September 11th, 2004
Clarksville, TN
The Pro Street Season Championship was up for grabs tonight at Clarksville Speedway. And for the second week straight, Brian Caudle (RC1) set fast time for that class with a 14.208 lap. Michael R. Lee (55) was the only Open Wheel driver to break the fourteen second barrier with a 13.926 fast time.
And Randle Sweeney (33) stopped the clock in 12.632 seconds ahead of Lee DeVasier's (5) 12.975. In all, four Late Model drivers squeezed in below thirteen seconds, the other two, Gary L. Frost (F14) and Tony Albright (1) are long-standing champions of the red, clay oval.
The first heat race to hit the track was Pure Mini Stock cars. The sure-to-be crowned point leader Christopher Perrigo (12), had a good challenge for the first half of the race; Clarksville Speedway welcomes Bobby Huff (11H) who gave it to him. The first Street Stock heat had Dorris McCord (45) chasing champion Kenny Gibbs (71) until a stalled car brought out the yellow flag. These two drivers put themselves nearly a quarter of a lap ahead of the rest of the field before the restart. Gibbs held McCord off for the win. The second Street Stock hat got off to a bad start with debris on the track and a misaligned field, it was restarted. The action didn't stop till the checkers dropped. Mike Neighbors brought out #77 and found himself challenging Dale Phillips (87) right up to the end. Sticking to Phillips bumper, Neighbors moved up to pass with two laps to go but Phillips wouldn't let him. On the last lap Neighbors gave it all he had, but it wasn't enough to stop Phillips from taking the checkered first. Pro Street action followed next, with "The R-C Man" sitting on the pole next to Matt D. Potter (64) who qualified just a tenth of a second off Caudle. These two were side-by-side for the first lap of the dash ut Potter took over from there. Don Young (41) was running a close third until just after the half-way point when Rc1 suffered mechanical failure. Young finished second behind Potter and Ty Dossett (44) pulled in for show. The Pro Street heat barely got a lap in when fluid on the track slowed the pace. By the half-way point Joeseph Hamm (J1) had a solid hold on first place but second wasn't so easily decided. A second caution thinned out the field where Bernd Kollmann (35) pulled in second and Don Bradley (5) came in to show.
UMP Late Model cars took to the track next. With Randle Sweeney (33) and Lee DeVasier (5) in the front row at the drop of the green flag, they seemed to stay there, side-by-side, until three laps in, when the dash had its first caution in recent weeks. DeVasier was just far enough ahead to restart in first place and even pulled away from Sweeney by a few car lengths. Sweeney made up the distance and pulled ahead for the win on the last lap, coming out of the last turn. The first Late Model heat had Gary Johnson (20) and Wendell Bratton (24) on the front row but Ronnie Frost (8) pulled up from the second row past Bratton to finish second behind Johnson, who seemed to gain on the rest of the field for the entire race. In the final Late Model heat,
Rod Reed (47) had the punch from the start and pulled away from Jimmy Grant (4) till after the crossed flags came out, followed by a yellow. Reed had
the power from the restart as well crossing the checkered flag first.
In Mini Modified action Ronnie Richardson (15) pulled away from the field at the drop of the green and Dale McCord (31) pursued. Just after the crossed flags, Richardson slowed the pace and let McCord gain a little, but picked back up taking it to the checkers with McCord in tow. Clarksville Speedway welcomes Greg Wilson (18) to this class of Minis who pulled in third behind McCord. The second Mini Modified heat had Kyle Fleming (1F) and Stan Ferry (2) on the front row. Floyd Clinard Jr. (05) quickly pulled up from the fourth row to challenge Fleming and Ferry. The going got rough but Fleming prevailed taking the checkers ahead of Clinard. Clayton Miller (X15) drove the Open Wheel dash to the checkered flag with Randle Sweeney (182) challenging for most of the race. Michael Lee (55) snuck past Sweeney on the last lap to pull in second behind Miller. A spin on the first lap of the first Open Wheel heat race shrunk the field and allowed Gil Smith (7X) to finish first and Scott Boley (O1) to pull in the place. Lucas Lee (12) wrapped up the heats for the night ahead of Charles Zimmerman (93) and Jamie Mann (88M) in their UMP Open Wheel Modifieds.
