Babb Takes 2nd Annual SuperClean Diamond Nationals
Wheatland, MO (Sunday, May 11, 2008) - After rain postponed the event on Saturday, Shannon Babb added a Diamond
Nationals victory and a diamond ring to his already impressive resume on Sunday afternoon. Babb, the Mowequa, IL hot
shoe led every lap en route to picking up the $40,000 paycheck and the coveted ring.
A stellar field of 80 entries was trimmed to 26 for the 100-lap 2nd Annual Super Clean Diamond Nationals with Scott
Bloomquist and Shannon Babb leading the field down to the green. Babb immediately showed his strength by powering
ahead of the second place battle between Bloomquist, Moyer, and Pearson.
While a rash of early cautions kept Babb at bay, Bloomquist, Moyer, and Pearson swapped the second position back and
forth, 20th-starting Steve Francis and 25th-starting Bart Hartman were slowly working their way through the field. Francis
ran as high as sixth before falling into the pits and Hartman cracked the top ten before being involved in a lap 39 caution
which included Jimmy Mars, Will Vaught, Michael England, and Terry Casey among others.
The restart saw Babb on the point with Pearson, Bloomquist, Scott James, and Moyer in tow. As Babb weaved in and out
of lapped traffic, Pearson shadowed his every move until lap 69 when a broken j-bar forced the defending Series
champion to slow on the track.
When racing resumed, Babb led Bloomquist, Moyer, Darrell Lanigan, and Jimmy Owens down to the green as Bloomquist
slipped high in turn four allowing several cars to pass. Moyer then gave chase to the race-long leader over the closing
laps, but was never able to chase down the driver of the Clint Bowyer Motorsports #18.
Babb was the first to cross the stripe in his Clements powered Rocket with Moyer crossing in second, Lanigan third,
Owens fourth, and Steve Casebolt fifth.
"I'd just like to thank Clint Bowyer and this whole team for giving me a great race car," Babb said in victory lane. "It's
awesome to get this win and I'd like to thank Forrest (Lucas) for all he does to make this event possible."
For complete scoring and event stats go to www.lucasoildirt.com and for more information on up coming events at the
Diamond of Dirt Tracks log on to www.LucasOilSpeedway.com.
RESULTS
PRC Fast Time: Scott Bloomquist - 16.909 seconds
Hawk Brake First Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Scott Bloomquist, 2. Scott James, 3. Jeremy Payne, 4. Darrell
Lanigan, 5. Chad Simpson, 6. Larry Campbell, 7. Jesse Stovall, 8. JD Hubert, 9. Mark Voigt, 10. Larry Clawson, 11. Greg
Larsen, 12. Rickey Frankel – DNS, 13. PJ Haskins - DNS
Hawk Brake Second Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Will Vaught, 2. John Blankenship, 3. Dan Schlieper, 4. Chub
Frank, 5. Freddy Smith, 6. Brian Shirley, 7. Shanon Buckingham, 8. Scott Drake, 9. Alan Vaughn, 10. Wayne Chinn,
11. Chad Frewaldt, 12. Billy Peden – DNS, 13. Stacy Taylor – DNS, 14. Larry D. Clawson - DNS
AFCO Racing Products Third Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Shannon Babb, 2. Jimmy Owens, 3. Terry Casey,
4. Clint Smith, 5. Chris Simpson, 6. Brian Birkhofer, 7. Dave Eckrich, 8. Billy Drake, 9. Brandon McCormick, 10. Mark
Burgtorf – DNS, 11. Ryan Dauber – DNS, 12. Aaron Seabaugh – DNS, 13. Davis Thomas - DNS
Tiger Rear Ends Fourth Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Billy Moyer, 2. Steve Casebolt, 3. Michael England, 4. Ray
Cook, 5. Wendell Wallace, 6. Rusty Dukes, 7. Denny Eckrich, 8. Jack Sullivan, 9. John Mason, 10. Justin Fegers,
11. Steve Hucovski, 12. Don O’Neal – DNS, 13. Brady Smith - DNS
Hawk Brake Fifth Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Earl Pearson Jr., 2. Rick Eckert, 3. Josh Richards, 4. Steve
Francis, 5. John Anderson, 6. Bart Hartman, 7. James Ward, 8. Justin Rattliff, 9. Larry Jones, 10. Jeremy Grady,
11. Peyton Taylor, 12. Jason Sivils, 13. Darren Miller – DNS, 14. Bryant Goldsmith - DNS
Hawk Brake Sixth Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Jimmy Mars, 2. Eric Turner, 3. David Turner, 4. Brantlee
Gotschall, 5. Al Purkey, 6. Terry Phillips, 7. Andrew McKay, 8. Denny Woodworth, 9. Steve Rushin, 10. Randy
Zimmerman, 11. Shawn Harker, 12. Brad Neat
Mason Racin’ Rebel Shock Dyno First B-Main (20 Laps-Top 2 Advance): 1. Darrell Lanigan, 2. Chub Frank, 3. Clint
Smith, 4. Freddy Smith, 5. Chad Simpson, 6. Chris Simpson, 7. Jesse Stovall, 8. Brain Shirley, 9. Larry Campbell, 10. JD
Hubert, 11. Wayne Chinn, 12. Larry Clawson, 13. Chad Frewaldt, 14. Mark Voigt, 15. Scott Drake, 16. Dave Eckrich,
17. Brandon McCormick, 18. Alan Vaughn, 19. Greg Larsen, 20. Brian Birkhofer, 21. Billy Drake, 22. Shanon Buckingham
– DNS, 23. Rickey Frankel – DNS, 24. PJ Haskins – DNS, 25. Billy Peden – DNS, 26. Stacy Taylor – DNS, 27. Larry D.
