Cottle Works Up
Friday Prelim Win at Chili Bowl!
Lonnie
Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (January 14, 2011) Preliminary action at the 25th
Anniversary Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals concluded on Friday night with Indianas
Shane Cottle racing to victory lane in the 25-lap Vacuworx International Qualifying main
event atop the QuikTrip Centers Tulsa Expo Raceway.
Cottle
raced into the lead from the third starting position on the opening round and set the pace
the rest of the way, ultimately taking the checkered flag ahead of a fast-closing Dave
Darland and defending Chili Bowl Nationals champion Kevin Swindell.
Those
three locked into Saturday nights 50-lap Chili Bowl championship feature event along
with the top three finishers from the three previous nights, with the balance of the 256
car field racing through an alphabet soup of feature events to fill the 24-car main event.
Fridays
triumph marked Cottles second career Chili Bowl preliminary feature win after taking
his first one in 2007.
Daryl
(Saucier) has put a good car together, its a lot better than the last one,
Cottle explained of Daryl Sauciers Chevy-powered Lucas Oil/J&S Consulting No. 1st
Spike. Youve got a put a good car
together to beat these guys, and I think hes done it.
While
Dave Darland and Chris Windom led the feature field to the green flag, Cottle stuck to the
inside of the track and surged into the lead by the time the first lap was completed. After a quick caution for Justin Grant, Cottle led
Darland, fourth-starter Brad Loyet and fifth-starter Kevin Swindell until another yellow
appeared after five laps for a nerf bar in turn two off of Chili Bowl rookie Christopher
Bells machine.
With
the next 15 laps run off in non-stop fashion, Cottle worked the bottom of the track
masterfully with Loyet pressuring Darland for the runner-up slot. Loyet soon powered off turn four to take second on
the eighth lap, with Swindell shuffling Darland back another position on the 12th
circuit.
Cottle
reached traffic by the 14th round and had the trio of Loyet, Swindell and
Darland nipping at his heels when the races final caution flew after 20 laps for
Brian Browns turn four spin.
With
a potential first Chili Bowl checkered within reach, Loyet moved to the topside of turns
one and two and nearly turned it over. Swindell
took quick advantage, squeezing by on the low side entering turn three before Loyet could
get back to the bottom.
I
had to rough him (Loyet) a little bit, but thinking of either running the B
Feature or A Main hot laps late on Saturday night its worth kinda using
someone a little bit, Swindell explained. I
felt like he used me and Dave a little bit so it didnt hurt me to feed it back.
Darland
seized the moment and rallied by both Loyet and Swindell on the high side and was reeling
in Cottle, only to run out of laps, as Cottle took the checkered flag over Darlands
Wilke Pak Motorsports Toyota-powered Speedway Motors No. 4x Spike by 0.511-seconds.
Kevin
was still better than I was at that end of the track (three and four), but we were really
good down in one and two but in three and four we struggled until the last couple of laps,
Darland explained.
Swindell
settled for the third and final lock-in position, assuring a start among the top twelve in
his bid to become the first repeat winner in Chili Bowl Nationals history.
Loyet
fell one spot short of locking a third Loyet Motorsports entry into Saturdays finale
with a fourth-place run in the Esslinger-powered Loyet Landscape Maintenance/Meramec
Heights Collision No. 05 Spike, with Oklahoma native Daryn Pittman rounding out the top
five in the Esslinger-powered Bob Hurley Ford No. 21 Spike.
Nipped
by Pittman at the line, Windom was sixth with two-time Chili Bowl champ Cory Kruseman,
Dakoda Armstrong, Danny Stratton and Fourth Annual (1990) Chili champ Johnny Heydenreich
completing the top ten.
A
pair of Chili Bowl rookie contenders made the feature cut, including Floridas Troy
Decaire and Oklahomas Christopher Bell. Decaire
was 19th and Bell was 24th in the feature event that included no
attrition, with all 24 starters taking the checkered flag.
Stuart
Snyder, Pittman, Hunter Schuerenberg, Billy Pauch, Jr., Decaire, Cottle, Windom and Davey
Ray topped heat race action for the 64-car field, with Tim Crawley, Loyet, Danny Stratton
and Armstrong winning the B Mains.
After
getting collected in a heat race incident, Andrew Felker raced from four rows deep to win
the first C Main and then climbed to third in the first B Main to
move on to the main event.
Danny
Jennings won the second C Main, with Brian Brown and Bell, a Micro Sprint Car
shoe making his first Midget start, topping B Main action.
There
were several wild incidents over the course of the night, with Kevin Michnowicz and Austin
Laskey among those taking the wildest rides.
