Jacob Hawkins And Rob Trent Snare 1st Eldora Wins Of 2014

A happy Jacob Hawkins in Eldora Victory Lane

ROSSBURG, OH (August 9) – Jacob Hawkins (UMP DIRTcar Modifieds) and Rob Trent (Stock Cars) couldn’t have found a better audience than Saturday night to pick up their first Eldora Speedway wins of the 2014 season, as the grandstands were overflowing for Family Fun Night #2.

By virtue of a re-draw involving the top two finishers from the preliminary heat races, Hawkins started on the outside pole position, but it was Jason Kinney charging into the early lead, with Hawkins dropping to third behind fourth-place starter Evan Taylor.

Taylor then shot past Kinney down the back stretch on lap two to take the lead, with Hawkins still in third, and Evan’s brother, Jonathan, in fourth.

By lap six things began to shake up. Kinney brushed the outer wall a few times which slowed down his pace and dropped him back through the field. That allowed Jonathan Taylor to move into third behind Evan Taylor and Hawkins. Also on the move was Matt Westfall, up to fourth.

Hawkins picked off J. Taylor on the next circuit and one lap later Westfall got by E. Taylor for third. Only one lap later Westfall continued his march forward to ride runner-up to Hawkins and begin a battle that had the huge crowd on their feet.

Westfall tried every combination and trick in the book, including using lapped traffic, to reel in Hawkins and nearly had the job done on one occasion, but fell short at the finish by .562 seconds. Jonathan Taylor crossed the line third, while Jeremy Hayes and Jerry Bowersock completed the top five.

Attrition was the name of the game in the Stock Car finale, as multiple attempts were needed to get the first lap completed.

Once things settled down, it was Trent moving into the lead with defending champion Barney Craig in tow.

Craig and Dean Pitts waged a torrid battle for the runner-up position behind Trent in the early stages, with Craig finally getting the upper hand at the mid-point of the race. A few laps later Jeff Koz slipped past Pitts for third and then with four laps remaining Wayne Williams turned in the best performance of his career to take fourth away from Pitts.

As the checkered flag flew, that is how they remained with Trent taking the win over Craig, Koz, Williams and Pitts.

Eldora Speedway will remain silent for two weekends while preparing for the August 31 Baltes Classic presented by Coors Light and then the 44th annual running of the famous World 100 over the weekend of September 4, 5 and 6.

Tickets and campsites for these races and all remaining 2014 Eldora events are available by going online to www.EldoraSpeedway.com. Additionally, tickets and campsites may be purchased through the Eldora offices during normal business hours by calling (937) 338-3815 or on race day.

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UMP DIRTcar MODIFIEDS

TIME TRIALS – 1. 54-Matt Westfall [17.323]; 2. 13-Jacob Hawkins [17.556]; 3. 7-Evan Taylor [17.820]; 4. 05-David Smith [17.846]; 5. 01F-Anthony Flannery [18.093]; 6. 55S-Zach Schroeder [18.149]; 7. 11MH-Mike Hohlbein [18.195]; 8. 36-Brandon Vaughan [18.243]; 9. 1SW-Scott Williams [18.250]; 10. 00G-Andy Galgoci [18.267]; 11. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock [18.307]; 12. 88-Scott Orr [18.329]; 13. 35H-Jeremy Hayes [18.331]; 14. 5-Jonathan Taylor [18.475]; 15. 10-Scott Bowersock [18.479]; 16. 4K-Jason Kinney [18.483]; 17. 3GW-Dylan Woodling [18.486]; 18. 23J-Jeff Koz [18.510]; 19. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [18.546]; 20. 33B-Bobby Boone [18.632]; 21. 5X-Tim Richardson [18.656]; 22. 21T-Tom Treon [18.699]; 23. 18-Ryan Sutter [18.948]; 24. L5-Casey Luedeke [18.967]; 25. 4S-Rob Starkey [18.968]; 26. 93-Josh Greber [18.981]; 27. 26D-Mike Dirksen [19.083]; 28. 79-Shane Unger [19.177]; 29. P0-Brody Pompe [19.334]; 30. 0A-Derrick Austin [19.411]; 31. 71D-Anthony Davis [19.494]; 32. 4J-David Treon, Jr [19.533]; 33. 75D-Gary Dunaway [19.698]; 34. 67S-Warren Shingleton [19.799]; 35. 20-Josh Morton [99.999];

