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Pro Truck
2009 PTN Pro Truck class champion Ben Dozeman kicked off the season with a win at Cleves to position him self atop the standings & solidified the fact that he is the man to beat in Pro Truck action. A strong field of 17 entries made the haul to
Round one saw some great racing action, including the upset of the event. In a pair of tough
After a
Kicking off the semi-final round would be the Jeeps of Harney and Ellington on the starting line. Harney would leave first by .003, and run nearly dead-on with a 4.204 (4.20) to force Ellington into a 4.371 (4.40) break out. So, Harney would move on to race off with fellow Kentuckian Ryan
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Kyle Harney
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Ryan Wilson
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Mike Ellington
Pro Outlaw FE
The Pro Outlaw FE class continued to put on an excellent show at race 2 of the PTN series. Qualifying saw Josh Stephens lead the way in the Blown Income Altered with a 3.095/116.10 mph hit. He would be followed closely by Brian McWethy in “The Boss” Funny Jeep running 3.162/100.00mph. Rounding out the top half of the field would be Race 1 Runner-Up Kathy Ellington in the Black Widow Altered with a 3.381 and Race 1 Winner Brian Ambs, who struggled a bit in qualifying to a 3.518/94mph.
Round one started with Ellington facing off with #6 qualifier, Gary Vereeke in the Turbulence Blown Alcohol Ford F-150 Truck. Vereeke’s struggles with the
A David vs. Goliath match up kicked off round two with Josh Stephens in the PSI-screw blown Hemi Altered versus Kathy Ellington’s Nitrous-assisted SBC-powered Altered. Ellington took the starting line lead, however Stephens would step out to a lead until 60’ where the big Hemi would go silent and Kathy would run a great 3.339/95mph for the win. The other semi-final match up would be anti-climatic as the McWethy crew discovered a problem with the blower snout, putting them out of action for the weekend. Ambs would idle down the track on his single pass.
The final round would be a rematch of the Race 1 Pro Outlaw FE final round with Ambs & Ellington facing off. Ellington would jump out to a lead off the line; however her car would not shift allowing Ambs to drive around with another consistent 3.349/104.97mph winning pass. The Pro Outlaw FE class takes the race off at the next PTN race in
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Brian Ambs
3.5 Index
The 3.5 Index class returned to its typical Friday night headline position at Race 2 in
A great semi-final round kicked off with
The final round would see a couple quality cars face off with
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John Dreher
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Fred Hugo
4.5 Index
PTN tried out a new class at this event in
Baker would come up Lee Reynders in round two. Lee would lead this race wire to wire, running a 4.543 to Baker’s breaking out 4.483. Up next would see Casey Kellough’s Roadster against Kyle Harney’s Hayshaker Jeep. Harney would leave first by just over five-hundredths and hold on for a 4.54 to 4.57 victory. Finishing the round would be Ryan Fredricks running a 4.665 on the bye run.
Kicking off the semi-final round would be an all-Michigan match up between Reynders & Fredricks. They left even off the line, but at the other end Reynders would break out with a 4.481 to hand Fredricks a trip to the final round against Harney. The final round would see Harney leave first .490 to .502 and never look back for a 4.531 to 4.604 victory. Harney & the Hayshaker team certainly had an awesome weekend winning both Pro Truck & the 4.5 Index classes.
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Kyle Harney
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Ryan Fredricks
Bracket Classes
The traditional Cleves bracket car classes are split in half by dial-ins. Bracket 1, or Fast Class, came down to a final round between Justin Dees’ Inebriated Altered versus Ryan Lovins’ Dragster.
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Justin Dees
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Kasi Baker
ATV & Junior Classes
Dennis Ellington had a great .428 RT in the Pro ATV final and stayed ahead for a 3.971 (3.90) victory over Brian Snikeris. The Sportsman ATV class saw an all-Shocker Racing final round. Once again, it would be “Shocker Father” Steve Ewing running a 4.437 (4.40) for the final round victory. The Junior classes were split in two with Tristan Simon defeating Kelsey Ambs in an all-Michigan Junior final round and Trevor Harney taking another Harney family victory in the Youth class over Damion Morgan.
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Steve Ewing
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Tristan Simon
Photo Extra
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Ben Dozeman ended up with a semi-final finish in 3.5 Index & also gained the Low ET Bonus Points in Pro Truck with a 3.649.
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Josh Stephens was the #1 qualifier in Pro Outlaw FE with a 3.09.
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Mike Bolyard made his season debut at Cleves with his Bronco now sporting a 10-71 Blower.
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Ryan Lovins did a great job with his dragster, ending up with a runner-up finish in Bracket 1.
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Rob Scheytt brought out the Bad Frog TA Dragster & made a couple of passes, of which the best was a 2.82 shot on Saturday night.
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Ron Curtis, aka "Mr. Whiskers", appears to have gotten over the gremlins in his dragster & laid down a best of 3.61 on the weekend.
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Jim Brantley made his first trip to Cleves & went several rounds in Bracket 1 action as well as competing in the Pro Truck class.
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