Post by crusapr on Jul 4, 2006 12:51:54 GMT -5
CLARKSVILLE, TN – Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA and Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN earned the front row starting spots on Monday night for the $7,500-to-win Freedom 75 for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series on Tuesday night at Clarksville StormPay.com Speedway.
Smith earned the pole position by winning the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash for heat race winners driving the Allsouth Performance Parts Warrior. Smith won the third 12-lap heat race and led wire-to-wire after starting on the outside of row one in the dash.
Johnson, who won the second 12-lap heat race, finished second in the dash, and will start his Miller Brothers Coal Warrior on the outside of the front row for the 75-lap main event. A pair of Clarksville StormPay.com Speedway StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series regulars will make up the second row.
Steven Ashby of Cunningham, TN won the fourth 12-lap heat race, and finished third in the dash to earn the inside second row spot in The Wheel Shop Stinger. Tony Albright of Clarksville, TN won the first 12-lap heat race, finished fourth in the dash, and will line up his Albright Racing GRT on the outside of the second row,
The top four finishers in each of the four 12-lap heat races on Monday night transferred to the feature race on Tuesday night.
Following Albright in the first heat were fast qualifier and the current StormPay.com DLMS National point leader Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN, Zach Nichols of Cedartown GA in the B&B Specialized Hauling GRT, and top StormPay.com DLMS Rookie Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA in the Old 29 Golf Carts Barry Wright.
Buckingham in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright was the quick timer among the 34 entrants with a time during qualifications around the ¼-mile clay oval in 13.278 seconds for an average speed of 67.781 miles per hour. Buckingham earned $500 for the lap from Hog Chain, MS Mayor Lacy Harralson and Swinging Bridge Raceway in Jackson, MS.
Trailing Johnson in the second heat and earning a seat in the big show were David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN in the Parker Racing Mastersbilt, and Terry Lumley of Twin City, GA in the Kar House Racing Radiators Mastersbilt.
Joining Smith out of the third heat and into the main event were second through fourth-place finishers Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com/NeSmith Chevrolet Warrior, Danny Jolly of Christopher, IL in the Walters 24-Hour Towing Rayburn, and James Young of Richland, MS in the Swinging Bridge Raceway GRT.
Taking the second through fourth positions behind Ashby in the four heat were Don Young of Hopkinsville, KY in the Don Young Custom Hauling Rocket, Gil Smith of Nashville, TN in the Full Throttle Warrior, and Rick Hixson of Soddy Daisy, TN in the Austin Trucking Mastersbilt.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races will be back on Tuesday night for another try at making the feature race by transferring out of one of two 15-lap B-Main races.
Among the StormPay.com DLMS top 15 drivers in National points not yet qualified for the big show are fifth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, tenth-place Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, and 15th-place Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN.
The top three finishers from each B-Main will transfer to the feature race, and there will be two StormPay.com DLMS Provisional spots at the tail of the starting line-up for top 15 points drivers that fail to qualify through heat or B-main competition.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND TEN AT STORMPAY.COM SPEEDWAY IN CLARKSVILLE, TN ON 7/3/06:
HOG CHAIN RACING QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 13.278 17.986 13.278 67.781
2 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 14.091 13.584 13.584 66.254
3 2x Nick Lyons Centrailia, IL Rayburn 13.989 13.639 13.639 65.987
4 16 Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN Stinger 13.781 13.640 13.640 65.982
5 1 Tony Albright Clarksville, TN GRT 13.643 13.692 13.643 65.968
6 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 13.672 13.775 13.672 65.828
7 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 13.802 13.680 13.680 65.789
8 41 Don Young Hopkinsville, KY Rocket 13.705 14.198 13.705 65.669
9 17 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 14.197 13.720 13.720 65.598
10 54 Terry Lumley Twin City, GA Mastersbilt 13.732 14.141 13.732 65.540
11 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN Warrior 13.763 13.770 13.763 65.393
12 7x Gil Smith Nashville, TN Warrior 13.955 13.797 13.797 65.232
13 21b Frankie Beard - R Hartwell, GA Barry Wright 13.801 13.974 13.801 65.213
14 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 13.804 13.978 13.804 65.198
15 17s Shane Roberts Bristol, TN GRT 13.854 13.817 13.817 65.137
16 7 John Tindal Fancy Farm, KY Mastersbilt 14.371 13.824 13.824 65.104
17 8 Eddie Pace Clarksville, TN Warrior 13.935 13.825 13.825 65.099
18 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 13.842 13.901 13.842 65.020
19 56 Jeff Walston Paducah, KY Mastersbilt 13.952 14.075 13.952 64.507
20 16 Rick Hixson Soddy Daisy, TN Mastersbilt 14.770 14.076 14.076 63.939
21 2 Ryan Gifford Winchester, TN GRT 14.216 14.180 14.180 63.470
22 42 Kasey Hall Geraldine, AL Hall 14.406 14.305 14.305 62.915
23 U2 Danny Jolly Christopher, IL Rayburn 14.558 14.312 14.312 62.884
24 R52 Rylan VerDon Dagg Wayne City, IL Mastersbilt 14.960 14.389 14.389 62.548
25 34 Matt Barrett - R Knoxville, TN Warrior 14.503 14.392 14.392 62.535
26 Rc1 Brian Caudle Clarksville, TN Rayburn 14.439 14.742 14.439 62.331
27 36 James Young Richland, MS GRT 14.607 14.446 14.446 62.301
28 G1 Gary Sammons Murfreesboro, TN Rocket 14.495 14.887 14.495 62.090
29 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 14.496 NT 14.496 62.086
30 27 Joe Denby Tullahoma, AL Mastersbilt 48.843 14.607 14.607 61.614
31 23 Jason Davis Clarksville, TN Warrior 15.280 14.638 14.638 61.484
32 97 Mike Bechelli Elizabethtown, IN Rocket 14.652 14.742 14.652 61.425
33 1T Don Everett Clarksville, TN GRT 14.987 14.685 14.685 61.287
34 009 Jerry "Mutt" Trotter Clarksville, TN Larry Shaw NT NT NT NT
HEAT RACES – 12 LAPS (Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST HEAT: 1. Albright; 2. Buckingham; 3. Nichols; 4. Beard (R); 5. Gifford; 6. Barrett (R); 7. Pace; 8. Everett; 9. Turner.
2ND HEAT: 1. Johnson; 2. Gentry; 3. Parker; 4. Lumley; 5. Fields; 6. Hall; 7. Trotter; 8. Caudle; 9. Denby.
3RD HEAT: 1. J. Smith; 2. Purvis; 3. Jolly; 4. J. Young; 5. Davis; 6. Lyons; 7. Roberts; 8. Walston.
4TH HEAT: 1. Ashby; 2. D. Young; 3. G. Smith; 4. Hixson; 5. Tindal; 6. Bechelli; 7. Dagg; 8. Sammons.
STORMPAY.COM LIGHTNING QUICK 6-LAP DASH: 1. J. Smith; 2. Johnson; 3. Ashby; 4. Albright.
“SWEET 16” FEATURE RACE LINE-UP:
00 Jeff Smith – 5 Ronnie Johnson
16 Steven Ashby – 1a Tony Albright
44 Shannon Buckingham – 56 David Gentry
15 Jeff Purvis – 41 Don Young
17 Zach Nichols – 75 Carnell Parker III
U2 Danny Jolly - 7x Gil Smith
21b Frankie Beard (R) - 54 Terry Lumley
36 James Young – 16 Rick Hixson
B-MAIN LINE-UPS – 15 LAPS (Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST B-MAIN:
2 Ryan Gifford – 23 Jason Davis
34 Matt Barrett (R) – 2x Nick Lyons
8 Eddie Pace – 17s Shane Roberts
1T Don Everett – 56w Jeff Walston
10 Matthew Turner
2ND B-MAIN:
16 Jeff Fields – 7 John Tindal
42 Kasey Hall – 97 Mike Bechelli
009 Jerry Trotter – R52 Rylan Dagg
rc1 Brian Caudle – G1 Gary Sammons
27 Joe Denby
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
Smith earned the pole position by winning the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash for heat race winners driving the Allsouth Performance Parts Warrior. Smith won the third 12-lap heat race and led wire-to-wire after starting on the outside of row one in the dash.
