Richardson Takes Hobby Stock Shootout $2,000 Bounty at Outlaw Motor Speedway

Press Release

OKTAHA, Okla. -- Proving he had the best and fastest car in his division, Dale Richardson fought off serious challenges from a trio of drivers to win the special 5th Annual Hobby Stock Shootout Feature at Outlaw Motor Speedway here Friday night.

Richardson, from Muskogee, pocketed $2,000 for his victory. He has won four features at the track and is the division’s point leader. He was second in the points race last season to Okay’s Tom Snyder, who was not in the "special" because of damage to his car which occurred several weeks ago.

A crowd estimated at 1,500 watched 92 cars compete on the first night of racing under a new ownership of the track. Danny Womack, Haskell, purchased the facility Thursday at a bank auction on the steps of the Muskogee County Court House. He was one of three who bid on the track previously owned by Teresa and Gary Clay. They built the track and opened it in 2003.Womack has been promoter of the track for before the season opened in mid-March.

Richardson had to fight off the challenge of Inola’s Justin Shoemaker and a couple of Spiro drivers for the checkered flag. He wrestled the lead from Shoemaker on lap nine with a nifty bid of driving out of turn two.

Then it was Spiro’s Brookin Stephens and Jimmy Douglass in the closing laps of the 30-lap event. Stephens, who led the race at the halfway point, eventually left the track (lap 25) with engine problems.

That left Douglass to carry on the fight and he kept up the pressure on Richardson for the final five trips around the oval, three times pulling along side in his bid to capture the top prize.

Richardson effectively used the a combination of the low groove in the turns and the high groove down the straights-away. He took the lead from Shoemaker with a low-high move out of turn one and used the same maneuvers to hold off Stephens and Douglass.

Modified
Justin Fulton and William Gould battled door-to-door in the final three laps, before Gould took charge with one lap to go to win his second feature of the year.

The two were "rubbing paint" in front of the grandstands with two laps remaining and stayed side-by-side all the way to turn three, where Gould (Fort Smith) gained an edge. At the finish he had a three-car length margin over Fulton (Fort Gibson) and the rest of the field.
Mike Withrow, Muskogee, the early race leader, finished third. It was by far the best night of the season for the division’s defending points champion as his car has been plagued with mechanical problems.

Pure Stock
James Gillean drove home with his second straight feature victory, out-dueling a trio of drivers for the win. The Boynton driver forged ahead of Brandi Justice, Tahlequah, on the backstretch with three laps remaining.

He then held off Brandi Levasseur to the checked flag. Levasseur, Chouteau, won the first two features of the year and is the division’s point leader. Justice was third.

Bobby Lewis, the division’s 2006 points champion, set the early pace and led for the first four laps. Justice used a backstretch surge to make the pass of Lewis and led until Gillean charged to the lead.

Levassuer got to second on lap 12 when several cars – including Lewis – tangled in turn three. Lewis eventually finished sixth. Gillean started in the eighth position and was in third after the first lap.

In the second heat, Checotah’s Tony Underhill rolled his car in front of the north end of the grandstands after making contact with Rick Whittle, Oktaha, and Kay Burris, Checotah. He emerged from the vehicle, resting on its roof, uninjured.

It was the second roll over in as many weeks in that exact same spot. Kenny Payne experienced the same fate in the second heat last week. He too escaped injury.

Economy Modified
A determined Jake Kelley kept the new track owner (Womack) at bay to win his fourth feature of the year. The 2006 track champion started in the 14th position and charged to the lead after eight laps. He took the lead from Patrick Goodnight (Braggs) who got high in the loose clay in turn three and could not recover.

A restart for a car into a tire on the final lap produced a green-white-checkered for the finish. Kelley was up to the challenge, keeping Womack and the field in his dust in the single-file restart.

Hobby Stock
Heat 1 – 1, Mike Hargis, 23H,Huntsville. 2, 23X, Ronnie Hook, Bentonville. 3, 53S, Jess Simms, Stilwell. 4, 1, Brookin Stephens, Spirp. 5, 47, Colton Dunlap, Muskogee. 6, 17X, Ryan Williams, Ft.Smith. 7, 51, Andrew Bohonan, Stigler. 8, 17M, Jeff Metcalf, Siloam Springs.

Heat 2 – 1, Jay Arnold, 73,Haskell. 2, 82, Hank Long, Stillwell. 3, 38S, Tim Sands, Muskogee. 4, 327, Dale Richardson, Muskogee. 5, 75, Randy Moses ll, Muskogee. 6, 86, Brian Scroggins, Wagoner. 7, 29, Doug Ford, Muskogee. (DNS).

Heat 3 – 1, Justin Shoemaker, 5,Inola. 2, 49, Jimmy Douglas, Spiro. 3, 23, Kerney Weaver, Muskogee. 4, 216, Brent Manning, Bentonville. 5, 17, Don Willoby, Eufaula. 6, 95, Kyle Jones, Muskogee. 7, 90, Lesa Vaughan, Locust Grove.

Heat 4 – 1, Bobby Disheroon, 92,Hulbert. 2, 31, Aaron Barker, Checotah. 3, D17, Doug Huls, Kansas. 4, 123, Kevin Stills, Muskogee. 5, 58, Justin Woods, Sapulpa. 6, 112, Kyle Stevens, Tahlequah. 7, 00, Lynn Combs, Ft.Gibson. (DNS).

B Feature (12 laps) – Brookin Stephens, Spiro; Jeff Medcalf, Siloam Springs, AR.; Randy Moses, II, Muskogee; Kevin Stills, Muskogee; Doug Hulse, Kansas; Justin Woods, Sapulpa; Lesa Vaughan, Locust Grove; Kyle Stevens, Tahlequah.

Feature (30 laps) – 1, 327, Dale Richardson, Muskogee. 2, 49, Jimmy Douglas, Spiro. 3, 53S, Jess Simms, Stilwell. 4, 5, Justin Shoemaker, Inola. 5, 82, Hank Long, Stillwell. 6, 23H, Mike Hargis, Huntsville. 7, 92, Bobby Disheroon, Hulbert. 8, 123, Kevin Stills, Muskogee. 9, 17M, Jeff Metcalf, Siloam Springs. 10, 73, Jay Arnold, Haskell. 11, 90, Lesa Vaughan, Locust Grove. 12, 58, Justin Woods, Sapulpa. 13, 1, Brookin Stephens, Spirp. 14, 31, Aaron Barker, Checotah. 15, 38S, Tim Sands, Muskogee. 16, D17, Doug Huls, Kansas. 17, 23X, Ronnie Hook, Bentonville. 18, 75, Randy Moses ll, Muskogee. 19, 112, Kyle Stevens, Tahlequah. 20, 23, Kerney Weaver, Muskogee. (DNS).

Pure Stock
Heat 1 – 1, 99, Bob Lewis, Muskogee. 2, 11X, Kenny Payne, Muskogee. 3, 34, Darien Austin, Muskogee. 4, J4, Brandy Justice, Tahlequah. 5, JR5, Johnny R. Anderson, Eufaula. 6, R5, Ray Peckham, Checotah. 7, 32, Greg Carmack, Checotah. 8, 61, Randi Goins, Chouteau.(DNS).

Heat 2 – 1, James Gillean, 6S,Boynton. 2, 10X, Jason Ward, Tahlequah. 3, 23H, Chandler Hargis, Huntsville. 4, 8, Tony Quinton, Tahlequah. 5, 29K, Kay Burris, Checotah. 6, 48, Tony Underhill, Checotah. 7, R44, Ricky Whittle, Oktaha. 8, 7, James Stilwell, Checotah. (DNS).

Heat 3 – 1, Justin Sellars, 65,Muskogee. 2, 66, Michael Bantaa, Muskogee. 3, 33L, Brandi Levasseur, Chouteau. 4, 23K, Kevin Burnett, Checotah. 5, 73, Jerrold Mathison, Checotah. 6, 3s, Andy Simmons, Muskogee. 7, 317, Cody Kellogg, Henryetta. 8, 2X, Daniel Tarkington, Checotah. (DNS).

B Feature (8 laps) – 1, , Andy Simmons, . 2, , James Stilwell, . 3, , Greg Carmack, . 4, ,Ray Peckham, . 5, , Randi Goins, . 6, , Cody Kellogg, . 7, , Ricky Whittle, . 8, , Tony Underhill, . 9, , Daniel Tarkington, .

A Feature (15 laps) – 1, 6S, James Gillean, Boynton. 2, 33L, Brandi Levasseur, Chouteau. 3, 10X, Jason Ward, Tahlequah. 4, J4, Brandy Justice, Tahlequah. 5, 34, Darien Austin, Muskogee. 6, 66, Michael Bantaa, Muskogee. 7, 99, Bob Lewis, Muskogee. 8, 32, Greg Carmack, Checotah. 9, 11X, Kenny Payne, Muskogee. 10, 61, Randi Goins, Chouteau. 11, 73, Jerrold Mathison, Checotah. 12, JR5, Johnny R. Anderson, Eufaula. 13, 23K, Kevin Burnett, Checotah. 14, 23H,Chandler Hargis, Huntsville. 15, 3s, Andy Simmons, Muskogee. 16,8, Tony Quinton, Tahlequah. 17, R5, Ray Peckham, Checotah. 18, 7, James Stilwell, Checotah. 19, 29K, Kay Burris, Checotah. 20, 65, Justin Sellars, Muskogee. (DNS).

