Saturday, October 10, 2009

Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Sportsman:
  • Ricky Goins leads from the pole.
  • Lap 1, Battling in the middle of the pack, Cody Buford and Steve Hadley make contact sending Buford into the wall. He was able to continue, though, and no caution came out.
  • Lap 7- DJ Sokol gets around Goins to take the top spot.
  • Lap 16- Howard Tucker gets around Sokol to take the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 17- While battling for second, Buford and Sokol crash hard coming off turn 2. Goins also receives extensive damage in the crash.
  • Caution, Lap 22- Duane King goes up in a cloud of smoke on the frontstretch.
  • Tucker holds off a late cherge from Jimmy Victory to take the win.
Final Results:
1. Howard Tucker
2. Jimmy Victory
3. Steve Hadley
4. Wesley Pierce
5. Duane King


Ken-Ten Late Models:
  • Michael House takes the lead from the outside of the front row.
  • Lap 9- Mark Day moves around House to take the top spot.
  • Caution, Lap 14- Davey Coble blows an engine and spins in his own oil in turn 2.
  • Caution, Lap 31- Phil Renfrow spins in turn 2.
  • Lap 36- While running fourth, Michael House falls off the pace and pits.
  • Caution, Lap 51- Daniel Bolden and Stacey Crain make contact in turn 1 sending Crain into the wall.
  • Caution, Lap 75- Competition Break.
  • Dillon Oliver draws a 1 on the inversion and starts at the front of the second segment.
  • Oliver dominates a caution free second segment to win the Ken-Ten 125 driving away.
Final Results:
1. Dillon Oliver
2. Clay Alexander
3. Sammy Sanders
4. Mason Mingus
5. Rob Sanders

Super Stocks:
  • The initial start wasn't to spec, so they'll line up for another try.
  • Caution, Lap 1- Adam Adcock and Joshua Hood come together on the frontstretch. Since a lap wasn't completed, the race will once again be restarted.
  • Once the race gets going, Clint Ivey leads.
  • Caution, Lap 2- Taylor Ryman stalls in turn 1.
  • Lap 6- Adam Adcock gets around Ivey to take the lead.
  • Lap 17- While battling for the lead, Adcock and Robert Forsythe both spin in turn 4. Cory Jones inherits the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 21- George Saldana apparently loses an engine and spins in turn 3.
  • Caution, Lap 26- Terry Vickers spins in turn 4.
  • Lap 27- Clint Ivey moves back into the lead.
  • Lap 32- Forsythe takes the top spot.
  • Caution, Lap 36- Saldana comes back out onto the track, but is still leaking oil causing Adcock to spin.
  • Forsythe is able to withstand a late charge from Jones to take the win.
Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Cory Jones
3. Clint Ivey
4. CJ Adams
5. Joshua Hood


Frontrunners:
  • Stephen Collins grabs the lead from the pole.
  • Caution, Lap 1-Kevin Gregory gets turned around coming out of turn 4.
  • Lap 2- David Harrod gets around Collins for the lead.
  • Lap 5- Billy Schaffer takes the lead from Harrod.
  • Caution, Lap 18- J. Isaac Davis gets turned into the outside wall coming off of turn 2.
  • The restart was aborted, but the leaders apparently didn't realize as they began racing. On the backstretch, the two came together and both cars have now been knocked out of the race. Sam Owens is the new leader.
  • Coming to the flag, Owens is able to win a drag race with second place Scott Allen to take the win.
Final Results:
1. Sam Owens
2. Scott Allen
3. David Harrod
4. Aaron Ashcroft
5. Hardy Krantz


Dwarf cars:
  • Don Walls leads from the pole.
  • Lap 2- Walls gets loose in turn 1, allowing Mark Cole and Greg Gresham past. Gresham then gets around Cole going into turn 3 to take the lead.
  • Caution, Lap 9- Walls spins on the frontstretch and is unable to get his car refired.
  • Caution, Lap 13- Michael Wood gets turned around in turn 2. Rick Webster is being sent to the rear for his part in the incident.
  • Lap 18- Tim Lunn pulls underneath of Gresham to take the lead.
  • Lunn is able to hang on for the win. On the final lap, Webster's car got loose and shot hard into the wall on the backstretch. He was able to climb from the car unhurt.
Final Results:
1. Tim Lunn
2. Greg Gresham
3. Allen Ring
4. Mark Cole
5. Chris Crutcher

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

Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Ken-Ten Late Models:
  1. Clay Alexander 19.006
  2. Dillon Oliver 19.087
  3. Rob Sanders 19.129
  4. Sammy Sanders 19.153
  5. Michael House 19.220
  6. Mark Day 19.281
  7. Bobby Buttrey 19.350
  8. Daniel Bolden 19.453
  9. Mason Mingus 19.509
  10. Jimmy Victory 19.596
  11. Brian Bentley 19.771
  12. Jeff Belt 19.939
  13. Stacey Crain 19.468
  14. Phil Renfrow 19.997
  15. Davey Coble 20.053
  16. Billy Brock 21.121


Sportsman:
  1. Cody Buford 21.815
  2. Howard Tucker 21.995
  3. Jeff Belt 22.533
  4. Steve Hadley 22.669
  5. Jimmy Victory 22.675
  6. Ricky Goins 22.775
  7. Wesley Pierce 22.994
  8. Duane King 24.270
Inversion:6

Fairgrounds Speedway Pre-Qualifying Notes

The air temperature is cool, meaning that the action on the track will be hot for tonight's Bobby Hamilton Memorial Ken-Ten 125!
Former Fairgrounds Speedway regular, and recent ASA Late Model Series winner Dillon Oliver will be competing tonight.



Michael House will also be returning to action with this sharp paint scheme.


James Climer's Late Model Sportsman. Climer will be inducted into the Fairgrounds Speedway Hall of Fame tonight.