Darren Finishes Busy Memorial Day Weekend

Darren completed a busy weekend with 3 races in 3 days with 1 win at Waynesfield on Saturday, a 3rd place at Limaland Speedway on Friday and a 2nd place at Eldora on Sunday.

Friday, May 23, 2008 - Limaland Motorsports Park $2000 Win Memorial Cup

EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders Feature: 1) Dustin Daggett 2) Greg Wilson 3) Darren Long 4) Mike Dussel 5) Dennis Yoakam 6) Mike Miller 7) JR Stewart 8) Rick Boughan 9) Luke Hall 10) Tim Norman 11) Jim Stinson 12) Ron Blair 13) Dain Naida 14) Ryan Ruhl 15) Jared Horstman 16) Cory Seeling 17) Kent Wolters 18) Mike Brecht 19) Tim Allison 20) Chad Gullet
EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders B-Main: 1) Mike Miller 2) Ron Blair 3) Dain Naida 4) Cory Seeling 5) Mike Dunlap 6) Jeff Williams 7) Mark Hery 8) Dwain Leiber 9) Pete Ischi 10) Bob Gehr Jr. 11) Brent Gehr 12) Aaron Moloney 13) Jon Nelson 14) Bob Gehr sr. 15) Scott Carter
Heat race winners: JR Stewart, Mike Brecht, Mike Dussel, and Dustin Daggett

Summary from Limaland.com:
The EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders began their feature with Kent Wolters on the pole and Jim Stinson to his outside. Wolters jumped to an early lead and began trying to distancing himself from the field. The first two caution flags of the night were displayed to the field, by flagman Jon Burden, for Chad Gullet and Tim Allison. Allison and Dennis Yoakam made contact on the backstretch and Allison had a left rear go flat. When racing resumed, Daggett, Wolters, Dussel, Wilson and Stinson held the top five spots. On lap 16, Greg Wilson and Mike Brecht made contact in turn two. The two drivers had been racing very hard in a battle for second. The contact force Stinson to spin and Brecht had terminal damage. Daggett proceeded to lead the remaining nine laps and notched another win at Limaland Motorsports Park.


Saturday, May 24, 2008 - Waynesfield Motorsports Park NRA Invades Waynesfield

EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders Feature: 1)#7L Darren Long, 2)#34 Luke Hall, 3)#11 Tim Allison, 4)#6s JR Stewart, 5)#7c Mike Brecht, 6)#2m Dustin Daggett, 7)#82 Mike Miller, 8)#22d Dennis Yoakam, 9)#3 Tim Norman, 10)#35 Ron Blair, 11)#17 Jared Horstman, 12)#6n Dain Naida, 13)#5w Jeff Williams, 14)#62 Dwain Leiber, 15)#63 Jim Dues, 16)#97 Cory Seeling, 17)#23 Ben Rotan, 18)#4u Rick Boughan, 19)#61 Chad Gullett, 20)#55 Scott Carter
EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders B-Main: #97 Cory Seeling
Heat Winners: #11 Tim Allison, #3 Tim Norman, #17 Jared Horstman, #7L Darren Long

Summary from waynesfieldmotorsportspark.com:
The NRA 360 Sprints took to the track next for their 25 lap feature event. #34 Luke Hall and #4u Rick Boughan raced into a fast battle for the lead. As they began working thru lapped traffic, Boughan got caught up with a lap car and brought out the yellow flag with a spin into the infield. Boughan was able to keep his car going but had to restart at the tail of the field because he caused the caution to wave. Hall took the green flag at the front to restart the race but #7L Darren Long had Hall within his sight. Elida, Ohio's Darren Long has had an incredibly hot start this season and tonight would prove more of the same. Long worked his way past Hall and did a great job handling the lapped traffic to pull away for his 2nd win in a row at Waynesfield Motorsports Park. Luke Hall kept Long within his sight but could only manage a 2nd place finish. #11 Tim Allison had a great run to finish in the 3rd posistion. NRA Sprint heats were won by; #11 Tim Allison, #3 Tim Norman, #17 Jared Horstman, and #7L Darren Long. #97 Cory Seeling won the NRA Sprint B-main.

Sunday, May 25, 2008 - Eldora Speedway NRA Invades Eldora

A-main: 1. Brian Sebetto, 2. Darren Long, 3. Greg Wilson, 4. Luke Hall, 5. Butch Schroeder, 6. Mike Brecht, 7. Ben Rutan, 8. Dustin Daggett, 9. J.R. Stewart, 10. Ryan Ruhl, 11. Ronnie Blair, 12. Kent Wolters, 13. Jeff Williams, 14. Chad Gullett, 15. Tim Alison, 16. Dwain Leiber, 17. Scott Carter, 18. Dennis Yoakam, 19. Mark Hery, 20. Dane Naida
B-main: 1. Ronnie Blair, 2. Mark Hery, 3. Dane Naida, 4. Scott Carter, 5. Chad Gullett, 6. Jared Horstman, 7. Lee Stark, 8. Mike Miller, 9. Sean Robinson, 10. Pete Ische, 11. Aaron Maloney, 12. Bob Carman, 13. Tyler McDonald, 14. Rick Boughan
Heat 1: 1. Dustin Daggett, 2. Luke Hall, 3. Jeff Williams, 4. Ben Rutan, 5. Dennis Yoakam, 6. Dane Naida, 7. Aaron Maloney, 8. Lee Stark, 9. Bob Carman, 10. Mike Miller
Heat 2: 1. Ryan Ruhl, 2. Brian Sebetto, 3. Greg Wilson, 4. Butch Schroeder, 5. Mike Brecht, 6. Ronnie Blair, 7. Jared Horstman, 8. Scott Carter, 9. Pete Ische, 10. Rick Boughan
Heat 3: 1. J.R. Stewart, 2. Darren Long, 3. Tim Alison, 4. Kent Wolters, 5. Dwain Leiber, 6. Chad Gullett, 7. Mark Hery, 8. Tyler McDonald, 9. Sean Robinson

Summary from eldoraspeedway.com:
Brian Sebetto had only seen Eldora one other time and that night, he totaled his Sprint Car. Sunday had different and rewarding results. While the score sheets show him leading from start to finish, the race was a totally different story. With only one yellow flag slowing the pace there were multiple packs of action, yet, with the qualify of competition, only one lapped car throughout the event. Sebetto found the famed Eldora high banks much more to his liking and drove them as if he were a weekly competitor. Multi time winner Darren Long was running a distant runner-up; however, as the laps began to wind down, he was reeling Sebetto in. As if he had one eye on the lap counter, the final five laps really found him applying the pressue and when the white flag unfurled, he moved with two car lengths of the leader to bring the crowd to their feet. Two cars, about to become lapped vehicles, caused a slight hesitation for Sebetto and that was what Long had hoped for. A breath taking bonsai move off of turn four found him literally inches away from stealing away the win, with a jubilant Sebetto emerging from his car on victory lane. Long accepted runner-up honors, while Butch Schroeder, took third, an impressive Luke Hall nailed fourth and Greg Wilson completed the top five.