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WHELEN NIGHT AND KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT BIG SUCCESS!

After two weeks of rain outs it was time to get back to some racing action at the Highbanks Speedway! A big night of racing and events went on at the track including Whelen Night at the Races, Buddy's Home Furnishing Night, Ben E. Keith $1 Hot Dog Night and the BAck To School Night all wrapped up into one! Whelen Engineering is the Title sponsor for the Whelen All American Series in which all of our divisions at the track compete for national points. National points are looking good for the Salina Drivers. Division II points lead is held by Chris Hawkins and Keith Campbell is also in a position to make the top five. Division III points chaser Kyle Davis should slide up into the top five after this past weekends run and Tyler Hopson and AJ Smith are inching their way towards the top ten. Division IV's top spot is held by Kevin lacy and Nathan Campbell and Brennon Lacy are holding their spots in the top ten and knocking hard on the door to bust into the top five. Its important to know that drivers in the top five get to go to the National Banquet in Charlotte North Carolina in December. Good luck to these guys as we head into the last four weeks of points racing.

New winners also emerged this weekend at the Highbanks. In the Pure Stock division Nathan Campbell make his way back to Victory Lane making it his fourth win of the season. Campbell started 9th and worked his way up quick after an early lap crash that took several cars out of the race. This victory will help him cut his way back towards the top of the national points chases.

The Grand National class seen a first time winner in the 2016 season but not first time winner at the track. Its been a while since Roy Long was in Victory Lane but he held on to win over a late race charge by Kyle Davis and another motor that let lose right after crossing the finish line. Great job Roy and welcome back to the winners circle.

Speaking of Winners Circle, Its been a long time coming for this weeks A Modified winner Jared Russell. This was a big win for Jared and the whole family as well. You see Jared's son Tyson has never seen his daddy win a race and just one month ago Tyson was laying in ICU after a near drowning event that almost took his life. Had it not be for the Grace of God he would not have been here to see his daddy win. The first thing Jared said when he pulled back into the pit was that he wanted to see his son. Some wins will always mean so much more that others and for me this win is one of the biggest I have been able to witness.

The B Modified Class has became one of the toughest classes at the Highbanks to win. With so many different drivers winning and the largest car counts of any class it has quickly become the class to watch. This past weekend Dylan Cantwell, the classes youngest drivers, drove his way to his second victory of the 2016 season. After the races I gave Dylan a hat provided to the winners in each division of the Whelen Night and you would of thought it was $100. This is all part of being a NASCAR Home Track and a part of the Whelen All American Series and the NASCAR family.

Thanks to all of our sponsors who support us each and every week here at the track and if you get a chance please take time to thank each of them personally.

Official Race Results
Modified
Date of Race: Saturday, August 13, 2016
HEAT 1
1, Thomas Tillison. 2, Brett Hansen. 3, Brian Parker.
4, Kylan Garner. 5, Barry Gifford. 6, Lucas Gibbs. 7, Tate Cole.
8, Tyler Wolff.
HEAT 2
1, Justin Shoemaker. 2, Steve Holzkamper. 3, Jonathon Beyer.
4, Lee Heiligenthal. 5, Jeff Smith. 6, Fausten Willhite.
7, Graden Penner. 8, Cody Couch.
HEAT 3
1, Jared Russell. 2, Trevor Latham. 3, Andy Morris.
4, Delaney Erickson. 5, Mike Wroblewski. 6, Toby Lindell.
7, Jeremy Rasmussen. 8, Casey Lindell.
A FEATURE
1, Jared Russell. 2, Trevor Latham. 3, Brett Hansen.
4, Jeremy Rasmussen. 5, Andy Morris. 6, Steve Holzkamper.
7, Delaney Erickson. 8, Justin Shoemaker. 9, Jonathon Beyer.
10, Mike Wroblewski. 11, Lee Heiligenthal. 12, Casey Lindell.
13, Kylan Garner. 14, Tyler Wolff. 15, Toby Lindell. 16, Jeff Smith. 17, Brian Parker. 18, Barry Gifford. 19, Fausten Willhite.
20, Graden Penner. 21, Cody Couch. 22, Thomas Tillison. (DQ).
23, Tate Cole. (DNS). 24, Lucas Gibbs. (DNS).

