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Jimmy Owens - John Barr Photo
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By Roby Helm
TAMPA, FL – Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN held off all challengers early in the race, and went on to win the Jasper Engines Crate Racin’ USA World Championship Race Presented By American Race Tire for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park.
Owens led 99 of the 100 laps to collect the $10,000 top prize driving the Goddard Performance Warrior “house car” for Sanford Goddard.
“It really helps the profit margin when you can win $10,000 with a $4,800 GM Performance crate engine,” Owens said. “That with a perfectly set up Warrior chassis put us here in victory lane tonight.”
Rodney Melvin of Benton, IL led the only lap Owens didn’t led, but had to settle for second in the Rick’s Towing Rayburn. Scott Sexton of Pigeon Forge, TN finished third in the Southern Plastering and Drywall TNT, and fourth went to Jimmy Sharpe of Vidalia, GA in the McCurry Heating and Air Rocket.
NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Ken Schrader of Fenton, MO rounded out the top five in the Federated Auto Parts Rayburn. Fast qualifier John Anderson of Omaha, NE was sixth in the Bill Koons Motorsports Rocket, and Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN was the Hard Charger of the Race after starting 24th and finishing seventh in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior.
Marshall Green of Woodstock, GA drove the Concrete II Construction GRT to an eighth-place finish, and Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN finished ninth in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright. Ed Kosiski of Ralston, NE rounded out the top ten in the Dodge Motorsports Warrior.
The initial start was short-lived when the 2005 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Denny Slayton of Rossville, GA spun the Windstar Homes GRT in turn one. Owens took the lead on the complete restart from his outside front row starting spot followed by the polesitter Melvin, Sexton, Schrader, and Sharpe.
On lap three, Sharpe was able to make an inside move by Schrader coming off the fourth turn to take over the fourth spot. The second caution flag of the race came out on lap five when Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com Rayburn got together with Josh Peacock of Dover, FL in the Peacock Farms GRT in turn one. Purvis spun, but was able to continue.
Melvin was able to get under Owens on the restart, and took the lead coming off the fourth turn to lead lap five. Owens came right back after Melvin, driving by him on the backstretch to reclaim the lead he would never relinquish. By the time Owens started to encounter lapped traffic on lap 12, he had pulled away to a half-straightaway lead over Melvin.
Owens dodged a big bullet on lap 22 when Jeff Mathews of Tampa, FL spun his Mathews Racing Rocket in front of him in turn one. Owens took off on the restart, and pulled out to another half straightaway lead over Melvin by lap 25. By the one-quarter point in the race, everyone seemed to settle into a race pace.
Green did make a big move on lap 33 when he jumped from the ninth spot to seventh place. Peacock stalled in turn two on lap 38 to bring out the fourth caution flag of the race, and Slayton spun for a second time in turn two on lap 47. The restart three laps short of the halfway point had 20 of the 26 cars that started the race still running.
Owens led Melvin down the restart with Sexton, Sharpe, Schrader, Anderson, Green, Buckingham, Stacey Roberts of Sylvester, GA in the Sunbelt Ford Barry Wright and Devin Dixon of Riverview, FL in the Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Rocket rounding out the top ten.
Behind the top ten cars, Kosiski, Jake Knowles of Tyrone, GA, Johnson, and Frank Ingram of Acworth, GA were waging a tight battle for the eleventh spot. Knowles got by Kosiski on the restart, and moved up to the top ten on lap 48. Ingram drove his Ledford Landscaping Rayburn by Knowles’ M&S Concrete Rocket on lap 53 for the tenth spot.
Ingram and Knowles carried their battle right up to the ninth spot, and began to challenge Roberts for the position. The trio of drivers came off the fourth turn three-wide on lap 64. All three drivers made contact with each other, and Ingram hit the front straightaway wall to bring out the caution flag.
Roberts and Knowles also pitted during the caution period, and only Knowles was able to return to action. That action moved Kosiski, and Johnson up to the ninth and tenth spots respectively for the restart.
