3)
3) 21H Terry Hinck (5)
4) 4T Steve Gennetten (1)
5) 19 Tracy Nichols (4)
6) 3P Rusty Potter (10)
7) 85 Tommy Mikels (8)
8) 9C Tony Crank (7)
9) 43 David Brown (9)
10) 23F Matthew Fox (15)
11) 12 Faron Crank (13)
12) 33 Jon Corbin (12)
13) 4U Frank Brown (11)
14) 6 Bryan Grimes (6)
15) 30 Matt Cook (14)
The O'Reilly Auto Parts/ American Compressed Steel/ Hoosier Racing Tire Winged Outlaw Warriors took to the historic half-mile in Sedalia Missouri tonight with 15 sprint cars on hand. Randy Martin and Steve Gennetten won their respective heat races.
Randy Martin took the lead from the outside of the front row in turn 1 on the first lap. Gennetten fell into second place followed by Boyer, Nichols and Hinck. By the conclusion of 4 laps, Randy had a 15 car length lead over Gennetten. Three laps later, Gennetten closed the gap to just 6 car lengths. After clearing some lapped traffic, Randy once again was able to stretch his lead back out to 12 car lengths midway through the race. On lap 14, Curtis Boyer was able to get by Gennetten in turns 1 and 2 for second place. One lap later, Gennetten lost another position to Nichols. On lap 17, Tracy Nichols got loose in turn 4 and was passed by Gennetten, Hinck, and Corbin. On lap 19, Jon Corbin spun out on the front stretch due to a flat left front tire. This brought out the yellow flag and set up a two lap dash to the checkers and evaporated Randy Martin's full straightaway lead over Boyer. Two lapped cars lined up between Martin and Boyer on the restart. This allowed Martin to drive to the finish without being challenged. Martin defeated Boyer by 12 car lengths in the Diamond Pet Foods/ Maxim Chassis/ Hoosier Tire/ Weld Wheels/ VK Graphics #14. Runner-up Curtis Boyer is sponsored by Leismann Auto and American Family Insurance. Terry Hinck finished third in the Rick Ball Auto Mall/ J&J Chassis/ Big Stop Conoco/ Sonic #21H. Gennetten and Nichols round out the top 5. Tommy Mikels leads Nichols and Hinck by 20 points each at the top of the standings.
June 20, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy's night started out with much promise. Randy ran away with his heat race and the hot rod looked fast. As Randy took the checkers in the heat, the engine went sour (a broken valve). Team 14 was done for the evening.
June 19, 2004
Lake Ozark Speeway
Tonight's program started off with the remainder of the A Feature that was started on the 5th of June (18 laps to go). On the second night of the evening, 9th of the race, Randy moves by Corbin and into the lead. Randy would lead the remainder of the feature and claim the win.
In the new program Randy would win his heat race. Martin moved up from the 3rd row and into the second spot in the early going. After a caution on lap 12, Randy began to fade back. Randy's tires sealed over under the caution and he would lose 3 positions in the closing laps and finish the race 5th.
June 12, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Friday Night's A Main led off this evening's festivities. Randy started 24th and moved all the way up to the 10th position by the end of the race. This would mean that Randy will line up 6th for the B Main of the 360 Knoxville Nationals. Shortly after the D Main, the rain came and ended the night. The balance of the features will be ran August 6.
June 11, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Randy did not quite get the start he wanted to the 360 Knoxville Nationals tonight. Martin ran 5th in his heat race and battled his way up to the 4th in the B Main to grab a transfer spot into the A. Shortly after they pushed the cars off onto the track the rain started coming and ended the evening.
June 6, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy took his 8th heat race win on the season with relative ease. Randy started on the outside of row 3. Randy moved up into the runner up position in about 5 laps and started his pursuit of Damon Kronk. Randy made several attempts to get by Kronk in the second half of the race, but the door was shut each and every time. Randy finished 2nd place, just a couple of car lengths behind of Kronk
June 5, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy dominated his heat race and started on the front row. Randy led the first 5 laps of the feature. After a caution, Jon Corbin passed Martin on the outside of turn 2 on lap 6. On lap 8 another caution came out with Randy running in the 2nd spot. The rain started to come down pretty good during the caution and the race was postponed.
