Third Season Victory for Bobby Santos
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (August 5, 2017) –Earning his third series victory of the 2017 season, Bobby Santos scored the feature win at Baer Field (Ind.) Motorsports Park on Saturday, August 5 in the Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil.
Aaron Pierce followed up his Baer Field win in July with a second-place finish. Jason Blonde rounded out the podium finishers. Ryan Gillenwater and Chris Nueschwander rounded out the top-five finishers.
In preliminary action, Pierce won Dowker Engines Heat Race #1 with Blonde taking the checkers in Royal Purple Synthetic Oil Heat # 2. Pierce was top qualifier at 15.086 seconds at 119.316 mph.
The Auto Value Bumper to Bumper Super Sprints presented by Royal Purple Synthetic Oil will conclude the 2017 season on Saturday, August 26.
| A MAIN RESULTS | |||
| POS | # | DRIVER | |
| 1 | 22A | Bobby Santos | |
| 2 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | |
| 3 | 42 | Jason Blonde | |
| 4 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | |
| 5 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | |
| 6 | 11g | Tom Geren | |
| 7 | 10k | Christian Koehler | |
| 8 | 25 | Doug Stepke | |
| 9 | 11 | Tom Paterson | |
| 10 | 43 | Chris Jagger | |
| 11 | 71 | Brian Vaughn | |
| 12 | 5 | Don Dietsch | |
| 13 | 100 | Jim Payne | |
| 14 | 0 | Doug Dietsch | |
| DNS | 44 | Teddy Alberts | |
| DNS | 64 | Ryan Litt | |
| HEAT RACE #1 RESULTS | |||
| POS | # | DRIVER | |
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | |
| 2 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | |
| 3 | 22A | Bobby Santos | |
| 4 | 11g | Tom Geren | |
| 5 | 71 | Brian Vaughn | |
| 6 | 43 | Chris Jagger | |
| 7 | 44 | Teddy Alberts | |
| HEAT RACE #2 RESULTS | |||
| POS | # | DRIVER | |
| 1 | 42 | Jason Blonde | |
| 3 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | |
| 3 | 10k | Christian Koehler | |
| 4 | 25 | Doug Stepke | |
| 5 | 100 | Jim Payne | |
| 6 | 11 | Tom Paterson | |
| 7 | 0 | Doug Dietsch | |
| 8 | 5 | Don Dietsch | |
| QUALIFYING RESULTS | ||||||||
| POS | # | DRIVER | TIME | DIFF | MPH | |||
| 1 | 26 | Aaron Pierce | 15.086 | – | 119.316 | |||
| 2 | 42 | Jason Blonde | 15.133 | 0.047 | 118.945 | |||
| 3 | 22A | Bobby Santos | 15.194 | 0.108 | 118.468 | |||
| 4 | 10n | Chris Neuenschwander | 15.216 | 0.130 | 118.297 | |||
| 5 | 45 | Ryan Gillenwater | 15.226 | 0.140 | 118.219 | |||
| 6 | 10k | Christian Koehler | 15.666 | 0.580 | 114.899 | |||
| 7 | 44 | Teddy Alberts | 15.966 | 0.880 | 112.740 | |||
| 8 | 25 | Doug Stepke | 16.071 | 0.985 | 112.003 | |||
| 9 | 11g | Tom Geren | 16.074 | 0.988 | 111.982 | |||
| 10 | 0 | Doug Dietsch | 16.160 | 1.074 | 111.386 | |||
| 11 | 71 | Brian Vaughn | 16.355 | 1.269 | 110.058 | |||
| 12 | 100 | Jim Payne | 16.759 | 1.673 | 107.405 | |||
| 13 | 43 | Chris Jagger | 16.777 | 1.691 | 107.290 | |||
| 14 | 11 | Tom Paterson | 16.868 | 1.782 | 106.711 | |||
| 15 | 5 | Don Dietsch | 17.116 | 2.030 | 105.165 | |||
| 16 | 64 | Ryan Litt | No Time | |||||
