Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby Standings

The top five remain as they were with Will Thompson gaining a point on Darryl Lozier and the trio of Scott Hutchins, Joe Ramage and Will Murphy all failed to collect any points in Atlanta. Andy Bing's fourth place finish moves him above Tom Gariepy who has gone pointless in five straight events and Summer National Derby winner Jamie Eilers is a point behind thanks to back-to-back event victories.

The joint runner-ups Ben Hadsell and Norm Gibson sit tenth and thirteenth respectively with Chris Henton's fifth place moving into the top fifteen.

Name	Pts	Derby Wins	Heat Wins
Darryl Lozier	115.5	3	2
Will Thompson	96	1	3
Scott Hutchens	91	1	2
Joe Ramage	84	1
Will Murphy	81		2
Andy Bing	78	2	1
Jamie Eilers	77	2	1
Tom Gariepy	70.5	1
Leo May	59		3
Ben Hadsell	57.5	1	3
Steven Redden	52.5		1
Lynne Higgins	38		1
Norm Gibson	37.5	1
Rob Remaley	37		2
Chris Henton	36	1	1
John Ruiz	29	1	2
Danny Krol	27		2
Dick Garrett	27		1
Bobby Gallagher	25		1
Darrell Andresen	24		3
Randy Corson	23		2
Don Davis	23		2
Bob Alexander	20		2
Jess Yates	20		2
Sam Harbin	20
John McCrory	20
Ricky Grimes	12		1
Timmy Barnes	11		1
Jason Ingle	10.5
Matt Welliver	8		2
Randy Tondreau	6
Charlie Clayton	5
Philip Ruffin	5
Kenny Rose	0

Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby Final

Summer National Derby - Atlanta, GA
Final
Rob Remaley, Ben Hadsell, Andy Bing, Chris Henton, Charlie Clayton, Jamie Eilers, Ricky Grimes, Darryl Lozier, Jason Ingle, Steven Redden, Will Thompson, Norm Gibson

The final began with two simple eliminations: after qualifying out of the consolation heat Charlie Clayton (7th Froztbite, 10th Spring Fling, 11th Big Apple Smash Up) managed to prepare his vehicle well enough to make it to the start of his fourth final, but it refused to move any farther and stalled. The other exit was that of heat two winner Ricky Grimes (11th Spring Fling, 3rd Jersey Derby) as he quickly charged from his starting position straight into a barrier where he remained.

The first point went to the winner of heat three Rob Remaley (3rd Ides of March, 4th Seattle) as the eight-time finalist was crushed against the wall by Norm Gibson for a perfect record of top ten finishes, and that was followed by the elimination of six-time finalist Jason Ingle (9th Spring Fling, tied-5th Lobster Nationals) for his third points haul of the season; his exit coming courtesy of two hits from Will Thompson.

Another consolation heat qualifier was next to go when Steven Redden (tied-2nd Valentine's Day Massacre, 3rd Indy Nationals) bounced between Thompson and Jamie Eilers before Andy Bing came through with a pair of shots, and Darryl Lozier, champion of the Tampa Open, Jersey Derby and Big Apple Smash Up, lost a war against closest title challenge Will Thompson when he went too far and his final hit resulted in a disqualification.

Arizona Derby champion and runner-up at the Big Apple Smash Up Will Thompson, featuring in his twelfth final this season and fifth in a row, only manages to claw back a single point in his pursuit of Lozier as the top Canadian's attack finally did it's job.

In his fifth final of the year Chris Henton picks up his second top five finish of the year after winning the Spring Fling Derby in his final debut and only picking up a point in the Summer Sizzler. His demise came after Redden pushed him against the barrier where he was able to extricate himself prior to missing his next target and running straight into a charging Andy Bing who gave him a double-shot.

It was heat one victor Bing who would fall next, the winner of both Idaho Invitational and Indy Nationals events taking his fourth top four finish of the year to move him up the standings once again. His abuse of both Redden and Henton did not go unpunished as Ben Hadsell brought four hits upon him adding to the four delivered by other members of the pack previously.

With Hadsell busy mercilessly eliminating Andy Bing, Summer Sizzler winner Jamie Eilers was all over Lobster Nationals champion Norm Gibson. The latter had made a repeat business of hitting Clayton, Bing and Hadsell but after he missed a blindside attack on Eilers the latter took exception to this, abandoned his assault on Henton, and struck Gibson three times. It was the final of these shots that bounced Gibson (7th Big Apple Smash Up, 10th Indy Nationals), taking part in his fourth final in the past five events, straight into Ben Hadsell where the judges were unable to determine whose car stopped first and awarded them joint second place.

