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Race News
from Friday August 3rd, 2007
(Posted
8/4/2007)
600 Legends Show Out With Stancill Grabbing The Victory,
Timmerman Takes Victory In
Wild
B-Mini Stock Race
By Tony M. Suttles
In
preparation for the 600 Legends Regional qualifier race scheduled for
Friday night August 10th the 600 Legends drivers showed off their
talents during the race ran at the Anderson Motor Speedway on Friday
night August 3, 2007. John Stancill, Wesley Thompson, and Justin Ashley
battled each other repeatedly during the race with Stancill taking a
narrow victory as the three crossed the finish line three wide.
Stancill led the first lap with Ashley passing him on lap two for the
lead. Stancill regained the lead on lap four but relinquished it one
lap later to Thompson. Brian Weimer joined the fray at the end of lap
five when he made a mad dash for the front and took over the second
position. But Weimer had six cars on his bumper and it proved to be
more than he could hold off. On lap six Stancill, Ashley, and John
Gallman bypassed Weimer and dropped him to the fifth position quickly.
At the end of lap nine Stancill closed on Thompson and regained the
lead. For the next two laps Thompson and Ashley battled side by side
which allowed Stancill a moment to catch his breath. But on lap twelve
Ashley regained the second position and went after Stancil. Ashley
made several bids for the lead the next six laps but Stancil held him
at bay each time. Then Ashley made his move at the end of lap nineteen
and drove under Stancill. The two were side by side as the white flag
dropped. Then it appeared Stancill slowed and allowed Ashley the lead
at the end of the front stretch and made his move as the three entered
turn one. Ashley drifted up in turn one and Stancill, along with
Thompson, drove by him. Thompson made a bid for the lead in turn three
and Ashley joined the battle in turn four. Down the front stretch it
was a three wide battle for the checkered flag. The top three crossed
the finish line side by side with John Stancill declared the overall
winner and the winner in the Semi Pro portion of the race. Wesley
Thompson finished second and claimed the victory in the Pro portion of
the race. Justin Ashley finished third. John Gallman finished fourth.
Andrew Brown finished fifth. Brian Weimer finished sixth and claimed
the victory in the Masters portion of the race.
Mark
Timmerman made a statement that he is still a force to be reckoned
with when he claimed his sixth victory of the season in the B-Mini
Stock race. Scott Hamby grabbed the lead at the start of the race
while the polesitter, Chad Campbell, got sandwiched by several cars at
the start of the race and went from the front of the field to the rear
of the field. By the end of the lap David Darnell had taken control of
the second position with Timmerman taking control of the third spot.
The three ran bumper to bumper until lap seven when Darnell made his
first bid for the lead. But as he did so down the backstretch
Timmerman wanted the lead also and the top three were three wide.
Timmerman had to let off quickly before all three were in the wall. On
lap nine Darnell made another advance and once again Timmerman tried
to make it three wide but both had to drop back into line when they
ran up on a lapped car. Darnell made his third bid on the tenth lap
and finally took the lead position at the end of the lap. Timmerman
took the second position the next lap and went after Darnell on lap
twelve. Timmerman grabbed the lead away from Darnell on lap thirteen
but Darnell was not ready to concede. Darnell battled under Timmerman
three times before the race ended and he put the bumper to Timmerman
on a couple of laps trying to get him loose but in the end Timmerman
thwarted all of Darnell’s advances and claimed the official victory.
David Darnell finished second. Scott Hamby finished third. Chad
Campbell worked his way back to the fourth place finish. Wayne Hammond
finished fifth.
Shawn Campbell drove
his heart out in the Renegade race but good luck became the deciding
factor in his victory. Anthony Cordell led the first five laps of the
race before Campbell bypassed him for the lead. Once out front
Campbell began to pull away until lap ten when he got slowed down
navigating lapped cars. Cordell was able to close on Campbell and the
two ran side by side navigating the lapped traffic. At the end of the
lap Campbell finally bypassed the final lapped car but as Cordell was
passing the same car the lapped car turned into Cordell. Cordell hit
the wall bounced off and was hit by another car but none of the cars
stopped and a caution never appeared. Campbell led the final laps and
received the checkered flag and the official victory. Ken Dillard
moved to second following Cordell’s misfortune but failed to get close
enough to Campbell to pressure him for the lead. Ken Dillard finished
second. Justin Cone finished third. Bryan Beckner finished fourth.
Chad Watt finished fifth.
Chuck Mitchell claimed
the victory in the B-M Modified race but fate played a role in his
victory. Mitchell started on the front of the field with his nemesis
Matt Meyers starting at the rear of the field after Meyers came to the
speedway late and missed the heat race. Chuck Mitchell grabbed the
lead at the start of the race and pulled to a big lead while Meyers
battled his way to the second position at the half way point. Meyers
cut Mitchell’s lead in half but the laps ran out before he placed
himself in contention for the victory. Matt Meyers finished second.
Will Ragsdale finished third. Shawn Mize finished fourth. Randy
Flanagan finished fifth.
For the first time this
season Brandon Hendrix received the checkered flag and the official
victory in the C-Mini Stock race. Hendrix led every lap of the race
and held off Chad Stewart in order to seal the victory. Hendrix had
previously recieved the checkered flag several times this season but
on each occasion he failed to pass post race inspection. This is the
second official victory of the season for Hendrix with his first
coming when the on track winner failed to pass post race inspection.
Chad Stewart finished second. Chad Black finished third. Jimmy Burgess
finished fourth. Michael York finished fifth.
Austin Northcutt
crossed the finish line in the fifth position during the C-Mini Stock
race and claimed the victory in the Young Guns race since the two
divisions competed together once again. Northcutt was battling for the
overall second position with Chad Stewart when there was contact and
Northcutt spun. Northcutt had to restart at the rear of the field but
made his way back to the fifth position within a few laps. Northcutt
held the position till the end of the race and claimed the Young Guns
victory. Dylan Wages finished second in the Young Guns class. Austin
Akers finished third.
Walter Whitaker won his
seventh Banana Spectator race as he claimed the victory in the special
race.
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