2016 Icebowl Shootout Results – The Talladega Short Track
2016 Icebowl Results led by Donald Brannon and William Thomas. The 2016 Icebowl Shootout has concluded at the Talladega Short Track.
EASTABOGA, AL – Cars powered by economical Chevrolet Performance Sealed Racing Engines swept the 25th Annual Icebowl on Sunday at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. David Brannon of Elora, TN won the Super Late Model race, William Thomas of Phenix City, AL won the NeSmith Late Model Race, and Jay Burchfield of Columbus, MS won the NeSmith Street Stock race.
Brannon drove the Elora Gin Company Special powered by a $7,195 all-aluminum Chevrolet Performance CT525 Racing Engine to victory in the caution-free Super Late Model 50 lap race and the $6,000 top prize. Brannon’s win made it four straight Icebowl Super Late Model wins. Ross Martin of Talladega, AL was the 2013 winner, Thomas took the win in 2014, and Tim Roszell of Anniston, AL was the 2015 winner.
Thomas drove the J.W. Miller Land and Timber Special to a $3,000 victory in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series 50-lap main event, Round 1 of the eight-race RockAuto.com Winter Shootout. Thomas’ second Icebowl Trophy was earned with a $5,795 Chevrolet Performance 604 Racing Engine.
Burchfield went wire-to-wire in the Burchfield Body Shop Chevrolet, with a unique station body, complete with a luggage rack, based on a Chevrolet Monte Carlo, and dubbed the “Grocery Getter” to win the 25-lap NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division main event. Burchfield can buy a lot of groceries with his $2,500 top prize. The Grocery Getter is powered by a $3,495 Chevrolet Performance 602 Racing Engine.
The Chevrolet Performance CT525, the Chevrolet Performance 604 and the Chevrolet Performance 602 are racing engines that are built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications.
Donald McIntosh of Dawsonville, GA finished second in the Super Late Model feature race, with Fast Qualifier Jason Hiett of Lincoln, AL taking the third spot. Tim Busha of Boaz, AL came from the 14th starting spot to finish fourth and earn the Hard Charger of the Race Award. Ethan Hunter was fifth, Michael Page came home in sixth, Thomas took the seventh spot, Austin Kirkpatrick finished eighth, Roszell was ninth, and Brian Connor rounded out the top ten.
The 25th Annual Icebowl lived up to its billing, as the temperature was 31 degrees at feature race time, with a feels like temperature of 27 degrees. Despite the chill in the air, a good crowd was on hand to see Sunday’s races in six different divisions.
Brannon started on the pole position for the Super Late Model feature, with the defending race champion Roszell starting to his right on the front row, Brannon and Roszell waged a side-by-side war for the point in the opening laps with Roszell leading the first two laps, Brannon leading lap three, Roszell led the fourth lap and Brannon led lap five.
Roszell took the lead on lap six, and held it for five laps, until Brannon drove under Roszell on lap 11 to take the lead he would never relinquish. McIntosh tried to move up to challenge in the closing laps of the race, but was unable to mount a challenge.
Trailing Thomas in the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series main event were Ray Cook of Brasstown, NC finishing second, with third going to Chase Edge of LaFayette, AL. Fast Qualifier and pole sitter Jimmy Elliott of Cleveland, TN took the fourth spot, and John Ownbey of Cleveland, TN was fifth.
The 2015 Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series Champion, 13-year-old Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL took the sixth spot and Ethan Hunter of Chattanooga, TN finished seventh. Ryan King of Seymour, TN was eighth, while Greg Martin of Oliver Springs, TN claimed the ninth spot, and Brandon Williams of Crossville, TN rounded out the top ten.
The track was multi-groove for the NeSmith Late Models, as Elliott found the bottom groove to his liking early in the race, as the polesitter paced the field for the first 14 tours. Cook dusted off the top shelf of Talladega Short Track, and sailed around the outside of Elliott to take the lead on lap 15. Thomas found a groove he liked in the middle of the track.
