Well Folks, it's time to recap what happened this weekend at
Thunderbird Speedway on 3/27/04. We will get started with:

IMCA STOCK CARS
Your Heat Winners Were Heat #1 Brandon Kirkland #42, Heat #2 Jason
Gore #021 and Heat #3 Tommy Davis Jr. #17
In the feature, starting on the Pole and leading the field of 21 to
the Green was Scotty Brown driving his #44 B&B Concrete Stock Car.
Starting outside of him was Brent McKnight in his #83 McKnight Racing
Stock Car. The Green flag flew on the race, and it didn't take long
for the racing to start. Coming out of Turn 2, the first of many
Yellows would fall as Toby Grissom in the #02 would spin and stall.
His night was over. Brown lead the Field back to green, and again it
didn't take long for the Yellow to fall when the #830 driven by
Jason Wisel would spin on lap 2 going into turn #1. He would stall,
so we would try it again, and the green flew one more time. Brown
leads to the Green again and one more time the crashing would start
as #34 J.D Berryhill in his Davis Race Cars, Kimberling Racing Stock
Car would get turned around in turn 2 and bring the yellow out.
Behind him, Tommy Davis Jr. #17 driving his Davis Race Cars,
Marshall's RV, Arrow Signs, RCP ,Tommy's Towing, Canton Paint & Body
stock car would get spun by the #66 of James Cannaday, Davis would
get clipped by Cannaday and bend his left front spindle. His night
would be over as the #17 would go to the Pits. So after 3 yellows in
a row, we would try one more time to get going. The green flag
would fly on lap #4 and Brown would take the lead and Start his Run
to the win. Brown jumps to the lead on the restart and started to
pull away from the field. Brandon Kirkland would take over 2nd and
try to catch Brown. Moving up would be Jason Gore who started 11th
in the field and would be up to 7th Jeff Turner who started 10th
would be up to 4th on Lap 9. The final Yellow of the night would fly
as Matt Bagley would spin and stall in turn 2. At the yellow your
leader was Brown, 2nd Kirkland, 3rd Turner, 4th Gore, and your hard
charger, at the time, coming from 21st in the field, Chris Davis
driving the #86 Davis Race Cars, Tommy's Towing Stock Car was up to
6th place. Davis whose #98 Davis Race Cars Stock Car broke the
tranny in Heat race #2 was coming to the front. On the restart,
Brown would again jump out front and again began to pull away. At
halfway, Brown leads, Kirkland is 2nd and Turner is 3rd, but Turner
spins in turn 3 off the turn and fall way back to the back of the
pack. On lap 12, a battle for 5th starts to take place as Terry
Pritchett pushes in turn 1, and Chris Davis looks under him. They go
into 3 and Pritchett goes up the track again, and Davis tries going
under him, but there is a problem : The #15 of Justin McGlocklin
runs into the turn to hard and hits Davis in the left Rear and spins
Davis into the infield No Yellow and No Black Flag. Davis rejoins
the field 2 laps later, 2 laps down. At lap 15 Brown Still Leads as
Kirkland runs 2nd and Gore 3rd. Pritchett is now 4th Scotty Brown
leads by a straightaway with 2 to go. Jason Gore passes Kirkland
for 2nd. The white Flag flies, and Brown leads, and at the
Checkered. your Winner: Driving the #44 B&B Stock Car is Scotty
Brown. The rest of your top 5: 2nd goes to Jason Gore, 3rd to Terry
Pritchett, 4th Brandon Kirkland and 5th place to Stan Kotwitz #97
No motor Claims.

SIMS Limited Modifieds
Your Heat winners were Heat #1 Bobby Morgan #90, Heat #2 Max Eddie
Thomas #82
This Race went Caution Free with Max Eddie Thomas making his way to
the front over the 16-car field. Thomas was followed by the second
place car of Randy Miller. Both had to start in Row 5 and came to
the front. Thomas got the lead by halfway and never looked back, as
he pulled away for his 2nd win in a row. He was in the #82
Unlimited Racing Products SIMS Modified. The rest of the top 5
were: 2nd for the second time in a row Randy Miller, 3rd Brian
Stowers #182, 4th Richard Strain #37 and 5th Terry McCommas #6. Max
Eddie Thomas also leads the points over Randy Miller by two points,
so it looks like it will be a great season for the SIMS Limited
Modifieds.

IMCA Modifieds
This was a pretty good race. Starting on the Pole, and leading the
field of 24 was Oran Lunsford #77 driving his Lunsford Racing
Modified. Starting outside him was the #38 of Ray Carrier. When the
Green Flag dropped, Lunsford took the lead, but not for long as
Jason Troutman, driving the #44 Town East Ford., Z&Z Motorsports
Modified took the lead and began to drive for his first Feature Win
of the Year, but others would have something to say about that
because the Yellow would fly on lap #2 when the #123 of Scott Stewart
would spin in turn 4. On the restart, Troutman jumps to the lead
again followed by Ray Carrier and Charlie Smith. That's when Ronny
Sigman, Scotty Brown, ands Jason Gore began their march to the
front, as all 3 started to work their way throw the traffic. Gore
gets to 3rd on lap #9. This is when a battle began for the lead, as
Charlie Smith takes his #516 to the top and starts to work on
Troutman who is working the low side. Smith takes the lead at
halfway and starts to take sail and starts to pull away. Troutman
falls into 2nd as Jason Gore #22 closes in at lap 13. Gore looks
under Troutman in Turn 3. Gore makes Contact with Troutman's #44 and
spins him into the infield. No yellow and no Black Flag again.
Troutman's night is over as he parks in the infield. Gore takes 2nd,
but is well behind Smith who has opened up a straightaway lead on
Gore as the white flag falls, and the battle for 4th began to heat up
as Ronny Sigman in the #48 battles with Scotty Brown #144 coming off
Turn number 4 and taking his First Ever IMCA Modified Feature,
driving the #516, Town East Ford Z&Z Motorsports Modified is Charlie
Smith. The rest of your top 5 are: Coming in 2nd Jason Gore #22,
3rd Ray Carrier #38 and winning a very close battle for 4th is Ronny
Sigman #48, Scotty Brown #144 rounds out the top 5 in 5th. After
the Checkerd Smith Spins into the infield and hits the Tractor Tire
and began to start doing donuts. There are no claims. Your Hard
Charger was Ronny Sigman who Started 11th and finished 4th. Good job
Ronny


