AMRA Round-up from May 2-3

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RACINE, OHIO-Despite several tracks raining out Friday night, two other AMRA member tracks saw action, kicking off what would be a productive weekend for the American Motor Racing Association. Saturday saw a full slate of action, thus culminating a great dirt track racing weekend. Among the winners in the Late Models were K.C. Burdette, Jeremy Berwanger, Rod Conley, Devin Moran, and Tyler Carpenter, and Modified winners were Andy Bond, Kenny Johnson (two wins), Roy Roush, J.P. Roberts, and Tate Hughes.

Ohio Valley Speedway
LUBECK, WV-Nineteen AMRA Late Models were on hand for Program #4; Travis Brookover, Andy Bond, and KC Burdette won the heats and earned the 1-3 starting spots. Bond and Brookover dueled early, with Bond leading through halfway; Burdette took second from Brookover on lap 4. Brookover would race with Mike Davis, Corey Conley, Bob Adams, and Harold Redman around the four caution periods. Following a lap 14 restart, Burdette found an opening for the lead and took it, winning going-away for his first win of the season. Bond would hold off Conley, Davis, and Brookover for the other top five spots. Brookover was fast qualifier at 16.165 sec.
The same top four finishers from the previous week’s feature again dominated the AMRA Modified main, but the outcome would be a little different. Vince Conrad jumped to the early lead with Andy Bond, Robbie Evans, and Tyler Evans right behind. The quartet again exchanged positions without trading any paint throughout the 20 laps. Bond would use his patented outside line to get the lead on lap 11, but could not pull away until lap 17 when 2nd-running Conrad bobbled, and when the Evanses slowed to avoid contact, Bond was able to pull away to a 10-car-length advantage, and take the win. Conrad, T. Evans, R. Evans, and Jesse Rupe were 2-5. Tyler Evans was fast qualifier; Bond and Conrad won the heats.

Atomic Speedway
CHILLICOTHE, OHIO-Twenty-six of the hottest modifieds in the Midwest battled for a spot in the 2014 version of "Modified Mayhem" at McCown's Atomic Speedway, where the field was whittled down to the $1,500 winner Kenny Johnson of Mineral Wells, West Virginia. Claiming the companion AMRA Late Model victory was Rod "Hot Rod" Conley, while Cole Duncan, Lockbourne, Ohio outran Todd Kane to the finish in the 410 Sprints, Dean Boyd won his third straight Street Stock main, and Rob Stambaugh claimed the sport mod victory.
Three exciting heat races set the stage for a barnburner of a feature in the AMRA Octane/Advanced Services Modifieds. Travis Dickson, Gallipolis, Ohio, last week's feature winner, set fast time with a 15:491. Heats were won by Dave McWilliams, Verona, Kentucky; Johnson, and Luke Jordan, of South Webster, Ohio. Anthony Kincade, Zanesville, Ohio won the B-main. What may have been the difference in the feature finish was a last-to-first run by Johnson, high against the wall in the night's second heat. Kenny "Worth the Price of Admission" Johnson lived up to his name in a stacked heat that was more reflective of a feature. That win earned him an outside pole starting slot, along with a throng of new fans that joined his fan base.
McWilliams and Johnson paced the field to the unfurled green flag of starter Frank Lemaster. Johnson won the drag race to the first turn cushion to take the lead, then never looked back in a torrid flag-to-flag win. While Johnson worked traffic to perfection, Luke Jordan continued a great evening with a solid second place run most of the event. Early on, Jordan stayed within striking distance, but Johnson's surge enabled the Mountaineer to check-out as the race unfolded.
After a lap 8 restart, Jimmy Lennex, Maysville, KY restarted 11th. Just six laps later the Bluegrass ace was up to 7th place and on a charge to the front. Meanwhile, Greggie Oliver, doing double-duty in Late Models and Modifieds moved into third over McWilliams. McWilliams two laps later jumped the cushion and was shuffled back to 14th after anchoring third for much of the race.
Doug Adkins, Tanner Wilson, Jess Hartman, Rick Hensley, Travis Dickson, and Fireball Pinkerton went "two stacks deep" of three-wide racing for the fifth spot. Adkins ran anywhere from fifth to 7th much of the race, but began a late race surge along with 16th place starter Kincade. Pinkerton's great run ended with a flat tire and early exit. On a lap 18 restart, Oliver made a bonsai pass of Jordan, and yet another restart gave Oliver a late race bid for number one. Oliver made the dive low, but Johnson's momentum carried him through turn two and on to an impressive win.
Adkins continued his forward advance to fourth with Lennex now anchoring a top five with Kincade, Craig Christian and McWilliams battling for a spot in the top ten. At the finish it was Johnson, Oliver, Luke Jordan, Doug Adkins, Jimmy Lennex, Tanner Wilson, Jess Hartman, Anthony Kincade, Craig Christian, and McWilliams. Lennex charged from 14th to fifth and Kincade from 16th to eighth. Craig Christian was credited with the hard charger award in a 20th to 9th place run.
"I really like to run the bottom," joked Johnson in victory lane. "No, seriously, I hooked up on the high side and tried to put on a show for these fans. I drive past two other tracks to race here because these fans are among the best. They are great to me and that's why I am here. That (the great fans) and Brad provides us with a great race track."
"I screwed up in the heat race and ran hard into turn one and right upon Mark Dickson. I was my fault, and when I went to the tail I didn't know if I could come back through the pack. There were a lot of good drivers in my heat. But we did it and that allowed me a good start in the feature."
The Gullion Enterprises LLC AMRA Late Models were fewer than normal, but of high quality. The late model main went green to checkered without a caution. Heat winners were Greggie Oliver, Rod Conley, and Delmas Conley. The best LM heat of the night was a torrid battle between Oliver and Billy Gullion, who battle tooth and nail for all of ten laps in a masterful display of racing-Great driving and great racing by two outstanding drivers.
Oliver, the fast-timer, sat on the pole with outside starter Hot Rod Conley. Conley blitzed into turn one first then fended off early challenges from Oliver. Delmas Conley, Gullion, and Kevin Wagner went three wide for position in the early stages as the top five distanced themselves from the rest of the field.
The Conley-Oliver dual was short-lived by lap 9, when Conley began to check out on the rest of the field. Conley's Rocket/Draime powered machine diced through traffic with great precision as the second generation driver blasted into victory lane. Delmas Conley came home third, leading the trio of himself, Wagner and Gullion, who battled race-long for position. The current point’s leader will get a provisional for the Atomic Blast next Saturday, a show that pays $15,000 to the NDRL Late Model winner.
That battle went down to the wire between Wagner, the points leader, and Gullion, the runner-up, with Wagner narrowly escaping with the one-up over Gullion in the feature finish. Should Wagner make the show Saturday, then second in points would take the provisional, if needed, and right on down the line for the current Atomic points' race. Going into the event Wagner led Gullion 228 to 221 in a close 2014 points battle. Current points were not available at press time.
Rounding out the top ten were Rod Conley, Greg Oliver, Delmas Conley, Kevin Wagner, Billy Gullion, Mark Frazier, Curtis Deisenroth, Avery Taylor, Mick Sansom, and Darin Kattine. Deisenroth was the hard charger in a 9th to 7th place run.
"This was a fine race track tonight, and a whole lot better than last week," noted Conley. "Last week it was a power track-- You could flat-foot it all the way around this place. Tonight, it was a driver's track. You had to drive the car to be good, and this Rocket worked perfectly."
The Atomic Blast Weekend is this Thursday, Friday, Saturday featuring the NDRL Late Models. The AMRA Modifieds will race all three nights. See the website for details at www.atomicspeedway.net



Skyline Speedway
STEWART, OHIO-At Skyline Speedway the Late Model feature went caution free green to checker race in a spectacular racing fashion with Rookie Late Model driver and former multi-time Modified champion Jeremy Berwanger taking the win. Berwanger was smooth and fast repelling the efforts of Chris Garnes and Ronnie Mayle most of the race.
Garnes, Carpenter, and Crum advanced a couple spots each in trying to chase down the front runner Berwanger. Jason Gillian and Tony Roush advanced four spots in great passing efforts to earn hard-charger honors with Roush blasting into the top ten. rounding out the top ten were 1. 44J Jeremy Berwanger 2. 50 Ronnie Mayle 3. 42 Chris Garnes 4. 28 Tyler Carpenter 5. C4 Freddie Carpenter 6. 8R Randy Armes 7. 22 Boz Daugherty 8. 34C Pete Crum 9. E10 Brian Eaton and 10. T55 Tony Roush
Third generation driver Kyle Bond led the early portions of the race in a run that looked as though it might translate to his first feature win. Roy Roush, the defending AMRA Champion, had other plans and after a battle with Bond was able to secure the top spot and charge to victory. Robert "Booger" Garnes, who advanced three spots, and Rick Venham followed Roush around Bond, with Roush fending off the challenges of the two arch rivals and blitzing to the win. J.P. Roberts contended early but exited with a flat tire.
Rounding out the top ten were 1. R2 Roy Roush 2. 000 Robert Garnes 3. 73 Rick Venham 4. 10 Kyle Bond 5. 87s Derrick Smith 6. B4 Jeremy Blake 7. LT2 Terry Hinkle 8. 14J Jeremy Jarvis 9. 23H Matt Holcomb and 10. C7 Casey Fritz. Derrick Smith and Jeremy Blake earned hard-charger honors from 15th and 16th spots to 5th and sixth.Jarrad Willis and Rick Venham moved up four spots on the racy oval with Pete Crum's run ending with a six-position vault.
Racing continues Saturday with a Mothers Day Race, $1,000 to win Modifieds, 25 Laps, plus All classes.

I-77 Raceway Park
I-77 Raceway Park is having autograph night this Friday May 9th.

Jackson County Speedway
Jackson County is closed Friday, May 9th as all cars trek to the Atomic Blast at Atomic Speedway. We need to pass the word about May 16th for the Steel Block Late Models special. We are paying $500 to win and $100 to start. Also a full racing program including AMRA Modifieds, plus its kids night and dollar a dog night. Plus we have special surprises for the kids. The Outlaw 4`s are added to the night.


Ohio Valley Speedway
Lubeck, West Virginia
SUMMARY

AMRA Late Models (19)
Fast Qualifier: Travis Brookover 16.165 Heat 1: Brookover, Harold Redman Jr., Corey Conley, Jeromy Misel, Rick Armstrong, George Klintworth, Mike Taylor Heat 2: Andy Bond, Don White, Mike Davis, Dan Morrison, Johnny Vandale, Paul Cale Heat 3: KC Burdette, Bob Adams, Ed Shuman, Robbie Bostic, Vince Toler, Scott Robinson
Feature: Burdette, Bond, Conley, Davis, Brookover, Adams, Redman, White, Bostic, Armstrong, Vandale, Toler, Misel, Taylor, Klintworth, Robinson, Shuman, Morrison, DNS Cale AMRA MODIFIEDS (14) Fast Qualifier: Tyler Evans 17.051 Heat 1: Andy Bond, T. Evans, Jesse Rupe, Tom Sigler, Charlie Martin, Jay Foster, Nathan Perkins Heat 2: Vince Conrad, Robbie Evans, Scott Chew, Robin Lashley, Chris Butler, Ronnie Pickens, Brandon Davis
Feature: Bond, Conrad, T. Evans, R. Evans, Rupe, Chew, Lashley, Foster, Butler, Pickens, Perkins, Martin, Davis, Sigler


Atomic Speedway
Chillicothe, Ohio
Gullion Enterprises AMRA Late Models (12) Fast Time: Greggie Oliver 14:776

Heat One: Greggie Oliver, Billy Gullion, Mick Sansom, Justin Carter Heat Two: Rod Conley, Mark Frazier, Darin Kattine, Curtis Deisenroth Heat Three: Delmas Conley, Kevin Wagner, Avery Taylor, Jay Helton

Feature: Rod Conley, Greg Oliver, Delmas Conley, Kevin Wagner, Billy Gullion, Mark Frazier, Curtis Deisenroth, Avery Taylor, Mick Sansom, Darin Kattine, Justin Carter, Jay Helton


