HICKORY LOUISIANA To see a picture of a car, click on the names highlighted   St. Tammany Speedway End of the Season Championship  With a field of 60 cars, and 9 Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints the end of the season championship spread over 2 days.  Qualifying was held on Friday November 5th, and features on Saturday November 6th.  During time trials, the Pure Stock #148 James Orol rolled over off the end of the track!  We had a visitor in the 4 Cylinder Modified class, Robert White from Douglasville, GA.  During the heat races, the #3 Trosclair Super Pro Stock blew motor oil all over the track.  During the 4 Cylinder Modifieds feature race the #4 Jimmy Hunt’s car caught on fire, and   continued racing to the checkers!  The following cars were locked in position:  Late models - #F4 Dwight Falcon 14:50 & #1 KI Davis 14:81;  Pro stock - #71 Chris Wall 15:53 & #7 Bryan Foy 16:47;  Street stock - #34 Noah Daspit 17:50 & #41 Roger Flynn 17:69;  Pure stock - #7 Mark Barbara 18:38 & #24C Brett Cressionnie 18:38;  Mini stock - #27 Scotty Covington 19:47 & #5 Herb Champagne 20:00;  4 Cylinder Modified - #17 Jimmy Necaise 16:66 & #4 Jimmy Hunt 17:28.  The first race of the evening was the Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints heat race, which was quite a battle between points winner #39 Jeff West, and #23 Kent Wood.  #23 Kent Wood led the entire race, until 2 to go, when #39 Jeff West got around him to take the checkers.  Leaving the finish:  #39 Jeff West, #23 Kent Wood, and #2+2 Rocky Wood respectively.  The second race of the evening was the Mini Stock heat race, which was taken by #65 Stephen Hendry from flag to flag, with #86 Jeff Rooney for second and #87 Trey Rottman for third.  The real excitement in this race were the 3 cars battling for 4th place!  #17 Rickey Rottman, #7 Darren Phillips and #BD21 Mickey Trosclair were all vying for the 4th place position with #17 Rickey Rottman holding on to the checkers!  Then we move to the Pure Stock’s first heat race, where #3T David Creel took the win from flag to flag, with #4 Chad Alleman second, and #37 Michael Meissner for third.  The second Pure Stock heat was led all the way by #112 Rocky Taylor until the #3J Ray Creel hit him in the rear quarter panel going into the dog leg putting #112 sideways and sending him to the pits.  The finish:  #3J Ray Creel, #00 David Hunt, and #3 Kenneth Hunt respectively.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat was won flag to flag by #69 Punkin Taylor, with second place going to #27c Scotty Covington, and third to #27 Robert White.  The first Street Stock heat was a real battle between #118 David Scott and #84 Billy Pretlove until #118 Scott got a flat tire and had to go to the pits.  Leaving the win to #84 Billy Pretlove, with #52 Walter Crawford for second and #M00 Tommy Sellno.  The second heat was won flag to flag by #MT2 Punkin Taylor, with #55 second, and #14M Danny Martin for third.  The Super Pro Stock heat was won flag to flag by #121 Dwayne Balfantz, with #12 Joyce Shelton second, and #23 Melvin Barber for third.  Actually #7 Bryan Foy took third, but was already locked in for the feature, giving third to #23 Barber.  The Late Model heat race was won flag to flag by #56 Campy Holley, with #7 Ricky May in second, and #W6 Kevin Watts for third.  Saturday night’s feature night, started off with the Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints, where points champion #39 Jeff West took the win from flag to flag.  Second place was a battle between #23 Kent Wood, and #96 Amanda Hooks, with #96 Hooks taking second with 2 laps to go, leaving #23 Wood for third.  The Mini Stock feature race was plagued with cautions from start to finish.  There really was no battle here, as #27 Scotty Covington took the lead and stayed there, with #5 Herb Champagne second and #65 Stephen Hendry for third.  On the white flag lap, #65 Hendry almost caught #5 Champagne to take second, but could not beat him out of turn #4 going to the checkers.  The Pure Stock feature was led by #24C Brett Cressionnie until 1/2 way through the race, he developed a flat tire and had to return to the pits.  This left the lead to #7 Mark Barbara for one lap when the 7X tied up with him to send #7 Barbara to the rear.  This left the win to #3T David Creel, second to #3J Ray Creel, and third #00 David Hunt.  The 4 Cylinder Modified feature was led every lap by #17 Jimmy Necaise who took the win, leaving second to #69 Punkin Taylor, and third for #27 Robert White.  The Street Stock feature was led lap for lap by #34 Noah Daspit who took the win, leaving second to #41 Roger Flynn, and third to #MT2 Punkin Taylor.  The Super Pro Stock feature was won by #71 Chris Wall lap for lap, with #7 Bryan Foy nipping at his heels. #7 Foy could not get around #71 Wall leaving #7 Foy for second, and #27 Rusty Cooper for third.  The Late Model feature race was a shoo-in for #1 KI Davis who led the race lap for lap to the checkers, no one could even get close to him!  This is only the fourth race for KI Davis in the #1 car built by Jody Peterson, and the first race for a new prototype rear suspension.  They are looking to find a major sponsor for next year to run in the Rick’s Series of Late Model racing.  Points champion #F4 Dwight Falcon took second place with virtually no competition, leaving third to #7 Ricky May. 10/01/99 - 10/02/99 - 10/03/99 Super Pro Stock/Late Model Championship Races This weekend we ran  $3,000 to win Late Model, and $1,000 to win Super Pro Stock races.  Qualifying the big boys as well as, the Mini Stock, and 4 cylinder modified races were held Friday night.  Saturday night we ran the Pure Stock, Street Stock races, and attempted running the big boys features.  The fog rolled in on the Super Pro Stock feature so bad that the Latel Model feature was postponed until Sunday afternoon.  To say there was alot of excitement (more ways than one) would be an understatement!  We waited 15 minutes for the #3T David Creel to take his spot at the rear of the field after he spun out in turn #2 near the end of the Pure Stock feature race.  Then on Sunday instead if "The Hatfields and McCoys" we had our own Pike County's version "The Kirfields and Lipseys".  We start off Friday night with timing in of the Super Pro Stock and Late Model  classes.   The fastest qualifying times for the Super Pro Stock class were #41 Bobby Helmer with a 15:72, and #71 Chris Wall with a 15:81.  In the Late Model class it was #84 David Glass with a 14:64, and #56 Campy Holley with a 14:75. The first race of the evening was the Mini Stock's first heat race, with, of course, #27 Scotty Covington taking the win flag to flag, and #86 Jeff Rooney second, and #01 James Bordeleon for third.  The second Mini Stock heat race found #5 Herb Champagne taking the win from flag to flag, and #2W Thomas Matina second, with #43 Charlie Monistere taking third from #17 Rickey Rottman after a great battle. The 4 Cylinder Modified heat race was won pole to pole by #69 Punkin Taylor, with second going to #17 Jimmy Necaise, and third #27 Jonathon Clayton. The Mini Stock feature was won flag to flag again by #27 Scotty Covington, with #5 Herb Champangne taking second.  The real battle was third place, where #86 Jeff Rooney got knocked to fourth by #01 James Bordeleon. The 4 Cylinder Modified feature was lead by #69 Punkin Taylor, with #A1 Jody Miller knocking on his door, he tried all his might, but couldn't get around the #69 Taylor leaving #A1 Miller second, and #17 Jimmy Necaise for third. The first Super Pro Stock qualifying heat started off with #24 Christian Rottman in the lead until #7 Bryan Foy finally got around him to take the win, leaving #24 Rottman second, and #12 Joyce Shelton for third.  The #98 Kevin Mason lost his oil pan and all his oil on the track in turns 3 & 4 causing the leader #7 Foy to slide thru turns 3 & 4!  A caution was called, and after cleanup the race continued.   The second Super Pro Stock qualifying heat race was lead from flag to flag by #27 Rusty Cooper, with second going to #42J Davin Bates, and third left to #26 Randy Deschamp. The Late Model's first qualifying heat race was lead from flag to flag by #82 Wade Glass, with #F4 Dwight Falcon and #85 Curt Lipsey battling for second, with #85 Lipsey winning the battle and taking second, leaving third to #F4 Falcon.  The second Late Model qualifyin heat was easily won by #W6 Kevin Watts, with #99 Alan Kirfield Jr. taking second, and #38 Danny Jo Thomas for third. Saturday night we start off with the Pure Stock's first heat race where we start off with #24C Brett Cressionne running off the back birm knocking him out of the race.  The win was taken by #7 Mark Barbara, with a great showing for #3W Sid Mack being a new driver, and taking second, leaving third for #3 David Hunt.  The second Pure Stock heat was won by #3T David Creel, with #3tii Mark Woodall taking second, and #37 Alvin Fletcher taking third. The first Street Stock heat was won by (as usually) #40 Ronnie Flynn, with #118 David Scott taking second, and #44 Billy Stewart for third.  The second Street Stock heat, as usually was won by #41 Roger Flynn, with second taken by #34 Noah Daspit.  The real race was third place, where #77 Fraisse Labarre held third until #V4 Bryan Crawford finally got around him to take it from him. The Pure Stock feature was intense from start to finish, with the only hang up being that the #3T David Creel spun in turn #2 and refused to go to the rear for about 15 minutes!  The win was taken by #7 Mark Barbara who fought off #3T Creel, who was in second until he spun out, leaving second to #3 David Hunt.  Another great showing for a new driver #3W Sid Mack took third. The Street Stock feature had a hard time getting started, but once they started it was a good race.  The win went to #40 Ronnie Flynn, after #41 Roger Flynn spun out in turn #2 and was towed out of the race.  Second place was held flag to flag by #34 Noah Daspit, with the real battle being third place.  #118 David Scott held third until #44 Billy Stewart finally got around him. The Super Pro Stock feature was won flag to flag by #41 Bobby Helmer.  #71 Chris Wall held second until he came down out of turn #4 into #7 Bryan Foy piling up all the cars behind them, #71 Wall left the race, leaving second to #7 Foy.  The end of the race was a real feat for the drivers as the fog started moving in on them cutting their visibility, and the lap traffic cars would not, or couldn't see the flag man waving the blue and yellow to move over.  #27 Rusty Cooper finished third, but was black flagged for rough driving after the race, leaving #121 Dwayne Balfantz for third. After lining up for the feature, the Late Model drivers determined the visibility too bad to continue the race safely, so it was rescheduled for Sunday afternoon.  On Sunday, with 3 laps down, tempers where flaring, as the #99 Alan Kirkfield Sr. (driver change) put second place #85 Curt Lipsey into the wall causing the yellow flag to come out.  However, as #85 Lipsey jumped out of his car and started to run across the track toward the #99 Kirkfield the flag man changed the yellow to red and track officials as well as the flag man ran across the track after him.  The #99 Kirkfield was escorted by officials off  the track property, as they called a 15 minute intermission.  During that 15 minute intermission, they allowed the cars to leave the track and make adjustments, which upset many of the other drivers who stayed on the track during the intermission, not knowing that they were giving those that left the track their spots back!  They thought that because they remained on the track, they would be first, second, third, etc. and those who left the track would tail in at the rear.  Only at Hickory! After this intermission, #84 David Glass started the lead, with #W6 Kevin Watts holding second and #F4 Dwight Falcon was holding third.  With many position changes throughout the race, #W6 Watts took the lead until #82 Wade Glass got around him for the win, leaving #W6 Watts for second, #3T Terry Threeton held third for alot of the race until 3 laps to go, when #84 Wade Glass got around him  for third, leaving #3T Threeton for fourth,  and #66 David Knight fifth.   08/21/99 We start off with the Mini Stock heat and #01 James Bordeleon taking the win from flag to flag, and #5 Herb Champagne holding second until #1X Elvis Tuberville takes it from him on the white flag lap, leaving #5 Champagne for third.  The second Mini Stock heat was of course won by #27 Scotty Covington as usual.  Leaving second to #65 Stephen Hendry, and third for #5 Shane Hill. The first Pure Stock heat finds #7 Mark Barbara leading the whole race until lap traffic  #11 got in the way and blocked the #7 Barbara, so that the #3J Ray Creel could steal first from him, leaving #7 Barbara for second, and #3Tii Mark Woodall for third.  In the second Pure Stock heat, #84 Bennie Raynor lost control of his car in turn #2 and got sent to the rear! #3T David Creel bumped everyone, and everyone bumped him back! This was a very exciting race! #24C Brett Cressionne took first, with #3T David Creel for second, and #13 Mark Hebert third. The UMP Modified heat found #26C Scott Holt in from from lap to lap.  #02 Tim Smith took second, with #2S Bobby Semple taking third. The first Street Stock heat was lead from flag to flag by #MK81 Keith Rodrigues, with second #5W Angie West, and third #41 Roger Flynn who got by the #J36 John Schexnayder on the white flag lap to take third, leaving #J36 Schexnayder for fourth.  In the second Street Stock heat, #14M Danny Martin took the win from start to finish, with #22 Joe Guidry holding second until he and #MT2 Punkin Taylor  tie up on the back straightaway, leaving #V4 Bryan Crawford for second, and #79 Benny Creel for third. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints first heat was a heart stopper, as the #8 James Brosh's steering bar broke and he hit the wall full blast!  Thank God he was not seriously injured!  Upon restarting the race, #39 Jeff West took the win with an entire track separating him from the others!  Second went to #69 Terry Light, and third was #23 Kent Wood.  The second Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints heat was lead by #21 Chuck Polovich the entire race, with #38 Little Joe West second, and #1 Kenneth Wood for third. The Four Cylinder Modified heat was very exciting, as #A1 Milton Marshall takes the win after battling with #69 Punkin Taylor, leaving him to settle for second, and #17 Jimmy Necaise for third. The Super Pro Stock heat race found #28 Phillip Honeycutt taking the win from flag to flag, with 3 cars fighting over the second place spot, #23 Melvin Barber, #12 Joyce Shelton, and #121 Dwayne Balfantz.  With #23 Barber taking second, #12 Shelton holding on for third, and #121 Balfantz settling for fourth. The Late Model heat found #56 Campy Holley leading the race to the checkers.  The real battle was 2nd and 3rd, as #F4 Dwight Falcon, #3T Terry Threeton, and #W6 Kevin Watts who came from dead last to battle with them!  #F4 Falcon takes second, as #W6 Watts squeezes out #3T Threeton at the end of the race to take third, leaving #3T Threeton for fourth. The Mini Stock feature was just as exciting in the tech area as it was on the race track!  #27 Scotty Covington jumped the start, won the race, then was DQ'd in tech for having the shocks moved and not in stock location.  #1X Elvis Tuberville held second throughout the race only to be DQ'd in tech for weighing too light!  The official win was credited to #65 Stephen Hendry, with #5 Shane Hill taking second, and #5 Herb Champagne winning third.  A note: #21 BJ Watts took 3rd, but was also DQ'd by tech for having Hoosier tires on, and got busted changing them after the race before being called to tech. The Pure Stock feature was lead from flag to flag by #3J Ray Creel, with #7 Mark Barbara taking second, and #3T David Creel taking third. The UMP Modified feature was cool to watch as #26C Scott Holt was running around the track on 3 wheels! He takes the win, with #2S Bobby Semple second, and #02 Tim Smith for third. The Street Stock feature was a battle between the 3rd, 4th, and 5th place spots! #40 Ronnie Flynn took the win with #41 Roger Flynn taking second.  The #V4 Bryan Crawford, #5W Angie West, and #84 Billy Pretlove battled it out for third place! #V4 Crawford won the battle for third, leaving fourth to #5W West, and fifth to #84 Pretlove. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints feature had another rollover, as the lap car #Y7 along with #21 Chucky Polovich trying to go around the #39 Jeff West for the lead were 3 wide, and #21 Polovich wheel hopped #39 West and rolled!  Leaving the win to #23 Kent Wood, second to #1 Kenneth Wood, and third for #69 Terry Light. The 4 Cylinder Modifed feature had its own excitement, as #69 Punkin Taylor ran off with the win, and the real fight was for second place.  #A1 Milton Marshall started out in the second place spot, then broke, and relinquished the spot to #17 Jimmy Necaise, with #721 nipping at his rear quarter panel many times, bending it all to hell to try to get second from him.  Near the end of the race, a caution was called on #17 Necaise, as #721 tried again to take second from him???? The finish #69 Punkin Taylor for first, #721 Steve Underwood for second, leaving #17 Jimmy Necaise coming back from the rear of the back after the caution to take third. In the Super Pro Stock feature #27 Rusty Cooper ran off with the win from the start to the finish, with #7 Bryan Foy trying so hard to get to the front, but never could do it.  The real fight was for third, with #23 Melvin Barber, #121 Dwayne Balfantz, #28 Phillip Honeycutt, and #12 Joyce Shelton all battling for the spot.  #28 Honeycutt had to leave the track, leaving the rest of the fight to the other 3.  The final resolution was #27 Rusty Cooper first place, with #7 Bryan Foy for second, #23 Melvin Barber third, #121 Balfantz fourth, and #12 Shelton settling for fifth! The final race of the evening was the Late Model feature, with #F4 Dwight Falcon and #W6 Kevin Watts putting on a great show battling for first place! #W6 Watts started out in first place until he died in turn #2, giving #F4 Falcon the lead to the finish.  Second place went to #9 Chris Rouse, and third #56 Campy Holley.     08/14/99 Watching the big black clouds overhead, and watching out for the tornado in Pearl River threat, we didn't start until 6pm.  As everyone unloaded their stuff, reloaded their stuff, and then unloaded their stuff again! But, no rain, and no tornado left us with a very cool and beautiful evening.  With 74 cars and 9 Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints we ended up with a very good evening of racing!  Little Joe West is the newly elected President of the Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints Association, Congratulations Joe! We start off with the Mini Stocks first heat with #21 BJ Watts leading the race until the white flag lap, when #B1 Wayne Everitt slid by him for the win.  Leaving second to #21 Watts, and third to #5 Herb Champagne.  The second heat was won flag to flag by #1X Elvis Tuberville, second to #43 Charlie Monistere, and third to #01 James Bordeleon who came from the rear to take third! The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints heat started with a collision between #20 Kevin Kennedy, and #04 Kenny Davis with Davis tipping over!  The race was dominated by #39 Jeff West, with #23 Kent Wood nipping at his heals to take second, leaving third to #1 Kenneth Wood. The first Pure Stock heat was won by #7 Mark Barbara flag to flag, with #3T David Creel second, and #07 Bryant Coyne for third.  The second Pure Stock heat was won by #84 Bennie Raynor, with second going to #3J Ray Creel, and third for #112 Rocky Taylor. The first Street Stock heat race was definetely one of the best races this year!  With #5W Angie West on pole, and #MT2 Punkin Taylor outside pole to start.  #5W Angie West started the lead and stayed there flag to flag, with #MT2 Punkin Taylor right on her tail, leaving him second, and #V4 Bryan Crawford for third.  The second Street Stock heat was a battle between #MK81 Keith Rodrigues and #118 David Scott, with #118 David Scott taking over the win 1/2 thru the race, leaving #MK81 Keith Rodrigues for second, and #34 Noah Daspit who came from the rear to take third. The UMP Modified heat race was won by #2S Bobby Semple, second #84 Bobby Helmer, and third #5 Chris Burt. The 4 Cylinder Modified heat was a battle between #15 Michael Taylor, and #17 Jimmy Necaise, with them eventually tangling up in turns 3 & 4 and they spun!  