Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Late Models:

• Travis Trotter moves ahead of Mike Pruitt at the start to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 2- Simon Yates spins by himself in turn 2. After he came to a stop, his car was nailed in the right front by Tony Ussery. The race has been red-flagged.
• Lap 7- Andy Johnson passes Travis Trotter for the lead.
• Mark Day has a problem and pits. He returns to the race several laps down.
• Johnson wins going away.

Final Results:
1. #20 Andy Johnson
2. #16 Daniel Pope
3. #121 Joseph Meyer
4. #47 Dakota Stroup
5. #32 Travis Trotter


Super Trucks:
* Jess Williams is a late addition to the field and will start in the last position.

• Lap 1- Daniel Bolden moves into the lead coming out of turn 2.
• Lap 11- Bobby Buttrey passes Bolden for the lead.
• Lap 32- Terry Hayes gets into Rob Sanders putting both trucks into the wall in turn 2. Both trucks were able to continue and no caution was brought out.

Final Results:
1. #98 Bobby Buttrey
2. #09 Daniel Bolden
3. #99 Terry Hayes
4. #11 Stacey Crain
5. #07 Kyle Fletcher

Sportsman:

• Caution, Lap 2- Chad Adams crashes coming off turn 4. His left rear wheel breakes off the hub and continues around to turn 2.
• Caution, Lap 4- Howard Tucker spins Kyle Ivey on the backstretch. As Tucker comes back up the track after the contact, he is collected by Jonathan Wilhite in turn 3. Tucker and Ivey's are too heavily damaged to continue. The race has been red-flagged.
• Lap 5- Eddie Taylor nudges Goddard out of the way in turn 2 to take the lead.
• Taylor is able to hold off Goddard for his first win of the season.

Final Results:
1. #66 Eddie Taylor
2. #12 Lee Goddard
3. #5 David Barbercheck
4. #70 Steve Hadley
5. #48 Howard Tucker


Open Wheels:

• At the green flag, David brown spins, but no caution is thrown.
  
• Caution, Lap 1- Tony Willis spins Scott Gay going into turn 3. John Earheart is also involved in the accident. The race is restarted with all cars returning to their original positions.
• Caution, Lap 15- Willis spins leader Tim Gay coming off of turn 4. Willis retires with a flat right front tire. Roy Dorris is the new leader.
• Caution, Lap 18- A piece debris of of Scott Gay's car lands on the backstretch.
• Lap 24- Tim Gay spins by himself in turn 4 but no caution is thrown.

Final Results:
1. #98- Roy Dorris
2. #67- John Earheart
3. #65- Jerry Seymoure
4. #01- Scott Gay
5. #101- Mark Stegall



Thunderstox:

• Jeremy Newman leads from the pole.
• Lap 5- Charles Goddard passes Newman for the lead.
• Caution, Lap 10- Mitchell Vickers spins CJ Adams in turn 3. Vickers is being sent to the rear for initiating the crash.
• Caution, Lap 22- Gene Holt and CJ Adams hook bumpers in turn 4. Holt is able to break free as he spins Adams down the frontstretch.
• As Goddard crosses the line for the win, Vickers spins Stephanie Barnes in turn 4.

Final Results:
1. #17 Charles Goddard
2. #75 Bobby Joe Rippey
3. #60 Jeremy Newman
4. #21 Mitchell Vickers
5. #83 Art Choate


Frontrunners:

• In a 6-lap exhibition match, Mark Collins defeats Rick Vetetoe. If there is enough interest in the division in the future, it will be added to the regular schedule.
  

Dwarf Cars:

• Allen Ring leads from the pole.
• Lap 2- Ricky McIllwain passes Ring for the lead.
• Caution, Lap 10- Chris Crutcher spins in turn 4.
• Caution, Lap 19- Michael Wood spins in turn 4.
• The race will end with a green-white-checkered finish.

