By Dennis Bowling
David Brannon, opened the 2005 points season by putting last season far behind him. The former Big 10 feature winner(in 2003) qualified third quick then ran down early leader Jerry Owens and took the lead on lap fourteen. Once in the lead David opened up a full straight-away advantage over the final ten circuits and won easily, going away. Former Big 10 champion Owens motored to a runner-up finish with Shawn Mitchell having a fine run to take third.
If Brannon’s drive wasn’t impressive enough, how about Fayetteville’s Corey Posey. Corey arrived late, started twenty second(dead last on the field) survived a wild first lap melee(as did Brannon) then charged through the field to grab a well deserved fourth place finish by nipping former champion Jerry Ashley in the closing laps. Owens set quick time with a 15.21 clocking.
Late Model
1)David Brannon
2)Jerry Owens
3)Shawn Mitchell
4)Corey Posey
5)Jerry Ashley
6)Joey Sisk
7)Robert Stutts
8)Rory Lohr II
9)Tony Bishop
10)Alan Fox
Former Outlaw Pony hotshoe, Jamie Lewis won his heat race, outdueled pole sitter Jeff Tate in the early laps then showed his flanks to the eighteen car two barrel Late Model field the rest of the way to prove that it makes no difference to the Murfreesboro native if it has four cylinders or eight, Jamie will put it up front, Shane Echols survived a wild seven car crash on the front stretch that eliminated five racers to grab the runner-up spot from heat race winner Jeff Tate.
Anthony Seibers arrived a little late, had to start in the rear of his heat race then started tenth in the main event and charged his way to a very strong fourth place run, edging Terry Fowler in the closing circuits.
2-BBL Late Model
1)Jamie Lewis
2)Shane Echols
3)Jeff Tate
4)Anthony Seibers
5)Terry Fowler
6)Randy Judge
7)Jeremy Owens
8)Eddie Graves
9)George Davidson
10)Cale Finley
Perennial Open Wheel front runner Shannon Davis won his heat race withstood a furious mid race battle with defending champion Henry Hanger and picked up a close win over Hanger and WinterFest winner Alan Holmes in the Open Wheel division. Hanger actually nosed in front on lap ten but a caution flag negated the pass and Davis withstood the champion’s challenges the rest of the way. Landon Arnold and Toby Crumbley, both recovered from early race woes to grab top five runs. Hanger also won his heat race.
Open Wheel
1)Shannon Davis
2)Henry Hanger
3)Alan Holmes
4)Landon Arnold
5)Toby Crumbley
6)Steve Vann
7)Keith Snead
8)Marty May
9)Greg Fanning
10)Russ Daniels
Ever heard of saving the best for last? Well that may have been the case on this Saturday night. The Final feature of the night was the Outlaw Pony main event. Heat winners were defending champion Tony Patterson and 2004 Mini Stock Champion Jason Todd.
When the green flag was unfurled it was fifteen laps of side by side racing with the heat winners always crossing the finish line side by side! Todd led eleven of the laps while Patterson led four times and the all important checkered flag lap.
This was not however just a two car battle, no sir. Row two starters Brad Sain and Mike Brashears ran side by side for many of the fifteen laps and pushed the lead duo but had no where to go what with Patterson and Todd running side by side. Sain prevailed in his battle for third while Brashears settled for fourth in front of fifth place finisher Jamie Ward Outlaw Pony
1)Tony Patterson
2)Jason Todd
3)Brad Sain
4)Mike Brashears
5)Jamie Ward
Defending Super Stock Champion Jeff Frame won his heat race, won an early battle with heat race winner Brian Hudson then thwarted the efforts of comeback racer Bobby Bradford and Ricky Riddle for his second victory of the 2005 season, having already picked up his initial victory during the 2005 Kennith Wessner Ford WinterFest.
Runner-up Ricky Riddle had to come from the rear after an early caution flag relegated the hard charging Riddle to the back of the pack.
Jason James was fourth in front of Barry Whitsett and Marty Anderson.
Super Stock
1)Jeff Frame
2)Ricky Riddle
3)Bobby Bradford
4)Jason James
5)Barry Whitsett
The 2004 Tullahoma News Driver of the Year Jason Todd drove to his second win of the season as the defending champion topped Clyde Petty. Jeremy Floyd was a strong third in front of Mike Norman and heat race winner Lee Farless. Todd also won his heat race.
Mini Stock
1)Jason Todd
2)Clyde Petty
3)Jeremy Floyd
4)Mike Norman
5)Lee Farless
John Whaley added to his Pure Stock trophy collection by winning his heat race then rolling to victory in the main event. Butch Scott was runner-up ahead of heat race winner J.J. Hall and Mike Hines. Chad Gene rounded out the Top 5 by besting Roy Thompson for the position.
Pure Stock
1)John Whaley
2)Butch Scott
3)J.J. Hall
4)Mike Hines
5)Chad Gene
On Saturday, April 2 the highly successful Kennith Wessner Ford-Mercury "Big 10 Steel Head Cup Series" returns for the fourth season. Round number one will be at Winchester Speedway on Saturday night. All classes will be in action on April 2. www.winchesterspeedwaytn.com -(9310967-0066(track phone). Gates open at 3:00 PM hot laps at 5:30 PM with Late Model and 2-BBL Late Model Time Trials to follow.
