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2003 News
2003 UMP Modified Final Points Standing
Randle finished 46th out of 2,981 drivers and tied with
Clayton Miller.
High Lites
Randle Sweeney drove
for the Burr Motorsports team in 2003. Together they had a successful
season that included five feature wins. They also had seven seconds, five
thirds, and two fourths. Of features finished, the team had a winning
percentage of 23%, a top two percentage of 55%, a top three percentage of 77%,
and a top four percentage of 86%. Other highlights during the year included:
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Randle's
selection as Most Popular Driver in the Late Model division at Clarksville
Speedway,
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a top ten finish
in the World 50 at Paducah,
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a third place
finish in the $5,000 to win special show at Western Kentucky Speedway, and
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qualifying third
for the Summer Nationals event at Clarksville
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10/19/03, Bardstown, KY - Randle
started the Open Wheel Modified portion of the Dirt Track World
Championship on the pole for the feature event. Randle ran strong in the
top three until lap 32 when he fell out with mechanical problems.
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10/11/03, Rossburg, OH - Randle
qualified the #33 Burr Motorsports Ford Late Model 19th out of 73 Late
Models at Eldora Speedway on Saturday. Randle would start 3rd in the 2nd
heat. The top three would transfer to the feature event. Randle was
running 3rd behind Kevin Weaver and Daryl Lanigan on the white flag lap
when the #8 car got into the rear of Randle's car going down the front
straight and turned Randle into the wall. The frame was bent and the
rear end was cracked. This put an end to the weekend and the season for
Randle and the team.
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10/04/03, Clarksville, TN - There
was good news and bad news for Randle and the team at Clarksville
Speedway Saturday night. First for the good news, Clarksville Speedway
announced that Randle was voted by the fans as the Most Popular Driver
in the Late Model division for 2003. Randle's brother, Mike was voted
Most Popular Driver in the Open Wheel Modified division for 2003. In
racing action, the first Late Model event of the evening was the makeup
feature from the previous week. Randle started fourth behind Chuck
Proctor and Tony Albright and outside of Gary Frost. Randle had no
problem moving to third at the start. He had a comfortable distance
between himself and Frost who ran fourth. Randle could run with Albright
and could catch back up with him whenever any distance came between
them. He wasn't however able to get around him. The top five at the
finish were Proctor, Albright, Randle, Frost, and Carnell Parker. There
was an anxious moment in the first feature when a lapped car would cause
Albright to spin in front of Randle and another lapped car. The three
would wind up stacked side by side and backed in towards the wall in
turn one. There was no serious damage and both Albright and Randle would
return to second and third on the restart. After that was qualifying for
the nights regular events. The top five were Albright - 13.535, Proctor
- 13.565, Randle - 13.613, Parker - 13.662, and Richard Frost - 13.667.
In the dash, Randle would be starting third. Now for the bad news, the
#33 machine made one lap before the start and dumped water on the track.
A new fan and radiator had been installed this week and somehow the fan
had gotten into the new radiator and destroyed it. Spares were installed
for the feature where Randle would still be starting 6th. Once again, as
Randle was warming up on the parade laps, water was dumped on the track.
Again the fan had gotten into the radiator. It turned out that the hub
that holds the fan on the water pump shaft had come off. Apparently,
that is what had allowed the fan to get into the radiator the first
time. That ended the night for the #33.
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9/27/03, Clarksville, TN - The
#33 Burr Motorsports Ford appeared to be a little loose in turn two in
qualifying. This resulted in Randle qualifying third Saturday night. The
top six all broke the 13 second mark. They would be Chuck Proctor
(12.517), Tony Albright (12.645), Randle (12.704), Gary Frost (12.738),
Mike Chandler (12.842), and Carnell Parker (12.927). Proctor and Randle
would line up inside of Albright and Frost in the quick six with
Chandler and Parker on the back row. The inside was not the place to be
in the dash. Albright would jump ahead of Proctor and Frost would jump
ahead of Randle at the start. The car would get a little too crossed up
in turn two on a couple of occasions. This would prevent him from having
any opportunity to challange Frost for third. Proctor would have no luck
with Albright either. The finish was Albright, Proctor, Frost, Randle,
Chandler, and Parker. In hot laps it appeared that Randle and the crew
had made improvements. Randle was turning laps comparable to Proctor and
Albright. Randle would also appear to be better off starting outside of
row two rather than inside. As the Late Models pulled onto the track for
the feature event, the rains came. A short but heavy rain forced
postponement of the feature until next week, when Clarksville will be
running double features.
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9/20/03, Clarksville, TN - The
track was slick in qualifying and pretty much stayed that way all night
long. Fast time went to Gary Frost with a 12.992. Following Frost were
Tony Albright (13.109), Jason Estes (13.379), Randle (13.409), Gary
Johnson (13.467), Bryan Singleton (13.738), Carnell Parker (13.806), and
rounding out the top 8 Mike Chandler (13.814). Randle started the quick
six dash in fourth behind Frost and Albright and outside of Estes.
Randle would quickly begin challenging Frost for second. He would
continue to do so for the entire race, but could not complete the pass.
Randle finished third behind Albright and Frost. The feature line up
would be Albright, Frost, Randle, Johnson, Singleton, Estes, Parker, and
Chandler. Albright jumped to the lead from his outside front row
starting position. Frost and Randle fell in behind him. Randle appeared
to be faster than Frost, but was having difficulty finding away around
him. Finally, Randle was able to make something work on the low side and
passed Frost at the mid-way point. Randle continued to stay low trying
to make a run at Albright but soon he experienced problems trying to get
forward bite off the corners. Frost then moved back to second. Randle
took the #33 Ford back to the high side and caught back up with Frost,
but could not make another pass. The finish would be Albright, Frost,
Randle, Johnson, Estes, Parker, and Singleton.
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9/14/03, Clarksville, TN - Randle
and the Burr Motorsports team returned to Clarksville Speedway for the
second time in 24 hours on Sunday afternoon. It proved to be a good day
as Randle qualified second, won the quick six dash and then won the
feature. Albright set fast time with a 13.70. Randle was a tick slower
at 13.73. Qualifying second was actually an advantage as this allowed
Randle to start the Ofria powered Rayburn on the outside of the front
row. Randle took advantage of the situation and went on to the win. This
gave him his choice of starting position in the feature. Randle would
again take the outside with Albright on the inside. Randle was able to
get a comfortable lead over Albright and cruise to his fifth Late Model
feature win of the year. Albright would finish second. Rod Reed, Gary
Frost, and Mike Chandler would round out the top five. Jimmy Burwell ran
at Clarksville again on Sunday, but couldn't crack the top five.
