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Barkhouser Late Models
Strutmasters.com Limited Sportsman
Budweiser Pure Stocks
Southern Vintage Modifieds
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August 12, 2006: Craftsman presents ALLSTATE Ladies Night 150
Bad
night for many drivers turns into a Late Model Stock Car victory for Eddie
Johnson Saturday night at SoBo
SOUTH
BOSTON, VA. — There were a lot of unhappy competitors among the 29
Barkhouser Late Model Stock Car Division drivers when the checkered flag
fell at the close of a 150-lap race Saturday night at South Boston
Speedway. Eddie Johnson wasn't one of them, however. Johnson, a
veteran driver from Midlothian, Va., scored his first victory of the
season at South Boston Speedway in the featured attraction of the
Craftsman presents Allstate Ladies Night NASCAR Dodge Weekly Series race
program. Johnson was
running in fourth-place with just over 50 laps remaining in the event. He
moved atop the leader board, however, when the top three cars of Philip
Morris of Ruckersville, Va., Drew Herring of Benson, N.C. and Adam Barker
of Hurt, Va. got tangled in a crash on the backstretch. That wreck brought
out the final caution period of the night and enabled Johnson to gain the
lead. Johnson, a
multi-time winner throughout his career, took the green flag as the leader
with 36 laps remaining in the race and fended off challenges from
second-place finishing Davin Scites of Mooresville, N.C. and Wayne Ramsey
of Amherst, Va., who finished third in the 29-car field. Scites sped past
Ramsey with 11 laps remaining to claim the runner-up spot at the end. Herring
entered the night as the leader in the chase for the Late Model Stock Car
Division crown at America's Hometown Track. After getting involved in the
late-race wreck, Herring wound up finishing 18th in the
unofficial rundown. Jonathan
Cash of Oxford, N.C., who entered the night second in the points chase,
was also involved in a crash earlier in the event. Cash, however, got his
car back in the field and wound up in 11th place in the rundown
and unofficially moved atop the Late Model Stock Car point standings by
four points over Herring. The
late-race melee was also costly to Morris, who had won last week's race at
South Boston Speedway. Morris, who entered the night third in the NASCAR
Dodge Weekly Series Division I point standings, finished in 17th
place. Richard
Boswell of Friendship, Md. collected a fourth-place finish in the field
after starting from the 23rd position, while Nick Smith of
Hampton, Va. posted his third consecutive top-five run on the four-tenths
mile asphalt oval by rounding out the top five drivers. Curtis Truex
of Mayetta, N.J. managed a sixth-place run for the night after qualifying
in the 25th slot, while Scott Young of Mooresville, N.C.
finished in the seventh position in the final rundown. Randy
Burnett of Concord, N.C. started 22nd, but motored to an
eighth-place finish, while 28th-starting Chris Cepa recorded a
ninth-place performance. Greg Sheppard of Princeton, West Va. rounded out
the top 10 drivers in the field after beginning the race in the 26th
slot. Other top
drivers who had problems Saturday night included Rodney Cook of
Reidsville, N.C., who finished 29th, Speedy Faucette of Mebane,
N.C., who placed 28th, Jason Dickerson of Ruckersville, Va.,
who was 26th, Jon Denning of Springfield, N.J., who finished 21st,
and 19th-finishing Barker. Danny
Willis, Jr. scores emotional triumph in 50-lap Limited Sportsman Division
race Danny
Willis, Jr. of Cluster Springs, Va. had a hard time fighting back tears in
Victory Lane Saturday night at South Boston Speedway. One year ago
this past weekend, Willis, Jr. was mourning the loss of his father, Danny,
Sr. Saturday night, Willis celebrated his first Strutmasters.com Limited
Sportsman Division triumph. As he climbed from his winning ride, Willis
dedicated the victory to his father, who also once raced at the
four-tenths mile asphalt oval. Willis
started from the pole position after reeling off a qualifying lap of
16.438 seconds. After battling side-by-side with Bruce Anderson of South
Boston, Va. for the first circuit, Willis motored out front and was never
threatened the rest of the way. Anderson, a
nine-time winner and the point leader in the division, started the race on
the outside of row one and managed to roll to a second-place finish, while
Timmy Langford of Amelia, Va. placed third in the eight-car field. Tommy
Peregoy of Red Oak, Va. posted a fourth-place finish in the race, while
Brian Pembleton of Amelia, Va. rounded out the top five drivers in the
race, which was slowed by just one caution period. Loveday
scores 1st Pure Stock Division win of year Corey
Loveday of Cullen, Va. started from the pole and led every lap of the
30-lap Budweiser Pure Stock Division event to score his first triumph of
the season. Loveday
qualified seventh in the 15-car field, but earned the pole position after
a pre-race inversion of the top seven qualifiers. Justin Tucker of Elon,
N.C. made a late pass to finish third in the race, while Keith Langston of
Pittsboro, N.C. posted a third-place finish. Chris Crosby
of Scottsburg, Va. started 11th in the race, but roared to a
fourth-place finish at the end, while Lee Anderson of Gladys, Va. rounded
out the top five competitors. Chuck
Watkins of Stem, N.C., the points leader in the division, had a flat tire
while battling Langston for the second position on the track late in the
race and had to park his ride for the remainder of the race. Cook
scores Southern Vintage Modified triumph Rodney Cook
of Reidsville, N.C. didn't have a good run in Late Model Stock Car
competition Saturday night at South Boston Speedway, but he did have a
solid performance in the 25-lap race for the touring Southern Vintage
Modified Series. Cook, who
finished 29th in the Late Model Stock Car event after being
collected in an early-race incident, started from the pole position in the
Southern Vintage Modified race and sped to a victory. Darryl Lacks
finished second in the 15-car field and was followed by Randy Smith in
third place and Donnie Lacks in the fourth-place spot. Troy Dowdy
claimed a victory in the Sportsman Division portion of the Southern
Vintage Modified event. For more
information, visit the speedway’s website at www.southbostonspeedway.com
or phone the track at (434) 572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540.
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