Clawson – DNS, 28. Mark Burgtorf – DNS, 29. Aaron Seabaugh – DNS, 30. David Thomas - DNS
Quarter Master Second B-Main (20 Laps-Top 2 Advance): 1. Steve Francis, 2. Wendell Wallace, 3. Ray Cook, 4. John
Anderson, 5. Brantlee Gotschall, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. Rusty Dukes, 8. John Mason, 9. Jack Sullivan, 10. Peyton Taylor,
11. Denny Woodworth, 12. Larry Jones, 13. Jeremy Grady, 14. Steve Hucovski, 15. James Ward, 16. Justin Fegers, 17. Al
Purkey, 18. Bart Hartman, 19. Steve Rushin, 20. Randy Zimmerman, 21. Jason Sivils, 22. Terry Phillips – DNS, 23. Denny
Eckrich – DNS, 24. Justin Rattliff – DNS, 25. Shawn Harker – DNS, 26. Tommy Elston – DNS, 27. Brad Neat – DNS,
28. Don O’Neal – DNS, 29. Brady Smith – DNS, 30. Darren Miller – DNS, 31. Bryant Goldsmith - DNS
2nd Annual SuperClean Diamond Nationals Feature Finish (100 Laps): 1. Shannon Babb, 2. Billy Moyer, 3. Darrell
Lanigan, 4. Jimmy Owens, 5. Steve Casebolt, 6. Scott James, 7. Josh Richards, 8. Scott Bloomquist, 9. Dan Schlieper,
10. Rick Eckert, 11. Justin Rattliff, 12. Steve Francis, 13. John Blankenship, 14. Earl Pearson Jr., 15. Jimmy Mars, 16. Bart
Hartman, 17. Will Vaught, 18. Terry Casey, 19. Michael England, 20. Wendell Wallace, 21. Chub Frank, 22. Jeremy
Payne, 23. Terry Phillips, 24. Eric Turner, 25. Al Purkey, 26. David Turner
Race Statistics
Entries: 80
Caution Flags: 9
Lap Leaders: Shannon Babb 1-100
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Justin Rattliff, Bart Hartman
Midwest Late Model Racing Association Series Provisionals: Al Purkey, Terry Phillips
PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger of the Race: Darrell Lanigan (Started 19th and finished 3rd-advanced 16 positions)
Allstar Performance Performer of the Race: Darrell Lanigan
K&N Filters Clean Pass of the Race: Bart Hartman
Quarter Master Rookie of the Race: John Blankenship
ASI Racewear Lucky 7 Award: Josh Richards
Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race: Eric Killion (Steve Casebolt)
Comp Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Time of the Race: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Payne Double Up "A" Mod At The Diamond
Weatland, MO (Sunday May 11, 2008) - Thanks to an uncooperative Mother Nature, it took him three days to take two
wins but Sunday, Jeremy Payne took his second "A" Mod victory of the weekend. Payne did not fair as well in the Late
Models as the SuperClean Diamond Nationals drew to a close.
"We kind of missed the set up a bit," said Payne after the event, "we just didn't have anything for these guys tonight."
It was completely the opposite as he transitioned to his Andy's Frozen Yogurt Modified as he bested the field from flag to
flag. Tonight, teammate Eric Turner joined him in the AAA Winner's Circle as Turner could not run Payne down in the
closing laps. Jamie Ragland who also had a very strong weekend finished 3rd.
"We want to thank all the racers and fans that hung with us this weekend," said Kevin Greven, General Track Manager.