Friday
Nights Vacuworx International Qualifier Results from the 25th Annual
Lucas Oil Chili Bowl Nationals:
Heat Races (8 Laps Top
40 in passing points to A Qualifiers; Balance to twin C Mains)
Heat 1: 1. #87C Stuart Snyder, Waverly, NE; 2. #47 Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ; 3. #15
Tim Siner, Waterloo, IL; 4. #73E Clay Klepper, Caruthers, CA; 5. #17X Justin Grant, Ione,
CA; 6. #2D Doug Day, Winder, GA; 7. #3R Robbie Ray, Eldridge, IA; 8. #11A Andrew Felker,
Carl Junction, MO; 9. #4R Dustin Hapka, Grand Forks, ND
Heat 2: 1. #21 Daryn Pittman, Owasso, OK; 2. #71S Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN;
3. #88 Jonathon Henry, Stockton, CA; 4. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 5. #59 Dex
Eaton, Owasso, OK; 6. #7 Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 7. #19D Steven Drevicki,
Reading, PA; DNS -- #18G Gordon Steffens, St. Charles, MO; #37 Nic Faas, Huntington Beach,
CA
Heat 3: 1. #35S Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO; 2. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow
Falls, OH; 3. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 4. #57K Daniel Robinson, Mt. Vernon, IL;
5. #39R Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, KS; 6. #5K Kent Schmidt, Owensville, IL; 7. #77B Mike
Boesel, Bennett, CO; 8. #47JR Kevin Michnowicz, Torrance, CA
Heat 4: 1. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 2. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills,
MO; 3. #15P David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 4. #25K Dereck King, Vienna, IL; 5. #86J Josh
Most, Red Oak, IA; 6. #32 Danny Jennings, Norman, OK; 7. #67B Harris Brooks, Houston, TX
DNS -- #11X Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO
Heat 5: 1. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 2. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 3. #7A
Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, IN; 4. #93H Tim Kent, Barstow, OK; 5. #97B Aaron Berryhill,
Broken Arrow, OK; 6. #94 Dave Kingston, Vandalia, IL; 7. #87JR Troy Rutherford, Ojai, CA;
DNS -- #44 Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE
Heat 6: 1. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 2. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 3.
#6 David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 4. #60 Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 5. #33S
Austin Smith, Chino Hills, CA; 6. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK; 7. #11T Tyler
Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA; 8. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville, TX
Heat 7: 1. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL; 2. #35 Johnny Heydenreich, Indianapolis,
IN; 3. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 4. #10W George White, Fort Worth, TX; 5. #93D
Dennis Rodriguez, Camarillo, CA; 6. #50T Tom Everhart, El Cajon, CA; 7. #0 Johnny Murdock,
Kaufman, TX; 8. #38K Brian Deegan, Omaha, NE
Heat 8: 1. #71X Davey Ray, Loves Park, IL; 2. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 3. #4J Tim
Crawley, Benton, AR; 4. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 5. #87 Rich Camfield, Decatur,
IL; 6. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 7. #10X Austin Laskey, Tulsa, OK; 8. #88D Rusty
Dukes, Fair Grove, MO
C Mains (10 Laps Top 4
in each transfer to back of corresponding B Main)
C Main 1: 1. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 2. #33S Austin Smith, Chino
Hills, CA; 3. #7 Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 4. #11T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa,
IA; 5. #5K Kent Schmidt, Owensville, IL; 6. #67B Harris Brooks, Houston, TX; 7. #3R Robbie
Ray, Eldridge, IA; 8. #94 Darren Kingston, Vandalia, IL; 9. #54 Evan Pardo, Gatesville,
TX; DNS -- #10X Austin Laskey, Tulsa, OK; #11X Steve Newman, Breckenridge, CO; #37 Nic
Faas, Huntington Beach, CA; #87JR Troy Rutherford, Ojai, CA
C Main 2: 1. #32 Danny Jennings, Norman, OK; 2. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS;
3. #19D Steven Drevicki, Reading, PA; 4. #77B Mike Boesel, Bennett, CO; 5. #38K Brian
Deegan, Omaha, NE; 6. #47JR Kevin Michnowicz, Torrance, CA; 7. #0Z Johnny Murdock,
Kaufman, TX; 8. #2D Doug Day, Winder, GA; 9. #88D Rusty Dukes, Fair Grove, MO; 10. #4R
Dustin Hapka, Grand Forks, ND; 11. #50T Tom Everhart, El Cajon, CA; DNS -- #44 Don Droud
Jr., Lincoln, NE
A Qualifiers (10 Laps
Top 16 in combined passing points to A Main; Balance to twin B Mains)
A Qualifier 1: 1. #4J Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 2. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 3.