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9/13/03, Clarksville, TN - In
qualifying at Clarksville Saturday night, Chuck Proctor set fast time
with a 12.657. Second was Tony Albright with a 12.767. Randle qualified
third with a 12.805. Rounding out the top five were Mike Chandler
(13.241) and Jimmy Burwell (13.506). The quick six lineup would be
Proctor, Albright, Randle, Chandler, Burwell, and Brian Singleton.
Albright would beat Proctor into turn one on the start and would be able
to hold him off to take the win. Randle followed closely in third with
Burwell fourth, Chandler fifth, and Singleton sixth. Randle would turn
laps similar to Proctor in hot laps, but would be starting the feature
in third. The line up for the feature would have Albright inside front
row with Proctor outside. Randle would start inside Burwell, followed by
Chandler, Singleton, Rod Reed, and Richard Frost. The start of the
feature was wild as cars would be three and four abreast going for the
lead on the first lap. Albright would lead Proctor entering turn one
with Randle right behind. Proctor would make a hole where there was none
and force his way between Albright and Randle. In the process he would
cut Albright's left rear tire, which would show up momentarily. Albright
would still be leading entering turn three with Randle and Proctor
side-by-side. Proctor would again cut off Randle in the corner. Upon
exiting turn four, Albright's deflating tire would begin to show up.
Albright would exit on the high side and Proctor, Randle, and Burwell
would be in this order, but three abreast as they went under Albright.
Albright's tire went down and he spun in turn one. They would lineup
single file for the restart with Albright changing tires and starting on
the tail. Randle was hanging close to Proctor until lapped cars would
slow him up. Randle appeared to be running about the same speed as
Proctor, but that prevented him from making up lost ground. The race
would continue without a caution and Proctor took the win. Randle
finished second for the third straight time at Clarksville. Third was
Burwell. Fourth went to Chandler and Albright made it back up to fifth.
Weather permitting, Randle will give it another shot at Clarksville on
Sunday.
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9/06/03, Clarksville, TN - There
were 17 Late Models at Clarksville Saturday night. Randle set fast time
on a very fast track with a 12.508. He was followed by Chuck Proctor
with a 12.513, Tony Albright with a 12.568, Carnell Parker with a
12.752, and Ralph Wiles with a 13.048. Randle started on the inside of
the front row of the quick six, with Proctor on the outside. Proctor
would take the lead at the start and Randle was not able challange.
Likewise, Randle went unchallanged in the second spot. Third would go to
Parker. Fourth and fifth were Gary Frost and Wiles. Albright would drop
out. Proctor would elect to start the feature on the outside of the
front row with Randle on the inside. They would run side-by-side on the
first lap with Proctor having a slight advantage. Randle would jump to
the lead exiting turn two on lap two. Randle would keep the red #33 in
the lead for the next seven laps. However, the car would then slide high
coming out of turn four and Proctor would make the pass for the lead.
Proctor would finish with a several car length lead over Randle who in
turn had a similar lead over Albright. Fourth and fifth went to Mike
Chandler and Wiles.
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8/31/03, Haubstadt, IN - Randle
missed making the six fastest cars for the dash by two one-hundredths of
a second at Tri-State Speedway's Challange of Champions race on Sunday
night. The Burr Motorsports #33 Ford wound up qualifying eighth among 29
UMP Late Models at the event that also featured winged sprint cars and a
field of 56 modifieds. Randle started the second heat race on the
outside of the front row. Randle took the lead at the start and was
running unchallanged until a a cut right rear tire with two laps to go
sent him out of the race. Had it not been for this misfortune, Randle
would have had an eighth place starting spot in the feature. Instead, he
had to go to the consi where only the top two would transfer to the 30
lap feature. Jimmy Burwell went on to win the second heat ahead of Mike
Hammrle. In the consi, Randle would start fifth behind Jaryd Holshouser,
Dave Eaves, Bruce Unterbrink, and Kyle Bex. Randle was running fourth
early in the race when Holshouser lost a drive shaft and was hit from
behind by Unterbrink and Eaves. Randle had to duck low to try and avoid
the collision, but the right rear made hard contact with the pile up.
Randle did not come to a stop on the track and restarted in the lead. He
was able to take the victory in the consi despite damage to the rear end
that include a bent J-bar, J-bar bracket, and swing arm. After making
repairs, Randle would start the feature in 19th. Randle had moved up to
15th when he moved to the high side. At this point Randle hit some ruts
and the car became very erratic. The thoughts were that it was perhaps a
bent shock or a malfunction of the patched up rear suspension. At that
point Randle called it a night and would be credited with a 17th place
finish. Kevin Claycomb had led the feature early, but was passed by
Rodney Melvin who held off a hard charging Billy Faust at the finish
line for the win. The rest of the top ten would be Burwell, Claycomb,
Bill Milikan, Jason Setser, Frankie Martin, Rylan Dagg, Steve Karnes,
and Dave Eaves.
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8/29/03 - Randle
qualified third fast among 20 UMP Late Models at Western Kentucky
Speedway Friday night. The top six were Terry English, Kevin Claycomb,
Randle, Brian Maynard, Billy Faust, and Jaryd Holshouser. Other
noteables in the field were Rodney Melvin, Tony Albright, Steve Shepard,
Mark Faust, and Donnie Tudor. The first two rows were inverted for the
quick six, puting Randle on the pole inside of Maynard. They were
followed by English, Claycomb, B. Faust, and Holshouser. Maynard took
the lead entering turn one. Randle fell in behind. In turn three English
would pull to the inside of Randle. They battled for second briefly, but
English moved to second and Claycomb followed, dropping Randle to
fourth. Randle moved to the high side, but there was nothing there. This
allowed Faust to move by on the inside and Randle fell to fifth where he
finished. The finish of the dash and start of the feature was English,
Maynard, Claycomb, B. Faust, Randle, and Holshouser. At the start of the
feature, Randle briefly raced with Holshouser for the fifth position.
Once if front of him, Randle would begin working on Billy Faust. They
would battle for several laps and both would run down and pass Maynard
who fell back several positions. This put Randle in fourth. Randle was
now working mostly in the high groove, but could also run pretty well on
the inside. After working for several laps, Randle moved around Faust to
take over third. He then began gaining on Claycomb who was running
second. Randle was able to catch Claycomb and appeared to be headed for
second when a caution came out. On the restart B. Faust made a move to
regain third. Randle then had to work for several laps to retake the
third spot. After that they were working a lot of lapped traffic and
Randle was not able to challange Claycomb again. The finish would be
English, Claycomb, Randle, Mark Faust, Billy Faust, and Rodney Melvin.
