Kennith Wessner Ford-Mercury Big 10 Cup race #1
By Dennis Bowling
Alabama Hot Shoe, Daniel Miller set quick time during time trials then was impressive in leading start to finish to pick up his first ever "Big 10 Cup" series victory Saturday night at Winchester Speedway.
Daniel finished third(behind Jerry Owens and Jon Miller) in the final Big 10 point standings following the 2003 season and was determined to improve on his fortunes in 2005. Daniel just missed the tri-fecta, as it were, as Miller topped all 35 racers during time trials with a sizzling 14.72 lap(just 4 one thousandths off the Steel Head Late Model record set in 2003 at 14.68). Daniel’s wire to wire win also placed him in the early points lead for the season long 10 race series set at Winchester and Duck River Speedway.
Miller’s race was anything but easy as group two fast qualifier David Jackson was all over Miller just before the half way mark as the Top six were tightly bunched while working lapped traffic. A lap 17 caution flag allowed Miller some breathing room on the track and he would lead the final 18 circuits to the checkered flag. A late race charge by Lamar Scoggins netted the Cleveland, Tennessee super star a runner-up finish. Scoggins made a high side pass on Jackson with three to go to nab second spot but was simply out of laps as far as going after Miller. Perhaps the drive of the night belonged to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee’s Mark Fields. Mark came from his twelfth starting spot by taking the high side and making a determined effort all night long. Three time winner Corey Posey edged former Big 6 Champion(The Big 10 series was initially a six race series in 2002) Byron Michael for the fifth spot.
The thirty five Late Models were split into two groups with Miller leading group one while Jackson led group two during time trials. Eight racers, from each group, were locked in to the 35 lap feature through qualifications while the final eight spots came from the Top four in each of two last chance races.
Last week’s winner David Brannon and Brandon Brown were the last chance race winners.
Big 10 Cup Late Models
1)Daniel Miller-85 points
2)Lamar Scoggins-80 points
3)David Jackson-78 points
4)Mark Fields-77 points
5)Corey Posey-76 points
6)Byron Michael-75
7)Jerry Ashley-74
8)Brandon Brown-73
9)Moe Harrison-72
10)Scott Cook-71
11)Michael Luna-70
12)Larry Landers-69
13)Tony Bishop-68
14)Joey Sisk-67
15)Billy Harris-66
16)Timmy Orrell -65
17)Jon Miller-64
18)Tommy Davis-63
19)Shawn Mitchell-62
20)David Brannon-61
21)Jerry Owens-60
22)Tommy Lawwell-60
23)Tyler Landers-60
24)Brandon King-60
All Non Qualifiers receive 50 points each
*Samuel Brown
*Chris Noah
*Ben Kittrel
*Bobby Lowe
*Rory Lohr II
*Mike Luna
*Bill Mahan
*Chad Williams
*Randy Gifford
*Dee Vaught
*Jason Williams
Shelbyville’s Larry Landers was quick on this night as Landers broke the existing 2-BBL Track record by over a tenth of a second(albeit the mark held up for less than two minutes as former record holder Billy Barnett recaptured the record with a lap of 15.51) with a lap of 15.64 then out-dueled record holder Barnett and Chad Bone to grab the 2-BBL LM feature for his first ever win at Winchester. Note: Larry was the fourth quickest overall in the Kennith Wessner Ford-Mercury late model time trials with a lap of 15.02
Jeff Tate prevailed in his battle with Terry Fowler for the fourth spot while 16 year old Ryan Gifford came from way back to an impressive sixth place finish.
2-BBL Late Models
1)Larry Landers
2)Billy Barnett
3)Chad Bone
4)Jeff Tate
5)Terry Fowler
6)Ryan Gifford
7)Shawn Roberts
8)David Henley
9)Cale Finley
10)David Sims
Open Wheel heat and2005 feature winners Shannon Davis and Alan Holmes dueled start to finish with Davis edging Holmes for the win and the points lead. Mark Haddon held off a charging John Schetromph for third with defending Champion Henry Hanger taking fifth.
