Kinsler Brothers Share Special Night at MCS

Culp captures the Wing Class Special 
 
Written By: Matt "Night" Rider
Photos By: Fred Patton (www.fredericsphoto.com)

PERU, IN.- Another cloudly cool Indiana Saturday, set up for another awesome night of micro sprint racing action at Miami County Speedway. MCS hosted their Wing Class Special on Saturday night, which paid an additional $100.00 to the winner's purse of Saturday's Wing Class A-Main. The Restrictor Class raced Non Wing on Saturday night.

The action kicked off with a pair of 12 lap B-Mains in both the Wing and Non Wing Classes. Logansport racer Ryan Leek won the first B-Main in the Wing Class. Chris Smith, Taylor Courtney, and Austin Mead also transferred into the Wing Class A-Main. Richard Dobbins won the second B- Main in the Non Wing Class. Transferring into the Non Wing A-Main along with Dobbins was Kylee Brown, Max Kramer, and Justin Kernel.

Delphi, IN. racer Kaleb Kinsler (Pictured Left) won the first A-Main of the night in the Junior Class. "It feels awesome to get a win on my first night out in 2011. We won the Junior Dash and the A-Main. This is pretty awesome," Kaleb said about his big night.

Kokomo, IN.native Jared Van Ness finished with another solid second place finish. Third belonged to another Kokomo, IN. racer Kayaleb Bolton. Garrett Jameson and Seth Ireland rounded out the top five in Saturday's 20 lap Junior Feature.

Next up was the big 25 lap Wing Class feature. The Wing Class also drew the Front Row Challenge on Saturday night. Polesitter Randy Shilling and second place starter Blane Culp both declined the Challenge, increasing the Challenge to $80.00 for July 2nd's Non Wing A-Main.

Columbia City, IN. native Blane Culp (Pictured Right) passed Shilling, and never looked back taking the 25 lap Wing Class Special A-Main. After the big win, Culp said, "It felt awesome to win the Special. The $100.00 bonus is nice too. The $100.00 will go toward fuel. It's nice to get a big win, before we head out to Southern Illinois Speedway for their $10,000 to win race here in a couple of weeks."

Shilling held on for second, while third belonged to Tyler Stump. The Wing Class B-Main winner Ryan Leek raced his way to fourth, while Warsaw, IN. racer Braxton Hanft rounded out the top five in Saturday's Wing Class A-Main Special.

 The third feature came from the Restrictor Class. The 25 lapper featured Non Wing Restrictors. Kaleb's older brother Kolt (Pictured Left), also of Delphi, IN., capped off the very special night by winning the Restrictor (Non Wing) A-Main. After the special night, Kolt said, "This is pretty awesome. In all the years, we've been racing my little brother and I have never won two features in one night like this, so It's definitely a night to remember. I'm really happy for not only me but my little brother Kaleb."

Little brother Kaleb echoed his excitement for the special night. Father Tony Kinsler summed up the special night by saying, "I'm proud of both my boys (Centered). They both did a fine job tonight."

Warsaw, IN. racer Jason Ormsby took second place to Kolt in Saturday's Restrictor (Non Wing) feature. while third belonged to Zane Devault. 

Miami County Speedway ran a few laps in Saturday's Senior Class A-Main, but had to stop because of curfew. MCS will be closed the next two weekends due to the Miami County 4-H Fair, but will they are set to host the Miami County 4-H Fair race on Thursday, June 23rd. Due to the curfew, both the Senior A-Main and the Non Wing A-Main will be made up on Saturday, July 2nd, when Miami County Speedway reopens for the remainder of the Summer. For more information, please log on to the Miami County Speedway's official website at www.miamicountyspeedway.com. See you all for the Miami County Fair Race on Thursday, June 23rd!