Randle also brought his Open Wheel Modified. In it he set fast time,
finished third in his heat, and finished second to Jimmy Westerfield in
the feature.
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8/23/03 - Randle
started the night at Clarksville by settng fast time in his #182 Open
Wheel Modified. He then hopped into his #33 UMP Late Model and qualified
2nd. He was 1/100 of a second behind Tony Albright. Randle went on to
finish 2nd in his Open Wheel dash, but he had a spin in the feature and
did not rejoin the race. In the Burr Motorsports Late Model Randle
started the quick six dash outside of Albright followed by Mike
Chandler, Gary Frost, Richard Frost, and Carnell Parker. Albright would
get a jump on the start and would enter turn one inside of Randle and
with a nose in front. Albright would slide high between turns one and
two and pinch Randle against the wall causing him to brake. Several cars
would then get out of shape and Chandler would stop sideways on the back
stretch causing a complete restart. Randle would then pull ahead of
Albright on the start and take the lead. However, entering turn three a
weld would break on the left rear suspension causing Randle to coast to
a stop and be towed to the pits. The crew would again have to
reconfigure the suspension as they had done last week. Randle would then
begin the feature in sixth place. On the start Randle would move past
Richard Frost to take fifth and would also pass Parker for the first of
six times during the race. Randle would get held up behind Chandler a
couple of times and Parker would move back around. After Parker and
Randle had both gotten around Chandler, Randle would repeatedly pass
Parker, but each time a caution would come out and Randle would be moved
back behind Parker as they reverted to the last completed lap. On one
occasion it appeared that they had completed a lap and Randle should
have been able to stay in third place in front of Parker, but the track
officials ruled otherwise. A review of the tape appeared to show Randle
passing the flag stand twice before the caution was thrown.
Nevertheless, Randle would again have to work his way around Parker.
Randle also had to pass Gary Frost on three occasions before he would
get to keep it. Again, each time a caution would come out after Randle
had made the pass. By the time Randle had made all of these repeated
passes, there were no laps left to challenge Albright for the lead and
Randle would have to settle for second. It appeared quite likely that
Randle would have had a dash and feature win had the suspension
component not broken. It also appeared that he would have still had a
shot at the feature win if not for the apparent scoring error earlier in
the feature race. Overall, it was a great job on Randle's part to bring
the #33 Ford home in second.
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8/16/03 - There
was some great racing at Clarksville Speedway Saturday night. Randle and
Tony Albright had some great side by side racing before Randle finally
took the lead for good and pulled away for a convincing win. The night
started with Randle and the crew having to overcome some adversity. In
opeining hot laps, the left rear suspension broke on Randle's #33 Ford.
The team made repairs, but because of the damage had to race with a
different configuration of suspension components than they wanted. The
repairs were made just in time for qualifying. Randle proceeded to set
fast time for the night with a 12.749. He did this despite running on
seven cylinders due to what turned out to be another valve train
problem. He was followed by Albright with a 12.805, Mike Chandler with a
12.894, and Ralph Wiles with a 12.973. Repairs were made to the motor
and Randle started the quick six dash on the inside front row with
Albright outside. The second row was Chandler and Wiles. The third row
was Gary Frost and Richard Frost. Albright had the better set up and
took the win with Randle second. Third through sixth were Wiles,
Chandler, R. Frost, and G. Frost. In the feature Albright would start
from the outside with Randle below. Albright would jump to the lead with
Randle tucked in behind. Randle would begin working on the inside of
Albright. He would repeatedly pull even with Albright and they would run
side by side. On lap four Randle would make the pass and assume the
lead. A caution flag would wave however for a spin on the back stretch
by Daryl Brown. They would have to go back to the last completed lap and
Albright would be moved back in front of Randle. On the restart Randle
would again look to the inside of Albright's #1. This time though
Albright was determined not to be passed on the inside. Randle would
then move to the outside. He was able to get up beside Albright and they
would race side by side again for several laps. Finally, Randle would
move ahead of Albright exiting turn two. Randle would then move back to
the bottom in turn three and begin to quickly move away. On lap
seventeen another caution would come out when Randle had a half a track
lead. This would put Albright back on Randle's bumper. However, when the
green came back out, Randle again pulled away. Randle brought the Full
Throttle, Dunn Trucking, Tommy's Automotive Ford to the checkers with a
straight away advantage over Albright. Gary Frost would take third,
followed by Chandler and Shawn Granderson.
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8/9/03 - The
first order of business Saturday night at Clarksville Speedway was the
rain delayed feature from the previous week. Randle would start the
feature in sixth place behind Chuck Proctor, Gary Frost, Brian
Singleton, Ralph Wiles, and Gary Johnson. Randle would quickly move up
to fourth behind Wiles. He would then pick Wiles and Frost off one by
one until he was running second. He would then slowly gain on Proctor
until he was close enough to challange for the lead. However, laps would
run out and he would have to settle for second. Next would be qualifying
for this week's races. Randle would qualify the #33 Ford in second
position behind Wiles and ahead of Proctor who qualified third. The
quick six lineup would be Wiles, Randle, Proctor, Eddie Pace subbing for
Tony Albright in the #1 car, Richard Frost, and Mike Chandler. Wiles
would make a quick move from the low side to the high side in turns one
and two. Randle took advantage of the situation and moved under him to
take the lead. Randle would then run uncontested until Proctor moved
past Wiles to take second. Randle and Proctor would run nose to tail
with Proctor occasionally trying to move along side on the bottom.
Randle proved too strong and would take the win. The top six lineup for
the second feature of the night would be Randle, electing the inside,
Proctor, Wiles, Chandler, Pace, and Richard Frost. Randle took the lead
at the start, but Proctor was able to take it to the inside of Randle in
turn four and would be in the lead after one lap. The track was dryer
than it had been all year and Proctor's Masterbilt was really hooked up.
Randle was good in one and two, but couldn't do much in three and four.
Proctor finished with a straightaway lead, and Randle had about the same
advantage over Chandler who finished third. Fourth and fifth were Pace
and Wiles.
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8/8/03 - There
were 31 UMP Late Models at Paducah International Raceway Friday night
for the 2003 World 50. Randle took the #33 Full Throttle, Dunn Trucking,
Tommy's Auto Machine Ford Taurus out for hot laps and the motor suffered
another push rod failure. This week on the opposite side of the motor.
The crew made repairs, but not in time for Randle to take his place in
line for qualifying. This resulted in Randle being forced to qualify
last and in him only receiving one qualifying lap. The result was an
18th qualifying time. This placed Randle in the fourth place starting
position in the third heat. The front row consisted of Brian Shirley and
Jeremy Williams. Inside of Randle was Tony Albright. The fourth row was
Joe Morris and Dennis Setser. Fifth row was Rylan Dagg and the 98 car.
Randle quickly moved to 3rd on the start and pressured Shirley and
Williams for the lead in the early laps. The top four advancing to the
World 50 event were Williams, Shirley, Randle, and Dagg. Randle would
start 15th in the feature. The starting lineup would be Don O'Neal,
Terry English, Billy Drake, Billy Moyer, Randy Sellars, Ray Cook, Randy
Korte, Mike Jewell, Williams, Phil Walker, Rodney Melvin, Shirley, Tim
Brown, Billy Faust, Randle, Gary Keeling, Kevin Claycomb, Dagg, Greg
Johnson, Kevin Weaver, Chad Zobrist, and Billy Milikan. After four
unsuccessful attempts to start the race, the race was started single
file. Randle moved to the outside and began moving toward the front. He
passed several cars before running upon Walker who was also running the
high side. Randle then lost some of the positions he had gained. Walker
eventually spun in turn two and was sent to the rear. On the restart
Randle again moved to the high side and began to move up. Randle would
consistently put the #33 up on the cushion with sparks flying as he
would rub the outside retaining wall with the tip of the right rear
quarter panel. Randle would get an awsome bite off of turn two and would
fly down the back straight. Often he would have to lift to avoid cars
moving up from the inside groove as they exited turn two. Randle
eventually finished 10th. He appeared to be as fast as the next three or
four cars ahead of him. Considering the start to the night, Randle and
the team were pleased with a top ten finish. The top ten were O'Neal,
English, Drake, Weaver, Moyer, Williams, Cook, Sellars, Faust, and
Randle. Randle also competed in his #182 Open Wheel Modified. In it he
set fast time and finished second in his heat and in the feature event.
See www.racingcorner.com for full results.
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8/2/03 - Rains
during the week and on Saturday left a very wet track at Clarksville on
Saturday night. After extended track packing qualifying was held. Fast
time went to Justin Rapp with Chuck Proctor 2nd. Gary Frost was 3rd,
Ralph Wiles was 4th, and Randle was 5th. Sixth went to Brian Singleton.
Randle developed a miss in the engine early in the quick six and dropped
out. The finish was Proctor, Rapp, Frost, Wiles, and Singleton. In the
pits it was discovered that Randle had lost a push rod. Repairs were
made and Randle was set to start 6th in the feature when the rains came.
They will run double features at Clarksville next Saturday.
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8/1/03 - Randle
takes heat and feature wins in his #182 Open Wheel Modified at Paducah
on Friday night. See www.racingcorner.com for details.
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7/15/03 - It
appears that delays in getting engine parts will postpone the return of
the Burr Motorsports team until at least the weekend of July 26. Look
for more updates next week.
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7/5/03 - With
the #33 Late Model sidelined while awaiting parts to repair a blown
engine, Randle wins the $1,000 to win special for Open Wheel Modifieds
at Soggy Bottom Speedway. The team hopes to have the Late Model repaired
in time for the July 19 races at Clarksville Speedway. Parts are not
expected to be available in time for the July 12 weekend.
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7/2/03 - Randle
qualified the #33 Burr Motorsports Ford third fastest at the UMP Summer
Nationals event at Clarksville Speedway Wednesday night. The top 15 out
of 26 cars were Billy Moyer (12.475), Don O’Neal (12.492), Randle
(12.629), Billy Drake (12.720), Dennis Erb (12.731), Terry English
(12.768), Shannon Babb (12.818), Tony Albright (12.848), Duke Whiseant
(12.872), Jeep Van Wormer (12.962), Kevin Weaver (12.983), Justin Rapp
(13.048), Mike Chandler (13.072), Wendell Wallace (13.113), and Chuck
Proctor (13.116). The top six drew for position in the dash. Randle
would start sixth outside of Moyer. The front row would be O’Neal and
Erb. Second row would be English and Drake. Filling out the field would
be Babb, Weaver, and Albright. In the early going Randle would have to
get on the brakes to avoid running over Moyer. Babb would take advantage
of the situation and move under Randle to take over sixth. Randle ran
several laps trying to regain the coveted sixth position to be locked
into a top six starting spot in the feature, but to no avail. Shortly
thereafter, a rod would break in the motor and would quickly end the
planned four day Summer Nationals tour for the team. O’Neal would take
the dash and the 40 lap feature event.
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6/28/03 - Saturday
night at Clarksville Speedway Randle set fast time, won the quick six
dash, and won the feature! The great night of racing started when Randle
qualified a half a second faster than any other Late Model on the high
banked quarter mile at Clarksville, Tennessee. Randle turned a fast lap
of 12.754 to start on the pole of the quick six. Second fast time went
to Justin Rapp with a 13.238, followed by Mike Chandler with a 13.328,
and Gary Frost with a 13.491. Rapp would start outside of Randle in the
dash. Second row would be Tony Albright and Frost. On the tail would be
David Miller. Chandler experienced problems and was unable to make the
call for the dash. Randle had a little trouble getting off turn two on
the first lap and was bunched up with Rapp and Albright. However, on the
second lap Randle had it running smoothly and he was not challenged
again and he would take the win. The first six in the feature lineup
would be Randle on the inside of Albright on row one, Frost and Rapp on
row two, and Miller and Chandler on row three. Randle would hold to the
inside into turn one on lap one with Albright on the outside. Exiting
two Randle would have the lead with Albright and Frost a close second
and third. Frost would take the second position from Albright but would
not hold it long as Albright and Frost would make contact in between
turns one and two and both would nearly spin and wind up running through
the infield. This would give Randle a large lead that would remain for
the entire race. After having a complete restart early, the 20 lap
feature would be run caution free. Randle would battle lapped cars the
whole race, but with the big lead he could be somewhat cautious. At the
end he had lapped all but Albright, Frost, Richard Frost, and Chandler
and was running behind Chandler at the checkers. Next up will be the UMP
Summer Nationals $6,000 to win race at Clarksville on Wednesday night,
July 2.
