Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Late Models:

• Chevy White takes the lead from the outside pole at the end of the first lap.
• Lap 6- Sterling Marlin gets around Daniel Pope for second place.
• Lap 13- Sterling Marlin moves around White for the lead.
• Caution, Lap 32- Joseph Meyer crashes hard in turn 2.
• Track officials have aborted the restart. The cars will line up and try again.
• Caution, Lap 77- Track officials spotted debris on the backstretch.
• The leaders pit--Day comes out of the pits first, followed by Sterling Marlin, Pope and White. Steadman Marlin loses a lap in the pits. Travis Trotter doesn't pit and inherits the lead.
• Lap 85- Day gets around Trotter for the lead.
• Caution, Lap 88- Steadman Marlin spins in turn 3. He doesn't make any contact and is able to continue.
• Caution, Lap 102- Paul Connolly's car has come to a stop on the backstretch.
  
• On the restart Day was slow to get up to speed. Sterling Marlin made contact with the rear of Day's car and has significant damage. Pope assumes the lead, followed by White, Day and Sterling Marlin.
• Lap 110- White gets around Pope for the lead.
• Caution, Lap 117- Ricky Wilkinson spins in turn 2.
• On the final lap, Pope spins in turn 3. Simultaneously, Meyer spins on the frontstretch. As the white flag was already displayed, the race will conclude as the cars were running when the caution came out.

Final Results:
1. Chevy White
2. Mark Day
3. Clay Greenfield
4. Travis Trotter
5. Sterling Marlin
6. Steadman Marlin


Limited Late Models:

• Richard Hargrove grabs the lead at the start.
• Caution, Lap 6- Matt Murray spins Bret Miles battling for second. Bobby Terry is also involved. All cars are able to continue. Murray is sent to the rear.
• Caution, Lap 17- Murray spins by himself in turn 4.
• Hargrove holds off a strong charge from Terry to take the win.

Final Results:
1. Richard Hargrove
2. Bobby Terry
3. Bret Miles
4. Matt Murray


Super Stocks:

• Officials didn't like the start and have waived it off.
• Spurt Goddard leads after the first lap.
• Caution, Lap 4- George Saldana sends Charlie Briley spinning in turn 1. Saldana is sent to the rear of the field.
  
• Lap 14- Robert Forsythe grabs the lead from Goddard.
• Caution, Lap 17- Briley spins Goddard in turn 3. Briley (who had previously ignored several black flags) has been disqualified. Goddard is returned to his position.
  
• Lap 23- Larry Cunningham gets around Forsythe for the lead.
• Lap 25- Forsythe retakes the lead.
• Forsythe is able to hold off a final charge from Cunningham to take the win.

Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Larry Cunningham
3. Spurt Goddard
4. Cory Jones
5. George Saldana


Thunderstox:

• Mike Womack jumps to the lead at the start.
• Lap 2- Matt Barnes gets around Womack for the top spot.
• Caution, Lap 7- Womack gets into Travis Ryman sending him spinning in turn 1.
• Lap 8- Bobby Joe Rippey takes the lead.
• Bobby Joe Rippey cruises to the win.

Final Results:
1. Bobby Joe Rippey
2. Matt Barnes
3. CJ Adams
4. Art Choate
5. Travis Ryman


Supertrucks:

• Allen Carter pulls to the lead at the end of the first lap.
• Caution, Lap 3- J. Pennington Penrod crashes on the backstretch.
• Caution, Lap 16- Clint Crowell gets into Stacey Crain battling for second. Daniel Bolden is also involved. All trucks are able to continue. Crowell is being sent to the rear for aggressive driving.
• Caution, Lap 17- Sutherlin Marlin spins on the backstretch. She made no contact and is able to continue.
• Lap 31- Bolden gets around Carter for the lead.
• Bolden is never challenged as he takes the victory.

Final Results:
1. Daniel Bolden
2. Allen Carter
3. Terry Hayes
4. Bobby Buttrey
5. Stacey Crain


Frontrunners:

• Caution, Lap 1- Scott Allen spins in turn 2.
• Kevin Gregory grabs the lead on the restart.
  
• Lap 10- Billy Schaffer takes the lead.
• Schaffer cruises to an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Billy Schaffer
2. Kevin Gregory
3. Scott Williams
4. Scott Allen
5. Mark Cummings


Legends Pro/ Masters:

• James Fowlkes jumps to the lead.
• Lap 3- Brandon Summers takes the lead.
• Lap 4- Tyler Slayden passes Summers for the lead.
• Slayedn cruises to an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Tyler Slayden
2. Josh Berry
3. James Fowlkes
4. Brandon Summers
5. Kenny Summers


Legends Semi Pro/ Young Guns:

• The first start was aborted by officials.
• Cody Fernett pulls out to a big lead.
• Caution, Lap 19- Tucker Wingo and Nic Gill crash while battling for second. Both cars are able to continue.
• Fernett goes unchallenged for the victory.

