Wade Hendrickson # 85 big block modified leading in the heat. Hendrickson won the heat and the 25 lap BB Mod feature on Camp Barnes Benefit night

 

Little Bit Of Playing In The Clay

 

July 27, 2007

Photo & Story by Bonnie Nibblett

 

 

Delmar, DE…..Here it is the end of July already, seems like summer just got going.  When the end of July comes around, I know summer will be over soon, and then followed by racing slowing down and ending until after the New Year.   It seems far away, but trust me; it is way too close for race fans.  Fans can never get enough racing in, along with drivers never getting enough racing in either.

 

The Delaware Motorsports Complex is in full swing with racing on all three tracks every Friday, and Saturday nights.  Friday’s dragway action happens every Friday night through the mid of August in the ¼ mile action.  This past Friday night the Bad 8 Open Wheel and Full Body racers join the Summit ET Point Series drivers.  Check the tracks web site www.delawareracing.com for details of the winners and upcoming events.  The next double points race is this Friday night, gates open 3:30 PM with time runs at 4:30 and eliminations around 8:30 PM.

 

The oval clay, ½ mile has had a lot of action in the last few weeks in itself.  Thursday, July 12, 2007 the 35th running of the Camp Barnes Benefit Race was held.  Great turn out with the crowd and the racers support.  The pits were hopping and zinging with sounds all over and with all the cars teams working on the cars before the cars hit the track sure was fantastic to see.  There was a time when the pits would be really full, but with the economies fuel and other cost the count has dropped off a bit this year.  But if compared to the usual weekend crowd it was awesome to see as many that did make the show.  Thank you to all for a big turn out. 

 

The Big Block Modified win went to Wade Hendrickson in the Jake Marine no. 85, Jamie Mills (30), Jimmy Horton (24) third, H. J. Bunting III and Kenny Brightbill (19) rounded out the top five.  Billy Pauch in the Will Brown Truck Repair worked the track after a seventh starting position and by lap two Pauch sat in third.  Mills and Pauch put on a show with drag racing on the back stretch and close wheel to wheel action with swapping second place between the two.  Hendrickson was few cars lengths out there as Pauch claimed second on lap nine.  Pauch went to work on no. 85 each lap, the two were toe to toe and Pauch finally takes the lead on lap 22.  Just as Pauch grabs the lead in turn four and seemed to have the win in the bag; the car just shuts down.  The next lap, lap 23, Pauch slows in turns one and two and stops to the top of turn two.  Hendrickson took home over $4500.  Heats were won by Hendrickson, and Mills.  

 

Rick Eckert (24) (one of the World of Outlaw Late Models drivers and visited DIS when the touring series rolled through Delaware) made an appearance and wind up taking home the win of $5, 075.  Eckert lead almost as soon as the green dropped taking the lead from pole sitter ten time DIS track champion of Kenny Pettyjohn in the Mid-Coastal Siding no. 11.  Pettyjohn continued to drop back further during the feature with some kind of ill handling car troubles.   Devin Friese (12) invaded the track and finished in second, Ricky Elliott (45), Rob Schirmer, and Mark Pettyjohn (PJ1) rounded out the top five of the night.  It was some good racing each lap.  K. Pettyjohn and Eckert won the heats. 

 

The famous 12 lap modifieds vs. late model 12 lap shoot out started with the late model of Rob Schirmer on the pole.  When it came down to it in the end Jamie Mills wins in a modified, Eckert, Schirmer, Horton, and M. Pettyjohn round out the top five. 

 

Both crate classes fields were full with racers.  Ross Robinson won the TSS Late Model and Brad Trice won the AC Delco TSS Modified.   The Mod Lite feature was won by Brandon Dennis and the Little Lincoln Vintage Stock Car feature was won by Jamie Wagner. 

 

This coming weekend the Little Lincoln Vintage Stock Cars will be added to the regular five divisions of racing Saturday night.  Aug 4, the URC Sprints will return to the track.  Both along with the regular show make a good night of racing.  Gates open at 5 PM, URC night gates open 4:30 PM.  Check the tracks hot line for upcoming events at 302-846-3968.  The tracks web is www.delawareracing.com.

 

The US 13 Kart Club Track will hold the state DDDS event this Saturday, July 28.  Gate will open at 7 AM.  This will be the second state race to be held at DMP.  Regular club racing returns to the US 13 Kart Track Friday, Aug. 4.  Gates open at 5 PM, practice starts at 7 PM, gate admission only $5.  For coming events visit the karts web site at www.dekarting.net. 

 

The racing on the Delaware Motorsports Complex is always full of action.  Come out to the track and make a family night of fun.  The tracks are located 1 mile north of the MD / DE state line, in Delmar, DE.  Track Office phone 302-875-1911.  For all your Delaware’s Tracks race news visit www.redbud69racing.com  and Redbud’s message board powered by Bi-Rite Auto Sales of Seaford, DE.  See you at the track!