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6/21/03 - On
Saturday night, Randle and the team went to Soggy Bottom Speedway near
Morgantown, Kentucky to compete in the $3,000 to win Battle of the
Bluegrass (BOB) sanctioned event. In hot laps Randle turned a 15.28 lap
that was significantly faster than any of the other front runners that
were clocked and that would have been good enough for second place in
qualifying. However, the #33 Burr Motorsports Ford was very tight in the
corners. Adjustments were made before qualifying, but no improvement
occurred. Conversely, the problem was worse and Randle’s qualifying
time was significantly slower than he hot lapped. This placed him 15th
overall. The team would continue to work on the handling during the
night, but without success. Randle would start 8th in his heat and would
spend the race trying to get around the BOB regular front runner Jesse
James Lay. Randle would have no luck in making the pass and finished
8th. The top eight at the finish would be Dustin Neat, Aaron Hatton,
Michael Chilton, Scott James, Whitney McQuery, Chuck Proctor, Lay, and
Randle. Randle would start the feature in 15th. Randle pitted a couple
of times under caution to repair some front in damage and to replace a
tire. This put him back to 17th. Randle was able to pass a couple of
cars, which coupled with attrition, put him up to 13th. However, at this
point it appeared he was not going to make any further progress and he
decide to pull off. The team would be credited with a 15th place finish.
Aaron Hatton would take the win over Mike Marlar and Scott James.
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6/20/03 - Randle
qualified ninth at Paducah on Friday night. He started fifth in his heat
and finished there behind Randy Sellars, Bill Millikan, Joe Morris, and
Kyle Monroe. In the feature Randle started tenth. He made his way up to
fifth and had his sight set on Rod Reed for fourth place when a cut
right rear tire on lap 17 forced him from the race. He would be credited
with a thirteenth place finish. The win would go to Sellars followed by
Jeremy Williams, Millikan, and Reed.
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6/15/03 - Randle
was in victory lane at Windy Hollow Speedway in Owensboro, Kentucky on
Sunday night. After winning the Late Model feature at Clarksville
Speedway Saturday night, Randle took his #182 Open Wheel Modified to the
special $1,000 to win race on Sunday and scored his second win of the
weekend.
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6/14/03 - Randle
and the crew did some reengineering on the rear suspension of their #33
Rayburn chassis during the week. They were confident that the changes
would be beneficial, but the proof would be on the track. And it
didn’t take long to see that the changes took them in the right
direction. Randle promptly set fast time as the thunder of the UMP Late
Models was rolling at Clarksville Saturday night. Five cars would turn
sub-thirteen second laps in qualifying led by Randle with a 12.547.
Second would be Gary Frost (12.551) followed by Chuck Proctor (12.685),
Tony Albright (12.747), and Mike Chandler (12.835). They would start
straight up in the quick six dash with Randle on the front row inside of
Frost. It was still too early in the evening for the inside groove.
Frost would take the lead and hold it to the checkered flag. Frost would
get crossed up a couple of times in turn two, but Randle was unable to
take advantage of the miscues on the low side. Following Frost and
Randle would be Chandler, Proctor, Albright, and Justin Rapp. That’s
the way they would line up for the feature except that Albright would
not be able to compete as he broke an axle in hot laps shortly before
the feature. Frost would elect to start on the outside. That decision
looked like a good one as he jumped to the lead on the start. However,
the handling problems that Frost experienced in the dash would continue
in the feature. This time Randle and Proctor were both able to take
advantage of the situation and move around Frost. Randle would have a
sizable lead until a caution would fly for a spin by Rapp. A battle for
the lead would then develop between Randle and Proctor. Randle was
stronger in turns three and four and Proctor was better in one and two.
Proctor was able to pull to the inside of Randle’s Ford powered Late
Model repeatedly in turn two but was unable to pass. However, lapped
traffic would soon have a major impact on the race. Randle and Proctor
came upon two slower cars running side by side. Unfortunately, the one
in front of Randle slowed allowing Proctor to move past for the lead.
Randle then became the pursuer and would have to hunt for a way around
Proctor. Lapped traffic would quickly play a role again. This time a
lapped car would impede Proctor, allowing Randle to dive underneath him
exiting turn two and retake the lead. At this point Randle would move to
a lower groove on the track and would be noticeably faster. Proctor was
not able to catch back up with Randle. Randle would motor on to a
feature win.
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6/07/03 - Randle
qualified third at Clarksville Saturday night. Fast time went to Tony
Albright with a very fast 12.481. Chuck Proctor was second with a
12.591. Randle turned a 12.621. Fourth was Gary Frost with a 12.648,
followed by Justin Rapp with a 12.823 and Shawn Granderson with a
13.160. There were 17 late models on hand. The quick six line up was
Albright and Proctor on the front row, Randle and Frost on the second,
and Rapp and Granderson on the third. The outside groove was the place
to be during the quick six. All cars starting on the outside advanced
one position. The finish was Proctor, Albright, Frost, Randle,
Granderson, and Rapp. As a result Randle would begin the feature in
fourth spot. At the start Randle was able to move up to third ahead of
Frost and behind Albright and Proctor. It was a very tight battle early
on as they would be three wide for the lead at one point in turn two.
Proctor kept working the inside of Albright and was able to make the
pass for the lead. As they worked lapped traffic the top three would get
spread out. However, a caution with three laps to go would bunch them
back up. At that point Randle was able to put pressure on Albright.
Randle took the Burr Motorsports Ford to the outside of Ablright coming
off turn two, but was squeezed towards the wall and had to lift. Randle
made a couple of more attempts to get around Albright coming off of turn
four but could not make the pass. The finish would be Proctor, Albright,
Randle, Frost, Mike Chandler, and Rapp. In the Open Wheel Modified,
Randle set fast time and was leading the feature when his #182 would
jump the cushion between turns three and four and hit the retaining wall
with the right rear tire. This would cause damage to the rear end and
force Randle from the race.
