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Brett "The Jet" Hearn Flies through the Field To Win Charlotte Small-Block Championship at The Dirt Track CONCORD, N.C. (April 2, 2004) - Brett "The Jet" Hearn zoomed through the field from the 12th-starting spot and recorded a ...

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Brett "The Jet" Hearn Flies through the Field To Win Charlotte Small-Block Championship at The Dirt Track

CONCORD, N.C. (April 2, 2004) - Brett "The Jet" Hearn zoomed through the field from the 12th-starting spot and recorded a convincing victory Friday night in the Charlotte Small-Block Championship portion of the Ferris 100 presented by DynoMax Weekend at The Dirt Track at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

The 45-year-old Sussex, N.J., veteran collected $3,000 for winning the season opener for DIRT Motorsports' Turning Stone Casino 358-Modified Super DIRT Series. The victory was Hearn's 444th in nearly 25 years of DIRT-sanctioned racing.

"We had a good enough car to come from the back," was Hearn's summation of his charge. "I got the lead from Matt (Sheppard), but I got a little lazy and let him get back in front of me. Then, he got tangled up with a lapped car, and we got lucky and got back in front.

"It was a good race, a hard race. This is a very fast track," Hearn concluded. Pat Ward steadily worked forward from the eighth-starting spot to finish second in the 30-car field with 16th-starting Richie Pratt Jr. third under the checkered flag. Tim Fuller and Alan Johnson completed the top-five.

Johnson led the first two laps before young Stewart Friesen took command. Matt Sheppard moved to the point on lap 19, setting up a battle with Hearn that finally ended when Sheppard tangled with a slower car on lap 35. Hearn was never seriously challenged over the final 20 laps as late-race caution flags extended the distance to 55 laps.

The race was slowed by eight caution flags with the most serious incident coming on lap seven when six cars tangled exiting turn two. Several of the cars involved suffered heavy damage, but none of the drivers were injured.

Sheppard, Dale Planck, Ward and Bobby Varin won the eight-lap heat races for the small-block modifieds while Billy Decker and Mike Lles topped the eight-lap consolation races.

Hearn led the 49-car small-block modified field in time trials Thursday evening with a lap of 16.206 seconds around the four-tenths-mile oval.

The Ferris 100 presented by DynoMax Weekend continues Saturday night highlighted by a 100-lap feature for the big-block modifieds of the Advance Auto Parts Modified Super DIRT Series. Adult tickets are $23 with children 12 and under admitted for just $5. Hot laps start at 6:40 p.m. with opening ceremonies at 7:20 p.m.

The results:

Qualifications: 1. Brett Hearn, 16.206 seconds; 2. Stewart Friesen, 16.293; 3. Matt Sheppard, 16.608; 4. Dale Planck, 16.612; 5. Pat Ward, 16.619; 6. Bobby Varin, 16.709; 7. Mike Perrotte, 16.776; 8. Pete Bicknell, 16.813; 9. Chad Brachmann, 16.828; 10. Matt DeLorenzo, 16.856; 11. Andy Bachetti, 16.880; 12. Richie Pratt Jr. 16.881; 13. Tim Fuller, 16.902; 14. Alan Johnson, 17.013; 15. Willy Decker, 17.095; 16. Jimmy Chester, 17.157; 17. Tim Laduc, 17.168; 18. Laurent Ladouceur, 17.183; 19. Paul Kinney, 17.217; 20. Brian Weaver, 17.217; 21. Steve Poirier, 17.252; 22. Dave Rauscher, 17.253; 23. Chuck Hebing, 17.288; 24. Billy Decker, 25. Steve Paine, 17.346; 26. Patrick Dupree, 17.364; 27. Brian Malcomb, 17.550; 28. Ray Bliss, 17.593; 29. Ron Cartwright, 17.681; 30. Chris Shultz, 17.690; 31. Perry Francis, 17.693; 32. Todd Burley, 17.756; 33. Mike Schane, 17.757; 34. Graham Gorman, 17.835; 35. Frank Hoard, 17.839; 36. Brian Swarthout, 17.854; 37. Mike Lles, 17.951; 38. Derrick McGrew, 18.009; 39. Tom Jock Jr., 18.083; 40. Ron White, 18.117; 41. Jim Lazore, 18.126; 42. Ken Baker, 18.270; 43. Alan Houghtaling, 18.588; 44. Tom Gervosi, 18.596; 45. Fred Proctor, 18.734; 46. Dave Baranowski, 19.778; 47. Billy Cook 19.898; 48. Kyle Jacobs, 22.128; 49. John Lazore, 22.928.

