Congratulations to the 2009 Fairgrounds Speedway track champions

Late Model: Chevy White
Supertrucks: Bobby Buttrey
Sportsman: Eddie Taylor
Super Stock: Robert Forsythe
Thunderstox: Bobby Joe Rippey
Open Wheel: John Earheart
Limited Late Models: Bobby Terry
Front Runners: Mark Cummings
Legends Pro: Josh Berry
Legends Master: Kenny Summers
Legends Semi-Pro: Cody Fernett
Legends Young Guns: Tucker Wingo
Dwarfs: Greg Gresham

Thanks to all drivers, crews, and the fans for a great 51st season of racing at the historic Fairgrounds Speedway!

Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Late Model:

• Chevy White jumps to the lead at the start.
• Mark Day and White are locked in a side by side battle. Day leads the third lap, but White is able to pull back in front.
• Lap 9, White and Day make contact coming off the fourth corner, allowing Marlin to slip by them both and take the lead.
• Once Marlin got to the lead he was untouched and cruised to the victory.

Final Results:
1. Sterling Marlin
2. Mark Day
3. Daniel Pope
4. Joseph Meyer
5. Chevy White


Supertruck:

• Clint Crowell pulls to the lead from the pole.
• Caution, Lap 13- Kyle Fletcher gets into Stacey Crain sending him spinning in turn 4. Points leader Bobby Buttrey has to slam on the breaks to narrowly avoid Crain's spinning truck.
• Lap 16- Wade Buttrey moves around Crowell to take the lead.
• Lap 28- Willie Allen gets around Buttrey to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 29- Terry Hayes spins in turn 1.
• Allen is able to pull away from the field and take a convincing victory.

Final Results:
1. Willie Allen
2. Wade Buttrey
3. Daniel Bolden
4. Tommy Climer
5. Kyle Fletcher


Sportsman:

• The first attempt at the start was aborted after Jeff Belt jumped too soon.
• Jeff Belt wastes no time taking the lead on the start and pulls to a 5 car length lead by the end of the first lap.
• Caution, Lap 12- Michael Mitchell gets loose coming off of turn 4 and makes contact with the outside wall. He is able to continue.
• Belt is in a class of his own and leads every lap en route to an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Jeff Belt
2. Howard Tucker
3. Cody Buford
4. Ricky Goins
5. Michael Mitchell


Super Stocks:

• After battling for a couple of laps, George Saldana hooks up on the outside to take the lead from pole sitter Jay Pryor.
• Lap 3-Pryor and Clint Ivey make contact in turn 1 sending both cars spinning. No caution.
• Lap 5- Cory Jones gets around Saldana for the top spot.
• Caution, Lap 9- In a tight battle for the lead, the lapped car of Pryor gets into Jones sending him spinning. Robert Forsythe is able to slip by on the inside to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 9- LeRoy Binkley comes to a stop in turn 1.
• Caution, Lap 22- Binkley, Jones, and Ivey all crash heavily on the backstretch. Jones and Binkley have both been disqualified from the race for their part in the incident.
• Once Forsythe got the lead he was never challenged and he hangs on for an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Clint Ivey
3. Matt Barnes
4. Tim Rodgers
5. George Saldana


Thunderstox:

• Bobby Joe Rippey takes the lead from the outside pole.
• Lap 23, Mitchell Vickers gets around Rippey to take the top spot.

*Bobby Joe Rippey has been disqualified.
Final Results:
1. Mitchell Vickers
2. CJ Adams
3. Gary Goss
4. Art Choate

Frontrunners:

• Caution, Lap 1- On the start, Jenee Avaritt gets spun going into turn 1. Kevin Figueroa has nowhere to go and gets into the nose of Avaritt's car. The race will be completely restarted.
• Steve Vincent jumps to the lead at the start.
• Caution, Lap 2- Paul Cummings gets turned around going into turn 1. Billy Schaffer is being sent to the rear for aggressive driving.
• Lap 4, Scott Allen gets around Vincent for the lead.
• Lap 5, Kevin Gregory slips into the lead.
• Caution, Lap 12- Gary Davis turns Figueroa around in turn 3.
• Lap 19, Coming to the checkered flag, Toby Tobitt makes an outside move to get around Gregory and take the win.

Final Results:
1. Toby Tobitt
2. Kevin Gregory
3. Billy Schaffer
4. Steve Vincent
5. Scott Allen


Dwarf:

• David Ring jumps to the early lead from the pole.
• Lap 6, Grag Gresham gets around Ring for the lead.
• Lap 10, Ricky McIllwain takes the lead from Gresham as they work through traffic.
• Lap 18, Grasham gets back around McIllwain.
• Lap 19, Coming to the checkered flag, Gresham gets loose allowing McIllwain to get around him on the outside. Gresham loses control of his car and spins across the line.

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


Legends:

• Josh Berry grabs the early lead.
• Caution, Lap 2- Tyler Cordell spins in turn 1.
• Caution, Lap 5- Jeff Young spins in turn 1.
• Berry takes the win in a dominating performance.

Final Results:
1. Josh Berry
2. Tyler Slaydon
3. Kevin Rollins
4. Cody Fernett
5. Tucker Wingo

**For complete results, visit the Speedway's webpage at http://www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com/**

Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Late Model:

1. Sterling Marlin 18.967 *New Track Record*
   
2. Mark Day 19.180
3. Daniel Pope 19.270
4. Chevy White 19.271
5. Joseph Meyer 19.468
6. Mark Montgomery 19.995
7. Jacob France 20.137

Inversion: 4

Supertrucks:

1. Stacey Crain 20.451
2. Wade Buttrey 20.589
3. Daniel Bolden 20.637
4. Clint Crowell 20.742
5. Tommy Climer 20.748
6. Bobby Buttrey 20.769
7. Kyle Fletcher 20.798
8. Larry Cunningham 21.064
9. Wendell Modley 21.112
10. Terry Hayes DNS

Inversion: 4

Sportsman:

1. Howard Tucker 21.869
   
2. Jeff Belt 22.014
3. Eddie Taylor 22.064
4. Cody Buford 22.242
5. Sam McCord 22.335
6. Steve Hadley 22.688
7. Ricky Goins 22.763
8. Duane King 23.287

Inversion: 2

Bobby Buttrey talks about what he'll have to do to win the championship

Fairgrounds Speedway Pre-Qualifying Notes

Joseph Meyer is displaying new sponsorship from Pugh Plumbing.




Jacob France will be making his Fairgrounds Speedway debut tonight.