Post by triplecracing on Mar 6, 2006 17:50:34 GMT -5
"Miller Impressive In Season Opener At Duck"
By: Gary Dearing
A year ago, Cullman, Alabama's Daniel Miller, won the Late Model Championship, at historic Duck River Speedway, winning only one feature the entire season. Well, it took him exactly one race to equal that number of wins in 2006, as he took the season opening Celebration Realty & Auction/Parker Brothers' Construction, Cup Series Race number one, on Saturday night, and into early Sunday morning.
Around 140 cars passed through the gates, at the 40th Most Popular Dirt Track in America. Caution flag after caution flag, made for a long night of racing, ending after 1 a.m.
Wheel's Tommy Lawwell grabbed the pole with a 13.50 second fast lap, with Miller turning an identical lap, starting along side Lawwell. As the green flag flew, Miller and Lawwell battled back and forth, with Miller eventually going to the point. Winchester's Scott Cornelius brought out the caution on lap one, ending his night. Miller went out to a nice lead, before Shelbyville's Jimmy Nowlin and Chad Bone tangled. Once again, Miller went to the comfortable lead, with Lawwell and a hard-charging Tyler Landers going at it behind him. Again, the yellow flag waved, for Mt. Pleasant's Ben Kittrell, while Wheel's David Gentry and Huntland's David Brannon got together at the other end of the quarter-mile. All would continue. This time, when they went back green, Lawwell went to the high side, pressuring the 'Bama driver for the lead. On lap six, Landers would have problems, calling it a night. Miller got a better start on the next green, but he still couldn't shake Lawwell, as they worked heavy lapped traffic. On lap sixteen, Shelbyville's Matt Odeneal lost it in the turn one area. He would continue on, finishing tenth. At that point, Gentry had come from his seventeenth starting position, to run sixth. The race remained under green, until lap twenty-two, when Shelbyville's Jay Brinkley spun in turn four, collecting Gentry. Brinkley was running third at the time, but he would be done for the night. The final caution flag would fly, on lap twenty-eight, when Joe Denby hit the wall out of turn four. He continued on. Miller took care of business from there, beating Lawwell to the checkers. Petersburg's Corey Posey took third. Gentry came home fourth, with McMinnville's Jeff Walker fifth.
Official order of finishes from March 4, 2006.......
Class: Celebration Realty/Parker Brothers' Construction/D&R Siding Late Model Cup
Feature: Daniel Miller, Tommy Lawwell, Corey Posey, David Gentry, Jeff Walker, Shannon Davis, David Jackson, Jeremy Taylor, Chad Bone, Matt Odeneal, Jimmy Tucker, Ray McElhiney, Scott Cook, Ben Kittrell, Martin Tyler, Joe Denby, David Brannon, Jay Brinkley, Jeremy Owens, Larry Landers, Duke Wright, Dwayne Waid, Jimmy Nowlin, Tyler Landers
Class: Prosser Automotive & Wrecker Service/Storm Pay.Com 2-Barrel/Crate
Feature: David Gentry, Randy Gifford, Tommy Davis, Shawn Roberts, Chad Williams, Howie Harrison, Josh Lawwell, Michael Kirby, Justin Taylor, Rick Currin
Class: Landers' Tire Super Stock
Feature: Junebug Pomeroy, David Russell, Brian Hudson, Keith Robertson,Anthony Dodson, B.J. S******man, Paul Burns, Tony Walls, Marcus McCrary, Jason Hyatt
Class: Curl Contruction & Excavating Pure Pony
Feature: Justin Maxwell, Joshua Nichols, Michael Chumbley, Andy Rogers, Thomas Bond Jr., John Johnson, Jeff Maxwell, Eddie Hartley, John Lokey, Bryan Waggoner
Class: City Wide Transmissions of Columbia Rookie Pony
Feature: James Woodward, Charles Brewer, John Neill, John Perry, Brian Warrick
Class: Whitt's Barbecue Open Wheel
Feature: Mark Haddon, Randy Zeigler, Steve Garner, Eric Hickerson, Mikey Hay, Jason Maurer, Junior Daniels, Jeff Ray, John Schetrombf, Ken McAfee
Class: Tinka Farm Alpacas/DL Engineering Outlaw Pony
Feature: Kyle Layne, Brad Sain, Mike Dale, Robert McCormick, Jeff Wooten, Chris Pinkston, Jeremy Baus, Paul White, Paul Teachout, Greg Love
By: Gary Dearing
A year ago, Cullman, Alabama's Daniel Miller, won the Late Model Championship, at historic Duck River Speedway, winning only one feature the entire season. Well, it took him exactly one race to equal that number of wins in 2006, as he took the season opening Celebration Realty & Auction/Parker Brothers' Construction, Cup Series Race number one, on Saturday night, and into early Sunday morning.
