Ingalls Masters SUPR Late Model Run at Devil's Bowl

 

 

 

 

Mesquite, TX (July 3) – Jason Ingalls topped a field of 32 SUPR late models with a masterful run in the 35-lap feature on the famed Devil's Bowl half-mile Sunday night. David Gailley took the street stock cash in a close finish. Troy Taylor did not let anyone get close in his run to top the US modifieds.  

Jason Ingalls claimed the SUPR late model victory at Devil's Bowl Sunday night. (Photo by Linda Fields)

Jason Ingalls knows the best way to get around the Devil's Bowl half-mile oval - without other cars in front of yours. That was not an easy task after he drew in for the evening's races - and found he would be starting on the fourth row for his heat race. With a passing points system, coming from the back row can give a driver the feature pole. It can also keep a driver mired at the back all evening if he doesn't have a perfect heat race.

Ingalls did not waste time when the green flag fell on that first heat. Quickly moving past half of the field, and climbing to the place position. However, he could not get close to Ronnie Long and was the second car under the checkered flag for the heat. Devil's Bowl regular Long was unfamiliar with SUPR procedures and failed to report to the scales after the heat.

That advanced Ingalls to the heat win, and earned him enough passing points to start the 35-lap feature on the inside of the front row. Ronny Adams also came from the back of his heat to earn the outside front row starting spot.

When the green flag dropped on the 35-lap main event, Ingalls put the Nash Trucking Nr. 12 into the lead, but had Adams and defending Devil's Bowl late model champion Tom Lorenz right behind him.

As the leaders flew around the track, they quickly caught the back of the 22 car field. Ingalls continued to hold the lead as the top cars worked past lapped cars until the race's 28th lap.

Ronnie Long won the first SUPR heat - but did not report to the scales. That put him on the back of the first B main - which he won. Starting 17th in the feature - he climbed through the field to claim a third place finish  (Photo by Linda Fields)

That's when Adams got together with a lapped car on the front straight. The contact took out Adams, Lorenz and fifth running Kenny Merchant. David Ashley managed to miss the spinning cars, and advanced from fourth to second for the subsequent restart. The surprise was Long, who had been forced to start last in the first B main, which he won. That put him 17th on the starting grid for the feature, and Long had moved up to sixth in his Town East Ford / Speed Specialties Nr. 28L. Long was third on the restart order.

Ingalls had what he wanted - a clear track and no trouble on his way to the checkered flag - his first victory at Devil's Bowl, with Ashley second in the Thornhill Wrecker / Wyatt's Collision Nr. 14. Long took third with Allen Tippen and Jeff Chanler fourth and fifth. Along with Ingalls and Adams, Lorenz in the Smiley's Racing Nr. 84 and Tippen won the heat races, with Long and Skip O'Neal in the Urban Fire Protection Nr. 8 winning the twin B mains.

David Gailley took the street stock feature win by a fender over Trandel White. (Photo by Linda Fields)

Close barely describes the street stock feature Sunday night. Heat winners Trandel White and Mark Ross started on the front row, but after a three and four car wide battle in the opening lap it was Johnny Philpot out front in the J&S Direct Doors / M&M Maching Nr. 12. For four laps White stayed close, but on the sixth circuit, Danny Zimmerman in the Quality Intermodal Delivery Service Nr. 11X and David Gailley in the Gailley Motorsports Nr. 24 pulled past White, along with Terry Carter in the Nr. 35.

A lap later Gailley was second and on the next trip around the track, Philpot slowed and pulled out. Also in the top five was Jason Trevathan, who also pulled aside after eight laps. Two laps later Zimmerman slowed.

White had avoided those woes and took the runnerup position on the tenth lap. The track was coming to White, but Gailley was also running a perfect line. On the final lap, White got a good run coming out of turn two and diving into turn three. Pulling hard out of turn four, he came up a fender short as Gailley was perfect to the checkered flag. Walter Beaty ran a strong third in the Evans Grinding Nr. 75 with Frank Shafer fourth in the Performance Auto Supply Nr. 84. Carter rounded out the top five with heat winner Ross taking the sixth spot in his Ross Racing / Tommy G's Welding Nr. 8.

Troy Taylor was fast from the start of the evening and wasted no time in pulling away to take the USA modified feature win. (Photo by Linda Fields)

Someone else who knows the fast way around the Devil's Bowl oval is Troy Taylor. The driver of the Batson Construction / Tru-Color Refinishing Nr. 56 has topped many races on the track over his 25 years of racing. Though he doesn't race Devil's Bowl on a weekly basis in recent seasons, Taylor is always fast when he does make the trip to Mesquite.

Taylor started the 15-lap feature alongside polesitter Clyde Dunn, Jr. in the Smiley's Racing Nr. 88. But when the green flag dropped the race was all Taylor. He quickly pulled into the lead down the front straight and was solidly ahead entering the first turn.

Taylor hit the setup perfectly as the race ran flag to flag without the yellow. Dunn surrendered the second spot to his cousin Johnny Dunn, Jr. at the halfway point and fell back to fourth when Bobby Ruffin took third with four laps to go in the race.