HEAT 1 – 1. 54-Matt Westfall [9]; 2. 35H-Jeremy Hayes [6]; 3. 1SW-Scott Williams [7]; 4. 5X-Tim Richardson [4]; 5. 3GW-Dylan Woodling [5]; 6. 01F-Anthony Flannery [8]; 7. P0-Brody Pompe [2]; 8. 75D-Gary Dunaway [1]; 9. 4S-Rob Starkey [DQ];

HEAT 2 – 1. 5-Jonathan Taylor [6]; 2. 13-Jacob Hawkins [9]; 3. 55S-Zach Schroeder [8]; 4. 21T-Tom Treon [4]; 5. 00G-Andy Galgoci [7]; 6. 23J-Jeff Koz [5]; 7. 93-Josh Greber [3]; 8. 0A-Derrick Austin [2]; 9. 67S-Warren Shingleton [1];

HEAT 3 – 1. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock [6]; 2. 7-Evan Taylor [8]; 3. 10-Scott Bowersock [5]; 4. 26D-Mike Dirksen [2]; 5. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [4]; 6. 18-Ryan Sutter [DNF]; 7. 71D-Anthony Davis [DNF]; 8. 20-Josh Morton [DNF]; 9. 11MH-Mike Hohlbein [DNS];

HEAT 4 – 1. L5-Casey Luedeke [3]; 2. 4K-Jason Kinney [5]; 3. 36-Brandon Vaughan [7]; 4. 05-David Smith [8]; 5. 4J-David Treon, Jr [1]; 6. 33B-Bobby Boone [4]; 7. 79-Shane Unger [2]; 8. 88-Scott Orr [6];

B-FEATURE – 1. 3GW-Dylan Woodling [5]; 2. 23J-Jeff Koz [6]; 3. 01F-Anthony Flannery [1]; 4. 00G-Andy Galgoci [3]; 5. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [7]; 6. 0A-Derrick Austin [14]; 7. 79-Shane Unger [12]; 8. 71D-Anthony Davis [15]; 9. P0-Brody Pompe [13]; 10. 67S-Warren Shingleton [18]; 11. 75D-Gary Dunaway [DNF]; 12. 4J-David Treon, Jr [DNF]; 13. 93-Josh Greber [DNF]; 14. 18-Ryan Sutter [DNF]; 15. 11MH-Mike Hohlbein [DNS]; 16. 88-Scott Orr [DNS]; 17. 33B-Bobby Boone [DNS]; 18. 4S-Rob Starkey [DNS]; 19. 20-Josh Morton [DNS];

A FEATURE – 1. 13-Jacob Hawkins [2]; 2. 54-Matt Westfall [5]; 3. 5-Jonathan Taylor [8]; 4. 35H-Jeremy Hayes [3]; 5. 5XB-Jerry Bowersock [6]; 6. 1SW-Scott Williams [12]; 7. L5-Casey Luedeke [7]; 8. 10-Scott Bowersock [13]; 9. 05-David Smith [9]; 10. 3GW-Dylan Woodling [17]; 11. 52-John Phlipot, Jr [21]; 12. 4K-Jason Kinney [1]; 13. 5X-Tim Richardson [14]; 14. 00G-Andy Galgoci [20]; 15. 55S-Zach Schroeder [10]; 16. 0A-Derrick Austin [22]; 17. 26D-Mike Dirksen [16]; 18. 7-Evan Taylor [DNF]; 19. 79-Shane Unger [DNF]; 20. 23J-Jeff Koz [DNF]; 21. 36-Brandon Vaughan [DNF]; 22. 21T-Tom Treon [DNF]; 23. 75D-Gary Dunaway [DNF]; 24. 01F-Anthony Flannery [DNF];

