VA RACERS
06-20-2006, 03:43 AM
Elkins Speedway
Friday, June 16, 2006
Scott Wins 2nd LM Feature of the Year at the Elkins Speedway
by Bob Reed
KERENS, W.V. -- Robbie Scott driving the Mighty Mouse Racing #18 Dodge powered Rocket passed leader Gary Dalton on lap 18 and led the final 7 laps for his 2nd Budweiser LM win of the year at the Elkins Speedway.
Scott told the largest crowd of the year at the Speedway that after his heat race he and his crew which consist of him and his dad made a few changes which tightened the car up for the feature. After a few laps in the feature it paid off as the car began to work. He moved into 2 d on lap 15 when he got around Mike Benedum and then after working on race-long leader Dalton he used lapped traffic on lap 18 to get by Dalton on the back straight. Scott then drove off to almost a straight-away win over the final 7 caution-free laps.
At the drop of the green outside polesitter Dalton moved into the lead followed by 4th starting Mike Benedum, polesitter Steve Wilmoth , Scott and 6th starting Skip Hare. On lap 2 Butch McGill from 7th moved past Hare for 5th. Then on lap 3 Scott passed Wilmoth and this order was set for the next 11 laps until lap 14 when McGill moved by Wilmoth. The top 5 only changed again when Scott got by Benedum on lap 15 and Dalton on lap 18. McGill with a late charge got by Benedum on lap 23 and was closing the gap on Dalton at the checkered.
Fifth starting Jarod Hawkins dropped back quickly on the start and was never a factor as he finished 9th while 11th starting Chuck Harper made some gains early but could only get to 7th behind 9th starting Charlie George.
At the checkered Scott led Dalton by almost a straight while Dalton had a nice margin over a quick closing McGill, Benedum and Wilmoth. Heats to Wilmoth, Dalton and Scott.
Notes: Scott’s Blue,White & Green #18 is powered by a Stanton Dodge engine and is sponsored by Amos Paving, Shuck Construction Co, Stanton Racing Engines, Hoosier Racing Tires, Walt’s Inc, Rocket Chassis and Banshee Motorsports Designs & Decals.
Notes: 18 cars started the feature with 16 running after 25 laps. Only 1 caution on lap 12 slowed the action. Hard charger was McGill who started 7th and finished 3d, a gain of 4 spots.
Notes: Duke Pratt was out for the first time this year with his #28. Also Dusty Hamrick who has been running SL ran LM tonight with his #55.
Tracy Sampson passed early leader John Tallman on lap 6 and held then held off young Jacob Hawkins over the final 10 laps for his first J&M Grafix SL win of the year and 2d of his career at the Elkins Speedway.
At the drop of the green polesitter Tallman took the lead followed by Sampson, outside polesitter Hawkins, Brad Harris and Nick Corley. Corley brought out the 1st caution on lap 3 and went to the tail with Donnie Lewis now assuming 5th. The order remained this way until lap 6 when Sampson got by Tallman and then the next lap Hawkins dropped Tallman to 3d. On lap 13 Michael Jackson brought out the 2d caution which proved to be the downfall of Tallman, Harris and Lewis.
On the restart Tallman got loose and started to spin in turns 1 & 2. Both Harris and Lewis could not avoid him and the three collided bringing out caution #3. The top 5 now was Sampson, Hawkins, Eric Hudkins, Billy Brown and Michael Jackson. This was the way they finished. Harris, Tallman and Lewis came back from the tail to finish 6th, 7th and 8th. Heats to Tallman and Hawkins.
Notes: Sampsons #12 is a 1999 Rocket bought new by Rick Burrows. It is Chevrolet powered and sponsors are Lauttamus Communications, Thunder Canyon Motorsports Inc and Liberty Contracting Services.
Notes: 12 cars started the feature with 11 running after 20 laps. Three cautions slowed the action. Hard Charger was Hudkins who started 11th and finished 3d, a gain of 8 spots. New cars tonight were Steve Booth, Buckhannon and Mike Sturm, Belington. Eric Hudkins was back driving the car in which Mike Benedum won last week’s feature.
Delmas Whiteman, Bridgeport won his first ever Miller’s Used Cars AMRA Modified feature when he won the make-up feature from May 27th. Whiteman started on the pole and led all 10 laps for the win. His only competition came from Steve Higgins who could only get within 4 or 5 car lengths a couple of times and never close enough to attempt a pass. Whiteman won over Higgins, Sam Henderson and Kevin Hamrick.