Johnson, who won the second 12-lap heat race, finished second in the dash, and will start his Miller Brothers Coal Warrior on the outside of the front row for the 75-lap main event. A pair of Clarksville StormPay.com Speedway StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series regulars will make up the second row.
Steven Ashby of Cunningham, TN won the fourth 12-lap heat race, and finished third in the dash to earn the inside second row spot in The Wheel Shop Stinger. Tony Albright of Clarksville, TN won the first 12-lap heat race, finished fourth in the dash, and will line up his Albright Racing GRT on the outside of the second row,
The top four finishers in each of the four 12-lap heat races on Monday night transferred to the feature race on Tuesday night.
Following Albright in the first heat were fast qualifier and the current StormPay.com DLMS National point leader Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN, Zach Nichols of Cedartown GA in the B&B Specialized Hauling GRT, and top StormPay.com DLMS Rookie Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA in the Old 29 Golf Carts Barry Wright.
Buckingham in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright was the quick timer among the 34 entrants with a time during qualifications around the ¼-mile clay oval in 13.278 seconds for an average speed of 67.781 miles per hour. Buckingham earned $500 for the lap from Hog Chain, MS Mayor Lacy Harralson and Swinging Bridge Raceway in Jackson, MS.
Trailing Johnson in the second heat and earning a seat in the big show were David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN in the Parker Racing Mastersbilt, and Terry Lumley of Twin City, GA in the Kar House Racing Radiators Mastersbilt.
Joining Smith out of the third heat and into the main event were second through fourth-place finishers Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com/NeSmith Chevrolet Warrior, Danny Jolly of Christopher, IL in the Walters 24-Hour Towing Rayburn, and James Young of Richland, MS in the Swinging Bridge Raceway GRT.
Taking the second through fourth positions behind Ashby in the four heat were Don Young of Hopkinsville, KY in the Don Young Custom Hauling Rocket, Gil Smith of Nashville, TN in the Full Throttle Warrior, and Rick Hixson of Soddy Daisy, TN in the Austin Trucking Mastersbilt.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races will be back on Tuesday night for another try at making the feature race by transferring out of one of two 15-lap B-Main races.
Among the StormPay.com DLMS top 15 drivers in National points not yet qualified for the big show are fifth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, tenth-place Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, and 15th-place Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN.
The top three finishers from each B-Main will transfer to the feature race, and there will be two StormPay.com DLMS Provisional spots at the tail of the starting line-up for top 15 points drivers that fail to qualify through heat or B-main competition.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND TEN AT STORMPAY.COM SPEEDWAY IN CLARKSVILLE, TN ON 7/3/06:
HOG CHAIN RACING QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 13.278 17.986 13.278 67.781
2 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 14.091 13.584 13.584 66.254
3 2x Nick Lyons Centrailia, IL Rayburn 13.989 13.639 13.639 65.987
4 16 Steven Ashby Cunningham, TN Stinger 13.781 13.640 13.640 65.982
