BARDSTOWN, Ky. -- It was the 2005 Season Finale at Bluegrass Speedway and Brad Neat of Dunnville, KY scored his third Late Model feature win of the season. Joey Kramer of Hanover, IN would win the Modified main event, while Kevin Wilson of Versailles, KY won the Sportsman feature, with Daniel Dial of Lawrenceburg, KY picking up the Street Stock main event.

The initial start of the Late Model feature would be called off after an incident on the frontchute involving Jason Keltner, Jordan Bland, Joey Tackett, Bryant Woodcock, and Mike Hawley would draw the caution, with all five able to continue. The second attempted start would be a go with Brad Neat taking the top spot from his third starting position, with Justin Rattliff and Whitney McQueary battling for second, while Mike Jewell and Tim Tungate went fourth and fifth. Tungate would take fourth on lap 2, while the trio of McQueary, Tungate, and Jewell would go three wide for third on lap 3. McQueary would hang on to the third slot until Tungate began to pressure him on lap 5 and finally going to third on lap 7. Tungate would then turn his attention to Rattliff on lap 8, only to see action slowed by a Chad Smith spin on lap 8. The restart would see Neat still at the point, while Johnny Wheeler pressured Jewell for fifth, only to have Jeff Watson go to sixth on lap 10. Chad Smith would spin again in turn four to bring out another caution on lap 12 and on the restart, Watson would go to fifth on Jewell on lap 13. As Jewell and Watson went at it for fifth, Rattliff began to slowly reel in race leader to set up a battle for the top spot. Jewell would retake the five spot from Watson on lap 17, while Rattliff had closed up on Neat's rear bumper by lap 19. Lap 21 would see the lead duo go side by side for the lead, with Rattliff taking the spot on lap 22 in turn two, only to have the pass nulled and voided as Marty Stepp would bring out the caution when he contacted the concrete wall in turn one. Neat and Rattliff would go one and two on the restart, while McQueary, Tungate, and Jewell went three wide for the third spot on the lap 22 restart. Neat would hold off Rattliff to take his third win of the year at Bluegrass Speedway in the Neat Racing, Inc. owned NWN Distributing/Neat's Service Center/Tarter Gate/Stephens Pipe and Steel #41 MasterSbilt Race Cars, Cornett Race Engines powered mount. Rattliff would take second, with McQueary holding off Jewell for third, while Tungate nursed a deflating rear tire home to fifth. The rest of the top ten were 15th starting Jeff Watson, followed by Johnny Wheeler, David Webb, Dan Hoard, and Timmy Yeager. Thirty Late Models were on hand, with Neat being the SpeeDecals Vinyl Graphics fast qualifier, while McQueary won the dash. Heat wins went to Tungate and Hoard, while Stepp won the B-main.

The Modified feature event would see Robbie Gullion lead the first 11 circuits, before giving the lead up to Jason Wheatley, but all eyes would focus on 20th starting Joey Kramer as he dipped below Wheatley on the bottom side of the racing and took the lead and drove to the win in the Dee Kramer owned Hill's Historic Painting/Super Shine Auto Wash and Window Tint/Bilstein Shocks/Mom and Dad sponsored #77 entry. Wheatley would take runner-up honors, with Gullion, Sam Murphy, Sr., and Joe Mattingly completing the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Dion Benningfield, Joe Gray, Robbie Bennett, Matt Bex, and J.T. Ayers. Twenty five entries saw heat race victories taken by Wheatley, Mattingly, and Gullion.

Kevin Wilson would be the man of the hour in Sportsman feature action as he drove his Hacker's Cleaning/Hoferkamp Engineering/Nealco Electric/New Look Lawn Care/ Sutherland Brothers Farms #98 Chevy Monte Carlo. Roger Cecil would nip Nathan Wells for runner-up honors, while Jimmy Bryan and 14th starting Bo Wilson would round out the top five. Completing the top ten were Pat Hagan, Steve Rector, John Huff, Keith Blanton, and Lois Campbell. Fifteen entries saw heat wins go to Kevin Wilson and Roger Cecil.

