Birkhofer laps everyone but Moyer as he blows away Tornado Tuesday field

To say that Brian Birkhofer won Tuesday night's special at West Liberty would be an understatement. He flat out destroyed it, leading 50 laps straight, lapping 22 of 23 of his competitors in the process.The winner - Brian Birkhofer is all smiles after dominating the field for a win in West Liberty's Tornado Tuesday special. - BWJ photo

The race began with a pile-up in turn three on the opening lap. After that, it was green flag racing without interruption until the checkers flew. Birkhofer started on the pole and wasted no time in declaring his dominance. It wasn't even close. Billy Moyer, who has given Birkhofer a run for his money in the past at West Liberty didn't even keep pace, in fact, Moyer was fairly dominant in his second place finish, but he was at least 2/3 of a lap behind Birkhofer while doing it.

Track space - Denny Eckrich (50) and Brian Shirley (3s) race for position coming out of turn two. - BWJ photo
A real F-5 - Birkhofer ran all 50 Tornado Tuesday laps with the lead all to himself. - BWJ photo
California Racin' - Mike Johnson made the pull in from the west coast and made the main event. - BWJ photo

Mr. Unlappable - Billy Moyer was the only driver not to go a lap down to Birkhofer. - BWJ photo

I thought the track was in great shape and provided for some decent racing. It was just that Birkhofer was so dialed in that he soon killed off any excitement in the race for the lead. It was a well-deserved $10,000 for the Muscatine driver.

The companion stock cars put on a good show for the night. Seventeen cars started the main event, and David Brandies, Greg Gill, Matt Greiner, Justin Temeyer and Scotty Pratt all helped in putting on an entertaining show. There was a lot of two and three-wide racing for the stock cars throughout the evening. Brandies would go on to take the win with Lavern Cole providing some last lap excitement as he tipped his stock car after spinning in turn two on the final lap. He was not injured.

Stock winner - David Brandies won the stock car main event Tuesday night. - BWJ photo

Oooops - While recovering from a last lap spin, Lavern Cole found himself doorside down in turn two. He was OK. - BWJ photo

In all, it was a nice night to be at the speedway - a good car count, a good crowd, and a dominant night for Birkhofer and his fans.