Johnny Dunn suffered a flat right rear tire just before the white flag, with his Smiley's/ Speed Specialties Nr. 99, falling back to finish eighth.

Ruffin as fast in the Hoosier Tire Southwest / Ross Railroad Consulting Nr. 121 in the final laps, narrowing Taylor's lead, but he had to settle for second at the checkered flag. Clyde Dunn, Jr. was third with Brian Sugg in the Sugg Plumbing / Uniflex Machine Nr. 8X in fourth and Rowdy Starnes in the Starnes Trucking / Cain's Engine Repair Nr. 50X taking fifth. Along with Taylor and Clyde Dunn, Starnes and Randy Kirkland in the Reliable Plumbing / American Locksmith Nr. 77 won the USA modified heats. Richard Miller in the Jeanie's Used Auto Parts / Rick Shipp Rebuilders Nr. 1$ and Richard McGibboney in the Outlaw Fabrication/ Baber's Garage Nr. 19 won the B mains.

Devil’s Bowl Speedway – Race Results – Sun, July 3, 2005

     
SUPR Late Models - First Heat Race
1 12 Jason Ingalls Longview, TX
2 B23 Michael Grubbs Sachse, TX
3 10P Jody Prince Sibley, LA
4 66M Richard Mills Montgomery, TX
5 85 Bob Ewell Forney, TX
6 74 John Sliney Colleyvile, TX
7 21D Lee Davis Greenwood, LA
8 28L Ronnie Long Mesquite, TX
       
SUPR Late Models - Second Heat Race
1 1A Ronny Adams Greenwood, LA
2 11C Jeff Chanler Minden, LA
3 28 Doug Ingalls Longview, TX
4 75d Patrick Daniel Wills Point, TXA
5 5C Michael Coleman Tyler, TX
6 ZZ Sloppy Hogg Arlington, TX
7 93 Ray Moore Shreveport, LA
8 91b Shawn Brassfield Adair, OK
       
SUPR Late Models - Third Heat Race
1 84 Tom Lorenz Balch Springs, TX
2 14 David Ashley Zachary, LA
3 81 Ricky Ingalls Longview, TX
4 L8 Justin Ingalls Longview, TX
5 25 Earl Whatley, Jr. Manuel, TX
6 6R Robbie Stuart DeRidder, L
7 38 Mark Andrews Marion, LA
8 13 Chuck Beusch Red Oak, TX
       
SUPR Late Models - Fourth Heat Race
1 75T Allen Tippen Minden, LA
2 21X Darren Ellis Royse City, TX
3 4B Robbie Starnes Baytown, TX
4 C28 Kenny Merchant Ruston, LA
5 8 Skip O'Neal Red Oak, TX
6 19 John Ewell Forney, TX
7 5M Jon Mitchell Greenbriar, AR
8 9D Jerry Horn Athens, TX
       
SUPR Late Models - First B Main
1 28L Ronnie Long Mesquite, TX
2 25 Earl Whatley, Jr. Manuel, TX
3 85 Bob Ewell Forney, TX
4 38 Mark Andrews Marion, LA
5 19 John Ewell Forney, TX
6 74 John Sliney Colleyvile, TX
7 93 Ray Moore Shreveport, LA
DNS 13 Chuck Beusch Red Oak, TX
       
SUPR Late Models - Second B Main
1 8 Skip O'Neal Red Oak, TX
2 5C Michael Coleman Tyler, TX
3 6R Robbie Stuart DeRidder, LA
4 91b Shawn Brassfield Adair, OK
5 ZZ Sloppy Hogg Arlington, TX
6 9D Jerry Horn Athens, TX
DNS 21D Lee Davis Greenwood, LA
DNS 5M Jon Mitchell Greenbriar, AR
       
SUPR Late Models - A Feature
1 12 Jason Ingalls Longview, TX
2 14 David Ashley Zachary, LA
3 28L Ronnie Long Mesquite, TX
4 75T Allen Tippen Minden, LA
5 11C Jeff Chanler Minden, LA
6 6R Robbie Stuart DeRidder, LA
7 81 Ricky Ingalls Longview, TX
8 25 Earl Whatley, Jr. Manuel, TX
9 75d Patrick Daniel Wills Point, TX
10 10P Jody Prince Sibley, LA
11 21X Darren Ellis Royse City, TX
12 B23 Michael Grubbs Sachse, TX
13 93 Ray Moore Shreveport, LA
14 8 Skip O'Neal Red Oak, TX
15 28 Doug Ingalls Longview, TX
16 5C Michael Coleman Tyler, TX
17 L8 Justin Ingalls Longview, TX
18 1A Ronny Adams Greenwood, LA
19 84 Tom Lorenz Balch Springs, TX
20 C28 Kenny Merchant Ruston, LA
21 4B Robbie Starnes Baytown, TX
22 66M Richard Mills Montgomery, TX
       
USA Modifieds - First Heat Race
1 56 Troy Taylor Dallas, TX
2 8X Bryan Sugg Grand Prairie, TX
3 40 Don Jensen Terrell, TX
4 39 Rick McCommas Balch Springs, TX