5/25/2007 Limaland Memorial Cup Results

Darren had a rough night in the feature as he blew his engine. Darren qualified for the feature with a 3rd place finish in the B-Main.

Friday, May 25, 2007 - LimaLand Motorsports Park $2000 Win Memorial Cup (EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders)

NRA Sprint Invaders B-Main: 1) Ron Blair 2) Tim Allison 3) Darren Long 4) Ryan Grubaugh 5) Rick Boughan 6) Mark Hery 7) Jim Dues 8) Randy Fusi 9) Brent Gehr 10) Bob Gehr 11) Aaron Moloney 12) Dave Miller 13) Nate Dussel 14) Jimmy Oglesbee

EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders Feature: 1. Dennis Yoakam 2. Phil Gressman 3. Mike Dussel 4. Jared Horstman 5. Mike Miller 6. Mike Brecht 7. Mike Dunlap 8. JR Stewart 9. Jeff Williams 10. Kent Wolters 11. Cory Seeling 12. Rick Boughan 13. Luke Hall 14. Scott Carter 15. Tim Allison 16. Nick Mulheim 17. Ryan Grubaugh 18. John Hawk 19. Ron Blair 20. Darren Long

Race Recap:

The 9th Annual Memorial Cup was held at Limaland Motorsports Park under a constant threat of rain. A brief shower mid-afternoon caused the track crew to work a little harder to get the racing surface ready for the 96 race teams who would arrive to take their shot at winning one of Limaland’s biggest annual events. With so many cars in each division, the heat races were very critical to every driver. The EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders heats were won by Mike Dussel, JR Stewart, and Jared Horstman.

Spits of rain fell from the sky as the EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders took to the track for their 25-lap, $2000.00 to win, feature race. Phil Gressman, winner of the Run for the Rabbit, had the pole with Dennis Yoakam, who destroyed his second car of the year last week, to his outside. Gressman led the first six laps before Yoakam used the low-line to take the lead on lap seven. Ron Blair made contact with the turn three wall and flipped his car on lap eight. Yoakam, Gressman, Mike Dussel, Jared Horstman, and Mike Dunlap were the top five cars on the restart. Yoakam held a small lead for the next twelve laps while Dussel and Gressman argued over second place. Ryan Grubaugh took a tumble coming out of turn four and stopped the race for the second time. Yoakam quickly pulled away on the restart and Gressman passed Dussel on the high-side for second. Dennis Yoakam collected his first win of the 2007 NRA campaign.