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5/31/03 - Dissatisfied
with the handling in recent outings, the Burr Motorsports team made some
major changes to chassis setup of the #33 Ford Late Model. Those changes
appeared to pay off as Randle again set fast time at Clarksville. He
would also set fast time in his #182 Open Wheel Modified. In the quick
six for the Late Models Tony Albright had the preferred outside front
row starting position and used it to take the win with Randle finishing
second. In the feature Ablright would select the outside starting
position again. This time Randle was able to get the jump on him from
the inside on the start. However, not everyone completed a lap and a
restart would be necessary. Randle again would get the jump and move
into the lead. However, another restart would be required. Because of
multiple restarts, the race would be started in single file with Randle
behind Albright. This time Randle would have to take the Full Throttle,
Tommy's Auto Machine, Dunn Trucking Ford to the outside to get around
Albright. Randle was up to the task and had the lead by the end of the
first lap. Randle would have a four to five car length lead with eight
laps to go when the left axle tube would break. This caused the axle,
brake rotor, caliper, etc. to break as well. For the third time this
year Randle would be leading the feature and headed for a sure win when
some mechanical failure would force him from the race. Randle also
experienced some problems in the Open Wheel feature and had to settle
for a disappointing 4th place finish
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5/25/03 - On
Sunday Randle took his Open Wheel Modified to Vermilion County Speedway
for the $5,000 to win David Richardson Memorial. There he quailified
18th out of over 120 cars. There were 15 or 16 cars in each heat. The
top two from each heat went to the main event. Randle won his heat and
started 7th in the feature. He was able to take his #182 Sweeney Logging
modified as high as second where he ran for many laps. Randle challenged
for the lead a couple of times until his tires gave up. He was able to
hang on for a strong 3rd place finish. At the finish it was Jim Leka,
Denny Swartz, Randle, Danny Swartz, and Jimmy Owens.
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5/24/03 - Randle
was second quick in qualifying Saturday at Clarksville with a time of
12.826. Tony Albright set fast time with a 12.699. Others in the top six
were Mike Chandler - 13.070, Chris Cook - 13.406, Justin Rapp - 13.673,
and David Miller - 13.932. Randle started the quick six outside front
row with Albright on the pole. Chandler started on the inside of the
second row with Cook on the outside. The inside was the place to be as
Chandler was able to pass Randle on the inside for second. Randle was
able to move to the inside and chase Chandler for the second spot.
Towards the end of the race Randle was able to get under Chandler coming
down the front stretch and beat him into turn one. However, contact was
made between Randle's right rear and Chandler's left front. This dropped
both to the rear where Chandler would finish 5th and Randle 6th.
Albright would cruise to victory. The top six in the feature lineup
would be Albright, Cook, Rapp, Miller, Chandler and Randle. Randle and
Chandler were faster than Rapp and Miller but were hung up behind them
for several laps. By the time they got around them Chandler was ahead of
Randle. They would both begin catching Cook who was in 2nd behind
Albright. Cook's car would prove to be very wide, but Chandler would
eventually overtake him for second. The #33 Ford did not have enought
bite on the low side, and Randle would have to settle for 4th. At least
both Randle and the car finished in one piece.
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5/23/03 - At
Paducah Friday night, Randle qualified right behind UMP national
champion Terry English. Unfortunately, English qualified 12th and Randle
13th. There were 23 Late Models on hand. Fast time went to Randy Sellars.
Randle started 7th in the first heat behind Sellers, Joe Morris, Rod
Reed, Jaryd Holshouser, Lee Thomason, and Brian Maynard. Randle finished
5th trailing Sellers, Thomason, Morris, and Jeremy Williams. Randle
would start 9th in the feature. Sellers, Randy Korte, English, Morris,
Phil Walker, Williams and Eddie Pace would make up the top eight at the
start. Randle would get by Pace, but later would have to check up to
avoid Walker and would be dropped back to 10th. Shortly thereafter a
rock would enter the cockpit and strike Randle in the face shield with
such force that Randle suffered a nasty cut and significant swelling
above the eye. Randle was running the top of the track between turns
three and four when struck. This caused him to hit the wall. The car
suffered only minor damage, however Randle had to be attended to by the
paramedics and was unable to continue. Randle's injury is not thought to
be serious. --- In his open wheel modified, Randle set fast time. He had
a comfortable lead in the first heat when engine problems would force
him to exit. All-in-all, not a very good night at the races.
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5/17/03 - Despite
the predictions of a 70% change of rain, the rolling thunder of the UMP
Late Models was heard at Clarksvills Speedway Saturday night. The track
was smooth and fast. Five Late Models turned times of under 13 seconds.
Randle was the fastest of the bunch turning a blistering 12.518 seconds.
That is the fastest qualifying time of the year so far at Clarksville.
Tony Albright was second with a 12.542. He was followed by Rod Reed
(12.660), Gary Frost (12.788), and Bronson Berry (12.789). Randle
started the quick six dash on the pole with Albright outside. Albright
would beat Randle into turn one and assume the lead. The setup would
prove not to be what it needed to be and both Frost and Berry would get
underneath Randle and move him back to fourth. Finishing behind Randle
would be Reed and Richard Frost. The first six in the feature lineup
would be Albright, G. Frost, Berry, Randle, Reed, R. Frost. Randle would
move up to third on the first lap. However, Berry would make a move on
the inside and retake third. Both Berry and Randle would move below
Frost to take second and third. Randle would keep working on Berry and
would soon move past him into second. At this point the mission was to
overtake Albright. Randle would make some gains, but Albright would then
make up any lost ground. Albright would take the win and Randle would
finish second. Third would be Berry, fourth, G. Frost, fifth R. Frost,
and sixth would be Gary Johnson.
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5/16/03 - Tires,
tires, tires, my kingdom for some tires! That could have well been heard
around the Burr Motorsports trailer Friday night at McCoy Motor
Speedway. While practically everyone else was running D21s, Randle was
using LM20s. Tony Albright was also on LM20s and neither of them made
the feature event. Randle and the team were planning to run at Paducah,
but when that show was rained out they decided to make a run at McCoy.
They knew they would be at a disadvantage on tires, but didn't want to
put a lot of money in tires they might not run again this year. Randle
qualified 13th among the 29 fast Late Models on hand for the Battle of
the Bluegrass 40 lap feature paying $3,000 to win. Randle started fifth
in his heat and had moved up into the 4th place transfer spot but his
tires went away as the race went on. He finished seventh. Randle would
start the A consi in eight, needing to move up to fourth to make the
feature. He would make it up to sixth, but that would be it. The next
stop will be Clarksville on Saturday.
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5/10/03 - The
Burr Motorsports team made its first visit to Mt. Vernon, Illinois on
Saturday night. No hot lap sessions were held. Randle's first laps would
be in qualifying. Undetered, Randle qualified second fastest in a field
of 22 strong Late Models. Fast time went to Rodney Melvin. Third was Joe
Morris followed by Bill Milikin, Terry English, Bobby Melvin and the
number 78 of Cole (Martin?). Other noteables in the field of 22 included
Jimmy Burwell, Gary Keeling, and Mike Hammerle. They started the quick
six straight up. Randle was running second until the #33 Ford pushed out
between turns three and four. This let Joe Morris and Terry English
slide underneath. The finish would be R. Melvin, Morris, English,
Randle, #78, and Milikin. That's the way they would line up for the 25
lap feature. At the start of the feature the #78 would be able to get
underneath Randle to take over fourth. However, Randle quickly made the
pass to retake fourth. Morris would inherit the lead when Rodney Melvin
retired from the race. Randle was running with Morris and English in
third but was eventulally passed by Bobby Melvin and had to settle for a
fourth place finish. It appeared that English had made the winning pass
on Morris on the white flag lap. However, per the score board and the
official ruling, the flagman put out the white flag one lap too late.
Therefore the victory was given to Morris.
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5/03/03 - Randle
qualified second fastest at Clarksville Speedway Saturday night. Fast
time went to Gary Frost with a 12.875 followed by Randle with a 12.991,
Mike Chandler with a 13.347, Shawn Ganderson with a 13.443, Tony
Albright with a 13.531, and Chris Cook with a 13.628. The quick six
started straight up with Randle on the outside of Frost on the front
row. Randle would take the lead at the start and never be challanged.
Frost would take second followed by Chandler, Albright, Cook, and
Ganderson. Randle elected to start on the outside of the front row in
the feature. Frost would be on the inside. Row two would be Chandler and
Albright. Row three would be Cook and Ganderson. Randle would again jump
to the lead at the start. Each lap Randle would gradually extend his
lead. Frost, Chandler, and Cook would be running behind Randle. Albright
experienced mechanical difficulties in the first few laps and retired
for the evening. Randle's only concern would appear to be lapped
traffic, which he was skillfully moving through. Then, on lap nine of
the twenty lap feature, Randle's #33 machine acquired a severe vibration
that forced him to leave the track. It would be the second time this
year that Randle would be leading the feature and apparently headed for
a win when he would have to exit with mechanical failure. The apparent
sure feature win was lost due to a broken u-joint. Randle also dropped
out of the open wheel feature with a broken a-frame. It appears that
Randle and the Burr Motorsports team will not be competing at
Clarksville Speedway next Saturday as sprint cars will be running at
Clarksville and management has announced that the purse for late models
next week will be cut in half. Check the "Schedule" section in
the next few days for where Randle will be running.
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4/26/03 - Randle
qualified fourth at Clarksville Saturday night. Fast time went to Gary
Frost followed by Tony Albright and Mike Chandler. Randle started the
quick six in the second row outside of Chandler. Frost and Albright were
on the front row. Chandler held on to the third spot at the start.
Randle spends several laps working to make the pass for third. Finally,
he completes the pass of Chandler on the low side in turn one. By this
time it is too late to challange Albright or Frost. Albright would take
the win. In the feature Albright elected to start on the outside of the
front row with Frost on the inside. Randle would start inside of
Chandler. Randle would be running third on lap two when contact from
Chandler between turns one and two would result in Randle spinning to
the infield. On the restart Chandler would be sent to the rear of the
field. Randle would be running on the rear bumpers of Albright and Frost
who were battling for the lead. Unfortunately the brake line to the left
front wheel would break resulting in Randle having no front brakes and
deminished rear brakes. He was able to hang on to third and to even
challenge Albright for second on several occasions. But without the
brakes he was at a serious disadvantage. Randle would bring the #33 Ford
home in third place. In his #182 Open Wheel Modified Randle had a great
night. He set fast time, won the quick six and the feature!
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4/19/03 - Randle
set fast time at Clarksville Saturday night. He turned a 12.782 and was
the only car under 13 seconds. He was followed by Larry Joe Seay, Tony
Albright, Gary Frost, and Chris Cook. Randle then won the quick six over
Albright, Frost, Cook, Seay, and the #14 (Marlin?). In the feature,
Randle put the #33 Ford Late Model in the lead at the start and appeared
to be headed for his second victory of the year until mechanical failure
forced him to leave the track. Randle thought the right front had gone
flat. The problem however was that the right front brake was locking up.
Randle was credited with a tenth place finish. There were 21 Late Models
on hand. Randle experienced more heart break in the Open Wheel $2,000 to
win feature. He led much of the way in a tight battle with Ricky Arms
and Mike Marlar. Contact from a lapped car caused Randle to spin on the
last lap. No caution was thrown and Randle was robbed of a second place
finish.
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4/12/03 - Randle
qualified the Full Throttle, Tommy's Auto Machine, Dunn Trucking Dirt
Late Model in 2nd position at Clarksville Speedway Saturday night. Fast
time went to Gary Frost. Third fast was Tony Albright. He was followed
by Chuck Proctor, Bronson Berry, and Rod Reed. They would start the
quick six straight up. Albright would pick up his first feature win of
the year. He would be followed by Frost, Proctor, Berry, and Reed.
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4/11/03 - Randle
qualified 23rd among 37 fast UMP Late Models from Kentucky, Tennessee,
Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri at the UMP Challange Series event in
Paducah, KY. Randle started 7th in the second heat. Only the top four
would make the feature. Others would have to compete in a 12 lap
consilation race. Randle worked his way up to the much wanted 4th spot
to transfer to the 30 lap feature event. He was challanging Rodney
Melvin for 3rd in the final laps. First and second in the heat would be
Brian Maynard and Joe Morris. Randle would start the #33 Ford in 17th
position in the feature. He would move to the high side and begin moving
past competitors ond-by-one until he came upon Jeremy Williams who was
also running the high side. Randle would have to let up coming out of
the corners to avoid running into Williams. Randle would take the #33 to
the inside to attempt to get around Williams, but it would not hook up
down low. He would have to move back to the outside and would again be
stuck behind Williams. On several occasions Randle would move past the
8th place finishing #27 of Melvin, but with the high side blocked he
could not hold the position. With three laps to go Randle could feel the
right rear tire going down. This would cost him several positions at the
finish as the tire was completely flat as he exited the track. The race
was won by Randy Korte over Terry English. For complete results see
www.racingcorner.com/race_results/pir%2004-11-2003.htm.
