Post by LMR on 07/09/13 at 10:26pm
DIRTcar Summer Nationals
Florence Speedway
July 9, 2013
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Bloomquist Scores First DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour” Victory in 10 Years at Florence Speedway
UNION, Ky. (July 9) — Running his first DIRTcar Summer Nationals “Hell Tour” event in 10 years on Tuesday night at Florence Speedway, Scott Bloomquist led all 40 laps as he captured his first checkered flag of the 2013 “Hell Tour” season.
Starting from the pole-position, Bloomquist, of Mooresburg, Tenn., dominated the feature event at Florence in the 17th leg of the “Hell Tour” six-week long schedule. Bloomquist, a week after challenging Josh Richards in the World of Outlaws Late Model Series Firecracker 100 at Lernerville Speedway, raced on the Hell Tour, where he won championships in 1990, 1991 and 2002.
Bloomquist had his car on cruise control as he pulled out to an early lead and never looked back. The closest challenge Bloomquist faced was from a red-hot Shannon Babb, but not even a streaking Babb could wrestle the $5,000 checkered flag from Bloomquist, as he rolled to the victory at the half-mile oval.
“The track has some character tonight,” Bloomquist said. “There were some patches that were a little bit rough. It got slick in the middle, but the car was just really good all night. I couldn’t tell how close anybody was. I saw my guys signaling me there late in the race and it looked like we had a pretty big lead. The car just felt really good.”
NASCAR star Austin Dillon, 2011 DIRTcar Late Model national champion Ryan Unzicker and Justin Rattliff rounded out the top five.
A-Main
1 1 0 Scott Bloomquist
2 5 18 Shannon Babb
3 3 3 Austin Dillon
4 7 24 Ryan Unzicker
5 6 16 Justin Rattliff
6 12 15 Greg Johnson
7 9 B5 Brandon Sheppard
8 4 B7 Ben Adkins
9 15 21M Jason Montgomery
10 8 32P Bobby Pierce
11 16 1B Jeff Babcock
12 20 91P Jason Papich
13 10 11R James Rice
14 13 20 Dustin Griffin
15 18 77M Jason McBride
16 22 33 Jesse Lay
17 19 21 Todd Frank
18 14 77K Steve Kester
19 17 25S Jason Smith
20 2 7R Kent Robinson
21 21 18L Steve Landrum
22 11 9 Mike Jewell
Heat #1
1 7R Kent Robinson
2 18 Shannon Babb
3 B5 Brandon Sheppard
4 20 Dustin Griffin
5 11T Tim Tungate
6 71 Delmas Conley
7 19 Chad Smith
8 40H Tip Hammock
9 P1 Tim Prince
Heat #2
1 B7 Ben Adkins
2 16 Justin Rattliff
3 11R James Rice
4 77K Steve Kester
5 25S Jason Smith
6 33 Jesse Lay
7 2 Joe Ramey
8 21 Todd Frank
Heat #3
1 3 Austin Dillon
2 24 Ryan Unzicker
3 9 Mike Jewell
4 21M Jason Montgomery
5 91P Jason Papich
6 75 Cody Mahoney
7 31 Nick Latham
8 8 Craig Vosbergen
Heat #4
1 0 Scott Bloomquist
2 32P Bobby Pierce
3 15 Greg Johnson
4 1B Jeff Babcock
5 77M Jason McBride
6 360 Michael Asberry
7 18L Steve Landrum
8 3G Brian Gray
9 71R Rod Conley
Event Photos courtesy of Jim Denhamer