"We battled the weather for three days and it means a lot to us that so many stayed from both sides, I think we ended up
with a great final product."
Next up for the Diamond of Dirt Tracks, the KTTS FM COUNTRY Night at the Races featuring the O'Reilly POWRi
Midgets. Help us fill the area food pantries this weekend and catch an awesome race night in the process.
This Saturday, May 17th Adult admission equals two non-perishable food items. Help us help our area food pantries early
this year and help yourself to what has been called "The Best Racin' in the Nation!"
For more information go to www.LucasOilSpeedway.com or call (417) 282-5984.
SUNDAY, MAY 9th "A" Modified Feature Results
1. Jeremy Payne; 2. Eric Turner; 3. Jamie Ragland; 4. Chad Wheeler; 5. Johnny Bone Jr.; 6. Brent Holman; 7. Jason
Pursley; 8. Luke Feeback; 9. Rex Merritt; 10. Erik Maggard; 11. Tate Cole; 12. David Hendrix; 13. Brandon Smith;
14. Terry Schultz; 15. Terry Phillips; 16. Justin Fulton; 17. Jason Hughes; 18. Todd Kallweit; 19. Nathan Mayes;
20. Stephen Muilenburg; 21. Scott Drake; 22. Daulton Greven; 23. Jared Landers; 24. Paul Snyder; 25. Jimmy Dowell;
26. Colt Cheevers
FRIDAY, MAY 9th "A" Modified Feature Results
1. Jeremy Payne; 2. Terry Phillips; 3. Johnny Bone Jr.; 4. Jared Landers; 5. Jamie Ragland; 6. Eric Turner; 7. Brent
Holman; 8. Robbie McClean; 9. John Allen; 10. Terry Kirk; 11. David Hendrix; 12. Colt Cheevers; 13. Eric Hudson;
14. Jason Hughes; 15. Tate Cole; 16. Stephen Muilenburg; 17. Jimmy Dowell; 18. Tony Fraise; 19. Erik Maggard; 20. Rex
Merritt; 21. Mark Dotson; 22. Jason Pursley; 23. Matt Johnson; 24. Todd Kallweit; 25. Terry Beckham; 26. Justin Fulton
Wheatland, MO (Sunday, May 11, 2008) - After rain postponed the event on Saturday, Shannon Babb added a Diamond
Nationals victory and a diamond ring to his already impressive resume on Sunday afternoon. Babb, the Mowequa, IL hot
shoe led every lap en route to picking up the $40,000 paycheck and the coveted ring.
A stellar field of 80 entries was trimmed to 26 for the 100-lap 2nd Annual Super Clean Diamond Nationals with Scott
Bloomquist and Shannon Babb leading the field down to the green. Babb immediately showed his strength by powering
ahead of the second place battle between Bloomquist, Moyer, and Pearson.
While a rash of early cautions kept Babb at bay, Bloomquist, Moyer, and Pearson swapped the second position back and
forth, 20th-starting Steve Francis and 25th-starting Bart Hartman were slowly working their way through the field. Francis
ran as high as sixth before falling into the pits and Hartman cracked the top ten before being involved in a lap 39 caution
which included Jimmy Mars, Will Vaught, Michael England, and Terry Casey among others.
The restart saw Babb on the point with Pearson, Bloomquist, Scott James, and Moyer in tow. As Babb weaved in and out
of lapped traffic, Pearson shadowed his every move until lap 69 when a broken j-bar forced the defending Series
champion to slow on the track.
When racing resumed, Babb led Bloomquist, Moyer, Darrell Lanigan, and Jimmy Owens down to the green as Bloomquist
slipped high in turn four allowing several cars to pass. Moyer then gave chase to the race-long leader over the closing
laps, but was never able to chase down the driver of the Clint Bowyer Motorsports #18.
Babb was the first to cross the stripe in his Clements powered Rocket with Moyer crossing in second, Lanigan third,
Owens fourth, and Steve Casebolt fifth.
"I'd just like to thank Clint Bowyer and this whole team for giving me a great race car," Babb said in victory lane. "It's
awesome to get this win and I'd like to thank Forrest (Lucas) for all he does to make this event possible."
For complete scoring and event stats go to www.lucasoildirt.com and for more information on up coming events at the
Diamond of Dirt Tracks log on to www.LucasOilSpeedway.com.
