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All Star Sprint Results - Tulsa Speedway - Sat. 5/11/02 By John Rittenoure TULSA, OK (May 11, 2002) - Gary Wright of Hooks, Texas seems to have the winning combination at Tulsa Speedway. The 9-time O'Reilly National Championship Racing Association champion drove off the outside front row and led all 30 laps to win the All Stars verses NCRA Outlaw Sprint A feature Saturday. Wright, who won the All Star/NCRA event here last August, picked up $5,000 for his 74th career victory over a 35-car field from 14 states.
Wright was worried about tire wear but you could not tell it from the pace he set over second place finisher Bill Rose of Plainfield, Ind. "I was worried about wearing out my tires and was trying to take it easy," said Wright. "The car was good all night long. We made some changes this past week and the car was good all night long so I am tickled to death." Wright found himself in lapped traffic by lap 8 and was never challenged despite four yellow flags and one red when C.J. Johnson flipped on the front straightaway. Jeff Shepard and Mike Wagner were also involved. Rose held on to second throughout the race over Danny Smith of Danville, Ind. Jason Johnson of Eunice, LA and Kelly Kinser of Bloomington, Ind. rounded out the top five.
Travis Mize of Summers, Ark. drove away from the field to win the 12-lap outlaw sprint B feature. Mize took the lead after a lap 2 restart and by lap 6 stretched it to a full straightaway over first lap leader Rodney Duncan. Following a lap 8 red for Joe Bustillos who flipped coming off turn two, Mize resumed his lead to win over Mize and Alan Burton in third. The Crown Battery heat fell to Brooke Tatnell, the B&B Products heat went to Jason Johnson, the Engler Machine and Tool heat was won by Kenny Jacobs and the TP Wings heat fell to Dean Jacobs. Rose captured the Haulmark Dash.
TIME TRIALS - 1, Jason Johnson, 14.763. 2, Kelly Kinser, 15.016. 3, Jeff Shepard, 15.066. 4, Jerrod Wilson, 15.124. 5, Mike Wagner, 15.230. 6, Gary Wright, 15.272. 7, Bill Rose, 15.298. 8, Danny Smith, 15.309. 9, Jerrod Hull, 15.320. 10, Travis Rilat, 15.375. 11, Rodney Duncan, 15.389. 12, Derek Beckman, 15.395. 13, C.J. Johnson, 15.466. 14, Sean Walden, 15.492. 15, Chad Meyer, 15.684. 16, Jan Howard, 15.799. 17, Kenny Jacobs, 15.828. 18, Chad Kemenah, 15.869. 19, Darren Stewart, 15.873. 20, Dean Jacobs, 15.886. 21, Bruce Rehenalt, 15.904. 22, Joe Bustillos, 16.100. 23, Brooke Tatnell, 16.162. 24, Kenneth Walker, 16.189. 25, Rodger Eckhardt, 16.214. 26, Kevin Frey, 16.262. 27, Travis Mize, 16.263. 28, Dan Oswalt, 16.277. 29, Alan Burton, 16.454. 30, Greg Wilson, 16.548. 31, Earnest Jennings, 16.897. 32, Barry Ruble, 16.940. 33, Bubba Hunt, 17.370. 34, James High, 17.588. 35, Travis Scott, No Time.
CROWN BATTERY HEAT 1 (10 laps) - 1, Jason Johnson. 2, Jan Howard. 3, Jerrod Hull. 4, Mike Wagner. 5, C.J. Johnson. 6, Bruce Rehenalt. 7, Bubba Hunt. 8, Rodger Eckhardt. 9, Alan Burton.
B&B PRODUCTS HEAT 2 (10 laps) - 1, Kenny Jacobs. 2, Gary Wright. 3, Travis Rilat. 4, Kelly Kinser. 5, Greg Wilson. 6, Kevin Frey. 7, Joe Bustillos. 8, James High. 9, Sean Walden.
ENGLER MACHINE & TOOL HEAT 3 (10 laps) - 1, Brooke Tatnell. 2, Chad Kemenah. 3, Darren Stewart. 4, Jeff Shepard. 5, Bill rose. 6, Travis Mize. 7, Rodney Duncan. 8, Earnest Jennings.
TP WINGS HEAT 4 (10 laps) - 1, Dean Jacobs. 2, Danny Smith. 3, Kenneth Walker. 4, Chad Meyer. 5, Derek Beckman. 6, Jerold Wilson. 7, Barry Ruble. 8, Dan Oswalt. United Aluminum Window Sales & Consulting
B FEATURE (12 laps) - 1, Travis Mize. 2, Rodney Duncan. 3, Alan Burton. 4, Jason Johnson. 5, Kelly Kinser. 6, Bruce Rehenalt. 7, Sean Walden. 8, Bubba Hunt. 9, Earnest Jennings. 10, Jerrod Wilson. 11, James High. 12, Joe Bustillos. 13, Dan Oswalt. 14, Rodger Eckhardt.
HAULMARK DASH (4 laps) - 1, Bill Rose. 2, Danny Smith. 3, Jeff Shepard. 4, Jason Johnson. 5, Mike Wagner. 6, Kelly Kinser.
A FEATURE (30 laps) - 1, Gary Wright. 2, Bill Rose.3, Danny Smith. 4, Jason Johnson. 5, Kelly Kinser. 6, Jerrod Hull. 7, Brooke Tatnell. 8, Kenny Jacobs. 9, Travis Rilat. 10, Rodney Duncan. 11, Dean Jacobs. 12, Chad Kemenah. 13, Jan Howard. 14, Greg Wilson. 15, Mike Wagner. 16, Darren Stewart. 17, Barry Ruble. 18, Kenneth Walker. 19, Travis Mize. 20, Derek Beckman. 21, Jeff Shepard. 22, C.J. Johnson. 23, Chad Meyer. 24, Alan Burton.