Tony Stewart Finishes Second in Saturday Nights Rumble

Tony Stewart hoped for a Rumble in Fort Wayne double but it wasn’t to be.  After qualifying first, Tony Stewart ran 8th in his heat race.  With the pressure on, Stewart won the first semi-feature putting him into the nights 60 lap feature.

Unlike on Friday night, Tony was never able to get to the front and finished second behind Lou Cicconi Jr. who led the final 45 laps of the event.

Full results for the night:

Qualifications — 1. Tony Stewart, 2x, Stewart, 7.865 seconds; 2. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Stewart, 7.900; 3. Lou Cicconi Jr., 75, 8.007; 4. Billy Wease, 99, Burrow, 8.081; 5. Dave Darland, 14, RAD, 8.184; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 0, RAD, 8.206; 7. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton, 8.240; 8. Geoff Kaiser, 10, Moore, 8.241; 9. Matt Westfall, 19, Ryder, 8.288; 10. Joe Liguori, 28s, Cottongim, 8.295; 11. Kim Hughes, 53, Johncox, 8.301; 12. Mike Osite, 20, Osite, 8.315; 13. Tyler Nuckles, 57, Cottongim, 8.352; 14. Adam Wilsdon, 71, 8.379; 15. Jim “Timex” Morgan, 2, 8.387; 16. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-Savage, 8.402; 17. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR, 8.413; 18. Chris Hettinger, 3, Bradley, 8.416; 19. Charlie Schultz, 56, Rencurrel, 8.422; 20. Ryan Klingelhofer, 08up, Williams, 8.438; 21. Tim Jedrzejek, 8up, Williams, 8.473; 22. Brandon Knupp, 15k, Knupp, 8.513; 23. Jeff Wimmenauer, 15x, Wimmenauer, 8.515; 24. Zach Leeke, 19x, Leeke, 8.519; 25. Matt Palmer, 33x, Wuerdeman, 8.551; 26. Sean Murphy, 4m, Murphy, 8.599; 27. Jason Dull, 56d, Dull, 8.711; 28. Tom Schnabel, 20s, Schnabel, 8.751; 29. Lamont Critchett, 44, Critchett, 8.780; 30. Deano Lennon, 27, Lennon, 9.089; 31. Jeff Norris, 32x, Fuhrman, 9.166; 32. Chase Hightower, 00, Brown Bottle Boys, 9.260; 33. Gary Bradley, 4p, Bradley, 9.556; 34. Paul Crafton, 51, Nigh, 9.567; 35. Mike Hardy, 5m, Myers, 10.455; 36. Ryan Litt, 41, Griffith, NT; 37. Tony Elliott, 5, Williams, NT; 38. Patrick Wilda, 28, Wachter, NT; 39. Bryan Nuckles, 59, Columbus Motor Speedway, NT.

• First heat (8 laps) — Westfall, Darland, Jedrzejek, Wilson, Palmer, T. Nuckles, Critchett, Stewart, Bradley.

• Second heat (8 laps) — Stanbrough, Fedorcak, Palmer, Liguori, Knupp, Wilsdon, Lennon, Crafton, Murphy.

• Third heat (8 laps) — Cicconi, Hamilton, Schultz, Hughes, Morgan, Dull, Wimmenauer, Norris, Hardy.

• Fourth heat (8 laps) — Wease, Kaiser, Leeke, Klingelhofer, Hightower, Osite, Corson, Schnabel.

• First semi-feature (8 laps) — Stewart, Morgan, Jedrzejek, Osite, Hettinger, Leeke, Dull, Lennon, Bradley.

• Second semi-feature (8 laps) — Liguori, T. Nuckles, Knupp, Schultz, Crafton, Norris, Corson, Palmer, Schnabel.

• Third semi-feature (8 laps) — Hughes, Wilson, Klingelhofer, Wimmenauer, Murphy, Wilsdon, Critchett.

Feature (60 laps) – 1. Lou Cicconi Jr.; 2. Tony Stewart; 3. Jon Stanbrough; 4. Mike Fedorcak; 5. Dave Darland; 6. Geoff Kaiser; 7. Matt Westfall; 8. Joe Liguori; 9. Jacob Wilson; 10. Tyler Nuckles; 11. Kyle Hamilton; 12. Tim Jedrzejek; 13. Billy Wease; 14. Kim Hughes.

Lap leaders: Stanbrough 1-15, Cicconi 16-60.