1999 World Figure 8 Championship -Indianapolis Speedrome, Home of Figure-Eight Racing Action

with Bill Baas, President of Blossom Chevrolet

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Bill Tunny Jr wins 2003
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Bill Tunny Jr. wins the 27th Annual World Figure 8

Bill becomes the fourth different winner in the last four races

Bill Tunny Jr. wins for G & M Trucking, Jim Jones Racing Engines and Big Bee's Towing

Bill Tunny Jr. wins his first World Figure 8 in his 25th try

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Indianapolis Speedrome

Jeanna Stiles Office Manager
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Track Crew
Dennis Love Chief Steward
Jerry Gulley Senior Track Official
Tommy Ellis Flagman
Wayne Thompson Backup Flagman
Toby Thompson Track Official
Mike Brydges Track Official
Randy Storm Track Official
Todd Shelby Track Official
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Chuck Bloomfield Track Official

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Rose Krimmel Official Scorer
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Jay Baker Voice of the Speedrome
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John Stiles Jr. Group Leader
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1999

World Figure 8 History

September 13, 1999
Jack Dossey does it again!!!
Dossey wins his record 6th World Figure 8

Jack Dossey Jr. won the World Championship for a record sixth time Saturday night in front of a standing-room-only crowd at the Indianapolis Speedrome.

Dossey, completed a near-record 495 laps and finished four laps ahead of runner-up and two-time winner Duane Lee in the 23rd running of the World’ greatest figure-8 race.

Dossey’s sixth triumph surpassed the five wins by Speedrome Hall of Famer Kenny St. John (1978-1982) and was just 17 laps short of St. John’s all-time event record of 512 laps set in 1981.

“The car was marvelous. That’s why I could drive every lap like it was the last lap of the race,” Dossey said. “I raced against a class field of drivers and I got the breaks in traffic all night.”

Dossey started from the pole position and topped a field of 67 entrants from the Midwest to Florida.

Michigan’s Jeremy Miller son of former World Figure 8 driver Dave Miller completed 414 laps and finished ninth to earn the Sonny Eaton Memorial Award. Mike Hughes with relief driving help from Kevin Ford started 40th and finished 18th to earn the Sonny Thompson Memorial Award for best start-finish improvement.

Bill Tunny Jr. emerged from a spirited four-driver battle for a career-best third place after completing 480 laps. Tunny trailed by Richard Fenwick, Rodney Sizemore and George Sutton. They waged a 90-minute battle, oftentimes on the same lap and dueling side-by-side that ended with a flurry of late-race pit stops in the final 20 minutes. Fenwick finished fourth with 478 laps and Sizemore fifth with 476 laps.

Dossey put Lee down one lap on lap 217. Dossey’s rapid-fire crew gave him another one-lap edge during his first pit stop under caution on lap 253. Dossey pitted again under caution for a splash of fuel with only 15 minutes to go.

Buddy Vertrees, Louisville, Ky., and finished seventh and claimed a bonus for highest finishing out of towner. Jerry Whitten, New Albany, was the third of out of towner driver to finish among the top 10. Florida’s Gordon Brown, the top rookie in 1998, finished 16th. Three-time winner Mike St. John was 24th and 1988 winner Leonard Basham was 29th.

Bruce Tunny led early for 50 laps. Only 53 laps of the three-hour race were run under caution, the most serious for a two-car crash involving Fred Bear Jr. and Danny Turner, Bear was hospitalized overnight with a mild concussion.

