Darren takes 2nd in the North/South Shootout.

Darren made a nice run but couldn't get past Dustin Daggett and finished 2nd.

Saturday, June 28, 2008 - I-96 Speedway North vs South Shootout (EFI-NRA Sprint Invaders Race)
Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event

“A” Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 7 – Darren Long, 3. 6s – J.R. Stewart, 4. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 5. 1r – Sean Robinson, 6. 30 – Steve Irwin, 7. 23 – Ben Rutan, 8. 6n – Dain Naida, 9. 79 – Brett Mann, 10. 3g – Tim Norman, 11. 26 – Gary Fast, 12. 11 – Tim Allison, 13. 1 – Kent Wolters, 14. 19 – Joe Bares, 15. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 16. 2 – Mike Galadja, 17. 81 – John Gall, 18. 3w – Chris Hettinger, 19. 47x – Louie Carufel, 20. 27r – Ryan Ruhl, 21. 61 – Chad Gullett, 22. 88 – Mike Daggett.

"B" Mains – Top 6 finishers advance to “A” Feature Engine Pro B-Main (10 Laps): 1. 3g – Tim Norman, 2. 27r – Ryan Ruhl, 3. 88 – Mike Daggett, 4. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 5. 2 – Mike Galadja, 6. 81 – John Gall, 7. 311 – Aaron Maloney, 8. 47 – Scott Cramer, 9. 31 – Andy Teunessen, 10. 55 – Kirk Cheney, 11. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 12. 70 – Jim Lingar. DNS – Tim

ChamplinTotal Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 1r – Sean Robinson, 3. 26 – Gary Fast, 4. 47x – Louie Carufel.
Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points to “A” main) Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 1R – Sean Robinson, 2. 6n – Dain Naida, 3. 6s – J.R. Stewart, 4. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 5. 3w – Chris Hettinger, 6. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 7. 27r – Ryan Ruhl, 8. 47 – Scott Cramer, 9. 70 – Jim Lingar, 10. 8 – Tim Champlin.
Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 19 – Joe Bares, 2. 47x – Louie Carufel, 3. 26 – Gary Fast, 4. 7 – Darren Long, 5. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh, 6. 88 – Mike Daggett, 7. 311 – Aaron Maloney, 8. 81 – John Gall, 9. 31 – Andy Teunessen, 10. 22 – Aaron Shaffer.
Butlerbuilt Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 11 – Tim Allison, 2. 79 – Brett Mann, 3. 61 – Chad Gullett, 4. 30 – Steve Irwin, 5. 23 – Ben Rutan, 6. 1 – Kent Wolters, 7. 3g – Tim Norman, 8. 2 – Mike Galadja, 9. Kirk Cheney.
Total Seal Fast Car Dash presented by Gaerte Engines (4 Laps): 1. 6n – Dain Naida, 2. 1r – Sean Robinson, 3. 26 – Gary Fast, 4. 47x – Louie Carufel.

Summary from sprintsondirt.com
From T.J. Buffenbarger: LAKE ODESSA, Mich. (June 28, 2008) – Dustin Daggett captured the final leg of the North/South Shootout between the Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz and the EFI-National Racing Alliance on Saturday during the Full Throttle Nationals at I-96 Speedway.

Daggett passed Sean Robinson for the lead and held off Darren Long during a last lap restart for the feature victory in the Mott Motorsports’ Gaerte powered Maxim chassis.

“The top of the race track was really nice, and there wasn’t many people up there at the start of the race,” said Daggett in victory lane. “The battle with Sean (Robinson) for the lead was a lot of fun.”

Joe Bares and Louie Carufel started on the front row for the 25-lap feature event. Carufel pulled out to a commanding lead with Sean Robinson quickly moving into the second spot. Then with seven laps completed Chad Gullett broke the jacobs ladder on his car and flipped hard in turn three. Gullett was uninjured, but while taking evasive action to miss Gullett’s flipped racer the leader Carufel complained of back pain and retired from the event for treatment.

Robinson inherited the lead with Daggett, who started seventh, right behind him for the restart. Robinson and Daggett ran side by side for a pair of laps before Daggett used a slide job in turn for to take over the lead.

Meanwhile eighth starting Long began to pick up momentum and disposed of Robinson for second and set out after Daggett for the lead. Daggett had built up a sizeable advantage until the caution appeared with one lap to go for a spin in turn two by the outside front row starter Bares. This set up a one lap shootout on the restart with Long on Daggett’s back bumper. Daggett was up to the challenge though and captured the win over Long, J.R. Stewart, Ryan Grubaugh from 13th, and Robinson.