Owens pulled away the rest of the distance and drove challenge free, while Johnson found a groove he liked on the high side of the race track. Johnson passed Kosiski for the ninth spot on lap 65, got around Buckingham for eighth on lap 70, and then moved by Green for seventh on lap 98.
Danny Jolly of Christopher, IL in the Thomason Transportation Rayburn, Scott Hutchinson of Johnston City, IL in the Bonnie’s Camelot Kennels Rocket, and Mathews won the three 20-lap B-Mains. Melvin, Owens, Sexton, Sharpe, Schrader, and Roberts won the six 15-lap heat races on Friday night.
Anderson out timed the 64 car field during Friday night’s Qualifications with a lap around the 1/3-mile clay oval in 16.673 seconds for an average speed of 71.973 miles per hour. Anderson had a GM Performance 602 steel-headed crate engine under the hood.
The next event for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series will be the 2006 season opener during the Talladega Short Track Ice Bowl in Eastaboga, AL on January 5, 6, and 7. For more information about the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE JASPER ENGINES CRATE RACIN’ USA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE PRESENTED BY AMERICAN RACE TIRE AT EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK IN TAMPA, FL ON 12/3/05:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON
1. 2 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 100 $10,000
2. 1 59 Rodney Melvin Benton, IL 100 $5,000
3. 3 8s Scott Sexton Pigeon Forge, TN 100 $3,000
4. 4 X Jimmy Sharpe Vidalia, GA 100 $2,000
5. 5 99 Ken Schrader Fenton, MO 100 $1,750
6. 7 0k John Anderson Omaha, NE 100 $1,500
7. 24 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 100 $1,300
8. 8 40 Marshall Green Woodstock, GA 100 $1,200
9. 9 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN 100 $1,100
10. 14 9d Ed Kosiski Ralston, NE 100 $1,000
11. 15 38 Chris Mullinax Birmingham, AL 100 $800
12. 13 41 Tim Busha Boaz, AL 100 $700
13. 18 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN 100 $600
14. 11 2 Devin Dixon Riverview, FL 100 $500
15. 26 32 Roger Crouse Plant City, FL 99 $450
16. 16 3 Mike Collins Council Bluffs, IA 82 $440
17. 23 27 Pete Cochran Villa Rica, GA 78 $430
18. 17 66 Jake Knowles Tyrone, GA 77 $420
19. 10 9 Frank Ingram Acworth, GA 63 $400
20. 6 11r Stacey Roberts Sylvester, GA 63 $400
21. 22 01 Jack Pennington Winston, GA 46 $400
22. 25 99s Denny Slayton Rossville, GA 42 $400
23. 12 P1 Josh Peacock Dover, FL 36 $400
24. 20 13h Scott Hutchinson Johnston City, IL 27 $400
25. 21 007 Jeff Mathews Tampa, FL 21 $400
26. 19 U2 Danny Jolly Christopher, IL 16 $400
ENTRIES: 64
PROVISIONALS: Slayton and Crouse
LEAD CHANGES: 2
LAP LEADERS: Owens, 1-4; Melvin, 5; Owens, 6-100
LAPS LED: Owens, 99; Melvin, 1
HARD CHARGER: Johnson (started 24th and finished 7th)
CAUTIONS: 8
TIME OF THE RACE: 59 Minutes, 21.220 Seconds
QUALIFICATIONS:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 0k John Anderson Omaha, NE Rocket 602 17.091 16.673 16.673 71.973
2 40 Marshall Green Woodstock, GA GRT 16.978 16.754 16.754 71.625
3 8s Scott Sexton Pigeon Forge, TN TnT 604 17.305 16.824 16.824 71.327
4 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 604 17.286 16.974 16.974 70.696
5 99 Ken Schrader Fenton, MO Rayburn 17.213 16.985 16.985 70.651
6 11r Stacey Roberts Sylvester, GA Barry Wright 17.204 16.991 16.991 70.626
7 59 Rodney Melvin Benton, IL Rayburn 16.994 17.181 16.994 70.613
8 9d Ed Kosiski Ralston, NE Warrior 17.571 17.068 17.068 70.307
9 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 604 17.128 17.454 17.128 70.061
10 3 Mike Collins Council Bluffs, IA Rocket 17.138 17.313 17.138 70.020
11 2 Devin Dixon Riverview, FL Rocket 17.320 17.143 17.143 69.999
12 52 Steve Kosiski Papillion, NE Rocket 17.243 17.163 17.163 69.918
13 32 Roger Crouse Plant City, FL Rayburn 604 17.174 17.438 17.174 69.873
14 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN Warrior 17.256 17.201 17.201 69.763
15 38 Chris Mullinax Birmingham, AL GRT 17.635 17.209 17.209 69.731
16 X Jimmy Sharpe Vidalia, GA Rocket 17.582 17.236 17.236 69.622
17 99s Denny Slayton Rossville, GA GRT 604 17.692 17.241 17.241 69.602
18 P1 Josh Peacock Dover, FL GRT 604 17.255 17.274 17.255 69.545
19 99b Matt Barrett Clinton, TN Warrior 604 17.405 17.258 17.258 69.533
20 17ss Shan Smith Dade City, FL GRT 604 17.262 17.502 17.262 69.517
21 27 Pete Cochran Villa Rica, GA Rocket 602 18.696 17.263 17.263 69.513
22 9 Frank Ingram Acworth, GA Rayburn 17.269 17.308 17.269 69.489
23 66 Jake Knowles Tyrone, GA Rocket 17.533 17.274 17.274 69.469
24 54 Mike Head Ellenwood, GA Rayburn 17.287 17.797 17.287 69.416
25 17 Ricky Williams Fayetteville, GA Rayburn 17.299 17.432 17.299 69.368
26 U2 Danny Jolly Christopher, IL Rayburn 602 17.742 17.306 17.306 69.340
27 13h Scott Hutchinson Johnston City, IL Rocket 602 17.638 17.318 17.318 69.292
28 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Rocket 604 18.869 17.319 17.319 69.288
29 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 17.504 17.333 17.333 69.232
30 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN Rayburn 604 17.353 17.354 17.353 69.152
31 01 Jack Pennington Winston, GA Warrior 602 17.441 17.711 17.441 68.803
32 87 Greg Ward Ormond Beach, FL Rocket 604 17.676 17.481 17.481 68.646
33 8 Steve Whitener Middleburg, FL Rocket 604 17.495 17.576 17.495 68.591
34 75p Carnell Parker Clarksville, TN Warrior 604 17.611 17.511 17.511 68.528
35 007 Jeff Mathews Tampa, FL Rocket 17.524 17.526 17.524 68.478
36 11c Allen Champ Morristown, TN GRT 604 18.049 17.539 17.539 68.419
37 41 Tim Busha Boaz, AL Warrior 604 18.055 17.540 17.540 68.415
38 17s Shane Roberts Bristol, TN GRT 604 17.861 17.541 17.541 68.411
39 17z Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 17.630 17.557 17.557 68.349
40 21 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA Warrior 604 17.603 18.856 17.603 68.170
41 90 Jimmy Kay Taylorsville, GA GRT 17.676 18.385 17.676 67.889
42 84 Brian Grumbles Greenville, SC Barry Wright 17.692 17.836 17.692 67.827