This gave Jamie Eilers (7th Seattle, 9th Big Apple Smash Up) back-to-back event victories, a feat only previously accomplished by Darryl Lozier, and the two-time runner-up (Frostbite, Ides of March) has earned forty points over the past week to rocket up the standings where he now sits in seventh place.

Race Result
1. Jamie Eilers
2. Ben Hadsell
3. Norm Gibson
4. Andy Bing
5. Chris Henton
6. Will Thompson
7. Darryl Lozier
8. Steven Redden
9. Jason Ingle
10. Rob Remaley
11. Ricky Grimes
12. Charlie Clayton

Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby, Consolation Heat

Summer National Derby - Atlanta, GA
Consolation Heat
Jess Yates, Ben Hadsell, Dick Garrett, Timmy Barnes, Ed Smith, Steven Redden, Phillip Ruffin, Bill Malbrough, Joe Ramage, Randy Corson, Tom Gariepy, Charlie Clayton

Three minutes into the consolation heat and five drivers were already eliminated. Ed Smith and Bill Malbrough remain without a final to their names with Timmy Barnes (12th Spring Fling Derby, 4th Big Apple Smash Up) joining them as spectators after all three came together for one big elimination.

Tom Gariepy misses a fourth final in the last five events, the Wisconsin Invitational winner stalling at the start without making any impact, and Jess Yates (8th Arizona, 7th Jersey, 4th Sizzler) rounds out the frantic opening as the heat's whipping boy taking five hits, Randy Corson striking him twice.

Another three minutes go by before the next three evictions take place, starting with five-time finalist Corson (5th Frostbite, 5th Tampa, 8th Spring Fling) getting himself stuck on two occasions which allowed a foursome of destruction to descend upon him with the killer blow coming from Joe Ramage.

After reaching four finals in five events earlier this season Dick Garrett has just one appearance in the next six rounds, the four-time top seven man coming undone by early attention from Clayton that led to his suffering a catastrophic failure after his part in the Corson assault, and Phillip Ruffin (9th Ides of March, 8th Big Apple Smash Up) went for Ramage twice before a stall left him open to a big hit from Steven Redden in revenge for an earlier blindside shot.

That left a quartet comprised of Ben Hadsell, Steven Redden, Joe Ramage and Charlie Clayton to go full-on in a circle of carnage as Hadsell chased Redden while he re-fired from a stall to go after Ramage who in turn was battling Clayton and that last one, you guessed it, rampaged against Hadsell to complete the circle. The unlucky loser was Ramage who lost his battle with Clayton, earlier damage inflicted by Redden playing it's part.

That means Ben Hadsell will start his fourth final in five events after surviving that late onslaught where Clayton hit him three times in short order. He is joined by the now eight-time finalist Steven Redden who rode a pair of hits from Jess Yates to start the heat but avoided any more trouble until Hadsell became fully focused upon him. The last entrant into the final, his fourth of the season, is Charlie Clayton who was another proponent of the Avoid Everything strategy, freeing him up to lay two hits on Garrett before working over Hadsell.

Race Result
Q. Ben Hadsell
Q. Steven Redden
Q. Charlie Clayton
4. Joe Ramage
5. Phillip Ruffin
6. Dick Garrett
7. Randy Corson
8. Jess Yates
9. Tom Gariepy
10. Bill Malbrough
11. Timmy Barnes
12. Ed Smith

Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby, Heat Three

Summer National Derby - Atlanta, GA
Heat Three
Phillip Ruffin, John Ruiz, Darryl Lozier, Scott Hutchins, Matt Welliver, Lynne Higgins, Bambi Rogers, Charlie Clayton, Rob Remaley, Tom Gariepy, Chris Henton, Randy Corson

Lynne Higgins' first final in six events resulted in a fifth place finish at the Summer Sizzler, but it's now one final in seven opportunities after her quick exit here through yet another disqualification when her hit on Rob Remaley caught his driver's side door.

A second lock-up in as many heats leads to two drivers getting their marching orders when they fail to separate themselves. This time it was five-time finalist and one-time points scorer Matt Welliver (6th Big Apple Smash Up) joined at the bumper to Bambi Rogers when the former attacked Rogers.

John Ruiz is now five events without a final as the Ides of March winner became stuck against a wall and was counted out, and Scott Hutchins will surely lose ground in the title race as the man tied with Will Thompson for second overall in the championship standings missed his intended target and propelled himself into a wall, ending his final streak at seven in a row.