Robinson, Bares, and Tim Allison won heat race events. Naida won the Total Seal/Gaerte Engines Fast Car Dash, and Tim Norman won the Engine Pro B-Main event.

Darren takes the North vs. South Shootout at the Butler Battlegrounds

Darren got back on the winning track with a big feature win in the North vs. South Shootout at the Butler Battlegrounds.

Engine Pro ASCS Sprints on Dirt presented by Victor Reinz “A” Main Event A Feature (25 Laps):
1. 7 – Darren Long, 2. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 3. 13 – Davey Brown, 4. 27r – Ryan Ruhl, 5. 22s – Aaron Shaffer, 6. 19x – Brett Mann, 7. 39 – Aaron Smith, 8. 26 – Gary Fast, 9. 97 – Mike Brecht, 10. 6n – Dain Naida, 11. 27k – Ryan Kirkendall, 12. 3g – Tim Norman, 13. 1r – Mark Broughman, 14. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 15. 1 – Kent Wolters, 16. 47x – Louie Carufel, 17. 23 – Ben Rutan, 18. 6 – J.R. Stewart, 19. 91 – Bob Thoms, 20. 11 – Tim Allison Lap Leaders: Brown 1-3, Daggett, 4-14, Long 15-20

B Mains – Top 4 from each advance to A Feature
Engine Pro B-Main #1 (8 Laps): 1. 1r – Mark Broughman, 2. 1w – Ken Wolters, 3. 8 – Tim Champlin, 4. 66 – Ernie Kuehneman, Jr., 5. 27k – Ryan Kirkendall, 6. 70 – Jim Lingar, 7. 22t – Tank Brakenberry.
Engine Pro B-Main #2 (8 Laps): 1. 19 – Brett Mann, 2. 6n – Dain Naida, 3. 19b – Joe Bares, 4. 7 – Nick Rogers, 5. 31 – Andy Teunessen, 6. 9q – Ken Quimby, 7. 00 – Ryan Grubaugh.

Heat Races (Top 16 in passing points to “A” main)
Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race #1 (8 Laps): 1. 2m – Dustin Daggett, 2. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 3. 27r – Ryan Ruhl, 4. 27x – Shelby Bilton, 5. 31 – Andy Tuenesen, 6. 27k – Ryan Kirkendall, 7. 7x – Nick Rogers, 8. 22t – Tank Brakenberry, 9. 6n - Dain Naida.
Lane Automotive/Comp Cams Heat Race #2 (8 Laps): 1. 39s – Aaron Smith, 2. 13 – Davey Brown, 3. 3g – Tim Norman, 4. 97 – Mike Brecht, 5. 19x – Brett Mann, 6. 19b – Joe Bares, 7. 66 – Ernie Kuehneman, Jr., 8. 00 –Ryan Grubaugh. DNS: 07 – Jake Stebner.
Brodix Heat Race #3 (8 Laps): 1. 6s – J.R. Stewart, 2. 91 – Bob Thoms, 3. 23 – Ben Rutan, 4. 26 – Gary Fast, 5. 311 Aaron Maloney, 6. 8 – Tim Champlin, 7. 1 – Kent Wolters, 8. 70 – Jim Lingar, 9. 61 – Aaron Maloney.
Hoosier Tire Heat Race #4 (8 Laps): 1. 7l – Darren Long, 2. 11 – Tim Allison, 3. 47x – Louie Carufel, 4. 49t – Gregg Dalman, 5. 1r – Mark Broughman, 6. 10 – Tyler Underwood, 7. 9q – Ken Quimby. DNS: 2T – Ralph Brakenberry.

Total Seal/Gaerte Engines Fast Car Dash (4 Laps): 1. 27r – Ryan Ruhl, 2. 22 – Aaron Shaffer, 3. 13 – Davey Brown, 4. 39s – Aaron Smith.

Race Summary from ButlerSpeedway.net

Darren Long wins North vs. South Shootout
Quincy, Mi. (6/21/08) - Darren Long went to the high side to pass Dustin Daggett five laps from the finish of Saturday's North vs. South Shootout.

The race featured the ASCS Sprints on Dirt (SOD) and the National Racing Alliance (NRA) Sprint Invaders. Long started eighth, while SOD drivers Davey Brown and Aaron Shaffer made up the front row for the feature. After a caution for a spinning Louie Carufel on the initial start, Brown moved into the lead, with SOD hotshoe Dustin Daggett quickly moving from fourth-spot starting position to second by lap two. Daggett went to the high side on lap three exiting turn two for the lead and set sail. Meanwhile, Long made his way to the front with two great restarts. He moved him to second before the halfway point, and on lap 14 he caught Daggett and maneuvered around the top in turns three and four for the lead. It was Long's first feature win outside of Ohio this season; he has victories at Limaland (2), Waynesfield (2), and Eldora. He took the win with sponsorship from Potash Corp., Thompson Construction, Engler Tool & Machine, and Russell Baker Racing Engines.

