Saturday, June 20, 2009

Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Late Models:
  • Caution, Lap 1- Racing for the lead, Travis Trotter spins Mark Day. Daniel Pope, Simon Yates, and Scottie Smothers are all collected.
  • After battling Chevy White for a couple of circuits, Trotter pulls out to the lead.
  • Lap 19- White pulls alongside Trotter in Turn 2, but Trotter is able to pull away down the backstretch.
  • Lap 31- White is finally able to pull around Trotter for the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 34- Pope spins Trotter while battling for second. Pope is sent to the rear of the field for rough driving.
  • White holds off a late race charge from Joseph Meyer to take the win.
Final Results:
1. Chevy White
2. Joseph Meyer
3. Daniel Pope
4. Chuck Tuck
5. Travis Trotter


Supertrucks:
  • Daniel Bolden takes the lead at the start of the race.
  • Lap 3- Blake Williams gets around Bobby Buttrey for second.
  • Buttrey gets back around Williams for second.
  • Lap 15- Buttrey passes Bolden for the lead.
  • Buttrey cruises to an easy victory
Final Results:
1. Bobby Buttrey
2. Daniel Bolden
3. Blake Williams
4. Terry Hayes
5. Stacey Crain


Sportsman:
  • Lee Goddard jumps to a quick lead on the start.
  • Lap 10- Jeff Belt has been charging through the field and is in second place, closing in on Goddard.
  • Caution, Lap 20- Belt turns Goddard in turn 1 battling for the lead. Howard Tucker takes the lead. Belt is sent to the rear of the field for rough driving.
  • Lap 25- Belt makes his way back through the field and takes the lead.
  • Belt is unchallenged the rest of the way to take the victory.
Final Results:
1. Jeff Belt
2. Howard Tucker
3. Eddie Taylor
4. Cody Buford
5. Kyle Ivey


Open Wheels:
  • Tommy Climer takes the lead from the pole.
  • Caution, Lap 3- Larry Hagewood and David Moyes spin in turn 3.
  • Caution, Lap 10- David Wright spins in turn 4.
  • Under caution, Butch Tinnin, David Moyes, and Mark Stegall crashed on the backstretch.
  • Caution, Lap 16- Stegall spins in turn 2.
  • Caution, Lap 16- Hagewood gets spun in turn 2.
  • Caution, Lap 24- David Brown turns Tim Gay around on the frontstretch.
  • Tommy Climer goes unchallenged for the victory
Final Results:
1. Tommy Climer
2. John Earheart
3. Roy Dorris
4. Larry Hagewood
5. Mark Stegall


Super Stocks:
  • Spurt Goddard takes the lead from the pole.
  • Lap 7- Robert Forsythe gets around Goddard for the lead.
  • Lap 8- Goddard gets back around Forsythe for the top spot.
  • Caution, Lap 11- Curtis Thompson suffers a suspension failure and crashes hard in turn 3.
  • Lap 13- Forsythe gets around Goddard to take the lead.
  • Forsythe crusises to the victory.
Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Jay Pryor
3. Clint Ivey
4. Spurt Goddard
5. George Saldana


Thunderstox:
  • Jeremy Neuman jumps the start, so it is waived off. They will attempt a restart.
  • After a clean start, Neuman jumps to the lead.
  • Lap 2- Charles Goddard gets around Neuman for the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 9- Stephanie Barnes loops her car coming off of turn 2.
  • Caution, Lap 12- Bobby Joe Rippey spins Goddard battling for first. Rippey is sent to the rear of the field, Matt Barnes is the new leader.
  • Lap 19- CJ Adams gets around Matt Barnes for the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 19- Matt Barnes' rear bumper is lying in turn 4. Barnes was put back to his position at the helm.
  • Caution, lap 20- Barnes and Adams get together battling for the lead. Adams spins.
  • On the restart, Neuman gets around Barnes.
  • Lap 23- Goddard passes Neuman for the lead.
  • Lap 24- Goddard and Rippey crash battling for the lead.
  • Matt Barnes is able to slip through the melee to take the victory.
Final Results:
1. Matt Barnes
2. Jeremy Neuman
3. Gene Holt
4. Charles Goddard
5. Bobby Joe Rippey


Legends Pro/Masters:
  • David Moyes pulls to a lead on the start.
  • Lap 2- James Fowlkes gets around Moyes for the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 3- Moyes spins in turn 2.
  • Lap 4- Josh Berry gets around Fowlkes for the lead.
  • Lap 8- Tyler Cordell gets around Berry for the lead.
Final Results:
1. Tyler Cordell
2. Josh Berry
3. Brandon Summers
4. James Fowlkes
5. Kenny Summers


Legends Semi-Pro/ Young Guns:
  • Officials didn't like the start, so another attempt will be made.
  • A second start has been aborted and the pole sitter Nic Gill is sent to the rear.
  • Cody Fernett jumps to the lead from the start.
  • Caution, Lap 11- CJ Tuck spins on the exit of turn 4.
  • Lap 13- Gill and Fernett make contact racing for the lead, Tucker Wingo slips by to take the point.
  • Wingo is able to hold on to take the victory.
Final Results:
1. Tucker Wingo
2. Ross Rollings
3. Cody Fernett
4. CJ Tuck
5. Michael Bolden

Dwarf Cars:
  • Greg Gresham jumps to the lead from the pole.
  • Lap 8- Ricky McIllwain moves into the top 3 after starting at the rear of the field.
  • Caution, Lap 11- Brad Gresham spins coming off turn 4.
  • Caution, Lap 15- Brad Gresham spins coming off turn 4.
  • Lap 16- McIllwain passes Greg Gresham for the lead.
  • McIllwain cruises to an easy victory.
Final Results:
1. Ricky McIllwain
2. Greg Gresham
3. Tim Lunn
4. David Ring
5. Chris Crutcher

**For complete results, please visit the track's website at http://www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com/ **

Fairgrounds Speedwat Qualifying Results

Supertrucks:
* Stacey Crain, Terry Hayes, and Tommy Climer all had their times disallowed for being too low in post-qualifying inspection.
  1. Bobby Buttrey 20.926
  2. Daniel Bolden 21.106
  3. Blake Williams 21.185
  4. Clint Crowell 21.274
  5. Kyle Fletcher 21.295
  6. Jason Adams 22.042
  7. Stacey Crain DQ
  8. Terry Hayes DQ
  9. Tommy Climer DQ
Inversion: 2

Late Models:
  1. Joseph Meyer 19.470
  2. Daniel Pope 19.477
  3. Chevy White 19.479
  4. Mark Day 19.528
  5. Travis Trotter 19.560
  6. Sterling Marlin 19.715
  7. Mark Montgomery 19.944
  8. Tommy Joe Martins 19.987
  9. TW Fisher 19.992
  10. Chuck Tuck 20.028
  11. Simon Yates 20.174
Inversion: 4

Travis Trotter talks about racing Mark Day

Fairgrounds Speedway Pre-Qualifying Notes

It's a sweltering day at the Fairgrounds Speedway, but that hasn't stopped racers from turning out for the night's action!
  • Sterling Marlin, Tommy Joe Martins, and Chuck Tuck are infrequent competetors that are on hand to race in tonight's Late Model feature.