Around 140 cars passed through the gates, at the 40th Most Popular Dirt Track in America. Caution flag after caution flag, made for a long night of racing, ending after 1 a.m.
Wheel's Tommy Lawwell grabbed the pole with a 13.50 second fast lap, with Miller turning an identical lap, starting along side Lawwell. As the green flag flew, Miller and Lawwell battled back and forth, with Miller eventually going to the point. Winchester's Scott Cornelius brought out the caution on lap one, ending his night. Miller went out to a nice lead, before Shelbyville's Jimmy Nowlin and Chad Bone tangled. Once again, Miller went to the comfortable lead, with Lawwell and a hard-charging Tyler Landers going at it behind him. Again, the yellow flag waved, for Mt. Pleasant's Ben Kittrell, while Wheel's David Gentry and Huntland's David Brannon got together at the other end of the quarter-mile. All would continue. This time, when they went back green, Lawwell went to the high side, pressuring the 'Bama driver for the lead. On lap six, Landers would have problems, calling it a night. Miller got a better start on the next green, but he still couldn't shake Lawwell, as they worked heavy lapped traffic. On lap sixteen, Shelbyville's Matt Odeneal lost it in the turn one area. He would continue on, finishing tenth. At that point, Gentry had come from his seventeenth starting position, to run sixth. The race remained under green, until lap twenty-two, when Shelbyville's Jay Brinkley spun in turn four, collecting Gentry. Brinkley was running third at the time, but he would be done for the night. The final caution flag would fly, on lap twenty-eight, when Joe Denby hit the wall out of turn four. He continued on. Miller took care of business from there, beating Lawwell to the checkers. Petersburg's Corey Posey took third. Gentry came home fourth, with McMinnville's Jeff Walker fifth.
Official order of finishes from March 4, 2006.......
Class: Celebration Realty/Parker Brothers' Construction/D&R Siding Late Model Cup
Feature: Daniel Miller, Tommy Lawwell, Corey Posey, David Gentry, Jeff Walker, Shannon Davis, David Jackson, Jeremy Taylor, Chad Bone, Matt Odeneal, Jimmy Tucker, Ray McElhiney, Scott Cook, Ben Kittrell, Martin Tyler, Joe Denby, David Brannon, Jay Brinkley, Jeremy Owens, Larry Landers, Duke Wright, Dwayne Waid, Jimmy Nowlin, Tyler Landers
Class: Prosser Automotive & Wrecker Service/Storm Pay.Com 2-Barrel/Crate
Feature: David Gentry, Randy Gifford, Tommy Davis, Shawn Roberts, Chad Williams, Howie Harrison, Josh Lawwell, Michael Kirby, Justin Taylor, Rick Currin
Class: Landers' Tire Super Stock
Feature: Junebug Pomeroy, David Russell, Brian Hudson, Keith Robertson,Anthony Dodson, B.J. S******man, Paul Burns, Tony Walls, Marcus McCrary, Jason Hyatt
Class: Curl Contruction & Excavating Pure Pony
Feature: Justin Maxwell, Joshua Nichols, Michael Chumbley, Andy Rogers, Thomas Bond Jr., John Johnson, Jeff Maxwell, Eddie Hartley, John Lokey, Bryan Waggoner
Class: City Wide Transmissions of Columbia Rookie Pony
Feature: James Woodward, Charles Brewer, John Neill, John Perry, Brian Warrick
Class: Whitt's Barbecue Open Wheel
Feature: Mark Haddon, Randy Zeigler, Steve Garner, Eric Hickerson, Mikey Hay, Jason Maurer, Junior Daniels, Jeff Ray, John Schetrombf, Ken McAfee
Class: Tinka Farm Alpacas/DL Engineering Outlaw Pony
Feature: Kyle Layne, Brad Sain, Mike Dale, Robert McCormick, Jeff Wooten, Chris Pinkston, Jeremy Baus, Paul White, Paul Teachout, Greg Love