First Small-Block Modified Heat (8 laps): 1: Matt Sheppard, 2: Andy Bachetti, 3: Willy, Decker, 4: Mike Perrotte, 5: Chuck Hebing, 6: Paul Kinney, 7: Perry Francis, 8: Frank Hoard, 9. Tom Jock Jr., 10. Billy Cook, 11. Alan Houghtaling, 12. Brian Malcolm.

Second Small-Block Modified Heat (8 laps): 1. Dale Planck, 2. Brian Weaver, 3. Pete Bicknell, 4. Richie Pratt Jr., 5. Jimmy Chester, 6. Billy Decker, 7. Todd Burley, 8. Ray Bliss, 9. Kyle Jacobs, 10. Brian Swarthout, 11. Ron White, 12. Tom Gervosi.

Third Small-Block Modified Heat (8 laps): 1: Pat Ward, 2: Chad Brachmann, 3: Tim Fuller, 4: Steve Poirier, 5: Steve Paine, 6: Mike Lles, 7: Mike Schane, 8: John Lazore, 9: Fred Proctor, 10: Ron Cartwright, 11: Lim Laduc.

Fourth Small-Block Modified Heat (8 laps): 1: Bobby Varin, 2: Alan Johnson, 3: Matt DeLorenzo, 4: Laurent Ladouceur, 5: Dan Jalbert, 6: Patrick Dupree, 7: Dave Rauscher, 8: Chris Shultz, 9: Ben Bushsaw, 10: Derrick McGrew, 11: Ken Baker, 12: Dave Baranowski.

First Small-Block Modified Consolation (8 laps): 1. Billy Decker, 2. Todd Burley, 3. Kyle Jacobs, 4. Ray Bliss, 5. Perry Francis, 6. Frank Hoard, 7. Brian Swarthout, 8. Tom Jock Jr., 9. Billy Cook, 10. Ron White, 11. Alan Houghtaling, 12. Tom Gervosi, 13. Paul Kinney.

Second Small-Block Modified Consolation (8 laps): 1: Mike Lles, 2: Patrick Dupree, 3: Mike Schane, 4: John Lazore, 5: Dave Rauscher, 6: Chris Shultz, 7: Derrick McGrew, 8: Ben Bushsaw, 9: Fred Procter, 10: Ken Baker, 11: Ron Cartwright.

Charlotte Small-Block Championship (55 laps): 1: Brett Hearn, 2: Pat Ward, 3: Richie Pratt Jr., 4: Tim Fuller, 5: Alan Johnson, 6: Pete Bicknell, 7: Stewart Friesen, 8: Todd Burley, 9. Steve Poirier; 10. Mike Lles; 11. Jimmy Chester, 12. Billy Decker; 13. Steve Paine, 14. Ray Bliss, 15. Laurent Ladouceur, 16. Mike Schane, 17. John Lazore, 18. Chad Brachmann, 19. Willy Decker, 20. Matt Sheppard, 21. Kyle Jacobs, 22. Patrick Dupree, 23. Ron White, 24. Matt DeLorenzo, 25. Dan Jalbert, 26. Bobby Varin, 27. Brian Weaver, 28. Mike Perrotte, 29. Dale Planck, 30. Chuck Hebing.

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