KDBA JUNE

KY Lake June Race
Class	Winner	Boat #	Runner Up	Boat #
Pro Modified
Pro Eliminator	ED ANDERSON	751	STEVE WAGNER	208
Top Eliminator	TIM TOWNSEND	005	DATHAN ARANT	465
Modified Eliminator	BARRY SALSMAN	689	SHANE STAFFORD	447
Stock Eliminator	MICHAEL GLADNEY	429	BRAD MURPHY	105
River Racer I	SUZY SHEPHERD	38	BUBBA BROYLES	093
River Racer II

The first race of the season for KDBA got underway on the weekend of June 2^nd and 3^rd, 2007. The weather was good and the racing was even better.

This race was dedicated to a very good friend to a lot of us and a very good racer, Lloyd Burns. As most of you may already know, Lloyd had a boating accident on April 21, 2007 in Pisgah Bay and later that day died. This race was in his memory and his presence was missed by everyone that had raced with him in this bay.

We want to welcome all of the new racers that traveled from far and wide to come and race with us. There were about 38 registered racers in the classes from Pro Eliminator down to River Racer I. Jeff Miller and Jim Dunn were there testing their Pro Mod. John Haas was also with them tuning on the motor. Their runs were great and the crowd seemed to really like to see the fast boat speed down the track.

KDBA had decided to do their races a little different this year. The entry fee for the Pro Mod’s down to the Stock Eliminator class was $ 300. They put $ 200 of that money back into the purse. The Modified Eliminator class had the most racers with a total of 16 boats. The Top Eliminator class was the next class with the most boats.

The Top Eliminator class had a racer that caught the eye of a lot of the spectators out on the water. It was like she had her own fan club. Ashly Ruf, from St. Charles , MO , came down to race and she did just that! Ashly was the top qualifier in her class with 9.008 @ 106 MPH. She cut a .156 light.

Let’s move on the results of all the classes starting with the River Racer class that had two boats.

Suzy Shepherd driving her STV ran a 12.186 with a .966 light to take the win over new comer, Bubba Broyles, Jr., Bubba ran a 12.659 with a .407 light. Good job on both racers!

The top qualifier in the stock eliminator was Brian Jackson of Elsberry , MO in Floodrunner, but that didn’t last long. Jackson had trouble with his motor and he had to declare broke and would be unable to race on Sunday. Joey Bishop was also running great until he had trouble with his motor and also had to declare broke.

The top qualifier was a new racer from Glen Allen, VA. , Phil Broyles, Sr... Phil had to face Michael Gladney in Voodoo Canoe on the first run for the Stock Eliminator class. Broyles, Sr. ran to fast for the class with a 10.597 on a .311 light giving the win to Michael Gladney, who also ran to fast for the class with a 10.967 on a .665 light.

Sam Schultz, driving Krazy Kracker, ran an 11.244 with a .283 light @ 83.5 MPH but Brad Murphy ran an 11.129 @ 98.7 MPH on a .367 light to take the win.

The final round had Murphy, driving Murphy’s Law, facing Gladney, driving Voodoo Canoe. Voodoo Canoe came out first at the light with a .009 and went on to run an 11.009 @ 84 MPH to take the win over Murphy’s slower light of a .243 and an 11.186 ET @ 96 MPH. Brad was trying to catch Gladney but he left him at the light! Michael Gladney won around $ 800 and Brad Murphy won around $ 200.

This was the top dog class, where all the money was!! Dan Roak and Barry Salsman both ran a 10.00 and the computer had to take the time out another digit to determine who was top qualifier. Dan Roak had the better time by a hair giving him the number one spot and Barry Salsman taking the number two spot.

Dan Roak ran a 12.189 @ 68 MPH on a bye run. Shane Stafford, of Pontotoc, MS, driving Flat Nasty, ran a 10.681 on a .230 light @ 97 MPH to take the win over Wade Wallace of Benton, KY driving Rush. Wallace had a better ET of 10.084 but he had a 2.277 light.

Kurt Siewert, driving Dazed and Confused, had a .627 light on a 9.977 ET. He was to fast for the class but Phillip Gray had a -.050 red light and a 10.340 ET giving the win to Kurt Siewert.

Bob Lipton, of St Charles, MO, driving Moisture Missle, ran a 10.594 on a .254 light against Freddie Web driving for Caleb Booth. Web had trouble off the starting line and didn’t get the boat started in time to get an ET.

