OCT. 22- 4-TIME UMP NATIONAL CHAMPION RODNEY MELVIN MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE CRATE RACIN USA LATE MODEL SERIES PAYOFF IN A BIG WAY SATURDAY NIGHT AT CLARKSVILLE SPEEDWAY CLARKSVILLE,TN. MELVIN SET FAST TIME AND TOOK HOME THE $500 BUD POLE AWARD AND THEN SEALED THE DEAL WITH PICKING UP THE "BUDWEISER OF CLARKSVILLE SHOOT-OUT" A-MAIN EVENT, BUT IT DID NOT COMES EASY AS MELVIN WOULD HAVE TO HOLD OFF CHALLENGES FROM THREE HARD CHARGING DRIVERS WHICH INCLUDED OUT SIDE POLE-SITTER SHANE ROBERTS FROM BRISTOL,TN. AS THE TWO WOULD BATTLE IT OUT SIDE BY SIDE FOR THE FIRST DOZEN LAPS BEFORE 2005 CLARKSVIILE SPEEDWAY SUPER LATE MODEL CHAMP CARNELL PARKER WOULD TAKE SECOND FROM ROBERTS AND SET HIS SIGHT ON THE LEADER MELVIN.
RACING FOR EVERY POSITION ALL THE WAY THRU THE FIELD. CLARKSVIILE'S FAVORITE SON JEFF PURVIS WOULD THRILL THE FANS AS HE WAS MAKING MOVES ALL OVER THE TRACK THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE THE WHITE #15 TO A TOP FIVE POSITION. A LATE CHARGE FROM THE ELEVENTH PLACE STARTER OF 2005 UMP ROOKIE OF THE YEAR KEVIN COLE WOULD ONCE AGAIN BRING THE CROWD TO THERE FEET AS COLE ALSO TOOK HIS SHOT AT MELVIN BUT WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SECOND AHEAD OF PARKER IN THIRD FORTH GOING TO THE 2005 CRATE RACIN USA NATIONAL CHAMPION OF CHATTANOOGA TN. DRIVER DENNY SLAYTON AND JEFF PURVIS FINISHING IN FIFTH. SIXTH THRU TENTH WAS THE #00 CAR OF JEFF SMITH, STEVEN ASHBY SEVENTH,JEFF FIELDS EIGHTH, FOLLOWED BY DON JENKINS AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP 10 WAS CURTIS CLINE.THIS WAS THE FINAL POINTS RACE FOR THE 2005 SEASON WITH DENNY SLAYTON TAKING THE INNUGURAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE YOUNG SERIES. NEXT UP IS THE FIRST ANNUAL CRATE RACIN USA "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" RACE DEC.1st THRU 3rd AT EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK IN TAMPA, FLA.
FINISHING ORDER FROM THE BUDWEISER OF CLARKSVILLE SHOOT-OUT
1) RODNEY MELVIN- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
2) KEVIN COLE- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
3) CARNELL PARKER- MASTERSBUILT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
4) DENNY SLAYTON- GRT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
5) JEFF PURVIS- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
6) JEFF SMITH- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
7) STEVEN ASHBY- STINGER CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
8) JEFF FIELDS- MASTERSBUILT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
9) DON JENKINS- LARRY SHAW CHASSIS/GM 602 ENGINE
10) CURTIS CLINE- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 602 ENGINE
11) SHANE ROBERTS- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
12) MATT DUSABLON- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
13) DAVID BEAM- MASTERSBUILT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
14) ROBBY BILBREY- STINGER CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
15) JIMMY KAY- GRT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
16) DANNY JOLLEY- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 602 ENGINE
17) BLAKE STEWART- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
18) MATTHEW TURNER- ROCKET CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
19) JEREMY PRUITT- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
20) MATT BARRETT-WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
21) JOE MORRIS- ROCKET CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
22 BOBBY TURNER- ROCKET CHASSIS/GM 602
RACING FOR EVERY POSITION ALL THE WAY THRU THE FIELD. CLARKSVIILE'S FAVORITE SON JEFF PURVIS WOULD THRILL THE FANS AS HE WAS MAKING MOVES ALL OVER THE TRACK THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY TAKE THE WHITE #15 TO A TOP FIVE POSITION. A LATE CHARGE FROM THE ELEVENTH PLACE STARTER OF 2005 UMP ROOKIE OF THE YEAR KEVIN COLE WOULD ONCE AGAIN BRING THE CROWD TO THERE FEET AS COLE ALSO TOOK HIS SHOT AT MELVIN BUT WOULD HAVE TO SETTLE FOR SECOND AHEAD OF PARKER IN THIRD FORTH GOING TO THE 2005 CRATE RACIN USA NATIONAL CHAMPION OF CHATTANOOGA TN. DRIVER DENNY SLAYTON AND JEFF PURVIS FINISHING IN FIFTH. SIXTH THRU TENTH WAS THE #00 CAR OF JEFF SMITH, STEVEN ASHBY SEVENTH,JEFF FIELDS EIGHTH, FOLLOWED BY DON JENKINS AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP 10 WAS CURTIS CLINE.THIS WAS THE FINAL POINTS RACE FOR THE 2005 SEASON WITH DENNY SLAYTON TAKING THE INNUGURAL CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE YOUNG SERIES. NEXT UP IS THE FIRST ANNUAL CRATE RACIN USA "WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" RACE DEC.1st THRU 3rd AT EAST BAY RACEWAY PARK IN TAMPA, FLA.
FINISHING ORDER FROM THE BUDWEISER OF CLARKSVILLE SHOOT-OUT
1) RODNEY MELVIN- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
2) KEVIN COLE- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
3) CARNELL PARKER- MASTERSBUILT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
4) DENNY SLAYTON- GRT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
5) JEFF PURVIS- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
6) JEFF SMITH- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
7) STEVEN ASHBY- STINGER CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
8) JEFF FIELDS- MASTERSBUILT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
9) DON JENKINS- LARRY SHAW CHASSIS/GM 602 ENGINE
10) CURTIS CLINE- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 602 ENGINE
11) SHANE ROBERTS- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
12) MATT DUSABLON- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
13) DAVID BEAM- MASTERSBUILT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
14) ROBBY BILBREY- STINGER CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
15) JIMMY KAY- GRT CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
16) DANNY JOLLEY- RAYBURN CHASSIS/GM 602 ENGINE
17) BLAKE STEWART- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
18) MATTHEW TURNER- ROCKET CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
19) JEREMY PRUITT- WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
20) MATT BARRETT-WARRIOR CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
21) JOE MORRIS- ROCKET CHASSIS/GM 604 ENGINE
22 BOBBY TURNER- ROCKET CHASSIS/GM 602