Final Results:
1. Cody Fernett
2. Michael Bolden
3. Timothy Mangrum
4. Nic Gill
5. Tucker Wingo


Dwarf Cars:

• David Ring grabs the lead at the start.
• Lap 2, Ricky McIllwain passes Ring for the lead in turn 2.
• Caution, Lap 4- Derek Ransom spins in turn 2.
• Caution, Lap 8- Ransom gets into Rick Webster causing Webster to spin.
• McIllwain cruises to an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Ricky McIllwain
2. David Ring
3. Greg Gresham
4. Tim Lunn
5. Rick Webster

**For complete results, log onto the speedway's website at http://www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com/**

Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Late Models:

1. Sterling Marlin 19.205
2. Clay Greenfield 19.457
3. Chevy White 19.477
4. Daniel Pope 19.494
5. Mark Day 19.524
6. Travis Trotter 19.569
7. Joseph Meyer 19.584
8. Trista Stevenson 19.926
9. Ricky Wilkinson 19.994
10. Darrell Wallace 20.063
11. Steadman Marlin 20.123
12. Simon Yates 20.202
13. Paul Connolly 20.943

Inversion:4

Supertrucks:

1. Allen Carter 20.799
2. Clint Crowell 20.917
3. Stacey Crain 20.994
4. Terry Hayes 21.010
5. Daniel Bolden 21.018
6. Kyle Fletcher 21.022
7. Bobby Buttrey 21.106
8. Jason Adams 21.843
9. Sutherlin Marlin 22.658
10. J. Pennington Penrod 23.252

Inversion:2

Sutherlin Marlin on carrying on the family tradition

Fairgrounds Speedway Pre-Qualifying Notes

Practice has concluded and the cool weather has made the racetrack lightning fast!
Joe Gibbs Racing development driver Darrell Wallace is competing in tonight's 125 lap Late Model feature.




Supertruck points leader Bobby Buttrey is also racing in the Late Model race tonight.




J. Pennington Penrod, IV is racing a Marty Robbins themed truck in the Supertruck feature.

Sterling Marlin 1981

With Sutherlin Marlin beginning her racing career this weekend, we look back to early in her father, Sterling's, illustrious career. This picture is from 1981, the year he won his second of three consecutive track championships.

The Marlins and #711

Sutherlin Marlin will carry on a family tradition when she races a truck bearing the #711 on Saturday night.

Coo Coo Marlin (Courtesy of Russ Thompson)

Sterling Marlin (Courtesy of Ron Fox)

Sutherlin Marlin

Sutherlin Marlin to make debut Saturday night

A bright red #711 will once again roll out of the Marlin clan racing shop and onto the high banks at the historic Fairgrounds Speedway on Saturday night. No, it won’t be Sterling or his son Steadman driving. This time Sterling’s daughter Sutherlin will make her driving debut in the Supertruck feature piloting a vehicle bearing the colors once made famous by her grandfather, the legendary Coo Coo Marlin.

“I’m just ready to get out there,” said the 19-year-old Sutherlin. “We’ve been working on the truck for months.”

Now that her crew has the truck race-ready, Sutherlin said she realizes that with no driving experience, she’ll have to take some time to get adjusted to racing in the Fairgrounds Speedway’s most competitive division.

“We just want to finish our first race,” Sutherlin said. “Right now I just need to get some seat time.”

Sterling agreed, saying “We’ll consider it a good night if she keeps the fenders on it and gets some experience. Of course, we would like to finish in the top five or six too. We’ll just have to see how it goes. Seat time is the most important thing.”

Along with gaining experience, Sutherlin said she also expects to have some fun too. “That’s the main reason I wanted to do it- to have fun,” she said. “I’m looking forward to getting out there and mixing it up with the guys.”

Sutherlin did say that she understands there will be a spotlight on her because of her famous name. “There is some pressure, but since it’s my first time in a car, we don’t really have many expectations. We just want to avoid trouble,” she said.

Of course, if she does end up finding trouble, Sutherlin said she expects her gender to be called into question. “I’m sure whatever happens they’ll say is my fault because I’m a girl. If they wreck three cars in front of me and I get caught up, they’ll say it’s my fault because I’m a girl. I want to turn it around on them. If I have a good run it will be because I’m a girl,” she said.

Sterling said that he doesn’t see gender on the track. “There is no difference between her and Steadman when they’re out there,” he said. “They’re both just my kids.”

Sutherlin said that she would love to race against her father and brother one day. “It would be a lot of fun,” she said. “Dad would probably go easy around me because he’s the one paying, but Steadman might get mean,” she joked.

“We might do it sometime, but she’ll need some seat time first,” Sterling added.

Regardless of the outcome of Saturday’s race, Sutherlin said she is just excited to be on the track. “(The Marlins) have always raced. Now it’s my turn to get out there and show them what I’ve got,” she said.

In addition to the Supertruck race, a full line-up of divisions will be competing at the Fairgrounds Speedway, including the fender-bangin’ Thunderstox and the lightnin’-fast Late Models going nose-to-tail and side-by-side for 125 laps!

Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students and seniors, and, as always, children under 10 are free. Gates open at 4 p.m. with the first green flag of the night falling at 5:30 p.m.