FULTZ
KNOCKS OFF TRAMMELL,
HALL WINS AGAIN
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After
winning two races in a row Tazewell Speedway
placed a $200 bounty for any driver that could
best Jason Trammell in the Steel Head Late Models
and Brad Hall in the West Chevrolet FasTrak
Crate Late Models.
First up in Saturday night's action was the
Steel Head Late Models with Travis Fultz taking
quick time in qualifying and sharing the front
row of the feature with Steve Carr. Repeat winner
Jason Trammell qualified third. Carr hung on
last week for a season best second and took
the early lead over Fultz with Kip Pearson in
second. On lap two Fultz edged his way under
Pearson and set his sights on the top spot.
The closest Fultz could come to Carr was only
a few car lengths as Carr seemed to have the
fastest car in the field. Just as Carr was pulling
out to a sizable lead, the caution flag fell
on lap 26 and on the restart Carr's mount succumbed
to driveline problems. This gave the lead over
to Fultz in the Harrogate Collision, Fultz Automotive
sponsored Dodge Charger for his second win of
the year and also collecting the $200 bounty.
Steel Head Late Models
1. T0 Travis Fultz
2. 00 Kip Pearson
3. 2 James England
4. 90J Jason Trammell
5. 33 Phillip Nichols
6. 97 keith Chapman
7. 7B Mike Bright
8. 24 Andy Wilder
9. 77 Steve Carr
10. 28 Jamie Allen
11. 8 Mike Reece
12. XXX Josh Chesney
13. 11 Brian Dobbs
Eleven West Chevrolet FasTrak Crate Late Models
entered to try and collect the $200 from Brad
Hall who was the fastest qualifier with Morristown's
Allen Champ second quick. At the drop of the
green Champ drifted high in turn 2 and tagged
the wall hard yet kept control. On the next
lap he tagged the turn 2 wall again with an
accordian effect collecting eight cars behind
him. Only the car of Josh Henry was unable to
continue. Brad Hall took the early lead with
Champ, James England, Jason Trammell and John
Lewellyn in tow. On lap 3 Justin Duncan spun
David Gamble on the back stretch parking Gamble
and sending Duncan to the rear of the field.
As a determined Duncan was trying to stage a
charge back into contention he tagged Ryan Carey
on the front straight spinning both cars and
sending tempers flaring. On lap eight Trammell
started challenging Champ for second as Hall
extended his lead. Greeneville's Jeff Maupin
made the only other change in the top five as
he passed James England for fourth on lap ten.
Not even a bounty could scare Brad Hall as he
led the remainder and picked up his third win
in a row. The $200 bounty will still be in effect
in next weeks action.
West Chevrolet FasTrak Crate Late Models
1. 47 Brad Hall
2. 11C Allen Champ
3. 90J Jason Trammell
4. 0 Jeff Maupin
5. 2 James England
6. 117 Ryan Carey
7. 90 John Lewellyn
8. 9 Justin Duncan
9. 83 David Gamble
10. 91 Randell Self
11. B00 Josh Henry
So far this season the front row of each Modified
Street feature had either Tony or Jody Horton
on the front row and the duo swapping wins between
them. That all changed on Saturday night as
Allen Holt and Charlie Rouse were the two quickest
cars in qualifying followed by Greg Estes, Leonard
Bray and Andrew Loving. Holt grabbed the lead
on the start with Charlie Rouse holding off
a hard charging Estes. On lap 2 Rouse smacked
the outside of turn 2 which dropped him to seventh.
Estes moved into second with Bray, Jody Horton,
and Loving the top five. Estes looked to be
the only car that could possibly challenge Holt
for the top spot until lap three when he swung
his car wide coming out of turn 4 and climbed
the front stretch wall nearly overturning and
ending his night. This left Holt still out front
with Leonard Bray moving into second. Bray got
within a few car lengths several times but didn't
have enough for Holt who picked up his first
win of the year in his Get Gorgeous Salon, Conner
Asphalt and Paving sponsored Monte Carlo.
Modified Street
1. 24 Allen Holt
2. 17 Leonard Bray
3. 8 Andrew Loving
4. 4 Clyde Overholt
5. 56 Tony Horton
6. 77 Chris Collinsworth
7. 15 Dustin Harville
8. 7 Dixon Greenwood
9. 21 Dustin McMurray
10. 74 Steve Wilder
11. 75 Chris Long
12. 01 Jonathan Poore
13. 56J Jody Horton
14. 3 Tim Hatfield
15. 54 Larry Burke
16. 31 Greg Estes
17. 24 Charlie Rouse
The always exciting Pure Street didn't disappoint
as they top six cars battled hard for the first
five laps as Matt Tharp led Dustin Eldridge,
Jordan Horton, Daniel Carpenter and Michael
Daniels. Throughout the first twelve laps Tharp
had his hands fulls holding off Eldridge and
Horton when on circuit thirteen Tharp suffered
a flat tire giving up the lead to Eldridge.
On the next lap restart slight contact between
Horton and Eldridge cut down the tire of Eldridge.
Horton led the remainder of the race to pick
up his second win of the year.
Pure Street
1. 92H Jordan Horton
2. 3 Michael Boyd
3. 10 Daniel Carpenter
4. 17 Josh Brock
5. 39 Johnny Miller
6. 17 Tim Stevens
7. 12 Michael Daniels
8. 12X Jerry Green
9. 15 Jason Long
10. 97H Bo Hall
11. 12H Travis Helton
12. 02 Jessie Hoover
13. 94 Dustin Eldridge
14. 16 Will Carey
15. 97 Aaron Guinn
16. M35 Matt Tharp
17. 8 Tony Eads
18. 28 Buster Cupp
19. 40 Donnie Brown
20. 00 Heather Poore
21. 16X Anthony Stanifer
4 cylinder action found Chuck McMahan starting
in the last position yet moving into the second
spot by the second lap. On lap four he passed
last week's winner Cheyenne Kite to pick up
his third win of the season.
4 Cylinders
1. 99 Chuck McMahan
2. 9 Cheyenne Kite
3. 7 Bubby Braden
4. 11 Josh Fields
5. 4 curtis Jones
6. 19 Brad Pressley
7. 007 Hayston Collett
8. 10 David Creech
This Saturday night, May 24 we welcome back
the O'Reilly Battle of the Bluegrass Late Model
Series for the running of the Citizens Bank
60 paying $5,000 to win. The region's top super
late model drivers are expected for this exciting
event. Last year's BoB points champion Victor
Lee comes into the event currently leading the
2008 points over Tyrel Todd and Zach Carney.
Also in action will be our West Chevrolet FasTrak
Crate Late Models, Modified Street, Pure Street
and 4 Cylinder divisions. For more info visit
our website at www.TazewellSpeedway.net
and also visit www.battleoftheblugrass.com.