Barry Salsman, driving Wildthing, cut a .090 light and ran a 10.051 ET @ 96 MPH against John Anderson’s Ludicrous boat with a 1.013 light and tried to make up time but ran to fast for the class with a 9.900 ET.

Rick Conklin in his new quarter shot, Poppa’s Toy, cut a good .056 light and ran a 10.447 ET @ 112 MPH against Shane Phillips. Phillips, driving H20 Rocket, had a slower reaction time of .248 but went on to run a 10.227 ET @ 106 MPH to take the win.

Ron Morton, of Indianapolis, IN driving Rampage, ran a 10.054 on a .183 light on a legal single. Freddie Web’s boat had broken and he couldn’t make the call in his boat.

Brown Hawley, of Paris, TN driving Smilemaker, ran a 9.971 on a .146 light against first time racer, Roger Childers. Childers had a .302 light and ran a 9.777 ET @ 108 MPH. Hawley and Childers were both to fast for the class but Brown Hawley was closer to the 10.0 dial in for the class.

Shane Stafford in Flat Nasty, ran a 10.063 ET @ 107 MPH on a .833 light to take the win over Dan Roak in Final D Mention. Roak had a quicker light, .411, but ran a 10.718 ET @ 104 MPH.

Bob Lipton and Kurt Siewert were nose and nose all the way through this run. Lipton cut a .351 light and ran a 10.076 ET @ 106 MPH against Kurt Siewert’s .354 light and 10.013 ET @ 107.7 MPH. Siewert moved on to the next round.

Barry Salsman in Wildthing, cut a very close light with a .016 and ran a 10.276 ET to take the win over Shane Phillips’s 1.436 light and 10.552 ET @ 107 MPH.

Ron Morton in Rampage cut a close light too! Morton’s light was .097 with a 10.023 ET @ 111.5 MPH. Brown Hawley cut a -0.039 red light and ran a 9.956 ET @ 104 MPH on a loosing effort.

Kurt Siewert in Dazed and Confused cut a .560 light and ran a 10.033 ET @ 109 MPH on a loosing effort against Shane Stafford’s .339 light and 10.202 ET @ 105 MPH. This race was won at the light. Stafford got out on Siewert at the light and he tried to catch up but Shane didn’t let him.

Ron Morton and Barry Salsman ran a very close race all the way to the finish line. Ron Morton cut a .394 light and ran a 10.063 ET @ 110.8 MPH and Barry Salsman cut a .155 light and ran a 10.065 ET @ 98 MPH. Salsman went on to face Shane Stafford at the finish line and compete for the big money!

All of the final rounds were delayed for a little while do to the wind. The wind started up and it made it unsafe to race. After a little while, the final runs were all able to run.

The final run was no different than any of the other runs that Salsman and Stafford had run all day long. Each race was very close at the start and at the finish line.

Barry Salsman of Buffalo, KY cut a .123 light and ran a 10.023 ET @ 100 MPH to take the win over Shane Stafford’s .268 light and 10.004 ET @ 109.8 MPH.

Shane Stafford took home $ 640.00 for second place in the Modified Eliminator class.

We tried the second chance bracket at this race with the first round losers in the Modified Eliminator class. There were five racers that paid $ 20 to get in this bracket to win 80/20 of the pot, which was $ 100. Rick Conklin and John Anderson were the first two out. They both ran to fast for their 10.0 index. Conklin ran a 9.972 on a .334 light against Anderson ’s 9.955 ET on a .512 light.

The next two were Wade Wallace with a .60 light and a 10.420 ET and Roger Childers with a .134 light on a 10.717 ET. Roger Childers drilled Wade Wallace at the light and took the win.

Freddie Web driving Caleb Booth’s boat was the other racer that was going to run in the second chance race. Caleb Booth’s boat had some problems and Freddie wasn’t able to run again.

Rick Conklin cut a .386 light and ran a 9.991 ET to give the win to Roger Childers. Childers cut a .113 light and ran a 10.135 ET. Rick Conklin said that was the best $20 he had ever spent. He has a new boat and he enjoyed practicing on the light.

Ashly Ruf, St. Charles , MO driving Kwitchabitchin, was top qualifier and was granted a bye run. She ran a 9.062 @ 107.9 MPH on a .261 light.

