In the Allan
Vigil Ford Pro Late Model 100-lap feature event, Ronnie Sanders
recorded the fastest qualifying speed, then rolled a three on the dice
placing him behind Rusty Clanton who started the race from the pole position.
Ronny Kittle
started the event alongside Clanton on the front row. When the green flag
waved, Clanton jumped out to an early lead, followed by Sanders and Kittle.
On lap 6, contact was made between Clanton and Sanders on the front straight-away
which resulted in a spin. When racing resumed, the running order was Kittle,
Wayne Hansard, and Linny Foster.
with Kittle still in the lead, Warren Mobley advanced into the third place
position and Bobby East continued in the fifth place position with Sanders
moving back into the top five in the fourth place position while Hansard
remained in second place. Sanders advanced into the third place position
on lap 20, then into second on lap 30 with Clanton occupying the third
place position.
On lap 38,
with Kittle still in the lead, a spin occurred in turn one causing front
running contender Warren Mobley to crash his machine having no way to
avoid making contact with another machine. The crash caused considerable
damage to Mobley's machine; However, following attention from his crew,
Mobley returned to competition.
On lap 50,
Sanders started pressuring Kittle for the lead, and made the pass on lap
54 placing him into the lead position; the running order on lap 54 was
Sanders, Kittle, Clanton and East.
The running
order would remain the same until lap 88 when Kittle slipped past Sanders
and took back the lead position. Kittle would continue to lead the event
and captured the checkered flag; Kittle was followed by Sanders, Clanton,
Scotty Ellis and Wayne Hansard.
In the Sportsman
feature, points leader Rod Williford led the event flag-to-flag to take
the win.
In the Legend's
Pro / Masters feature, points leader Andy James led flag-to-flag to take
the checkered flag.
In the Legend's
Semi-Pro feature, points leader Bubba Harry led the event flag-to flag
to take the win.
With a $100
Bounty being offered to the driver who stops Terry Mathis' 6 race winning
habit, the Aaron's Pro Challenge event proved to be one of the more anticipated
events of the evening. Mathis started the feature from the pole with Kyle
Kennedy joining him on the front row. When the green flag waved, Mathis
jumped out to an early lead, followed closely by: Kennedy, Brian Sharp
and Cameron Micheal.
On lap 4, Sharp
slipped past Kennedy to take over the second place position and began
to reel Mathis in. Sharp would continue to pressure Mathis the remaining
laps of the event; however, Mathis refused to give up the top spot and
took the checkered flag.
The Bounty
will roll over to next week's race with $25 being added to the purse for
the driver who can stop Mathis. Sharp and Kennedy, along with Pro Challenge
driver's Stephen Curlee and Cameron Micheal continue to improve each week
and are considered to be among the top contenders to collect the Bounty
money.
In the OPTECH
Bandolero feature, Kyle Mitchell started the race from the pole
with Jonathan Chandler joining him on the front row. When the green flag
waved, Chandler advanced into the lead position on lap one and went on
to take the win.
Mike Chambers
took the Modified Mini Stock feature and Steven Barker won top honors
in the Modified Street Stock feature.
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