June 4, 2004
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 19 Tracy Nichols (1)
2) 14 Randy Martin (2)
3) 33 Jon Corbin (3)
4) 85 Tommy Mikels (5)
5) 3P Rusty Potter (4)
6) 9C Tony Crank (6)
Heat 2:
1) 21 Tim Doogs (2)
2) 72 Curtis Boyer (5)
3) 21H Terry Hinck (6)
4) 86 Doug Wilson (4)
5) 4U Frank Brown (1)
6) 30 Matt Cook (3)
A Feature:
1) 19 Tracy Nichols (1)
2) 14 Randy Martin (3)
3) 21 Tim Doogs (2)
4) 72 Curtis Boyer (4)
5) 21H Terry Hinck (6)
6) 85 Tommy Mikels (7)
7) 86 Doug Wilson (8)
8) 4U Frank Brown (10)
9) 9C Tony Crank (11)
10) 33 Jon Corbin (5)
11) 3P Rusty Potter (9)
12) 30 Matt Cook (12)
The O'Reilly Auto Parts/ Hoosier Racing Tire/ American Compressed Steel Winged Outlaw Warriors embarked upon their seventh race of the season at State Fair Speedway on Friday evening. Due to the high attrition in the past couple of weeks, only 12 cars were on hand.
Tracy Nichols, who started on the pole, beat Tim Doogs into turn 1 for the lead. Tim Doogs and Randy Martin spent most of the first two laps fighting for the runner up position. On lap 2, Randy Martin slipped in front of Doogs and set his sight on the #19 of Tracy Nichols. Tracy, however, was too fast in the early going for Randy. By lap 7, Tracy stretched his lead out to 12 car lengths. On lap 11, Jon Corbin broke his motor and leaked oil onto the track. As a result, a caution was brought out. The yellow flag was just what the Randy Martin needed to allow him to catch up to Nichols. On the restart, Nichols took off like he was shot out of a cannon. Three laps after the restart, Nichols had pulled away by 13 car lengths over the Diamond Pet Foods/ Hoosier Racing Tire/ Weld Wheels/ Maxim of Randy Martin. Tracy continued to pull away in the closing laps. When Tracy took the checkered flag, second place Randy Martin was back in turn 3. Tracy is sponsored by Putnam Chevrolet-Pontiac, Pro Powder Coating, Buckingham Smokehouse BBQ, CarQuest, Yeagers Cycles, and JD Engine & Machine. Tracy would also like to thank John at USA Performance Engines for the motor that powered him to victory this evening. Tim Doogs had to settle for 3rd place in the Yeager's Cycles/ Dake Law Office/ Keele's Accounting/ Luyet's Cleaners #21. Curtis Boyer and Terry Hinck rounded out the top 5. Terry Hinck's 5th place finish enabled him to stretch out his points lead.