The win was taken by #7 Jonathon Clayton, with second #69 Punkin Taylor, and third #15 Michael Taylor, leaving #17 Jimmy Necaise for fourth. The first Super Pro Stock heat started off with a big bang! As pole sitter #Mr.X James Moody Jr. tapped the wall coming out of turn #4 and started to spin, and wobbled down the front straightaway until outside pole sitter #12 Joyce Shelton bumped him, and the entire field behind them scattered!  Half of them spun to avoid the crash, as the other half went diving into the infield!  It could have been a great big pile up of cars, but due to the experience of these drivers and their quick reactions, it was all avoided.  The only car towed was the #MrX Moody.  Upon the restart, #62 Patrick Cotton started with the lead until #71 Chris Wall finally got around him with 2 laps to go, as did #12 Joyce Shelton right behind the #71 like glue!  Leaving the win #71 Chris Wall, second #12 Joyce Shelton, and third for #62 Patrick Cotton.  The second Super Pro Stock heat was lead by #16 Corie Herberger until the last lap when #4 Jay Ladner took the lead from him.  Leaving the finish #4 Jay Ladner for first, #16 Corie Herberger for second, and #23 Melvin Barber for third. The Late Model heat was a hell of a race for only a trophy!  You'd thought they were racing for a million dollars! Most of the race they were 3 wide all around the track, it was wild, and hard to keep the score for not wantin to miss any of  the excitement!  We start off with #00 Alan Netherland on pole, with #12 Jason Warner outside pole.  #00 Netherland takes the lead with #3T Terry Threeton second and #F4 Dwight Falcon third, but not for long!  As they all travel around the track 3 wide #3T Threeton takes the lead, with #F4 Falcon second, and #00 Netherland and #W6 Kevin Watts battling for third.  #W6 Watts finally runs over #00 Netherland in the dogleg and got black flagged for rough driving.  #3T Threeton spun coming out of turn #4 on the white flag lap! Giving the win to #F4 Falcon, with #56 Campy Holley who came from dead last to second, and third #81 Jamie Luzenberg. We now start our features with the Mini Stocks and what a mess it was!  #B1 Wayne Everitt on pole with #1X Elvis Tuberville outside pole to start.  #1X Tuberville takes the win from flag to flag (SUPRISE! A NEW WINNER FINALLY!)!  #B1 Everitt held second, then lost it to #21 BJ Watts who went high in turn #2 and let #5 Herb Champagne take second from him, then #B1 Everitt regains second until the white flag lap where #B1 Everitt hits #1X Tuberville sending him sideways thru turn #2, the caution being called on the #B1 left the finish #1X Elvis Tuberville first, #5 Herb Champagne second, and #65 Stephen Hendry (who held fourth all along) for third. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints feature started with #39 Jeff West in the lead, then #21 Chucky Polovich wheel hopped him trying to take the lead!  (lap car #3 Joey Newburn in the way and spun turn #2), then #39 West lost it coming out of turn #4 all by himself falling back to 4th, giving the lead to #21 Polovich.  #23 Kent Wood took second, with #96 Amanda Hooks taking third. The UMP Modified feature was lead by #84 Bobby Helmer from flag to flag, with #2S Bobby Semple for second. The Pure Stock feature was caution, caution, caution!  #112 Rocky Taylor spun in turn #2 alone, #3J Ray Creel lost a wheel, and #3tii Mark Woodall lost a wheel!  #7 Mark Barbara took the win from flag to flag, but it was one tough battle for him!  #3T David Creel tried to take the lead from him, but just could not do it, leaving him second, and #07 Bryant Coyne for third. The Street Stock feature was a battle warranted for a marriage counselor, as #5W Angie West took the early lead with her old man #MT2 Punkin Taylor in second, and #V4 Bryan Crawford for third.  However, 1/2 way through the race #MT2 Taylor takes the lead from #5 West down the back straightaway! What a good race! On the white flag lap, #V4 Crawford went high in turn #2 letting #34 Noah Daspit underneath to take third! The 4 Cylinder Modified feature was won from flag to flag by #7 Jonathon Clayton, with #15 Michael Taylor taking second and #69 Punkin Taylor taking third after battling it out with #17 Jimmy Necaise. The Super Pro Stock feature started out with a pile up in turn #2 with #71 Chris Wall, #23 Melvin Barber, and #27 Rusty Cooper.  After 2 laps, #41 Bobby Helmer spun in turns #3 & #4, then #27 Cooper bumped the wall coming out of turn #4 and stopped on the back straightaway.  #27 Cooper was black flagged for getting out of his car. #41 Bobby Helmer took the win with #71 Chris Wall second, and #7 Bryan Foy taking third. The Late Model feature was won by #56 Campy Holley from flag to flag, with #F4 Dwight Falcon second, and #W6 Kevin Watts third.   08/07/99 We still have no speakers by the new bleachers in the pit area! #44 Bill Johnson has a new skin! The first Mini Stock heat was a real good race with #21 Billy Watts takin the win.  The next 3 spots were very close,  #5 Shane Hill second, with MR X third, and these guys were close!  The second heat was another good battle between #5 Herb Champagne and #65 Stephen Hendry trading second place back and forth.  The finish #27 Scotty Covington, with #65 Stephen Hendry second, and #5 Herb Champagne for third. The first Pure Stock heat was won by #7 Mark Barbara with #3J Ray Creel second and #3 David Hunt for third.  In the second heat, the El Camino #98 rolled as they went 3 wide down the back straightaway, and he ran out of track! #3T David Creel took the win, with #24C Brett Cressionne second, and #84 Bennie Raynor third. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints first heat was won by #21 Chucky Polovich by 1/2 track on the others!  #38 Little Joe West took second with #69 Terry Light for third.  The second heat was won by #39 Jeff West, and second place went to #23 Kent Wood, with third taken by #8 Kevin Brosh. The first Street Stock heat was won by #40 Ronnie Flynn, with second taken by #22 Joe Guidry, and third was #34 Noah Daspit.  The second heat was won by #V4 Bryan Crawford, with #J36 John Schexnayder second, and #MT2 Punkin Taylor for third. The 4 Cylinder Modifieds heat was won flag to flag by #69 Punkin Taylor, with #27 Scotty Covington second, and #15 Michael Taylor for third. The first Super Pro heat found MrX Timmy Moody spinning enough to get black flagged.  The win went to #62 Patrick Cotton, with #16 Cory Hurberger second and #121 Dwayne Balfantz third.  The second heat was won by #12 Joyce Shelton, with #23 Melvin Barber second, and #23A driven by Alan Netherland for third. The Mini Stock feature was a good race between the second, third and fourth places!  #27 Scotty Covington takes the win, with #65 Stephen Hendry second, and #5 Shane Hill third, and #5 Herb Champagne for fourth. The Pure Stock feature was lead from flag to flag by #7 Mark Barbara, until the top 3 got into lap traffic.  #7 Mark Barbara fell to third as #3T pushed him down the front straightaway thru the traffic, only to get around him for the win.  Second place went to #3J Ray Creel on the outside. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints Feature started with #21 Chucky Polovich in the lead, until #39 Jeff West took the lead from him for the win, with Polovich taking second, and #23 Kent Wood taking third. The Street Stock feature started off with a bang! A 4 car pile up in turn #2 when the #73 Bob Boyd spun in turn #2 head on into #79, and piled up #6, and #59.  The winner #34 Noah Daspit took the win from flag to flag, with #118 David Scott second, and #84 Billy Pretlove for third. The 4 cylinder modified Feature race was a good race!  #7 Jonathon Clayton took the win from flag to flag, with #17 Jimmy Necaise second, and #69 Punkin Taylor for third until Necaise put on the brakes going into the corner of turn #2 and Taylor ran out of room and ran slap into him! Caution on #69 Punkin Taylor.  The finish: #7 Jonathon Clayton first, with #17 Jimmy Necaise second, and #15 Michael Taylor for third, and #69 Punkin Taylor finishing fourth. The Super Pro Stock feature was lead from flag to flag by #8 Gary James, with a heated battle for second, with #12 Joyce Shelton taking second, leaving #23 Melvin Barber for third. 07/31/99 Everyone says this mornings radio show was HOT ! Sorry I missed it again.  Thanks for calling in guys & gals! We had 70 cars and 11 Sprints.  We start off with the first Mini Stock heat, where Dane Kennedy's #1 Time took the win from flag to flag, with #17 Rickey Rottman second, and #01 James Bordeleon third.  I'm actually not sure which one got second and which one got third, as they were side by side coming into the front straightaway and a very close finish! The second heat was dominated by #27 Scotty Covington, with #65 Stephen Hendry second and #21 Penny Wheat for third. The first Pure Stock heat was lead by #13 Mark Hebert until he tangled up with #3T David Creel (second place) and had to leave the track, giving the win to #3T David Creel, with #7 Mark Barbara second, and #3Tii Mark Woodall for third. The second heat was lead by #84 Kash Wilson, with #38C Jimmy Moody second and #4 Chad Alleman. The UMP heat was lead by #123 Gary Revere, with second #15 Jimmy Rogers, and #7 Carl McKnight for third. The first Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints  heat was a battle between brothers with #39 Jeff West taking the win, with #38 Little Joe West second, and #23 Kent Wood in third.  The second heat was lead by #04 Kenny Davis until the finish when he tangled up with #49 Mark Parker and dropped to third.  Leaving the win to #49 Mark Parker, and #2+2 Rocky Wood second, with #04 Kenny Davis for third. The first Street Stock heat was lead from flag to flag by #41 Roger Flynn, with second #34 Noah Daspit, and #9L Louis Morales third. The second heat was won by #J36 John Schexnayder, with #118 David Scott second,  #5W Angie West and for third. The 4 Cylinder Modified heat was won from flag to flag by #7 Jonathon Clayton, with #15 Michael Taylor second, and #69 Punkin Taylor third. The Super Pro Stock heat was won by #28 Phillip Honeycutt, with #62 Patrick Cotton, and #7 Bryan Foy for third. The Late Model heat was lead by #56 Campy Holley until he spun in turn #2 sending him to the rear.  #9 Duane Degruy took the win, with #F4 Dwight Falcon for second, and #125 Ryan Plasaince for third. The Mini Stock feature was lead from flag to flag by #27 Scotty Covington, with #65 Stephen Hendry second, and #1 Time Dane Kennedy for third. The Pure Stock feature was lead from flag to flag by #84 Kash Wilson, with #3T David Creel for second, and #7 Mark Barbara for third. The UMP feature was won by #15 Scott Holt (new car) from flag to flag, with #123 Gary Revere second, and #7X Vicky McSwain for third. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints feature was a battle between #38, #39, and #49, great race! #49 Mark Parker took the win, with #38 Little Joe West second, and #39 Jeff West for third. The Street Stock feature was won by Phillip Honeycutt in the #34 (Noah Daspit's car), with second going to #118 David Scott, and third for #5W Angie West. The 4 Cylinder Modifieds feature was the same line up throughout, with #15 Michael Taylor taking the win from flag to flag, and #69 Punkin Taylor second, with #7 Jonathon Clayton for third. The Super Pro Stock feature was dominated by #7 Bryan Foy, with #71 Chris Wall second, and #28 Phillip Honeycutt for third. The Late Model feature was the same line up throughout, with #124 Chris Cassano taking the lead, and #F4 Dwight Falcon second, and #9 Duane Degruy for third. 07/24/99 Click on Highlighted Driver/Car Name to see Pictures Again the car count 1/2 what we started the season with.  We had 61 cars and 11 Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints.  The radio show this morning talked about women driving with the men, and Angie West and her 5W has surely improved enough to prove to the men that women can do it too!  Bryan Foy has had his facial surgery and i just talked to him (07/29/99) and he is at home recuperating, the surgery went good, please lets all pray for his recovery, as he will be out 4 to 6 weeks approx.  The chat room is up and running with flying colors! We had a good turn out Tuesday night, and plan to continue Tues and Thurs nights at 7pm. Go to www.speed-demons.com, click Dirt Track, and at the bottom, click “Chat Room”, you may need to increase your browser’s cache and memory to keep from getting thrown off.  Bobby Helmer’s Super Pro Stock engine is still in pieces, as he spun #2 and #4 rod bearings.  #34 Street Stock Noah Daspit ran at Suncoast Speedway, took fourth, then came to Hickory and ran fourth!  Two in one night, not the first time Noah has been able to do that!  A topic of discussion that has come up, that we need to pass along to the management:  If a car in a class is DQ’d after pictures are taken and announcements are made, then the cars behind him who move up don’t get any recognition for taking one of the top 3 places legally!  Maybe the announcer should announce that a certain car was DQ’d, and who (which car who moved up to take his place) actually won in that position!  So the legal cars can get some recognition by the fans!  The #19 Super Pro Stock car finally made another debut and looked real good until he spit out a red hot spark plug onto the track! The first Mini Stock heat gave the #53 Mustang a hell of a beating as he hit the wall hard a couple of times! The leader started out as #01 James Bordeleon, until #5 Herb Champagne took it from him, and then #01 had to leave the track.  Leaving #86 Jeff Rooney for second, and #53 for third. The second heat was lead from flag to flag by #27 Scotty Covington, with #65 Stephen Hendry for second, and #5 Shane Hill for third. The first Pure Stock heat was lead from flag to flag by the orange #37! Second was held by #3J Ray Creel, and third by #112 Rocky Taylor.  The second Pure Stock heat started off with #96 Gary Sharp in the lead until he had to leave the track.  Leaving the lead to #3T David Creel, and second to #00, and third to #76 Steven King. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints first heat was lead flag to flag by #23 Kent Wood, second place went to #04 Kenny Davis, and third to #24 Ed Haag.  The second heat was lead from flag to flag by #39 Jeff West, with #38 Joe West holding second until his engine died and he had to leave the track, leaving second to #21 Chucky Polovich, and third to #96 Amanda Hooks.  #78 Marty Edwards hit the wall hard coming out of turn #4 and rolled several times! The first Street Stock heat was lead from flag to flag by #V4 Bryan Crawford, with second by #79 Benny Creel. Third was held by #J36 John Schexnayder, until he died on the front straightaway on the checkered flag lap, leaving third to #10 Snooky Hebert.  The second heat was lead from flag to flag by #40 Ronnie Flynn, with second going to #41 Roger Flynn, and third to #5W Angie West. The UMP Modified heat was lead from flag to flag by #26C Scott Holt, with second going to #2S Bobby Semple, and third going to #84. The 4 cylinder Modified heat was lead from flag to flag by #15 Michael Taylor first, and  #69 Punkin Taylor second. Third place was a battle between #17 Jimmy Necaise and #721 Steve Underwood, with #17 Necaise winning third. The Super Pro Stock class only had one heat, which was lead by #19 Ray Creel, until he spit out a red hot spark plug onto the track and had to pit.  Leaving the win to #28 Phillip Honeycutt, and second to #121 Dwayne Balfantz, with third to #D309. The Late Model class also had only one heat, which was lead from flag to flag by #44 Howard Dempsey.  #125 (who was in the rear spun out in turn #2 and left the field.  Third place #00 Alan Netherland was sent to the rear for unknown reasons.  Upon the restart, #44 Dempsey took the win, with #56 Campy Holley second, and #F4 Dwight Falcon for third. The Mini Stock feature was lead by #27 Scotty Covington until he hit #65 Stephen Hendry to send #27 Covington to the rear.  The finish was #65 Stephen Hendry first, with #5 Herb Champagne for second, and #5 Shane Hill for third. The Pure Stock Feature was lead from flag to flag by #3t David Creel.  #3J Ray Creel.  Second was held by the orange #37, while #76 Stephen King, and #7 Mark Barbara were 3 wide battling for third.  The orange #37 had to leave the track, leaving second to #3J Ray Creel and third to #76 Stephen King.  However, they called #112 Rocky Taylor to tech to take third place as #76 King, #38 Moody, and #96 Sharp were apparently DQ’d.  Not sure about this, but that’s how the newspaper has the finish: #3t, #3j, and #112. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints feature race was a battle between #38 Joe West and #39 Jeff West for first place. With #38 Joe West taking the win leaving #39 Jeff West for second and #23 Kent Wood for third. The Street Stock feature was lead flag to flag by #40 Ronnie Flynn first and #5W Angie West second, with #79 Benny Creel for third.  The newspaper has a good story on Angie this week, congradulations Angie! The UMP Modified feature was lead from flag to flag by #26C Scott Holt, with #2S Bobby Semple for second, and #7X Vicky McSwain for third. The 4 cylinder Modified feature had a rough start, as #15 Michael Taylor (on the inside), #721 Steve Underwood (in the middle), and #17 Jimmy Necaise (on the outside)  were 3 wide down the front straightaway with #15 Michael Taylor ended up swimming in the pond in the infield by the flagstand, with #7 Jonathon Clayton right behind him! Upon the restart, #69 Punkin Taylor took the lead for the rest of the race.  #17 Jimmy Necaise held off #721 Underwood for second, and upon the white flag lap to the checkers #721 tried to get under #17 Necaise in turn #3 and ended up on the birm with #17 clenching the steering wheel to maintain control of the car and stay in second! Leaving #721 in the dirt, gave third place to #27 Scotty Covington. The Super Pro Stock feature was lead from flag to flag by #28 Phillip Honeycutt, with second going to #121 Dwayne Balfantz, and third to #23 Melvin Barber. The Late Model feature started out with #56 Campy Holley in the lead until he lost it in turn #2, went high and #44 tapped the brake to keep from hitting him, and #F4 Dwight Falcon slid right in underneath to take the lead!  The final was #F4 Dwight Falcon first, #56 Campy Holley second, and #44 Howard Dempsey third. The Powder Puff race found #79 DQ’d cause it was a male cross dressing to race with the girls! The winner was #B1 Donna Everitt, with second going to #3T  Jane Wheat, and third to #34 Sherill Honeycutt, and it was a good race!    July 17, 1999 I heard from everyone how successful the radio talk show was on this am!  Sorry, I missed it, just got out of the hospital, was medicated, and slept through the whole thing!  However, everyone told me how great it was, and how many drivers called to participate!  Thanks guys, glad you picked up the slack for me, as I was unable to call in myself!  We started off with 65 cars, and 10 sprints,  and ended up with 70 cars, and 11 sprints for the evening. We start off with the Mini Stock’s first heat race, which found #1 Time Dane Kennedy taking the lead from flag to flag.  Second place was a race to the checkers between #17 Rickey Rottman, and #01 James Bordeleon, not sure which one got there first.  Fourth went to #4 Wayne Wimberley.  In the second heat, #27 Scotty Covington took the win from flag to flag, with #65 Stephen Hendry second, and #21 BJ Watts for third. The first Pure Stock heat was won by #3T David Creel, with second by #7 Mark Barbara, and third by #3Tii Mark Woodall.  The second heat was won by #84 Kash Wilson, second went to #38C Jimmy Moody, and third was #4. The UMP Modified heat was the same from flag to flag, first went to #123 Gary Revere, second to #15 Scott Holt, third to #7 Carl McKnight, and fourth to #7X Vicky McSwain. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints first heat was a battle between #38 Little Joe West, and #39 Jeff West, with #39 Jeff West taking the win, leaving #38 Joe West for second, and #23 Kent Wood for third.  The second heat was lead by #04 Kenneth Davis until 2 laps to go when #49 got him in turn #2 to take the win, leaving second to #22 Rocky Wood, and third to #04 Kenneth Davis. The first Street Stock heat was won by #41 Flynn, with second going to #34 Noah Daspit’s car driven by Phillip Honeycutt as #V4 Bryan Crawford and #34 tied up in turns #1 and #2 at the finish, with the caution going to the #V4 Bryan Crawford.  