(Las Cruces, NM – November 5, 2011) Night #2 of the USRA Fall Modified Nationals would pick up a trio of new check-ins to bring the weekend total to 85 Modifieds at the Southern New Mexico Speedway with the 30 of Chase Allen and the 9 of Jimmy Ray earning the front row in Saturday night’s 40 lap feature event.
To the green and the 30 of Allen would take full advantage of his pole starting position; jumping to the lead over the 9 of Ray with the 2s of Stormy Scott jumping into third on the start. Working lap five, the front three would run about the same with Ray and Scott both working the top shelf as the 30 of Allen worked right around the infield berm. Able to run down the 30 of Allen on the high line, Ray would put the hammer down; taking over the top spot with 33 laps to run. Working on lap 8 however, Ray would not be able to hold off Terry Phillips as the Andy’s Frozen Custard 75 rocked into the race lead after starting ninth on the field.
Pulling away to a huge advantage, Phillips would go mostly unchallenged; only contending with the occasional lapped car as the battle for second continued with Ray working on to keep the 2s of Story Scott at bay. Racing past the half-way point, the lone caution of the 40 lap contest would come out with twenty-three laps to run as Tucson’s Dana Fite spun to a stop in turns four.
Back to green and the car on the move as the 71 of Jason Cummins. Restarting sixth after already fighting from fourteenth, Cummins would beat everyone to the high line; jumping from sixth to third in less than a lap with second place running Stormy Scott in his sites.
To less than ten laps to go, Cummins would be unable to make up any more ground on Scott as the battle on the track was for the final transfer spot. Running in fifth, Kelly Shryock would have his hands full as Chase Allen worked on racing back into a transfer spot as the 74 of Jeremy Payne continued his charge from the 16th starting spot.
As the final laps approached, slower traffic would again not affect Phillips as the driver of the 75 pulled to over a straight-a-way advantage to claim the win and the outside front row starting position. Stormy Scott would pull off second with Jason Cummins and Jimmy Ray taking third and fourth while Rodney Sanders, the 2010 Champion of this race, was able to steal away the fifth and final transfer spot into Sunday’s top starting rows.
So with the top 10 starting spots now locked in, the finale of the 2011 USRA Fall Modified Nationals is set for Sunday November 6, 2011. Gates to the Speedway will open at Noon with racing beginning at 2pm. Admission for the grandstands is $12 with discounts for kids 11-15, Military, Seniors, Law Enforcement, and University Id. Children 10 years and younger get in free.
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Sunday’s Fall Nationals Finale will be dedicated to raising money for the March of Dimes High Heel for High Hopes. The more fans in the stands the more money we will be able to donate to the March of Dimes. For the first 500 general admission tickets sold, $1 from each ticket will be donated to the March of Dimes. After that, every ticket sold will see $2 donated until we reach 1,000 tickets sold. After we sell over 1,000 general admission tickets the Speedway will then donate half of every ticket to the March of Dimes.
In addition to donations from the front gate, everyone in the stands will have a chance to bid on one of the 10 drivers already locked into Sunday’s $10,000 to win event. The highest bidder will win that driver as their choice to win the Fall Nationals. After all bidding is complete, all the money raised will be put into one big pot and the person whose driver wins the race will get half of the total money raised with the other half going to the March of Dimes. Basically, if all the bids yield a total of $2,000, the drivers winning bidder will get $1,000 and the March of Dimes will get $1,000. Bidding will be open to everyone in attendance.
Basically, if all the bids yield a total of $2,000, the drivers winning bidder will get $1,000 and the March of Dimes will get $1,000. Bidding will be open to everyone in attendance.
The Southern New Mexico Speedway is located 11 miles west of Las Cruces at the Southern New Mexico State Fairgrounds. Take exit 132 off I-10, turn left to Robert Larson Blvd., and then head west to the Speedway. For turn by turn directions, log onto www.snmspeedway.com/maps.php.
