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BLANEY ROLLS THROUGH CHILI BOWL

TULSA, Okla. - After winning Thursday night's preliminary feature, Dave Blaney fought off several challenges to win the 7th Annual Chili Bowl Midget Nationals 50-lap feature at the Tulsa Expo Raceway.

Blaney jumped into the lead at the drop of the green flag, but it was Ken Schrader who took command on the second round. Schrader led for only two circuits before Blaney regained the lead. Schrader's strong run would come to an end after 21 laps after losing the belt that drives the fuel pump.

Blaney led the way until lap 38 when Brent Kaeding edged into the lead. Luck was on Blaney's side as a Tony Stewart spin brought out the caution, putting Blaney back in front. On the restart, Blaney blocked Kaeding on the low side, opening up the cushion for Ron Shuman, who took over second on the 43rd round.

Blaney held the lead to the checkered flag, with Shuman in second and Kaeding in third. Kevin Doty claimed fourth, with Dean Erfurth coming from the ninth row to round out the top five. Former winner Scott Hatton was sixth, with Jack Hewitt charging from the 12th row to snare seventh.

Danny Lasoski, who was running third in the early going when the kill switch was accidentally activated, rebounded to finish eighth, with Dan Boorse and Sammy Swindell completing the top ten.

Results

A Feature (50 Laps): 1. Dave Blaney, 2. Ron Shuman, 3. Brent Kaeding, 4. Kevin Doty, 5. Dean Erfurth, 6. Scott Hatton, 7. Jack Hewitt, 8. Danny Lasoski, 9. Dan Boorse, 10. Sammy Swindell, 11. Steve Knepper, 12. Aaron Berryhill, 13. Tony Stewart, 14. Billy Boat, 15. Kevin Olson, 16. Dick Kaiser, 17. Andy Pierce, 18. Shane Carson, 19. Tommie Estes, Jr., 20. Jimmy Sills, 21. Kenny Irwin, 22. Randy Roberts, 23. Ken Schrader, 24. Marty Davis.

First B Feature (20 Laps): 1. Jimmy Sills, 2. Dean Erfurth, 3. Aaron Berryhill, 4. Tony Stewart, 5. Jack Hewitt, 6. Greg Lueckert, 7. Johnny Herrera, 8. Mike Streicher, 9. Gary Howard, 10. Aaron Truax, 11. Donnie Beechler, 12. Jay Drake, 13. Jon Backlund, 14. Andy Hillenburg, 15. Don Tyler, 16. Billy Wilburn, 17. Terry Gray.

Second B Feature (20 Laps): 1. Dick Kaiser, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Andy Pierce, 4. Billy Boat, 5. Don Lehmann, 6. Tommie Estes, Jr., 7. Brett Horrobin, 8. Keith Rauch, 9. Stan Fox, 10. Lou Cicconi, 11. Randy Koch, 12. Gene Gennetten, 13. Page Jones, 14. Lealand McSpadden, 15. Dean Billings, 16. Keith Kauffman, 17. John Callahan.

First C Feature (15 Laps): 1. Billy Wilburn, 2. Jay Drake, 3. Terry Gray, 4. Jon Backlund, 5. Kevin Pylant, 6. Pat Lysell, 7. Wayne Brauner, 8. Randy Mausteller, 9. Flea Ruzic, 10. Rich Camfield, 11. Mark Stasa, 12. Edwin Wilson, 13. Steve Arnold, 14. Roger Branson, 15. Jim Parsons, 16. Gary Cameron.

Second C Feature (15 Laps): 1. Stan Fox, 2. Don Lehmann, 3. Keith Rauch, 4. Lou Cicconi, 5. Jackie Burke, 6. John Hunt, 7. Tim Siner, 8. Kurt Mayhew, 9. Steve Enlow, 10. Tom Eatwell, 11. Phil Heavelow, 12. Danny Frye, 13. Coy White, 14. Terry Holliman.

First D Feature (10 Laps): 1. Flea Ruzic, 2. Gary Cameron, 3. Gary Wittmer, 4. Ronald Kuhn, 5. Bill Case, 6. Bob Thoman, 7. Earl Walls, 8. Randy Yoast, 9. John Heydenreich, 10. Mike Fulper, 11. Mike Minarik, 12. Butch Middleton.

Second D Feature (10 Laps): 1. Tom Eatwell, 2. Danny Frye, 3. Mike Hansel, 4. Bruce Donaldson, 5. Robert Harr, 6. Tim Muehlfarth, 7. Eddie Lynch, 8. Mike Bender, 9. Jerry Parchman, 10. Dave Camfield, 11. Pete Davis, 12. Rick Howerton.

Thursday's Preliminary Feature (Top 10): 1. Dave Blaney, 2. Marty Davis, 3. Sammy Swindell, 4. Dan Boorse, 5. Scott Hatton, 6. Shane Carson, 7. Kevin Olson, 8. Dean Erfurth, 9. Randy Roberts, 10. Aaron Berryhill.

Thursday Heat Winners: Sammy Swindell, Dan Boorse, Andy Hillenburg, Tony Stewart, Shane Carson, Page Jones.

Friday's Preliminary Feature (Top 10): 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Danny Lasoski, 3. Brent Kaeding, 4. Kevin Doty, 5. Ron Shuman, 6. Steve Knepper, 7. Kenny Irwin, 8. Dick Kaiser, 9. Jack Hewitt, 10. Randy Koch.

Friday's Heat Winners: Ken Schrader, Lealand McSpadden, Greg Lueckert, Ron Shuman, Brent Kaeding, Mike Streicher, Steve Knepper.

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