#17X Justin Grant, Ione, CA; 4. #97B Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK; 5. #6 David Gough,
Machesney Park, IL; 6. #93H Tim Kent, Barstow, OK; 7. #93D Dennis Rodriguez, Camarillo,
CA; 8. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 9. #71X Davey Ray, Loves Park, IL; DNS #47X
Brad Mosen, Auckland, NZ
A Qualifier 2: 1. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 2. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura,
CA; 3. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 4. #14W Matt Westfall, Ludlow Falls, OH; 5. #77 Joey
Moughan, Springfield, IL; 6. #86J Josh Most, Red Oak, IA; 7. #49 Trevor Kobylarz,
Birdsboro, PA; 8. #88 Jonathon Henry, Stockton, CA; 9. #25K Dereck King, Vienna, IL; 10.
#15 Tim Siner, Waterloo, IL
A Qualifier 3: 1. #71S Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN; 2. #21 Daryn Pittman,
Owasso, OK; 3. #39 Kevin Swindell, Germantown, TN; 4. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard, CA; 5. #21B
Christopher Bell, Norman, OK; 6. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 7. #73E Clay Klepper,
Caruthers, CA; 8. #87C Stuart Snyder, Waverly, NE; 9. #57K Daniel Robinson, Mt. Vernon,
IL; 10. #60 Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA
A Qualifier 4: 1. #7A Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, IN; 2. #35 Johnny Heydenreich,
Indianapolis, IN; 3. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL; 4. #35S Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston,
MO; 5. #87 Rich Camfield, Decatur, IL; 6. #10 George White, Fort Worth, TX; 7. #75 Billy
Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 8. #39R Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, KS; 9. #59 Dex Eaton, Owasso,
OK; 10. #15P David Prickett, Fresno, CA
B Mains (15 Laps Top 4
in each transfer to A Main)
B Main 1: 1. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO; 2. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown,
NJ; 3. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 4. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 5.
#15 Tim Siner, Waterloo, IA; 6. #57K Daniel Robinson, Mt. Vernon, IL; 7. #87C Stuart
Snyder, Waverly, NE; 8. #15P David Prickett, Fresno, CA; 9. #93D Dennis Rodriguez,
Camarillo, CA; 10. #39R Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, KS; 11. #33S Austin Smith, Chino Hills,
CA; 12. #11T Tyler Groenendyk, Oskaloosa, IA; 13. #6 David Gough, Machesney Park, IL; 14.
#7 Shannon McQueen, Bakersfield, CA; 15. #86J Josh Most, Red Oak, IA; DNS -- #47 Brad
Mosen, Auckland, NZ
B Main 2: 1. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK; 2. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield,
IL; 3. #10W George White, Fort Worth, TX; 4. #12D Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 5. #25K Dereck
King, Vienna, IL; 6. #11H Garrett Hood, Concordia, KS; 7. #19D Steven Drevicki, Reading,
PA; 8. #73E Clay Klepper, Caruthers, CA; 9. #60 Wink Schweitzer, Bakersfield, CA; 10. #77B
Mike Boesel, Bennett, CO; 11. #87 Rich Camfield, Decatur, IL; 12. #93H Tim Kent, Barstow,
OK; 13. #88 Jonathon Henry, Stockton, CA; 14. #71X Davey Ray, Loves Park, IL; 15. #59 Dex
Eaton, Owasso, OK; 16. #32 Danny Jennings, Norman, OK
A Main (25 laps Top 3
advance to Saturday Night's Main Event)
1. #1ST Shane Cottle, Kokomo, IN; 2. #4X Dave Darland, Lincoln, IN; 3. #39 Kevin
Swindell, Germantown, TN; 4. #05 Brad Loyet, Sunset Hills, MO; 5. #21 Daryn Pittman,
Owasso, OK; 6. #17 Chris Windom, Canton, IL; 7. #21K Cory Kruseman, Ventura, CA; 8. #7A
Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, IN; 9. #71S Danny Stratton, Indianapolis, IN; 10. #35 Johnny
Heydenreich, Indianapolis, IN; 11. #4J Tim Crawley, Benton, AR; 12. #14W Matt Westfall,
Ludlow Falls, OH; 13. #35S Hunter Schuerenberg, Sikeston, MO; 14. #73 Josh Ford, Oxnard,
CA; 15. #75 Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, NJ; 16. #97B Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK;
17. #77 Joey Moughan, Springfield, IL; 18. #11A Andrew Felker, Carl Junction, MO; 19. #12D
Troy Decaire, Tampa, FL; 20. #10W George White, Fort Worth, TX; 21. #17X Justin Grant,
Ione, CA; 22. #49 Trevor Kobylarz, Birdsboro, PA; 23. #51 Brian Brown, Grain Valley, MO;
24. #21B Christopher Bell, Norman, OK
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