5 1 Tony Albright Clarksville, TN GRT 13.643 13.692 13.643 65.968
6 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 13.672 13.775 13.672 65.828
7 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 13.802 13.680 13.680 65.789
8 41 Don Young Hopkinsville, KY Rocket 13.705 14.198 13.705 65.669
9 17 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 14.197 13.720 13.720 65.598
10 54 Terry Lumley Twin City, GA Mastersbilt 13.732 14.141 13.732 65.540
11 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN Warrior 13.763 13.770 13.763 65.393
12 7x Gil Smith Nashville, TN Warrior 13.955 13.797 13.797 65.232
13 21b Frankie Beard - R Hartwell, GA Barry Wright 13.801 13.974 13.801 65.213
14 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 13.804 13.978 13.804 65.198
15 17s Shane Roberts Bristol, TN GRT 13.854 13.817 13.817 65.137
16 7 John Tindal Fancy Farm, KY Mastersbilt 14.371 13.824 13.824 65.104
17 8 Eddie Pace Clarksville, TN Warrior 13.935 13.825 13.825 65.099
18 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 13.842 13.901 13.842 65.020
19 56 Jeff Walston Paducah, KY Mastersbilt 13.952 14.075 13.952 64.507
20 16 Rick Hixson Soddy Daisy, TN Mastersbilt 14.770 14.076 14.076 63.939
21 2 Ryan Gifford Winchester, TN GRT 14.216 14.180 14.180 63.470
22 42 Kasey Hall Geraldine, AL Hall 14.406 14.305 14.305 62.915
23 U2 Danny Jolly Christopher, IL Rayburn 14.558 14.312 14.312 62.884
24 R52 Rylan VerDon Dagg Wayne City, IL Mastersbilt 14.960 14.389 14.389 62.548
25 34 Matt Barrett - R Knoxville, TN Warrior 14.503 14.392 14.392 62.535
26 Rc1 Brian Caudle Clarksville, TN Rayburn 14.439 14.742 14.439 62.331
27 36 James Young Richland, MS GRT 14.607 14.446 14.446 62.301
28 G1 Gary Sammons Murfreesboro, TN Rocket 14.495 14.887 14.495 62.090
29 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 14.496 NT 14.496 62.086
30 27 Joe Denby Tullahoma, AL Mastersbilt 48.843 14.607 14.607 61.614
31 23 Jason Davis Clarksville, TN Warrior 15.280 14.638 14.638 61.484
32 97 Mike Bechelli Elizabethtown, IN Rocket 14.652 14.742 14.652 61.425
33 1T Don Everett Clarksville, TN GRT 14.987 14.685 14.685 61.287
34 009 Jerry "Mutt" Trotter Clarksville, TN Larry Shaw NT NT NT NT
HEAT RACES – 12 LAPS (Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST HEAT: 1. Albright; 2. Buckingham; 3. Nichols; 4. Beard (R); 5. Gifford; 6. Barrett (R); 7. Pace; 8. Everett; 9. Turner.
2ND HEAT: 1. Johnson; 2. Gentry; 3. Parker; 4. Lumley; 5. Fields; 6. Hall; 7. Trotter; 8. Caudle; 9. Denby.
3RD HEAT: 1. J. Smith; 2. Purvis; 3. Jolly; 4. J. Young; 5. Davis; 6. Lyons; 7. Roberts; 8. Walston.
4TH HEAT: 1. Ashby; 2. D. Young; 3. G. Smith; 4. Hixson; 5. Tindal; 6. Bechelli; 7. Dagg; 8. Sammons.
STORMPAY.COM LIGHTNING QUICK 6-LAP DASH: 1. J. Smith; 2. Johnson; 3. Ashby; 4. Albright.
“SWEET 16” FEATURE RACE LINE-UP:
00 Jeff Smith – 5 Ronnie Johnson
16 Steven Ashby – 1a Tony Albright
44 Shannon Buckingham – 56 David Gentry
15 Jeff Purvis – 41 Don Young
17 Zach Nichols – 75 Carnell Parker III
U2 Danny Jolly - 7x Gil Smith
21b Frankie Beard (R) - 54 Terry Lumley
36 James Young – 16 Rick Hixson
B-MAIN LINE-UPS – 15 LAPS (Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST B-MAIN:
2 Ryan Gifford – 23 Jason Davis
34 Matt Barrett (R) – 2x Nick Lyons
8 Eddie Pace – 17s Shane Roberts
1T Don Everett – 56w Jeff Walston
10 Matthew Turner
2ND B-MAIN:
16 Jeff Fields – 7 John Tindal
42 Kasey Hall – 97 Mike Bechelli
009 Jerry Trotter – R52 Rylan Dagg
rc1 Brian Caudle – G1 Gary Sammons
27 Joe Denby
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate