By Dennis Bowling
After a season of promise and expectations that has not been what David Gentry is accustomed to (In other words; numerous victories), the "Lewisburg(TN) Lightning" returned to familiar territory in Saturday's Fall Sizzler at Winchester, Tennessee and as he has done so many times through recent years at middle Tennessee tracks, Gentry set quick time with a 16.11 clocking and streaked to victory in the $3,000 to win Late Model race.
Forty nine Late Models went against the clock with Gentry's 16.11 edging former Winchester Speedway champion Greg Skinner's 16.13 mark. Fourteen LM's were locked into the starting field as Trenton, Georgia's Steve Gilbert was the fourteenth qualifier on time.
Eighteen late models were scheduled to start consy number one and while only fifteen actually took the green flag it was the "Boaz Bullet" Tim Busha that was an easy victor over Ronny Hollinsworth of Northport, Alabama. Murphy, North Carolina's David Killian was third with 16 year old Dallas Cooper in fourth. Lamar Scoggins grabbed the final transfer spot in consy one. Consolation race number two saw TST veteran Ted Lackey drive away from the seventeen car field with Jeremy Taylor finishing second ahead of Corey Posey , Fred Flatt and Mike Head.
When the 40 lap feature finally got underway it was a multicar battle early on with Skinner, 2003 track Champion Jerry Ashley, Kevin Gibson, Shannon Davis and Randy Gifford all pushing Gentry. The "Shark" appeared to get together with Ashley and a cut tire ended the former champs run. Meanwhile Gifford was sliding backward with an ill handling race car and Davis exited on lap 12.
If you made the mistake of only focusing on the leaders you may have missed two great charges. Consy two winner Ted Lackey was flying through the field and by the half way mark was up to eight with 24th starting Mike Head on a tear of his own and riding 12th at the midpoint. By lap 30 the crowd was focused on Lackey as he and Perry Delaney, whom himself was having a fine run were in a battle for third and fourth with Lackey prevailing in lap 37. Ted's charge came up short as the Alabama veteran flat ran out of time and would finish a close third behind Gentry and Ashley. Delaney grabbed fourth as another former track champion Jeff Walker was fifth, staving off the "Ellenwood(GA.) Express" Mike Head who finished 6th, passing 18 racers on his charge towards the front. It was a trio of Alabaman's that finished seventh through ninth with Keith Hayes, Brandon Brown and Ronny Hollinsworth, while Scott Randolph was tenth.
LM Sizzler
1)David Gentry
2)Jerry Ashley
3)Ted Lackey
4)Perry Delaney
5)Jeff Walker
6)Mike Head
7)Keith Hayes
8)Brandon Brown
9)Ronny Hollinsworth
10)Scott Randolph
11)David Killian
12)Fred Flatt
13)Josh Lunsford
14)Steve Gilbert
15)Corey Posey
16)Tim Busha
17)Greg Skinner
18)Jerry Jackson
19)Kevin Gibson
20)Lamar Scoggins
21)Dallas Cooper
22)Jeremy Taylor
23)Randy Gifford
24)Shannon Davis
LM drivers that did not transfer
*Jeff Sanborn
*Dwayne Oakley
*Larry Landers
*Marvin Cagle
*Jimmy Nowlin
*Carnell Parker
*Junior Brown
*Billy Harris
*Mike Luna
*Steve Garner
*Kenny Dyer
*Robbie Pierce
*Shannon Elrod
*Vince Grondski
*David Dodson
*Randy Dunn
*Ken McAffee
*Bubba Vandergriff
*Chris Morris
*Jerry Owens(DNS Consy)
*Doodle Lowe(DNS Consy)
*Jason McMahon(DNS Consy)
*Dale Finley(DNS Consy)
*Larry McClintock(DNS Consy)
In the Open Wheel division it was heat race winners Alan Holmes and Randy Zeigler that finished one-two in the 20 lap main event while OW track record holder Henry Hanger(16.53 0n August 16, 2003) finished third with 2003 Champion David Jackson in fourth ahead of Scott Cornelius.
Open Wheel
1)Alan Holmes
2)Randy Zeigler
3)Henry Hanger
4)David Jackson
5)Scott Cornelius
6)Wayne Jones
7)Gary Reid
8)Jason Maurer
9)Mark Haddon
10)John Schetromph
The Mini Stock put on another nip and tuck show with heats winners Joe Burns and Michael Brown in an early duel for the point before Jason Todd finally slipped by both front runners. Once in front Todd held off a determined Joe Burns as the track record holder (18.64 on August 9, 2003) pushed the McMinnville native to the checkered flag. Todd was protested and a post race inspection found Todd's Mustang to be legal. Point's runner-up Stanley James pushed the leaders to the finish line with Earl Campbell and Joe Jernigan fourth and fifth.
