Two wins in

three weeks is not bad for Tyrone native Scott Griffin, who was back with

a vengeance and dominated from lap nine of the Alan Vigil Southlake Ford

50 to record his fourth win of the 2000 season in the Late Model Division

Saturday night.

Griffin in

his R & S Hauling/Steve Banks Enterprises Ford Taurus overpowered

the field of Senoia late models from his second row outside starting position

after inverting from a role of the dice. Griffin has captured the pole

six times this season. He also won the Budweiser Pole Award Saturday night,

making it three in a row as he took the pole with a lap of 13.858, beating

out the second place qualifier, Wayne Hansard, by .288 seconds.

"It felt

great to come out here and win tonight after driving so hard last week

and finishing second," said Griffin in a post-race interview.

Griffin took

the checkered flag for the win Saturday night with more than a half lap

lead over Marc Mitchell, who started in eighth. Tyrone's Wayne Hansard

narrowly holds a one-point lead over Tallahassee's Marc Mitchell, after

Hansard's third place finish, making this the closest points race all

season.

Saturday, Sept.

23, Senoia Speedway will award $3,000 to win in the Alan Vigil Southlake

Ford Late Models 100 Lap Feature.

Union City's

Rod Williford won the Sportsman Feature, making it his second win in as

many weeks at Senoia Speedway Saturday night, when he passed Newnan's

Steve Payton on lap 14 with 16 laps remaining for his third win of the

2000 season. Payton, who led the first 13 laps from the start, finished

second with points leader Andy Cash finishing third. Finishing one lap

down to the lead lap was Larry Pierce in fourth with Senoia's Mark Lore

in fifth.

Locust Grove's

Robbie Gober led from flag to flag for his seventh win of the season Saturday

night in the Street Stock Feature. Gober, in his Sports Car Service Ltd./Pro-Blend/Dover

Cylinder Head 1978 Chevy Malibu, led the way with his closest competitor,

Senoia's Ted Willingham, finishing second several car lengths back. Third

place went to Senoia's Mark Lore with Larry Pierce and Bubba Bales rounding

out the top five finishers.

Mike Chambers

spanked the entire field of mini stockers for his second win of the season

as he led all 25 laps during his feature. Cary Hamilton finished second

with Robbie Gober filling in for Darrell Carlson in the number 18 car

in third. Making a very impressive run and finishing in fourth was Sam

Adams with Dan Oxenford in fifth.

Locust Grove's

Shane Upchurch snatched the victory away from Newnan's Oliver Gentry and

Marc Mitchell with five laps remaining to record his fifth win of the

season Saturday night. Oliver Gentry, the 1999 season champion, finished

second with Mitchell in third. Rounding out the top five was Johnny East

in fourth and Andy James in fifth.

Newnan's Emily

Cone led from start to finish for her third win of the season in the Young

Lions/Chargers Division with Brandon Brilliant from McDonough holding

off Cindy Anderson and Bubba Harry for third and fourth. Senoia's Scott

Tinsley was credited with fifth after an altercation between Tinsley and

Bubba Pollard erupted, ending both of their nights of racing.

Sharpsburg's

Matthew Peeples led the first of 11 laps of the Bandeleros Feature until

Les Law passed him on the restart, before the line, with four laps remaining.

Peeples tried several times in the remaining laps falling short by less

than a foot at the drop of the checkered flag. The second place finish

was Peeple's third in a row at Senoia Speedway as Rick Godfrey was incorrectly

given the position in last week's race. Finishing third behind Law and

Peeples were Chris Gables with Chris Dilbeck in fourth followed by Brian

Sharp in fifth.

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