Economy Modified

Heat 1 – 1, 3, Danny Womack, Haskell. 2, 13G, James Curtis, Checotah. 3, 19, Dennis Slader, Muskogee. 4, 00, Brandon Fields, Checotah. 5, 53, Gary Dilbeck, Catoosa. 6, 45, Shannon Reheard, .

Heat 2 – 1, Jake Kelley, 13$,Glenpool. 2, 2, Patrick Goodnight, Braggs. 3, 21, Brady Demeree, Skiatook. 4, 07, Toby Lindell, Muskogee. 5, 15, Bret Sexton, Checotah. 6, 23, Emily Jackson, Chouteau.

Heat 3 – 1, David Whittle Jr., 6D,Muskogee. 2, 10, J.D. Jackson, Chouteau. 3, 67, Mike Northup, Coweta. 4, F16, Mike Wroblewski, Muskogee. 5, 13L, Levi Kelley, Glenpool. 6, 13, Matt Arnold, Chouteau.

A Feature (20 laps) – 1, 13$, Jake Kelley, Glenpool. 2, 3, Danny Womack, Haskell. 3, 19, Dennis Slader, Muskogee. 4, 13G, James Curtis, Checotah. 5, 2, Patrick Goodnight, Braggs. 6, 6D, David Whittle Jr., Muskogee. 7, 45, Shannon Reheard, . 8, 67, Mike Northup, Coweta. 9, F16, Mike Wroblewski, Muskogee. 10, 21, Brady Demeree, Skiatook. 11, 23, Emily Jackson, Chouteau. 12, 13L, Levi Kelley, Glenpool. 13, 10, J.D. Jackson, Chouteau. 14, 07, Toby Lindell, Muskogee. 15, 00, Brandon Fields, Checotah. 16, 53, Gary Dilbeck, Catoosa. 17, 13, Matt Arnold, Chouteau. 18, 15, Bret Sexton, Checotah.

Modified
Heat 1 – 1, 6, Justin Fulton, Ft.Gibson. 2, 37, Allen Frailey, Chouteau. 3, 75, Joe Wright, Beggs. 4, F5, Fausten Wilhite, Tahlequah. 5, 52, Chad Davis, Tulsa. 6, 7, Randy Bailey, Padem. 7, 38F, Jaren Frailey, Chouteau.

Heat 2 – 1, Greg Skaggs, 27J,Bixby. 2, 4R, Jared Russell, Muskogee. 3, 60, William Gould, Ft,Smith. 4, 27, Dan Morris, Ft.Gibson. 5, 44B, Steven Lewallen, Ft.Smith. 6, 127, Andy Morris, Okay. 7, 14, Kevin Lacy, Bixby. (DNS).

Heat 3 – 1, Mike Withrow, 1,Muskogee. 2, 54, Dena Wilson, Coweta. 3, 91, Joe Duvall, Chelsea. 4, 89, Tate Cole, Ft.Gibson. 5, 117, Jason Teague, Tahlequah. 6, 3T, John Turner, Siloam Springs. 7, 7B, Davin Blake, Pryor.

Feature (20 laps) – 1, 60, William Gould, Ft,Smith. 2, 6, Justin Fulton, Ft.Gibson. 3, 1, Mike Withrow, Muskogee. 4, 75, Joe Wright, Beggs. 5, 54, Dena Wilson, Coweta. 6, F5, Fausten Wilhite, Tahlequah. 7, 37, Allen Frailey, Chouteau. 8, 91, Joe Duvall, Chelsea. 9, 117, Jason Teague, Tahlequah. 10, 7, Randy Bailey, Padem. 11, 14, Kevin Lacy, Bixby. 12, 52, Chad Davis, Tulsa. 13, 3T, John Turner, Siloam Springs. 14, 127, Andy Morris, Okay. 15, 27, Dan Morris, Ft.Gibson. 16, 7B, Davin Blake, Pryor. 17, 89, Tate Cole, Ft.Gibson. 18, 4R, Jared Russell, Muskogee. 19, 27J, Greg Skaggs, Bixby. 20, 44B, Steven Lewallen, Ft.Smith. 21, 38F, Jaren Frailey, Chouteau. (DNS).