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4/05/03 - It was
another cold night at Clarksville Speedway as the first ever UMP
Challenge Series event would take place. There were approximately 30
Late Models on hand for the event. Fast time would go to Terry English
with a 13.253. He would be followed by Brett Seivert, Kevin Weaver,
Randy Korte, Justin Algier. Randle would be the fastest Clarksville
regular with an eighth fast time. The six fastest plus three
provisionals would start the dash. Tony Albright and Chuck Proctor would
get two of the provisional spots based upon last year's points. English
would take the $300 winner's money for the dash. He would be followed by
Brian Shirley, Albright, Weaver, Korte, Algier, Proctor, Hillard Miller,
and Seivert. The last three finishers would have to run in the first
three heats. Randle would start on the front row of heat one outside of
Proctor. Randle would jump to the lead on lap one and never be
challenged. He would be followed by Proctor, Cody Hupp, Eric Smith,
Rylan Dagg, and Brian Singleton. Randle's #33 Ford would emit a huge
plume of smoke as he pulled off the track after the victory. Fortunately
it was only oil coming from the oil breather and burning off the
headers. Randle would lineup seventh for the 30 lap feature race. There
were several restarts before the race could get underway. Albright would
be eliminated in the first crash leading to a restart. This moved Randle
up to fifth on the starting grid. On the next restart Randle would get
under Weaver and move up to fourth. However, a multiple car spin would
bring another restart. On the next restart Weaver would cut down in
front of Randle in turn two and get out of shape with Korte. Randle
would be forced to spin to avoid colliding with Weaver. Track officials
would rule that Randle was the cause of the caution and send him to the
rear. Randle persevered and worked his way into the top ten. However, he
would go a lap down to English. Under track rules this would put him at
the rear of the cars on the lead lap. Although he would pass the eighth
and ninth place cars, he would be created with a tenth place finish.
Considering the beating and banging going on around him, the Burr
Motorsports Late Model was in pretty good shape after the race. Had
Randle not be forced to start at the rear, there was a high probability
of a top five finish. Though no one appeared to have anything for
English.
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3/29/03 - It was
a cold night at Clarksville Speedway and the track was soft and rough.
But thanks to Tommy Jerles working the box scraper throughout the night,
the track was in pretty good shape by feature time. Randle was pulling
double duty tonight as he competed in his Open Wheel Modified and in the
Burr Motorsports Late Model. He qualified sixth in his Open Wheel. He
started on the tail end of the Open Wheel quick six and finished third.
He started third in the Open Wheel feature and took it to the front to
claim the first feature win of the night. In the Late Model he qualified
third with a time of 13.312. Tony Albright was fastest with a time of
13.071 followed by Gary Frost with a 13.090. Randle started in third the
quick six and that was where he finished. After winning the Open Wheel
feature he climbed from the number 182 Modified and strapped into the
number 33 Ford Late Model. He would start third in the Late Model
feature as he had in the Modified feature. Albright and Frost would
start on the front row. Starting behind Randle would be Gary Johnson and
Shawn (Ganderson?)in the number 41. Randle would fall in behind Frost at
the start and would spend several laps racing with him until Frost made
a bobble coming out of turn four and Randle would pull by him on the
inside. By this time Albright would have a significant lead. However,
Randle would quickly close the gap and begin pressuring Albright for the
lead. At one point Albright and Randle would run upon the number 0 of
Woodcock. Albright went to the outside and Randle to the inside of
Woodcock as they entered turn three. Both survived and continued the
battle for the lead. On lap twelve Albright would slip slightly in turn
four. At that point Randle made a move to the inside and passed Albright
for the lead. Once around Albright, Randle pulled away and took the
checkers with a half track lead. Albright would place second followed by
Frost. It was a great night with Randle starting third in both features
and driving to back-to-back wins!
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3/22/03 - It was
a great night for racing at Clarksville Speedway. The track was fast and
the crowd got their money's worth in the late model feature. Three cars
broke the 13 second mark in qualifying. Tony Albright set fast time with
a 12.623, Randle, driving the current Burr Motorsports #33 for the first
time, was second with a 12.799, and Missouri's Ed Dixon was third with a
12.914. They were followed by Larry Seay and Chuck Proctor. Instead of a
quick six, two heat races were held. The odd qualifiers were in the
first heat and the even qualifiers were in the second. Albright, driving
a Rayburn chassis won the first heat over Dixon and Proctor. Randle
would start on the pole in the second heat and win going away. In the
feature Albright gets his choice and elects to start outside front row.
Randle starts on the inside followed by Dixon, Seay, and Proctor.
Albright takes the lead on the start. Randle runs behind him in second
until lap five when he begins pulling along side Albright on the inside.
A caution comes out and puts Randle back behind Albright. On the restart
Randle again starts pressuring Albright on the inside. On lap eight
Albright moves to the inside. Randle then immediately moves to the
outside and passes Albright for the lead. Randle would then gradually
extend his lead while Albright, Dixon, and Proctor would battle for
second. On lap 18 Albright looses a left rear wheel. Dixon goes over the
rear of Albright and up on the wall. That would end the night for both.
After an extensive red flag period to get Dixon off the wall, the race
is restarted with four laps to go. After the stop Randle's #33 doesn't
hook up as well as it had been running. With two laps to go Proctor
takes the lead on the inside. Randle would have to settle for second
place ahead of Seay. Overall, the first night of the reunion of Randle
and the Burr Motorsports team went well with a second in qualifying, a
heat win, and a second in the feature. Still, it was a tough loss. If it
hadn't been for the caution due to the Albright Dixon collision, it was
a sure win. The team will try again next week at Clarksville.
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3/15/03 - Randle
finishes 22nd in the 4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial at
West Plains Motor Speedway. There were 160 Modifieds on hand for the
event. Randle took home $840 for his efforts.
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3/15/03 - Greg
Burr, the youngest member of Burr Motorsports at age nine, takes second
place in a field of 80 entries at the Robertson County (TN) Baptist
Association pine wood derby. Greg fielded a replica of the #33 Burr
Motorsports Dirt Late Model. See the Pictures section.
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2/22/03 - Phil
Burr is pleased to announce that Randle Sweeney will return as the
driver of the #33 Burr Motorsports Dirt Late Model for the 2003 season.
Randle first drove for the team in the Clarksville Triples in 1998 and
immediately drove the car to its first feature win. Randle
was the driver in 1999 and 2000 and claimed a total of eight feature
wins. Randle has had an outstanding career driving UMP Modifieds.
In 2001 and 2002 Randle fielded his own Late Model in addition to his
Modified duties. For 2003 Randle will continue to run Modified
races along with competing in the Late Model division. Burr
Motorsports looks forward to a great season with Randle behind the
wheel.
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2/15/03 - After
two successful seasons with the Burr Motorsports team, Steve Ryan steps
down as the driver of the #33 Ford late model. It was a tough
decision and Steve and the team remain friends. Burr Motorsports wishes
to thank Steve for the great job he did driving the car for the last two
years. The team wishes him much success in the future.
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