Leaving third to #9 Louis Morales. The second heat was won by #J36 John Schexnayder, second to #118 David Scott, and third by #5W Angie West. The 4 Cylinder Modified Heat was won from flag to flag by #7 Jonathon Clayton, second to #15 Michael Taylor, and third by #69 Punkin Taylor. The Super Pro Stock heat was won by #28 Phillip Honeycutt, second place to #62 James King’s car driven by Patrick Cotton, and third to #7 Bryan Foy. The Late Model Heat was lead by #56 Campy Holley until he lost it in turn #2 and spun. Leaving the win to #9 Duane Degruy, with second #F4 Dwight Falcon, and third to #125 Jason Warner. Our feature races started with the Mini Stock class.  The win taken from flag to flag was #27 Scotty Covington, with second by #65 Stephen Hendry, and third by #1 Time Dane Kennedy. The Pure Stock feature was won by #84 Kash Wilson, flag to flag!  Second went to #3T David Creel, and third to #7 Mark Barbara, with fourth going to #3 David Hunt. The UMP Modified feature was won from flag to flag by #15 Scott Holt, second to #123 Gary Revere, and third by #7X Vicky McSwain. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints feature was again a battle between #49 Mark Parker, and #38 Joe West, and #39 Jeff West.  The win taken by #49 Mark Parker, with second by #38 Joe West, and third by #39 Jeff West. The Street Stock feature was a win for #34 Phillip Honeycutt, second to #118 David Scott, and third to #5W Angie West. The 4 Cylinder Modified feature was a win from flag to flag by #15 Michael Taylor, second by #69 Punkin Taylor, and third to #7 Jonathon Clayton. The Super Pro Stock feature was a win from flag to flag by #7 Bryan Foy who was later DQ’d by the techman for unknow reasons.  So, the official win went to #71 Chris Wall, second to #28 Phillip Honeycutt, and third to #D1. The Late Model feature was the same from flag to flag, with #124 Chris Cassano first, #F4 Dwight Falcon second, and #9 Duane Degruy for third. A note to all of you, #7 Pro Stock Bryan Foy fell off his balcony at his house Sunday morning, broke his arm (elbow), wrist, and face, due to have surgery Wednesday to reconstruct the bones in his face.  He will be out 4-6 weeks approx. please lets all pray for his recovery, I will keep ya’ll posted. Thanks, And good luck to ya’ll this week!   July 10, 1999 Instead of writing a story, as I was at the hospital this week, I am posting the comments I got from all of you on the a FORUM page, as there are so many.  I also have pictures for you! Click PICTURE1, or PICTURE2 to view them. Remember, we have POINTS, we have TIME-INS, we have a ROSTER of all driver’s names, and a FOR SALE page for drivers who have items for sale.  Whenever provided with pictures, they will also be posted.    4th of July Mid-Season Championship NEW FACES IN THE WINNER’S CIRCLE!    If it wasn’t so time consuming to time in all the classes, we should run racing this way!  As we had two good nights of racing!  Even though we didn’t get out of there until after midnight both nights!  Or, maybe all classes should draw numbers AT THE PIT MEETING, and race for position in the heats!?  Something to think about!  We had a very low car count for an added purse championship race weekend!  As we had 77 cars, and 11 Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints Friday night, and 84 cars, with 12 Sprints Saturday night.  WTIX 690am is back online with Track Talk on Saturday mornings 10am till noon, please call in, as we have a very low number of callers calling in.  I am having my surgery Friday morning, so I will be out of commission this weekend.  If someone will tape the races I will review it and write my story from it.  Remember, we have POINTS, we have TIME-INS, we have a FORUM page for comments, we have a ROSTER of all driver’s names, and a FOR SALE page for drivers who have items for sale.  Whenever provided with pictures, they will also be posted. We start off with the Mini Stock Heat Race, which had #27 Scotty Covington, and #4 Wayne Wimberley locked in for poles for Saturday night.  This heat race found Dane Kennedy’s 1 Time car driven by Willie McVay in first, #5 Shane Hill in second, #5 Herb Champagne third, #17 Rickey Rottman fourth, and #86 Jeff Rooney fifth. The Pure Stock class had #7 Mark Barbara, and #24C Brett Cressionne locked in for poles.  Heat #1 found #3J Ray Creel first, #3T David Creel second, #3 Kenneth Hunt third, and #18 Paul Chauvin fourth.  #84 (Lingo’s car) driven by Kash Wilson holding third, black flagged for rough driving??? I didn’t see it. Heat #2 had #MT2 Jeff Taylor first, #79 Benny Creel second, #6 Mike Montgomery third, #07 Bryant Coyne fourth, and #13 Mark Hebert fifth. The Street Stock class had #40 Roger Flynn (who was told not to bring his #41 car back to the track, as it was found to be illegal), and #V4 Brian Crawford locked in for poles.  The first heat #J36 John Schexnayder first, #84 Billy Pretlove second, #5W Angie West third, #MK81 Keith Rodrigues fourth.  The second heat found #118 David Scott first, #73 Bob Boyd second, #44 Paul Lyons third, and #14M Danny Martin fourth. The Super Pro Stock class had #28 Phillip Honeycutt and #41 Bobby Helmer locked in for poles.  The first heat #7 Bryan Foy held first, with #18 Robert Foster second, #121 Dwayne Balfantz third, #14 Albert Holley fourth.  The second heat had #56 Rodney Sheridan first, #62 (James King’s car) driven by Patrick Cotton second, #23 Melvin Barber third, #18 Alan French fourth.  #71 Chris Wall led most of the race, then had to leave with a flat tire! The Late Models had #11 (Rodrigues car) driven by Cliff Darby, and #56 Campy Holley locked in for poles.  The heat race had #1 Verlon Lee broke his transmission, #F4 got a black flag warning for jumping the start (no penalty), and #4 Ladner jumped the start.  Once the heat race got rolling, #W6 Kevin Watts took first, #F4 Dwayne Falcon second, #3T Terry Threeton third, and #00 Alan Netherland fourth. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints had #38 Little Joe West, and #96 Amanda Hooks locked in for poles.  The heat race had #21 Chucky Polovich first, #8 Kevin Brosh for second, #23 Kent Wood third, and #39 Jeff West fourth. The 4 Cylinder Modified class had #7 Jonathon Clayton and #721 Steve Underwood locked in for poles.  In the heat race, #17 Jimmy Necaise first, #69 Punkin Taylor second, #27 Scotty Covington third, #34 David Necaise fourth. Milton Marshall who has not driven in 3 years drove Bennie Raynor’s #1 car and tangled up with #4 Jimmy Hunt to send both of them to the pits. #34 David Necaise led the race until #17 Jimmy Necaise got along side of him, and side by side down the back straightaway, #34 punched it in the dog leg, took #3 too short, and came out of turn #4 in a spin, sending him to the rear. FEATURES The Mini Stock feature starts out with #27 Scotty Covington taking the lead, with #4 Wayne Wimberly second from flag to flag.  #1Time held third until he got loose in the dog leg and lost it!  The finish: #27 Covington, #4 Wimberley, #5 Herb Champagne third, #5 Shane Hill fourth, #1Time fifth, and #2 sixth.  However, the first three were DQ’ed for illegal carburetors. I was told by the staff that the carburetor checking tool fell into #27 so far it could have come out through the intake! (haha).  Leaving the true finish #5 Shane Hill first, #1Time Willie McVay second, #2 third, #17 Rickey Rottman fourth, and #86 Jeff Rooney fifth. The Pure Stock Feature found #7 Mark Barbara taking the lead, with #24C Brett Cressionne second from flag to flag!  #3J Ray Creel held third flag to flag. #MT2 Jeff Taylor holds fourth until he got a flat tire, leaving fourth to #79 Benny Creel.  The back of the field on this race were often 3 wide fighting for the 5th-10th positions! It was such a good fight, its worth mentioning: #3T David Creel, #6 Mike Montgomery, #K1 JD Kirby,  #13 Mark Hebert, #3Tii Mark Woodall, #MT2 Jeff Taylor, and #07 Bryant Coyne respectively. The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints had a tough time getting started, once they all got started, #96 Amanda Hooks takes the lead until her engine started missing real bad, and #38 Little Joe West takes it from her, leaving her second.  #21 Chucky Polovich takes third.   The UMP Modifieds only had 2 cars show up Friday night, so #11 Nick Sellier gets the pole, and #38 takes outside pole.  Saturday night’s feature race found #26C Scott Holt take the win flag to flag, with #11 Nick Sellier second, and #2S Bobby Semple for third. The Street Stock feature was another good race.  #40 Roger Flynn and #V4 Brian Crawford take first and second respectively from flag to flag!  #KC1 Kash Wilson lost a wheel, #5W Angie West, and #73 Bob Boyd ran out of track coming out of turn #2 and both get flat tires off the birm.  #J36 John Schexnayder holds third most of the race with #118 David Scott breathing down his neck!  With 2 laps to go #118 finally gets around #J36 to take third, leaving Schexnayder fourth. The 4 Cylinder Modifed feature found #4 Jimmy Hunt in the infield, and the wrecker stuck in the mud to get him out!  #7 Jonathon Clayton takes the win, with #721 Steve Underwood second, from flag to flag.  #17 Jimmy Necaise holds third, and #69 Punkin Taylor fourth. The Super Pro Stock feature started with #28 Phillip Honeycutt in the lead most of the race until #15 Radar spun out in turn #2 and upon the restart, #28 gets black flagged for jumping the start (no warning?).  This leaves #41 Bobby Helmer in the lead, with #7 Bryan Foy right on his tail.  With 2 laps to go #41 Helmer takes turn #2 high, leaving room for #7 Foy to slide in for the lead.  And he never looked back, he had 1/2 track on the rest of the field! Bryan’s first feature win of the season!  #41 Helmer takes second, #18 Robert Foster third, and #121 Dwayne Balfantz fourth. The Late Model Feature started with #56 Campy Holley in the lead, with #F4 Dwayne Falcon right on his bumper until he finally beat him out of turn #4 and down the front straightaway.  #F4 Falcon and #56 Holley lead the field by 1/2 track!  By the end of the race, #F4 Falcon 1/2 track in front of #56 Holley!  The finish: #F4 Falcon first, #56 Holley second, #00 Alan Netherland third, and #9 Duane Degruy fourth.  06/19/99   CLICK HERE FOR PICTURE  I did not realize how many listeners we had on our Track Talk radio show until it wasn’t on this morning!  At the track I had so many people ask me what happened to it!  Thanks for listening guys! We had fun doing it!  The radio station owner/manager of WTIX 690 am canceled the show, however, they did restart it again this week (06/26/99)!  The response to missing the show last week was overwhelming, and they decided to continue it.  If you would like to call in with any comments, their number is (504) 260-9849, and it is on Saturday mornings from 10am to noon.  We do have a new chat room and forum posted at: http://forums.delphi.com/dirttrack/chat, for the chat room, and http://forums.delphi.com/dirttrack/messages for the forum.  We meet in the chat room on Thursday nights at 7pm, hope to see you there!  We had 70 cars pack the track, 73 hot lapped, and 78 to run.  #55 Pro Stock Albert Holley dropped out, and #14H  Pro Stock was DQ’d at tech and not allowed to run (he has no stock frame crossmember on his car).  We were also told that #71 Chris Matise’s car is the same way, and he was told to have it fixed by next week, or he cannot run!  We also had 11 Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints put on a good show!  We had a bunch of cars come in late that did not pack the track, all of which started in the rear with the exception of 3, 2 of which timed in, and one that never timed in, but still ran with the pack (not in the rear).  I do not know the details of the above, or why they were excluded from the rest who did start in the rear.  M1 racing brought out their brand new Late Model to test (#M1 of course) that requested the rear.  Now we start off with the first Mini Stock heat where #27 Scotty Covington went high in turn #2, hit the dirt on the birm, and landed in the infield.  Caution on the #5 Herb Champagne (I did not see the hit, as turn #2 is not clear to me, I sit in turn #4 and watch the dog leg and turn #4).  #5 Champange went to the rear, and climbed back up to finish second, with #27 Covington taking the win, and #7 Elvis Turberville for third.  The second Mini Stock heat found Mr. X doing donuts in turns 1 & 2! Just couldn’t get that hairpin curve quite figured out! (With the exception of the last two weeks, turn #2 has been a problem for most drivers since this track was enlarged to 3/8, as most of our accidents, and stolen positions occur there).  #02 Jim Bordeleon took the win from flag to flag, with #2 second, and Mr. X figuring it out to take third.  Next are the rough bunch, the first Pure Stock heat, and again as usual, #3J Ray Creel drew a good number started outside pole, and took the win from flag to flag. #7 Mark Barbara gave him a run for his money as he tried very hard to get in front, but just could not get there, and finished second.  #3T David Creel started second row inside, and battled hard with #07 Bryant Coyne (who started pole) for third. #07 Coyne started out third, but then #3T took it from him.  Good race!  The second Pure Stock heat was dominated by #24C Brett Cressionne who took the win from flag to flag.  #MT2 Jeff Taylor who started 3rd row inside came to the front to take second, and #79 Benny Creel who started dead last came through the pack to take third, banging on MT2 to try to take second on the white flag lap, but Taylor held on to the wheel tight, and was able to hold on to second!  The UMP Modified heat started off with #6X Danny Oberwortmann in the lead until he went high in turn #2 letting #63 Eddie Kerry, and #26C Scott Holt underneath him.  Then #63 Kerry does the same thing, goes high in turn #2 to let #26C Scott Holt take the lead to the checkers, leaving #63 Kerry for second.  #63 Kerry again goes high in turn #2 to let #2S Bobby Semple take third.      The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints first heat was taken over by #38 Little Joe West, who took the win from flag to flag,  Little Joe has heated competition from second place #96 Amanda Hooks who is only 14 years old, not even old enough to drive on the street!  Third was left for #78.  The second heat started out with #39 in the lead, only to be bumped by #24 on the back straightaway on the white flag lap and lost it to him, leaving #39 for second, and #8 for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat was dominated by #27 Scotty Covington in his first debut in a modified 4 cylinder Mini Late Model car.  #7 Jonathon Clayton had second, went high in turn #2 to let #25 in for second, until #25 duplicated his feat by going high in turn #2 to give second back to #7 Clayton, leaving #25 for third. (#25 is a car from Mobile, AL that has come to race with us over the past few years from time to time, glad to have him join us again!).  #69 Punkin Taylor hit the wall coming out of turn #4 and hit the wall hard and had to leave the race.  The first Street Stock heat was won by #V4 Brian Crawford from flag to flag! #D1 Donnie Ellis had second, but his car was too loose and he went high in turn #2 to let #190 Ron Manley take second. Again #D1 went high in turn #2 and let #25 inside for third.  #5W Angie West took fourth.  The second Street Stock heat had many good battles!  #118 David Scott battled with #MK81 for second, many times side by side, and finally got there down the back straightaway.  #10 Snooky Hebert had the lead for the first few laps until #118 Scott took it from him all the way to the checkers.  With #10 Hebert in second, #MK81 and #84 Billy Pretlove battled for third side by side, until #MK81 got #84 Pretlove for second, but only for a lap, when #MK81 took #10 Hebert for second, then the next lap #84 Pretlove took #10 Hebert for third on the front straightaway, and then #84 Pretlove took second from #MK81 on the back straightaway, leaving him third, and #10 Hebert for fourth. What a battle it was between these cars! Many times during this race we had these cars side by side battling for the position!  Good Race!  The first Super Pro Stock heat started with #62 James King in the lead, with #23 Melvin Barber for second, and #41 Bobby Helmer in third.  Coming out of turn #4 they go 3 wide, and bump spinning #41 Helmer, he is called with the caution, and is sent to the rear.  Upon the restart, it is again #62 James King in the lead, with #23 Melvin Barber for second, #41M Chris Moran for third, #71 Chris Matise for fourth, with #41 Bobby Helmer holding the rear.  #71 Matise takes third from #41M Moran, and #41 Helmer takes fourth from him also!  #23 Barber tries to take the lead from #62 King on the outside of turn #4 (we know what turn #4 has done the last 2 weeks! What a mistake that was) as he spun into #41 Helmer, and #41 Moran creating a huge pile up!  #41M Moran and #41 Helmer are locked up!  After they clear the wreckage, it remains #62 King in the lead, with #71 Matise second, and #V8 Punkin Taylor (joining the mob late) for third.  #V8 Taylor takes second from #71 Matise in turn #1 then went high in turn #3 dog leg to give it back to him! #71 Matise takes the lead from #62 King from the outside on the back straightaway.  Leaving the finish, #71 Chris Matise, #62 James King (with a bad miss in the car!), and #V8 Punkin Taylor for third.  The second Super Pro Stock heat started  with a pile up in turn #2 right from the get go, with #15 Radar (who drove through the infield), #44 Johnson (landed in the infield), and #28 Honeycutt stayed on the track!  Upon the restart, we find  #44 Bill Johnson in the lead, with #15 Radar in second, and #121 Dwayne Balfantz in third.  #28 Phillip Honeycutt comes from fourth to third the next few laps, and continues on to take the lead.  #15 Radar lost it coming out of turn #4 and spun sending him into the infield and to the rear.  #7 Bryan Foy who requested the rear,  and started dead last, come up through the pack to take third, and was side by side with #121 Balfantz in a race down the front straightaway to the checkers! With #7 Foy taking second leaving #121 Balfantz for third!   This was also a Good Race!  The first Late Model heat started with #00 Alan Netherland in the lead for the entire race until the last lap, as #42 Chick Boyd who came through the pack from the rear and challenged #00 Netherland at the checkers!  #44 Howard Dempsey held second until #42 Boyd took second from him on the front straightaway on his way to the front.  #44 Dempsey held third until #51 Brian Deroche took it from him, as #44 Dempsey left the track, leaving #51 Deroche for third. The second heat started with #F4 Dwight Falcon in the lead on the first lap until he went high in turn #2 letting #W6 Kevin Watts slide in underneath to take it from him.  #3T Threeton left the track, leaving the finish #W6 Watts for the win, #F4 Falcon for second, and #M1 (the brand new car of M1 Racing) for third.  Now we start the feature races with the Mini Stock class, where #27 Scotty Covington takes the win flag to flag.  #02 James Bordeleon takes second from start to finish, and #5 Herb Champagne for third.  The Pure Stock Feature race will show you why we call them the Rough Bunch! It was a race that finished much like the others in the past with a pile up on the white flag lap, and another well deserved Black Flag!  I have a brand new computer, and have a way to take the tape of the race and add it to my web site (www.speed-demons.com) so you can see it yourself, I have not hooked up the cables yet, but will before this week is out, believe me, you have to see this one! This race starts out with #3J Ray Creel with the win from flag to flag.  #24C Brett Cressionne in second, with #7 Mark Barbara in third, and #MT2 Jeff Taylor in fourth.  #7 Barbara and #3 hook up and land in the infield on turns 1 and 2, caution is called on #7 Barbara, and he is sent to the rear.  Which now leaves the restart with #3J Creel, #24C Cressionne, #MT2 Taylor, and #3T David Creel respectfully. #3T Creel was pushing #MT2 Taylor coming out of turn #4 and down the front straightaway for several laps!  #37 (orange) lost a wheel and tied up with the #711 on the start of the front straightaway coming out of turn #4.  