Bristol Motor Speedway
Owens, O'Neal fastest in Tennessee specials
From track reports
Jimmy Owens set fast time at Volunteer. (pbase.com/3wheelinracingphotos)
Oh, boy. The “O” boys of Jimmy Owens of Newport, Tenn., and Don O’Neal of Martinsville, Ind., staked their claims at separate Tennessee special events by setting the fast qualifying times Friday in preliminary action.
Owens was the fast qualifier at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn., for the 10th annual BB&T-Toyota Tundra Spring Thaw 100, while O’Neal set quick time at StormPay.com Speedway in Clarksville, Tenn., for the fourth annual Tuckassee Toilet Bowl Classic. Both March 21-22 events — Volunteer’s Advance Auto Parts Thunder Series event and Clarksville’s UMP-sanctioned special — pay $10,000 to the winner in the Saturday feature events.
Volunteer’s heat race winners were Owens, Brandon Kinzer of Allen, Ky., last year’s race winner Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn., and Chris Madden of Gray Court, S.C. Clarksville’s heat race winners were O’Neal, Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., reigning UMP champion Dennis Erb Jr. of Carpentersville, Ill., and Wes Steidinger of Fairbury, Ill. — Robert Walden and Chris Tilley
Volunteer Speedway
Fast qualifier (among 46 cars): Jimmy Owens, 12.408 seconds
First heat: (1) Jimmy Owens, (2) Vic Hill, (3) Jeff Maupin, (4) Brad Neat, (5) Billy Ogle Jr., (6) Kerry Jones, (7) Randy Weaver, (8) D.J. Wells, (9) Steve Smith, (10) Shon Flanary, (11) Chad Ogle, (12) Dewayne Pesterfield.
Second heat: (1) Brandon Kinzer, (2) Shanon Buckingham, (3) Ray Cook, (4) Dale McDowell, (5) Tommy Kerr, (6) Michael England, (7) John King Jr., (8) Brian Smith, (9) David Payne, (10) Marty Calloway, (11) April Farmer, (12) Richard Smith.
Third heat: (1) Scott Bloomquist, (2) Rick Rogers, (3) Mike Weeks, (4) John Blankenship, (5) Anthony White, (6) Mark Vineyard, (7) John Gill, (8) Damon Eller, (9) Mike Smith, (10) Eric Wells, (11) Jeremy Carr.
Fourth heat: (1) Chris Madden, (2) Mike Marlar, (3) Dusty Carver, (4) Mark Douglas, (5) Stacy Boles, (6) Dan Tipton, (7) Michael Jackson, (8) Jeff Wolfenbarger, (9) Bobby Mays, (10) Jeff Neubert, (11) Roger Best.
StormPay.com Speedway
Fast qualifier (among 32 cars): Don O’Neal, 13.263 seconds
First heat: (1) Don O’Neal, (2) Terry English, (3) Ryan Unzicker, (4) Carnell Parker III, (5) Tim Tungate, (6) Wayne Chinn, (7) Gary Frost, (8) Tony Albright.
Second heat: (1) Wendell Wallace, (2) Steven Ashby, (3) Brent Kreke, (4) Chris Shelton, (5) Michael Walker, (6) Jason Schmidt, (7) Gil Smith, (8) Brian Ashby.
Third heat: (1) Dennis Erb Jr., (2) Justin Rattliff, (3) Jordan Bland, (4) Jeff Walston, (5) Chuck Proctor, (6) Bryan Collins, (7) Rusty Griffaw, (8) Gary Johnson.
Fourth heat: (1) Wes Steidinger, (2) B.J. McCammon, (3) Jason McBride, (4) Caleb Ashby, (5) Charles Zimmerman, (6) Darren Baxter, (7) Jarryd Holshouser, (8) Mike Hammerle.