David Brannon, opened the 2005 points season by putting last season far behind him. The former Big 10 feature winner(in 2003) qualified third quick then ran down early leader Jerry Owens and took the lead on lap fourteen. Once in the lead David opened up a full straight-away advantage over the final ten circuits and won easily, going away. Former Big 10 champion Owens motored to a runner-up finish with Shawn Mitchell having a fine run to take third.
If Brannon’s drive wasn’t impressive enough, how about Fayetteville’s Corey Posey. Corey arrived late, started twenty second(dead last on the field) survived a wild first lap melee(as did Brannon) then charged through the field to grab a well deserved fourth place finish by nipping former champion Jerry Ashley in the closing laps. Owens set quick time with a 15.21 clocking.
Late Model
1)David Brannon
2)Jerry Owens
3)Shawn Mitchell
4)Corey Posey
5)Jerry Ashley
6)Joey Sisk
7)Robert Stutts
8)Rory Lohr II
9)Tony Bishop
10)Alan Fox
Former Outlaw Pony hotshoe, Jamie Lewis won his heat race, outdueled pole sitter Jeff Tate in the early laps then showed his flanks to the eighteen car two barrel Late Model field the rest of the way to prove that it makes no difference to the Murfreesboro native if it has four cylinders or eight, Jamie will put it up front, Shane Echols survived a wild seven car crash on the front stretch that eliminated five racers to grab the runner-up spot from heat race winner Jeff Tate.
Anthony Seibers arrived a little late, had to start in the rear of his heat race then started tenth in the main event and charged his way to a very strong fourth place run, edging Terry Fowler in the closing circuits.
2-BBL Late Model
1)Jamie Lewis
2)Shane Echols
3)Jeff Tate
4)Anthony Seibers
5)Terry Fowler
6)Randy Judge
7)Jeremy Owens
8)Eddie Graves
9)George Davidson
10)Cale Finley
Perennial Open Wheel front runner Shannon Davis won his heat race withstood a furious mid race battle with defending champion Henry Hanger and picked up a close win over Hanger and WinterFest winner Alan Holmes in the Open Wheel division. Hanger actually nosed in front on lap ten but a caution flag negated the pass and Davis withstood the champion’s challenges the rest of the way. Landon Arnold and Toby Crumbley, both recovered from early race woes to grab top five runs. Hanger also won his heat race.
Open Wheel
1)Shannon Davis
2)Henry Hanger
3)Alan Holmes
4)Landon Arnold
5)Toby Crumbley
6)Steve Vann
7)Keith Snead
8)Marty May
9)Greg Fanning
10)Russ Daniels
Ever heard of saving the best for last? Well that may have been the case on this Saturday night. The Final feature of the night was the Outlaw Pony main event. Heat winners were defending champion Tony Patterson and 2004 Mini Stock Champion Jason Todd.
When the green flag was unfurled it was fifteen laps of side by side racing with the heat winners always crossing the finish line side by side! Todd led eleven of the laps while Patterson led four times and the all important checkered flag lap.
This was not however just a two car battle, no sir. Row two starters Brad Sain and Mike Brashears ran side by side for many of the fifteen laps and pushed the lead duo but had no where to go what with Patterson and Todd running side by side. Sain prevailed in his battle for third while Brashears settled for fourth in front of fifth place finisher Jamie Ward Outlaw Pony
1)Tony Patterson
2)Jason Todd
3)Brad Sain
4)Mike Brashears
5)Jamie Ward
Defending Super Stock Champion Jeff Frame won his heat race, won an early battle with heat race winner Brian Hudson then thwarted the efforts of comeback racer Bobby Bradford and Ricky Riddle for his second victory of the 2005 season, having already picked up his initial victory during the 2005 Kennith Wessner Ford WinterFest.
Runner-up Ricky Riddle had to come from the rear after an early caution flag relegated the hard charging Riddle to the back of the pack.
Jason James was fourth in front of Barry Whitsett and Marty Anderson.
Super Stock
1)Jeff Frame
2)Ricky Riddle
3)Bobby Bradford
4)Jason James
5)Barry Whitsett
The 2004 Tullahoma News Driver of the Year Jason Todd drove to his second win of the season as the defending champion topped Clyde Petty. Jeremy Floyd was a strong third in front of Mike Norman and heat race winner Lee Farless. Todd also won his heat race.
Mini Stock
1)Jason Todd
2)Clyde Petty
3)Jeremy Floyd
4)Mike Norman
5)Lee Farless
John Whaley added to his Pure Stock trophy collection by winning his heat race then rolling to victory in the main event. Butch Scott was runner-up ahead of heat race winner J.J. Hall and Mike Hines. Chad Gene rounded out the Top 5 by besting Roy Thompson for the position.
Pure Stock
1)John Whaley
2)Butch Scott
3)J.J. Hall
4)Mike Hines
5)Chad Gene
On Saturday, April 2 the highly successful Kennith Wessner Ford-Mercury "Big 10 Steel Head Cup Series" returns for the fourth season. Round number one will be at Winchester Speedway on Saturday night. All classes will be in action on April 2. www.winchesterspeedwaytn.com -(9310967-0066(track phone). Gates open at 3:00 PM hot laps at 5:30 PM with Late Model and 2-BBL Late Model Time Trials to follow.
