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SOBO 300: results
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SOBO 300: OCTOBER 27, 2007....
Ramsey
Nets Biggest Win Of Career In SoBo 300
SOUTH BOSTON, VA....Wayne Ramsey netted
his biggest payday of the season here Saturday night, outrunning a stiff
field of challengers to win the season-ending SoBo 300 NASCAR Late Model
Stock Car race. Ramsey, in a 69-lap green-flag run to the
finish, edged C.E. Falk III of Virginia Beach, Va. by 1.553 second to win
the $10,000 first prize of the event that carried $52,300 purse. The Amherst, Va. also won the $500 DRP
Performance Products/South Boston Speedway Halfway Leader Award, giving
him a total payday of $10,500. "This is by far the biggest win of my
career - by a big margin," Ramsey said afterward. 'To come here and win this race with the
best-of-the-best here at South Boston Speedway is an awesome feeling. I'm
kind of speechless. It really hasn't sunk in." The win was the fifth victory in a row for
Ramsey here at South Boston Speedway. Ramsey won the season's final four
points races in his Ford before capping his season with the victory
Saturday night in South Boston Speedway's longest and richest NASCAR Late
Model Stock Car Division race of the season. Just as he had done in his during his
late-season win streak, Ramsey won Saturday night's SoBo 300 in convincing
fashion, taking the lead from Falk, the pole winner, on the 87th lap and
leading the final 213 laps. With only one caution period in the second
150-lap segment of the 300-lap event, Ramsey needed only about 10 laps
after the final restart to pull away from Falk, his closest challenger.
Once he gained a clear lead of about four to five car lengths, Ramsey was
never seriously threatened. Falk finished second, giving South Boston
Speedway regulars a sweep of the top two positions. Former track champion
Philip Morris of Ruckersville, Va. who finished third in the NASCAR
national standings this season, finished third with Justin Johnson of
Durham, N.C. and South Boston Speedway 2007 NASCAR Late Model Stock Car
Division champion Adam Barker of Hurt, Va. rounding out the top five
finishers. South Boston Speedway regular Rodney Cook
of Reidsville, N.C., former South Boston Speedway NASCAR Late Model Stock
Car Division champions Drew Herring of Benson, N.C. and Timothy Peters of
Brosville, Va., Scott Young of Mooresville, N.C. and former South Boston
Speedway NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division champion Frank Deiny, Jr. of
Ashland, Va., rounded out the top ten finishers. The top ten finishers
were on the lead lap at the end of the race. There was only one lead change in the
300-lap, 120-mile race, that coming when took the lead from Falk on lap
88. Ramsey averaged 71.944 mph in the race
that was slowed by six cautions, including the one that signaled the
15-minute break for the competitors at the halfway point at 150 laps. Fifty-seven cars were on hand to attempt
to nail down one of the 36 starting spots in the field for the SoBo 300
with the 15 fastest cars being locked into the field based upon their
qualifying times. There were three 30-lap qualifying heat
races and a 25-lap Last Chance Race to fill out the field for the 300-lap
main event. Jonathan Cash of Oxford, N.C. took the lead with four laps to
go and won the first qualifying race. Deac McCaskill of Raleigh, N.C.
grabbed the lead on the 19th lap and held on to win the second qualifying
race. Johnson won the last of the three qualifying races and Dude Gibbs of
Seaford, Va. won the Last Chance Race. Next up for South Boston Speedway is its
annual postseason awards banquet which will be held Saturday, January 19,
2008 at The Prizery in South Boston, Va. Ticket information for the awards banquet
will be announced by South Boston Speedway officials in the near future. For more information about the South
Boston Speedway Awards Banquet or South Boston Speedway's 50th anniversary
season, visit the speedway's website at www.southbostonspeedway.com or
telephone the speedway at 434-572-4947 or 1-877-440-1540. FROM: South Boston Speedway Media
Operations Office Phone: (434) 572-4947 or
1-877-440-1540 E-Mail: info@southbostonspeedway.com
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