Daggett was second at the finish, with Brown third, Ryan Ruhl fourth, and Shaffer fifth. Completing the top 10 were 18th-starting Brett Mann, Aaron Smith, Gary Fast, Mike Brecht, and Dain Naida. Heat races went to Daggett, Long, J.R. Stewart, and Aaron Smith. Ruhl won the dash. 'B' Mains went to Brett Mann and Mark Broughman.

Darren finishes 17th on Meet the Drivers Night at Limaland Speedway

Darren was working the kinks out of his new setup after stuffing his car into the wall early in the week which led to a 17th place finish at Limaland.

Friday, June 20, 2008 - Limaland Motorsports Park 7th Annual Bobby Keysor Memorial Race & Meet the Drivers Night (Elwer Fence Sprints)
Elwer Fence Sprints Feature: 1) Greg Wilson 2) Dennis Yoakam 3) Mike Dunlap 4) Tim Allison 5) Mike Brecht 6) Rick Boughan 7) Mike Miller 8) Jeff Williams 9) JR Stewart 10) Dwain Leiber 11) Kent Wolters 12) Cory Seeling 13) Tim Viles 14) Andrew Bowsher 15) Jon Nelson 16) Aaron Smith 17) Darren Long 18) Ronnie Blair 19) Luke Hall 20) Scott Carter

Elwer Fence Sprints B-Main: 1) Kent Wolters 2) Tim Viles 3) Darren Long 4) Andrew Bowsher 5) Scott Carter 6) Bob Gehr Jr. 7) Aaron Moloney 8) Brent Gehr 9) Bob Gehr Sr.

Heat 1: 1) Tim Allison 2) Dwain Leiber 3) Jeff Williams 4) Mike Miller 5) Ronnie Blair 6) Kent Wolters 7) Bob Gehr Jr. 8) Aaron Moloney 9) Darren Long
Heat 2: 1) Luke Hall 2) Mike Brecht 3) Greg Wilson 4) Rick Boughan 5) JR Stewart 6) Tim Viles 7) Scott Carter 8) Bob Gehr Sr.
Heat 3: 1) Dennis Yoakam 2) Cory Seeling 3) Mike Dunlap 4) Aaron Smith 5) Jon Nelson 6) Andrew Bowsher 7) Brent Gehr 8) Jared Horstman

Race Summary from Limaland.com
The Elwer Fence Sprints hit the track next. One of Limaland’s favorite sons, Greg Wilson, was visiting to get some seat time before next week’s All Stars Ohio Sprint Speedweek race. Unfortunately for the rest of the teams, Wilson started on the front row with Mike Dunlap. Wilson and Dunlap traded first place for the first two laps. After that, it was the Greg Wilson show with Dennis Yoakam and Mike Dunlap trying to catch the savvy driver from Benton Ridge, Ohio. In victory lane, Wilson said, “Limaland is like home to me. I’ve had so much support over the years and love to race here every chance I get. This track is an awesome facility and the tight racing fits my style. You have to hustle your car here and we did that tonight.”

Rough Night in the Ollie's 360 Challenge

Darren was able to be locked in to the final race which was nice due to his 3rd finish in the heat race. He was in the 3rd heat starting 2nd and went back a spot and finished 3rd. He was starting 18th in the final race. They started the final race and he went to turn through turn 1 and flipped the car into the wall. He's fine. He said that he has a cut on his forehead. He'll be sore tomorrow. The car is pretty bailed up. Not sure if there is damage to the motor yet, but oil was leaking from somewhere. Darren was just disappointed and upset with the happenings.

Darren takes the Sprint Feature Win at Eldora Speedway

Darren came out strong and took the win at Eldora on Saturday evening after yet another rainout on Friday evening at Limaland.

