Outlaw Top Sportsman: Penwell Knights Raceway

Text by Shelly Frost

What a weekend it was in Odessa. I've always heard it never rains in Odessa. Well when OTS rolled into Odessa it decided to rain Saturday. A decision was made to race on Sunday and what a day of racing it would be.


1. Eric Clark 4.728 @ 149.40
2. Glen Wright 4.730 @ 147.53
3. Jim Brinkerhoff 4.766 @ 146.63
4. Mike Jones 4.805 @ 147.40
5. Lance Abbott 4.831 @ 144.14
6. Scotter Hampton 4.871 @ 143.68
7. Randy Rencher 4.941 @ 146.44
8. Alan Bradshaw 4.958 @ 149.54
9. Kim James 4.989 @ 143.54
10. Randy Taylor 6.107 @ 119.33
11. Dave Smith 6.515 @ 102.13
12. Mat Thomas 4.695 @ 148.22
13. David Baldwin 4.519 @ 156.52

First Round:

Eric Clark 4.787 @ 148.27 .019

David Baldwin 4.770 @ 132.98 .424
Glen Wright 4.776 @ 146.15 .441

Randy Rencher 4.881 @ 147.16 .490
Alan Bradshaw 4.947 @ 142.81 .483

Scooter Hampton 4.883 @ 143.49 .419
Kim James 5.540 @ 138.46 .418

Lance Abbott 4.858 @ 143.18 .470
Randy Taylor 4.905 @ 139.02 .480

Mat Thomas
Jim Brinkerhoff

Mike Jones 5.00 @ 138.89 .594
Dave Smith broke


Quarter Finals:

Eric Clark 4.811 @ 136.90 .476
Randy Rencher 4.899 @ 148.12 .569

Mike Jones 4.913 @ 128.17 .430
Lance Abbott 4.916 @ 142.31 .478

Mat Thomas 4.820 @ 141.24 .484
Scooter Hampton 4.909 @ 142.42 .439

David Baldwin 4.690 @ 141.60 .515

Semi Finals:


David Baldwin 4.765 @ 130.55 .488
Mat Thomas broke

Eric Clark 4.779 @ 148.37 .473
Mike Jones 4.892 @ 139.32 .388


Finals(ALL OUT):

David Baldwin 4.520 @ 157.18 .498
Eric Clark 5.065 @ 144.28 .464


Congrats to David Baldwin and crew on your win.

Also congrats to Eric and Scott Clark on your runner up performance

A very special thanks goes to the entire staff at Penwell Knights Raceway. Also thanks for your generous hospitality on accommodating all the teams on Saturday.

I would also like to thank everybody who made the trip out west.

NEXT RACE FRIDAY JUNE 5TH DALLAS RACEWAY!