May 30, 2003
State Fair Speedway
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 21H Terry Hinck (1)
2) 14 Randy Martin (3)
3) 21 Tim Doogs (5)
4) 86 Eric Schrock (4)
5) 21X Larry Smith (2)
6) 85 Tommy Mikels (6)
7) 30 Matt Cook (7)
Heat 2:
1) 33 Jon Corbin (2)
2) 7C Chris Morgan (1)
3) 11 Pete Crall (3)
4) 72 Curtis Boyer (4)
5) 21E Keith Fridlington (7)
6) 12 Faron Crank (5)
7) 4U Frank Brown (6)
Heat 3:
1) 19 Tracy Nichols (2)
2) 9C Tony Crank (1)
3) 19B Bryan Grimes (5)
4) 4 Rex Combs (4)
5) 3P Rusty Potter (3)
6) 23 Eric Jobe (6)
7) 121 Ken Stolfus (7)
A Feature:
1) 33 Jon Corbin (2)
2) 21H Terry Hinck (1)
3) 14 Randy Martin (4)
4) 19B Bryan Grimes (9)
5) 21 Tim Doogs (7)
6) 85 Tommy Mikels (16)
7) 3P Rusty Potter (15)
8) 7C Chris Morgan (5)
9) 72 Curtis Boyer (11)
10) 9C Tony Crank (6)
11) 23 Eric Jobe (18)
12) 12 Faron Crank (17)
13) 121 Ken Stolfus (21)
14) 4U Frank Brown (20)
15) 4 Rex Combs (12)
16) 19 Tracy Nichols (3)
17) 30 Matt Cook (19)
18) 11 Pete Crall (8)
19) 86 Eric Schrock (10)
20) 21X Larry Smith (13)
21) 21E Keith Fridlington (14)
There were 21 sprint cars on hand for the sixth American Compressed Steel/ Hoosier Racing Tires/ O'Reilly Auto Parts W.O.W. race of the season. Terry Hinck, Jon Corbin, and Tracy Nichols won this evening's heat races.
There was a big pile up on the backstretch on the first lap of the race. Pete Crall, Frank Brown, Larry Smith, Eric Schrock, Matt Cook, and Keith Fridlington were all involved. Only Frank Brown was able to continue. Terry Hinck grabbed the lead on the restart and was followed by Jon Corbin. Coming out of turn 4, third place Tracy Nichols began to smoke. He pulled into the pits on the backstretch ending his bid for his first win of the season. Later investigation revealed that the Putnam Chevrolet-Pontiac #19 sustained cracked a piston. On the restart, Hinck continued to lead in the Rick Ball Auto Mall/ J&J Chassis/ Big Stop Conoco #21H. Bryan Grimes drove around Tim Doogs to move into 4th. On lap 4, Rex Combs spun out in turn 2 to bring out the third caution. The current top 5 was Hinck, Corbin, Martin, Grimes, and Doogs. Hinck began to stretch out his lead after the restart. After lap 6, Hinck led Corbin by 8 car lengths. The leaders began to incur lapped traffic 2 laps later. By lap 10, Corbin had closed in on Hinck. Hinck got loose coming out of turn 2 on the following lap and Corbin pulled beside him. The 2 cars made contact and Corbin drove into turn 3 as the leader. Corbin immediately started to pull away from Hinck. Jon had little trouble with lapped traffic until he caught up to Faron Crank with 3 laps to go. It took Corbin 2 laps to get by Crank. Luckily for Jon, Hinck did not close in on him in traffic. Corbin went on to take his first ever 360 sprint car race by 15 car lengths over din the. Jon is sponsored by Weld Wheels, Howard Cam Correct, Auto Zone and Frazier Trucking. In addition, he would like to thank George and Danny Lasoski for all of the help they have given to them. Third place went to the Diamond Pet Foods/ Hoosier Racing Tires/ Weld Wheels/ Maxim Chassis #14. Bryan Grimes and Tim Doogs rounded out the top 5. Tommy Mikels was tonight's hard charger, moving up ten positions to finish 6th.
May 29, 2004
24 Raceway Park
(Brett A. Rugen)
Heat 1:
1) 5H Bobby Hawks (2)
2) 19 Tracy Nichols (5)
3) 4 Rex Combs (1)
4) 15 Bobby Mincer (6)
5) 49 Mark Tischer (3)
6) 4T Steve Gennetten (4)
Heat 2:
1) 14 Randy Martin (3)
2) 72 Curtis Boyer (1)
3) 33 Jon Corbin (5)
4) 3P Rusty Potter (4)
5) 85 Tommy Mikels (6)
6) 3 Dean Adams Jr. (2)
Heat 3:
1) 21H Terry Hinck (2)
2) 19B Bryan Grimes (3)
3) 9C Tony Crank (4)
4) 4U Frank Brown (6)
5) 71 Louis Lynch (1)
6) 30 Matt Cook (5)
A Feature:
1) 14 Randy Martin (2)
2) 21H Terry Hinck (3)
3) 19 Tracy Nichols (4)
4) 33 Jon Corbin (8)
5) 72 Curtis Boyer (5)
6) 19B Bryan Grimes (6)
7) 3P Rusty Potter (11)
8) 5H Bobby Hawks (1)
9) 85 Tommy Mikels (14)
10) 4 Rex Combs (7)
11) 9C Tony Crank (9)
12) 4U Frank Brown (12)
13) 3A Dean Adams Jr. (16)
14) 49 Mark Tischer (13)
15) 71 Louis Lynch (15)
16) 30 Matt Cook (18)
17) 15 Bobby Mincer (10)
18) 4T Steve Gennetten (17)
The American Compressed Steel/ Hoosier Racing Tires/ O'Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors made their inaugural visit to 24 Raceway Park in Moberly, MO on Saturday Night. There were 18 cars on hand tonight. Hawks, Martin, and Hinck won their respective heat races.
Bobby Hawks took the early lead with Randy Martin settling in behind him. On lap 2, Bobby Hawks spun out in turn 4 and Steve Gennetten spun out in turn 2 at the same time. It was surely surprising to see two drivers of this caliber spin out. Gennetten's front end was clipped by another car during the spin, ending both of their nights. When action resumed, Martin took advantage of his newly inherited lead with Hinck and Corbin hot on his tail. Shortly after the restart, Boyer was able to move around Bryan Grimes to slip into the top 5. After 5 laps, Martin possessed a lead of 12 car lengths over Hinck. On lap 7, Grimes was able to get back around Boyer to reclaim the fifth position. Back up front, Martin stretched his lead out to 17 car lengths by the conclusion of 9 laps. Tracy Nichols was able to take advantage of lapped traffic and move by Jon Corbin on the high side of turns 1 and 2 on the 10th circuit. This put the Putnam Chevrolet/ Pro Powder Coating/ Yeagers Cycle/ Buckingham BBQ #19 into the 3rd position. After 11 laps, Martin's lead was an entire straightaway over Hinck. On lap 19, Boyer got back by Grimes in the midst of heavy lap traffic. Randy Martin would go on to take the Gary Scott Memorial race by almost half of a lap. Randy is sponsored by Diamond Pet Foods, Hoosier Racing Tires, Weld Wheels, and Maxim Chassis. Terry Hinck was forced to settle for the runner-up spot tonight. Hinck is sponsored by Rick Ball Auto Mall, J&J Chassis, Big Stop Conoco, and Sonic. Tracy Nichols, Jon Corbin, and Curtis Boyer rounded out the top 5.
May 23, 2004
Double-X Speedway
After getting eliminated last night by an accident not of his causing, Randy looked to get back on track tonight. Martin started 3rd and fell back to 4th early in his heat. One-by-one Randy picked them off and would eventually take the lead. Randy would go on to comfortably win his heat. Due to the invert, Martin started 2nd row outside in the feature. Randy did not mess around in the early going of the feature. In a matter of a couple laps, Martin found himself getting around Adams for the lead. Kronk moved by Adams shortly after to move into 2nd. All night long Kronk was in 2nd but never was able to harrass Randy at all. At one point late in the race, Randy enjoyed a lead of nearly 1/2 of a lap on Damon Kronk. A late race caution bunched the field back together. Randy had no trouble in getting back his rhythm after the caution, and went on to win by 8 car lengths. Kronk was 2nd and Porter finished 3rd. Randy has now collected 3 wins in the past 8 days.
May 22, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
Randy won his heat race in dominating fashion. Martin started the feature on the outside of the front row. Jon Corbin spun out coming out of turn 2 shortly after the drop of the green. Randy had nowhere to go and plowed into Jon. Night over.
May 21, 2004
State Fair Speedway
Randy kept his momentum going tonight by picking up his second feature win in a row. Randy won his heat easily and led the feature flag to flag. Randy has finished 4 out of the last 5 races in the top 5.
Randy Martin grabbed the lead in turn 1 shortly after the green flag came out. Steve Gennetten settled in behind him for 2nd. Schrock, Wilson, and Corbin rounded out the top 5 after one lap. The track had too much moisture on it tonight and was just not conducive to side by side racing tonight. By lap 6, Martin had ten car lengths on Gennetten. Martin stretched his lead out to fifteen car lengths by lap 12. Martin began to maneuver through heavy traffic with just a handful of laps to go. The veteran appeared to struggle to get through the traffic in a timely fashion, which allowed Gennetten and Schrock to quickly close in. On lap 17, Steve was just four car lengths behind the leader. Steve, like Randy, struggled to get through the thick traffic. Randy once again was able to stretch back out his lead and would win by a comfortable ten car lengths. The Diamond Pet Foods/ Hoosier Racing Tire #14 visited the W.O.W. victory lane for the first time of the year. Randy, the W.O.W.'s all-time leader, now has 20 W.O.W. Feature wins.
May 16, 2004
Double-X Speedway
Randy started on the pole of his heat race and was able to come home victorious after a minimal struggle on the first couple of laps. Randy started the A-Main on the inside of the second row. He did not get the best start and fell back to 4th at the beginning. Swiftly, Randy started picking cars off one by one and bolted into the lead on lap 5. That was all Randy needed, as he would run away with the race. When the white flag came out, Randy had lapped all of the cars except second place Dean Adams, who was just a straightaway away from Randy. A caution came out shortly after Martin took the white flag. Randy had no problems on the resart and would win the race by a comfortable 6 car lengths over Adams. Finally, Randy got his first win of the season.
May 15, 2004
Lake Ozark Speedway
A car spun sideways in front of Randy at the start of race. Randy had nowhere to go and was collected. End of night. That is about all I need to say.
May 14, 2004
State Fair Speedway
Randy started 5th in his heat and would finish third. In the feature, Randy started on the inside of the 5th row. Martin struggled with the car all night long and was never able to get things going. Randy would end up finishing the A-Main in the 5th position. After the race, Randy told me that he has never seen Sedalia that heavy in the feature in his fifteen years of racing there.
May 9, 2004
Double-X Speedway
I was unable to attend this race because I had finals on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (University of Missouri). Randy won his heat and got 2nd in the A-Feature.
May 8, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Randy moved up from 22nd to 12th in the rain-shortened 10-lap feature at Knoxville in the 410 division. Randy felt like he definitely had a top 10 car if the race would have went the distance. Perhaps this is all the veteran needs to dig himself out of this early season slump. Randy placed 5th in his heat race. Team 14 will make stops at Sedalia (Friday) and Lake Ozark Speedway (Saturday) this weekend. Randy is still searching for his first win of the season.
May 7, 2004
State Fair Speedway
Randy's bad start to the season did not end tonight. Midway through his heat race, Randy blew his motor. It was too damaged to repair at the track and Team 14 had another short night. Randy will be back in Knoxville tomorrow night.
May 1, 2004
Knoxville Raceway
Randy did not get off to a very good start to his 410 season on Saturday Night. He struggled in his qualifying and was forced to play catch-up. Due to the record number of 410s plus Randy's poor qualifying , Randy's first race of the night was the D-Main. Randy started 10th and was able to move up to 6th in the race. One more position and Randy would have transferred to the C-Main. Randy will be in Sedalia this Friday Night where he will be looking for his first win of the season. Team 14 discovered that they had throttle problems in the shop after they returned from Knoxville.
April 16, 2004
State Fair Speedway
Randy started 4th in his heat race and drove the victory with ease. This enabled Martin to start on the pole of the A-Feature. Going in to turn 1 at the start of the race, Randy blew a left rear tire, backed into the guardrail, and toppled over on his side. Team 14 was able to make repairs to the car and sent him back out to restart in 17th. After 3 laps, Randy had moved up into the 12th spot and was trying to get around Boyer when he clipped the inside wall in turn 1 on lap 4. The damaged sustained from this accident was enough to end Randy's night. Randy will be back in action next Friday night in Sedalia.
