Wednesday, June 25, 2003
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Wednesday, June 25, 2003 |
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Busy weekend at Senoia Speedway By BUDDY
SEALEY
In the Allan Vigil Ford Pro Late Model 100-lap feature event, Ronnie Sanders recorded the fastest qualifying speed, then rolled a three on the dice placing him behind Rusty Clanton who started the race from the pole position. Ronny Kittle started the event alongside Clanton on the front row. When the green flag waved, Clanton jumped out to an early lead, followed by Sanders and Kittle. On lap 6, contact was made between Clanton and Sanders on the front straight-away which resulted in a spin. When racing resumed, the running order was Kittle, Wayne Hansard, and Linny Foster. By lap 18, with Kittle still in the lead, Warren Mobley advanced into the third place position and Bobby East continued in the fifth place position with Sanders moving back into the top five in the fourth place position while Hansard remained in second place. Sanders advanced into the third place position on lap 20, then into second on lap 30 with Clanton occupying the third place position. On lap 38, with Kittle still in the lead, a spin occurred in turn one causing front running contender Warren Mobley to crash his machine having no way to avoid making contact with another machine. The crash caused considerable damage to Mobley's machine; However, following attention from his crew, Mobley returned to competition. On lap 50, Sanders started pressuring Kittle for the lead, and made the pass on lap 54 placing him into the lead position; the running order on lap 54 was Sanders, Kittle, Clanton and East. The running order would remain the same until lap 88 when Kittle slipped past Sanders and took back the lead position. Kittle would continue to lead the event and captured the checkered flag; Kittle was followed by Sanders, Clanton, Scotty Ellis and Wayne Hansard. In the Sportsman feature, points leader Rod Williford led the event flag-to-flag to take the win. In the Legend's Pro / Masters feature, points leader Andy James led flag-to-flag to take the checkered flag. In the Legend's Semi-Pro feature, points leader Bubba Harry led the event flag-to flag to take the win. With a $100 Bounty being offered to the driver who stops Terry Mathis' 6 race winning habit, the Aaron's Pro Challenge event proved to be one of the more anticipated events of the evening. Mathis started the feature from the pole with Kyle Kennedy joining him on the front row. When the green flag waved, Mathis jumped out to an early lead, followed closely by: Kennedy, Brian Sharp and Cameron Micheal. On lap 4, Sharp slipped past Kennedy to take over the second place position and began to reel Mathis in. Sharp would continue to pressure Mathis the remaining laps of the event; however, Mathis refused to give up the top spot and took the checkered flag. The Bounty will roll over to next week's race with $25 being added to the purse for the driver who can stop Mathis. Sharp and Kennedy, along with Pro Challenge driver's Stephen Curlee and Cameron Micheal continue to improve each week and are considered to be among the top contenders to collect the Bounty money. In the OPTECH Bandolero feature, Kyle Mitchell started the race from the pole with Jonathan Chandler joining him on the front row. When the green flag waved, Chandler advanced into the lead position on lap one and went on to take the win. Mike Chambers took the Modified Mini Stock feature and Steven Barker won top honors in the Modified Street Stock feature.
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