Gone in a Cloud of Dust/ Where did Bop Em Bob Come From?/ Double Duty/ Springfield Updates/ Racing Lawsuits of Note
Gone in a Cloud of Dust
How quick can someone go from being a champion to second place in the USAC Silver Crown Series? All in a cloud of dust.
That is all it took for Brian Tyler to go from having a good lead to trailing Bud Kaeding in the points. Thursday night at O’Reilly Raceway Park, Tyler was on top of the world. He has beaten NASCAR NEXTEL Cup star Carl Edwards to win the JD ByRider 100 and extend his points lead. It would all come crashing down on Saturday night. Bryan Tyler started in 16th and was looking to move forward.
He had won the event in past years starting from the back and this year looked like he would have the hot shoe again. Nine laps into the Sumar Classic 100, Tyler “got runover” when two cars aparently could not see where they were going because of the dusty conditions and one ran over the points leader’s right rear and the other ran over his left rear ending Tyler’s day. Bud Kaeding took advantage of Tyler’s misfortuines. The California driver was able to avoid incidents that brought out the 19 yellow flags and 2 red flags on the evening and win the race.
The victory was win number three on the season for BK. Kaeding now has an 18 point lead on Tyler going into Springfield. Bud Kaeding may have the points lead but Tyler has history on his side. Brian Tyler has won the last two Silver Crown races at Springfield coming from 16th to win in 2005 and 21st to win in 2004. Another interresting development from Terre Haute was the No. 26 car of Aaron Pierce. Pierce went into the infield during the multi car pileup that knocked Tyler out of the race. Pierce tried to get the No. 26 back on the track but flipped. That brought out the red flag. Remarkably, his crew was able to put the car back together, get back in the race and finish 11th, just 24 laps down. Aaron Pierce trails Wayne Reutiman Jr by 11 points for third. Fans may also want to keep their eye on Jerry Coons Jr. The Arizona native has been strong at Springfield finishing second three times and third once in the last five years.
Where Did Bop Em Bob Come From?
You have seen the saga of Bop Em Bob on this website but where did the punching doll come from? Wayne Reutiman Jr. told Rob Klepper on the USAC Racing Show Monday night that Bob was a gift from someone in the shop. It appears that from time to time Reutiman would get frustrated with some bad luck and someone in the shop got him a punching doll so he would have something to take out his frustrations on. Bob is scheduled to be in the Reutiman pits this weekend. Hopefully his services will not be needed.
Double Duty
I don’t have a list of the Silver Crown entries for Springfield but two Silver Crown drivers are entered for the ARCA RE/MAX Series race there on Sunday. AJ Fike is scheduled to drive the No. 12 on Sunday while Justin Allgaier is set to pilot the No. 16. Allgaier set the ARCA track record at Springfield last season. Springfield, Illinois is also his hometown. The ARCA Lincon Welders Truck Series will join the Silver Crown cars on the track Saturday.
Final Fact
While Brian Tyler won the last two races at Springfield, who won the races there from 2000-2003?
Answer: Dave Darland 2003, JJ Yeley 2002, Paul White 2001 and Jack Hewitt 2000.
Updates from Springfield
Please join us Saturday beginning at 8:30am for coverage of the Tony Bettenhousen 100 right here at http://www.openwheeler.blogspot.com/ and http://www.retechracing.com/. The RE site will have results in the Live Trackside portion of their website and will also have live qualifying coverage during the qualifying session. We hope you enjoy the coverage we have brought you this season and will look for you this Saturday.
Racing Lawsuits of Note
Two stories involving the courts have come to my attention. Since I have not seen the court doccuments personally, I am electing to just link to published stories that appeared on SceneDaily.com. One law suit involved Shane Hmiel vs Braun Racing. http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2006/08/14/scene_daily27.html
The other involves a lawsuit between Jeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham. http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2006/08/14/scene_daily32.html
Programming Note: I am moving my story on “my take on the new SPEED Report” to next week. I thought it was not fair to judge the program only on one viewing. I will watch it again this Sunday and then have a story for you next week.
