2023 Family Fireworks Night #1

Race Story

LUX, CREECH & STRICKER ARE FFN WINNERS

All three race winners on Saturday night picked up their first-ever Eldora wins. Matthew Lux (USAC SpeeD2 Midget), Jeremy Creech (Super Stock) and Adam Stricker (Modified) found victory lane in front of a big Family Fireworks Night by Casey’s crowd.

Race Results

Event Box Score

D2 Midgets – Qualifying
1. 71-Stratton Briggs, 17.486; 2. 5KB-Matthew Lux, 17.499; 3. 9p-Wes Pinkerton, 17.626; 4. 18-Zachary Wigal, 17.682; 5. 35-Bryce Massingill, 17.683; 6. 74-Luke Hall, 17.702; 7. 16Y-Josh Yenser, 17.759; 8. 21-Chett Gerhrte, 17.768; 9. 36-Ian Creager, 17.834; 10. 12-Christopher Dickey, 17.861; 11. 3E-Alex Watson, 18.083; 12. 11H-Abby Hohlbein, 18.341; 13. 49P-Carl Peterson, 18.427; 14. 2-Marcel Berndt, 18.431; 15. 22-Gunnar Lucius, 18.439; 16. 5m-Michael Magic, 18.472; 17. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell, 18.547; 18. 98-Tommy Kouns, 18.612; 19. 32-Tyler Kalb, 18.743; 20. 55S-Brayden Schwartz, 18.782; 21. 23D-Bryce Dues, 18.836; 22. 4-David Osborn, 19.032; 23. 20X-Jonathan Watson, 19.154; 24. 4T-Cody Dye, 19.168; 25. 5J-Jody Paul, 19.226; 26. 7M-Taylor Nibert, 19.423; 27. 5-Tyler Watkins, 19.970; 28. 33L-Lucas Lemons, 99.991

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 71-Stratton Briggs[4]; 2. 35-Bryce Massingill[3]; 3. 36-Ian Creager[2]; 4. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[5]; 5. 49P-Carl Peterson[1]; 6. 23D-Bryce Dues[6]; 7. 5J-Jody Paul[7]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 5KB-Matthew Lux[4]; 2. 74-Luke Hall[3]; 3. 12-Christopher Dickey[2]; 4. 2-Marcel Berndt[1]; 5. 98-Tommy Kouns[5]; 6. 4-David Osborn[6]; 7. 7M-Taylor Nibert[7]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 9p-Wes Pinkerton[4]; 2. 16Y-Josh Yenser[3]; 3. 3E-Alex Watson[2]; 4. 22-Gunnar Lucius[1]; 5. 32-Tyler Kalb[5]; 6. 20X-Jonathan Watson[6]

Heat #4 – (8)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 11H-Abby Hohlbein[2]; 2. 18-Zachary Wigal[4]; 3. 21-Chett Gerhrte[3]; 4. 5m-Michael Magic[1]; 5. 33L-Lucas Lemons[7]; 6. 55S-Brayden Schwartz[5]; 7. 4T-Cody Dye[6]

B-Feature – (10)Laps – Top 4 Transfer
1. 49P-Carl Peterson[1]; 2. 32-Tyler Kalb[3]; 3. 98-Tommy Kouns[2]; 4. 55S-Brayden Schwartz[8]; 5. 23D-Bryce Dues[5]; 6. 20X-Jonathan Watson[7]; 7. 4T-Cody Dye[11]; 8. 4-David Osborn[6]; 9. 5J-Jody Paul[9]; 10. 33L-Lucas Lemons[4]; 11. 7M-Taylor Nibert[10]

A-Feature – (20)Laps
1. 5KB-Matthew Lux[6]; 2. 71-Stratton Briggs[5]; 3. 35-Bryce Massingill[4]; 4. 16Y-Josh Yenser[1]; 5. 18-Zachary Wigal[8]; 6. 74-Luke Hall[3]; 7. 5m-Michael Magic[16]; 8. 21-Chett Gerhrte[12]; 9. 22-Gunnar Lucius[15]; 10. 36-Ian Creager[9]; 11. 3E-Alex Watson[11]; 12. 2-Marcel Berndt[14]; 13. 98-Tommy Kouns[19]; 14. 11H-Abby Hohlbein[7]; 15. 44JB-Jakeb Boxell[13]; 16. 12-Christopher Dickey[10]; 17. 49P-Carl Peterson[17]; 18. 32-Tyler Kalb[18]; 19. 9P-Wes Pinkerton[2]; 20. 55S-Brayden Schwartz[20]

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Abby Hohlbein

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Super Stocks – Qualifying
1. 1-Earnie Woodard, 19.274; 2. 28-Shaun Smith, 19.414; 3. J1-Jeff Matheny, 19.484; 4. 21D-Kyle Moore, 19.599; 5. 25-Nick Bowers, 20.002; 6. 17-Jeremy Creech, 20.008; 7. 74D-Craig Dippman, 20.194; 8. 8-Adam Lantz, 20.247; 9. 07D-Daniel Dippman, 20.296; 10. 55-Forest Bennett, 20.470; 11. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield, 21.227; 12. J2-Rob Trent, 21.356; 13. 28v-Shawn Valenti, 21.358; 14. 95-Gary Rahe, 21.570; 15. 53-Jan Launder, 21.905; 16. 171-Robert Pardo, 22.630; 17. 87-Andy Welch, 22.895; 18. 1W-Mark Wooten, 23.513; 19. 7-Daniel Wooten, 24.472; 20. 17J-Jarrod Klay, 99.991; 21. 4M-Gabriel Mueller, 99.992