23rd ANNUAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FIGURE-8 -- September 11, 1999
Fin	Car	Driver		Hometown	Qual	QU	QU	QU	15L	St.	3Hr	Fin	QU1	QU2	QU3	15L	3-Hr.	Spl.		Total
Pos	#				Time	#1	#2	#3	F8	Pos.	Laps		$$$	$$$	$$$	$$$	$$$	$$$		$$$
1	3	Jack	Dossey Jr.	Indianapolis, IN	16.905					1	495	1					10000	100		10100
2	15	Duane	Lee	Greenfield, IN	17.370		4			7	491	2		80			5000			5080
3	2T	Bill	Tunny Jr.	Fairland, IN	17.807	6				21	480	3	70				2500			2570
4	6	Rich	Fenwick	Indianapolis, IN	17.494		3			11	478	4		100			1250			1350
5	4	Rodney	Sizemore	Indianapolis, IN	17.246		1			3	476	5		400			1000			1400
6	10	George	Sutton	Indianapolis, IN	17.308		5			5	462	6		75			900			975
7	21	Buddy	Vertrees	Louisville, KY	17.513			9		12	446	7			55		800	300		1155
8	41K	Kenny	Stewart	Greenfield, IN	17.585					13	419	8					700			700
9	52	Jeremy	Miller	Flat Rock, MI	17.840			8		22	414	9			60		600	100		760
10	2	Jerry	Whitten	New Albany, IN	18.122			5		24	390	10			75		500			575
11	11F	Gary	Bedell	Greenfield, IN	17.347					6	382	11					425			425
12	00	Donnie	Garrigus	Mooresville, IN	17.658	8				15	381	12	60				350			410
13	87	Danny	Turner	Indianapolis, IN	17.694	2				17	333	13	200				300			500
14	44B	David	Bussie	Indianapolis, IN	18.155	10				34	327	14	50				290			340
15	74	Robbie	Loving	Taylor, MI	18.495			4		27	304	15			80		280			360
16	11	Gordon	Brown	Largo, FL	18.361			2		25	267	16			200		270			470
17	27	Eddie	Deal	Indianapolis, IN	17.723	11				19	260	17	40				260			300
18	85	Mike	Hughes	Franklin, IN	19.334		10			40	249	18		50			250	100		400
19	33	Doug	Greig	Indianapolis, IN	17.464	5				9	248	19	75				245			320
20	35	Ernie	McFadden	Indianapolis, IN	18.157		13			35	244	20		30			240			270
21	77	Donnie	Garrigus Jr.	Mooresville, IN	17.874		8			30	193	21		60			235			295
22	83	Country	Brown	Indianapolis, IN	18.644					37	175	22					230			230
23	95	Kim	Gibson	Camby, IN	17.725		2			20	165	23		200			225			425
24	18	Mike	St. John	Indianapolis, IN	17.888					32	160	24					220			220
25	38	Kenny	Rackley	Indianapolis, IN	17.684		6			16	140	25		70			215			285
26	50	Kevin	Ford	Speedway, IN	17.715		12			18	132	26		35			210			245
27	94	Fred	Bear Jr.	Indianapolis, IN	16.956					2	130	27					205			205
28	17	Jack	Smith	Indianapolis, IN	18.994				2	39	128	28				75	200	100		375
29	9	Leonard	Basham	Jeffersonville, IN	17.862			1		23	125	29			400		195			595
30	44	Jerry	Brown	Louisville, KY	18.420			3		26	121	30			100		190			290
31	71	Steve	Frost	Indianapolis, IN	17.639		15			14	103	31		30			185			215
32	59	Steve	Prine	Whiteland, IN	19.475		11			41	98	32		40			180			220
33	26	David	Morris	Indianapolis, IN	17.475	4				10	97	33	80				175			255
34	22	Chris	Green	Indianapolis, IN	17.842	7				29	92	34	65				170			235
35	135	Jerry	Newkirk	Jeffersonville, IN	20.574			7		45	85	35			65		160			225
36	70	Ronnie	Rigdon	Indianapolis, IN	19.853		14			43	75	36		30			155			185
37	98	Scott	Martin	Indianapolis, IN	DNQ					49	67	37					145			145
38	0	Dan	Wright	Louisville, KY	DNQ			6		28	64	38			70		125			195
39	8	Bruce	Tunny	Indianapolis, IN	17.282	3				4	62	39	100				105			205
40	19	Jeff	Armour	Indianapolis, IN	18.637		9			36	61	40		55			100			155
41	88	Allen	Hargraves	Indianapolis, IN	20.194	9				44	52	41	55				75	100		230
42	60	Steve	Brown	Indianapolis, IN	21.508					47	51	42					75			75
43	1	Bobby	Douthitt	Indianapolis, IN	17.408	1				8	45	43	400				75			475
44	99	Jerry Lee	Ward	Indianapolis, IN	18.129		7			33	41	44		65			75			140
45	41	Bob	Foster Sr.	Indianapolis, IN	18.859					38	41	45					75			75
46	91	Mike	Burton	Indianapolis, IN	20.833					46	17	46					75			75
47	31	Bobby	Whitaker	Indianapolis, IN	17.882	12				31	16	47	35				75			110
48	91B	Johnny	Byrd	Indianapolis, IN	DNQ					50	13	48					75			75
49	48	Richard	Bloyd	Louisville, KY	DNQ					48	7	49					75			75
50	28	Jimmie	Foster	Indianapolis, IN	19.740					42	3	50					75			75
	A6	Billy	Allen	Flat Rock, MI	19.294			10		DNS					50					50
	36	Ron	Brandt	Indianapolis, IN	20.792					DNS										0
	32	Dennis	Sloan	Indianapolis, IN	21.309					DNS										0
	17	Curtiss	Unrue	Indianapolis, IN	DNQ	13				DNS			30							30
	14	Donnie	Sloan	Indianapolis, IN	20.207				1							100				100
	108	Al	Fullenkamp	Indianapolis, IN	19.989				3							50				50
	66	Bob	Canull	Indianapolis, IN	20.928				4							45				45
	37	Randy	Burchfield	Indianapolis, IN	21.697				5							40				40
	75	Brad	Bohnenkamp	Indianapolis, IN	20.757				6							35				35
	91	Dave	Lewis	Brooklyn, IN	DNQ				7							30				30
	55	Mark	Dailey Jr.	Indianapolis, IN	28.636				8							25				25
	83	Larry	Hatfield	Indianapolis, IN	21.011				9							20				20
	28	Jeff	Sorley	Indianapolis, IN	20.844				10							15				15
	32	Dennis	Sloan	Indianapolis, IN	21.469				11							15				15
	110	Ron	Lanham	Indianapolis, IN	22.690				12							15				15


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