Kelvin Perkins, in Blow’N Money, cut a .205 light and ran a 9.352 to take the win over Paul Branard’s -0.053 red light! Branard went on to run a 9.703 ET @ 91 MPH. Paul Branard brought Roger Childers with him from Dunbar, W VA. I think Roger has the racing fever! Hope to see Roger back with Paul in July.

Tim Townsend, driving River Rat, ran a 9.282 on a .543 light @ 108 MPH on a legal single run. Gordon Stout, of Ashland, VA had boat trouble and wasn’t able to make the run.

Bob Baker, of Momence, IL, driving Dressed In Black, cut a .348 light and ran a 9.347 ET @ 106 MPH against Dathan Arant’s Warpath. Arant cut a .502 light and ran a 9.002 ET @ 116 MPH to take the win.

Jim Dunn, of Clarksville, TN in MoJo, ran a 9.235 ET on a .332 light and took the win over Jeff Young’s 9.498 ET on a .228 light.

Ashly Ruf, in Kwitchabitchin, ran a 9.111 ET on a .426 light @ 103.7 MPH took the win over Kelvin Perkins. Perkins, of Auburn, KY, cut a .281 light and ran a 9.332.

Dathan Arant, of Dresden, TN, cut a .186 light and ran a 9.331 ET @ 104 MPH and took the win over Jim Dunn’s .390 light and 9.141 ET @ 112 MHP.

Ashly Ruf had a little trouble on the starting line. She had a 1.272 light and went on to run a 9.410 ET but Tim Townsend cut a .382 light and ran a 9.473 to take the win.

Dathan Arant, driving Warpath, cut a .379 light and ran a 9.575 ET @ 108.4 MPH against Tim Townsend. Townsend, driving River Rat, cut a .461 light but ran a 9.391 ET @ 104 MPH and took the win!

Tim Townsend won around $ 1500.00 and Dathan Arant won around $ 400. 00 for second place.

Steve Wagner was top qualifier in the Pro Eliminator class and was granted a bye run for the first round. Wagner, driving Blown Centsless, cut a .122 light and ran an 8.134 light @ 153.53 MPH.

Butch Beach , driving Dolamite, had trouble coming off the starting line and did not get the boat started in time to get a time and ET. Rock Guthrie, driving Pure insanity, cut a .210 light and ran an 8.420 ET @ 126 MPH.

Ed Anderson, driving Red Hot, cut a .246 fair light and ran a 7.895 ET @ 143 MPH, which was to fast for the class, but Charile Duncan cut a -0.049 red light , giving the win to Ed Anderson. Charlie Duncan, driving Danger Zone, ran a 7.884 ET @ 105 MPH.

Steve Wagner, driving Blown Centless, cut a .088 light and ran an 8.061 ET @ 152.7 MPH against Rock Guthrie’s Purinsanity. Guthrie cut a -0.110 red light with a 8.561 ET @ 117.7 MPH giving the win to Steve Wagner.

Ed Anderson, driving Red Hot, ran an 8.198 ET on a .046 fair light on a bye run.

Steve Wagner, of Waterloo, IL, cut a .083 light and ran a 8.167 ET @ 151 MPH against Ed Anderson’s .157 light and 8.092 ET. Ed Anderson took the win in the Pro Eliminator Class.

This concludes the racing results for the first race of the season for KDBA.

We would like to thank some of our sponsors that help make our races possible.

Cheers and Froggy 103.7 who sponsor the racing lanes. Bee Spring Lodge, Southside Outboards, Full Throttle drinks, Kentuckylake.com, Miss Scarlett’s, Graybeard Photography, and Land between the Lakes National Recreation area.

The Marshall County Tourist Commission has helped us also. They make the posters that hang in the businesses around town. The Marshall County Football Boosters are a big help at every race. They are the guys that cook all the great food for everyone to buy at the concession stand.

We also want to thank the new racers for coming and supporting us and for all the regular racers that came back to race with us. We hope that everyone had a great time and will be back to race with us again. Our next races on Kentucky Lake will be July 7^th and 8^th, 2007, and August 4^th and 5^th , 2007. We also have the Livermore race. This year that race will be 1000 ft. It will be held on August 17^th , 18^th & 19^th.

This is also our test and tune race. If you have any questions about any of our races just go to our web site @ www.kdba.net and check it out. There are phone numbers for the President of the club if you need to talk to someone.