“Jeremiah Marshall Wins Rush Crate Late Model Feature”
“Austin Stover Wins Second Straight Limited Late Model Feature”
By Brent Hottle
Winchester(VA)-It was another windy Saturday at the races, however, there wasn’t any rain
forecasted for the day! We would begin by watching the cars take timed hotlaps to set up their
starting positions in each of their respective heat races.
Next, we would watch the Tri State Vintage Dirt Series pull onto the speedway for their makeup
feature event. We would see Bill Coada take the early lead from the pole position. Coada would
pull out to a three quarter of a straight away lead at one point. Andrew Fertig, who had started
sixth, would move into the second position by lap five and set his sights on Coada. Fertig would
pull up to the rear of Coada’s machine by lap eleven. Fertig would get a run under Coada and
race side by side on lap twelve. Fertig would complete the pass on lap thirteen and go on to win
the fifteen lap event.
The heat races for the other divisions would now be run. Once they were completed we would
quickly pause for our Invocation and playing of our National Anthem. It would now be time for
our originally scheduled feature events.
The Rush crate late models would pull out onto the speedway first. Front row starters Jeremiah
Marshall and Mike Franklin would charge side by side into turn one. Marshall would get the
better run out of turn two and lead the first lap. Steven Powell would spin in turn one bringing
out an early caution. The caution flag would fly two more times causing a fourth restart to
happen before the field would resume racing. Marshall would lead the field on the restart.
Franklin wouldn’t get a great start allowing Travis Campbell and Davin Kaiser to both move
around him for second and third. Marshall would slowly pull out to a three car lead over
Campbell as the rest of the event would go caution free. Jeremiah Marshall would go on to win
the twenty lap event. Travis Campbell and Davin Kaiser would round out the top three.
The pure stock division would be up next. Buddy Wilson would quickly take the lead from the
pole position. Trent Holmes and Tony Johnson would settle into second and third as they began
to chase the leader. Holmes and Johnson would begin to battle for the second position on lap
four. They would make contact in turn one and become hooked together. The pair would come
to a stop at the top of turn two, bringing out the yellow flag. Wilson would lead the restart over
Delmar Grady and Chuckie Johnson. Wilson would pull out to a full straight away lead by lap
eight. Johnson would move around Grady for the second position on lap nine. Andy Adkins
would spin in turn three on lap twelve to bring out the final caution of the fifteen lap event. Buddy
Wilson would go on to take the win. Chuckie Johnson and Tony Johnson would round out the
top three.
It was now the limited late model divisions turn on the speedway. Austin Stover would take the
lead over Mike Franklin and Bubby Tharp Jr. Stover would begin to pull away from the field. The
only caution of the event would happen on lap ten for debris on the speedway. Stover would
once again jump out to a sizable lead over Mike Franklin. In the closing laps however, Stover
would begin to try and conserve his lead. This would allow Franklin to begin closing in on him.
Franklin would run out of time as Austin Stover would go on to win his second straight limited
late model feature. Mike Franklin and Bubby Tharp Jr would round out the top three.
The SCDRA division would now take center stage. Shawn Payne would take the lead from his
pole starting position. As Payne would begin to build a lead, Nick McDaniel and Lonnie Hobday
would battle side by side various laps for the second position. The only caution of the event
would come on lap eight. Nick McDaniel would blow his engine as he sped up the front straight
away. He would drop oil on the speedway and catch on fire as he came to a stop on the back
straight away. The fire would be quickly extinguished and he would climb from his machine
okay. Payne would go on to build a half of a straight away lead by the end of the event. Ricky
Weaver Jr would challenge Hobday on the outside for the second position as they crossed the
white flag and took over the second position by the end of the lap. Shawn Payne would win the
fifteen lap event, followed by Ricky Weaver Jr and Lonnie Hobday.
Chris Bohrer would take the win in tonight’s Vintage feature by finding himself in the right place
at the right time. By midway of the fifteen lap event. It almost looked like deja vu as we would
once again see Andrew Fertig chase leader Bill Coada as we had watched during the first
feature of the night. Unfortunately, this time contact would happen between the pair as they
raced the final time through turn four. This would stall their motion allowing Chris Bohrer to drive
past and take the win.
We want to thank everyone for attending this week's events. The 305 Sprint Cars will invade the
“Action Track” next weekend.
Rush Crate Late Model Results
Jeremiah Marshall, Tavis Campbell, Davin Kaiser, Mike Franklin, Tyler Hoy, Jared Powell, Keith
Walls, Steven Payne, Jim Pownell, (DNF Trae Armel, Steven Powell)
Pure Stock Results
Buddy Wilson, Chuckie Johnson, Tony Johnson, Delmar Grady, Trent Holmes, Bobby Meixsell
(DNF Andy Adkins)
Limited Late Model Results
Austin Stover, Mike Franklin, Bubby Tharp Jr, Michael Carter, James Lichliter (DNF Tom
Chaffins, Brad Omps, Craig Parrill, Kenny Moreland)(DNS Gerald Davis)
SCDRA Results
Shawn Payne, Ricky Weaver Jr, Lonnie Hobday, Allen Griffith, Brody Tolstyka, Brian Skelly,
Tyler Kline, Larry Lamb, Zack Karns (DNF Nick McDaniel, Jason Kline, Wayne Selby, Lucas
Dunham)