Don Young (41) picked right back up in the Pro Street feature where he
left off in the dash, chasing Matt Potter and #64. A caution closed the
distances between cars in the second half of the race and Ty Dossett (44) used it to pull ahead of Young placing second behind Potter who won the
distinguished Pro Street season championship. When the Pure Mini Stock feature took to the track, Christopher Perrigo (12) took his customary lead and let Sunny "Sundial" Liberatore (89) and Michael Perrigo (14) decide second.
Liberatore would take the show behind Chris when the checkered fell. Clayton
Miller (X15) spent the first part of the Open Wheel feature holding off
Michael Lee (55), but when the crossed flags came out, Lee was first overcome by Randle Sweeney (182) and later Mike Neighbors (711N) who finished third.
Meanwhile, in the second half, Sweeney edged past Miller for the lead leaving a closely following Miller second place. Dale Phillips (87) had fun in the Street
Stock feature when, after leading the first few laps got passed by Mike Neighbors (77). Neighbors held the lead until after the half-way point but suffered mechanical failure handing the lead back over to Phillips. Dorris
McCord (45) was running a good third place spot for most of the race until
mechanical failure hit him as well leaving Ronnie Hedgepath (H55) the second
place win. And up from the fourth row, Buster Meador (1) took the show.
Randle Sweeney (33) lapped half the field of UMP Late Models before taking
the checkered flag in the feature race. In the beginning, Tony Albright (1)held the second spot but Gary Frost (F14) slipped past and took it for a couple laps. Albright would take it back, but before the crossed flags
came out Carnell Parker III (75) would pass them both and hold on to take
second in behind Sweeney. Wrapping up the action for the night, the Mini
Modified feature put Ronnie Richardson (15) out front where he held the lead for the duration. Dale McCord (31) held second place behind Richardson even
when one caution after another slowed the racing. Charles Newberry (23) pulled in for the show.
Clarksville Speedway would like to thank all the racers and staff and most of all the wonderful fans that make this wildest of sport the success it is.
Clarksville, TN
The Pro Street Season Championship was up for grabs tonight at Clarksville Speedway. And for the second week straight, Brian Caudle (RC1) set fast time for that class with a 14.208 lap. Michael R. Lee (55) was the only Open Wheel driver to break the fourteen second barrier with a 13.926 fast time.
And Randle Sweeney (33) stopped the clock in 12.632 seconds ahead of Lee DeVasier's (5) 12.975. In all, four Late Model drivers squeezed in below thirteen seconds, the other two, Gary L. Frost (F14) and Tony Albright (1) are long-standing champions of the red, clay oval.
The first heat race to hit the track was Pure Mini Stock cars. The sure-to-be crowned point leader Christopher Perrigo (12), had a good challenge for the first half of the race; Clarksville Speedway welcomes Bobby Huff (11H) who gave it to him. The first Street Stock heat had Dorris McCord (45) chasing champion Kenny Gibbs (71) until a stalled car brought out the yellow flag. These two drivers put themselves nearly a quarter of a lap ahead of the rest of the field before the restart. Gibbs held McCord off for the win. The second Street Stock hat got off to a bad start with debris on the track and a misaligned field, it was restarted. The action didn't stop till the checkers dropped. Mike Neighbors brought out #77 and found himself challenging Dale Phillips (87) right up to the end. Sticking to Phillips bumper, Neighbors moved up to pass with two laps to go but Phillips wouldn't let him. On the last lap Neighbors gave it all he had, but it wasn't enough to stop Phillips from taking the checkered first. Pro Street action followed next, with "The R-C Man" sitting on the pole next to Matt D. Potter (64) who qualified just a tenth of a second off Caudle. These two were side-by-side for the first lap of the dash ut Potter took over from there. Don Young (41) was running a close third until just after the half-way point when Rc1 suffered mechanical failure. Young finished second behind Potter and Ty Dossett (44) pulled in for show. The Pro Street heat barely got a lap in when fluid on the track slowed the pace. By the half-way point Joeseph Hamm (J1) had a solid hold on first place but second wasn't so easily decided. A second caution thinned out the field where Bernd Kollmann (35) pulled in second and Don Bradley (5) came in to show.