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STOCK CARS

TIME TRIALS – 1. 82-Chris Douglas [DQ]; 2. 410-Paul Pardo [19.120]; 3. 16-Jeff Koz [19.372]; 4. 00-Dean Pitts [19.458]; 5. 61-Rob Trent [19.775]; 6. 49-Eric Sandlin [19.861]; 7. 5G-Anthony Goode [19.862]; 8. 71C-Barney Craig [19.900]; 9. 01-Earnie Woodard [19.917]; 10. 27-Frank Paladino [19.985]; 11. 7-Jordan Conover [20.080]; 12. 55-Bradley Caudill [20.205]; 13. 9-Dave Keysor [20.338]; 14. 1S-Kyle Peterson [20.388]; 15. 19-Wayne Williams [20.438]; 16. 7D-Dan Wooten [20.490]; 17. 00L-Mike Learman [20.542]; 18. 99-Andy King [20.637]; 19. 55A-Brandon Archey [20.650]; 20. 53-Jan Launder [20.656]; 21. 1W-Mark Wooten [20.686]; 22. 20P-Robbie Phlipot [20.687]; 23. 23-Casey Barr [20.817]; 24. 36-Adam Schaeff [20.937]; 25. 25-Nick Bowers [21.624]; 26. 10FF-Kenny Brady Jr. [21.624]; 27. 58-Alex Peace [21.761]; 28. 28D-Tracy Dunaway Jr. [22.285]; 29. 5W-Craig Swartz [25.061];

HEAT 1 – 1. 61-Rob Trent [5]; 2. 410-Paul Pardo [6]; 3. 01-Earnie Woodard [4]; 4. 7D-Dan Wooten [3]; 5. 1W-Mark Wooten [2]; 6. 10FF-Kenny Brady Jr. [1]; 7. 82-Chris Douglas [DQ];

HEAT 2 – 1. 16-Jeff Koz [7]; 2. 49-Eric Sandlin [6]; 3. 20P-Robbie Phlipot [2]; 4. 27-Frank Paladino [5]; 5. 58-Alex Peace [1]; 6. 1S-Kyle Peterson [DNF]; 7. 00L-Mike Learman [DNF];

HEAT 3 – 1. 00-Dean Pitts [7]; 2. 19-Wayne Williams [4]; 3. 5G-Anthony Goode [6]; 4. 7-Jordan Conover [5]; 5. 99-Andy King [DNF]; 6. 28D-Tracy Dunaway Jr. [DNF]; 7. 23-Casey Barr [DNF];

HEAT 4 – 1. 71C-Barney Craig [6]; 2. 9-Dave Keysor [8]; 3. 25-Nick Bowers [7]; 4. 55A-Brandon Archey [4]; 5. 55-Bradley Caudill [5]; 6. 53-Jan Launder [3]; 7. 36-Adam Schaeff [2]; 8. 5W-Craig Swartz [DNF];

B-FEATURE – 1. 55-Bradley Caudill [1]; 2. 00L-Mike Learman [3]; 3. 53-Jan Launder [5]; 4. 23-Casey Barr [7]; 5. 10FF-Kenny Brady Jr. [9]; 6. 5W-Craig Swartz [12]; 7. 28D-Tracy Dunaway Jr. [11]; 8. 58-Alex Peace [10]; 9. 36-Adam Schaeff [DNF]; 10. 1S-Kyle Peterson [DNS]; 11. 99-Andy King [DNS]; 12. 1W-Mark Wooten [DNS];

A FEATURE – 1. 61-Rob Trent [8]; 2. 71C-Barney Craig [4]; 3. 16-Jeff Koz [1]; 4. 19-Wayne Williams [5]; 5. 00-Dean Pitts [7]; 6. 27-Frank Paladino [12]; 7. 7-Jordan Conover [13]; 8. 01-Earnie Woodard [11]; 9. 55-Bradley Caudill [17]; 10. 410-Paul Pardo [6]; 11. 53-Jan Launder [19]; 12. 49-Eric Sandlin [2]; 13. 55A-Brandon Archey [14]; 14. 23-Casey Barr [20]; 15. 20P-Robbie Phlipot [16]; 16. 9-Dave Keysor [3]; 17. 5G-Anthony Goode [10]; 18. 25-Nick Bowers [9]; 19. 00L-Mike Learman [18]; 20. 7D-Dan Wooten [15]; 21. 10FF-Kenny Brady Jr. [21]; 22. 5W-Craig Swartz [22]; 23. 28D-Tracy Dunaway Jr. [DNS]; 24. 58-Alex Peace [DNS];
(Dave Keysor car driven by Chris Douglas)