Very Good Driving on the part of the lead cars, as they avoided a major accident, with #7 Barbara and #K1 head to the infield, and the others going high.  Upon the restart, we have #3J Ray Creel in the lead with #24C Brett Cressionne second, #MT2 Taylor in third, and #3T David Creel in fourth.  The white flag lap heading into the dog leg on the way to the checkers , #3T David Creel came across the edge of the infield on the birm and plowed into #MT2 Jeff Taylor and kept pushing him until he landed in the infield in the middle of turns #3 and #4.  #3T David Creel was Black Flagged for rough driving, and #MT2 Jeff Taylor was paid for third.  The tape of this finish will be posted this week, we’ll let you know when.  The UMP Modified Feature was the same line up from flag to flag! The win goes to #26C Scott Holt, second to #63 Eddie Kerry, and third #2S Bobby Semple.  The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints Feature found #38 Little Joe West taking the lead from flag to flag.  #24 held second until his motor died, and he had to leave the track.  #96 Amanda Hooks (14 year old) started out 4th, and finished second!  #39 held third until the last lap when #1 challenged him and they raced down the front straightaway to the checkers!.  The Street Stock Feature was another Good Race!  #41 Roger Flynn takes the win from flag to flag.  #84 Billy Pretlove battles second with #V4 Brian Crawford throughout the race, side by side, and trading places back and forth!  As #84 Pretlove and #V4 Crawford fight it out side by side, #118 David Scott sneaks by both of them to take second and stay there!  #84 Pretlove was Black Flagged for hitting #V4 Crawford in turn #3 the dog leg, leaving #V4 to finish third, and #5W Angie West fourth.  In the 4 Cylinder Modified Feature, #1 Benny Raynor (I spell it right, the headlines in the newspaper “Rainer” were wrong!), timed in pole and stayed out front for the win!  #15 Michael Taylor tried very hard all day to get around him, but could not get there, as he had #69 Punkin Taylor breathing down his neck as well! The three were in line bumper to bumper most of the race!  The finish was just that above, with #27 Scotty Covington taking fourth.  The Super Pro Stock Feature was taken by #41 Bobby Helmer, with #7 Bryan Foy right on his tail!  And #28 Phillip Honeycutt was all over the back of the #7 Foy car the entire race (that brand new pretty car is no longer, it is broke in now!)  #121 Dwayne Balfantz took fourth, with #V8 Punkin Taylor fifth.  In the Late Model Feature #124 Chris Cassano started pole, and drove straight to the checkers without ever looking back!  #F4 Dwight Falcon held second, as #42 Chick Boyd and #W6 Kevin Watts battled it out for third.  They were side by side, and trading places!  By the finish though, #W6 Watts held onto third for the finish, giving fourth to #42 Boyd We rained out for 6/26/99. Next Weekend is our Fourth of July Championship Race, Qualifying on Friday night, with Feature Races Saturday Night!  06/05/99 and 06/12/99  Ok, ya'll read the story in the newspaper, finally after 4 weeks.  And now, put on your seat belts for a long and exciting ride!  As we had 2 nights of racing in one.  Those of us who got home at 4am, and later, can relate!  On the average, most of our drivers (cars) lose it in turn #2.  They either lose position, or they go over the wall pushing it too hard, and too low in turn #1 to come out of turn #2 too high.  However, the second night (our features night 6/12) the story was turn #4 and the wall!  We had many drivers push too hard in the dog leg too early only to come up on turn #4 too wide, and almost hit the wall, or hit the wall!  The Stories this week in changes were not turn #2, but turn #4, and the wall!  On 'Track Talk" on WTIX 690AM the week of 6/5/99, I didn't have much to say, as we held our heat races, and then called the show.  This week I will have 2 weeks to cover. And, we will start this story that way:  On 6/5/99, 89 cars showed and ran for their heat races only to be called for rain. They did what no other track has done, and called it for rain, and announced that your rain check would be good the next week (6/12).  We all found out on 6/12, that yes the features from 6/5 would be ran, but our rain checks were not good.  From the driver's standpoint it was no big deal, as they got paid for 2 features, and they paid twice to get in.  However, the fans in the stands complained that their tickets were not good as rain checks.  They had to pay twice to get in regardless, after they were told on 6/5 to hang on to their tickets for a rain check.  This effort was greatly appreciated by the drivers, but upset the general admission.  Hey, you can't please everyone.  The track conditions for 6/5 were very dry slick, like asphalt, some driver told us. Like ice (of course we had no rain prior to 6/5).  On 6/12, we had more rain than we needed as it was still raining when most of us approached the track.  Many sat outside to see if we were really going to race or not.  The infield was flooded, and many went swimming!  We start with the first Mini Stock heat race of 6/5:  Of course, #27 Scotty Covington takes the lead by storm from flag to flag.  With #28 (silver) taking second, and #28 black Rusty Wallace for third.  The first Pure Stock heat had 1 restart and No Cautions!  Congratulations guys! With Mark Barbara #7 taking the win from flag to flag, with #24C Brett Cressionne second, and #3T Mark Woodall for third.  The second Pure Stock heat found #3J Ray Creel taking the lead from flag to flag, which is no surprise to all of us!  Second went to #3T David Creel, which again is no surprise to any of us.  All year they've had their horseshoe, or rabbits foot, or whatever in their back pocket, as they always draw a good number!  Congratulations guys! Keep up the Good Luck!  And of course third went to #79 Benny Creel!  The UMP Modified heat also had no surprises, as #63 Eddie Kerry took the win from flag to flag, with #2S Bobby Semple second, and #7X Vicky McSwain for third.  The first Street Stock heat found #40 Ronnie Flynn take the lead from flag to flag, with #V4 Brian Crawford for second, as #84 Billy Pretlove, and #100 Gary Sellno battled for third, with #100 winning the battle at the last lap.  The second Street Stock heat found #41 Roger Flynn take the lead, with #D1 Donnie Ellis holding second until the white flag lap, when a flat threw him out of the game, leaving #14M Danny Martin for second until #J36 John Schexnayder took it from him.  The 4 cylinder Modified heat race found #721 taking the lead by storm from flag to flag.  With #17 Jimmy Necaise holding second until the white flag lap, when he started running hot (actually, hot water from the radiator cap hit him in the face, and he had to pull off).  Leaving #7 Jonathon Clayton for second and #17 Necaise for third.  The first Super Pro Stock heat found #V8 Kash Wilson taking the lead, and staying there, until #43 Patrick Cotton took it from him, leaving Wilson behind.  #23 Melvin Barber took up the slack and won third.  The second Super Pro Stock heat found #45 Robert Whittington taking the lead, only to have #121 Dwayne Balfantz take it from him.  The finish: #121 Balfantz, #41M Brian Moran second, and #62 James King for third.  The Late Model's first heat found #9 Duane Degruy taking the early lead, and staying there.  Second went to #1 Verlon Lee, and third for #56 Campy Holley.  The second Late Model heat found #3T Eddie Threeton taking the win by storm, and #42 second, and #F4 Dwight Falcon for third.  At this point we were rained out, and the features carried over until next week (0612). Which carried a car count of 92.  Many of which could not run until the first round of features were finished.  The first of which was the Mini Stock Feature, which of course had #27 Scotty Covington the favorite holding the lead from flag to flag.  With Stephen Hendry #65 for second and #28 Silver for third.  The Pure Stock Feature had #3J Ray Creel as usual in the lead from flag to flag.  With #24C Brett Cressionne close on his tail for second, and #3t David Creel holding third until the finish when he had to leave the track leaving #18 Paul Chauvin took third.  The UMP Modified feature started with #2 Bobby Semple in the lead, and #63 Eddie Kerry for second, and #63 Kerry overtook #2 Bobby Semple for the lead leaving Semple for second, and #63 Kerry for the win.  #24X Mark Chamal held third all the way.  The Street Stock Feature had #41 Roger Flynn took the lead from flag to flag, with #J36 John Schexnayder for second, and #73 Bob Boyd for third all the way.  The 4 Cylinder Modified feature found #69 Punkin Taylor in the lead from flag to flag with 1/2 lead in front of the pack!  #17 Jimmy Necaise held second until he started spitting water out, and had to pull off, leaving #15 Michael Taylor for second, and #7 Jonathon Clayton for third.  The Super Pro Stock feature had #121 Dwayne Balfantz for the win from flag to flag!  Second was held by the #14H until the white flag lap and he blew up in smoke, leaving #V8 Kash Wilson for second, and #28 Phillip Honeycutt for third.  The Late Model Feature started out with a pile up in turn #1 with #4 Ladner #44 Howard Dempsey, and #3T Terry Threeton.  Then #F4 took the lead until a pile up on the front straightaway sent #9 Duane Degruy swimming in the infield!  After the second restart (which was single file) #56 Campy Holley came out the winner, and #F4 Dwayne Falcon for second, and #1 Verlon Lee for third.  At this point we timed in the cars at 11:00pm, then waited 45 minutes to start the Mini Stock heat races!!????  Of course the PA was broke again this evening, as it always is after any kind of rain.  The Mini Stock's first heat started out with #17 Rickey Rottmann in the lead, with #B1 Wayne Everitt second, until #B1 Everitt overtook him for the lead and stayed there.  The second Mini Stock heat was lead by #02 Jim Bordeleon until #27 Scotty Covington overtook him for the lead and stayed there, leaving #02 for second and #1X Elvis Turberville for third.  The first Pure Stock heat had #3J Ray Creel in the lead until he had to leave the track, leaving the win to #7 Mark Barbara.  #18 for second, and #84 Jr. Fricke for third. The second Pure Stock heat had No Cautions, and was lead by #24C Brett Cressionne all the way.  #3T David Creel and #11 Clayton Simpson were fighting for second with Creel winning the battle, leaving Simpson for third.   The UMP Modified heat started out with a pile up in the corner, involving #34, #6 Mark Hebert, and #18 Paul Jones, but they all walked away from the incident. Upon the restart, #6 Mark Hebert took the lead and stayed there flag to flag!  #63 Eddie Kerry held second until #14 (third place) couldn't turn (steering broke) and hit #63 knocking them both out of the race.  This left #24X Mark Chamal for second, and #2 Bobby Semple for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat started out with #7 Jonathon Clayton (pole) in the lead, with #721 Steve Underwood for second, and #15 Michael Taylor for third.  #7 Clayton lost it in turn #4, almost hit the wall, leaving #721 Underwood for the lead, and #15 Taylor for second (giving Clayton third).  At this point the Street Stock, Super Pro Stock and Late Model classes hot lapped. in preparation for their feature races.  The first feature of the second round of features was of course the Mini Stock Class.  #B1 Wayne Everitt took the lead by storm and left #27 Scotty Covington by 1/2 track!  Only Covington's second defeat of the year (as Elvis Turberville #1X had got him once)!  Everitt had the class lead by 1/2 track!  Third place was held by #65 Stephen Hendry.  The second feature of the second round of features was the Pure Stock Feature. #7 Mark Barbara took the class by storm, and lead the race from flag to flag!  Watch this one, he's moving up in points!  Good Luck Mark!  Second again was the #24C Brett Cressionne the newcomer to our track!  And third was #3T David Creel.  The UMP Modified Feature started with #6 Mark Hebert on the pole and in the lead, but with 2 bad starts, left #34 in the lead for the win, and #14 second, and #87 for third.  The Street Stock Feature started out with #84 Billy Pretlove in the lead until he lost it in turn #4 came close to the wall, turned to avoid the wall, and then went swimming in the infield in turn #1, and believe it or not, got back in line, and held second for 2 laps then did the same thing, leaving him swimming at the checkers!  This gave #41 Roger Flynn the win, #118 David Scott second, and #34 Noah Daspit for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified Feature found #15 Michael Taylor (outside pole) in the lead from flag to flag!  #721 Steve Underwood held second, and #1 Bennie Raynor for third.  They had No Cautions!!!  The Super Pro Stock feature found #48 Jason Taylor in the lead from flag to flag! #71 Chris Wall second from flag to flag, and #56 Rodney Sheridan for third flag to flag. No changes in this race!  The Late Model Feature race was so exciting, i finished the page I was on, and had to start a new page!  This race made it worth staying up until 3am to watch!  Again, turn #4 and the wall were the story of this race!  #W6 Kevin Watts started out the leader and took the dog leg and turn #3 too tight, coming into turn #4 too wide, and almost hit the wall!  He hit the brakes and stopped short of the wall, if I had a camera I could have taken a picture of his face, as he landed right in front of me!  #84 David Glass took over the lead, only to repeat Watts mistake!  But this time, Glass realizing his mistake, knew he was wide and turned sharp coming out of turn #3 into turn #4 and right into the pack, stacking them up like dominoes!  Whenever you see an experienced driver like Watts or Glass miss a setup, or miss a turn, or miss judge the track, it makes a novice driver realize, that this is racing, no matter how much experience you have!  Upon the pile up, Glass got out of his car (automatic DQ), and 4 of his pit crew members joined him on the track (double automatic DQ)!!!!  Upon the restart, the cars remaining finished the race. #F4 Dwight Falcon (who was second place) took the lead and stayed there for the win! #27 Bobby Slaven held second, and #14 took third., with Alan Netherland #00 taking fourth, and #44 Howard Dempsey for fifth!  Excitement at its best, even if it is 3am!    05/29/99  Over a beautiful full moon Saturday night, our black clouds left us and moved on. We had some races with NO CAUTIONS, and some with Many Cautions!  Even a well deserved black flag (congradulations to Aubrey who did a great job all night flagging for us in Jeff's absence!).  With all the new clay added to the track the past few weeks, and the rain storm that passed Friday night, the track came in beautifully!  Our Mr. Ivy sure does know how to make them right!  On the down side, we had no tech person (they found some fillers), and no fuel truck show up.  But, thanks to the great sportsman- ship of MOST of the drivers, they all shared what they had!  We had 9 cars come in late and you know what that means! You start in the rear!  You do not show up at Hickory late, as you will start in the rear!  The PA system got fried in the storm Friday night and the tower will no longer give out any information concerning the time-ins or racing events.  So that means our track record is only through 5/8, and our time-ins page on this web site is good through 5/8 also.  I'm sorry, as I was in Charlotte North Carolina with my family for the week of 5/22, so I did not call into the radio this week with a report, as I had none, and there is no info for 5/22.  I have no scoresheets or information in which to do so.  If anyone can write to me and give me any information as to what happened on 5/22 for any race, please forward to me email and I will post it.  Before I left, I told them I was leaving and that someone would have to call the radio show, and give me notes from 5/22, but of course neither got done.  On a happier note, I did get to go to the Charlotte track and watch the Winston Cup race as well as the Busch and Arca series races!  If you've never been to a real race, you need to go at least once!  It is truly an experience!  Now onto racing 5/29/99!  The first Mini Stock heat only had one restart as the Jimmy Borderloin in the orange 02 had to leave the track.  #65 Stephen Hendry lead the race until #27 Scotty Covington came up the pack from fourth to take the lead and stay there, leaving #65 Hendry second and #43 Charlie Monistere for third.  In the second heat #41 Phil Brand started pole and lead the race until he got a flat tire and landed in the infield on the dog leg giving the lead to the Jimmy Borderloin in the orange 05 who held on for the win.  Mr. X and #28 battled for second real hard with them side by side most of the race.  I gave second to Mr. X with #28 third.  It was so close, you had to be sitting on the flag stand to really call it!  The first Pure Stock heat had some serious rivalry going on for the lead.  #84 Jr Fricke, #3t David Creel, and #3J Ray Creel are 3 wide for the lead & #84 Fricke got squeezed out to land in the infield.  The next restart #3 Kenneth Hunt takes the lead with #MT2 Punkin Taylor, #3J Ray Creel, and #3t David Creel 3 wide for second.  #718 Tommy Cannon tried to sneak in to it also and tangled up with #MT2.  Upon the next restart, #3J Ray Creel takes the lead with #3 Kenneth Hunt, #MT2 Punkin Taylor, and #3t David Creel 3 wide for second.  #3 Kenneth Hunt falls back to 3rd with #3t Creel and #MT2 Taylor side by side for at least 3 laps fighting for second.  #MT2 Taylor starts to pull ahead of the #3t David Creel, and #3T Creel comes in hard on turn #3 straight across turn #4 and drove into #MT2 Taylor into the wall on the white flag lap. Well, you know what that means, #3T David Creel got black flagged for rough driving and #MT2 Taylor takes second with #3 Kenneth Hunt for third.  Heat #2 had its own share of cautions, as the #3Tii Mark Woodall who started dead last had his own problems. He landed in the infield of the front straightaway, then later got a caution for a flat tire. #24C took the lead and stayed there through the cautions.  Once the race actually got started, #7 Mark Barbara took the lead and stayed there with #24C second and #K1 for third.  The UMP heat had one restart and then NO CAUTIONS!  #26C Scott Holt took the lead and stayed there from flag to flag, with #63 Eddie Kerry second and #6X Danny Oberwortmann for third.  Now for the biggest surprise of the evening, BOTH Street Stock heats had NO CAUTIONS!  These drivers are really maturing and we need to move the name the WILD BUNCH to the Pure Stock Class as they are more deserving of it!  Even their feature race this evening only had ONE CAUTION!  CONGRADULATIONS! #10 Snooky Hebert started the lead with #614 taking it from him, leaving #10 Hebert for second until #73 Bob Boyd took it from him as he fell to third.  #38 Special Dr. Bill Bounds takes third from #10 Hebert.  #73 Boyd takes the lead from #614 with 2 laps to go, leaving the finish:  #73 Boyd, #614 second, and #38 Bounds for third, and #V4 Brian Crawford comes from last place through the pack to take fourth.  #5W Angie West started the lead for the second heat, but went high in turn #2 every lap, letting each other car inside.  #34 Noah Daspit takes the lead from her and stayed there to the checkers.  #100 Gary Sellno takes second from her, and #40 Ronnie Flynn takes 3rd from her.  #40 Flynn take second from #100 Sellno with 2 laps to go leaving the finish: #34 Daspit, #40 Flynn second, and #100 Sellno for third, and #5W West for fourth.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat also had NO CAUTIONS!  With #721 Steve Underwood on pole, and taking the win from flag to flag.  #17 Jimmy Necaise held second and #69 Punkin Taylor held third until a UJoint broke and dumped the drive shaft leaving #7 Jonathon Clayton for third.  The first heat of the Super Pro Stock class found #23 Melvin Barber in the lead until #45 Robert Whittington and he collided sending both of them to the pits.  #V8 Kash Wilson took the lead only to go high in turn #2 and spin into the infield.  This left #41 Bobby Helmer wide open to take the lead and the win.  #14H held second, and #V8 Wilson for third.  In the second heat, #44 Bill Johnson took the lead until #13 overtook him, leaving Johnson for second.  Then #28 Phillip Honeycutt came and took second from him, leaving Johnson for third.  #13 spun in turn #2 letting #28 Honeycutt take the lead from him.  #13 came back from the rear to take second leaving #15 for third.  The finish: #28 Honeycutt, #13 and then #15 for third.  The first Late Model heat had NO CAUTIONS!  #F4 Dwight Falcon took the early lead with #9 Duane Degruy blocking the rest of the field and taking second.  #42 Chick Boyd took third.  In the second Late Model heat, #4 Ladner jumped the start, causing a restart from there they had NO CAUTIONS!  #4 Ladner lead the race from flag to flag to the checkers with #W6 Kevin Watts second and #3T Threeton for third.  With #27 Scotty Covington starting on the pole, the Mini Stock feature ended with the same winner as usual.  Second place fell to #65 Stephen Hendry and third to #28.  The crowd was on its feet for the Pure Stock feature after the battling that went on in the heat races!  I wish I had a video camera to tape the crowd for this one!  And what a line up it was!!!  #3J Creel  #7 Barbara    #3H Hunt      #24C    #718 Cannon #K1    #MT2 Taylor (who finished second in the heat ????) 07 Bryant    #3t Creel (who was black flagged in the heat ???)  #3TiiWoodall    Mac #11 (who never ran a heat???)  #00    #84  The reason this line up is published is because of its signifigance.  You finish second and end up in the 4th row, you get black flagged and aren't in the rear, and you never run a heat race, but line up ahead of #00 and #84 ??  Only the shadow knows!!  #3J takes the lead, with #3 Hunt and #7 Barbara fighting for second, the two tangle up in turn #2 and #3 Hunt takes the caution.  The second caution, #84 Fricke, #07 Bryant and #3Tii pile up in turn #3.  During the line up after this caution #3J Creel incurs a flat tire,  and the crowd was on its feet jumping up and down on those new bleachers screaming at the corner man Todd Corkern that #3J had a flat!  After #3J goes to the pits, #7 Barbara take the lead, with #24C second and #MT2 Taylor for third.  The two leaders get caught up in lap traffic and #MT2 comes around the outside to challenge the lead.  They race to the checkered flag, and #7 Barbara takes the win!  #MT2 Taylor takes second and #24C takes third.  Now that was a real race!!!  The fans loved it!!!  The UMP feature was uneventful and but had NO CAUTIONS!  Scott Holt in the #26C takes the win flag to flag, with #6x Danny Oberwortmann on his heels, but has to settle for second, and the #63 Eddie Kerry for third.  The Street Stock feature only had one caution when the #14M Danny Martin spun into the infield.  #40 Flynn takes the lead then loses it coming out of turn #4 giving the lead to #V4 Brian Crawford who stayed there to the checkers.  #40 Flynn has to settle for second, and #41 Flynn takes third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified feature had the line up:  #721   #17  #7   #789                                                   #4         #7C (who never ran the heat)  #69  How can you not run a heat race and still end up in line???  The finish of the heat is how you start in the feature if you draw numbers???   It didn't matter anyway in this particular race.  #721 Underwood sitting on the pole took the win flag to flag, with #7 Clayton for second, and #17 Necaise for third.  Only one caution on the #4 Hunt who died on the back straightaway!  #69 Taylor tried to get #17, but they both ran the same groove all night on the track, and #69 just couldn't get there, leaving #69 Taylor fourth.  The Super Pro Feature found #43 Patrick Cotton take the win from flag to flag. #14H held second until he died on the restart, giving second to #41 Bobby Helmer. #28 Phillip Honeycutt held third until he went high in turn #4 letting #V8 Kash Wilson in for third, leaving #28 Honeycutt for fourth.  The Late Model feature was an awesome race between the two lead cars!  #W6 Kevin Watts took the lead with #124 knocking on his door on every lap!  But, #124 had to settle for second, with #56 Campy Holley for third, and #42 Chick Boyd for fourth.  05/15/99  We got up early this morning to finish the car, wash it, do the radio talk show on WTIX 690 at 10:30am, then ran to Harahan to show the car at the WTIX car show.  We had a good turnout, as #41 Bobby Helmer brought his car, #99 Pike County Late Model, Dallas Kirkfield and his son brought their V8 Sprint cars, and Sharon Trosclair brought her mini stock car from the Westbank, and a set of rules, so soon I will have the rule book for the Westbank online as well.  The crawfish was great, and we passed out all of our  flyers, and then rushed back here to make it to the track on time to run.  Track records are now updated (including last year to 5/8/99).  I dug through all the records from last year to date to calculate track record.  As of 5/15/99 the track will not give out any information, including driver's names, DQ's, track time-in times, etc., so if your name is wrong, or missing please check the ROSTER and send me an email to that effect so I can correct it.  Also, if a car was DQ'ed and did not win where I placed them, please let me know, because I no longer receive that information from the tower. I also don't have any manes for the Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints that ran 5/15, please have someone contact me for their names.  Ok, now lets talk racing!!  New Clay and Bleachers have been added to greatly enhance the track!  In the first Mini Stock heat, I have no cautions marked.  As #27 Scotty Covington took first, #05 Shane Hill second, and #A1 Richard Mathis third.  In the second heat, #35 had handling problems all night.  They had 2 restarts resulting in single file for the third.  Wayne Wimberely #4 took the lead and stayed there.  The orange #02 Jim Bordeloin held second until his drive shaft fell out on the front straightaway, dragging his car across the checkered flag to end up third.  #A2 Robert Mathis beat him across the line to take second.  The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints heat had #38 and #39 battling back and forth for first place, with #39 taking the win, and #38 second, and #22 for third.  The Pure Stock's first heat had NO CAUTIONS!  #3Tii Mark Woodall took the win flag to flag, and #13 Mark Hebert held second until the last lap when #7 Mark Barbara took second from him leaving Hebert for third.  The second heat race was not as easy, with 2 laps completed, they called for a complete restart and started all over again.  #07 Coyne Bryant lead the first lap, and MT2 Jeff Taylor lead the second lap.  Upon the restart, #76 Steven King took the lead, then stopped dead in a cloud of smoke in turn #2 (caution). The next start M1 jumped the start then landed in the infield in turn #4 after dumping alot of water out onto turn #4, then started after it again.  #07 Coyne Bryant jumped back in the lead until MT2 took it over, leaving the finish MT2 Jeff Taylor for first, and #07 Coyne Bryant for second, and #M1 for third.  In the UMP heat #63 Eddie Kerry took the win from flag to flag, with #224 Todd Cassano for second, and #12X and #6X Danny Oberwortmann fighting for third.  #12X landed in the infield, leaving #6X Danny Oberwortmann for third.  The first Street Stock heat had #K1 JD Kirby take the early lead, but broke and had to be towed off the track.  #14M Danny Martin took the lead next only to have #38 Glen Stanga take it away from him. Leaving the finish, #38 Glen Stanga,  #41 Roger Flynn second, and #118 David Scott for third.  The second heat found #J36 John Schexnayder for the win flag to flag, with #40 Ronnie Flynn sliding by #5W for second, leaving #5W Angie West for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat had NO CAUTIONS!  #17 Jimmy Necaise took the win flag to flag, with #721 Steve Underwood for second, and #69 Punkin Taylor for third.  The Super Pro Stock first heat found #41M Bryan Moran take the early lead, with #41 Bobby Helmer close behind, that took the lead from him.  Leaving the finish #41 Bobby Helmer first, #41M Bryan Moran second, and #121 Dwayne Balfantz for third.  The second heat had several leaders, with #20B Stanley Sims taking the early lead, with #44 Bill Johnson taking it from him, and then #28 Phillip Honeycutt taking it from Johnson. Leaving the finish #28 Phillip Honeycutt for first, #V8 Brian Crawford for second, and then #44 Johnson for third.  The first Late Model heat had a bad start which left #56 Campy Holley in the infield, and restarted, to have NO CAUTIONS, after the restart.  The finish #84 David Glass for the win, and #1 Verlon Lee for second, and #F4 Dwight Falcon for third.  The second heat found #3T Terry Threeton take the early lead, but then lost it in turn #4, and then spun in turn #2.  #9 Duane Degruy took the lead, only to give it up to #W6 Kevin Watts.  The finish, #W6 Kevin Watts for first, #9 Duane DeGruy for second, and #51 Brian Deroche for third.  The Mini Stock Feature race again had #27 Scotty Covington take the win from flag to flag, with #4 Wayne Wimberley for second, and the #02 Jimmy Bordeloin for third. The #35 Flipped end over end, then rolled down the hill of turn #2 (new car, new paint job).  Turn two seems to have a jinx on new paint jobs (haha).  The Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints (2 stroke motorcyle engines) feature again found #38 and #39 battling for first, and #22 and #24 battling for second, sometimes side by side. The finish #38 for first, #39 for second, #24 for third, and #22 for fourth.  The Pure Stock feature found #7 Mark Barbara leading the race until he lost it in turn #4!  That gave the lead to #3T David Creel, and second to MT2 Jeff Taylor, and third to #3tii Mark Woodall.  The UMP feature found #224 Troy Cassano for first, #6X Danny Oberwortmann for second, and #12X for third.  In the Street Stock feature #84 Billy Pretlove held the lead until he spun out in turn #4 piling up all the others behind him!  Out of the wreckage came #118 David Scott for the win, #J36 John Schexnayder for second, and #5W Angie West who came from the rear from an earlier caution to take third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified feature found #17 Jimmy Necaise to take the win from flag to flag, with #15 Michael Taylor for second, and #7 Jonathon Clayton for third.  The Super Pro feature was taken by #41 Bobby Helmer from flag to flag!  #28 Phillip Honeycutt took second and #V8 Kash Wilson for third.  The Late Model feature found #1 Verlon Lee take the win from flag to flag! #124 held second until #W6 Kevin Watts took second from him, and #F4 Dwight Falcon took third from him, when he spun in turn #4.  This evening the Mini Stock class held a meeting to set the rule book straight for their class.  The following was decided: Hydraulic cam only, No roller rockers, No roller tip rockers. Must be a Ford Manifold Maximum 1 inch spacer/adaptor under carburetor MILD Port and Polish work to the head No valve size restriction 350 Holley Maximum (may use #7448 stock carburetor) Unaltered, or  Motorcraft 2 barrel, and venturi diameter must match the number that is on the  side of the carburetor, Unaltered. Must weigh one pound per cc by our scales! CC must be displayed on the hood 3.125 stock stroke only (may overbore to .060) Maximum cc's 2400 Headers ok Must pull 16" of vacuum at 1000 rpm by our gauge        Cindy Douglas  05/08/99 Cindy Douglas     The Mini Stock class had a rude awakening this week as they passed through tech!  Thoroughly!  Previously, we did not have a P & G adaptor for the Ford 2.3, but we do now!  And actually, none were DQed due to the P & G test, they were DQed for other reasons.  Some had solid cam setups instead of hydraulic, and most did not weigh what was required for their class!  Some had illegal carburetors, and even one had a roller cam setup, better than the 4 cylinder modifieds!  Our rule book states "stock as produced for make and model", which on a Ford 2.3 OHC that means "hydraulic cam setup".  Carburetors are limited to 350 CFM. That does not include Holley 500, 4412.  Weight rule for the class is 2400# minimum, (which has been changed to one pound per cc, to be the same as all the other tracks around here).  They told the class, they must fix their cars by next week or he will DQ them.  A note of bad news, Mr. Floyd Fricke had another heart attack, please keep him to your prayers this week.  The Mini Stock's first heat had NO Cautions!  #01 Herb Champagne started out in the lead, but was taken over by Scotty Covington #27.  Champagne held second until the end of the race, when #A1 Richard Mathis got around him and left Champagne for third.  In the second heat, 1X Elvis Turbeville started in the lead, but left abruptly as his engine broke a cam tower.  #22 Alvin King took over the lead, but briefly, as #4 Wayne Wimberley quickly took first and stayed there, leaving King second.  #33 RJ Strain held third until the last lap, when #A2 Robert Mathis came up from last place to take third from him, leaving Strain fourth.  The first Pure Stock heat was quiet until the last lap.  #3Tii Mark Woodall held first, with #3T(blue) David Creel holding second, and #7 (blue) Mark Barbara in third.  All three of these cars went 3 wide in turn #2, Barbara ran out of room on the track and went off the track.  Leaving Creel first, Woodall second and #07 (white) Bryant Coyne for third.  The second Pure Stock heat had NO Cautions!  #96 Gary Sharp takes the win from flag to flag, with #MT2 Jeff Taylor for second, #3J Ray Creel for third, and #76 Steven King trying to get third, but remained fourth.  The UMP heat was the same all day,  with Scott Holt #26C taking the win from flag to flag, and #3X Bill Gordon in second, and #7 Carl McKnight in third.  The first Street Stock heat had 2 restarts, and then restarted again in single file.  #41 Roger Flynn takes the win flag to flag.  #20f Richard Mathis holds second until 2 laps to go, when #V4 Brian Crawford takes it from him, and #10 Snooky Hebert slides in for third, leaving Mathis for fourth.  The second Street Stock heat had its problems as well.  #K1 JD Kirby starts off in first place, with #42 Lewis Warran in second and #9 Louis Morales in third. Morales spins in turn #2, giving #26 Jason Prieto third, until he spins in turn #2, giving #5W Angie West third.  #42 Lewis Warran takes the lead from #K1 Kirby, leaving him second and West for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat had NO Cautions!  #15 Michael Taylor jumped in the lead until turn #2, he swung up high leaving room for #17 Jimmy Necaise to slide in underneath, and he never looked back!  Leaving Taylor for second and #721 Steve Underwood for third.  At tech, #15 Taylor was light, and was told to get his weight up to spec before the feature race!  The first heat of the Super Pro Stock class found #23 Melvin Barber jumping out for the lead for the first lap, until he went high in turn #2 letting #42 Punkin Taylor inside to take the lead from him.  #42 Punkin Taylor held the lead until the checkers, when the leaf spring mounts broke giving him 2 rear flat tires, and he tried to cross the checkered flag, but couldn't make it there. #23 Barber takes the win, with #55 second, and #19 Ray Creel for third.  The second Pro Stock heat found #8 Gary James for the win from flag to flag. #44 Bill Johnson held second and #28 Phillip Honeycutt tangled up with him in turn #2, sending Honeycutt to the rear.  Honeycutt came from the rear back up to third, and wheel hopped #44 Johnson to take second, leaving him third.  In the Late Model heat, #9 Duane Degruy's car was driven by Jonathon Clayton (4 cylinder modified #7) and requested the rear.  #96 DJ Hawkins from Alabama took the lead, until second place #W6 Kevin Watts takes it from him on the inside of turn #3.  The #21 Donald Morel flipped is car end over end, and then side over side in turns #1 and #2!!!  He was recovered fine.  As the race continued, Watts #W6 for first, #96 Hawkins for second, and #82 Wade Glass for third.  The Mini Stock feature had one restart, and then NO Cautions!  Scotty Covington #27 held the lead from flag to flag.  #4 Wayne Wimberley held second until #1X Elvis Tuberville took it from him, leaving Wimberley third.  The Pure Stock feature found #3Tblue, David Creel for the win, with #96 Gary Sharp for second, and #3J Ray Creel for third.  #96 Sharp weighed too light, and was DQed, leaving second to Creel, and #76 Steven King for third.  The UMP feature race had one caution due to debris on the track, the drivers had NO Cautions!  Scott Holt #26C took the early lead, only to give it up to #3x Bill Gordon, leaving Holt for second, and #7 Carl McKnight for third.  The Street Stock feature had plenty of cautions (the wild bunch they are called, and they lived up to it tonight!).  We started with K1 JD Kirby spun out in turn #2, then upon the restart, there was a pile up in turn #2, with #K1, #20f, and #14M.  Kirby was seriously hurt!  He refused to go to the hospital, and the race continued.  #84 Billy Pretlove took the lead and stayed there to the checkers. #34 Noah Daspit held second throughout, and #41 Roger Flynn came from the rear (after a caution on him) to take third.  #34 Noah Daspit was DQed for being too light, which left second to Flynn, and third for #V4 Brian Crawford.  The 4 Cylinder Modified class gave #17 Jimmy Necaise the win from flag to flag!  Leaving second for #15 Michael Taylor, and third to #69 Punkin Taylor.  #69 wheel hopped the #15 to try to take second, but could never get there.  #15 Michael Taylor was DQed for being too light, leaving second to #69 Punkin Taylor, and third for #721 Steve Underwood.  The Super Pro Stock feature had NO Cautions!  #41 Roger Flynn took the win from flag to flag, with #28 Phillip Honeycutt for second, and #19 Ray Creel for third.  #28 Honeycutt and #19 Creel were DQed for being too light, moving #55 to second, and #121 Dwayne Balfantz to third.  The Late Model feature had NO Cautions!  #82 Wade Glass took the win from flag to flag, with #W6 Kevin Watts for second, and #1 Verlon Lee for third.  The Demolition Derby was a great show!  #99 James Howell took first, with #V6 Dave Howell for second (both sponsored by Gary's Towing), and #15 Jim Tallery (NAPA) took third.  This week, after the "Track Talk" radio show, WTIX 690 am is hosting a Crawfish boil and Car Show at the Pit Stop on Jefferson Highway, from 12 noon until 2pm!  Punkin Taylor and Cindy Douglas plan to go show their 4 Cylinder Modified (Mini Late Model), and join in the fun!  Also, the Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints will be at this week, so come on out and join in the fun! May Day, May 1st, 1999 Compliments of Elizabeth Bryan Photography, we have pictures!  As the beautiful orange full moon hung in the sky, the spirits were out in full force.  We had a mixed field of cars and drivers, as some races were ran without a single caution, while others had many. We had cautions, conflicts, and even some black flags flying!  Remember, no matter how the calls are made, (either bad or good), they are the calls made, and you can not change them.  This weekend prompted me to write a commentary relating to what qualities must a driver have to be a GOOD Driver?  I've been thinking that each week on the web site, we will have a question to be responded by you, the drivers, pit crews, spectators, etc.  See www.speed-demons.com. As for the controversial calls, I will report what I saw, and how it happened from my end of the track.  Calls made on the other end of the track, I can not see close enough to make any determination, or opinion.  We start the evening off with the Mini Stock 4 banger heat race.  Elvis Turbeville, gave Scotty Covington a run for his money, as the two battled it out trading places for first.  Elvis could not hold on, and the win goes to Covington, with Elvis second, and Jimmy Bordeleon for third.  The first Pure Stock heat had NO Cautions!  Steve King takes the win from flag to flag.  Ray Creel takes second from 3Tii, leaving him third.  Of course, the second Pure Stock race was not as smooth.  After 2 restarts, they have to restart again single file, with #84 Billy Stewart taking the lead and staying there for the checkers!  Second place for David Creel #3T Blue, and third for #3 Kenneth Hunt.  The first UMP heat had NO Cautions!  #89 Gregg Thurman took the win from flag to flag, with 1/2 track separating him from the rest of the field.  #R3 Ricky Whittington took 2nd from #18 Paul Jones, leaving him third.  Jerry Cassano #C24 took the second heat on 2 wheels again!  Troy Cassano #224 ran off the track in turn 2 to be retrieved unharmed. #6 Mark Hebert held second, with Eddie Kerry #63 holding third.  