Steve Buttrick scored a $2,500 payday with his win in the American Environmentl Sportsman Spectacular at Mobile International Speedway Saturday night. Photo by Fastrax Photos/Tom Wilsey/Loxley, AL
This one was too important.
With a record payday on the line Saturday night at Mobile International Speedway in Irvington, AL, a Rick Crawford Performance Track, Steve Buttrick knew that.
The $2,500 winner’s check pushed Buttrick to finally make an adjustment to his Bob’s Speed Shop Sportsman before the American Environmental 50-Lap Sportsmen Challenge.
He swapped out the right-rear spring and that proved to be a necessary edge for an already dominant car needed, as Buttrick led all 50 green laps en route to Victory Lane on Saturday.
“We thought it’d be a little better, and it was,” Buttrick said.
Randy Thompson, who charged at Buttrick’s lead several times, walked away with $1,000 as the runner-up and young Bryce Dulabhan finished third. Dulabhan moved up a position when Steve “Chopper” Stagner decided to “not tear his car to pieces” in post-race technical inspection.
“My wife is gonna think this is real good,” Buttrick said with a worn-out laugh. “We broke the track record.”
He didn’t just break it. He chewed it up in qualifying. Buttrick’s new time of 21.812 seconds took out Fowler’s old mark of 21.860 coming into Saturday.
The fact is, the track record was set twice Saturday even before Buttrick put his tires on the oval. Fowler was first, coming in at 21.851 seconds. Then, Stagner torched that at 21.836 until his car was deemed to have an illegal chip in technical inspection.
That meant Stagner started at the tail end of the 28-car field for the feature. He went about his business once the green dropped, picking off cars one by one. Stagner had climbed to fifth by Lap 22.
A vast contrast from how the race began when the 28-car field mostly was single file and clean for the opening 10 laps. With so much cash up for grabs, it seemed shocking to see everybody minding their “P’s” and “Q’s.”
That quickly all changed, as the leaders behind Buttrick began to get antsy. Thompson took fourth from Dulabhan on lap 11. Brannon Fowler, who later battled car troubles, nosed past Lee Reynolds for second a lap later.
Then the cautions began to fly. Six in all. Nearly each time, a collection of Fowler, Thompson and Stagner took their shots at getting by Buttrick on the outside.
“I thought we had (Buttrick) there with four or five laps left, but he pulled away,” Thompson said.
Fowler put in the strongest threat, but Buttrick held off him and the other two rivals.
“The only ways they were gonna get by me is if I made a mistake or they moved me,” Buttrick said. “None of those guys are gonna do that. I didn’t make a mistake.”
He knew setting the fast time made a huge difference Saturday.
“Oh, it was huge,” Buttrick said. “If I hadn’t started on the pole, I might not have passed them.”
Island Motors II Bombers
Did this unprecedented season of glory all come to a crashing halt Saturday at MIS?
That’s the question Jay Jay Day has to be asking himself after what should have been a memorable night turned into a nightmare in post-race technical inspection.
He lived up to the hype, sweeping the Island Motors II Bombers night from the $200 “Dash for the Cash” heat race to hoisting a $1,700 check along with his eighth trophy of the season. Day came from the back of the 20-car field after MIS General Manager/Promoter Rick Crawford sweetened the pot by with an additional $200 if Day agreed to start at the tail end.
He had protected his lead in the points race. He had finally erased a bounty that had dogged him for more than two months. Everything seemed picture-perfect.
“We proved a lot by coming from the back,” Day said. “I don’t know why I did it. It was definitely a relief to win.”
Until, Day reached technical inspection. It was determined there that both Day and teammate Jayme Corry, who finished second, had crank shafts that were too light.
That pushed Johnathan Day, Jay Jay’s cousin, to the win with David Johnson second and Rusty Powell third. Johnathan Day now has a sizable lead, 742-639, over his cousin in the Island Motors II Bombers points race.
