Jerrod Hull pads all-time Invaders win-lead with 34 Raceway Triumph
By Jake Croxton

WEST BURLINGTON, IA (July 3, 2006) – Sikeston, Missouri pilot Jerrod Hull worked the hammer-down 3/8-mile at 34 Raceway to perfection and claimed his second win of 2006 in his H&H Enterprises / Midland Performance / Red Brick Transportation / Avenger / Wesmar. The victory was Hull’s tenth Ideal Ready Mix Sprint Invader A-Feature win of his career, tops among all drivers.

“This is a real good organization with a lot of tough competition,” stated Hull. “To be the all-time win leader is a tremendous accomplishment…Scott Bonar had it going around the corners basically wide-open. I never hardly had to lift. I have to thank him for making the cars run and making my job easy.”

Rager Phillips was the man to beat early on in the JD Byrider 25. Phillips won the battle to turn one around pole-starter Hull and led the opening eight laps, before lapped traffic came into play.

“It was pretty quick the whole night until the end,” admitted Phillips. “I got hung up in lapped traffic. About the first seven cars were all strung out and the rest of them were all wadded up in the middle. You just kind of had to battle your way through…the 94 went straight through and I got hung up there. (Hull) was able to pull of the win and (we) were just kind of hung out to dry back there.”

“The lapped traffic really played in our favor,” continued Hull. “The car was working really nice and I was looking forward to the traffic.” Hull led the final 17 circuits, and won by nearly a straightaway over Phillips and Bobby Mincer.

“I feel pretty good about third,” said the 2004 Champion Mincer. “It was a fast track and it was going to be hard to pass. We ran hard and I did the very best we could…I definitely want to win, but if we keep racing the way we have and keep our heads on straight, I think it’s going to come.”

With many of the Invaders competitors with limited half-mile experience, Mincer was asked if he had an advantage headed into West Liberty.

“Maybe a little bit, but everybody runs pretty good everywhere we race. I don’t know if that really gives me an up on anybody, but it’s basically do the best we can, make the car right and go to the front.”

Jayson Ditsworth brought out the first caution on lap 9 after a career-best second-place effort in the Mike Campbell’s Body Shop & Towing Shake-Up Dash. The only other on-track skirmish necessitated a red flag for Nick Eastin’s mishap in turn four.

Chris Urish beat Bobby Hawks to the line to take fourth, while substitute-driver Matt Rogerson, Jeff Mitrisin, Ryan Jamison, Josh Schneiderman, and Manny Rockhold completed the top 10.

Ryan Jamison closed to within 18 points of leader Matt Sutton heading into the West Liberty event on July 4th. The Sprint Invaders / Open Late Model double-header will kick off at 6 p.m. with fireworks to follow.


Results

Staats Awards Heat Race #1 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA; 2. Matt Rogerson, W. Burlington; 3. Josh Schneiderman, W. Burlington; 4. Randy Plath, Stronghurst, IL; 5. Tim St. Arnold, Des Moines; 6. Travis Porter, East Moline, IL; 7. Mark Tischer, Hannibal, MO; 8. Seth Wilke, Burlington

Storm Steel / Abrasive Jet Technologies Heat Race #2 (Top 4 Advance) – 1.Bobby Mincer, Burlington; 2. Rager Phillips, Pleasantville; 3. Chris Urish, Elkhart, IL; 4. Ryan Jamison, Mediapolis; 5. Matt Sutton, Macomb, IL; 6. Korey Weyant, Springfield, IL; 7. Bart Andrews, Muscatine

Rich DeReu Memorial Heat Race #3 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO; 2. Jayson Ditsworth, Gladstone, IL; 3. Jimmie Davies, Oquawka, IL; 4. Nick Eastin, W. Burlington; 5. Justin Newberry, W. Burlington; 6. Brian Hetrick, Stronghurst, IL; 7. Tony Daniels, Galesburg, IL

Randall’s Performance & Accessories Heat Race #4 (Top 4 Advance) – 1. Dave Anderson, Burlington; 2. Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL; 3. Bobby Hawks, Jacksonville, IL; 4. Robert Bell, Colfax; 5. Charlie Gilpin, Jr., Dallas City, IL; 6. Dan Avery, Burlington; 7. Matt Krieger, Burlington

Mike Campbell’s Body Shop & Towing Shake-Up Dash – 1. Phillips; 2. Ditsworth; 3. Rogerson; 4. Mitrisin; 5. Mincer; 6. Hull; 7. Rockhold; 8. Anderson

Budweiser B-Main (Top 4 Advance) – 1. St. Arnold; 2. Sutton; 3. Weyant; 4. Hetrick; 5. Andrews; 6. Gilpin, Jr.; 7. Porter; 8. Wilke; 9. Tischer; 10. Newberry; 11. Avery; 12. Daniels; 13. Krieger DNS

JD Byrider 25 – 1. Hull; 2. Phillips; 3. Mincer; 4. Urish; 5. Hawks; 6. Rogerson; 7. Mitrisin; 8. Jamison; 9. Schneiderman; 10. Rockhold; 11. St. Arnold; 12. Davies; 13. Hetrick; 14. Anderson; 15. Ditsworth; 16. Sutton; 17. Weyant; 18. Plath; 19. Bell; 20. Eastin


Car Count – 29
Cautions – 2 (L9, L10 RED)
Leaders – Phillips 1-8, Hull 9-25
Laps Led – Hull 17, Phillips 8
Highest Finishing Rookie – N/A

Contingency:
B&B Oval Track Products Pole Award – Jerrod Hull
QA1 Motorsports Feature Winner – Jerrod Hull
KSE Racing Products Hard Charger – Bobby Hawks (Started 12th, Finished 5th)
Design 500 5th Place – Bobby Hawks
Design 500 First Non-Qualifier – Bart Andrews
Weld Racing Products First Non-Qualifier – Bart Andrews
Rainbo Oil 2nd Non-Qualifier – Charlie Gilpin, Jr.
Storm Steel First Non-Qualifier – Bart Andrews
Saldana Racing Products – Manny Rockhold
Ultra Shield Racing Products – Jayson Ditsworth
Jocko’s Sprint Parts – Josh Schneiderman
Rod End Supply – Robert Bell
Brake Man – Bobby Mincer
M&W Aluminum Products – Jeff Mitrisin
Hepfner Racing Products – Ryan Jamison
Velocity Wings – Matt Rogerson