The first Street Stock heat had a crucial crash on the white flag lap, as the #57 got black flag for being in the way of the leaders as he was being lapped.  Due to the crash caused on the white flag lap, the finish reverted back to the previously recorded lap. Great idea!  We are plagued with having the reputation of many hard core white flag laps that result in tragedies.  K1 held the lead until 2 laps to go, when #41 Roger Flynn took the lead from him, leaving him second, and Bryan Crawford #V4 for third.  The second Street Stock race was lead by #10x Norm Simpson in Red White & Blue, until he went high in turn #2 letting #18 Paul Chauvin in for the lead for one lap.  After a caution #44 Billy Stewart jumped in the lead, leaving Chauvin for second, and #118 David Scott for third.  The 4 cylinder Modified (Mini Late Models!) heat had NO Cautions.  #15 Michael Taylor jumped in for the early lead, and went all the way to the checkers!  #721 Steve Underwood started the race in second, and held it there,  #69 Punkin Taylor tried to get around Underwood inside, outside, all around, but couldn't do it, and stayed in third, with Jimmy Necaise #17 for fourth.  The first Super Pro Stock heat found Patrick Cotton #43 taking the lead and the checkers.  #28 Phillip Honeycutt took second from #4G Walter Gibbs leaving him third.  In the second heat, #44 Bill Johnson started out with the lead for the first lap, went high in turn #2 letting #42 Punkin Taylor inside to take the lead and stay there for the checkers.  #19 Ray Creel takes second from Johnson, leaving him third.  On the first Late Model heat, Jerry Simpson #284 takes the lead, with #84 David Glass second, and they stay there all the way to the checkers.  Kevin Watts #W6 goes high in the dog leg letting Duane Degruy #9 slip in and take third, leaving Watts for fourth.  The second Late Model heat started with Terry Threeton #3T in the lead with #82 Wade Glass for second, and Dwight Falcon F4 third.  They go 3 wide through the dog leg and turns 3 & 4.  #F4 Dwight Falcon comes out the leader (by 1/2 track) and stays there to take the checkers, with #3T Threeton second.  Jody Miller #5 works his way up from the back of the pack to take third from #82 Wade Glass and leave him fourth.  The 4 cylinder Mini Stock feature race found #27 Scotty Covington taking the win from flag to flag, with #1X Elvis Turberville knocking on the door, but could never get in, leaving him to finish second, and #65 Stephen Hendry for third.  The Pure Stock feature race had 3 restarts without going single file!?  On the last restart, they already completed one full lap, and the leaders had crossed the flagman before the caution giving them 2 laps down, but they restarted again side by side?  So, after they really get started, Stephen King #76 took the lead, and stayed there all day for the win!  #84 Billy Stewart held second until the last lap, when #3J Ray Creel took it from him, and left him third.  In the UMP feature Jerry Cassano #C24 took the lead by storm, with 2 wheeled corners!  #89 Gregg Thurman held down second place, while #6 Mark Hebert held third throughout!  They had no cautions after their restarts.  The Street Stock feature had 2 restarts, and had to start over single file!  Billy Stewart in Paul Lyons #44 car, took the lead by storm, with #41 Roger Flynn, in second, and #40 Ronnie Flynn for third.  #40 Ronnie Flynn takes second from #41 Roger Flynn.  #40 Ronnie Flynn cuts low on the inside of the dog leg, to try to take first from Stewart, and pushed him up into the dirt.  As the two connect, Flynn's car hooked onto Stewart's car and spun the #40 car around him, landing in the dirt.  The caution was called on the #40 car by the spotters on the track, but they were overruled, and the caution was placed on #44 Stewart???? And, the deputies were told to escort him off the property???  (As the track turns, sounds like a good soap story?)  After all the commotion is cleared, the restart found #118 David Scott in first, #41 Roger Flynn in second, #V4 Bryan Crawford third, with #84 Billy Pretlove fourth. Scott and Flynn go two wide for 2 laps fighting for first, with Flynn taking the checkers. V4 Bryan Crawford second, and #118 Scott for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified (Mini Late Models) class had a tough time getting started, as they had 4 restarts to get the race going!  Everyone wanted first place!  The front leaders #15 Michael Taylor, #721 Steve Underwood, and #69 Punkin Taylor traveled 3 wide around the track!  It was a pretty site, although they never made a full lap that way!  #721 got loose coming down the straightaway, then coming out of turn #2 (twice).  After they finally got started, #15 Michael Taylor took the lead and stayed there for the checkers.  #69 Punkin Taylor's steering broke, and watch the remainder of the race from the infield.  #17 Jimmy Necaise held second all the way.  #7 Clayton drover over the top of #721 Underwood's car sending Underwood into the infield, leaving third for #7 Clayton, and #721 Underwood for fourth.  The Super Pro feature found #50 black flagged for 3 cautions as he spun out. Bobby Helmer #41 held the lead from flag to flag, with #28 Phillip Honeycutt for second. #43 Patrick Cotton cut in on #14 Brian Anthony and they gave the caution to #14???? Leaving third for #41M Brian Moran.  #F4 Dwight Falcon takes the Late Model feature win from flag to flag!  #9 Duane Degury holds second until two laps to go, when he lost it in turn #4, and goes to the rear, letting #82 Glass in for second, and #W6 Kevin Watts for third.  All updates for tracks in this area are on www.speed-demons.com, and WTIX #690 am radio on Saturday mornings from 10am to noon.  Next week (5/8) there will be another demolition derby!  And two weeks from now (5/15) we will have the Winged Outlaw Mini Sprints!  Come out and see us!         Cindy Douglas 04/24/99  All classes (except Late Models) drew numbers and then fought during the heat races for position in the feature races.  We had some races ran with no cautions!  But, then we also had 3 roll overs!  Our roll-over fund was depleated and replenished 3 times!  The Mini Stock Heat finally found someone to beat Scotty Covington #27.  The #1X Elvis Turbeville takes the win from flag to flag, with Scotty Covington #27 second, and #02 Jimmy Bordeleon for third.  The first Pure Stock heat had the #11 take the win flag to flag, #07 Bryant Coyne for second, and #7 Mark Barbara for third.  The second Pure Stock heat had NO cautions!  3T Eddie Threeton took the win, with #3J Ray Creel second, and MT2 Jeff Taylor for third.  The first UMP (Ultra Modified Production) heat was won by #224 Troy Cassano, with #5 Chris Burt second, and #77 third.  The second UMP heat was won by #C24 Jerry Cassano from flag to flag on 2 wheels through the corners!  Second #26C Scott Holt, and #3 Neil Kemp third.  The first Street Stock heat was taken over by Noah Daspit #34 from flag to flag.  #5W Angie West fought off #41 Roger Flynn the for second place throughout the whole race until the last lap, when she lost her wheel in the dog leg going into turn #3.  The wheel flew into the tech area, bounced off the wall and hit Todd Corkern dislocating his shoulder.  The EMTs put his shoulder back into place, taped up his ribs, and he continued to work the rest of the evening!  Roger Flynn #41 ended up second, and #36 John Schexnayder took third.  The second Street Stock heat found #V4 Bryan Crawford with the win from flag to flag.  The 20i car driven by Tony Grafia flew off the track in turns #3 and #4 toward the tech area, and rolled over 5 times!  No one was hurt, as he took down the power lines and lights for the tech area on his way!  David Scott #118 took second, and #9 Louis Morales took third.  The 4 cylinder modified heat had NO cautions!  Punkin Taylor #69 took the win flag to flag with Steve Underwood finishing second.  Jimmy Necaise #17 tried all night to get inside, outside and all around #721, but couldn't get in and ended up third.  The first Super Pro Stock heat had NO cautions!  Kash Wilson #V8 led the whole race until 2 laps to go, when #63 Michael Ladner took the lead from him, leaving Wilson second, and #12 Joy Shelton for third.  The second Super Pro Stock heat found Punkin Taylor #42 leading the way until the white flag lap, when Albert Holley #14 got by him leaving Taylor second, and #23 Melvin Barber for third.  The Late Model Heat had NO cautions!  Terry Threeton #3T takes the win flag to flag.  #11 Cliff Darby held second, with #F4 Dwight Falcon for third.  Mini Stock feature saw Elvis Turberville #1X take the win flag to flag. #A1 Richard Mathis held second all the way.  Both of them got into lap traffic, and #86 and #1X collide and spun the #86 flipping him over and he rolled it 4 times down the front straightaway!  #27 Scotty Covington took third.  The Pure Stock feature was led by Jeff Taylor #MT2 from flag to flag. Second #11, and third 38C Jimmy Moody.  The UMP feature had the crowd on its feet, as #C24 Jerry Cassano won flag to flag, running in the 16:20's, on 2 wheels through the corners! Second #224 Troy Cassano, and #26C Scott Holt for third.  The Street Stock feature had more cautions than I care to write!  The 07 White/Yellow car caught on fire in turn #2 and hooked up with Danny Martin #14M, as Martin went over the birm, off the track, and rolled down the hill!  #34 Noah Daspit took the win, with #41 Roger Flynn fighting close behind, but remained second,  and #36 John Schexnayder for third.  The 4 cylinder modified feature found Punkin Taylor #69 with the win flag to flag.  #721 Steve Underwood tried all he had to try to get inside, outside, and all around Taylor.  On the white flag lap, heading toward the checkers, Taylor and Underwood were coming in side by side, when #721 started popping fire out the tail pipe, and Underwood couldn't hold on to it. Leaving the finish: #69 Taylor, #17 Jimmy Necaise, and #7 Jonathon Clayton for third.  Michael Ladner #63 won the Super Pro Stock feature from flag to flag. Albert Holley #14 took second all the way.  Scott Holt in the #41 Bobby Helmer car held third.  Kevin Watts #W6 held the lead for the win flag to flag, with #F4 holding second, and #5 Jody Miller coming from behind to take third.  The girls really put on a show for the Powder Puff race, as Donna Everitt in the B1 took the win, with Niki Creel #3J won second, and Brandy Yarborough took third.  All weekly stories, as well as all the other track's stories from this area are posted on the web site weekly www.speed-demons.com, and Track Talk on WTIX 690am radio every Saturday morning from 10am til noon.  Catch us there!  04/17/99  Allen Netherland joined us Saturday night in Hickory/Lacombe Louisiana.  Allen drives the Late Model 00 car, and his car fell on his face a few weeks ago, leaving him in serious condition.  It was great to see him back on his feet!  The Mini Stock's first heat race had a hard time getting started. The first restart was caused by the #88 lagging behind for the green flag, then Herb Champagne in the Orange 01 car ran off the back of turn #2, and then Robert Mathis in the A2 car air cleaner fell off, causing them to restart again, this time single file.  Scott Covington again was the leader, with BJ Watts in the #21, and Herb Champagne in the Orange 01, fighting back and forth for second until the white flag lap, when Champagne finally got him for the checkers.  The second heat had less problems, with Wayne Wimberley #4 holding the lead from flag to flag.  Richard Mathis in the A1 tried to get him and never could, he had to settle for second.  The #02 fought Crayton Dufrene in the #11 hard for second and finally acheived it, leaving Dufrene third.  Punkin Taylor in the MT2 took the first Pure Stock heat from flag to flag, as Billy Stewart #84, Eddie Threeton #3T, and Ray Creel #3J fought for second.  Threeton #3t spun out in turn #2, leaving second to Stewart with Ray Creel #3J for third.  The red #6 took the win flag to flag, in the second heat, with Kenneth Hunt #3H second, and the green #13 for third.  Scott Holt lost his first UMP Modified race of this season, with Eddie Kerry #63 taking the win flag to flag.  Holt had second until he went high in turn #2 giving it up to Chris Burt #5 for a short time, but then regained it.  The finish, Kerry, Holt, Burt.  John Schexnayder in the J36 won the first Street Stock heat flag to flag, with Bryan Crawford in the V4 second flag to flag.  Bob Boyd #73 started the race in third, then spun out in turn #4 into Roger Flynn #41 sending Flynn into the infield, and Boyd to the rear.  Paul Lyons #44 held third until the white flag lap, where he traveled down the infield along the back straightaway from turn #2 to turn #3 to try to keep third, but the caution was called on him for racing in the infield, and Roger Flynn #41 ended up with third.  Donnie Stewart #D55 won the second heat, with Ronnie Flynn #40 second, and Gary Sellno #100 third from flag to flag.  Jimmy Necaise #17 won the 4 cylinder Modified heat flag to flag, with Steve Underwood #721 second, and Punkin Taylor #69 holding third.  Then Taylor #69 caught fire down the back straightaway on the white flag lap, causing the red flag to fly.  The pit crew had changed jets on the carburetor and one of the bowl screws backed out leaking gasoline onto the headers. Taylor #69 was not hurt, and there was very little damage done to the car, as he made it back out for the feature!  On the restart, Jonathon Clayton #7 took third.  Kevin Kennedy in the 26K Stock Ford Inline 6 cylinder won the first Pro Stock heat, with Chuck Lavignette #11 second and Gary James #8 for third.  John Taylor #10 started the lead in the second Pro Stock heat, then spun in turn #2 into Dwayne Balfantz #121, sending Balfantz to the pits, and Taylor to the rear.  Jay Ladner #4 took over the lead with Bill Johnson #44 second and Bobby Helmer #41 for third.  KI Davis in Steve Milstead's #22 took the early lead in the Late Model heat, until he hooked up with second place Chris Wall #71 in turns #2 and #4, causing both of them to fall to the rear.  Wade Glass #82 took over the lead with Lipsey #85 second and Jody Miller #5 for third.  The Mini Stock feature started off with a bang, with Wayne Wimberley #4 spun in turn #2 hitting the orange #02 and Charlie Monistere #43 both head on, sending all 3 of them to the pits!  Scott Covington took the win flag to flag with Richard Mathis #A1 second and Herb Champagne #01 for third.  Punkin Taylor in the MT2 took the Pure Stock Feature flag to flag, with Billy Stewart #84 on his tail all the way, until he had to leave the track. #6 and Ray Creel #3J battled for third, and when Stewart left the track, Creel got second by bypassing #6.  Leaving the finish: Taylor MT2, Ray Creel #3J second, and #6 for third  Again Eddie Kerry took another win away from Scott Holt #26C as Kerry won the UMP Modified feature from flag to flag.  Scott Holt #26C for second, and Chris Burt #5 for third.  The Street Stock feature couldn't get started, as the drivers halted their cars on the track for a pit meeting in the middle of the track!  It seems that Ron Manley #190 (Dupont colored car) arrived at the track at 10 minutes til 6 (legal), and was in line with several other cars to pack the track, but was not allowed on the track by the track officials, as the track was already packed, and they decided to clear the track and start racing. The other drivers in the Street Stock feature did not have all the above details and they halted the line up of the race because #190 was allowed to time in and race, although he did not pack the track.  During this meeting it was obvious to the track officials that Gary Sellno #100 did not have a fire suit on, so he was told to leave the track, and he did as he did donuts to get there.  Let's remember folks, that the safety rules of the track are for your benefit.  We already had a car catch fire on the track once tonite, and last year we had a car go off the track and blow up!  Not wearing a fire suit can be life threatening!  He had on a cotton flannel shirt, with cotton flannel pants, and tennis shoes (Very Flamable)! A caution to the other tracks that he races at, beware!  So, finally we get to start the Street Stock heat race, with who we thought was Paul Lyons #44, but at the end of the race, when he got out of the car for the picture, it was none other than Billy Stewart! Taking the win flag to flag in the #44!  Ron Manley #190 and Bryan Crawford #V4 battle for 2nd, with Crawford finally taking second from Manley, leaving Manley for third, and Donnie Stewart #D55 fourth.  Stewart #D55 and Manley #190 tie up in turn #2 causing Manley #190 to go to the rear, and leaving Stewart third.  And that is your finish: Billy Stewart in #44 first, Bryan Crawford #V4 second, and Donnie Stewart #D55 third.  The line up for the 4 Cylinder Modified feature was changed, as they had problems with the stop watches again, and 3 drivers got 2 laps to time in, and 3 only got one lap to time in.  Moving the #7 Jonathon Clayton up 3 places to Pole, and moving Punkin Taylor #69 from Pole to outside pole. Clayton #7 and Taylor #69 stay side by side through turns #1 and #2, when Taylor #69 got ahead of Clayton coming out of turn #2, and stayed in the lead for the remainder of the race!  Steve Underwood #721 was third, until turn #4, when he got around Clayton #7 to take second and stay there! Jimmy Necaise #17 who started out fourth, took Clayton #7 on the white flag lap to give Necaise third for the finish!  Chris Matise #71 takes the early lead in the Pro Stock feature, with Stanley Sampson #20B close behind in second.  Matise goes high in turn #2 letting Sampson #20B inside for the lead.  After Chuck Lavignette #11 spins in turn #2 (this pretty car had most of its sheet metal peeled off by the end of the evening), the restart after the caution, in turn #3 Sampson #20B goes high letting Matise take back the lead, with Phillip Honeycutt #28 close behind to take second, and Gary James #8 to take third.  The Late Model's weren't ready to start their feature race when the track officials were!  As they hot lapped a few, and lined up, Dwight Falcon #F4 jumped the start and they hot lapped a few, then Lipsey #85 hit the wall on the green flag start.  After they towed Lipsey #85 off the track, they were ready to start racing.  Dwight Falcon took the lead for the first lap, then he went high in turn #4 letting Wade Glass #82 inside to take the lead, and he never looked back (if he had, he would have noticed he was 1/2 track ahead of all the others!).  KI Davis #22 took second, with Falcon still holding on the third, until Jody Miller #5 spun in turn #1 causing a caution.  Upon the restart, Terry Threeton #3T gets ahead of Falcon for third, and so does Chris Wall #71 to take fourth, leaving Falcon #F4 for fifth.  04/10/99  We had a full house, the spectator parking was full, and the pits were packed in like sardines.  Even had the late comers park in the tech area!  They had 121 cars sign in at the pit gate, and 104 of them ran in the feature races!  Bryan Foy blew up his spare motor in the hot laps, that put him on the trailer, as well as Schonewitz who loaded up early with mechanical problems.  We started off with the Mini Stock 4 cylinder heat one with 2 bad starts, causing them to start off the evening single file.  Scotty Covington #27 took the lead as usual, with Richard Mathis #A1 second and #21 third. In the second heat Wayne Wimberley #4 went flag to flag for the win, with #28 second, and Crayton Dufrene #2EZ third.  The first Pure Stock heat had 2 bad starts, with JD Kirby #K1 having spinning problems.  They finally got started, and Jimmy Moody #38C hit K1 sending him to the infield and 38C to the rear.  Second place Benny Creel #79 bumped the leader Billy Stewart #84 spinning Stewart in turn #2, sending Creel to the rear.  Punkin Taylor #MT2 took the lead from Stewart on the outside in turns #3 and #4, then Stewart took the lead back from Taylor in turn #2 and the back straightaway, and they raced to the checkered flag. The finish, Punkin Taylor first, Billy Stewart second, with Gary Sharp #96 taking third.  The second heat the leaders were 3 wide all around the track for the first lap and a half.  Then Ray Creel went high into the dirt on turn #2, and they called caution on #07 Bryant Coyne sending him to the rear.  The finish; #3TB David Creel first, #3H Kenneth Hunt second, and 3T Mark Woodall Third.  