Border Wars 14 presented by Pak-A-Sak
NRA Sprint Invaders A-main
1. Darren Long, 2. Jared Horstman, 3. Butch Schroeder, 4. Dustin Daggett, 5. Kent Wolters, 6. Mike Brecht, 7. Mike Miller, 8. Ronnie Blair, 9. Ben Rutan, 10. Steve Irwin (Columbiavilee, MI), 11. Luke Hall, 12. Dwain Leiber, 13. Chad Gullett, 14. Dane Naida, 15. joe Bares (Traver city, MI), 16. Ryan Grubay (St. Johns, MI), 17. Tyler McDonald, 18. Sean Robinson, 19. Ryan Ruhl, 20. J.R. Stewart,
B-main:
1. Luke Hall, 2. Ryan Grubay (St. Johns, MI), 3. Chad Gullett, 4. Steve Irwin (Columbiavilee, MI), 5. Bob Gehr, Jr., 6. Cory Seeling, 7. Brett Mann (Goeshen, IN), 8. Brian Sebetto, 9. Scott Carter, 10. Kyle Patrick (Ottario, ), 11. Gary Fast (kalkaska, MI), 12. Aaron Maloney, 13. Greg Dalman (Grant Ledge, MI), 14. Rick Boughan, 15. Bob Carman, 16. Aaron Schaffer (Athens, MI), 17. Tank Bracenberry (Pigeon, MI), 18. tim alison, 19. Dennis Yoakam, 20. Ralph Brocenberry (Pigeon, MI), 21. Jeff Williams,
Heat 1:
1. Dustin Daggett, 2. Mike Miller, 3. Sean Robinson, 4. Kent Wolters, 5. Luke Hall, 6. Chad Gullett, 7. Kyle Patrick (Ottario, ), 8. Bob Gehr, Jr., 9. Ralph Brocenberry (Pigeon, MI), 10. Brian Sebetto,
Heat 2:
1. Joe Bares (Traver city, MI), 2. Dwain Leiber, 3. J.R. Stewart, 4. Ronnie Blair, 5. tim alison, 6. Scott Carter, 7. Bob Carman, 8. Tank Bracenberry (Pigeon, MI), 9. Jeff Williams
Heat 3:
1. Darren Long, 2. Jared Horstman, 3. Butch Schroeder, 4. Tyler McDonald, 5. Ryan Grubay (St. Johns, MI), 6. Steve Irwin (Columbiavilee, MI), 7. Aaron Schaffer (Athens, MI), 8. Gary Fast (kalkaska, MI), 9. Rick Boughan,
Heat 4:
1. Dane Naida, 2. Ben Rutan, 3. Ryan Ruhl, 4. Mike Brecht, 5. Cory Seeling, 6. Brett Mann (Goeshen, IN), 7. Aaron Maloney, 8. Greg Dalman (Grant Ledge, MI), 9. Dennis Yoakam

Darren finishes 7th at Limaland Speedway

Darren finished 7th in the first feature on Friday evening before the storms rolled in and moved the Steve Brown Memorial Race back to July 25th.

Friday, June 6, 2008 - Limaland Motorsports Park Elwer Fence Sprints

Elwer Fence Sprints Feature: 1) Rick Boughan 2) Mike Miller 3) JR Stewart 4) Jim Stinson 5) Luke Hall 6) Kent Wolters 7) Darren Long 8) Mike Brecht 9) Dwain Leiber 10) Tim Allison 11) Ronnie Blair 12) Scott Carter 13) Jeff Williams 14) Mike Dunlap 15) Cory Seeling 16) Jared Horstman 17) Lee Stark 18) Aaron Maloney 19) Bob Gehr Jr 20) Tyler McDonald

Elwer Fence Sprint B-main: 1) Mike Brecht 2) Lee Stark 3) Scott Carter 4) Bob Gehr Jr. 5) Aaron Maloney 6) Jared Horstman 7) Brent Gehr 8) Bob Gehr Sr.

Summary from Limaland.com

Last up were the Elwer Fence Sprints. Mike Miller has yet to win a feature at Limaland Motorsports Park. Friday night, he had his best chance this year at claiming victory. Starting on the pole, Miller lead the first seven laps with ease. Cory Seeling brought out the yellow on lap seven for a lazy spin in turn two. The restart order was Miller, Darren Long, Rick Boughan, Jim Stinson and JR Stewart. Miller quickly pulled away riding the rim. Long’s car appeared to go away as the race reached the mid way point. Boughan, who had been patiently working the bottom groove, began to reel in Miller by lap fifteen. As the two worked traffic, Boughan found an opening and passed Miller for the lead on lap seventeen. From then on, it was the Rick Boughan show at Limaland Motorsports Park. Boughan notched his second victory at Limaland and his first of 2008. Being the gentleman that he is, Boughan had this to say, “I want to thank my wife and children and everyone else who supports me as I live this fantasy, this dream of mine, of being a racecar driver.”