MINI STOCKS
Your Heat Winners were Heat #1 Danny Pattat #20 and Heat #2 Jimmy
Gore #21.
This was probably the best race of the night. Leading the field of
20 to green was Trent Dorman, driving the #36 Luther's Chassis Ford
Pinto. Starting outside him was Chris Kent in the #47 Kent Racing
Ford Mustang. When the green dropped. Dorman jumps out to the early
lead, Kent in 2nd. Moving up fast is Jimmy Gore #21 and Danny Pattat
#20, who was last week's winner, and who again won at GPS on Friday
night. Gore and Pattat would get to 2nd and 3rd by lap 4. Kent
would fall to 5th. Bringing out the only yellow of the night on lap
5 would be the #95 of Randy Morris who spins in turn 4, and stops in
front of Kent and Bobby Ortega #07. When the field is shown the
lineup, Ortega is upset and says he should be in 6th, but the track
says he should start at the back. Ortega is later told to go to the
pits for holding up the race. He would finish in 18th place. When
the green dropped, Gore and Pattat would start to work on Dorman,
who had opened up a good lead before the yellow. At halfway, it's
Dorman, Gore and Pattat Chris Kent, who was moved to the back after
the yellow began to move back up through the field. With four to
go, Gore looks under Dorman with Danny Pattat stuck in lap traffic.
Looks like it will be a battle between Gore and Dorman, but Pattat
clears the lap cars and starts hunting the lead. With 2 laps to
go, Gore takes the lead, but Dorman battles back on the outside.
They take the white flag side by side coming off 2. Pattat makes it
three-wide as the go down the back straighaway. Pattat noses
ahead, but has to back off for the turn. Dorman and Gore go into 3
side by side. As the come off 4, Gore inches ahead, but Dorman gets
a good grab of the track and beats Gore to the line by a bumper for
his First Ever Mini Stock Feature win. The rest of your top 5 are
2nd Jimmy Gore #21, 3rd Danny Pattat, whose win streak is stopped at
3, 4th Tommy Mcmanus #747 and 5th Steve Hinkle #27. Coming off turn
4, on the cool off lap, Dorman spins into the infield and hits the
tractor tire in excitement.


STREET STOCKS
Your heat winners were Heat #1 Mike Deaver #29, Heat #2 Tommy Davis
Jr. #17, Heat #3 David Montgomery #87, and Heat #4 Dave Emmons #23

Leading the Field of 24 to Green was Matt Deaver driving the #1
Deaver Racing Street Stock. Outside of him would be David Montgomery
in the # 87. When the Green flag dropped, Montgomery jumped to the
lead, followed by Deaver and Davis Jr. Montgomery would get a little
bit of a lead as Deaver and Davis Jr. battled for the lead. Davis
would pass Deaver, but the Yellow would come out on the first lap so
a complete restart would happen, but Matt would be moved to the
back. When the Green fell again, Montgomery would jump to the lead.
Again this time followed by Mike Deaver and Davis Jr. This is how it
would stay until lap 6, when the green and yellow would come out,
but Montgomery and Deaver slowed, but you still race under the Green
and Yellow. Davis Jr. would pass both and take the Lead in his #17
Davis Race Cars, Marshall's RV, RCP, Arrow Signs, Tommy's Towing,
Canton Paint & Body Street Stock. At halfway, Davis leads with
Montgomery and Deaver behind him. On lap 12, Montgomery would began
to pressure Davis for the lead, with Deaver looking on and waiting to
make his move. At lap 15, Davis still leads, but coming out of 2,
Davis hits some water and slides up just enough to let Montgomery
stick his nose under him, and going into turn 3, Montgomery would
make the pass. Davis would fall in at 2nd . At the white, it was
still Montgomery, Davis and Deaver. Coming off turn 4, for the final
time, taking his first win of the year is David Montgomery driving
the #87. 2nd goes to Tommy Davis Jr. #17, the 2-time former Champion
in 98&99; 3rd goes to Mike Deaver #29, and 4th Clint Frideley #82,
who was last week's winner. Rounding out the top 5 was Mike Nabors
#28. Your Hard Charger was Keith Jackson in the # 025 Jackson
Motorsports, Tommy's Towing Street Stock. After starting in row 7,
Jackson would end up 8th after having his tire cut with 2 to go while
in 5th , and after winning B main #2.

Another great night of racing to continue the 2004 Thunderbird Racing
Season. Congratulations to the winners, and good luck to everyone
this coming weekend. Don't forget to send in your picks. Races
start at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 3.

Donnie & Kristi