CALVERT CITY, Kentucky – Nick Hoffman got his second $4,000 victory of the month in the 35-lap Modified feature Saturday night at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway.
The second- and third-place positions are unofficial, pending the results of tests of samples taken from the tires of cars driven by Trent Young and Tyler Nicely in post-race inspection.
Hoffman, an Illinois native, races out of Mooresville, North Carolina, for benefactor Carl Edwards as a Roush Racing developmental driver. He ended a winning streak by Matt Mevert when he won on Aug. 3 in his second visit to KLMS.
Saturday night, he overhauled Young, a Hopkinsville, Kentucky, driver who has won five features at the 3/8-mile dirt oval this year, and went on to record his second win. Like his benefactor Edwards, he celebrated with a backflip off the left front wheel of his car.
Josh Tomlin led the first five laps from the pole before Young claimed the lead in a tight three-way battle. Young sprinted around the outside of Tomlin on a restart on lap 6, and three laps later, Hoffman moved into second place. Hoffman moved underneath Young coming off Turn 2 of the 22nd lap and led the rest of the way.
Young and Nicely followed Hoffman to the checkered flag. Tomlin was fourth and Mevert, who won in his first three visits to the track, had to settle for fifth.
Other winners on the evening included Benton, Kentucky, drivers Tim Brown in Late Model and Tait Davenport in Pro (Crate) Late Model, plus Mike Lentz of Herrin, Illinois, in Stock Car.
Davenport became the track’s winningest driver in a single division with his sixth feature victory. Five-time winners include Tanner English in Late Model, with a single win in Crate Late Model; Young in Modified; Walston in Crate; and Mike Hodges in Stock Car.
Brown and Lentz each have three feature victories.
The program was run despite a threat of rain and thunderstorms and on a track that was softened by rain earlier in the day.
Cutline information: Tim Brown in victory lane; Tait Davenport (18) leads Jeff Walston; Nick Hoffman moves underneath Trent Young; Hoffman celebrates with a backflip in victory lane; Mike Lentz edges ahead of Kassidi Gibbs. (KLMS photos)
RESULTS – AUG. 23, 2014
Modified (35-lap feature): 1. Nick Hoffman, Mooresville, North Carolina; 2. * Trent Young, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; 3. * Tyler Nicely, Owensboro, Kentucky; 4. Josh Tomlin, Hayti, Missouri; 5. Matt Mevert, Steeleville, Illinois; 6. Max McLaughlin, Mooresville, North Carolina; 7. Everett Bradham, Olney, Illinois; 8. Brandon McDowell, Chandler, Indiana; 9. Todd Hall, Charleston, Missouri; 10. Randy Lines, Marion, Indiana; 11. Shawn Simpson, McHenry, Kentucky; 12. Will Krup, Mount Carmel, Illinois; 13. Clayton Miller, Elkton, Kentucky; 14. Lucas Lee, Paris, Tennessee; 15. Brian Shaw, Robinson, Illinois; 16. Randle Sweeney, Clifty, Kentucky; 17. Brandon Green, Walton, Kentucky; 18. Chad Kinder, Newton, Illinois; 19. J.R. Mason, Paducah, Kentucky; 20. Grant Hagen, Owensboro, Kentucky; 21. Dave Baldwin, Perrysville, Indiana; 22. Chase Copeland, Paducah, Kentucky; 23. Lance Foreman, Evansville, Indiana; DNS: Dustin Isom, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; Joe Mahlosky, Cedntral City, Kentucky; Mark Lamont, Crossville, Illinois; Michael Stratton, Utica, Kentucky
* Second- and third-place finishers are unofficial, pending results of UMP tests of samples from the two drivers’ cars in post-race inspection.
1st Heat: 1. Josh Tomlin; 2. Nick Hoffman; 3. Brian Shaw; 4. Brandon McDowell; 5. Lucas Lee; 6. Shawn Simpson; 7. Shawn Simpson; 8. Joe Mahlosky
2nd Heat: 1. Chad Kinder; 2. Randle Sweeney; 3. Randy Lines; 4. Clayton Miller; 5. Max McLaughlin; 6. Dave Baldwin; 7. Chase Copeland; 8. Will Krup
3rd Heat: 1. Trent Young; 2. Matt Mevert; 3. Everett Bradham; 4. Tyler Nicely; 5. Grant Hagen; 6. J.R. Mason; 7. Dustin Isom; 8. Todd Hall
Late Model (15-lap feature): 1. Tim Brown, Benton, Kentucky; 2.Credence Mott, Vienna, Illinois; 3. Chris Shelton, Paducah, Kentucky; 4. Clayton Miller, Elkton, Kentucky; 5. Butch Krukeberg, Edwardsville, Illinois; 6. Dave Baldwin, Perrysville, Indiana; 7. Randy Sellars, Mayfield, Kentucky
Crate (15-lap feature): 1. Tait Davenport, Benton, Kentucky; 2. Jeff Walston, Paducah, Kentucky; 3. Ricky Waggoner, Martin, Tennessee; 4. Credence Mott, Vienna, Illinois; 5. Matt Filkins, West Frankfort, Illinois; 6. Adam Ray, Grand Rivers, Kentucky; 7. Joe Mike, Mayfield, Kentucky; 8. Troy English, Calvert City, Kentucky
Stock Car (15-lap feature): 1. Mike Lentz, Herrin, Illinois; 2. Kassidi Gibbs, Paducah, Kentucky; 3. Brian Markham, Princeton, Kentucky; 4. Mike Hodges, Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee; 5. Randy Swift, Almo, Kentucky; 6. Mike Welch, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; 7. Clay Story, Benton, Kentucky; 8. Mike Neighbors, Hopkinsville, Kentucky; 9. Lisa Wadley, xx; 10. Mike Watson, West Paducah, Kentucky; 11. Keaton Downing, Gilbertsville, Kentucky; 12. Tya Cunningham, Murray, Kentucky
1st Heat: 1. Kassidi Gibbs; 2. Tya Cunningham; 3. Brian Markham; 4. Mike Watson; 5. Randy Swift; 6. Clay Story
2nd Heat: 1. Keaton Downing; 2. Mike Lentz; 3. Mike Hodges; 4. Mike Neighbors; 5. Mike Welch; 6. Lisa Wadley