Bulls Gap, TN (July 1, 2016)- The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series would make its first ever visit to Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN as part of the track’s 4th Annual Scott Sexton Memorial on Friday evening and Trent Young of Hopkinsville, KY would score his second series win of the season and claim the $2,000 payday. The win for Young would come in the seat of the Snap-On Tools/Mitchell Tools and Motorsports/Ted Brown’s Quality Paint and Body/R&S Equipment/Emma’s Place/Young’s Well Service sponsored #10Y Bandit Race Car, Stanton Race Engines powered mount.
Matt Cooper would take the early lead in the event and after a pair of early cautions would see his good run when mechanical issues forced him pitside, giving the lead to Mark Lamont. Lamont would hold the top spot as the third caution of the race waved on lap 10 for Logan Hickey, however it would be the caution for Robert Poole on lap 14 that would see the action pick up. The restart would see Lamont keep the lead, with Nick Stroupe, Don Adams, Josh Harris, and Trent Young in pursuit. Young would make a daring move on lap 15 to drive around both Adams and Harris for third and set his sights on second place Stroupe, taking the runner-up slot one circuit later on lap 16. Race leader Lamont would then become the focus of Young’s attention, with Young working past Lamont for the lead on lap 21. One final caution for a spin by Michael Lee on lap 25 would tighten the field back up one last time, however, Young would motor away from the pack to see the checkered flag first and claim the victory. Harris would work around Lamont in the late stages of the event to finish second, while Lamont would settle for the final podium finishing position in third. Lucas Lee would recover from a spin on lap 2 and charge to fourth, while Adams completed the top five.
The remainder of the top ten at the completion of the Volunteer Speedway A-Main would be Jody Puckett, Wade Rookard, Brian Shaw, Dave Mitchell, Shon Flanary. The event would slowed by five caution periods.
In preliminary action, Shon Flanary was the Quick Car Racing Products top qualifier among 31 entries at 14.060 seconds. Summit Racing Equipment heat one went to Mark Lamont, while Cameron Marlar scored the win in Fast Shafts heat two. Hypercoils heat three went to Matt Cooper, with Nick Stroupe winning Frankland Racing Equipment heat four. The Out-Pace Racing Products B-Mains went to Matt Henderson and Robert Poole. Series provisional starters were Brian Shaw and Colin Green.
The next event for the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series will take place on Saturday July 2 at Tazewell Speedway in Tazewell, TN, racing for $3,000 to win.
The Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series presents UMP DirtCar Modified sanctioned dirt track entertainment at racing venues throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, and Tennessee. For more information concerning the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series, contact series race director Jeff Evans at (859) 358-7178 or by email at jdevans@live.com or by visiting the series social media outlets at www.americanmodifiedseries.com, on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/American-Modified-Series, and on Twitter @AmericanModSeri.
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Race Summary-2016 Event #3: Volunteer Speedway- Bulls Gap, Tennessee- July 1, 2016 (www.americanmodifiedseries.com)
Quick Car Racing Products Overall Top Qualifier- Shon Flanary 14.060
Summit Racing Equipment Heat #1 (top 4 transfer)- Mark Lamont, Josh Harris, Shon Flanary, Lucas Lee, Matt Henderson, Wade Rookard, Austin Atkins, Jeff Akard
Fast Shafts Heat #2 (top 4 transfer)- Cameron Marlar, Logan Hickey, John Clippinger, Brandon Green, Stanley Donahoo, Wayne James, Terry James
Hypercoils Heat #3 (top 4 transfer)- Matt Cooper, Trent Young, Don Adams, Dave Mitchell, Robert Poole, Blake Brown, Brian Shaw, Amos Bunch
Frankland Racing Equipment Heat #4 (top 4 transfer)- Nick Stroupe, Michael Lee, Jody Puckett, Taylor Cook, Greg Brown, Billy Palmer, Colin Green, Wayne James
Out-Pace Racing Products B-Main #1 (top 2 transfer)- Matt Henderson, Wade Rookard, Stanley Donahoo, Austin Atkins, Wayne James, Terry James, Jeff Akard
Out-Pace Racing Products B-Main #2 (top 2 transfer)- Robert Poole, Greg Brown, Billy Palmer, Amos Bunch, Tyler James, Brian Shaw, Colin Green, Blake Brown
Volunteer Speedway A-Main– Trent Young, Josh Harris, Mark Lamont, Lucas Lee, Don Adams, Jody Puckett, Wade Rookard, Brian Shaw, Dave Mitchell, Shon Flanary, Matt Henderson, Michael Lee, Robert Poole, Cameron Marlar, Logan Hickey, John Clippinger, Matt Cooper, Brandon Green, Colin Green, Greg Brown, Taylor Cook, Nick Stroupe (DQ- Rough Driving)
Race Statistics
*Entries- 31
*Race Leaders- 3 (Matt Cooper 1-4; Mark Lamont 5-20; Trent Young 21-30)
*Cautions- 5 (lap 2, lap 4, lap 10, lap 14, lap 25) *Red Flags- None
*Series Provisional Starters- Brian Shaw, Colin Green
*Track Provisional Starters- None
*Time of Race- N/A
*Quick Car Racing Products Fast Time Award ($100 cash)- Shon Flanary 14.060
*All Star Performance Hard Charger Award ($100 certificate)- Brian Shaw (started 21st-finished 8th: advanced 13 positions) *FAST Ignition Systems Live Wire Award ($250 certificate for the highest finisher using a FAST Ignition system)- Don Adams
*Maxima Racing Oil Tough Fifth Place Finisher ($50 certificate)- Don Adams
*Wilwood Lucky Seven Award ($50 certificate)- Wade Rookard
*Summit Racing Equipment Heat One Winner ($50 certificate)- Mark Lamont
*Wiles Driveshafts Heat Two Winner ($75 certificate)- Cameron Marlar *Hypercoil Springs Heat Three Winner (certificate for one spring)- Matt Cooper *Frankland Racing Equipment Heat Four Winner ($75 certificate)- Nick Stroupe *Out Pace Racing Products B-Main Award ($75 gift certificate to the first non-transfer)- Stanley Donahoo
Summit Racing Equipment Top Ten Series Points (after 7/1/2016
1. Trent Young- 730
2. Josh Harris- 710
3. Mark Lamont- 555
4. Brandon Green- 490
5. Matt Cooper- 430
6. Colin Green- 420
7. Clayton Miller- 405
8. Brian Shaw- 365
9. Shon Flanary- 345
10. Dave Mitchell- 340
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2016 Racing Schedule April 29 (Friday)- Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, IN)- 40 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- 3rd Annual J.B. Robinson Memorial (www.bloomingtonspeedway.com)- Trent Young (Hopkinsville, KY) May 27 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.farmercityracing.com)- Rained Out May 28 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- AMS All-Star Shootout (www.fairburyspeedway.com)- Rain delayed-will finish on July 29 June 24 (Friday)- Moler Raceway Park (Williamsburg, OH)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start- L&M Performance 30 (www.molerracewaypark.com)- Rained Out June 25 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.florencespeedway.com)- Josh Harris (Utica, KY) July 1 (Friday)- Volunteer Speedway (Bulls Gap, TN)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start (www.volunteerspeedway.com)- Trent Young (Hopkinsville, KY) July 2 (Saturday)- Tazewell Speedway (Tazewell, TN)- 40 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.tazewellspeedway.net) July 22 (Friday)- Moler Raceway Park (Williamsburg, OH)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.molerracewaypark.com) July 23 (Saturday)- Ponderosa Speedway (Junction City, KY)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.ponderosaspeedway.net) July 29 (Friday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 30 laps/$2,000 to win/$200 to start- AMS All-Star Shootout (www.fairburyspeedway.com September 2 (Friday)- Farmer City Raceway (Farmer City, IL)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start (www.farmercityracing.com) September 3 (Saturday)- Fairbury’s American Legion Speedway (Fairbury, IL)- 50 laps/$10,000 to win/$300 to start- 4th Annual Casey’s AMS Modified Nationals (www.fairburyspeedway.com) September 4 (Sunday)- Spoon River Speedway (Canton, IL)- 50 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 26th Annual Modified Fall Nationals (www.spoonriverspeedway.com) September 16 (Friday)- Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL)- 35 laps/$3,000 to win/$225 to start- 2nd Annual Fall Classic (www.peoriaspeedway.com) September 17 (Saturday)- Peoria Speedway (Peoria, IL)- 40 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 2nd Annual Fall Classic (www.peoriaspeedway.com) October 7 (Friday)- Chandler Motor Speedway (Chandler, IN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start (www.chandlerspeedway.com) October 8 (Saturday)- Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, IN)- 30 laps/$1,500 to win/$200 to start- Harvest Cup (www.tristatespeedway.com) October 22 (Saturday)- Florence Speedway (Union, KY)- 40 laps/$5,000 to win/$250 to start- 7th Annual Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series Championship (www.florencespeedway.com)
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2016 Official Sponsors *Summit Racing Equipment (www.summitracing.com)- “Title Sponsor for the American Modified Series and Sponsor of Heat Race #1”
*All Star Performance (www.allstarperformance.com)- “Official Hard Charger of the Race” Award Sponsor at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *FAST Fuel/Air/Spark/Technology- (www.fuelairspark.com)- “Official Ignition System” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *KBC Graphics- (www.kbcgraphix.com)- “Official Graphics Company” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series (www.kbcgraphix.com) *Maxima Racing Oil- (www.maximausa.com) “Official Oil” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and Tough Fifth Place Award Sponsor *Quick Car Racing Products- (www.quickcar.net)- “$100 Fast Qualifier Award” at all Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series events *VP Racing Fuels (www.vpracingfuels.com)- “Official Race Fuel” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series *Wilwood (www.wilwood.com)- “Official Brakes” of the Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series and “Lucky 7” Award Sponsor
Summit Racing Equipment American Modified Series 2016 Marketing Partners Bad Fast Race Chassis (www.734dirt.com) Bandit Race Cars (www.banditracecars.net) Bob Poynter GM (www.bobpoynter.com) Boknecht Trucking Dale Meers Race Engines DASCO Racing Supply Fast Shafts- “Sponsor of Heat Race #2 Fox Shocks (www.ridefox.com) Frankland Racing Equipment (www.franklandracing.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #4”
Hypercoils (www.hypercoils.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #3”
Impressive Race Cars (www.impressiveracecars.com) Maximum Energy Development (www.maximumenergy.us) Mullins Race Engines (www.mullinsraceengines.com) Out-Pace Race Products- “Sponsor of B-Mains”
Print Worx (www.facebook.com/print.workx/)- Official Merchandise Provider for the Series RACEceiver (www.raceceiver.com) Reaper Race Cars UMP Dirt Car (www.umpracing.com) Wick Oil Company (www.wickoil.com)