B Modified
Date of Race: Saturday, August 13, 2016
HEAT 1
1, Dean Green. 2, Keith Campbell. 3, Dylan Cantwell.
4, BRADY WALSH. 5, Scott Walton. 6, Kyle Slader.
7, Jacoby Frailey. 8, Zach Tuggle. 9, Mike Northrup.
HEAT 2
1, JONATHAN SHOEMAKER. 2, Randi Goins. 3, Chris Hawkins.
4, Tony Quinton. 5, CODY COUCH. 6, Brad Savoie. 7, Matt Walter. 8, Lindsey Alexander. 9, Michael Watson.
HEAT 3
1, Hunter Byers. 2, JD JACKSON. 3, Alex Heimer.
4, BOBBY WARD. 5, Jake Asbell. 6, Steve Butler. 7, Allen Beatty.
8, Craig Demuth.
HEAT 4
1, Nathan Hagar. 2, Austin Fullerton. 3, Jacob Stoll. 4, Jack Kirby. 5, JEFFREY VAUGHN. 6, KADEN WEAVER. 7, Kevin Myers.
8, Matt Walton. 9, Scott Sopha.
A FEATURE
1, Dylan Cantwell. 2, Jacob Stoll. 3, Nathan Hagar. 4, Dean Green. 5, Chris Hawkins. 6, Austin Fullerton. 7, BRADY WALSH.
8, Alex Heimer. 9, Keith Campbell. 10, Tony Quinton.
11, JONATHAN SHOEMAKER. 12, Randi Goins.
13, BOBBY WARD. 14, Steve Butler. 15, Jack Kirby.
16, Hunter Byers. 17, Brad Savoie. 18, Jacoby Frailey.
19, Matt Walton. 20, JD JACKSON.

Grand National
Date of Race: Saturday, August 13, 2016
HEAT 1
1, Kyle Davis. 2, TYLER HOPSON. 3, MIKE SOPHA.
4, Tyler Chambers. 5, Daniel Johnson. 6, Charlie Tuggle.
7, DANIEL MULLINS. 8, Jacky Griffin.
HEAT 2
1, Darin Rigney. 2, Steve Toalson. 3, MICHAEL SKAGGS.
4, Jeff Metcalf. 5, WILLIAM PARKER. 6, Kyle Slader.
7, JOSH SMITH.
HEAT 3
1, Roy Long. 2, AJ Smith. 3, JASON WAYNE. 4, Jay Arnold.
5, DAN MORRIS. 6, STAN ANDERSON. 7, WADE PALMER.
8, RUSTY ETHERTON.
A FEATURE
1, Roy Long. 2, Kyle Davis. 3, Steve Toalson. 4, AJ Smith.
5, Jay Arnold. 6, TYLER HOPSON. 7, JASON WAYNE.
8, DAN MORRIS. 9, Daniel Johnson. 10, RUSTY ETHERTON.
11, MIKE SOPHA. 12, Kyle Slader. 13, Darin Rigney.
14, DANIEL MULLINS. 15, STAN ANDERSON. 16, Charlie Tuggle. 17, Jacky Griffin. 18, JOSH SMITH. 19, Jeff Metcalf.
20, MICHAEL SKAGGS. 21, WILLIAM PARKER.
22, Tyler Chambers. 23, WADE PALMER. (DNS).

Pure Stock
Date of Race: Saturday, August 13, 2016
HEAT 1
1, Mark Martin. 2, Kevin Lacy. 3, Justin Walters. 4, Brett Testerman. 5, Jimmy Waltman. 6, PAUL DILBECK. 7, KEITH SAPPINGTON.
8, Tyler Harris. 9, AJ CHANCELLOR. (DNS).
HEAT 2
1, Wesley Swafford. 2, Keith Couch. 3, JP Harris. 4, Richard Walsh. 5, Roger Starling. 6, Susan Stand. 7, DAVID BATTIEST.
8, Trent Harris. 9, Brittany Noble.
HEAT 3
1, Brennon Lacy. 2, Tommy Cantwell. 3, NATHAN CAMPBELL.
4, CLU COLVIN. 5, JAKE LLOYD. 6, Jimmy White.
7, Matthew Thulin. 8, Bryce Hauenstein. 9, JR JOHNSON.
A FEATURE
1, NATHAN CAMPBELL. 2, Mark Martin. 3, Tommy Cantwell.
4, Brennon Lacy. 5, JP Harris. 6, Matthew Thulin. 7, Kevin Lacy.
8, Bryce Hauenstein. 9, PAUL DILBECK. 10, JAKE LLOYD.
11, Roger Starling. 12, CLU COLVIN. 13, Justin Walters.
14, Keith Couch. 15, Wesley Swafford. 16, Brett Testerman.
17, AJ CHANCELLOR. 18, Richard Walsh. 19, Jimmy Waltman.
20, Jimmy White.

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