43 11 Leland Prewitt Savannah, GA B&W 604 18.676 17.699 17.699 67.800
44 25 Mat DuSabban Carmy, IL Rayburn 604 18.183 17.703 17.703 67.785
45 95 Steve Mathis Plant City, FL Rayburn 19.611 17.706 17.706 67.774
46 89 Phillip Cobb Tampa, FL Warrior 18.773 17.716 17.716 67.735
47 1a Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN Stinger 18.686 17.753 17.753 67.594
48 7 Steve Seagraves Douglasville, GA Rayburn 604 18.265 17.765 17.765 67.549
49 547 Randall Jordan Bowman, GA Rayburn 602 18.452 17.772 17.772 67.522
50 22g Ricky Haugen Pace, FL Larry Shaw 602 18.060 17.806 17.806 67.393
51 96 Robby Bilbrey Albertville, AL Thoughbred 604 17.853 18.301 17.853 67.216
52 51 Doodle Pipkin Fernandina Beach, FL MastersBuilt 18.295 17.867 17.867 67.163
53 97 Rusty Dixon Riverview, FL Rocket 17.902 17.951 17.902 67.032
54 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA Warrior 604 17.919 18.127 17.919 66.968
55 28 David Browning Jacksonville, FL MastersBilt 604 18.337 18.160 18.160 66.079
56 49 Bo Stanley Ellijay, GA Warrior 604 18.551 18.238 18.238 65.797
57 75 Jamie Nodine Boiling Springs, SC Rocket 604 18.466 18.246 18.246 65.768
58 69 Scott Ferguson Marion, IL Rocket 602 18.259 18.454 18.259 65.721
59 002 Griffin Kinsey Lafayette, GA Warrior 604 18.522 19.057 18.522 64.788
60 53 Lee Thomason Marion, IL Melvin 20.595 18.539 18.539 64.728
61 77 Tracy Watson Carrollton, GA Rocket 19.276 18.738 18.738 64.041
62 17n Derek Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 NT NT NT NT
63 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA MastersBilt 604 NT NT NT NT
64 41d Mark Davis Savannah, GA Rahns 604 NT NT NT NT
HEAT RACES (15 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To A-Main):
1ST HEAT: 1. Melvin; 2. Anderson; 3. Busha; 4. Pennington; 5. Crouse; 6. Barrett; 7. Browning; 8. Williams; 9. Prewitt; 10. Jordan.
2ND HEAT: 1. Owens; 2. Green; 3. E. Kosiski; 4. Jolly; 5. Ward; 6. Haugen; 7. Roberts; 8. DuSabban; 9. Stanley; 10. S. Smith.
3RD HEAT: 1. Sexton; 2. Buckingham; 4. Hutchinson; 5. Z. Nichols; 6. Whitener; 7. Mathis; 8. Cochran; 9. Bilbrey; 10. Nodine.
4TH HEAT: 1. Sharpe; 2. Ingram; 3. Collins; 4. J. Smith; 5. Parker; 6. Davis; 7. Pipkin; 8. Ferguson; 9. Turner; 10. Beard; 11. Cobb.
5TH HEAT: 1. Schrader; 2. D. Dixon; 3. Knowles; 4. Mathews; 5. Johnson; 6. Ashby; 7. Kay; 8. R. Dixon; 9. Kinsey; 10. Slayton.
6TH HEAT: 1. Roberts; 2. Peacock; 3. Purvis; 4. S. Kosiski; 5. Cline; 6. Head; 7. Thomason; 8. Champ; 9. Grumbles.
B-MAINS (20 Laps – Top 2 Finishers Transfer To A-Main):
1ST B-MAIN: 1. Jolly; 2. Pennington; 3. Crouse; 4. Williams; 5. Ward; 6. Barrett; 7. Roberts; 8. Prewitt; 9. Jordan; 10. Browning; 11. DuSabban; 12. Haugen; 13. S. Smith.
2ND B-MAIN: 1. Hutchinson; 2. Cochran; 3. Turner; 4. Mathis; 5. Davis; 6. Pipkin; 7. Fields; 8. Ferguson; 9, Cobb; 10. Z. Nichols; 11. Beard; 12. Parker; 13. J. Smith.
3RD B-MAIN: 1. Matthews; 2. Johnson; 3. S. Kosiski; 4. Head; 5. Grumbles; 6. Dixon; 7. Thomason; 8. Cline; 9. Kinsey; 10. Ashby; 11. Slayton; 12. Kay.