RESULTS
PRC Fast Time: Scott Bloomquist - 16.909 seconds
Hawk Brake First Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Scott Bloomquist, 2. Scott James, 3. Jeremy Payne, 4. Darrell
Lanigan, 5. Chad Simpson, 6. Larry Campbell, 7. Jesse Stovall, 8. JD Hubert, 9. Mark Voigt, 10. Larry Clawson, 11. Greg
Larsen, 12. Rickey Frankel – DNS, 13. PJ Haskins - DNS
Hawk Brake Second Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Will Vaught, 2. John Blankenship, 3. Dan Schlieper, 4. Chub
Frank, 5. Freddy Smith, 6. Brian Shirley, 7. Shanon Buckingham, 8. Scott Drake, 9. Alan Vaughn, 10. Wayne Chinn,
11. Chad Frewaldt, 12. Billy Peden – DNS, 13. Stacy Taylor – DNS, 14. Larry D. Clawson - DNS
AFCO Racing Products Third Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Shannon Babb, 2. Jimmy Owens, 3. Terry Casey,
4. Clint Smith, 5. Chris Simpson, 6. Brian Birkhofer, 7. Dave Eckrich, 8. Billy Drake, 9. Brandon McCormick, 10. Mark
Burgtorf – DNS, 11. Ryan Dauber – DNS, 12. Aaron Seabaugh – DNS, 13. Davis Thomas - DNS
Tiger Rear Ends Fourth Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Billy Moyer, 2. Steve Casebolt, 3. Michael England, 4. Ray
Cook, 5. Wendell Wallace, 6. Rusty Dukes, 7. Denny Eckrich, 8. Jack Sullivan, 9. John Mason, 10. Justin Fegers,
11. Steve Hucovski, 12. Don O’Neal – DNS, 13. Brady Smith - DNS
Hawk Brake Fifth Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Earl Pearson Jr., 2. Rick Eckert, 3. Josh Richards, 4. Steve
Francis, 5. John Anderson, 6. Bart Hartman, 7. James Ward, 8. Justin Rattliff, 9. Larry Jones, 10. Jeremy Grady,
11. Peyton Taylor, 12. Jason Sivils, 13. Darren Miller – DNS, 14. Bryant Goldsmith - DNS
Hawk Brake Sixth Heat (10 Laps-Top 3 Advance): 1. Jimmy Mars, 2. Eric Turner, 3. David Turner, 4. Brantlee
Gotschall, 5. Al Purkey, 6. Terry Phillips, 7. Andrew McKay, 8. Denny Woodworth, 9. Steve Rushin, 10. Randy
Zimmerman, 11. Shawn Harker, 12. Brad Neat
Mason Racin’ Rebel Shock Dyno First B-Main (20 Laps-Top 2 Advance): 1. Darrell Lanigan, 2. Chub Frank, 3. Clint
Smith, 4. Freddy Smith, 5. Chad Simpson, 6. Chris Simpson, 7. Jesse Stovall, 8. Brain Shirley, 9. Larry Campbell, 10. JD
Hubert, 11. Wayne Chinn, 12. Larry Clawson, 13. Chad Frewaldt, 14. Mark Voigt, 15. Scott Drake, 16. Dave Eckrich,
17. Brandon McCormick, 18. Alan Vaughn, 19. Greg Larsen, 20. Brian Birkhofer, 21. Billy Drake, 22. Shanon Buckingham
– DNS, 23. Rickey Frankel – DNS, 24. PJ Haskins – DNS, 25. Billy Peden – DNS, 26. Stacy Taylor – DNS, 27. Larry D.