The UMP Modified first heat had 2 bad starts as well, with Scott Holt #26C taking the race flag to flag, with Gary Revere #123 fighting with the #8 for second.  Revere finally got #8 on the white flag lap for second.  The second heat was uneventful until Dow Hillhouse hit the wall sending him to the pits.  The finish; Eddie Kerry #63 first, Chris Burt #5 second, and Tim Smith #02 for third.  Congratulations on the first Street Stock heat, as they had no cautions! #J36 took the early lead with Brian Crawford #V4 second, Tony Grafia #20i third, and David Scott #118 fourth fighting hard for third.  Finally at the end of the race, Grafia goes high in turn #2 leaving room for Scott to get inside for third.  The finish; J36, Crawford second, and Scott third.  The second Street Stock heat, started off with Angie West #5W taking the early lead and holding on to it until the white flag lap, when she went high in turn #2 letting Gary Seleno #100 and #614 both inside.  Seleno spins out, and Paul Lyons #44 sneaks in for the lead.  The finish; Lyons #44 first, #614 second, and West #5W for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat found Steve Underwood #721 taking the early lead, with Punkin Taylor #69 second, and Jimmy Necaise #17, for third.  The first caution called on Jimmy Hunt #4 went high in turn #2 putting him in the dirt, and the second caution on 7X who spun out in turn #1 caused the leaders to get ansy.  Necaise tried to get around Taylor #69, and they bumped as the white flag flew.  Necaise hit the dirt, and Taylor #69 spun into #7 Jonathon Clayton sending them both to the pits.  The finish; Underwood, Necaise, and Mike Taylor #15.  The first Super Pro Stock heat had the field 2 wide, side by side, for the first lap.  Then #36 Henna spun in turn #1 causing the first caution.  Upon the restart, Punkin Taylor #42 takes the lead, with Melvin Barber #23 second and Joy Shelton #12 for third.  Patrick Cotton #43 spun in turn #1 piling up #36 Henna, and #14 with him.  The finish; Taylor first, Barber second, and Shelton third.  Congratulations to the second heat, as they had no cautions! Timmy Moody Mr. X, takes the lead, with Kevin Kennedy #26K second, and Bill Johnson #44 third.  Moody goes high in turn #2, and lets Kennedy inside for the lead, then Kennedy goes high in turn #2 and gives it right back to him. The finish; Moody Mr. X, Johnson 44 second, and Kennedy #26K third.  After the race, the first 2 leaders were disqualified, as they never went to tech, giving the win to Kennedy (with his new 6 cylinder inline Ford engine).  The Late Model's first heat only had one caution, when Campy Holley #56 spun in turn #2.  Ryan Plaisance #125 took the win flag to flag, with Brian Deroche #51 second, and Verlon Lee #1 for third.  Someone forgot to tell the second Late Model field that it was a Heat race, as they had several cautions, several pile ups, and alot of great racing competition!  Upon the start of the race, the #10, and Allen Obiol #4Q get hooked up in turns #1 and #2 causing the first restart. Then Obiol and Dwight Falcon F4 collide in turn #2 causing the second restart. This time single file, Allen Obiol #4Q takes the lead, with #10 second, #F4 Falcon third, and Simpson #284 fourth.  It sounds easy, but these 4 cars were battling back and forth for position, sometimes 2 and 3 wide!  #10 spins out, and piles up Falcon F4 sending him to the pits.  Upon the restart, Obiol again has the lead with Simpson #284 second, and Darrell Moser #22 third.  Simpson gets Obiol on the inside coming out of turn #2 and beats him down the back straightaway on the white flag lap.  Leaving the finish; Simpson #284, Obiol #4Q, and #10.  In the Mini Stock Feature, Covington #27 takes the win flag to flag, with Richard Mathis #A1 second, and Wayne Wimberley #4 third.  As they approach the white flag lap, the field is 4 wide coming out of turn #4 and down the front straightaway.  The #28 takes third from Wimberley at the checkers.  The Pure Stock Feature was plagued with many cautions.  Punkin Taylor #MT2 takes the early lead, with David Creel #3TB second, and Gary Sharp #96 fighting for third with Steven King #76.  MK81 Keith Rodriguez flies off the back of turn #2 leaving #38C Jimmy Moody in the dirt of turn #2. JD Kirby K1, and Bryant Coyne #07 tangle up in turn #4 for the second caution. King #76 goes high in turn #2 letting Ray Creel #3J inside for fourth.  The other cautions in the back of the field were K1 JD Kirby, #38C Jimmy Moody, #07 Bryant Coyne, #10 Snooky Hebert, and #05.  The finish; Punkin Taylor #MT2 first, David Creel #3TB second, Gary Sharp #96 third, and Ray Creel #3J for fourth.  The UMP Modified feature was taken away by Scott Holt #26C from flag to flag.  Gary Revere #123 second all the way, and Chris Burt taking third from Tim Smith #02.  The Street Stock Feature gave first place to Roger Flynn #41 from flag to flag.  Randy Jamison #007 held second until the white flag lap and a caution sends him to the rear.  #614 holds third, while Crawford #V4, Jimmy Wood #15, and Scott #118 are 3 wide for 2 laps fighting for fourth.  Crawford takes fourth, with Scott fifth, until Scott finally takes fourth back from Crawford down the back straightaway.  Gary Fergason #00 goes off the back of turn #2, causing a caution.  On the restart Crawford #V4 hits Scott #118, bumping him back in the field.  Leaving the finish; Flynn #41 first, #614 second, and Crawford #V4 for third.  The 4 Cylinder Modified Feature started with Clayton #7 pole, and Necaise #17 outside pole.  After 2 restarts, the race began with Clayton #7 taking the lead, with Necaise second until turn #2.  Necaise went high in turn #2 leaving room for Punkin Taylor #69 and Steve Underwood #721 to get inside.  Necaise regained third from Underwood down the front straightaway with 2 laps to go.  Leaving the finish; Clayton #7 first, Taylor #69 second, Necaise #17 third, and Underwood #721 for fourth.  The Super Pro Feature started with the entire field 2 and 3 wide for the first 2 laps!  As they sort it all out, Chris Matise #71 takes the lead, with Jay Ladner #4 second, Bobby Helmer #41 third, #7L Collins fourth, Gary Gaines #8 fifth, #12 Joy Shelton sixth, and Patrick Cotton #43 for seventh.  But that was just the beginning!  Matise goes high in turn #2 and #14Y (WAS a brand new car) hit him and they both retired to the pits.  Jason Payler #48 pushed Cotton #43 sideways and piled up #121 Dwayne Balfantz, #44 Bill Johnson, #45 Robert Whittingham, as the #27 came around turn #4 and hit all of them!  After they sorted out that mess, Jay Ladner #4 gets the lead, with Helmer second, Collins third, Shelton fourth, and Cotton fifth.  On the White Flag Lap, Helmer takes the lead from Ladner on the back straightaway, as Ladner then spins into Collins taking them both out.  The finish; Helmer #41 the winner, Joy Shelton #12 for second, and #48 Jason Paylor for third.  The Late Model Feature found Casnove #124 taking the win from flag to flag, with Ryan Plaisance #125, Simpson #284, and Threeton #3T 3 wide fighting for second.  Threeton #3T takes second, with #27 third, and Ryan Plaisance #125 for fourth.  Plaisance and #27 fight back and forth for third place.  The leaders lapped so many of the rest of the field, it was hard to tell who was on what lap!  The finish; Casnove #124 first, Threeton #3T second, with #27 third, Plaisance #125 fourth, Falcon F4 fifth, and Wall #71 sixth.  The Demolition Derby was a dust bowl.  After all the dust settled, G7 Greg Smith won first, D55 Donnie Stewart second, and Jason Novell third. 04/03/99  Mother Nature smiled on us Saturday night, as we started the hot laps with a very large black cloud over us.  However, by the start of the heat races, it had passed allowing us to continue our program!  Again, I would like to remind all of you to remember Alan Nevellin in your prayers.  The driver of the 00 Late Model had his car fall on him, and he was hurt badly.  Also, Pure Stock cars have one more week to get in tune with the rule book.  No quick steering boxes, must have bumpers, and a GM car must have a GM rear end. WTIX 690 AM is hosting a "Track Talk", a talk show focusing on Stock Car racing, on Saturday mornings from 10:00am until noon.  They will also be announcing our local racing results from the prior week!  Tune in and talk racing! Another reminder, all the local race results from all the area tracks are posted on www.speed-demons.com web site.  Car count for this week (hot laps) was 86!  The evening started off with the Mini Stock's first heat race, with 36 taking the lead, #6 (Willie McVey) second, and A1 for third.  The second heat found the #27 (Scotty Covington) again way out front.  #43 had second until he spun in turn 4 landing in the infield sending him to the rear.  This left the final #27 Covington the winner, #4 second, and 41 third.  The Pure Stock's first heat was a rematch from last week, with MT2 (Jeff Taylor) and 3TBlue on pole.  3TBlue lagged behind on the first start.  The second restart gave MT2 an early lead, but 3TB caught him coming out of turn #2 heading down the back straighaway.  Leaving the finish 3TB, MT2 (Taylor), and 79 respectively.  In the second heat, the 3J (Creel) came from dead last all around the field like they were standing still.  K1 lead the race until 3J caught him to take the lead.  K1 finished second, and #3 third.  The UMP class finally showed up, and put on a good show.  In the first heat 6X took an early lead with #25 second and #123 third.  The #25 challenged the 6X in turn #4 and took the lead from him on the front straightaway, sending the 6X to third.  63 landed in the infield, and 7X hit the wall hard.  The finish, #25, #123, and 6X.  The second heat gave the 86 an early lead, with 02 second, and #5 third.  #86 went high in turn #2 giving the 02 and #5 room to get underneath him on the inside.  #86 again went high in turn #2, giving up his third place spot, landed in the dirt of turn #2 and stalled sending him to the rear. #5 takes the lead from 02 down the back straightaway on a wheel hop.  #02 takes the lead back from #5 in turn #3, but couldn't hang on to it, as he spun around backwards in turn #4.  #5 had to leave for a flat tire, and #02 was sent to the rear.  This gave the lead to the #7, until he went high in turn #2 leaving 02 back into the lead on the inside.  The finish, #02, #18, and #7.  Angie West (5W) takes the early lead in the first Street Stock heat, and stays there forever!  Leaving Davidson #007 second, Mistasha #20f third, and Fraisse Labarre #77 fourth.  Labarre takes third from Mistasha on the back straightaway. Paul Lyons #44 tries many times to take fourth from 20f in turn #4, and finally gets there before the end of the race!  The finish, West 5W, Davidson #007, Labarre #77, Lyons #44, and #34 Noah Daspit in the rear.  The second heat race had a hard time getting sorted out, as they were still 2 by 2 for the first 2 laps, until they reached the back straightaway again.  Tony Grafia #20i starts the lead off, with Donnie Stewart #D55 second, and #36 third.  Stewart D55, takes the lead from Grafia #20i on the back straightaway, and #36 takes second from Grafia #20i in turn #2.  Stewart D55 goes high and #36 slips inside to take the lead.  The remainder of the field goes 3 wide through turns #3 and #4 twice in a row fighting for third!  It was a race to the flagman for the finish, and I don't know who scored there first.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat, had 00 (Mike Bethe) on the pole, and as a new driver, he lagged behind on the start, and then requested the rear.  #7 Clayton took the early lead, with #789 Herb Champagne second, and #69 Punkin Taylor third.  Taylor passed 789 on the back straightaway to take second.  The hood flew up on #7X sending him to the pits, and #721 broke a ball joint and hit the dirt in turn #2 also sending him to the pits.  Leaving the finish #7 Clayton, #69 Taylor, #789 Champagne.  The Super Pro Stock's first heat found #43 Patrick Cotton taking the early lead, with #23 Melvin Barber second, and #12 Joy Shelton third.  M5 Mark Dilllard slides on the inside of #41Yellow Moran for fourth.  #12 Shelton catches Barber #23 in turns 3 & 4 to take second, leaving Barber for third.  The second heat #26K Kevin Kennedy taking the lead, with #4G Walter Gibbs second.  Three cars go 3 wide in turns 3 & 4 fighting for third, #1 Honeycutt, #11 Lavignette, and #121 Dwayne.  Kennedy #26K goes high in turn #2 giving #4G Walter Gibbs the lead, and #11 Lavignette and #121 Dwayne, tangle up in turns #1 and #2, giving third to #1 Honeycutt.  Kennedy again goes high in turn #2 giving second to #1 Honeycutt.  #4G and #1 Honeycutt race to the flagman for the checkers.  Again, I don't know who got there first.  The Late Model heat started with turns 1 & 2 three cars wide.  #51 Deroche takes the lead, with F4 Falcon second, and 3T Threeton third.  Falcon takes the lead from Deroche in turn #2.  Deroche tried to go inside F4 in turn #4, but couldn't hold on to it, and spun piling up the rest of the field with him. #3T Threeton had to go to the pits.  On the restart the line up was Falcon, #71 Chris Wall, and #284 Simpson.  Wall #71, spun in turn #1 giving Simpson second, and #10 third.  Deroche #51 goes inside #10 in turn #4, and Simpson #284 gets inside Falcon F4 in turn #2.  Wall #71 gets Deroche in turn #4, and Falcon F4 gets Simpson #284 in turns 1 & 2 to regain the lead.  It was a fight to the finish with all of them going back and forth!  The finish left Falcon F4 first, Simpson #284 second, and Wall #71 third.  Alot of action for a Late Model heat race!  The Mini Feature was very uneventful, with Covington #27 taking the lead as usually, with A1 second, and #4 third throughout the race.  The Pure Stock Feature had #3J Creel, and #3TBlue on the poles as usual.  And these 2 boys stayed there all day, with MT2 Jeff Taylor third.  The UMP Feature had #123 Jimmy Casnove first, #6X second and #5 Burt for third.  The Street Stock Feature gave us some more excitement!  #44 Lyons takes the early lead, with #41 Flynn second, and #34 Noah Daspit third.  V4 Crawford, and #84 Pretlove fight back and forth for fourth until #84 left for the pits, leaving #40 Flynn to fight back and forth for the fourth position.  5W Angie West comes from the rear to fifth, then fourth!  With #44 out to the pits, the line up is #41 Flynn, #34 Daspit, #40 Flynn, and West #5W.  On the white flag lap, #40 Flynn tries to take second from #34 Daspit, and spun out in turn #2 wiping out #34 and #5W, #40 was giving the caution on the score- board, leaving #34 Daspit second, and #5W third for the finish.  The 4 Cylinder Modified Feature found #69 Punkin Taylor with the early lead, and stayed there all day!  #7 Clayton second, and #15 third.  The Super Pro Stock Feature finds #41 Helmer taking the early lead, with #71 Matty for second, and a fight for third.  #7 Brian Foy comes from the rear and takes M5 Dillard on the front straightaway for fifth.  #12 Shelton takes #121 Dwayne in turn #4 for third.  #7 Foy takes #121 Dwayne in turn #1 for fourth.  #7 Foy takes third from #12 Shelton in turn #3, for one lap, then #12 Shelton takes it back in turn #4.  The caution restart line up was #41 Helmer, #71 Matty, #12 Shelton, #7 Foy, #121 Dwayne.  Foy #7 goes high in turn #2 giving up his fourth place position to #121 Dwayne on the inside. Foy #7 goes high again in turn #2 and lets in a field of M5 Dillard, 4G Gibbs, and #43 Cotton inside.  Leaving the finish #41 Helmer, #71 Matty, #12 Shelton, #121 Dwayne, and #M5 Dillard.  The Late Model Feature had Jody Miller #5 starting pole, and #71 Chris Wall outside pole.  #71 Chris Wall went high in turn #2 then spun right into the path of the field, then, went off the back side of the track in turn #3, the dog leg. At this point, we still do not have a lap down.  After two cautions, we restart single file, with Miller #5 in the lead, Falcon F4, second, and Deroche #51 third. Falcon takes the lead from Miller in turn #4.  Simpson #284 tries many times to get third from #51, and finally gets him as Deroche goes high in turn #2.  Miller goes high in turn #2, hits the birm, but retains his second position.  Deroche #51 tries to get Miller #5 many times, and finally spins out in turn #4 trying to get him, sending Deroche to the rear.  Leaving the finish Falcon F4, Miller #5, and Simpson #284 third.  3/20/99     RESTART, RESTART, RESTART!  It was a veryyyyy colddddd spring evening  in Hickory Louisiana Saturday night, but that didn't slow down the drivers with race fever, as our first week of racing had rained out!  While some were loaded up on their trailers disqualified, 83 cars hot lapped that passed tech.  Some that hot lapped, never made it any further.  Mark Dillard (M5) threw a rod out of the oil pan timing in.  And Joey Wheat's (21) rocker kept falling off so he could never time in. Kenny Allison's (10) kept popping real bad, so he had trouble timing in as well. The (190) painted like the NASCAR Dupont Colors, also blew up and caught on fire, and didn't time in as well.  Lavignette #11 lost his wheel and axle, and started smoking up a storm.   The wrecker had problems getting to the track, as it was broke down, and caused us a big delay in starting.    I will also add that FINALLY, if you did not pack the track, you started last!  It appears that they are really giving great effort in enforcing the rules this year!  Good Luck!  Let's just hope they continue that effort all year!  Keep it up!  Some of the names, and time-ins are blank, as the PA system kept going in and out, even the others that I talked to missed the same ones I did, hopefully it will be fixed this week, as I mentioned it to the tower.  By the way, the tower is not giving out any times or results to anyone, I already asked, that is why this story is written the way it is, I used my own notes, as viewed from the pit stands.  If I made any mistakes, I apologize, and please send me an email so I can update my records, Thanks!  Super Pro Stock had a hard time getting the first heat race of the night started, as Mr. X (Timmy Boutte), spun in turns 3 & 4 that piled up: Mr. X, 4G (Walter Gibbs) and Yellow X (Brian ?).  Brian Foy (7) landed in the infield to miss all of them. The 2nd restart found 43 (Patrick Cotton) pushed into the infield with a pile up in turns 1 & 2. They finally got underway, and Patrick Cotton (43) landed in the infield again on lap 3, and he and Jay Ladner (4) both left the track. 71 car left the next lap, leaving the finish: Brian Foy (7), Walter Gibbs (4G), Mr. X (Timmy Boutte), and the Yellow X respectively.  The 2nd heat of the Super Pro Stock had its own share of problems, with 121 (Dwayne ?), 62 (James King), and 51 piling up causing the 1st restart, leaving the 62 car in the infield, and 121 car ok, while they push started the 51 to restart again. Lap 2 , the 23 (Melvin Barber Sr.) had the lead and went high in turn 2 pushing him back to 4th, leaving room for the 41 to get underneath to take the lead forever.  The 12 car started 4th moved up to 3rd in lap 3, and took second from Bill Johnson (44) on the outside in the dog leg  The 41 car had the lead by 1/2 track, when the caution flag flew due to 23 in the infield on the dog leg. With 2 laps to go, the 51 got around the 62 in the dog leg, and the very next lap the 51 got around the 121 car in the dog leg to take 4th and keep it. Bill Johnson (44) started 3rd and finished 3rd!  The final being 41, 12, 44, 51, 121, 62, and 23 respectively.  The Late Model heat found Vernon Lee (#1 Big Dog) in the infield backwards on the front straightaway, causing a restart.  Lap one went smoothly with Vernon Lee (#1) in first, Wade Glass (82) second, F4 third, and Jody Miller (5) forth.  That didn't last long, lap 2 the caution flag fell as 00 spun in turns 1 & 2, lap 3 Miller (5) tried to go sideways down the front straight which moved him from 4th to 5th as Wayne Martin (B7) took 4th, and the 9 car left the track.  Glass (82) took the lead from Vernon (1) lap 4.  All was quiet until lap 7, where Wayne Martin took 3rd from F4, and stayed.  Leaving the final for the heat: 82, 1, B7, F4, 5, 71 and 00 respectively.  At this point we had a time out to water the track as it was so dry and dusty you could no longer see the cars on the track!  Very much different than last year where the track was sticky all night!  Next heat brought on the 4 Cylinder Modifieds heat which was caution free! Much different from the others!  Bennie Raynor (1) took the lead with 721 (Steve Underwood) 2nd and Punkin Taylor (69) third.  