Notes: Only 4 cars started with 3 finishing. 2 cautions slowed the action.
In the regularly scheduled feature Jacob Hawkins won his first ever Miller’s Used Cars AMRA Modified feature at the Elkins Speedway.
At the drop of the green outside polesitter Phil Jeffries jumped to the immediate lead followed by Hawkins, Sam Henderson, polesitter Tom Sigler and Higgins. Jeffries was running away and began lapping cars on lap 5 when he came upon Kevin Hamrick. As Jeffries, who was much faster, started around Hamrick, Hamrick changed directions into the path of Jeffries. Jeffries hit him square in the rear, bumper to bumper. Both cars stopped on the front straight. Luckily not much damage and both cars continued but on the rear.
Hawkins now had the lead which he maintained over the final 11 laps while Jeffries charging hard fought his way back to 2d at the checkered. Sigler was 3d followed by Henderson and Higgins. The heat was won by Sigler over Jeffries and Hawkins.
In Elkins Builder’s Supply/Guardian Fiberglass PS action Chad Green, Grafton won both the make-up feature from May 27th and the regularly scheduled feature. In both features Green started on the pole and led every lap for the win. In the regular feature he barely held off Anthony Arbogast at the line for the win while in the make-up feature Frank Wine chased him for the first 6 laps until he spun in turn 4 which almost took out Arbogast who was running 3d. In the melee Kris Southern went by and chased Green to the line. Heats tonight were won by Green, Wine and Arbogast.
Notes: 26 cars in the pits tonight. In the make-up feature 21 cars started the feature with 15 running after 12 laps. 5 cautions slowed the action. In the regular feature 22 cars started the feature with 12 running after 12 laps. In the make-up feature the Hard-Charger was Dusty Swecker who started 19th and finished 6th, a gain of 13 spots. Nelson Bise Jr also gained 13 spots as he came from 22nd to 9th. In the regular feature Rusty Ball was the Hard Charger as he came from 20th to 6th, a gain of 14 spots.
Notes: A first lap crash on the start in the first feature eliminated the cars of Mark Moore and Justin Arbogast for the night.
Also a dual winner in Leslie Equipment Co 4 Cylinder action as Terry Conrad extended his winning streak to 6 with the two wins. In the make-up feature he bested Kenny Rowback, Dave Mullenax, Larry Hoover and Mike Murphy while in the regular feature he held off newcomer Ronnie Cooper, Murphy, newcomer Terry Styer and Mullenax. Heats tonight were won by Cooper and Conrad.
Notes: In the make-up feature which was picked up on lap 3 Conrad led the remaining laps. Russ Burner and Jake Tasker did not return tonight. 9 cars began and finished the 10 remaining laps with no cautions.
Notes: In the regular feature 17 cars started the feature with 14 running after 12 laps. The only reason all 17 weren’t running was a last lap crash in turn 3 & 4 involving 3 cars which resulted in all 3 being towed or pushed off. Hard Charger was Terry Styer who started 17th and finished 4th, a gain of 13 spots.
Zak Kimbrew won his 3rd Broughton’s Sports & Trophy World Mini Wedge Feature of the year at the Elkins Speedway by besting last week’s winner Garrett Paugh, Megan Davis and Ryan Watson. Paugh won the heat.
Tonight the first 3 places in each class received trophies compliments of Special Olympics/Elkins Big Lots #485.
Next week the Speedway will hold the Annual Chuck Gear Memorial on Saturday June 24th. Budweiser Late Models will pay $5000 to the winner with $500 to start. There will also be a huge FIREWORKS display! All other classes will also be running. The first 100 persons through the hill gate will receive a free BUDWEISER T-shirt. Hill Gate is $15 with pits $35. There is also a $50 Entry fee for LM.
For further details check our website @www.elkinsmotorspeedway.com.
RESULTS
BUDWEISER LM
Feature – Robbie Scott, Gary Dalton, Butch McGill, Mike Benedum, Steve Wilmoth, Charlie George, Chuck Harper, Billy Holbert, Jared Hawkins, Duke Pratt, Danny Mitchell, Tim Senic, Donnie Dotson, Richard Frazier, Skip Hare, John Tallman, Dusty Hamrick, Shawn Poling.
Ht 1 – Wilmoth, Benedum, McGill, Holbert, Dotson, Frazier.
Ht 2 – Dalton, Hawkins, Senic, Harper, Pratt, Hamrick.
Ht 3 – Scott, Hare, George, Mitchell, Poling, Ward.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Scott Wins 2nd LM Feature of the Year at the Elkins Speedway
by Bob Reed
KERENS, W.V. -- Robbie Scott driving the Mighty Mouse Racing #18 Dodge powered Rocket passed leader Gary Dalton on lap 18 and led the final 7 laps for his 2nd Budweiser LM win of the year at the Elkins Speedway.
Scott told the largest crowd of the year at the Speedway that after his heat race he and his crew which consist of him and his dad made a few changes which tightened the car up for the feature. After a few laps in the feature it paid off as the car began to work. He moved into 2 d on lap 15 when he got around Mike Benedum and then after working on race-long leader Dalton he used lapped traffic on lap 18 to get by Dalton on the back straight. Scott then drove off to almost a straight-away win over the final 7 caution-free laps.
At the drop of the green outside polesitter Dalton moved into the lead followed by 4th starting Mike Benedum, polesitter Steve Wilmoth , Scott and 6th starting Skip Hare. On lap 2 Butch McGill from 7th moved past Hare for 5th. Then on lap 3 Scott passed Wilmoth and this order was set for the next 11 laps until lap 14 when McGill moved by Wilmoth. The top 5 only changed again when Scott got by Benedum on lap 15 and Dalton on lap 18. McGill with a late charge got by Benedum on lap 23 and was closing the gap on Dalton at the checkered.
Fifth starting Jarod Hawkins dropped back quickly on the start and was never a factor as he finished 9th while 11th starting Chuck Harper made some gains early but could only get to 7th behind 9th starting Charlie George.
At the checkered Scott led Dalton by almost a straight while Dalton had a nice margin over a quick closing McGill, Benedum and Wilmoth. Heats to Wilmoth, Dalton and Scott.
Notes: Scott’s Blue,White & Green #18 is powered by a Stanton Dodge engine and is sponsored by Amos Paving, Shuck Construction Co, Stanton Racing Engines, Hoosier Racing Tires, Walt’s Inc, Rocket Chassis and Banshee Motorsports Designs & Decals.
Notes: 18 cars started the feature with 16 running after 25 laps. Only 1 caution on lap 12 slowed the action. Hard charger was McGill who started 7th and finished 3d, a gain of 4 spots.
Notes: Duke Pratt was out for the first time this year with his #28. Also Dusty Hamrick who has been running SL ran LM tonight with his #55.
Tracy Sampson passed early leader John Tallman on lap 6 and held then held off young Jacob Hawkins over the final 10 laps for his first J&M Grafix SL win of the year and 2d of his career at the Elkins Speedway.
At the drop of the green polesitter Tallman took the lead followed by Sampson, outside polesitter Hawkins, Brad Harris and Nick Corley. Corley brought out the 1st caution on lap 3 and went to the tail with Donnie Lewis now assuming 5th. The order remained this way until lap 6 when Sampson got by Tallman and then the next lap Hawkins dropped Tallman to 3d. On lap 13 Michael Jackson brought out the 2d caution which proved to be the downfall of Tallman, Harris and Lewis.
On the restart Tallman got loose and started to spin in turns 1 & 2. Both Harris and Lewis could not avoid him and the three collided bringing out caution #3. The top 5 now was Sampson, Hawkins, Eric Hudkins, Billy Brown and Michael Jackson. This was the way they finished. Harris, Tallman and Lewis came back from the tail to finish 6th, 7th and 8th. Heats to Tallman and Hawkins.
Notes: Sampsons #12 is a 1999 Rocket bought new by Rick Burrows. It is Chevrolet powered and sponsors are Lauttamus Communications, Thunder Canyon Motorsports Inc and Liberty Contracting Services.
Notes: 12 cars started the feature with 11 running after 20 laps. Three cautions slowed the action. Hard Charger was Hudkins who started 11th and finished 3d, a gain of 8 spots. New cars tonight were Steve Booth, Buckhannon and Mike Sturm, Belington. Eric Hudkins was back driving the car in which Mike Benedum won last week’s feature.
Delmas Whiteman, Bridgeport won his first ever Miller’s Used Cars AMRA Modified feature when he won the make-up feature from May 27th. Whiteman started on the pole and led all 10 laps for the win. His only competition came from Steve Higgins who could only get within 4 or 5 car lengths a couple of times and never close enough to attempt a pass. Whiteman won over Higgins, Sam Henderson and Kevin Hamrick.
Notes: Only 4 cars started with 3 finishing. 2 cautions slowed the action.
In the regularly scheduled feature Jacob Hawkins won his first ever Miller’s Used Cars AMRA Modified feature at the Elkins Speedway.
At the drop of the green outside polesitter Phil Jeffries jumped to the immediate lead followed by Hawkins, Sam Henderson, polesitter Tom Sigler and Higgins. Jeffries was running away and began lapping cars on lap 5 when he came upon Kevin Hamrick. As Jeffries, who was much faster, started around Hamrick, Hamrick changed directions into the path of Jeffries. Jeffries hit him square in the rear, bumper to bumper. Both cars stopped on the front straight. Luckily not much damage and both cars continued but on the rear.
Hawkins now had the lead which he maintained over the final 11 laps while Jeffries charging hard fought his way back to 2d at the checkered. Sigler was 3d followed by Henderson and Higgins. The heat was won by Sigler over Jeffries and Hawkins.
In Elkins Builder’s Supply/Guardian Fiberglass PS action Chad Green, Grafton won both the make-up feature from May 27th and the regularly scheduled feature. In both features Green started on the pole and led every lap for the win. In the regular feature he barely held off Anthony Arbogast at the line for the win while in the make-up feature Frank Wine chased him for the first 6 laps until he spun in turn 4 which almost took out Arbogast who was running 3d. In the melee Kris Southern went by and chased Green to the line. Heats tonight were won by Green, Wine and Arbogast.
Notes: 26 cars in the pits tonight. In the make-up feature 21 cars started the feature with 15 running after 12 laps. 5 cautions slowed the action. In the regular feature 22 cars started the feature with 12 running after 12 laps. In the make-up feature the Hard-Charger was Dusty Swecker who started 19th and finished 6th, a gain of 13 spots. Nelson Bise Jr also gained 13 spots as he came from 22nd to 9th. In the regular feature Rusty Ball was the Hard Charger as he came from 20th to 6th, a gain of 14 spots.
Notes: A first lap crash on the start in the first feature eliminated the cars of Mark Moore and Justin Arbogast for the night.
Also a dual winner in Leslie Equipment Co 4 Cylinder action as Terry Conrad extended his winning streak to 6 with the two wins. In the make-up feature he bested Kenny Rowback, Dave Mullenax, Larry Hoover and Mike Murphy while in the regular feature he held off newcomer Ronnie Cooper, Murphy, newcomer Terry Styer and Mullenax. Heats tonight were won by Cooper and Conrad.
Notes: In the make-up feature which was picked up on lap 3 Conrad led the remaining laps. Russ Burner and Jake Tasker did not return tonight. 9 cars began and finished the 10 remaining laps with no cautions.
Notes: In the regular feature 17 cars started the feature with 14 running after 12 laps. The only reason all 17 weren’t running was a last lap crash in turn 3 & 4 involving 3 cars which resulted in all 3 being towed or pushed off. Hard Charger was Terry Styer who started 17th and finished 4th, a gain of 13 spots.
Zak Kimbrew won his 3rd Broughton’s Sports & Trophy World Mini Wedge Feature of the year at the Elkins Speedway by besting last week’s winner Garrett Paugh, Megan Davis and Ryan Watson. Paugh won the heat.
Tonight the first 3 places in each class received trophies compliments of Special Olympics/Elkins Big Lots #485.
Next week the Speedway will hold the Annual Chuck Gear Memorial on Saturday June 24th. Budweiser Late Models will pay $5000 to the winner with $500 to start. There will also be a huge FIREWORKS display! All other classes will also be running. The first 100 persons through the hill gate will receive a free BUDWEISER T-shirt. Hill Gate is $15 with pits $35. There is also a $50 Entry fee for LM.
For further details check our website @www.elkinsmotorspeedway.com.
RESULTS
BUDWEISER LM
Feature – Robbie Scott, Gary Dalton, Butch McGill, Mike Benedum, Steve Wilmoth, Charlie George, Chuck Harper, Billy Holbert, Jared Hawkins, Duke Pratt, Danny Mitchell, Tim Senic, Donnie Dotson, Richard Frazier, Skip Hare, John Tallman, Dusty Hamrick, Shawn Poling.
Ht 1 – Wilmoth, Benedum, McGill, Holbert, Dotson, Frazier.
Ht 2 – Dalton, Hawkins, Senic, Harper, Pratt, Hamrick.
Ht 3 – Scott, Hare, George, Mitchell, Poling, Ward.