It was an impressive finish for Powell, who was involved in a scary incident with teammate Derek Long earlier in the 15-lap feature.
As Powell began to slide across the racetrack coming out of turn 4, he collided into Long’s left front tire. Long crashed violently into the protective barrier at the end of the grandstands.
Long complained of pains in his knees and chest before being put into the back of an ambulance.
After a lengthy delay, Corry led the restart only to see Jay Jay Day take the lead a few laps later.
He never relinquished it. That is until he reached tech.
Motorcycles
Reggie Barnsdale scored the victory in the Motorcycle event at MIS Saturday night. Photo by Fastrax Photos/Tom Wilsey/Loxley, AL
As the Motorcycles returned to MIS for the first time since 2009, Reggie Barnsdale defined a gracious winner Saturday.
He thanked the fans for the cheers. He thanked MIS General Manager/Promoter Rick Crawford for having the bikes back. Most of all, though, Barnsdale poured out his appreciation for his good buddy Rob McClendon and D&D Cycles, McClendon’s family-run shop in Pensacola, Fla.
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“This is all D&D. Without them, I wouldn’t be out here today. Rob and I feed off each other to get to that next edge.
Barnsdale and McClendon led a two-bike breakaway from the 14-bike field early on and put on a thrilling show for the fans.
“It’s all about the fans. We want to put on the best show for them,” Barnsdale said. “Cars have harnesses and other protection. We don’t have any of it.”
He learned that the hard way nine years ago at MIS, cartwheeling his bike off turn 3.
“I learn from my mistakes,” Barnsdale said with a laugh. “It’s absolutely intense. In a split second, you pinch the bike off into a corner and you’re fighting the bike the whole time.”
It’s the constant battle of the bike not necessarily their fellow rider that gets the adrenaline pumping.
“It was a blast. I loved it,” McClendon said. “I’d come back every week if they’d let us. (Barnsdale) rode the wheels off of it.” Robbie McClendon also establish the track record for Motorcycles at MIS with a 21.32 second lap.
Mobile International Speedway – Irvington, AL
Results – Aug. 6, 2011
American Environmental 50-Lap Sportsmen Challenge
1. Steve Buttrick 100.00
2. Randy Thompson 94.00
3. Bryce Dulabhan 88.00
4. Mark Barnhill 82.00
5. Bob Bryant 76.00
6. James Patrick 70.00
7. Steven Allday 64.00
8. Bubba Winslow 58.00
9. Shanna Ard 52.00
10. Michael Ledlow 46.00
11. Jimmy Goodwin 40.00
12. Jonathan Langham 40.00
13. Johnny Greene 40.00
14. Scott Barbaric 40.00
15. Michael Couture 40.00
16. Jared Courtney 40.00
17. Jessie Reid 40.00
18. Philip Goudreaulet 40.00
19. Brannon Fowler Molino 40.00
20. Chad Robinson 40.00
21. Michael Sanford 40.00
22. Mark Doherty 40.00
23. Jeff Smith 40.00
24. Lee Reynolds 40.00
25. James O’Neal 40.00
26. James Myres Jr. 40.00
27. Jason Smith 40.00
DQ. Steve Stagner
Island Motors II Bombers 15-Lap Feature
1. Johnathan Day 100.00
2. David Johnson 94.00
3. Rusty Powell Sr. 88.00
4. Thomas Denton 82.00
5. Leonard Craig Jr. 76.00
6. Dale Hammac 70.00
7. Dayton Sidner 64.00
8. Daniel Hill 58.00
9. Benny Bender Jr. 52.00
10. T.J. Thompson 46.00
11. Donald Hunt 40.00
12. Troy Bartlett 40.00
13. Michael Beasley 40.00
14. Derek Long 40.00
15. Wesley Barnhill 40.00
16. Mark Emerson Jr. 40.00
17. Robert Barber 40.00
DQ. Jimmy Day
DQ. Bobby Jones
DQ. Jayme Corry
DQ. Jay Jay Day