Mini Stocks
1)Jason Todd
2)Joe Burns
3)Stanley James
4)Earl Campbell
5)Joe Jernigan
6)Bud Mullins
7)Grady Winsett
8)John Ohleman
9)Mahlon Cheek
10)Russell Kilgore
In the Outlaw Pony division Brad Sain picked up win number eight, tying him with 2-BBL LM Champion Ken McAfee for the most victories at Winchester Speedway in 2003. It wasn't easy as Sain had to out duel eleven other outlaws that included six time winner Mike Brashears(in Bruce Fullmer's Mustang #10), four time winner Ricky Brown and two time champion Joey Sisk for the win. Heat one winner Jamie Lewis was fifth while Ricky Brown won heat race number two.
Outlaw Pony
1)Brad Sain
2)Mike Brashears
3)Ricky Brown
4)Joey Sisk
5)Jamie Lewis
The Coca Cola Pure Stocks were headlined by four time winner Scott Blackwell, as Scott won his heat race and topped eleven other racers on his way to win number four. A determined Jeff Anderson pulled out all the stops in trying to stop Blackwell but would ultimately settle for second with Stephen Cook in third. Roy Thompson kept Billy Hammonds at bay to take fourth.
Pure Stock
1)Scott Blackwell
2)Jeff Anderson
3)Steven Cook
4)Roy Thompson
5)Billy Hammonds
The final feature of the season belonged to the Super Stocks and Johnny Payne and heat winner Jonathan Sells put on a stirring battle that saw the two go side by side for most of the race with Payne finally prevailing in perhaps one of the best battles of the day. Seven time winner Jeff Frame was third with Shawn Mitchell recovering from early problems to take fourth ahead of two time winner David Henley in the 10 car Super Stock field.
Super Stock
1)Johnny Payne
2)Jonathan Sells
3)Jeff Frame
4)Shawn Mitchell
5)David Henley
The 2003 season has been concluded with Winchester Speedway's next event scheduled for Saturday afternoon, February 14 when the second annual "Winter Fest" for Super Late Models is set to pay $3,000 to win. Last year's Winter Fest was won by Danny Peoples over Ronnie Johnson.
Winchester Speedway owners Tim and Jan Smith would like to thank all our competitors and patrons and ask that you monitor our new web site that will be up and running in the next couple of weeks for schedules and rules. You should be able to access the web site at www.winchesterspeedwaytn.com when the web site is fully operational or www.winchesterspeedway.homestead.com
We anticipate minimal rule changes and no class changes in 2004 and those will be posted on our web site by in the next couple of weeks.
After a season of promise and expectations that has not been what David Gentry is accustomed to (In other words; numerous victories), the "Lewisburg(TN) Lightning" returned to familiar territory in Saturday's Fall Sizzler at Winchester, Tennessee and as he has done so many times through recent years at middle Tennessee tracks, Gentry set quick time with a 16.11 clocking and streaked to victory in the $3,000 to win Late Model race.
Forty nine Late Models went against the clock with Gentry's 16.11 edging former Winchester Speedway champion Greg Skinner's 16.13 mark. Fourteen LM's were locked into the starting field as Trenton, Georgia's Steve Gilbert was the fourteenth qualifier on time.
Eighteen late models were scheduled to start consy number one and while only fifteen actually took the green flag it was the "Boaz Bullet" Tim Busha that was an easy victor over Ronny Hollinsworth of Northport, Alabama. Murphy, North Carolina's David Killian was third with 16 year old Dallas Cooper in fourth. Lamar Scoggins grabbed the final transfer spot in consy one. Consolation race number two saw TST veteran Ted Lackey drive away from the seventeen car field with Jeremy Taylor finishing second ahead of Corey Posey , Fred Flatt and Mike Head.
When the 40 lap feature finally got underway it was a multicar battle early on with Skinner, 2003 track Champion Jerry Ashley, Kevin Gibson, Shannon Davis and Randy Gifford all pushing Gentry. The "Shark" appeared to get together with Ashley and a cut tire ended the former champs run. Meanwhile Gifford was sliding backward with an ill handling race car and Davis exited on lap 12.
If you made the mistake of only focusing on the leaders you may have missed two great charges. Consy two winner Ted Lackey was flying through the field and by the half way mark was up to eight with 24th starting Mike Head on a tear of his own and riding 12th at the midpoint. By lap 30 the crowd was focused on Lackey as he and Perry Delaney, whom himself was having a fine run were in a battle for third and fourth with Lackey prevailing in lap 37. Ted's charge came up short as the Alabama veteran flat ran out of time and would finish a close third behind Gentry and Ashley. Delaney grabbed fourth as another former track champion Jeff Walker was fifth, staving off the "Ellenwood(GA.) Express" Mike Head who finished 6th, passing 18 racers on his charge towards the front. It was a trio of Alabaman's that finished seventh through ninth with Keith Hayes, Brandon Brown and Ronny Hollinsworth, while Scott Randolph was tenth.