Jimmy Owens - John Barr Photo
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By Roby Helm
TAMPA, FL – Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN held off all challengers early in the race, and went on to win the Jasper Engines Crate Racin’ USA World Championship Race Presented By American Race Tire for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Saturday night at East Bay Raceway Park.
Owens led 99 of the 100 laps to collect the $10,000 top prize driving the Goddard Performance Warrior “house car” for Sanford Goddard.
“It really helps the profit margin when you can win $10,000 with a $4,800 GM Performance crate engine,” Owens said. “That with a perfectly set up Warrior chassis put us here in victory lane tonight.”
Rodney Melvin of Benton, IL led the only lap Owens didn’t led, but had to settle for second in the Rick’s Towing Rayburn. Scott Sexton of Pigeon Forge, TN finished third in the Southern Plastering and Drywall TNT, and fourth went to Jimmy Sharpe of Vidalia, GA in the McCurry Heating and Air Rocket.
NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Ken Schrader of Fenton, MO rounded out the top five in the Federated Auto Parts Rayburn. Fast qualifier John Anderson of Omaha, NE was sixth in the Bill Koons Motorsports Rocket, and Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN was the Hard Charger of the Race after starting 24th and finishing seventh in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior.
Marshall Green of Woodstock, GA drove the Concrete II Construction GRT to an eighth-place finish, and Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN finished ninth in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright. Ed Kosiski of Ralston, NE rounded out the top ten in the Dodge Motorsports Warrior.
The initial start was short-lived when the 2005 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Denny Slayton of Rossville, GA spun the Windstar Homes GRT in turn one. Owens took the lead on the complete restart from his outside front row starting spot followed by the polesitter Melvin, Sexton, Schrader, and Sharpe.
On lap three, Sharpe was able to make an inside move by Schrader coming off the fourth turn to take over the fourth spot. The second caution flag of the race came out on lap five when Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com Rayburn got together with Josh Peacock of Dover, FL in the Peacock Farms GRT in turn one. Purvis spun, but was able to continue.
Melvin was able to get under Owens on the restart, and took the lead coming off the fourth turn to lead lap five. Owens came right back after Melvin, driving by him on the backstretch to reclaim the lead he would never relinquish. By the time Owens started to encounter lapped traffic on lap 12, he had pulled away to a half-straightaway lead over Melvin.
Owens dodged a big bullet on lap 22 when Jeff Mathews of Tampa, FL spun his Mathews Racing Rocket in front of him in turn one. Owens took off on the restart, and pulled out to another half straightaway lead over Melvin by lap 25. By the one-quarter point in the race, everyone seemed to settle into a race pace.
Green did make a big move on lap 33 when he jumped from the ninth spot to seventh place. Peacock stalled in turn two on lap 38 to bring out the fourth caution flag of the race, and Slayton spun for a second time in turn two on lap 47. The restart three laps short of the halfway point had 20 of the 26 cars that started the race still running.
Owens led Melvin down the restart with Sexton, Sharpe, Schrader, Anderson, Green, Buckingham, Stacey Roberts of Sylvester, GA in the Sunbelt Ford Barry Wright and Devin Dixon of Riverview, FL in the Blue Ribbon Tomatoes Rocket rounding out the top ten.
Behind the top ten cars, Kosiski, Jake Knowles of Tyrone, GA, Johnson, and Frank Ingram of Acworth, GA were waging a tight battle for the eleventh spot. Knowles got by Kosiski on the restart, and moved up to the top ten on lap 48. Ingram drove his Ledford Landscaping Rayburn by Knowles’ M&S Concrete Rocket on lap 53 for the tenth spot.
Ingram and Knowles carried their battle right up to the ninth spot, and began to challenge Roberts for the position. The trio of drivers came off the fourth turn three-wide on lap 64. All three drivers made contact with each other, and Ingram hit the front straightaway wall to bring out the caution flag.
Roberts and Knowles also pitted during the caution period, and only Knowles was able to return to action. That action moved Kosiski, and Johnson up to the ninth and tenth spots respectively for the restart.
Owens pulled away the rest of the distance and drove challenge free, while Johnson found a groove he liked on the high side of the race track. Johnson passed Kosiski for the ninth spot on lap 65, got around Buckingham for eighth on lap 70, and then moved by Green for seventh on lap 98.
Danny Jolly of Christopher, IL in the Thomason Transportation Rayburn, Scott Hutchinson of Johnston City, IL in the Bonnie’s Camelot Kennels Rocket, and Mathews won the three 20-lap B-Mains. Melvin, Owens, Sexton, Sharpe, Schrader, and Roberts won the six 15-lap heat races on Friday night.
Anderson out timed the 64 car field during Friday night’s Qualifications with a lap around the 1/3-mile clay oval in 16.673 seconds for an average speed of 71.973 miles per hour. Anderson had a GM Performance 602 steel-headed crate engine under the hood.
The next event for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series will be the 2006 season opener during the Talladega Short Track Ice Bowl in Eastaboga, AL on January 5, 6, and 7. For more information about the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF THE JASPER ENGINES CRATE RACIN’ USA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RACE PRESENTED BY AMERICAN RACE TIRE AT EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK IN TAMPA, FL ON 12/3/05:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON
1. 2 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN 100 $10,000
2. 1 59 Rodney Melvin Benton, IL 100 $5,000
3. 3 8s Scott Sexton Pigeon Forge, TN 100 $3,000
4. 4 X Jimmy Sharpe Vidalia, GA 100 $2,000
5. 5 99 Ken Schrader Fenton, MO 100 $1,750
6. 7 0k John Anderson Omaha, NE 100 $1,500
7. 24 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 100 $1,300
8. 8 40 Marshall Green Woodstock, GA 100 $1,200
9. 9 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN 100 $1,100
10. 14 9d Ed Kosiski Ralston, NE 100 $1,000
11. 15 38 Chris Mullinax Birmingham, AL 100 $800
12. 13 41 Tim Busha Boaz, AL 100 $700
13. 18 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN 100 $600
14. 11 2 Devin Dixon Riverview, FL 100 $500
15. 26 32 Roger Crouse Plant City, FL 99 $450
16. 16 3 Mike Collins Council Bluffs, IA 82 $440
17. 23 27 Pete Cochran Villa Rica, GA 78 $430
18. 17 66 Jake Knowles Tyrone, GA 77 $420
19. 10 9 Frank Ingram Acworth, GA 63 $400
20. 6 11r Stacey Roberts Sylvester, GA 63 $400
21. 22 01 Jack Pennington Winston, GA 46 $400
22. 25 99s Denny Slayton Rossville, GA 42 $400
23. 12 P1 Josh Peacock Dover, FL 36 $400
24. 20 13h Scott Hutchinson Johnston City, IL 27 $400
25. 21 007 Jeff Mathews Tampa, FL 21 $400
26. 19 U2 Danny Jolly Christopher, IL 16 $400
ENTRIES: 64
PROVISIONALS: Slayton and Crouse
LEAD CHANGES: 2
LAP LEADERS: Owens, 1-4; Melvin, 5; Owens, 6-100
LAPS LED: Owens, 99; Melvin, 1
HARD CHARGER: Johnson (started 24th and finished 7th)
CAUTIONS: 8
TIME OF THE RACE: 59 Minutes, 21.220 Seconds
QUALIFICATIONS:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 0k John Anderson Omaha, NE Rocket 602 17.091 16.673 16.673 71.973