Open Wheel
1)Shannon Davis
2)Alan Holmes
3)Mark Haddon
4)John Schetromph
5)Henry Hanger
6)John Alexander
7)Landon Arnold
8)Bob Jarrett
9)Kelly Walker
10)Steve Garner
Ricky Riddle bounced back from week one problems by capturing his heat race and winning the 15 lap Super Stock main event with Jason James having a strong runner-up finish. Brian Hudson held off Josh Johnson for fourth with defending Champion Jeff Frame finishing fifth.
Super Stock
1)Ricky Riddle
2)Jason James
3)Brian Hudson
4)Josh Johnson
5)Jeff Frame
Outlaw Pony
Another fine Outlaw Pony feature saw Jason Todd take the checkered flag ahead of Brad Sain but when Jason opted not to tear down, heat winner Brad Sain was the declared victor.
Jerry Hill was second ahead of Terry Grant and Mike Brashears while last week’s winner Tony Patterson rounded out the Top 5.
Outlaw Pony
1)Brad Sain
2)Jerry Hill
3)Terry Grant
4)Mike Brashears
5)Tony Patterson
Jason Todd did garner the Mini Stock main event as the defending Champion sits atop the 2005 point standings after the first two shows of the year. Josh Carlton kept Todd looking in his rear view mirror as Carlton pushed the champion the entire distance. Heat winner Michael Brown was third while Anthony Dodson arrived late, passed a lot of racers and finished fourth place in the main event ahead of Lee Farless.
Mini Stock
1)Jason Todd
2)Josh Carlton
3)Michael Brown
4)Anthony Dodson
5)Lee Farless
Last week’s winner John Whaley came from his row three starting spot to grab his second win of the season while Butch Scott edged Mike Hines for place position. Scott Blackwell and Chad Gene were fourth and fifth.
Scott and Whaley were the heat winners.
Pure Stock
1)John Whaley
2)Butch Scott
3)Mike Hines
4)Scott Blackwell
5)Chad Gene
Racing continues this Saturday night with time trials for the Open Wheel division.
Gates open at 4:00 PM Driver’s meeting at 5:30 and Hot Laps at 5:45 PM www.winchesterspeedwaytn.com
By Dennis Bowling
Alabama Hot Shoe, Daniel Miller set quick time during time trials then was impressive in leading start to finish to pick up his first ever "Big 10 Cup" series victory Saturday night at Winchester Speedway.
Daniel finished third(behind Jerry Owens and Jon Miller) in the final Big 10 point standings following the 2003 season and was determined to improve on his fortunes in 2005. Daniel just missed the tri-fecta, as it were, as Miller topped all 35 racers during time trials with a sizzling 14.72 lap(just 4 one thousandths off the Steel Head Late Model record set in 2003 at 14.68). Daniel’s wire to wire win also placed him in the early points lead for the season long 10 race series set at Winchester and Duck River Speedway.
Miller’s race was anything but easy as group two fast qualifier David Jackson was all over Miller just before the half way mark as the Top six were tightly bunched while working lapped traffic. A lap 17 caution flag allowed Miller some breathing room on the track and he would lead the final 18 circuits to the checkered flag. A late race charge by Lamar Scoggins netted the Cleveland, Tennessee super star a runner-up finish. Scoggins made a high side pass on Jackson with three to go to nab second spot but was simply out of laps as far as going after Miller. Perhaps the drive of the night belonged to Lawrenceburg, Tennessee’s Mark Fields. Mark came from his twelfth starting spot by taking the high side and making a determined effort all night long. Three time winner Corey Posey edged former Big 6 Champion(The Big 10 series was initially a six race series in 2002) Byron Michael for the fifth spot.
The thirty five Late Models were split into two groups with Miller leading group one while Jackson led group two during time trials. Eight racers, from each group, were locked in to the 35 lap feature through qualifications while the final eight spots came from the Top four in each of two last chance races.
Last week’s winner David Brannon and Brandon Brown were the last chance race winners.