UMP Late Model cars took to the track next. With Randle Sweeney (33) and Lee DeVasier (5) in the front row at the drop of the green flag, they seemed to stay there, side-by-side, until three laps in, when the dash had its first caution in recent weeks. DeVasier was just far enough ahead to restart in first place and even pulled away from Sweeney by a few car lengths. Sweeney made up the distance and pulled ahead for the win on the last lap, coming out of the last turn. The first Late Model heat had Gary Johnson (20) and Wendell Bratton (24) on the front row but Ronnie Frost (8) pulled up from the second row past Bratton to finish second behind Johnson, who seemed to gain on the rest of the field for the entire race. In the final Late Model heat,
Rod Reed (47) had the punch from the start and pulled away from Jimmy Grant (4) till after the crossed flags came out, followed by a yellow. Reed had
the power from the restart as well crossing the checkered flag first.
In Mini Modified action Ronnie Richardson (15) pulled away from the field at the drop of the green and Dale McCord (31) pursued. Just after the crossed flags, Richardson slowed the pace and let McCord gain a little, but picked back up taking it to the checkers with McCord in tow. Clarksville Speedway welcomes Greg Wilson (18) to this class of Minis who pulled in third behind McCord. The second Mini Modified heat had Kyle Fleming (1F) and Stan Ferry (2) on the front row. Floyd Clinard Jr. (05) quickly pulled up from the fourth row to challenge Fleming and Ferry. The going got rough but Fleming prevailed taking the checkers ahead of Clinard. Clayton Miller (X15) drove the Open Wheel dash to the checkered flag with Randle Sweeney (182) challenging for most of the race. Michael Lee (55) snuck past Sweeney on the last lap to pull in second behind Miller. A spin on the first lap of the first Open Wheel heat race shrunk the field and allowed Gil Smith (7X) to finish first and Scott Boley (O1) to pull in the place. Lucas Lee (12) wrapped up the heats for the night ahead of Charles Zimmerman (93) and Jamie Mann (88M) in their UMP Open Wheel Modifieds.
Don Young (41) picked right back up in the Pro Street feature where he
left off in the dash, chasing Matt Potter and #64. A caution closed the
distances between cars in the second half of the race and Ty Dossett (44) used it to pull ahead of Young placing second behind Potter who won the
distinguished Pro Street season championship. When the Pure Mini Stock feature took to the track, Christopher Perrigo (12) took his customary lead and let Sunny "Sundial" Liberatore (89) and Michael Perrigo (14) decide second.
Liberatore would take the show behind Chris when the checkered fell. Clayton
Miller (X15) spent the first part of the Open Wheel feature holding off
Michael Lee (55), but when the crossed flags came out, Lee was first overcome by Randle Sweeney (182) and later Mike Neighbors (711N) who finished third.
Meanwhile, in the second half, Sweeney edged past Miller for the lead leaving a closely following Miller second place. Dale Phillips (87) had fun in the Street
Stock feature when, after leading the first few laps got passed by Mike Neighbors (77). Neighbors held the lead until after the half-way point but suffered mechanical failure handing the lead back over to Phillips. Dorris
McCord (45) was running a good third place spot for most of the race until
mechanical failure hit him as well leaving Ronnie Hedgepath (H55) the second
place win. And up from the fourth row, Buster Meador (1) took the show.
Randle Sweeney (33) lapped half the field of UMP Late Models before taking
the checkered flag in the feature race. In the beginning, Tony Albright (1)held the second spot but Gary Frost (F14) slipped past and took it for a couple laps. Albright would take it back, but before the crossed flags
came out Carnell Parker III (75) would pass them both and hold on to take
second in behind Sweeney. Wrapping up the action for the night, the Mini
Modified feature put Ronnie Richardson (15) out front where he held the lead for the duration. Dale McCord (31) held second place behind Richardson even
when one caution after another slowed the racing. Charles Newberry (23) pulled in for the show.
Clarksville Speedway would like to thank all the racers and staff and most of all the wonderful fans that make this wildest of sport the success it is.