Final Results:
1. #21 Ricky McIllwain
2. #22 Greg Gresham
3. #44 David Ring
4. #5 Allen Ring
5. #7 Tim Lunn

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Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Late Model Lineup after inversion:
1. 2- Mike Pruitt
2. 32- Travis Trotter
3. 8- Mark Day
4. 16- Daniel Pope
5. 121- Joseph Meyer
6. 20- Andy Johnson
7. 14- Steadman Marlin
8. 13- Mark Montgomery
9. 47- Dakota Stroup
10. 61- TW Fisher
11. 54- Chevy White
12. 7- Tony Ussrey
* Stroup, Fisher, White, and Ussrey all had their times disallowed due to their cars being too low following qualifying.

Supertruck Lineup after inversion:
1. 48- Clint Crowell
2. 09- Daniel Bolden
3. 00- Rob Sanders
4. 07- Kyle Fletcher
5. 98- Bobby Buttrey
6. 11- Stacey Crain
7. 99- Terry Hayes
8. 42- Jason Adams

Sportsman Lineup after inversion:
1. 53- Kyle Ivey
2. 5- David Barbercheck
3. 51- Jonathan Wilhite
4. 48- Howard Tucker
5. 66- Eddie Taylor
6. 12- Lee Goddard
7. 70- Steve Hadley
8. 21- Wesley Pearce
9. 2- John Leeland
10. 19- Chad Adams

Fairgrounds Speedway Pre-Qualifying Notes

• Simon Yates spins and makes hard contact in between turns 1 and 2. Yates was able to drive his car back to the pits, but it is unclear at this time if his crew will be able to make repairs to the car.
  
• Mark Day has had a problem with his car and come to a stop in turn 4. Day got out and looked under the left front as though he suspected a problem with the brakes. His car has been towed to the pit area.
  
• 5/8s Practice has been delayed by seepage in turn 4; however, it doesn't appear to be a significant problem as Sportsman practice is about to begin.
  
• Crews worked all morning to get the track dry so racing can go on as scheduled.

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• Late Model competitor Dakota Stroup will be making his first start of the season tonight.

Diamond Ring Giveaway at Fairgrounds Speedway

Racing resumes at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville on Saturday, May 9, with Carl Black Chevrolet, WSIX and Big Machine Records teaming up to host Team 98 Night. 2008 rookie-of-the-year Bobby Buttrey will be piloting the #98 Chevy Super Truck with Carl Black Chevrolet donating 98-cents for every lap completed and $500 for each victory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Buttrey opened up his 2009 crusade with a bang by taking home the season-opener win and following up the very next week with a door-to-door battle with winner Daniel Bolden for second-place honors. Buttrey is the current point's leader in the Super Trucks class with visions of a team championship when the 2009 season wraps up in late September.

Fans can stop by Carl Black Chevrolet to pick up free tickets for a night of family fun and heart-stopping racing under the lights at the Fairgrounds Speedway.

In honor of Mother's Day weekend the track will be giving away a half-carat diamond ring to one lucky lady in the grandstands.

Gates open at 5:00 PM.

CRA Weekend Washout

While rain storms and race cars do not mix, Mother Nature flexed her muscle this past weekend as track officials and the Champion Racing Association Series (CRA) were forced to cancel all track activities at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville.

The CRA race with NASCAR star Kyle Busch was one of the biggest casualties of the soggy weekend. Busch was set to fly to Nashville on Sunday morning to shoot for an unprecedented four victories in four consecutive days. The ambitious driver not only swept through the NASCAR races at Richmond International Raceway with ease, he also thrilled the local Virginia fans at Southside Speedway on Thursday night by grabbing a win in the 175-lap Late Models.

With the Nashville track personnel, media and fans all being set up to witness Busch aim for a personal record in racing, the dark clouds overtook any silver lining with the weekend deemed a total washout.

"We really hate it for the fans and this facility that we couldn't race this past weekend, but those kinds of things are not in our control. It's a real shame though because it had all the makings of a great spectacle for the fans and this track. We're looking for a date to reschedule so hopefully it will all work out in the end," said track promoter Danny Denson.

The Fairgrounds Speedway will resume weekly short track racing at its best this coming weekend, May 9^th as the local rivalries continue to go door-to-door on the .596 mile asphalt oval in nine separate divisions.

As a salute to Mother's Day the Fairgrounds Speedway will be giving away a half-carat diamond ring this Saturday night to one lucky ticket holder.