Season Opener Heats up Cool Night at AMS

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The Angola Dental Center presented the 2008 Season opener on Saturday at the Angola Motor Speedway. Windy City Bags held a benefit bean bag toss tournament for Kedrin Holliday, a driver whose wife recently received a bone marrow transplant. $230 will be donated to the Holliday Family, a big thanks to Windy City Bags and all the fans who participated. After a long winter, drivers and fans alike were ready for another exciting season of racing. The Budweiser Super Late Models took to the track first for their 35 lap feature event. Joe Ellert started on the pole but was challenged early and often. Evan Barrett got alongside Ellert on lap 4 but lost control and spun out in turn 2. That gave Jack Landis his chance at Ellert and he took the lead on lap 6. Landis pulled away from the field for an exciting win and a cruise into Tri State Line-X Victory Lane, while Jeff Parr and fast qualifier Brent Jack battled side by side for second. Parr held on for a second place finish with Jack, Scott Hantz and Mike Kugler rounding out the top 5. Heat race winners were Jason Shively and Ellert. Next, on the track were the Superior Auto Modifieds and after several early cautions the racing really got going. Darwin Wolfe started up front and looked like he might be able to run away with the win. Fast qualifier Brad Springer worked his way from deep in the field to get right behind Wolfe on Lap 20. After a great battle Springer finally got around Wolfe on lap 25 and pulled away for the win. Wolfe, Jason Dietsch, Steve Minich Jr and a charging Jason Timmerman all brought home top 5 finishes. Wolfe and Dietsch both collected heat victories. Robby Henderson jumped out to the early lead in the Jonny on the Spot Street Stocks feature event, but fast qualifier Tom Little was closing fast. Little got alongside Henderson on lap 11 but the two got together sending Little to the pits with a flat tire. A Green White Checker finish made for a great finish as Justin Oberlin gave Henderson everything he had coming to the checkers. Henderson held on for the win with Oberlin second in his first night in a Street Stock, Brent Dirrim third, Bob Thompson fourth and Jacob Mann fifth. Henderson and Oberlin took home heat wins. Jerry Slone set a new track record for the Smith Enterprises Mini Stocks with a qualifying lap of 17.296 seconds. Starting in the back with a full field inversion Slone had to work hard to get to the front but finally got around Zac Sipe with a few laps to go to take home the checkers. The rest of the top five were Sipe, Rookie Logan Parker, Jimmy Musser, and Clif Bennett. Heat wins went to Sipe and Charlie Beattie. Next Saturday Night Tri State Line-X and WLKI 100.3 will present the Short Track Trucks.com Challenge Series along with the Budweiser Super Late Models, Superior Auto Modifieds, Jonny on the Spot Street Stocks, and Smith Enterprises Mini Stocks. Practice at 4:30, Time Trials at 6:00, and racing at 7:30. Don’t forget about the famous AMS Dollar Menu including $1 FAYGO sodas!