Images appearing in this blog courtesy of R.E. Technologies.
How quick can someone go from being a champion to second place in the USAC Silver Crown Series? All in a cloud of dust.
That is all it took for Brian Tyler to go from having a good lead to trailing Bud Kaeding in the points. Thursday night at O’Reilly Raceway Park, Tyler was on top of the world. He has beaten NASCAR NEXTEL Cup star Carl Edwards to win the JD ByRider 100 and extend his points lead. It would all come crashing down on Saturday night. Bryan Tyler started in 16th and was looking to move forward.
He had won the event in past years starting from the back and this year looked like he would have the hot shoe again. Nine laps into the Sumar Classic 100, Tyler “got runover” when two cars aparently could not see where they were going because of the dusty conditions and one ran over the points leader’s right rear and the other ran over his left rear ending Tyler’s day. Bud Kaeding took advantage of Tyler’s misfortuines. The California driver was able to avoid incidents that brought out the 19 yellow flags and 2 red flags on the evening and win the race.
The victory was win number three on the season for BK. Kaeding now has an 18 point lead on Tyler going into Springfield. Bud Kaeding may have the points lead but Tyler has history on his side. Brian Tyler has won the last two Silver Crown races at Springfield coming from 16th to win in 2005 and 21st to win in 2004. Another interresting development from Terre Haute was the No. 26 car of Aaron Pierce. Pierce went into the infield during the multi car pileup that knocked Tyler out of the race. Pierce tried to get the No. 26 back on the track but flipped. That brought out the red flag. Remarkably, his crew was able to put the car back together, get back in the race and finish 11th, just 24 laps down. Aaron Pierce trails Wayne Reutiman Jr by 11 points for third. Fans may also want to keep their eye on Jerry Coons Jr. The Arizona native has been strong at Springfield finishing second three times and third once in the last five years.
Where Did Bop Em Bob Come From?
You have seen the saga of Bop Em Bob on this website but where did the punching doll come from? Wayne Reutiman Jr. told Rob Klepper on the USAC Racing Show Monday night that Bob was a gift from someone in the shop. It appears that from time to time Reutiman would get frustrated with some bad luck and someone in the shop got him a punching doll so he would have something to take out his frustrations on. Bob is scheduled to be in the Reutiman pits this weekend. Hopefully his services will not be needed.
Double Duty
I don’t have a list of the Silver Crown entries for Springfield but two Silver Crown drivers are entered for the ARCA RE/MAX Series race there on Sunday. AJ Fike is scheduled to drive the No. 12 on Sunday while Justin Allgaier is set to pilot the No. 16. Allgaier set the ARCA track record at Springfield last season. Springfield, Illinois is also his hometown. The ARCA Lincon Welders Truck Series will join the Silver Crown cars on the track Saturday.
Final Fact
While Brian Tyler won the last two races at Springfield, who won the races there from 2000-2003?
Answer: Dave Darland 2003, JJ Yeley 2002, Paul White 2001 and Jack Hewitt 2000.
Updates from Springfield
Please join us Saturday beginning at 8:30am for coverage of the Tony Bettenhousen 100 right here at http://www.openwheeler.blogspot.com/ and http://www.retechracing.com/. The RE site will have results in the Live Trackside portion of their website and will also have live qualifying coverage during the qualifying session. We hope you enjoy the coverage we have brought you this season and will look for you this Saturday.
Racing Lawsuits of Note
Two stories involving the courts have come to my attention. Since I have not seen the court doccuments personally, I am electing to just link to published stories that appeared on SceneDaily.com. One law suit involved Shane Hmiel vs Braun Racing. http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2006/08/14/scene_daily27.html
The other involves a lawsuit between Jeremy Mayfield and Ray Evernham. http://www.scenedaily.com/stories/2006/08/14/scene_daily32.html
Programming Note: I am moving my story on “my take on the new SPEED Report” to next week. I thought it was not fair to judge the program only on one viewing. I will watch it again this Sunday and then have a story for you next week.
Images appearing in this blog courtesy of R.E. Technologies.
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