Saturday, June 27, 2009

Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Supertrucks:
  • Clint Crowell takes the lead from the pole.
  • Lap 8- Terry Hayes passes Crowell for the lead. Bobby Buttrey follows for second.
  • Lap 19- Buttrey passes Hayes for the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 20- Crowell and Stacey Crain make contact. Crowell gets the worst of the incident, sliding to a stop in turn 1 with a crumpled front end.
  • Buttrey is never challenged the rest of the way to take an easy victory.
Final Results:
1. Bobby Buttrey
2. Terry Hayes
3. Stacey Crain
4. Clint Crowell
5. Jason Adams


Sportsman:
  • Eddie Taylor races to the lead at the end of the first lap.
  • Caution, Lap 4- Wayne White loses his right front wheel and crashes in turn 4.
  • Lap 23- Jeff Belt passes Taylor for the lead.
  • After getting around Taylor, Belt cruises to an easy victory.
Final Results:
1. Jeff Belt
2. Eddie Taylor
3. Howard Tucker
4. Lee Goddard
5. Jason Sullivan


Open Wheels:
  • John Earheart leads from the pole.
  • Caution, Lap 25- Mark Stegall blows his engine and limps back to the pits.
  • Earheart holds off a race-long charge from Roy Dorris to capture the victory.
Final Results:
1. John Earheart
2. Roy Dorris
3. Tommy Climer
4. Sam McCord
5. David Brown


Super Stocks:
  • The start was aborted, so the cars will return to their original positions for another attempt.
  • Spurt Goddard takes a lead at the start of the race.
  • Caution, Lap 2- Jay Pryor and Danny Johnson spin in turn 4.
  • Lap 20- Clint Ivey takes the lead from Goddard.
  • Ivey goes uncontested the rest of the race to take the victory.
Final Results:
1. Clint Ivey
2. Charlie Briley
3. Jay Pryor
4. Cory Jones
5. Robert Forsythe


Thunderstox:
  • Bobby Joe Rippey pulls to the lead on the start.
  • Caution, Lap 1- Stephanie Barnes and Charles Goddard crash in turn 1. Ricky Groves and Gene Holt are also involved in the incident.
  • Rippy goes unchallenged for the victory.
Final Results:
1. Bobby Joe Rippey
2. CJ Adams
3. Charles Goddard
4. Gene Holt
5. Stephanie Barnes


Legends Pro/Masters:
  • Tyler Cordell jumps to the lead from the pole.
  • Red Flag, Lap 4- Ed Mummert's car flips wildly after hitting the protective tire in turn 1. Mummert appears to be ok, but he is being transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center for observation.
  • Lap 8- Josh Berry passes Cordell for the lead.
  • Lap 9- Cordell gets back around Berry.
  • Lap 11- Berry takes the lead from Cordell.
  • Lap 12- Cordell once again takes the lead from Berry.
  • Lap 20- Berry again passes Cordell for the top spot.
  • Berry holds off a late charge from Cordell to take a dramatic victory.
Final Results:
1. Josh Berry
2. Tyler Cordell
3. Tyler Slayden
4. David Moyes
5. Brandon Summers


Legends Semi Pro/ Young Guns:
  • Ross Rollings jumps to the lead on the start, but is passed by Cody Fernett before the end of the first lap.
  • Caution, Lap 6- Brett Holmes spins by himself in turn 2.
  • Caution, Lap 22- Holmes spins again in turn 2.
  • On the restart, Tucker Wingo gets around Fernett for the lead.
  • Wingo holds off a challenge from Fernett to capture the victory.
Final Results:
1. Tucker Wingo
2. Cody Fernett
3. Nic Gill
4. Ross Rollings
5. Brett Holmes


Dwarf Cars:
  • Tim Lunn jumps to an early lead from the outside pole.
  • Lunn holds off a strong charge from point leader Ricky McIllwain to take the victory. Coming to the line, third place running Greg Gresham gets loose and pounds the outside wall and comes to a rest just short of the line.
Final Results:
1. Tim Lunn
2. Ricky McIllwain
3. Mark Cole
4. Chris Crutcher
5. Allen Ring

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

Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Sportsman:
  1. Jeff Belt 22.045
  2. Wayne White 22.123
  3. Howard Tucker 22.172
  4. Eddie Taylor 22.242
  5. Jason Sullivan 22.427
  6. Lee Goddard 22.435
  7. Cody Buford 22.459
  8. Kyle Ivey 22.788
  9. Duane King 23.474
  10. Chad Adams 23.500
Supertruck:
  1. Bobby Buttrey 20.863
  2. Stacey Crain 20.931
  3. Terry Hayes 20.938
  4. Clint Crowell 21.009
  5. Daniel Bolden 21.198
  6. Jeremy Adams 21.779


Supertruck frontrunners discuss their seasons

Bobby Buttrey:

Daniel Bolden: