Sprint Car Series brings excitement to Senoia Speedway

Kenny Adams from Malabar, Fla., won round one in his battle with the USCS bounty hunters that series President Pete Walton sent hunting for him at Senoia Speedway Saturday night.

Adams picked up his fifth USCS feature win in a row at the 3/8-mile paved oval in the 40 lap United Sprint Car Series main event and saved Walton's $1,000 bounty for another day.

Adams 10th USCS win of the season came before a large vocal Senoia Speedway crowd that seemingly was pro-Adams. Many of these same fans have seen him win on all four visits he has made to the track over the last two seasons and have become Kenny Adams fans. The big crowd seemed to really appreciate the show that the "Malabar Missle" put on for them that included a new track record of 11.37 seconds.

USCS Road to Indy national points leader, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tenn. placed second while Jim Raptis of Marietta, placed third. Gray and Raptis battled for the runner up spot side by side for 37 laps. 2000 USCS Top Rookie, Michael Miller, from Biloxi, Miss., finished fourth, and Ted Williams from Atlanta, was fifth. Randy Helton from Palmetto, Georgia placed sixth.

The series next event will be next Saturday night on the quarter mile dirt surface of Jackson Motor Speedway near Jackson, Mississippi. USCS "Road to Indy" national points leader Terry Gray leads the rest of the USCS regulars into that event before the series takes the last weekend of August off to prepare for a busy September schedule. Ticket info for the Jackson Motor Speedway event can be had by calling the track at 601-373-0076.

In other races last Saturday, Steve Payton won the Sportsman race but was disqualified after a post race inspection. Rod Williford then moved up to the number one spot, followed by Bob Yarbrough, Andy Cash and Mark Lore. Lore placed second in the Street Stocks race behind Robbie Gober. Finishing third through fifth were Jason Turner, Larry Pierce and Bubba Bales. Ty Stewart won the Mini Stocks race and was followed by Mike Chambers, Gober, Dan Placko and Cary Hamilton.

Doug Stevens won the Legends Group A race beating out Peachtree City's Reed Sorenson. Placing third through fifth were Andy james, Chris Vaughn and Scott Anderson. In the Legends Group B race Doug Ludwing took first, Cindy Anderson took second and Craig Zonier finished in third place. Placing fourth and fifth were Bobby East and Preston Seagraves. In Bandolero racing, Ryne Gatlin took the top spot, with Tina Johnson finishing second, Brian Sharp third, Trey Maughan fourth and Brandon Jackson fifth.

There will be more racing at Senoia Speedway this Saturday. For ticket reservations or more information, call 770-599-6161 or visit our web page at www.senoiaspeedway.com

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