Daniel Dial would pick up his first ever Street Stock feature win at Bluegrass Speedway by taking the checkered flag first in a time-shortened main event. Dial's victory came aboard The Sunshine Shop Details and Graphics/Dial Painting/SureFire Auto/Wohner Builders #11 Chevy Impala mount. Brian McCubbins, Daroyl Samples, Roy Skaggs, and Cotton Mattingly would complete the top five. The second five would be Casey Bryan, Bill Wallace, Roy Bryan, Jesse Whitaker, and Terry Bartley. Avral Thompson would set fast time, while Skaggs won the dash. Heat wins were scored by Cotton Mattingly and Samples.

RESULTS

Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-September 24, 2005

LATE MODELS (30 entries)

SpeeDecals Vinyl Graphics Fast Time- Brad Neat

Dash- Whitney McQueary, Justin Rattliff, Neat, Johnny Wheeler, Mike Jewell, Scotty Earl

1st Heat- Tim Tungate, Timmy Yeager, Mike Hawley, Jordan Bland

2nd Heat- Dan Hoard, Jason Keltner, David Webb, Joey Tackett

B-Main: Marty Stepp, Joey Daniel, Bryant Woodcock, Jason Barrett

Feature- Neat, Rattliff, McQueary, Jewell, Tungate, Jeff Watson, Wheeler, Webb, Hoard, Yeager, Keltner, Daniel, Woodcock, Jerry Rutherford, T.J. Wooldridge, Tackett, Stepp, Earl, Chad Smith, Bland, Hawley (Others- Donald Barrett, Sam Murphy, Jr., Chris Stillwell, Dave Crawford, Brent Denny, Jeremy Masters, Michael Coontz, David Huff)

MODIFIEDS (25 entries)

1st Heat- Jason Wheatley, Joe Gray, Matt Bex, Elliott Despain

2nd Heat- Joe Mattingly, Dion Benningfield, Bill Arnold, J.T. Ayers

3rd Heat- Robbie Gullion, Adam Gootee, Josh Lucas, Mike Watson

Feature- Joey Kramer, Wheatley, Gullion, Sam Murphy, Sr. Mattingly, Benningfield, Gray, Robbie Bennett, Bex, Ayers, Butch Shay, Despain, Jimmy Sizemore, Thomas Brooks, Ron Perkins, Bobby Neal, Lucas, Gootee, Watson, Robbie Turner, Arnold (DNS-Mark Bruce, Dave Wells, Chuck Freeman, John Bryan)

SPORTSMAN (15 entries)

1st Heat- Kevin Wilson, Jimmy Bryan, Sam Huffer, Steve Rector

2nd Heat- Roger Cecil, Pat Hagan, Nathan Wells, Keith Blanton

Feature- Kevin Wilson, Cecil, Wells, Bryan, Bo Wilson, Hagan, Rector, John Huff, Blanton, Lois Campbell, Terry Greenwell, Mike Humes, Huffer, Jenna Chesser (DNS- Kevin Long)

STREET STOCKS (24 entries)

Fast Qualifier- Avral Thompson

Dash- Roy Skaggs, Bill Wallace, Willie Edelen, Daniel Dial, Thompson, Brian McCubbins

1st Heat- Cotton Mattingly, Robbie Settles, Pat Cranmer, Roy Bryan

2nd Heat- Daroyl Samples, Doug Estep, Casey Bryan, Terry Bartley

Feature- Dial, McCubbins, Samples, Skaggs, Cotton Mattingly, Casey Bryan, Wallace, Roy Bryan, Jesse Whitaker, Bartley, Troy Moore, Cam Taylor, Shane Litton, Brad Mattingly, Settles, Estep, Jason Priddy, Chad Chaney, John Hansel, Logan Edelen, Jesse Key, Willie Edelen (DNS- Thompson, Cranmer)