Miss Utility 150: Ramsey Takes Third Straight Win

SOUTH BOSTON. - Wayne Ramsey continued his recent hot streak at South Boston Speedway Saturday night, edging veteran driver Eddie Johnson of Midlothian, Va. to win the 150-lap race for the Barkhouser Late Model Stock Car Division that highlighted the Miss Utility 150 racing program.  Ramsey, from Amherst, Va. edged Johnson by 1. 824 second to score his third win in a row and his fourth victory of the season here at South Boston Speedway.  Jason Dickerson of Ruckersville, Va. finished third, diving under division points leader and 10-time winner Adam barker of Hurt, Va. to take the position two laps from the end. Jonathan Bailey of Keysville, Va. rounded out the top five finishers.

C. E. Falk, III of Virginia Beach, Va., Owen Miller of Emporia, Va., Joey Coulter of Miami Springs, Fla., former track champion Wayne Patterson of Chesterfield, Va. and South Boston, Va. driver Bruce Anderson rounded out the top ten finishers.  Only the top six drivers finished on the lead lap.  The win by Ramsey and the fourth-place finish by Barker allowed Ramsey to unofficially trim six points off the 52-point lead Barker held entering the race. As a result, Barker is now in a position of having to await the end of the season's final points race on Saturday night, September 22 to lock up his first career NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division track championship.

Ramsey started on the pole and led the entire race. He built a comfortable lead on Barker, the outside pole starter, only to have it erased by the race's only caution, which came out on lap 65.

Johnson, who started seventh, worked his way up top fourth place in the first 75 laps and made his move around Barker to take second place on lap 124. Dickerson, who had managed to keep his Ford within hailing distance, got past Barker to take over third place with two laps to go, leaving Barker to finish fourth.  Ramsey averaged 83.255 mph in the race, which took 43 minutes and 37 seconds to complete.

Peregoy Wins Limited Sportsman Race

Tommy Peregoy of Red Oak, Va. started on the pole and led all the way in winning the 50-lap Limited Sportsman Division race.  The win was the first of the season for Peregoy who picked up his second pole win of the season.  Danny Willis Jr. of Cluster Springs, Va. started fourth but rallied to finish second, .288-second behind Peregoy. Division points leader, Bruce Anderson of South Boston, Va., a 12-time winner here this season, finished third and unofficially locked up the division championship. Brian Pembleton of Amelia, Va. finished fourth and Lee Pulliam of Semora, N.C. rounded out the top five finishers.

Other Action

Joey Throckmorton of Scottsburg, Va. took the lead early and held off the field in a five-lap sprint to the finish to win the 30-lap race for the Budweiser Pure Stock Division.

The win was Throckmorton's seventh of the season and his seventh win in his last 10 starts at South Boston Speedway.  Division points leader Chuck Watkins of Stem. N.C. finished second with Mark Francisco of Halifax, Va., Justin Tucker of Elon, N.C. and Melissa Daniel of South Boston, Va. rounding out the top five finishers.  Christian PaHud of Charlotte, N.C. won the 10-lap for the INEX Legends Cars Series, edging Chad Hacenbractn.  Bill Blair of Thomasville, N.C. won the 10-lap race for the Legendary Ford Flatheads Racing Association and won the Modified division in the process. Carlton Pugh of Gretna, Va., the third-place finisher, won the Sportsman Division.