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Rasdon leads Bootheel 200 Qualifying Night for the Rislone
USCS Modifieds at Malden Speedway on Friday.
by: Pete Walton
MALDEN, MO (March 20) - Hunter Rasdon from Jonesboro, Arkansas led the 3rd
Bootheel 200 Pole Qualifying Night events for the Rislone USCS Modified
Touring Series at Malden Speedway on Friday night. Rasdon set the fastest
time in the one-lap Comp Cams Time Trials for the open wheel modifieds with
a lap of 16.56 seconds around the newly re-worked and re-clayed 3/8 mile
oval. Rasdon bested fellow Arkansan and team-mate, Jeff Greene also from
Jonesboro, Arkansas by 22/100ths of a second for the honors after Greene
turned a 16.78 seconds best lap.
Rasdon then completed his night by winning the 12-lap Aero Race Wheels First
Qualifying Race. He will start on the pole of the 8-lap Rislone (Oil
Stabilizer) Power Dash www.rislone.com that determines the final starting
order for the 30-lap main event on Saturday night. Local favorite Scott
Burge from Puxico, Missouri followed Radon in second place. Three-time
Rislone USCS Modified Series feature winner, Duke Palasini from Leland,
Mississippi, followed Burge in third place and defending series Champion,
Ashley Newman from Ripley, Tennessee garnered the final transfer spot to the
A-Main via his fourth place finish. Rookie of the Year candidate, Justin
Roberts from Paragould, Arkansas rounded out the top five.
Jeff Greene will start next to Rasdon in the Rislone Power Dash after
dominating the 12-lap RHS (Racing Head Service) Second Qualifying Race. The
2007 Bootheel 200 Rislone USCS Modified Champion, Troy Fowler from
Portageville, Missouri finished behind Greene in the second position and
will start outside the third row in the dash. Austin Matthews from Dexter,
Missouri finished in third place and John Polasini from Leland, Mississippi
captured the fourth and final transfer spot in the R.H.S. Second Heat.
Junior Lemmings from Jackson, Tennessee rounded out the top five finishers.
Jared Roller from Hernando, Mississippi led all but the final lap of the
Bar's Leaks Third Heat when steering problems caused him to drive off the
top of turn two. Bart Richardson from Bradford, Tennessee took advantage of
the situation and rolled past to take the checkered flag in first place.
Brad Buck from Paragould, Arkansas followed Richardson to the line with
Rookie Danny Gentry in the third position. Mike Palasini, Jr. claimed the
final transfer in this one. Tim Radford from Piedmont, Missouri who spun
earlier in the race, recovered to complete the top five.
2006 Rislone USCS Co-Champion Ben Reed from Munford, Tennessee won over
Jacob Davis from Millersville, Missouri and Randy Todd from Lexington,
Tennessee in the Tennison Brothers Metals Fourth Heat Race. Craig Vaughn
from Hernando, Mississippi who finished in the top five in the season opener
at Central Mississippi Speedway on March 7th finished fourth in this
qualifier and transferred to the A-Main for the Bootheel 200 Championship
race.
Action returns on Saturday night in the finals of the 3rd Annual Bootheel
200. In addition to the Rislone USCS Modifieds Saturday night's program
includes the championship finals for the Late Models, Hobby, Pure Street and
Mini Stocks. Additionally the Parts Plus USCS sprint cars contest a full
racing program including the Parts Plus Power Dash, heat races, B-Main and a
30-lap Championship race.
Pit gates open at 1:00 pm Saturday with the stands opening at 4:00 pm and
racing at 6:00 pm sharp!
Malden Speedway is located 2 miles North of Malden, Missouri on County Road
102. For more info visit
www.maldenspeedway.com or call 573-276-6265. For USCS rules,
results and info visit
www.uscsracing.com or call 404-886-5913.
OFFICIAL RESULTS - Rislone USCS Modified Series at Malden Speedway, Friday,
March 20, 2009
Entries - 30
Comp Cams Fast Time Award: Hunter Rasdon 16.56 seconds
Aero Race Wheels First Qualifying Race
POS CAR # DRIVER / HOMETOWN
1 - R5 Hunter Rasdon, Jonesboro, AR
2 - 3 Scott Burge, Puxico, MO
3 - V8 Duke Palasini, Leland, MS 89
4 - 73 Ashley Newman, Ripley, TN
5 - 99R Justin Roberts, Paragould, AR
6 - 12 Shannon Brack, Jonesboro, AR
7 - 77 Kelly Forkum, Jonesboro, AR
8 - 55 Paul Reeder, Malden, MO
RHS (Racing Head Service) Second Qualifying Race:
POS CAR # DRIVER / HOMETOWN
1 - 9X Jeff Greene, Jonesboro, AR
2 - 10 Troy Fowler, Portageville, MO
3 - 67 Austin Matthews, Dexter, MO
4 - 51 John Polasini, Leland, MS
5 - 12 Junior Lemmings, Jackson, TN
6 - 01 Joseph Leister, Olive Branch, MS
7 - 29 Josh Boaz, Bartlett, TN
8 - 30 Henry Pullen, Calhoun City, MS
Bar's Leaks Third Qualifying Race
POS CAR # DRIVER / HOMETOWN
1 - 1 Bart Richardson, Bradford, TN
2 - 81 Brad Buck, Paragould, AR
3 - 115 Danny Gentry , Arlington,TN
4 - 8 Mike Palasini, Jr., Leland, MS
5 - 10R Tim Radford, Piedmont, MO
6 - 7 Jarod Roller, Hernando, MS
7 - 11 Mark Stephens, Arlington, TN
Tennison Bros. Metals, Inc Fourth Qualifying Race
POS CAR # DRIVER / HOMETOWN
1 - 07 Ben Reed, Munford, TN
2 - j21 Jacob Davis, Millersville, MO
3 - 26s Randy Todd, Lexington, TN
4 - 7x Craig Vaughn, Hernando, MS
5 - c44 Cody Rowland, Nesbit, MS
6 - 5X Leonard Betsch, Farmington, MO
7 - 22 Richard Kinney, Bells, TN
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