[Wendy Atkin]

14th annual Rumble in Fort Wayne
Friday, Dec. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011│Memorial Coliseum Expo Center│Fort Wayne, Ind.

SATURDAY RESULTS

(story with quotes is posted on a separate thread)

Tony Stewart swept the two-day Rumble in Fort Wayne for the second time in his career, surviving a race of attrition Saturday night to capture the 50-lap midget feature in convincing fashion.

The three-time NASCAR champion grabbed the lead when David Gough's ignition broke on lap 18 and led the rest of the way despite a series of caution periods and heavy lapped traffic. Jon Stanbrough managed a runner-up finish even though his car caught fire early in the event, producing a red flag. The fire crew doused the fire, which started when the car's "heat insulation laid over on the header," according to team owner Rick Daugherty, and Stanbrough charged from the rear of the field. Rex Norris III, Billy Wease and Dave Darland rounded out the top five.

Stewart's weekend sweep gives him nine Rumble in Fort Wayne feature wins in 14 career starts since 1999. Including the final 10 races of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase and a kart victory in Indianapolis earlier in the month, he's won eight of his past 13 races.

Ryan Smith won a crash-filled winged outlaw modified midget feature. Doug Jones captured the mini-sprint main.

MIDGETS
Qualifications – 1. Tony Stewart, 2x, Stewart, 7.830 seconds; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 0, Daugherty, 8.115; 3. Derek Bischak, 31, Bischak, 8.049; 4. David Gough, 6, 8.081; 5. Cory Setser, 56, Rencurrel, 8.115; 6. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 8.135; 7. Joe Liguori, 67, Sexton, 8.148; 8. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 8.150; 9. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Nuckles, 8.194; 10. Jacob Wilson, 10, Moore, 8.214; 11. Donnie Adams Jr., 49, Burrow, 8.232; 12. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, 8.241; 13. Rex Norris III, 63, Norris, 8.244; 14. Mike Wallace, 10, Wallace, 8.247; 15. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton, 8.251; 16. Tim Jedrzejek, 8up, Williams, 8.262; 17. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns, 8.273; 18. Chris Neuenschwander, 3, Bradley, 8.292; 19. Brandon Knupp, 78, Chambers, 8.332; 20. Jim Anderson, 99g, Guess, 8.361; 21. Steve Irwin, 0s, Flying Zero, 8.418; 22. Nick Hamilton, 8, Hamilton, 8.418; 23. Dave Darland, 0, Daughery, 8.510; 24. Cooper Clouse, 14, Clouse, 8.541; 25. Bobby Santos III, 98, Burrow, 8.541; 26. Terry Ahern, 6t6, Ahern, 8.778; 27. Tim Neal, 19d, Dunigan, 8.795; 28. David Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman, 8.803; 29. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple, 8.940; 30. Deano Lennon, 61, Lennon, 9.014; 31. Kevin Shirey, 41, Sexton, 9.017; 32. Mike Osite, 20, Fedorcak, 9.144; 33. Eric Shirey, 22, Sexton, 9.229; 34. Joey Burrow, 92, Burrow, 9.451; 35. Zach Fuhrman, 32x, Fuhrman, 9.585; 36. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, 9.801; 37. Gary Bradley, 4, Bradley, NT.

First heat (10 laps) – Fedorcak, Stewart, Jedrzejek, Irwin, K. Shirey, Adams, Ahern.

Second heat (10 laps) – Corson, Liguori, Stanbrough, Ferns, N. Hamilton, Neil, Osite.

Third heat (10 laps) – Norris, Bischak, Wease, Neuenschwander, Darland, D. Fuhrman, E. Shirey.

Fourth heat (10 laps) – Wallace, Gough, Knupp, Nuckles, Clouse, Chapple, Burrow.

Fifth heat (10 laps) – K. Hamilton, Anderson, Santos, Lennon, Z. Fuhrman, Wilson, Setser.

First semi-feature (12 laps) – Jedrzejek, Darland, Nuckles, Osite, Clouse, E. Shirey, Santos.

Second semi-feature (12 laps) – Stanbrough, Irwin, Chapple, D. Fuhrman, Z. Fuhrman, Lennon.

Third semi-feature (12 laps) -- Wease, Ferns, Wilson, K. Shirey.

Fouth semi-feature (12 laps) -- Knupp, Setser, Neil, Neuenschwander, N. Hamilton, Ahern.

Feature (50 laps) – 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Rex Norris III, 4. Billy Wease, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Mike Wallace, 7. Rich Corson, 8. Jim Anderson, 9. Derek Bischak, 10. Brandon Knupp, 11. Mike Fedorcak, 12. Kyle Hamilton, 13. David Gough, 14. Joe Liguori. 15. Tim Jedrzejek. Lap leaders: Gough 1-17, Stewart 18-50.