After heavy attention from Chris Henton, Randy Corson suffered a fatal stall that moves him into the consolation heat along with fellow stall victims Phillip Ruffin and Charlie Clayton with both men sitting at the basement of the standings with two and three final appearances respectively. Ruffin made just one successful hit on John Ruiz but the remainder of his eight minute heat consisted of stalls and missed shots, Clayton on the other hand laid a pair of hits on both Lozier and Remaley before the second long stall of his day ended with him in fifth place.

The final entrant to the second chance race is Tom Gariepy as the Wisconsin Invitational champion hit eight different opponents before Rob Remaley took exception to his wild antics and returned the favour with interest.

It's twelve finals out of fifteen for championship leader Darryl Lozier as he put all his energies into just a few targets. Hutchins, Clayton and Remaley all took two hits from Lozier before the latter joined forces with Chris Henton to finish off what Tom Gariepy had just started with a good shot of his own.

Chris Henton will feature in his fifth final but his win at the Spring Fling Derby and the tenth place in the Summer Sizzler make up his points haul so far this season. Blindsided twice, first on the left by Phillip Ruffin and then while he was distracted in that direction was hit again by Gariepy on his right side, Henton was not shy about who he laid his nine hits on, but Rob Remaley came back at the end with a hat trick of solid shots to decide the outcome of heat three.

Remaley, earning his second heat win of the year, makes it eight finals on the season but this is just his second in the last six events. A hit each on Hutchins and Rogers did him more harm than good as he desperately fought to re-fire the resulting stall. After surviving that scare Remaley went back to finish off Hutchins before running wild over Gariepy with two shots, Lozier one, and the three on Henton to finish off.

Race Result
1. Rob Remaley
2. Chris Henton
3. Darryl Lozier
4. Tom Gariepy
5. Charlie Clayton
6. Phillip Ruffin
7. Randy Corson
8. Scott Hutchins
9. John Ruiz
10. Matt Welliver
10. Bambi Rogers
12. Lynne Higgins

Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby, Heat Two

Summer National Derby - Atlanta, GA
Heat Two
Randy Tondreau, Ben Hadsell, Billy Edgington, Will Thompson, Steven Redden, Ricky Grimes, Jason Ingle, Reggie Banks, Kenny Rose, Jess Yates, Darrell Andresen, Bill Malbrough

Randy Tondreau (6th Tampa, 10th Seattle, 12th Jersey) misses his fifth final in a row as his vehicle stalled at the start and refused to re-fire, and the only other elimination in the first four minutes was that of Billy Edgington who did manage to re-fire from his stall at the beginning of the heat but five quick hits against. Two of those hits came from Darrell Andresen, the fellow Brit who put Edgington onto the injured reserve for months in the first event of the season.

Two minutes later and six-time finalist Andresen, who has a best finish of fourth place at the recent Indy Nationals, was the first of five quick exits, his coming at the hands of Jess Yates who was responsible for three of the seven hits against Andresen.

There was a two-for-one deal going for ninth and eighth places when Reggie Banks and Kenny Rose became locked together during their battle and, despite a solid hit from Jason Ingle, they were inseparable and counted out by race officials. As a result of that incident Bill Malbrough creeps in to the consolation heat along with Steven Redden, who was also counted out after Kenny Rose slammed him onto the barriers.

After the five back-to-back eliminations there was a short time to breath before the heat came to a suden halt. Fifth place finisher Ben Hadsell would have been hoping for an automatic qualification spot to the Summer International Derby final with three final appearances in his last four events, but the Frostbite winner has to go through the consolation heat after he lost a head-on with Will Thompson.

Jess Yates barely missed out on back-to-back finals after finishing fourth at the Summer Sizzler and fourth in this heat. After his hat trick of hits on Andresen, Yates became the first of two drivers blindsided in quick succession by Ricky Grimes.

Currently sitting 20.5 points behind Darryl Lozier in the championship standings Will Thompson will appear in his twelfth final with a fifth in a row. The Arizona Derby winner was a little fortunate after missing two of his intended targets in between laying two hits each on Grimes and Hadsell.

He is joined by Jason Ingle who reaches his sixth final but only has 8.5 points to show for his efforts, the points coming from the Spring Fling Derby (9th) and Lobster Nationals (tied-5th). Ingle was looking good as he finished off Andresen and Thompson but he had little chance in a one-on-one with Ricky Grimes as the latter was all over Ingle with five consecutive hits.

Grimes, moving on to just his third final of the year, almost saw his heat end as soon as it had begun with a lengthy stall leaving him wide open. But after re-firing he was relentless in his pursuit of Ingle and savage in how he attacked the runner-up on his way to a debut heat victory.

