Troy French

took his victorious finish for the 2000 season championship title. This

is French's second championship in a row. Following French was second

place winner Cary Hamilton with Chad Hoopaugh in third.

Saturday night's

Legends Pro/Semi Pro/Masters race was an exhilarating experience as 29

drivers in this division took the track with a roar. The cars spread out

over the 3/8th mile oval from beginning to end, exciting the crowd as

they wondered how that many cars would possibly make it through the 50-lap

feature.

After a restart

on the first lap Doug Stevens, this season's points champion, quickly

took the lead and held onto his position for the first 42 laps until Marc

Mitchell made contact with him, causing him to give up the position to

Andy James. James then kept his first place position for the remainder

of the race.

Excitement

flowed across many of the division features, including the Legends Young

Lyons/Chargers class. There could be only one winner to take the prize,

but a lot more was at stake than just another victory lane approach. The

points race leading into Saturday night between Bubba Pollard and Scott

Tinsley was so close that it was anyone's guess at the outcome.

Bubba Pollard

started out leading the field at the drop of the green flag for the first

20 laps before Scott Tinsley made his move. Tinsley then ran the race

caution after caution without giving in to Pollard's approaches.

A horrible

wreck by Nick Hill paused the race, throwing out a red flag on lap 45.

Hill rolled his Legend car side over side at least five times before coming

to a stop between turns three and four. Hill is said to be fine.

Hill's accident

managed to knock out the track caution light in those turns. Officials

quickly remedied the situation with an extra flagman.

The top five

finishers in this division were champion Scott Tinsley, Bubba Pollard

in second, Joey Boyer in third, Cindy Anderson fourth, and Jimmy Felton

in fifth.

Track officials

are carrying Tinsley's fuel to Inex in North Carolina for further testing.

Officials will announce their findings.

It was an overwhelming

night as Sharpsburg's Danny and Ruth Peeples watched their son, Matthew

Peeples, clinch the championship in the Bandeleros Division. Peeples led

from the drop of the green flag, dominating all 25 laps of his feature.

His closest competition was a little bit less than a straightaway at the

finish.

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