Clawson – DNS, 28. Mark Burgtorf – DNS, 29. Aaron Seabaugh – DNS, 30. David Thomas - DNS
Quarter Master Second B-Main (20 Laps-Top 2 Advance): 1. Steve Francis, 2. Wendell Wallace, 3. Ray Cook, 4. John
Anderson, 5. Brantlee Gotschall, 6. Andrew McKay, 7. Rusty Dukes, 8. John Mason, 9. Jack Sullivan, 10. Peyton Taylor,
11. Denny Woodworth, 12. Larry Jones, 13. Jeremy Grady, 14. Steve Hucovski, 15. James Ward, 16. Justin Fegers, 17. Al
Purkey, 18. Bart Hartman, 19. Steve Rushin, 20. Randy Zimmerman, 21. Jason Sivils, 22. Terry Phillips – DNS, 23. Denny
Eckrich – DNS, 24. Justin Rattliff – DNS, 25. Shawn Harker – DNS, 26. Tommy Elston – DNS, 27. Brad Neat – DNS,
28. Don O’Neal – DNS, 29. Brady Smith – DNS, 30. Darren Miller – DNS, 31. Bryant Goldsmith - DNS
2nd Annual SuperClean Diamond Nationals Feature Finish (100 Laps): 1. Shannon Babb, 2. Billy Moyer, 3. Darrell
Lanigan, 4. Jimmy Owens, 5. Steve Casebolt, 6. Scott James, 7. Josh Richards, 8. Scott Bloomquist, 9. Dan Schlieper,
10. Rick Eckert, 11. Justin Rattliff, 12. Steve Francis, 13. John Blankenship, 14. Earl Pearson Jr., 15. Jimmy Mars, 16. Bart
Hartman, 17. Will Vaught, 18. Terry Casey, 19. Michael England, 20. Wendell Wallace, 21. Chub Frank, 22. Jeremy
Payne, 23. Terry Phillips, 24. Eric Turner, 25. Al Purkey, 26. David Turner
Race Statistics
Entries: 80
Caution Flags: 9
Lap Leaders: Shannon Babb 1-100
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Provisionals: Justin Rattliff, Bart Hartman
Midwest Late Model Racing Association Series Provisionals: Al Purkey, Terry Phillips
PBM/Erson Cams Hard Charger of the Race: Darrell Lanigan (Started 19th and finished 3rd-advanced 16 positions)
Allstar Performance Performer of the Race: Darrell Lanigan
K&N Filters Clean Pass of the Race: Bart Hartman
Quarter Master Rookie of the Race: John Blankenship
ASI Racewear Lucky 7 Award: Josh Richards
Integra Shocks Crew Chief of the Race: Eric Killion (Steve Casebolt)
Comp Cams Engine Builder of the Race: Clements Racing Engines
Time of the Race: 1 hour, 13 minutes
Payne Double Up "A" Mod At The Diamond
Weatland, MO (Sunday May 11, 2008) - Thanks to an uncooperative Mother Nature, it took him three days to take two
wins but Sunday, Jeremy Payne took his second "A" Mod victory of the weekend. Payne did not fair as well in the Late
Models as the SuperClean Diamond Nationals drew to a close.
"We kind of missed the set up a bit," said Payne after the event, "we just didn't have anything for these guys tonight."
It was completely the opposite as he transitioned to his Andy's Frozen Yogurt Modified as he bested the field from flag to
flag. Tonight, teammate Eric Turner joined him in the AAA Winner's Circle as Turner could not run Payne down in the
closing laps. Jamie Ragland who also had a very strong weekend finished 3rd.
"We want to thank all the racers and fans that hung with us this weekend," said Kevin Greven, General Track Manager.
"We battled the weather for three days and it means a lot to us that so many stayed from both sides, I think we ended up
with a great final product."
Next up for the Diamond of Dirt Tracks, the KTTS FM COUNTRY Night at the Races featuring the O'Reilly POWRi
Midgets. Help us fill the area food pantries this weekend and catch an awesome race night in the process.
This Saturday, May 17th Adult admission equals two non-perishable food items. Help us help our area food pantries early
this year and help yourself to what has been called "The Best Racin' in the Nation!"
For more information go to www.LucasOilSpeedway.com or call (417) 282-5984.
SUNDAY, MAY 9th "A" Modified Feature Results
1. Jeremy Payne; 2. Eric Turner; 3. Jamie Ragland; 4. Chad Wheeler; 5. Johnny Bone Jr.; 6. Brent Holman; 7. Jason
Pursley; 8. Luke Feeback; 9. Rex Merritt; 10. Erik Maggard; 11. Tate Cole; 12. David Hendrix; 13. Brandon Smith;
14. Terry Schultz; 15. Terry Phillips; 16. Justin Fulton; 17. Jason Hughes; 18. Todd Kallweit; 19. Nathan Mayes;
20. Stephen Muilenburg; 21. Scott Drake; 22. Daulton Greven; 23. Jared Landers; 24. Paul Snyder; 25. Jimmy Dowell;
26. Colt Cheevers
FRIDAY, MAY 9th "A" Modified Feature Results
1. Jeremy Payne; 2. Terry Phillips; 3. Johnny Bone Jr.; 4. Jared Landers; 5. Jamie Ragland; 6. Eric Turner; 7. Brent
Holman; 8. Robbie McClean; 9. John Allen; 10. Terry Kirk; 11. David Hendrix; 12. Colt Cheevers; 13. Eric Hudson;
14. Jason Hughes; 15. Tate Cole; 16. Stephen Muilenburg; 17. Jimmy Dowell; 18. Tony Fraise; 19. Erik Maggard; 20. Rex
Merritt; 21. Mark Dotson; 22. Jason Pursley; 23. Matt Johnson; 24. Todd Kallweit; 25. Terry Beckham; 26. Justin Fulton