WINGED OUTLAW MODIFIED MIDGETS
Qualifications – 1. Ben Quinones, 007, Quinones, 8.169; 2. Ryan Smith, 22, VanDoren, 8.171; 3. Cap Henry, 04, Henry, 8.183; 4. Erick Rudolph, 32, Rudolph, 8.223; 5. Tyler Ross, 3t, Holmquist, 8.249; 6. John Ivy, 94, Henry, 8.356; 7. Larry Joe Sroufe, 21s, Sroufe, 8.363; 8. Chris Stockham, 44, Stockham, 8.442; 9. Tim Neil, 19n, Dunigan, 8.535; 10. Chase Ridenour, 11r, Ridenour, 8.599; 11. Matt Janisch, 14j, 8.610; 12. A.J. Lesiecki, 14, Lesiecki, 8.613; 13. Richard Smith, 12, Smith, 8.702; 14. Ben Taylor, 19, Taylor, 8.729; 15. Michael Kettnich, 19k, Kettnich, 8.787; 16. Russ Belt, 28, Fox, 8.847; 17. Nick Landon, 82, Landon, 8.863; 18. Drew Dorsett, 11b, Bickel-Sager, 8.890; 19. Mark Zumbrun, 35, Zumbrun, 8.929; 20. Bill Dunham, 84, Dunham, 8.937; 21. Howard McCormick, 26, Sager, 8.953; 22. Jeremy Glasford, 14g, Glasford, 8.979; 23. Clay Sanders, 21, Sanders, 9.048; 24. Rusty Strausbaugh, 29, Strausbaugh, 9.066; 25. Nick Eastin, 93, Eastin, 9.097; 26. Kyle Henry, 51h, Ormsby, 9.128; 27. Ryan Nawrocki, 5, Reed, 9.215; 28. Steve Shockney Jr., 28s, Shockney, 9.321; 29. Butch Hamilton, 1h, Hamilton, 9.356; 30. Ed Wilberg Sr., 5, Wilberg, 9.710; 31. Gary Klein, 68, Klein, NT; 32. Steve Myers, 88, Myers, NT; 33. Brandon Knupp, 20, Chambers, NT.

First heat (10 laps) – Ross, Neal, Ri. Smith, McCormick, Landon, Eastin, Hamilton, Quinones.

Second heat (10 laps) – Ry. Smith, Taylor, Ridenour, Glasford, K. Henry, Wilberg, Dorsett, Ivy.

Third heat (10 laps) – Janisch, C. Henry, Sroufe, Kettnich, Sanders, Zumbrun, Nawrocki.

Fourth heat (10 laps) – Stockham, Rudolph, Belt, Shockney, Dunham, Strausbaugh, Lesiecki.

First semi-feature (12 laps) – McCormick, Landon, Zumbrun, Sanders, Eastin, Hamilton, Quinones, Kettnich.

Second semi-feature (12 laps) – Ivy, Glasford, Lesiecki, K. Henry, Strausbaugh, Shockney, Dunham, Wilberg.

Feature (30 laps) – 1. Ryan Smith, 2. Cap Henry, 3. John Ivy, 4. Matt Janisch, 5. Larry Joe Sroufe, 6. Tyler Ross, 7. Richard Smith, 8. Chase Ridenour, 9. Howard McCormick, 10. A.J. Lesiecki, 11. Russ Belt, 12. Tim Neil, 13. Ben Taylor, 14. Jeremy Glasford; 15. Nick Landon, 16. Erick Rudolph, 17. Mark Zumbrun, 18. Chris Stockham. Lap leaders: Stockham 1-5, Sroufe 6-11, Rudolph 12-14, Ry. Smith 15-30.

MINI-SPRINTS
Qualifying – 1. Lynsey Tilton, 74, Tilton, 8.885 seconds (breaks track record of 9.041 seconds set on Friday); 2. Collin Ambrose, 36, Ambrose, 9.164 seconds; 3. Lynn Ambrose, 1, Ambrose, 9.174 seconds; 4. Collin Parker, 25, Parker, 9.505; 5. Becca Stiefel, 328, Stiefel, 9.518; 6. Doug Jones, 37, Jones, 9.537; 7. Ron Coleman, 44, Coleman, 9.671; 8. Kyle McIntosh, 17b, Eaglin, 9.759; 9. Gary Bradley, 4, Bradley, 10.524.

Heat (10 laps) – Parker, L. Ambrose, Tilton, Stiefel, McIntosh, C. Ambrose, Coleman, Bradley, Jones.

Feature (12 laps) – 1. Doug Jones, 2. L. Ambrose, 3. C. Ambrose, 4. McIntosh, 5. Stiefel, 6. Parker, 7. Bradley, 8. Tilton, 9. Coleman. Lap leaders: Jones 1-12.

[Jerry Shaw]

To the person that was asking about results for tonight's action @ Ft. Wayne. Wendy is editing the post she started the thread with, which doesn't take it back to the top. Any post you add to her thread will do that.

Jerry

So let me Guess 15 cars started instead of the 14?

[Tony Barhorst]

I added Dave Darland on a promoters option. Past Rumble winners can be added to the field. He had a good run from 15th.

Happy New Year everyone!

[treecitytornado]

GREAT JOB TO MY GOOD BUDDY REX NORRIS III!!


Didn't see results for the 600 Mini-Sprint heats and B-Mains?

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[AustinSprinter]

long nite starts for Darland as 23rd Qualifier...5th in heat,2nd in semi...5th from 15th in Sat. 50 lapper!!....not what he was lookin' for,but a nice drive!!........
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[Rebasned]

Rex Norris 111 'Awesome Driving'

[duel]

We had a great time for 2 days. Plenty of good racing for hours on end. The pitbull jump was exciting as well. both of them. Good to see some of our summer time race friends. Stewart put on a clinic and shut up the boo birds in fine fashion. Thanks to all the drivers and Mr. Barhorst for the event.