Eight-car wreck leads to new winner in Late Model

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Eight-car wreck leads to new winner in Late Model

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Tony

Durflinger of McDonough, recorded his first ever Late

Model win Saturday night in the Alan Vigil Southlake Ford

50 at Senoia Speedway.

Durflinger

took the lead with 24 laps remaining after a wreck that

claimed eight cars shortly following the completion of

the first lap. Budweiser Pole Award winner Chad Caldwell

and the driver of the 54 car, Gabriel Corbitt, got loose

between turns one and two and collected each other, along

with eight other drivers.

"We

knew we had a top five car," said Durflinger, who

drives a Lefthander/Chevrolet Monte Carlo sponsored by

Ricky Sanders Racing/Oval Racing.com/Marks Paint &

Body. "After the accident we really knew we had a

top five car. We're going to take a win however we can

get it, but I still think we would have been a contender

at the end of this race what ever had happened."

Finishing

in second was McDonough's John Beach with Fayetteville's

Shawn Cieutat in third. Senoia's Chad Caldwell returned

to the track after extensive repair to finish fourth.

Sharpsburg's Mike Bristol returned to competition after a

long leave of absence from Senoia Speedway to finish

fifth.

Also unable

to finish the race after being collected in the scuffle

were Sonny Pollard, Gabriel Corbitt, Scott Griffin, Scott

Ellis, Marc Mitchell, B. J. Holley and Charlie Bagwell.

Due to the lengthy caution needed to clean up the mangled

cars, track officials cut the race to 25 laps.

Brooks'

Andy Cash passed Senoia's Jon Bell midway through the

Sportsman division race for the win, giving Cash his

third win in a row. Darin Cronan finished second after

Bell's car was demolished on the front straightaway,

leaving him to finish third. Rounding out the field was

Larry Pierce in the 32 car.

Due to

three wins in a row, a bounty has been placed on Andy

Cash by the Senoia Speedway management. Anyone who can

break his winning streak will be able to claim the bounty

in Saturday night's race.

Locust

Grove's Robby Gober in the Sports Car Service

Ltd./Pro-Blend/Dover Cylinder Head Inc. Chevy, continues

to show why he is the dominant one at Senoia Speedway in

the Street Stock Division. Gober led from the drop of the

green flag to the checkered for his fourth win of the

season. Finishing second was last week's winner Jason

Turner of Griffin, who held off the third place car of

Stan Barge in his first race of the 2000 season.

Finishing

fourth in his highest finish of the season was Bubba

Bales, with Newnan's Jim Van Riper returning to Senoia

Speedway to finish fifth after an extensive absence.

A bounty on

Jonesboro's Cary Hamilton was enough to bring four or

five new competitors to the track Saturday night in the

Mini Stock Feature at Senoia Speedway. However, nobody

could withstand the heat put on by Hamilton as he took

the lead from Troy French with nine laps remaining for

his fourth consecutive win. French finished second ahead

of Mike Chambers, who had his own battle going on with

newcomer Jimmy Self. Chambers finished third with Self in

fourth. Dan Oxenford took fifth, rounding off the top

five.

The bounty

placed by Senoia Speedway management on Cary Hamilton

still exists and will be given to the driver who can

upset Hamilton's winning streak in Saturday night's race.

Peachtree

City's Reed Sorenson led from start to finish for his

second win of the season in the Conkles Pro/Semi-Pro

Masters Division at Senoia Speedway. Sorenson's win did

not go without competition as Lovejoy's Doug Stevens, who

also competed in the Allison Legacy Feature, filled

Sorenson's mirror for the last half of the race.

Sorenson

crossed the finish line with only half a car length to

spare. Finishing third was Shane Upchurch with Jason

Tidwell beating out David Reagan at the line for fourth.

Senoia's

Bubba Pollard led every lap from his pole starting

position for his second win in as many weeks at Senoia

Speedway Saturday night. This brings Pollard to six wins

this season in the Conkles Legends Young Lyons/Chargers

Divisions. The battle for second was decided with seven

laps to go as the 01 car, driven by Andy James, edged out

a second place finish over Senoia's Scott Tinsley, who

finished third by less than a car length at the finish

line. Fourth and fifth place went to Matt McCullough and

Cindy Anderson.

Senoia

Speedway races each and every Saturday night through

November. Pit gate opens at 4 p.m., grandstand opens at 5

p.m. with racing beginning at 7 p.m. For information on

the 2000 racing season phone the track at 770-599-6161 or

visit www.senoiaspeedway.com for the latest updates on track

events, drivers and finishing results.

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