LM Sizzler
1)David Gentry
2)Jerry Ashley
3)Ted Lackey
4)Perry Delaney
5)Jeff Walker
6)Mike Head
7)Keith Hayes
8)Brandon Brown
9)Ronny Hollinsworth
10)Scott Randolph
11)David Killian
12)Fred Flatt
13)Josh Lunsford
14)Steve Gilbert
15)Corey Posey
16)Tim Busha
17)Greg Skinner
18)Jerry Jackson
19)Kevin Gibson
20)Lamar Scoggins
21)Dallas Cooper
22)Jeremy Taylor
23)Randy Gifford
24)Shannon Davis
LM drivers that did not transfer
*Jeff Sanborn
*Dwayne Oakley
*Larry Landers
*Marvin Cagle
*Jimmy Nowlin
*Carnell Parker
*Junior Brown
*Billy Harris
*Mike Luna
*Steve Garner
*Kenny Dyer
*Robbie Pierce
*Shannon Elrod
*Vince Grondski
*David Dodson
*Randy Dunn
*Ken McAffee
*Bubba Vandergriff
*Chris Morris
*Jerry Owens(DNS Consy)
*Doodle Lowe(DNS Consy)
*Jason McMahon(DNS Consy)
*Dale Finley(DNS Consy)
*Larry McClintock(DNS Consy)
In the Open Wheel division it was heat race winners Alan Holmes and Randy Zeigler that finished one-two in the 20 lap main event while OW track record holder Henry Hanger(16.53 0n August 16, 2003) finished third with 2003 Champion David Jackson in fourth ahead of Scott Cornelius.
Open Wheel
1)Alan Holmes
2)Randy Zeigler
3)Henry Hanger
4)David Jackson
5)Scott Cornelius
6)Wayne Jones
7)Gary Reid
8)Jason Maurer
9)Mark Haddon
10)John Schetromph
The Mini Stock put on another nip and tuck show with heats winners Joe Burns and Michael Brown in an early duel for the point before Jason Todd finally slipped by both front runners. Once in front Todd held off a determined Joe Burns as the track record holder (18.64 on August 9, 2003) pushed the McMinnville native to the checkered flag. Todd was protested and a post race inspection found Todd's Mustang to be legal. Point's runner-up Stanley James pushed the leaders to the finish line with Earl Campbell and Joe Jernigan fourth and fifth.
Mini Stocks
1)Jason Todd
2)Joe Burns
3)Stanley James
4)Earl Campbell
5)Joe Jernigan
6)Bud Mullins
7)Grady Winsett
8)John Ohleman
9)Mahlon Cheek
10)Russell Kilgore
In the Outlaw Pony division Brad Sain picked up win number eight, tying him with 2-BBL LM Champion Ken McAfee for the most victories at Winchester Speedway in 2003. It wasn't easy as Sain had to out duel eleven other outlaws that included six time winner Mike Brashears(in Bruce Fullmer's Mustang #10), four time winner Ricky Brown and two time champion Joey Sisk for the win. Heat one winner Jamie Lewis was fifth while Ricky Brown won heat race number two.
Outlaw Pony
1)Brad Sain
2)Mike Brashears
3)Ricky Brown
4)Joey Sisk
5)Jamie Lewis
The Coca Cola Pure Stocks were headlined by four time winner Scott Blackwell, as Scott won his heat race and topped eleven other racers on his way to win number four. A determined Jeff Anderson pulled out all the stops in trying to stop Blackwell but would ultimately settle for second with Stephen Cook in third. Roy Thompson kept Billy Hammonds at bay to take fourth.
Pure Stock
1)Scott Blackwell
2)Jeff Anderson
3)Steven Cook
4)Roy Thompson
5)Billy Hammonds
The final feature of the season belonged to the Super Stocks and Johnny Payne and heat winner Jonathan Sells put on a stirring battle that saw the two go side by side for most of the race with Payne finally prevailing in perhaps one of the best battles of the day. Seven time winner Jeff Frame was third with Shawn Mitchell recovering from early problems to take fourth ahead of two time winner David Henley in the 10 car Super Stock field.
Super Stock
1)Johnny Payne
2)Jonathan Sells
3)Jeff Frame
4)Shawn Mitchell
5)David Henley
The 2003 season has been concluded with Winchester Speedway's next event scheduled for Saturday afternoon, February 14 when the second annual "Winter Fest" for Super Late Models is set to pay $3,000 to win. Last year's Winter Fest was won by Danny Peoples over Ronnie Johnson.
Winchester Speedway owners Tim and Jan Smith would like to thank all our competitors and patrons and ask that you monitor our new web site that will be up and running in the next couple of weeks for schedules and rules. You should be able to access the web site at www.winchesterspeedwaytn.com when the web site is fully operational or www.winchesterspeedway.homestead.com
We anticipate minimal rule changes and no class changes in 2004 and those will be posted on our web site by in the next couple of weeks.
