Hull wards off Sprint Invasion and defends Lincoln Speedway turf
By Jake Croxton

LINCOLN, Ill. (May 6, 2006) – Jerrod Hull made his first 2006 Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invader start count as he overtook pole starter Randy Plath and led the final 19 laps to score the $1,200 payday.

“We concentrated on the feature after the Dash,” commented Hull. “Scott Bonar tuned it up and told me not to worry about it. Sure enough, we were really nice in the feature.”

Plath and Brian Hetrick led the field of 20-strong to the start. The Strong hurst, Ill. veteran got the jump and led his first A-feature laps of 2006. Mean while, Hull worked his way to second and maneuvered past Plath at the completion of lap 6.

“I was taking my time early on, making sure we didn’t get into any mishaps there,” observed Hull. “After we got to the lead, the car just kept getting better and better. We could get through lapped traffic really well and we just had a blast all night long.”

Manny Rockhold slowed the field for the first time on lap 8 after coasting to a stop in turn two. On there start, Korey Weyant emerged from his tenth starting position and looked to be reeling in the Sikeston, Missouri pilot as they diced through traffic.

“(Finishing second) feels really good,” commented Weyant. “We had the car hooked up tonight and I had alot of good guys behind me.” Curtis Boyer and Tony Daniels tangled in turn one to slow the pace for the second time on lap 17. Before the field could get alap in, Matt Krieger ended his night upside down.

“The yellows flags hurt me,” continued Weyant. “I feel that I was faster in lapped traffic. If we’d have caught back up to the traffic I think I could have got him, but we were even on long runs.”

Plath’s night turned sour to bring out the final caution of the evening. That set up the final eight-lap dash to the checkers. Hull set sail with the open track and cruised to win ahead of Weyant and points leader Matt Sutton.

“We did okay,” said Sutton of the run. “We lost ourbrakes with about eight to go. I don’t know if we had anything for them. I think we were a third-place car tonight.”

Chris Urish brought the 77U home in fourth and Bobby Hawks nipped Hetrick at the line to complete the top five.

During the B-Main, both Seth Wilke and Nick Guernsey flipped in separate incidents. Guernsey was treated and released on site, but Wilke was transported to a Springfield hospital for further evaluation. Wilke was awake and talking to medical crews on scene but was complaining of neck and back pain. More updates will be dispersed as they become available.

Staats Awards Heat Race #1 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Bobby Mincer, Morning Sun, IA; 2. Bart Andrews, Muscatine,
IA; 3. Dave Anderson, Burlington, IA; 4. Manny Rockhold, Pekin; 5. Tony Daniels, Galesburg; 6. Justin Newberry, Burlington, IA; 7. Jayson Ditsworth, Gladstone

Storm Steel Heat Race #2 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO; 2. Chris Urish, Elkhart; 3. KoreyWeyant, Springfield; 4. Bret Tripplett, Middletown; 5.Nick Guernsey, Burlington, IA; 6. Matt Krieger, Burlington, IA; 7. Dan Avery, Burlington, IA

Rich DeReu Memorial Heat Race #3 (Top 4 Advance) – 1.Nick Eastin, W. Burlington, IA; 2. Randy Plath, Stronghurst; 3. Bobby Hawks, Jacksonville; 4. Justin Gianetto, Cedar Rapids, IA; 5. Robert Bell, Colfax, IA; 6. Travis Porter, East Moline; 7. Seth Wilke, Burlington, IA

Rusty’s Clubhouse & Grill Heat Race #4 (Top 4 Advance)– 1. Brian Hetrick, Stronghurst; 2. Matt Sutton, Macomb; 3. Curtis Boyer, New Haven, MO; 4. Matt Harms, Chillicothe; 5. Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis, IA; 6. Jimmie Davies, Oquawka

Mike Campbell’s Body Shop & Towing Shake-up Dash – 1.Sutton; 2. Hull; 3. Urish; 4. Mincer; 5. Plath; 6.Hetrick; 7. Eastin; 8. Andrews

Budweiser B-Main (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Jamison; 2.Daniels; 3. Bell; 4. Krieger; 5. Newberry; 6.Ditsworth; 7. Avery; 8. Guernsey; 9. Porter; 10.Wilke; 11. Davies

Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invaders 25 – 1. Hull; 2.Weyant; 3. Sutton; 4. Urish; 5. Hawks; 6. Hetrick; 7.Mincer; 8. Anderson; 9. Eastin; 10. Jamison; 11.Plath; 12. Andrews; 13. Gianetto; 14. Harms; 15. Bell;16. Newberry; 17. Boyer; 18. Krieger; 19. Daniels; 20.Rockhold

*Bret Tripplett was unable to keep the car in gear after attempting to push off for the Feature – Justin Newberry was added as the first alternate

Car Count - 27
Cautions - 4 (L8, 17, 17*, 17) *Red – Matt Krieger
flip
Lead Changes – 1
Laps Led – Hull 19, Plath 6
Leaders: Plath 1-6, Hull 7-25
Highest Finishing Rookie: Gianetto (13th)

Contingency:
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger – Korey Weyant
(Started 10th – Finished 2nd)
Design 500 5th Place – Bobby Hawks
Design 500 First Non-Qualifier – Jayson Ditsworth
Storm Steel B-Main Consolation Prize – Jayson Ditsworth
Saldana Racing Products – Matt Harms
Ultra Shield Racing Products – Matt Krieger
Jocko’s Sprint Parts – Justin Newberry
Kinser Air Filters – Ryan Jamison
Rod End Supply – Korey Weyant
Brake Man – Matt Sutton
M&W Aluminum Products – Robert Bell
Hepfner Racing Products – Brian Hetrick
Velocity Wings – Justin Gianetto