Black Takes C-Mini Stock Summer Championship Race, Suttles Grabs Season First Super Renegade Victory
By Tony M. Suttles

Chad Black claimed the official victory in the twenty lap C-Mini Stock Summer Championship race ran at the Anderson Motor Speedway on Friday night June 20, 2008. Black and Chad Stewart battled the first lap of the race with Black grabbing the lead down the back stretch. Once out front Black held the lead every lap of the race and picked up the victory. Stewart ran close to Black until lap eighteen when Austin Northcutt made a bid to overtake him for the second position. This battle allowed Black to pull away by a couple of car lengths at the end of the race. Chad Stewart held Northcutt off to finish second. Austin Northcutt finished third. Brandon Hendrix finished fourth. Jack Kelley finished fifth.

Whitey Suttles claimed the official victory in the Super Renegade race. Suttles and Zac Lane battled side by side the first two laps of the race before Suttles took control of the lead on the third lap. Once out front Suttles pulled to a car length advantage and held it till the end of the race. Seventy one year old Suttles became the sixth different driver to claim a victory this season in the Super Renegade division. Zac Lane finished second. Earl Young finished third. Eddie Henderson finished fourth. Sam Roberts finished fifth.

Scott Hamby claimed the official victory in the B-Mini Stock race. David Darnell grabbed the lead in the race as soon as the green flag dropped on the race and by lap five he had a two car length advantage over Brian Powell Sr. when a caution appeared. On the restart Darnell got a car length jump over Powell but as the field entered turn three the top two were bumper to bumper. As the two exited turn three there was contact between the two and Darnell spun gathering up Chad Campbell with him. Unfortunately Campbell was unable to continue while Darnell and Powell were placed at the rear of the field. Scott Hamby found himself in the right place at the right time and inherited the lead position following this incident. Once out front Hamby pulled to a comfortable advantage over Ben Kay and held it the remainder of the race. Mark Timmerman came from the rear and bypassed Kay on the final lap to finish second. Ben Kay finished third. Jeff Bruce finished fourth. Trey Gibson finished fifth.

Jeffrey Kummer claimed the official victory in the B-M Modified race. Kummer and Chuck Mitchell battled the first lap with Kummer taking the lead for good on lap two. On lap three Mitchell almost hit the wall and dropped out of the race. Once Mitchell left the race Kummer pulled to a half straight away advantage over Corey Gibson and held it throughout the race. Corey Gibson finished second. Casey Tucker finished third. Chris Barnes finished fourth. Alan Mitchell finished fifth.

Shawn Campbell claimed the official victory in the Renegade division. Campbell and Barry Tollison Jr. battled the first lap with Tollison taking the lead at the end of the lap. But Tollison’s time out front was limited because Campbell immediately resumed the battle for the lead on lap two and at the line the two were virtually even. On lap three Campbell took over the lead and once he moved to the front he thoroughly out classed the field. Campbell pulled to a half a straight away advantage by the half way mark and won by over half that advantage. Barry Tollison Jr. finished second. Chris Ingle finished third. Jim Reynolds finished fourth. Chad Watt finished fifth.

Devin Jones claimed the overall victory and the victory in the Semi Pro portion of the 600 Legends race. On the first attempt to start the race several of the front cars got tangled together heading into turn two with Jones being one of them. Due to the damage on the rear of his car Jones had to go to the pits and therefore had to start the race at the tail of the field. On the second start of the race RS Senter and John Gallman battled the first lap with Gallman taking the lead at the end of the lap and Wesley Thompson moving to the second position. On lap three Thompson bypassed Gallman for the lead position and brought Senter with him into the second position. On lap five Gallman moved back to the second position but by this time Thompson was beginning to pull away. On lap six Jones became part of the mix when he moved to the third position. On lap seven Jones bypassed Gallman and moved to the second position. On lap nine Jones closed on Thompson and bypassed him on lap ten. Once out front Jones held the lead the final half of the race and received the checkered flag. Wesley Thompson finished second and claimed the victory in the Pro portion of the race. RS Senter finished third. John Gallman finished fourth. Jerry Rector finished fifth and claimed the victory in the Masters portion of the race.

The Young Guns drivers competed along with the C-Mini Stock drivers and Avery Burgess claimed the official victory. Burgess ran as high as fifth before finishing in the sixth overall position. Austin Aker finished second amongst the Young Guns drivers. RJ West finished third.