Thomas methodically worked his way to the front of the pack, and took the lead from Cook on lap 32. Once he established himself in the lead, Thomas never looked back and led the rest of the way unchallenged.
Second through tenth respectively in the NeSmith Performance Parts Street Stock Division main event were Mark Haddon of Estill Springs, TN, Tyler Hurst of Lineville, AL, Ronald Dunn of Corinth, MS, Booger Brooks of Chattanooga, TN, Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS, Justin McRee of Woodstock, AL, Chad Comer of Warren, TX, Trevor Woodard of Mount Pleasant, TN, and Wyatt Hill of Finley, TN.
Burchfield took the lead at the start of the race from the pole position, and immediately began to put distance between himself and teammates Dunn and McRee. Burchfield led all 25 laps to earn the victory.
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OFFICIAL FINISHES FOR SUPER LATE MODELS, NeSMITH CHEVROLET DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES AND NeSMITH PERFORMANCE PARTS STREET STOCK DIVISION AT THE 25THANNUAL ICEBOWL AT TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK IN EASTABOGA, AL ON 1/10/16:
2016 Icebowl Results
Super Late Models
| POS | START | CAR | DRIVER |
| 1 | 1 | 33 | David Brannon |
| 2 | 3 | 7 | Donald McIntosh |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Jason Hiett |
| 4 | 14 | 15 | Tim Busha |
| 5 | 6 | 15h | Ethan Hunter |
| 6 | 12 | 18 | Michael Page |
| 7 | 4 | A19 | William Thomas |
| 8 | 8 | 58 | Austin Kirkpatrick |
| 9 | 2 | 25 | Tim Roszell |
| 10 | 9 | 77 | Brian Connor |
| 11 | 18 | 86 | Brian Rickman |
| 12 | 10 | 16b | Brian Smith |
| 13 | 11 | 11 | Cruz Skinner |
| 14 | 13 | 35 | Dallas Cooper |
| 15 | 24 | 29 | Jason Welshan |
| 16 | 22 | 62 | Cody King |
| 17 | 15 | 376 | Mark Bangs |
| 18 | 9 | 57 | Josh Adkins |
| 19 | 23 | 85 | Tom Maddox |
| 20 | 20 | G9 | Eric Grainger |
| 21 | 19 | 55 | Terrance Nowell |
| 22 | 16 | 15h | Luke Hoffner |
| 23 | 17 | 41 | Ted Lackey |
| 24 | 21 | 53 | Ray Cook |
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series
| POS | START | CAR | DRIVER |
| 1 | 9 | 19 | William Thomas |
| 2 | 5 | 53 | Ray Cook |
| 3 | 12 | 18 | Chase Edge |
| 4 | 1 | J39 | Jimmy Elliott |
| 5 | 10 | 25 | John Ownbey |
| 6 | 14 | 11 | Cruz Skinner |
| 7 | 13 | 3 | Ethan Hunter |
| 8 | 2 | 30 | Ryan King |
| 9 | 8 | 24 | Greg Martin |
| 10 | 3 | 95 | Brandon Williams |
| 11 | 6 | 17x | Adam Gauldin |
| 12 | 20 | 14 | Tyler Clem |
| 13 | 21 | 39 | Eddie King Jr |
| 14 | 24 | C57 | Dallas Cooper |
| 15 | 18 | 57 | Josh Adkins |
| 16 | 16 | 14x | Will Herrington |
| 17 | 17 | 29 | Jason Welshan |
| 18 | 22 | 521 | Mickey Trosclair |
| 19 | 15 | 85 | Tom Maddox |
| 20 | 7 | 00m | Monte Skinner |
| 21 | 11 | 23 | Ahnna Parkhurst |
| 22 | 4 | 8 | Grant Pearl |
| 23 | 23 | 22 | Will Roland |
| 24 | 29 | 5 | Rodney Weaver |
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