2 40 Marshall Green Woodstock, GA GRT 16.978 16.754 16.754 71.625
3 8s Scott Sexton Pigeon Forge, TN TnT 604 17.305 16.824 16.824 71.327
4 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 604 17.286 16.974 16.974 70.696
5 99 Ken Schrader Fenton, MO Rayburn 17.213 16.985 16.985 70.651
6 11r Stacey Roberts Sylvester, GA Barry Wright 17.204 16.991 16.991 70.626
7 59 Rodney Melvin Benton, IL Rayburn 16.994 17.181 16.994 70.613
8 9d Ed Kosiski Ralston, NE Warrior 17.571 17.068 17.068 70.307
9 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 604 17.128 17.454 17.128 70.061
10 3 Mike Collins Council Bluffs, IA Rocket 17.138 17.313 17.138 70.020
11 2 Devin Dixon Riverview, FL Rocket 17.320 17.143 17.143 69.999
12 52 Steve Kosiski Papillion, NE Rocket 17.243 17.163 17.163 69.918
13 32 Roger Crouse Plant City, FL Rayburn 604 17.174 17.438 17.174 69.873
14 20 Jimmy Owens Newport, TN Warrior 17.256 17.201 17.201 69.763
15 38 Chris Mullinax Birmingham, AL GRT 17.635 17.209 17.209 69.731
16 X Jimmy Sharpe Vidalia, GA Rocket 17.582 17.236 17.236 69.622
17 99s Denny Slayton Rossville, GA GRT 604 17.692 17.241 17.241 69.602
18 P1 Josh Peacock Dover, FL GRT 604 17.255 17.274 17.255 69.545
19 99b Matt Barrett Clinton, TN Warrior 604 17.405 17.258 17.258 69.533
20 17ss Shan Smith Dade City, FL GRT 604 17.262 17.502 17.262 69.517
21 27 Pete Cochran Villa Rica, GA Rocket 602 18.696 17.263 17.263 69.513
22 9 Frank Ingram Acworth, GA Rayburn 17.269 17.308 17.269 69.489
23 66 Jake Knowles Tyrone, GA Rocket 17.533 17.274 17.274 69.469
24 54 Mike Head Ellenwood, GA Rayburn 17.287 17.797 17.287 69.416
25 17 Ricky Williams Fayetteville, GA Rayburn 17.299 17.432 17.299 69.368
26 U2 Danny Jolly Christopher, IL Rayburn 602 17.742 17.306 17.306 69.340
27 13h Scott Hutchinson Johnston City, IL Rocket 602 17.638 17.318 17.318 69.292
28 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Rocket 604 18.869 17.319 17.319 69.288
29 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 17.504 17.333 17.333 69.232
30 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN Rayburn 604 17.353 17.354 17.353 69.152
31 01 Jack Pennington Winston, GA Warrior 602 17.441 17.711 17.441 68.803
32 87 Greg Ward Ormond Beach, FL Rocket 604 17.676 17.481 17.481 68.646
33 8 Steve Whitener Middleburg, FL Rocket 604 17.495 17.576 17.495 68.591
34 75p Carnell Parker Clarksville, TN Warrior 604 17.611 17.511 17.511 68.528
35 007 Jeff Mathews Tampa, FL Rocket 17.524 17.526 17.524 68.478
36 11c Allen Champ Morristown, TN GRT 604 18.049 17.539 17.539 68.419
37 41 Tim Busha Boaz, AL Warrior 604 18.055 17.540 17.540 68.415
38 17s Shane Roberts Bristol, TN GRT 604 17.861 17.541 17.541 68.411
39 17z Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 17.630 17.557 17.557 68.349
40 21 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA Warrior 604 17.603 18.856 17.603 68.170
41 90 Jimmy Kay Taylorsville, GA GRT 17.676 18.385 17.676 67.889
42 84 Brian Grumbles Greenville, SC Barry Wright 17.692 17.836 17.692 67.827
43 11 Leland Prewitt Savannah, GA B&W 604 18.676 17.699 17.699 67.800
44 25 Mat DuSabban Carmy, IL Rayburn 604 18.183 17.703 17.703 67.785
45 95 Steve Mathis Plant City, FL Rayburn 19.611 17.706 17.706 67.774
46 89 Phillip Cobb Tampa, FL Warrior 18.773 17.716 17.716 67.735
47 1a Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN Stinger 18.686 17.753 17.753 67.594
48 7 Steve Seagraves Douglasville, GA Rayburn 604 18.265 17.765 17.765 67.549
49 547 Randall Jordan Bowman, GA Rayburn 602 18.452 17.772 17.772 67.522
50 22g Ricky Haugen Pace, FL Larry Shaw 602 18.060 17.806 17.806 67.393
51 96 Robby Bilbrey Albertville, AL Thoughbred 604 17.853 18.301 17.853 67.216
52 51 Doodle Pipkin Fernandina Beach, FL MastersBuilt 18.295 17.867 17.867 67.163
53 97 Rusty Dixon Riverview, FL Rocket 17.902 17.951 17.902 67.032
54 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA Warrior 604 17.919 18.127 17.919 66.968
55 28 David Browning Jacksonville, FL MastersBilt 604 18.337 18.160 18.160 66.079
56 49 Bo Stanley Ellijay, GA Warrior 604 18.551 18.238 18.238 65.797
57 75 Jamie Nodine Boiling Springs, SC Rocket 604 18.466 18.246 18.246 65.768
58 69 Scott Ferguson Marion, IL Rocket 602 18.259 18.454 18.259 65.721
59 002 Griffin Kinsey Lafayette, GA Warrior 604 18.522 19.057 18.522 64.788
60 53 Lee Thomason Marion, IL Melvin 20.595 18.539 18.539 64.728
61 77 Tracy Watson Carrollton, GA Rocket 19.276 18.738 18.738 64.041
62 17n Derek Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 NT NT NT NT
63 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA MastersBilt 604 NT NT NT NT
64 41d Mark Davis Savannah, GA Rahns 604 NT NT NT NT
HEAT RACES (15 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To A-Main):
1ST HEAT: 1. Melvin; 2. Anderson; 3. Busha; 4. Pennington; 5. Crouse; 6. Barrett; 7. Browning; 8. Williams; 9. Prewitt; 10. Jordan.
2ND HEAT: 1. Owens; 2. Green; 3. E. Kosiski; 4. Jolly; 5. Ward; 6. Haugen; 7. Roberts; 8. DuSabban; 9. Stanley; 10. S. Smith.
3RD HEAT: 1. Sexton; 2. Buckingham; 4. Hutchinson; 5. Z. Nichols; 6. Whitener; 7. Mathis; 8. Cochran; 9. Bilbrey; 10. Nodine.
4TH HEAT: 1. Sharpe; 2. Ingram; 3. Collins; 4. J. Smith; 5. Parker; 6. Davis; 7. Pipkin; 8. Ferguson; 9. Turner; 10. Beard; 11. Cobb.
5TH HEAT: 1. Schrader; 2. D. Dixon; 3. Knowles; 4. Mathews; 5. Johnson; 6. Ashby; 7. Kay; 8. R. Dixon; 9. Kinsey; 10. Slayton.
6TH HEAT: 1. Roberts; 2. Peacock; 3. Purvis; 4. S. Kosiski; 5. Cline; 6. Head; 7. Thomason; 8. Champ; 9. Grumbles.
B-MAINS (20 Laps – Top 2 Finishers Transfer To A-Main):
1ST B-MAIN: 1. Jolly; 2. Pennington; 3. Crouse; 4. Williams; 5. Ward; 6. Barrett; 7. Roberts; 8. Prewitt; 9. Jordan; 10. Browning; 11. DuSabban; 12. Haugen; 13. S. Smith.
2ND B-MAIN: 1. Hutchinson; 2. Cochran; 3. Turner; 4. Mathis; 5. Davis; 6. Pipkin; 7. Fields; 8. Ferguson; 9, Cobb; 10. Z. Nichols; 11. Beard; 12. Parker; 13. J. Smith.
3RD B-MAIN: 1. Matthews; 2. Johnson; 3. S. Kosiski; 4. Head; 5. Grumbles; 6. Dixon; 7. Thomason; 8. Cline; 9. Kinsey; 10. Ashby; 11. Slayton; 12. Kay.