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 21D-Kyle Moore[3]; 2. 1-Earnie Woodard[4]; 3. 74D-Craig Dippman[2]; 4. 55-Forest Bennett[1]; 5. 28v-Shawn Valenti[5]; 6. 7-Daniel Wooten[7]; 7. 171-Robert Pardo[6]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. 8-Adam Lantz[2]; 2. 25-Nick Bowers[3]; 3. 87-Andy Welch[6]; 4. 17J-Jarrod Klay[7]; 5. 95-Gary Rahe[5]; 6. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[1]; 7. 28-Shaun Smith[4]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 10 Transfer
1. J1-Jeff Matheny[4]; 2. 17-Jeremy Creech[3]; 3. 07D-Daniel Dippman[2]; 4. J2-Rob Trent[1]; 5. 1W-Mark Wooten[6]; 6. 53-Jan Launder[5]

A-Feature – (15)Laps
1. 17-Jeremy Creech[2]; 2. 21D-Kyle Moore[5]; 3. 1-Earnie Woodard[3]; 4. 87-Andy Welch[8]; 5. 8-Adam Lantz[6]; 6. 74D-Craig Dippman[7]; 7. 07D-Daniel Dippman[9]; 8. 55-Forest Bennett[10]; 9. 28v-Shawn Valenti[13]; 10. 14-Ronnie Bloomfield[17]; 11. 95-Gary Rahe[14]; 12. J1-Jeff Matheny[4]; 13. 17J-Jarrod Klay[11]; 14. 1W-Mark Wooten[15]; 15. 25-Nick Bowers[1]; 16. 7-Daniel Wooten[16]; 17. J2-Rob Trent[12]

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Earnie Woodard

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Modifieds – Qualifying
1. 18-Ryan Sutter, 17.255; 2. 68-Adam Stricker, 17.360; 3. 21c-Andrew Charlson, 17.470; 4. 33-Dallas Miller, 17.532; 5. B4-Scottie Williams, 17.613; 6. 18C-Miles Cook, 17.642; 7. 5x-Tim Richardson, 17.688; 8. 54H-Zachary Hawk, 17.740; 9. 7-Evan Taylor, 17.870; 10. 4L-Jeff Koz, 17.966; 11. 5xb-Jerry Bowersock, 17.992; 12. 82-Dalton Lane, 18.006; 13. 5-Jonathan Taylor, 18.032; 14. 114-Clayton Bryant, 18.113; 15. 463-Daniel Sanchez, 18.165; 16. 11w-Tommy Wallace, 18.185; 17. 52-Weasel Phlipot, 18.233; 18. 3W-Dylan Woodling, 18.278; 19. 22-Spencer Flowers, 18.333; 20. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp, 18.540; 21. 17-Nick Snell, 18.582; 22. AK47-Alan Ketcham, 19.010; 23. 11G-Kevin Grilliot, 19.155; 24. 4-Jason Kinney, 19.496; 25. 4M-Dustin Moore, 19.522; 26. 36S-Adam Schaeff, 19.969; 27. 117-Mike Hollar, 21.325; 28. 33W-Bryan Wombolt, 21.588

Heat #1 – (8)Laps – Top 12 Transfer
1. 18-Ryan Sutter[4]; 2. 5-Jonathan Taylor[5]; 3. 5x-Tim Richardson[2]; 4. 4L-Jeff Koz[1]; 5. 33-Dallas Miller[3]; 6. 11w-Tommy Wallace[6]; 7. 22-Spencer Flowers[7]; 8. AK47-Alan Ketcham[8]; 9. 4M-Dustin Moore[9]; 10. 33W-Bryan Wombolt[10]

Heat #2 – (8)Laps – Top 12 Transfer
1. 5xb-Jerry Bowersock[1]; 2. B4-Scottie Williams[3]; 3. 68-Adam Stricker[4]; 4. 114-Clayton Bryant[5]; 5. 52-Weasel Phlipot[6]; 6. 54H-Zachary Hawk[2]; 7. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[8]; 8. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp[7]; 9. 36S-Adam Schaeff[9]

Heat #3 – (8)Laps – Top 12 Transfer
1. 7-Evan Taylor[2]; 2. 21c-Andrew Charlson[4]; 3. 82-Dalton Lane[1]; 4. 3W-Dylan Woodling[6]; 5. 463-Daniel Sanchez[5]; 6. 17-Nick Snell[7]; 7. 18C-Miles Cook[3]; 8. 4-Jason Kinney[8]

A-Feature – (20)Laps
1. 68-Adam Stricker[8]; 2. 5-Jonathan Taylor[2]; 3. 21c-Andrew Charlson[4]; 4. 18-Ryan Sutter[1]; 5. 22-Spencer Flowers[19]; 6. 5xb-Jerry Bowersock[5]; 7. 114-Clayton Bryant[11]; 8. 7-Evan Taylor[6]; 9. 463-Daniel Sanchez[15]; 10. 17-Nick Snell[18]; 11. 11w-Tommy Wallace[16]; 12. 18C-Miles Cook[21]; 13. B4-Scottie Williams[3]; 14. 52-Weasel Phlipot[14]; 15. 82-Dalton Lane[9]; 16. 3W-Dylan Woodling[12]; 17. 11G-Kevin Grilliot[20]; 18. 54H-Zachary Hawk[17]; 19. K4-Christopher Kruetzkamp[23]; 20. 4M-Dustin Moore[25]; 21. 36S-Adam Schaeff[26]; 22. 33W-Bryan Wombolt[28]; 23. 4-Jason Kinney[24]; 24. 4L-Jeff Koz[10]; 25. 5x-Tim Richardson[7]

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Clayton Bryant

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