Advance Services H&C OCTANE AMRA MODIFIEDS (26) Fast Time: Travis Dickson 15:491 Heat One: Dave McWilliams, Tanner Wilson, Travis Dickson, Dave Pinkerton, Mark Bailey, Anthony Kincade, Bob Crace, Jr., Donnie Miller, Eric Arledge Heat Two: Kenny Johnson, Mark Dickson, Doug Adkins, Rick Hensley, Jimmy Lennex, Brian Moore, Craig Christian, Adam Colley Heat Three: Luke Jordan, Greggie Oliver, Brandon Ramsey, Jess Hartman, Mike Conkle, Jason Cottrill, Seth Daniels, Rick Shutts
B-Main: Anthony Kincade, Larry Holbrook, Donnie Miller, Bob Crace, Jr., Craig Christian, Jason Cottrill, Eric Arledge, Seth Daniels, Rick Shutts, Brian Moore, Adam Colley
Feature: Kenny Johnson, Greggie Oliver, Luke Jordan, Doug Adkins, Jimmy Lennex, Tanner Wilson, Jess Hartman, Anthony Kincade, Craig Christian, Dave McWilliams, Rick Hensley, Travis Dickson, Mike Conkle, Mark Bailey, Donnie Miller, Brandon Ramsey, Bob Crace, Jr., Mark Dickson, Larry Holbrook, Fireball Pinkerton

Legendary Hilltop Speedway
Marietta, Ohio

AMRA Modified Heat #1
Top 5
1) 42 Cody Parker
2) 17 Robbie Evans
3) 01 Andy Bond
4) 17t Tyler Evans
5) 73 Rick Venham Jr

AMRA Modified Heat #2
Top 5
1) 1 Kenny Johnson
2) 144 Anthony Kinkade
3) 17 Tanner Wilson
4) RV1 Mike McPherson
5) B4 Jeremy Blake
AMRA Modified Feature Finish
Top 5
1) 1 Kenny Johnson
2) 144 Anthony Kinkade
3) 17 Tanner Wilson
4) 42 Cody Parker
5) 17t Tyler Evans


AMRA Super Late Model Heat #1
1) 99m Devin Moran
2) 53c Andy Bond
3) A55 Bob Adams Jr
4) 41 Doug Parks
5) R33 Scott Robinson
AMRA Super Late Model Heat #2
1) 42 Chris Garnes
2) 44 KC Burdette
3) 2 Kevin Smith
4) J52 Jeromy Misel
5) 88D Jimmy Smith
6) 14 Chris Parks
AMRA Super Late Model Feature Finish
Top 5
1) 99m Devin Moran
2) 53c Andy Bond
3) 2 Kevin Smith
4) J52 Jeromy Misel
5) A55 Bob Adams Jr

I-77 Raceway Park
Fairplane, West Virginia

May 2nd Opening Night
AMRA Modifieds

#9R JP Roberts
#3 Vince Conrad
#000 Robert Garnes
#75 Nick Carr
#39 C. McCormick
#28c Cliff Crank
#3 J. Armes

May 2nd Mike Sampson Memorial Race
Late Model Feature
#28 Tyler Carpenter
#5 Harold Redman Jr
#12b Travis Brookover
#115 Zach Dohm
#7F Nelson Freshour
#40 Mike Taylor
#17 Kenney Newhouse
#99 Tyler French
#2 Don White
# 0 Ed Shuman
# 9CA CA Wentz
#21 Jimmy Rhodes
#1 Brock Morris
#8R Randy Armes
Fastest Time - Travis Brookover
Dash Winner - Travis Brookover

Princeton Results
Princeton, West Virginia
AMRA Modifieds
Heat--Duncan, Hughes, Cochran

Feature:
1-22C Tate Hughes Beaver , Wv 50.00
2-17 Jason Cochran Flat Top, Wv 48.00
3-41S Steve Stover Artie , Wv 46.00
4-38 Eric Feuchtenberger Princeton , Wv 44.00
5-2 Micheal Moore Beckley , Wv 42.00 DNF
6-53 Mike Duncan Beckley , Wv 40.00 DNF
7-21 Rick Lilly Amigo , Wv 38.00 DNS

Skyline Speedway
Stewart, Ohio

AMRA Modifieds (23)
-Modifieds Results 5-3 Top 5: 1. R2 Roy Roush 2. 000 Robert Garnes 3. 73 Rick Venham 4. 10 Kyle Bond 5. 87s Derrick Smith


Late Model Results 5-3 Top 5:
1. 44J Jeremy Berwanger, 2. 50 Ronnie Mayle , 3. 42 Chris Garnes , 4. 28 Tyler Carpenter , 5. C4 Freddie Carpenter
 




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