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IT IS NOT OVER TIL IT IS OVER AND THE CHECKERED FLAG WAVES |
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Written by Tyler
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Monday, 29 June 2009 16:08 |
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The Coolest Move Of The Race Along With The $2000 First Place Money Went To Britches Liles Britches Liles of Bailey took home the win of the thirty lap Late Model feature event. Dustin Mitchell proud member of the Pine Level gang captured the Pole Ward of $100 given by Wilson Starter & Generator of Wilson. Mitchell posted the fastest lap time of 15.626 seconds around the 3/8 mile clay oval. Andy Ross from Wake Forest captured his second feature of the Super Stock Four Cylinder Division. Austin Holcombe of Elm City took his second win in the Pure Stock Four Cylinder Class. The Thunder & Lightning feature was taken yet again by Skeeter Liles. Jerry Williams of Snow Hill was a repeat winner in the Pure Stock V-8 division along with Cody Keith of Franklinton winner of the Cadet division. The thirty lap Late Model feature provided the packed house of race fans, a spectacular show of good hard and fast racing. Starting from the front row of twenty-one Late Model drivers was Dustin Mitchell on the pole with Holly Springs driver Neal Sykes on the outside. As flagman Glenn Upchuch waved the green flag high in the air, Mitchell took the lead over Sykes. Sykes was hot after Mitchell when on lap two, Sykes crashed hard into the inside guard rail in turn two bringing out the first of ten cautions that slowed the event. On the restart it appeared that Mitchell was driving the wheels off his Rocket. But as James Batten of Rocky Mount would show on lap eighteen, County Line Raceway is a tough track to master. Batten brought out caution number five when his racecar hit the outside wall extremely hard and flipped landing with tremendous force on the roof, knocking the breath out of Batten. As help reached Batten within seconds, Batten was helped from the destroyed race car. Walking under his on power brought a cheer from the crowd. The race was red flagged as the amyl was cleared up. As the field prepared to restart the event, Dustin Mitchell’s racecar required a push to re-fire, but as fate would have it, after several attempts, Mitchell was pushed to the pit area. That is where Mitchell was forced to watch the duration of the race. It was then Scooter King of Rocky Mount who inherited the lead for six laps. Racing the hardest they had ever raced it was King and Britches Liles of Bailey for those six laps. Liles made his move past King on lap 23, passing King off turn four. For three laps King tried in earnest to pass Liles and regain the lead. With the roll of the dice Liles and King went into turn four and neither driver lifted, the result was King spinning out bringing out caution number nine. Liles drove the Corbitt Motorsports /Woods Plumbing/Nashville Welding/Hair Worx/Lewis Tax Service car to the checkered flag for his first Late Model victory of the 2009 racing season. Ronnie Boykin from Elm City trailed Liles to the line after a fourth place start. New comer Brett Dysart from Southern Pines crossed the line in third place. Veteran asphalt driver Mendenhall of Clayton drove to a fourth place finish. Randy Lucas of Apex had a good fifth place finish.
Thunder & Lightning division competitor Skeeter Liles took win number six at County Line Raceway. Liles has a comfortable points lead for his division. Veteran driver Lee Brinson from Bailey had a good finish after starting twelfth in the group of twenty one race cars. Johnnie Edmondson of Rocky Mount finished third. Eddie Woodruff of Roanoke Rapids made a good come back finishing fourth. Woodruff started from the pole position but was involved in a caution on lap nine. Wade Ferrell of Rocky Mount rounded out the top five finishes.
Andy Ross from Wake Forest took the Dickinson Sanitation/Todd Glover Farm Toyota to his second Super Stock Four Cylinder feature win. Ross led the entire twenty lap race that was slowed by only two cautions. Bill Winstead of Bailey trailed Ross to the checkered flag. Winstead leads the points with a five point advantage over Mark Boykin. Boykin finished third and is now in a tie for second in points with race winner Andy Ross. Jimmy Holcombe of Elm City and Runt Skinner of Black Creek were fourth and fifth respectively.
Austin Holcombe from Elm City piloted the Prime Electric Solutions/Owens’s Mini Storage & Rentals/Owen’s Construction/Brantley Tire and Service/Upchurch Builders Mustang the entire fifteen lap distance to take his second win of the Pure Stock Four Cylinder. Gary Whitley from Stantonsburg starting from the pole position, finished second. Points leader Brian Medlin of Henderson took a third place finish. Nevin Twiddy was fourth with William Markham fifth. Three cautions slowed Jerry Williams from Snow Hill in his quest of bringing the Print Works/Eastern Control Systems/Grant & Associates Surveying Team/Bray’s Auto Sales Olds Cutlass to the checkered flag for the win. Michael Webb of Wilson battled Michael Lamm of Battleboro to finish second and third. Rounding out the top five finishers were David Beaman of Bailey and James Merideth of Sharpsburg. Cadet driver Cody Keith is on the winning streak as he once again captured the Cadet feature. Keith behind the wheel of the Barney’s Tire Service/CHS/Nine’s Auto Parts Ford Pinto took over after the caution on lap five. Joshua Bryant from Wilson was second, Hunter Bailey of Sims was third and Jeremy Benson of Middlesex fourth. Gentlemen start your engines - lets go racing was proudly done by Dawson May, son of driver Victor May and Jonathan Boykin. COUNTY LINE RACEWAY will be closed, July 4th. HAVE A SAFE HOLIDAY Make Your Way Back To The LineAs racing returns Saturday, July 11th With DOUBLE POINTS for all DIVISIONS For more information on County Line Raceway please visit the track’s website at www.countylineracewaync.com or call the track office at (252)985-1949. |
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Written by Tyler
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Monday, 25 May 2009 21:59 |
- May 30th : Pure Stock Four Cylinder Special Event 300 to win , one lap qualifying
- June 13th : Pure Stock V-8 Special Event $300 to win , one lap qualifying
- June 27th : Late Model Special Event $2000 to win , two laps qualifying
- July 25th : Super Stock Four Cylinder Special Event $600 to win , one lap qualifying
- August 8th : Thunder & Lightning Special Event $750 to win , one lap qualifying
- August 22nd : Cadet Special Event $150 to win , one lap qualifying
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Last Updated on Sunday, 31 May 2009 19:00 |
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