The 2008 All star Challenge

The Qualifier 40 laps

Session: Qualifying

P

#

DRIVER

TIME

1

017

DPreston

29.077

2

62

J Krahula

29.088

3

97

R Henson

29.108

4

4

J Sykes

29.145

5

09

DaveMatson

29.177

6

37

M Horton

29.197

7

84

C Hughson

29.227

8

21

R Decker

29.352

9

26

G FOSLIEN

29.508

10

6

DanaWebster

29.589

11

27

M Jeffries

29.599

12

33

Mike Hall

29.779

13

25

P McDaniel

30.151

14

45

T Emasie

30.861

Highlights from the Qualifier    Krahula  takes the lead

Under Caution again

And again….not a good sign of things to come

Dave Matson loses it while leading with 2 to go handing the win to Chris Hughson

Chris taking the checkers!!!

OFFICIAL STANDINGS

F

S

#

DRIVER

INTERVAL

LAPS

LED

POINTS

STATUS

1

7

84

C Hughson

82.436

40

2

180

Running

2

9

26

G FOSLIEN

-0.64

40

0

170

Running

3

12

33

Mike Hall

-1.02

40

0

165

Running

4

26

99

B English

-1.42

40

0

160

Running

5

8

21

R Decker

-1.99

40

0

155

Running

6

14

45

T Emasie

-2.22

40

0

150

Running

7

16

7

M Spivey

-5.32

40

0

146

Running

8

5

09

DaveMatson

-2L

38

13

147

Accident

9

4

4

J Sykes

-6L

34

0

138

Accident

10

6

37

M Horton

-6L

34

0

134

Accident

11

13

25

P McDaniel

-6L

34

0

130

Retired

12

2

62

J Krahula

-14L

26

9

132

Piston

13

11

27

M Jeffries

-21L

19

0

124

Retired

14

1

017

DPreston

-22L

18

16*

131

Retired

15

23

01

W Fraijo

-28L

12

0

118

Retired

16

3

97

R Henson

-35L

5

0

115

Accident

17

10

6

DanaWebster

-38L

2

0

112

Wheel

The qualifier was marred with 7 cautions for 25 laps.

Top 5 advanced

 

Segment 1 lineup

Session: Qualifying

P

#

DRIVER

TIME

1

55

SStiely

30.312

2

96

B Mellendorf

35.194

3

53

Dominator963

36.799

4

28

H Brooks

38.039

5

3

D Gibson

39.629

6

44

D Sanchez

40.809

7

042

Lee Harrell

42.568

8

24

J Gordon

44.233

9

16

A Lewis

46.172

10

03

jeremy3w

48.362

11

22

KEITHMC

50.557

12

84

C Hughson

52.970

13

26

G FOSLIEN

56.077

14

33

Mike Hall

58.846

15

21

R Decker

1:02.523

16

7

M Spivey

1:13.444

Boogity Boogity Boogity boys lets go racing!

David Gibson gets in to Rick Hubler bringing out the first Yellow

Many heavy hitters involved including  Jeff Leung,Lee Harrell ,Rick Hubler ,Danny Sanchez

Lap 19 Keith McLain drives in too deep gets loose and takes out Mr Lowes Jeremy Wiedeman

Lap 32 Rob Decker jacks up Keith McLain getting into turn1 bringing out another yellow

David Gibson takes the green with 4 togo!!

David wins a wreck filled segment 1 !  Great job David

For segment 2 we pulled a # out of the hat to invert field and only the top 2 inverted

 

Session: Qualifying

P

#

DRIVER

TIME

1

33

Mike Hall

29.460

2

3

D Gibson

35.640

3

44

D Sanchez

36.640

4

28

H Brooks

37.898

5

16

A Lewis

39.377

6

22

KEITHMC

40.113

7

84

C Hughson

42.473

8

21

R Decker

44.545

9

26

G FOSLIEN

46.248

10

55

SStiely

48.222

11

7

M Spivey

51.046

12

96

B Mellendorf

52.759

Gibby gets the jump on the start!

Greg Foslien gets impaled by the Cootie man Mike Spivey in turn 3 on the first lap…Greg was a lil loose on the start and he just lost it…

After the restart Rob Decker looses it in front of Jeremy Wiedeman who masterfully moves to the high side to avoid him.

Horace Brooks with the “pass in the grass” …hmmm 4 wide at lowes that didn’t work

David Gibson wins segment 2 followed closely by Andrew Lewis under Yellow.

 

Final segment starting grid

Session: Qualifying

P

#

DRIVER

TIME

1

3

D Gibson

29.600

2

16

A Lewis

35.513

3

55

SStiely

36.632

4

22

KEITHMC

37.476

5

21

R Decker

39.695

6

28

H Brooks

40.802

7

44

D Sanchez

42.148

8

33

Mike Hall

44.203

Andrew gets the jump on the start!

It would be short lived though as Andrew gets loose in turn 1

Mike Hall’s night would come to an abrupt end when Rob Decker finds another victim on the backstretch…Rob had a rough night

Steve Stiely, Keith McLain, and Horace Brooks in hot pursuit as David Gibson goes for the clean sweep.

Keith McLain tries to get under Steve Stiely….but instead gets into the rear of the 2005 STRL CHAMPION…eliminating the last 3 STRL CHAMPIONS in 1 fatal error.

Danny Sanchez slips by to move into 2nd place

David Gibson hold off Danny Sanchez to win the 2008 ALL-STAR CHALLENGE

We were able to catch up with David in victory lane……

THIS NEWS JUST IN FROM STEEL HORSE RACING!!!

After winning the STRL All Star race Wednesday night, David Gibson has decided to continue on with his schedule for the STRL. "This was a make or break race for this car. Just about what they always said it would be .... wreckers or checkers and the last session of that race was exactly that. Just glad that it was all in my rear veiw mirror. With the luck that has hit this particular team this year, the driver of the 3 car was in the process of of being a part time driver. With the change of luck in the All Star race, We hope the luck for this team has put a glimmer of hope so they can continue to move forward and start moving up the points standings. The leading of all 3 race sessions has put some confidence that has been lacking in the driver and is looking forward to the 600 race this weekend at Lowe's." "this car was thrown together for the All-Star race and really was not a good car last week while in practice sessions with teammate Danny Sanchez. All Danny could hear on his radio from his teammate was "@!&$#@!@#" Gibson said "I dont know what came over me or the car in the minutes counting down to the race but something happened and I hope it stays with the car and the rest of the team. Seems like others in the race could use some luck too as Teammates James Krahula blew up while entering pit road and Dave Matson had transmission problems on restarts."

We look forward to this weeks Lowe's 600 and see if Steel Horse Racing can start putting up numbers that they know they capable of.


BTW, Thanks Guys!! :mrgreen: