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Race News from Friday March 30, 2007 (Posted 3/31/2007)

David Darnell Grabs B-Mini Stock

Victory, Brandon Moore Victorious

In Young Guns Race

By Tony M. Suttles

David DarnellDavid Darnell grabbed the lead as soon as the green flag dropped on the B-Mini Stock race held at the Anderson Motor Speedway on Friday night March 30, 2007 and led every lap of the race to pick up his first victory in numerous years. A familiar face at the Anderson Motor Speedway in the late nineties and early two thousands Darnell has been absent for several years. Darnell returned this season and appeared to be one of the cars to beat in the season opener but experienced a mechanical problem. Darnell proved he will be a force to be reckoned with this season as he led every lap of the race and claimed the official victory. Mark Timmerman cut Darnell’s lead in half from lap eight to lap fifteen but failed to make a serious challenge for the lead because the closest Timmerman came to Darnell was about three car lengths. Mark Timmerman finished second. Wayne Hammond finished third. Jason Black finished fourth. Joey Harris finished fifth. Attrition took a big toll on the B-Mini Stock cars as half the field dropped out of the race before the half way mark.

Brandon MooreBrandon Moore grabbed the lead on lap three of the Young Guns race and held off a late charge from Austin Northcutt to secure his first official victory of the season. Trey Gibson grabbed the lead at the start of the race and appeared to be the driver to contend with. But at the end of lap one Gibson’s car sputtered and Brandon Moore tapped him in the rear. As Moore and Gibson struggled to regain control of their cars Northcutt grabbed the lead. Northcutt leading the race was short lived as Moore battled by him on the third lap. Moore pulled away from Northcutt until lap ten when Northcutt began to reel him back in. By the last lap the two were bumper to bumper and Northcutt made a serious bid out of turn four on the final lap but Moore held him at bay to secure the victory. Austin Northcutt finished second. Austin Aker finished third. Trey Gibson finished fourth.

Barry Tollison led every lap of the Super Renegade race as he claimed his second official victory in a row. Whitey Suttles and Bryan Beckner battled for the second position early in the race with Suttles finally grabbing the position on the third lap. For the next several laps Suttles began cutting into Tollison’s lead until the two encountered lapped cars. Tollison moved through the lapped cars easily while Suttles got tangled up which cost him almost all the distance he had gained on Tollison. Once both cleared the lapped cars Suttles began closing on Tollison once again but before he could catch Tollison the race ended. Tollison took the victory. Whitey Suttles finished second. Bryan Beckner finished third. Brandon Chandler finished fourth. Ryan Lockwood finished fifth.

Chad Watt led every lap of the Renegade race as he also claimed his second victory in a row with his official victory in the Renegade race. It didn’t appear that Watt led every lap of the race but he actually did. As the race started Justin Cone made a daring move and forced himself under Watt and Dale Walker in turn one and made it three wide. As the three exited turn two Cone appeared to lead the race. Cone held the ‘lead position’ the first two laps before he was passed by Watt and Walker on lap three. When a caution came out at the end of the lap it was announced that Cone was scored one lap down due to the fact that he made a pass to the left side of the field before he crossed the start finish line when the race originally started. Therefore Watt had actually led the first two laps. Watt went on to lead every lap and take the official victory. Dale Walker held the second position throughout but failed to press Watt for the lead. Dale Walker finished second. John Kelly finished third. Al Stokes finished fourth. Mike Shaw finished fifth.

Zack Dillon led every lap of the C-Mini Stock race as he claimed the official victory. Brandon Hendrix ran side by side with Dillon on laps two and three but soon dropped back. Hendrix closed in on Dillon later in the race but a caution appeared which sealed the deal for Dillon. Following the caution Dillon got a big jump on the field and led the remaining laps to secure the victory. Brandon Hendrix cut back into Dillon’s advantage before the race ended but failed to get close enough to challenge for the lead. Brandon Hendrix finished second. Michael York finished third. Ben Kay finished fourth. Chad Black finished fifth.

Four drivers contended for the victory in the Legends race with chance playing a important part in the race. Max Gresham and Wesley Thompson battled the first lap of the race with Gresham claiming a slight advantage at the finish line at the end of lap one. On lap two Thompson took the lead position away from Gresham. By lap three Justin Ashley had placed himself in the mix. Ashley battled by Gresham on lap five to move into the second position. Then on lap eight Austin took the lead from Thompson but Thompson retook the lead on lap nine. As Thompson began to pull away Austin and Gresham began to battle for the second position once again. On lap fifteen Gresham spun in turn two which brought out a caution. Unfortunately for Wesley Thompson, whom was leading when the caution appeared, a bolt had come out of his rear bumper and it was dragging on the track and he was sent to the pits. Thus Justin Ashley grabbed the lead position. John Gallman took the second position and pressured Austin the final laps of the race and made a bid for the victory as the two exited turn four but Ashley held him at bay to secure the overall official victory and the victory in the Semi Pro portion of the race. John Gallman finished second. RS Senter finished third. Jerry Rector finished fourth and claimed the victory in the Masters portion of the race. Wesley Thompson came from the rear to finish fifth and take the victory in the Pro portion of the race.

Randy Bryant led every lap of the B-M modified race as he claimed the official victory. Chuck Mitchell finished second. Tim Smith finished third. Bryant, Mitchell, and Smith ran bumper to bumper the majority of the race but neither Mitchell nor Smith challenged for a higher position. Will Ragsdale finished fourth. Frank Williams finished fifth.

In bicycle races Joshua Shaw won the 2-4 year old race, Madison Greer won the 5-6 year old race, William Allen won the 7-9 year old race, and Tyler Free won the 10-12 year old race.

 

 

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