Ronny Lee Hollingsworth Official Statement on Tire Cheating Accusations!

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Northport, Alabama (09/28/10) – Ronny Lee Hollingsworth entered the 21st Annual Premier Ford Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway (Columbus, Mississippi) over the course of last weekend in the #74 Flynn Motorsports/Mastersbilt Super Late Model.

With 71 Super Late Models entered, and after qualifying at the top of his group, Hollingsworth was disqualified by track officials from time trials and the balance of the weekend due to the accusation that his team had used chemically altered tires.

In regards to the situation, Hollingsworth comments “After qualifying one of our tires was confiscated. We were then notified that we were being disqualified due to a chemically altered tire. We were not able to watch the tire being tested with the sniffer, and when we requested that the tire be tested again, the officials denied the request. We then asked that the tire be sent off to be tested by an independent lab instead of making a knee jerk reaction to throw us out, and this was declined as well, and our team was told that we were disqualified for the balance of the weekend.

For this event Flynn Motorsports did not have the necessary tires, so the team purchased fourteen new tires, which were delivered on Wednesday for the event. I can say 110% that our tires were not chemically altered in any way, and team owner, Tony Flynn, indicated that to the best of his knowledge that the wheels that the tires were mounted upon had never been previously used by any of his former drivers to mount any altered tires. Due to the variations in results and testing with the sniffer that was used, I feel that we were unfairly and incorrectly disqualified. Flynn Motorsports and myself spent a lot of time during the week getting ready for this event only to be unjustly disqualified. Motorsports is a business and a source of income for me, and this entire situation was handled unacceptably.

I would like to thank Tony Flynn and everyone at Flynn Motorsports for the opportunity to drive their car, and I also want to thank all of my sponsors for their continued support. Even though we were unjustly disqualified this past weekend, our team will come emerge stronger than ever before in this season’s remaining events.”
This Saturday, October 2nd Ronny Lee will return to the cockpit of Henry Cooper’s #14 Country Pleasin’ Sausage/Barry Wright Race Car at Jackson Motor Speedway (Byram, Mississippi) for a $2,500 to win, Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS). Back in early September, Hollingsworth piloted the same car to a feature win at the facility and will be looking to repeat this Saturday. For more information, please visit www.JacksonMotorSpeedway.net and www.StateSeries.com .
Ronny Lee Hollingsworth would like to thank all of his sponsors including Waddle Trucking, Flynn Racing, Kelley Electrical Contractors, Vic Hill Racing Engines, MSRMafia.com, Xtreme Graphics By J-Rod, Stuckey Enterprises, Hoosier Racing Tires, Ohlins Shocks, VP Racing Fuels, Victory Circle M1 Chassis By Moyer, Mastersbilt Race Cars, and O.H. Hendricks.

Ronny Lee Hollingsworth and Hollingsworth Motorsports is currently looking for new sponsors and marketing sponsors. If you or your company is interested on becoming a member of the team, please visit www.HollingsworthMotorsports.com .

For more information on Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, please visit www.HollingsworthMotorsports.com .
 




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