CALVERT CITY, Ky. – Hometown favorite Tanner English won the UMP Late Model feature race Saturday night as Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway reopened after three years of inactivity.
English, of nearby Benton, Ky., led all the way in the 20-lap main event. His father, 2000 UMP national champion Terry English, made a last-lap pass of Clayton Miller to take second place.
Terry English was the track’s first Late Model champion in 1998.
Another local driver from the racing family from Marshall County, Troy English of Calvert City, won the Pro (Crate) Late Model feature, with Tait Davenport of Benton, Ky., second and Jeff Walston of Paducah, Ky., third.
Trent Young of Hopkinsville, Ky., won the Modified feature. He finished ahead of Clayton Miller, of Elkton, Ky., who did double-duty in the Late Model and open-wheel classes. Michael Turner was third.
Tony Cruse of Paducah, Ky., captured the Stock Car feature ahead of Michael Hendrickson and Kassidi Gibbs.
The 3/8-mile dirt oval reopened under new ownership with a field of 64 cars in four divisions. A sizable crowd was on hand to watch the event.
Stock Car feature (15 laps) — 1. Tony Cruse (7); 2. Michael Hendrickson (16H); 3. Kassidi Gibbs (K44); 4. Mike Lentz (1); 5. Colby Brandon (B29); 6. Tya Cunningham (24C); 7. Phillip Byard (01); 8. Steven Newton (4L); 9. Mike Watson (17); 10. Brent Burnett (B9); 11. Mike Hodges (82).
Pro (Crate) Late Model feature (15 models) — 1. Troy English (6); 2. Tait Davenport (18); 3. Jeff Walston (56); 4. Evan Taylor (36); 5. Cameron Brown (C14); 6. Brent Lewis (18L); 7. Kevin Cole (37); 8. Carnell Parker III (75); 9. Michael Lee (55); 10. Adam Ray (2); 11. Levi Ashby (1A); 12. Mike Moore (C7); 13. Grant Gardner (24); 14. Ricky Waggoner (00); 15. Jeff Glisson (12); 16. Angela Cummins (J12).
Modified feature (15 laps) — 1. Trent Young (10Y); 2. Clayton Miller (15); 3. Michael Turner (27); 4. Bryce Jewell (0J); 5. Lucas Lee (12); 6. Steve Ladd (28L); 7. Rod Reed (47); 8. Miles Thalmann (T2); 9. J.R. Mason (83); 10. Darrell Brewer (R31); 11. Jeff Elliott (23); 12. Michael Stratton (21); 13. Johnny Young (10 1/2); 14. Wally Walker (7W); 15. Michael Sabatino (7D); 16. Jay Ison (117); 17. Dustin Rollins (88); 18. Todd Riley (TL17); 19. Levi Kissinger (8K); 20. Ricky Knight (43); 21. Angie Norwood (A1A); 22. Fred Thalman (42T); 23. Howard Merritt (17).
Late Model feature (20 laps) — 1. Tanner English (96T); 2. Terry English (96); 3. Clayton Miller (8E); 4. Tim Brown (T-14); 5. Jason McBride (77); 6. Randy Seller (3); 7. Chris Shelton (16S); 8. Randy Sellers (3C); 9. Brandon Tibaldi (7).