Big 10 Cup Late Models
1)Daniel Miller-85 points
2)Lamar Scoggins-80 points
3)David Jackson-78 points
4)Mark Fields-77 points
5)Corey Posey-76 points
6)Byron Michael-75
7)Jerry Ashley-74
8)Brandon Brown-73
9)Moe Harrison-72
10)Scott Cook-71
11)Michael Luna-70
12)Larry Landers-69
13)Tony Bishop-68
14)Joey Sisk-67
15)Billy Harris-66
16)Timmy Orrell -65
17)Jon Miller-64
18)Tommy Davis-63
19)Shawn Mitchell-62
20)David Brannon-61
21)Jerry Owens-60
22)Tommy Lawwell-60
23)Tyler Landers-60
24)Brandon King-60
All Non Qualifiers receive 50 points each
*Samuel Brown
*Chris Noah
*Ben Kittrel
*Bobby Lowe
*Rory Lohr II
*Mike Luna
*Bill Mahan
*Chad Williams
*Randy Gifford
*Dee Vaught
*Jason Williams
Shelbyville’s Larry Landers was quick on this night as Landers broke the existing 2-BBL Track record by over a tenth of a second(albeit the mark held up for less than two minutes as former record holder Billy Barnett recaptured the record with a lap of 15.51) with a lap of 15.64 then out-dueled record holder Barnett and Chad Bone to grab the 2-BBL LM feature for his first ever win at Winchester. Note: Larry was the fourth quickest overall in the Kennith Wessner Ford-Mercury late model time trials with a lap of 15.02
Jeff Tate prevailed in his battle with Terry Fowler for the fourth spot while 16 year old Ryan Gifford came from way back to an impressive sixth place finish.
2-BBL Late Models
1)Larry Landers
2)Billy Barnett
3)Chad Bone
4)Jeff Tate
5)Terry Fowler
6)Ryan Gifford
7)Shawn Roberts
8)David Henley
9)Cale Finley
10)David Sims
Open Wheel heat and2005 feature winners Shannon Davis and Alan Holmes dueled start to finish with Davis edging Holmes for the win and the points lead. Mark Haddon held off a charging John Schetromph for third with defending Champion Henry Hanger taking fifth.
Open Wheel
1)Shannon Davis
2)Alan Holmes
3)Mark Haddon
4)John Schetromph
5)Henry Hanger
6)John Alexander
7)Landon Arnold
8)Bob Jarrett
9)Kelly Walker
10)Steve Garner
Ricky Riddle bounced back from week one problems by capturing his heat race and winning the 15 lap Super Stock main event with Jason James having a strong runner-up finish. Brian Hudson held off Josh Johnson for fourth with defending Champion Jeff Frame finishing fifth.
Super Stock
1)Ricky Riddle
2)Jason James
3)Brian Hudson
4)Josh Johnson
5)Jeff Frame
Outlaw Pony
Another fine Outlaw Pony feature saw Jason Todd take the checkered flag ahead of Brad Sain but when Jason opted not to tear down, heat winner Brad Sain was the declared victor.
Jerry Hill was second ahead of Terry Grant and Mike Brashears while last week’s winner Tony Patterson rounded out the Top 5.
Outlaw Pony
1)Brad Sain
2)Jerry Hill
3)Terry Grant
4)Mike Brashears
5)Tony Patterson
Jason Todd did garner the Mini Stock main event as the defending Champion sits atop the 2005 point standings after the first two shows of the year. Josh Carlton kept Todd looking in his rear view mirror as Carlton pushed the champion the entire distance. Heat winner Michael Brown was third while Anthony Dodson arrived late, passed a lot of racers and finished fourth place in the main event ahead of Lee Farless.
Mini Stock
1)Jason Todd
2)Josh Carlton
3)Michael Brown
4)Anthony Dodson
5)Lee Farless
Last week’s winner John Whaley came from his row three starting spot to grab his second win of the season while Butch Scott edged Mike Hines for place position. Scott Blackwell and Chad Gene were fourth and fifth.
Scott and Whaley were the heat winners.
Pure Stock
1)John Whaley
2)Butch Scott
3)Mike Hines
4)Scott Blackwell
5)Chad Gene
Racing continues this Saturday night with time trials for the Open Wheel division.
Gates open at 4:00 PM Driver’s meeting at 5:30 and Hot Laps at 5:45 PM www.winchesterspeedwaytn.com