Race Result
1. Ricky Grimes
2. Jason Ingle
3. Will Thompson
4. Jess Yates
5. Ben Hadsell
6. Steven Redden
7. Bill Malbrough
8. Kenny Rose
8. Reggie Banks
10. Darrell Andresen
11. Billy Edgington
12. Randy Tondreau

Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby, Heat One

Summer National Derby - Atlanta, GA
Heat One
Bob Alexander, Jamie Eilers, Danny Krol, Will Murphy, Joe Ramage, John McCrory, Ed Smith, Norm Gibson, Andy Bing, Leo May, Timmy Barnes, Dick Garrett

Currently eighth in the standings Leo May enjoyed a run of form that saw him qualify for five finals in seven events, but his only final in the five events since then saw him pick up his best result, a runner-up spot at the Indy Nationals, but now May is back to the sidelines with an early exit in Atlanta. An early duel with John McCrory proved to be the undoing of both of them as May was subsequently hit by four other drivers with his day ending on a colossal hit from Andy Bing. McCrory was next out after getting stuck when the four-time finalist rebounded off of May to embed himself onto a barrier.

The return of Will Murphy was short lived as he hit Jamie Eilers twice while taking a brace of hits from both Andy Bing and Timmy Barnes with a pair of blindside hits from Joe Ramage really causing damage, and this all results in Murphy missing a third straight final for the first time this season.

Ninth place goes to Bob Alexander (6th Arizona, 10th Valentine's Day Massacre, 3rd Lobster Nationals) as Danny Krol and Dick Garrett tag-tamed him into submission, and four-time finalist Krol (4th Jersey, 3rd Sizzler) was right behind him when the five hits he dished out contributed to his own downfall.

Almost eight minutes had passed up to this point and Ed Smith earns himself another chance to break his duck and qualify for his first ever final by way of the consolation heat. Smith's exit coming from a sandwiching  hit by the pairing of Bing and Garrett, and that was quickly followed by the count-out of Valentine's Day Massacre winner Joe Ramage after he stalled on contact with Eilers,

Dick Garrett laid on eight hits to four different drivers with Timmy Barnes earning three shots, Norm Gibson and Bob Alexander a pair each, but his comeuppance came at the hands of Bing who returned for a second time to finish him off. The final consolation race entrant from this heat is Timmy Barnes, the two-time finalist warring with both Eilers and Bing before an untimely stall led to his dismissal.

It's a fourth final in five events for Norm Gibson as the Lobster Nationals champion survived a pair of stalls and was also quick to free himself from a very vulnerable position against the barriers late on. It was just a case of survival as Gibson only managed to initiate contact twice when he hit both Bing and Eilers late in proceedings.

Jamie Eilers makes it back-to-back finals for the first time this season as the six-time finalist was hit just seven times in the thirteen minute heat as he prowled around the arena distributing hits to whomever left themselves open to attack, not least of all Norm Gibson who earned two hits in quick succession at the end.

That means Andy Bing qualifies for his ninth final this season on the back of his first heat victory. The man seventh in the standings makes it three finals in a row for the second time this year laying out twelve hits and, in a heat where blindside hits were all the rage, avoided a lot of trouble taking just five hits against.

Race Result
1. Andy Bing
2. Jamie Eilers
3. Norm Gibson
4. Timmy Barnes
5. Dick Garrett
6. Joe Ramage
7. Ed Smith
8. Danny Krol
9. Bob Alexander
10. Will Murphy
11. John McCrory
12. Leo May

Controlled Chaos - Summer National Derby Preview

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Runner-up in the Arizona Derby Sam Harbin misses out on the trip to Atlanta with a minor injury picked up in the previous round, but eight-time finalist Will Murphy returns after his absence at the Summer Sizzler; Kenny Rose, who finished last in the finals at the Ides of March and Lobster Nationals events, is Harbin's replacement while Don Davis who finished seventh at the Sizzler makes way for Murphy.

After winning his first event in Memphis Jamie Eilers goes in the first heat along with Joe Ramage, Andy Bing, Leo May, and the returning Will Murphy as five of the top ten in the standings go head-to-head against Lobster Nationals victor Norm Gibson.

The second heat pits Frostbite Winter Nationals champion Ben Hadsell against the man joint second in the standings Will Thompson and tenth place Steven Redden in a heat largely consisting of this seasons' also-rans.

The third and final heat of the day has championship leader Darryl Lozier looking to get back on track after missing his first final in eight events in Memphis and he will have to go through the other second place man Scott Hutchins along with Tom Gariepy who sits in sixth spot.