Stayed the same until lap 4 where 721 took the lead from 1 in turns 3 & 4.  95 dropped out, and Jimmy Necaise (17) dropped out the next lap.  Leaving the final: 721, 1, 69, and 7 (Clayton).  Goes to show ya, they get all the bugs out of the car and I can't drive it!  The first Street Stock heat restarted right off the bat with a "no green flag" start.  After the restart, found lap one with Angie West 5W in the lead with Joey Dillard (C7) 2nd, and Fraisse Labarre (77) 3rd.  Lap 2 Dillard (C7, new driver), pulled a 360 spin in turn 2, which sent him to the back for the restart, moving 77 to 2nd and V4 to 3rd.  Labarre took the lead in turn 2, and kept it forever. Lap 5 77 had the lead by 1/2 track, when 14M Danny Martin spun in turns 1 & 2 sending him to the rear, and 20F left the track.  007 tried to overcome the 3rd place postion, and landed in the infield in turns 1 & 2, sending him to the rear as well.  This left the finish 77, 5W, V4, 40, 41, 007, C7, and 14M.  The second heat of Street Stock started the same as the first, with a false start (no green), and a restart.  Donnie Stewart (D55) jumped out in front for the lead, leaving 118 David Scott for second, and 26 for 3rd.  Lap 3 found 20i spun in turns 1 & 2, sending him to the back, and 26 fell to 6th place, leaving 44 third, 73 fourth, and 34 (Noah Daspit) fifth, and 84 (Billy Pretlove) tagging the rear.  The very next lap, 73 car left the field, and the 26 came from the rear to 4th place.  As they entered the completion of lap 5 the leading cars were 3 wide in turn 4!  Stewart found the dirt pile in turn 2, giving 118 the lead, and sending D55 to the rear.  73 came back in on that caution, and the restart line up was 118 (David Scott), 44, 34 (Noah Daspit), 84 (Billy Pretlove), 20i, D55 and 73.  The remainder of the race was the same, and that is also your final line up.  Unfortunately, there were only 3 UMP cars to show up (they look like an IMCA).  Scott Holt (26C) took the lead early, and gained an 1/2 track lead on the others.  The #1 (Fletcher) car was smoking real bad, but remained second, leaving the 18 car in the rear.  The first Pure Stock heaat started smoothly with 96 taking the lead, with 3T (Threeton), second, and 07 third until lap 2, when 79 took third, leaving 07 fourth. On the following lap MT2 (Jeff Taylor) overtook 07 for 4th, and 3T yellow moved to 5th.  Lap five had a caution, where #10 spun in turn #2, lap six #79 spun in the dog leg throwing another caution sending them to the rear.  #10 got 07 in turn #1, for the final being: 96, 3T (Threeton), 79, MT2 (Jeff Taylor), 3T yellow, 10, 07, and 100 (who requested the rear).  The 2nd Pure Stock heat found the 3 last place cars three wide in the front straightaway right from the start (#K1, 3H (Hunt), and 84!  #7 jumped in the lead with 3J (Creel) second, and 38C third, until the second lap 38C landed in the dirt in turn #2.  The very next lap 38C landed in the infield on the straightaway, 13 lost his left rear tire and axle, and had to be hauled off in the wrecker, oil all over the track, the track personnel lighted it to burn it off, giving us our own Pure Stock Bon Fire!  The restart line up was: 7, 3J (Creel), 38C, 3, 84, 3H (Hunt), and K1 remaining.  Again 38C landed in the infield in turns 3 & 4, which black flagged him, and he exited the track.  The race continued until 2 laps left, and 3H, and K1 spun in turns 1 & 2, which threw out cars 84, and K1.  Leaving the final for the race: 7, 3J, 3, and 3H respectively.  The 4 Banger Mini Stock heat 1 was just as hard to start with 01 and 33 spinning out in turn #2, throwing them out of the race, and causing a restart. But it wasn't for long, as the 2EZ (Dufrene), lost a wheel and #6 hit it causing both of them to be eliminated from the race.  The only 2 left to race were the 41, and the A1.  41 hit the wall, leaving A1 (Richard Mathis) the consolation prize!  The second Mini Stock heat also had its problems starting as well, as the #5 spun out in turn 1 right off the bat.  Scott Covington (27), took the lead early on, with Herb Champagne (789) following.  #27 held the lead throughout the race and had 1/2 track on #789, who had 1/2 track on the rest of the field.  #43 fell out as well as #5 leaving the finish: 27 (Covington), 789 (Champagne), #4, and #A2.  The feature races were very intense, and not as eventfull as far as accidents, and cautions.  Which was very exciting to all of us!  The first feature of the evening were the Mini Stock.  A1 (Richard Mathis) pole, and 789 (Herb Champagne) outside pole, to start.  A1 jumped the start, causing a restart.  789 jumped in for the lead, with A1 second, and Willie McVay (#6) third on the restart.  Second lap the 33 car landed in the infield sending him to the rear, and the 43 car left the track. Lap 3 the 65 car took 4th from the #4 car on the back straightaway, and the 33 car left the track.  The rest is history, as the line up stayed the same throughout the remainder of the race, leaving the finish: #789 (Herb Champagne), #A1 (Richard Mathis), #6 (Willie McVay), 65, 4, A2 respectively.  The Pure Stock feature was plagued with debris on the track which caused them 3 cautions.  #96 car jumped in the lead from the start, with 3T (Threeton) close behind, #7 taking 3rd and 3J (Creel) in fourth.  K1 spun in turns 1 & 2, 38C left the track, and 3T got a flat on lap 5.  K1 spun again on the front straight away on lap 6.  MT2 (Jeff Taylor) started 6th and made his way to 4th, when he and 3J (Creel) tied up on the front straightaway in lap 7, causing 3J to spin in turn 1, and sending MT2 to the rear giving 3T yellow 4th.  The 3T yellow and the 84 went back and forth between 4th and 5th for the next 3 laps, when 3H (Hunt) ran into 3T yellow causing caution on the 3H, and the 3T (Threeton) re-entered the race in the rear.  MT2 again came back to 5th from the back , then took 3rd from 84.  The white flag lap #7 hit the wall, letting the #3 get in front of him for the final to be: #96, 3J (Creel), MT2 (Jeff Taylor), 84, 3T (Threeton), 7, 3, 07, 100, and 3H.  The UMP feature was a repeat of the heat race, with Scott Holt (26C) taking the lead, with #1 second and 18 tagging the rear.  #1 spun in turns 1 & 2 starting a fire, but then push started to continue the race!  The finish 26C Scott Holt, #1 Fletcher, and #18 pulling the rear.  The Street Stock feature started off caution free with Ronnie Flynn (40) taking the lead, with Noah Daspit (34) close behind in second, Roger Flynn (41) in third, and 44 fourth.  The 3rd lap 44 took 3rd from the 41, and on the very next lap took 2nd from Noah (34).  All was quiet until the 5th lap when the two front runners (40 Flynn and 44) were racing to the flagpole on the front straightaway, and lapping the 20F car when the three of them collided, sending the 44 car to the pits, caution on the 20F.  The restart line up had Ronnie Flynn (40) in the lead, with Noah Daspit (3) second, 41 (Roger Flynn) third, and Fraisse Labarre (77) fourth.  After two more laps in, the entire middle of the field crashed in turns 1 & 2, including 007, 73, 84 (Billy Pretlove), and 118 (David Scott) all piled up, sending the 73 car to the pits.  The front runners remained the same throughout the race, with the excitement in the middle of the field, with the 007 and 118 battling back and forth for 5th and 6th, and the 84 and V4 battling back and forth for 7th and 8th positions.  4 laps to go , the C7 (Joey Dillard) spun in turns 1 & 2 causing the yellow flag to fly, which brought the 73, and 44 cars back into the race.  They get one lap in, and the middle of the field, 007, 118 and 84 tangle up on the front straightaway for the next caution.  The very next lap, the 44, 14, and C7 tangle up in turns 1 & 2, causing the 44 and 14 to leave the race. Then, once again the 118, and 007 tie up leaving 007 in the infield, sending him to the rear, and the 77 leaves the track.  The final layout was: 40 (Ronnie Flynn), 34 (Noah Daspit), 41 (Roger Flynn), 118 (David Scott), V4, 84 (Billy Pretlove), 55, 73, C7 (Joey Dillard), and the 20F.  The 4 Cylinder Modified feature was uneventful, with the exception, that Bennie Raynor's #1 car had carburetor problems that would cut out on him several times during the race, causing many near misses from the other drivers! Jimmy Necaise (17) requested the rear as he lost 2nd gear in his transmission and had to run 3rd gear.  The 7 car (Clayton) started pole, and the 69 (Punkin Taylor) outside pole.  The 7 car took the lead from the start and maintained it throughout the race.  721 (Steve Underwood) tried all he could to get around the 2nd place Punkin Taylor (69), but never could find a hole.  The finish: #7, #69, #721, #17, and #1 who had to leave the track for a black flag, as his carburetor kept cutting in and out on him throughout the race.  The Super Pro Stock class again had its problems getting started for their feature.  #4 (Jay Ladner) jumped the start the first time.  The second restart, the front runners piled up in turns 1 & 2 #41, #4G (Walter Gibbs), #12 (Rodney Bruce), and #7 (Brian Foy) who broke his coil over and mount, and had to leave the track.  They again restarted, and Jay Ladner (4) lead the pack with 41 second, 12 third, and 71 fourth.  The 44 (Bill Johnson) and Mr. X (Timmy Boutte), kept trading back and forth at the end of the pack.  Four laps into the feature, the 71 car fell back to 5th as 4G (Walter Gibbs) claimed fourth.  The next lap, the 121 car spun out in turns 1 & 2 causing another restart, and the 71 left the track. Rodney Bruce (12) and Walter Gibbs (4G) battled back and forth for 3rd , throughout the remainder of the race.  On the white flag lap, Jay Ladner (4) got a flat tire coming out of turn 2 and down the back straight deminishing his chances for another 1st place win.  The final: 41, 12 (Rodney Bruce), 4G (Walter Gibbs), 51, 23 (Melvin Barber), Mr. X (Timmy Boutte), and 44 (Bill Johnson).  The Late Model feature was very exciting as the top 5 cars battled it out! Vernon Lee (#1) started out in the lead, but got a flat tire and spun out in the dog leg, sending him to the pits.  Wade Glass (82) took the lead, with Jody Miller (5) close behind, and F4 right behind, and B7 (Wayne Martin) in 4th.  Jody Miller, F4, and B7 battled back and forth for their positions the entire race, until F4 and B7 tied up, sending B7 to the pits half way through the race.  On that caution Vernon Lee (#1) re-joined the group at the tail end.  This left the leader 82 (Glass) with F4 second, and Jody Miller (5) third.  F4 caught up with the 82 and they raced to the checkers at the end of the race, I'm sorry I did not see who actually passed the flagman first for the win, as I was in the pit area.  Although it was very freezing cold, and most of the spectators left, they missed and exciting Demolition Derby!  #212 sponsored by Gary's Towing was the first one knocked out of the derby, with #3 right behind him.  The 7 car took a heck of a licking, but kept on ticking for the win.  15 car took second, and G7 third.  

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  032799  Again it was a very cold windy evening in Hickory Louisiana.  That did not stop the racers or fans! The track is beautiful, and the drivers love it, and the fans love the 3 and 4 wide races!  Great job done by Mr. Ivy again!  71 cars I counted in hot laps, and 6 more came in late, giving my count 77.  We wish for all of you to add Alan Nevellin to your prayers, as his race car fell on him and he is in critical condition, as of Saturday night.  We had a guest with us, Robert White and his 27 4 cylinder Modified car joined us from Georgia!  We started out with the Mini Stock heat1 which again had Scotty Covington #27 in the lead by 1/2 track.  #4 took #36 for 2nd as the first caution flew for the #5 car spun in turn #2.  Heat 2, the A1 car took the lead early and stayed there, as the 2EZ tried to catch him but could not.  The Pure stock heat1 had the #79 car jump the start, as the 3TBlue hit the 38C wheel hopped, sent 38C into the dirt in #2, and the 100 car hit 38C again! The restart was a good start with the 3J (Bennie Creel) taking the early lead with 3TBlue close behind, and 79 starting 3rd.  The #79 took turn #4 wide allowing #96 to slide past him underneath.  Again the next lap the #79 car again hung high in turn #4 to allow the K1 to pass underneath!  Heat 2 finds (Jeff Taylor) MT2, taking an early lead with 7B, and 84 right behind, with the 3TYellow and 07 battling for 4th.  The 7B tried to get MT2, but couldn't catch him!  #10 passed 07 on the white flag lap!  Again the UMP cars had a only 2 cars show up this week, and #63 lead the whole heat by 1/2 track over the #18, no contest.  The Street Stock Heat1 had the 20i (Tony Graffia) lagging behind on the start, causing a restart, and then left the field due to mechanical problems.  The V4 (Brian Crawford) took the lead from the outside, with #73 (Bob Boyd) second, and D55 (Donnie Stewart) 3rd.  00 (Gary Paris) takes 3rd from D55 Stewart on the back straightaway.  41 (Roger Flynn) takes the 3rd place position from D55 and 00  on the back straightaway!  00 hits the dirt on turn #2 and almost goes over the edge, causing the 1st caution of this race.  Then the 41 (Roger Flynn) takes 2nd from the 73 Boyd on the white flag lap, then takes the lead from V4 Crawford in turn #4 in a race to the checkers!  Street Stock heat2 20f (Richard Mistasha) jumped the start, while the 60 lagged behind, causing 2 restarts.  Upon the final restart the entire field remained side by side for one complete lap! Then the 20F jumped out front at the flagman with 44 (Paul Lyons) close behind for second, and 60 for 3rd.  The pile up of 44, 60 , and C7 in turns 1 & 2 started our first caution.  #60 goes wide in turn #2 giving up 3rd for the 118 (David Scott).  20f (Richard Mistasha) after leading the entire race, goes wide in turn #2 and lands in the infield!  #60 goes high in turn #2 and leaves C7 into the inside for second.  The 4 Cylinder Modified heat started out with #10 Kenny Allison in the lead, with Bennie Raynor #1 close in second and Punkin Taylor #69 third, very tight!  The first lap found #10 and #1 side by side through turns #3 & #4 and #69 & #17 (Jimmy Necaise) side by side down the back straightaway!  At the flag they sorted out as #10, #1, #69 then #17 very tight together.  Our guest Robert White in the #27 car hit the dirt in turn #2, and caused our first and only caution.  Bennie Raynor went high in turn #2 giving #17 on the inside 2nd place. As 10 & 17 run side by side through turns 3 and 4, 10 goes high and puts 17 in the lead.  721 comes from behind and takes third from #69 in turn #4.  With Jimmy Necaise (17) in a comfortable lead, the others still go 4 wide through turn #2 all of them battling for 2nd place!  On the white flag lap, #1 and #10 side by side again in turn #4, #10 goes high throwing him in the dirt, and letting everyone else go by, leaving the finish: 17 Necaise, 1 Raynor, 721 Underwood, 69 Taylor.  Super Pro Stock heat 1 started with Brian Foy #7 taking the early lead by 1/4 track!  The first caution caused by the 62 (James King) spun 180 degrees tying up with Mr. X (Timmy Boutte) in turn #4.  The 41 Bobby Helmer tried to catch Foy, but never could.  The second heat found the 71, and 23 (Melvin Barber) trading 1st and 2nd back and forth, and the back of the pack 4 wide all fighting for 3rd.  After Patrick Cotton's (43) spin out, in turn #2, he comes from behind on the inside to steal second from Barber, leaving the 71 car alone in front by 1/4 track.  71 and 43 1/2 track in front of the rest of the pack!  The Late Model heat started off with a spin early, the 51, and 3T (Terry Threeton) in turn #2 entering the track!  F4 (Dwight Falcon) jumps the start, causing a restart.  Falcon takes the early lead with 1 (Vernon Lee) 2nd, 71 (Chris Wall) 3rd, 3T Threeton 3rd, 9 (Dwayne Degruy), and 51 in the rear.  Degruy takes 3T on the back straight, and Wall loses it in #4 and Degruy sneaks right inside.  Our feature races start with the Mini Stock class and again 27 Covington takes the lead as usual, and A1 close behind.  Our 2 cautions found the #5 in the infield, and finally towed off with a flat tire.  2EZ and #4 battle for 3rd.  The final 27, A1, 4, 2EZ, 01, 36, and 41.  The Pure Stock Feature had more excitement than anyone deem necessary. 3T jumps the start causing the first restart.  38C and M1 tangle up in turns 1 & 2 for the second restart.  3J (Bennie Creel) takes the early lead while the 3TBlue, MT2 (Jeff Taylor), 7, and 84 four wide fighting for second.  The 7 got second from MT2 on the back straightaway, and the very next lap, MT2 goes high in turn #2 and falls to 5th.  Our first caution was due to the 96 wheel falling off in turns 1 & 2.  M1 rejoins the troops, and then ties up with 38C, and 07 in turn #2 to be towed back off the track again.  MT2 bypasses the 3TBlue in the back straightaway, and side by side with the #7 car starting into turn #3, when the 3TBlue car dove across the infield birm to smash into the both of them.  The 3TBlue bounces off both of them, loses a tire, hits the wall on the front straight- away, gets black flagged for rough driving, then gets out of his car on the track to start a fight!  Even had to have deputies escort him in the pit area!  Way too much aggression for a measly $100.00!!  Rule #5 "No fighting will be tolerated". Rule #9 "Anyone not conducting themselves in a safe and respectful manner will be asked to leave.  If they don't they will be removed by the authorities."  Rule #14 "No driver will leave their car during a race while on the track except in an extreme case of safety".  So on, So on, So on.  Remember guys, like the drunk driving commercial "You are entering 3250 pounds of iron that's loaded".  These cars can seriously hurt and/or kill someone, let's keep our heads, and stay safe! It's not life or death, It's only a race!  After all the excitement calmed down, we finally started the Street Stock feature, with D55 Donnie Stewart losing his wheel entering the track!  Roger Flynn (41) takes the early lead, with Billy Pretlove (84) , and Paul Lyons (44) right behind.  20i spins out in turn #2, then there is a pile up in the very next lap at turn #2 including 44 Lyons, C7 (Billy Stewart), and 73 (Bob Boyd), Lyons goes off the track, and caution called on Boyd.  The finish: Flynn, Pretlove, Stewart, and V4 (Brian Crawford).  The 4 Cylinder Modified feature lost #10 Kenny Allison, but gained 00 (Mike Bethe), a late arrival.  Jimmy Necaise #17 takes the early lead with Steve Underwood #721 2nd, Clayton #7 3rd, Taylor #69 4th, Raynor #1 5th, White #27 6th, and 00 going to the grocery (first time driver).  Both the 27 and the 00 were lapped by the veterans, and in turn #2, Clayton tagged the 27 car in lapping him, and the 69 ended up in the infield nose first to avoid them. Raynor went high in turn #4 and stalled allowing Taylor to get under him, and Raynor left the track with mechanical problems.  Leaving the finish: Necaise, Underwood, Taylor, Raynor, White, Bethe, Clayton (disqualified for being underweight).  The Pro Stock feature started off very smoothly, with Patrick Cotton (43) taking the early lead, with Bobby Helmer (41) second.  Brian Foy (7) took 3rd from Timmy Boutte (Mr. X), then Lavignette (11) took 4th from Boutte.  The front runners lapped so many of the back field, it was hard for all of us to keep track of who's on first?  Boutte, 71, and Helmer tango in turns 1 & 2, then again on the back straightaway on the white flag lap.  The finish: Cotton, Helmer, and Foy.  The Late Model feature started with a smash up at the flagman on the start. F4 and 3T smashed, collapsing the passenger side of F4, and the front end of 3T. 3T Left the track, 51 left with a flat tire.  On the restart #9 Degruy jumped the start, and 51 and 3T (Threeton) come back in.  Vernon Lee takes the lead, and 71 (Chris Wall) hits the wall.  F4, Falcon took first from Lee in turn #2, and Lee tried to take it back in turn #3, they tied up, leaving Falcon in the infield. F4 again takes the lead, with Degruy second, and Wall third.  Wall and Degruy battle back and forth for second, but Degruy has no room, and spins in turn #2 on the white flag lap, leaving the finish: Falcon, Wall, Threeton, 51, and Degruy.  As freezing cold as it was, the ladies still ran their Powder Puff race to finish off the evening, I'm sorry I don't have any of their names.  The 3J took an early lead, with B1 second and V4 3rd.  K1 gets around 79 for 4th.  

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