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12th Annual Mesilla Valley Transportation Fall Nationals
Southern New Mexico Speedway ~ Las Cruces, New Mexico
USRA Modified Event Winners
(Saturday, November 5th 2011)
Heat 1: Chase Allen, Wayne Brooks, Dustin Hyde, Mike Petersilie, Chad Falco, Dickie Gorham, Kevin Clark, Jake Boles, Richard Johnson, Max Sadler
Heat 2: Jake O’Neil, Dana Fite, Alex Stanford, Philip Houston, Garrett Higgins, Holly Jones, Chris Sims, Danny Dozier, Roy Don Mason, Dusty Riggs
Heat 3: Stormy Scott, Jake Gallardo, Tom Georges, Chase Junghans, Jay Rosales, Jesse Williamson, Mercedes Harris, Roger Owens, Alan Sharpensteen, Pat Carney
Heat 4: Kelly Shryock, Larry Fears, Zane DeVilbiss, Ron Schreiner, Josh Cain, Rick Lovelady, Peyton Taylor, Richie Davis, John Calvert Jr., Travis Tipton
Heat 5: Jimmy Ray, Jeremy Payne, Kellen Chadwick, Christy Georges, Jason Cummins, Kelly Gorham, Randy Brown, Rick Ortega, Zach Vanderbeek, Greg Jelvik
Heat 6: Terry Phillips, Brian Craighead, Randy Reeser, Toby Herring, Greg Jenkins, Grant Junghans, Donovan Ooley, Bo Martinez, Jeff Algayer
Heat 7: Royal Jones, Bumper Jones, Rodney Sanders, Chad Ayers, Butch Reid Jr., James Flemming, Brett James, Ronnie Salas, AJ Sharpensteen
Heat 8: Hunter Rasdon, Bob Sikes, Terry Tipton, Tristan Sikes, Greg Jensen, Luke Driskell, Duane Murphy, Dan Lee, Robbie Chiles
B-Main 1: Jason Cummins, Kellen Chadwick, Zach Vanderbeek, Chase Junghans, Mike Petersilie, Jay Rosales, Larry Fears, Chris Sims, James Flemming, Danny Dozier, Bo Martinez, Kelly Gorham, Robbie Chiles, Pat Carney, Roy Don Mason, Jesse Williamson, Bob Sikes, Robbie Chiles, Greg Jenkins, Rick Ortega, Randy Brown, Jeff Algayer
B-Main 2: Rodney Sanders, Ron Schreiner, Terry Tipton, Toby Herring, Grant Junghans, Philip Houston, Luke Driskell, Christy Georges, Tom Georges, Mercedes Harris, Greg Jensen, Chad Falco, Donovan Ooley, Brett James, Roger Owens, Ronnie Salas, Dan Lee, Alan Sharpensteen, Dennis Gates, Richard Johnson, Travis Tipton
B-Main 3: Jeremy Payne, Josh Cain, Zane DeVilbiss, Dickie Gorham, Peyton Taylor, Holly Jones, Richie Davis, Brian Craighead, Butch Reid Jr., Garrett Higgins, Dusty Riggs, Max Sadler, Greg Jelvik, Duane Murphy, Jake Boles, Kevin Clark, AJ Sharpensteen, Rick Lovelady, Alex Stanford, Chad Ayers, John Calvert Jr.
A-Main: Terry Phillips, Stormy Scott, Jason Cummins, Jimmy Ray, Rodney Sanders, Kelly Shryock, Jeremy Payne, Chase Allen, Zane DeVilbiss, Wayne Brooks, Jake O’Neil, Hunter Rasdon, Dustin Hyde, Ron Schreiner, Jake Gallardo, Zach Vanderbeek, Josh Cain, Royal Jones, Randy Reeser, Bumper Jones, Toby Herring, Terry Tipton, Dickie Gorham, Chase Junghans, Kellen Chadwick, Dana Fite (Top 5 to Sunday’s A-main)
**78 Modifieds (3 new)
El Paso, Texas driver Curt Barnett won the Legends of the Southwest feature (19 cars).
Las Cruces, New Mexico driver Donovan Flores won the Street Stock feature (29 cars).
Bald Knob, Arkansas driver Wayne Brooks won the Super Truck feature (13 cars).