(4/5/03) Brownstown Indiana Icebreaker Results and Notes...

This first Brownstown Speedway post of the season is dedicated to the memory of Gene Dalton...

DON O'NEAL went flag to flag and rolled to a chilly Indiana Icebreaker win at the Brownstown Speedway.

After three failed starts that each came to the stripe three wide with O'Neal, STEVE BARNETT and SCOTT JAMES, O'Neal grabbed the lead on the fourth attempt rolling by Barnett off the rim of turn two. A slip by Barnett down the back chute allowed James to take second while the Real Deal inched out to a half straightaway lead by lap two.

A half mile later, seventh starting BILLY DRAKE tracked down James for second taking a look beneath the Silver Shark before the duo each stepped to the outside in O'Neal's tracks. A lap later Drake pulled ahead of James down the front stretch as 8th starting RUSS SCHEFFLER began to make noise getting by 5th heat winner MIKE JEWELL for 6th. A little further back, DAN STURGEON quietly eased his way from 11th to 8th in less than 10 laps as O'Neal took his lead into the lapped traffic.

Meanwhile, Scheffler continued his career best Brownstown outing moving under GREG JOHNSON for 4th in turn three while the pair of 28's of KEVIN CLAYCOMB and 14th starting DENNIS ERB, JR. danced for 6th. Behind them, Sturgeon picked up another spot scooting under Jewell to take 7th to begin the second half of the main event.

As O'Neal moved around at will to get by the back markers, Drake began to close slightly in the final ten trips. Drake's rocky trips across the mud in two allowed O'Neal again to ease back out to a half straightaway while Sturgeon, Claycomb and Jewell staged a friendly battle for seventh. Back up front it was another Donnie O show as the Real Deal pedaled his 3 year old Rayburn through the black ice to another Brownstown win.

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