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Davenport Dashes to Grassy Smith Memorial Win
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Jonathan DavenportGAFFNEY, SC (June 19, 2015) – Jonathan Davenport passed race leader Chris Ferguson on lap 45 and then went on to win the Grassy Smith Memorial on Friday Night at Cherokee Speedway. The win for the current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points Leader was a series record five-in-a-row for the 31-year-old racer. Since Memorial Day weekend, he has won nine consecutive feature events.Ferguson led the first 44 laps of the race and finished second. He was trailed by defending race winner, Don O’Neal. Ross Bailes and Earl Pearson Jr. completed the Top-5.“That win took a lot of patience. I knew when we rolled out for the feature, our tires were too hard. I managed the tires for the first 15 or so laps, because I didn’t want to burn the edges off. This car just came alive late in the race. I’d really like to thank my crew; they worked their tails off on this thing,” ...
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Davenport Dashes to Grassy Smith Memorial Win
STLRacing.com
Jonathan DavenportGAFFNEY, SC (June 19, 2015) – Jonathan Davenport passed race leader Chris Ferguson on lap 45 and then went on to win the Grassy Smith Memorial on Friday Night at Cherokee Speedway. The win for the current Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series Points Leader was a series record five-in-a-row for the 31-year-old racer. Since Memorial Day weekend, he has won nine consecutive feature events.Ferguson led the first 44 laps of the race and finished second. He was trailed by defending race winner, Don O’Neal. Ross Bailes and Earl Pearson Jr. completed the Top-5.“That win took a lot of patience. I knew when we rolled out for the feature, our tires were too hard. I managed the tires for the first 15 or so laps, because I didn’t want to burn the edges off. This car just came alive late in the race. I’d really like to thank my crew; they worked their tails off on this thing,” ...
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