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RECORD CROWD AS “THE SALT ROCK EXPRESS” PICKS UP THE 2nd ANNUAL COAL MINERS CLASSIC WIN!!![/B]
Apple Grove, WV. 8 Aug 2011~ The ADRA Dirt Late Model Championship Series (www.adraracing.net) presented by Suddenlink (www.suddenlink.com) and the United Super Dirt Car Series (www.usdcs.com) joined forces with Lucky 7 Speedway (www.luckysevenspeedway.com) on Saturday Aug. 6th to host one of eastern KY’s crown jewel events, the 2nd Annual Coal Miner’s Classic. A record crowd attended as 24 of the region’s finest driving talent turned out despite rain in every direction of Whitesburg, KY and more record high temperatures. Drivers came from WV, OH, KY, VA, and TN to enter this $5000 to win showdown and a showdown it was as the lead was never securely commanded by any driver until the last lap of the 50 lap feature.
Josh McGuire of Grayson, KY would amazingly set fast time in the borrowed #81M Rocket from the Fout’s Racing Team after blowing an engine in his own familiar #41 Rayburn last week and would go on to win his heat. The top 17 qualifying times were separated by less than 1 second. That’s about the time it takes the average person to blink!
McGuire would lead the first few laps before a flat tire sent him hurrying to the pits for a tire change and back to the tail of the field before the green flew after his 2 courtesy laps for changing a flat in the feature. Josh would then make an impressive charge back to the front of the field as he fought through several more incidents and some extremely close calls along the way.
The “Salt Rock Express” Eddie Carrier Jr. in the #28 orange and black Grover Motorsports Rocket kept a good head of steam built up all night as he would win his heat and start 3rd in the feature. Carrier, who is a fan favorite in KY where his family is from, would run in the 2nd position most of the night and exchange lead several times with Josh McGuire and Mark Sturgill in the #4 B&D Repair sponsored Rocket chassis powered by a steel block engine! Sturgill was doing a yeoman’s job of holding off the advances of Carrier as the 2 raced door to door for nearly 30 laps until a late race spin as he drove into turn 3 just a little too hard would send him to the tail. Sturgill would hold on to salvage a respectable 9th place finish on race worn tires. “Bad Fast” Josh McGuire would make his way back to the front and he and Carrier also went door to door until lap 50 when Carrier would edge ahead and pick up the feature win and $5000!
“The longer we went green the better my tires (Hoosiers) got,” explained Carrier in victory lane. “After the cautions it took a lap to get going again but once we did I could go back to the front. This is a nice race track here and I thank Lucky 7 Speedway for putting this race on for all our coal miners. I thank the good Lord for letting me have a job I love.”
The race was not without incident as several cautions caused some delays and equipment failures from the electronic scoring company contracted to score the race would eventually lead to scoring the race manually. Jamie Trimble, who moderates the East KY Racing message board, (www.eastkyracing.proboards.com) saved the day as he stepped in to score. Jamie is revered as one of the best scorers in our region.
ADRA regular Kenneth Howell in the #21H Barry Wright chassis won the hard charger award after getting into the event on an ADRA series provisional. Kenneth started 20th and finished 6th. The Double H Racing Fabrications Middleman Award goes to “Anton the One Man Gang” Anthony Adams who started 8th and ran well early on but was involved in a couple of incidents which eventually left him in 10th place. Adams will receive a certificate worth 50% off any Double H Racing Fabrications products.
“This was a great race full of side by side action, passing, and excitement, and WOW! What a crowd!” stated ADRA Competition Coordinator Rocky Estep. “This was our first time coming to Lucky 7 ever. What a race! There was passing all through the field and not one position was uncontested for a single lap all night. I’ve seen a lot of races and I saw drivers do some things that totally amazed me. This field was full of great talent and the track was super racey! The Lord helped us overcome rain, record high temperatures, equipment failures for the company contracted to score the race, and eventually fog, to get this one in. We appreciate each and every driver and fan that came out tonight in honor of our coal miners who are so important to us. I’d like to personally thank Jamie Trimble for helping out with the scoring situation. Thank Josh Baker and his Lucky 7 Speedway team for having us for this awesome crown jewel event. We had a blast and the people at Lucky 7 are just super nice people. We felt right at home there. We also thank Tracey Burchell and the guys from USDCS that came out for job well done also. As always we thank God for a great race, a safe race, for His grace, mercy, and salvation.”
The ADRA Late Model Series is scheduled to go to Moler Raceway Park next on September 9th. Please watch the ADRA website at www.adraracing.net for updates and changes. Check out Suddenlink at www.suddenlink.com for products and services available in your area. Don’t forget to check out the Racers In Christ Ministry at www.racersinchrist.com.
Check out all our sponsors listed below. Our “We Make Dirt Fly” philosophy includes everyone, sponsors, drivers, tracks, and fans! There are no membership fees to be in the American Dirt Racing Association. Everyone who supports Dirt Racing in any way is already a member. This is what we mean when we say;
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ADRA Super Late Series
Race #3 – Lucky 7 Speedway
August 6th, 2011
Entries: 24
Qualification:
1. #81M Josh McGuire – 15.314
2. #11 Oscar McCown – 15.575
3. #18 Michael Wright – 15.712
4. #10 Raymond Nichols – 15.734
5. #4 Mark Sturgill – 15.760
6. #28 Eddie Carrier Jr – 15.767
7. #16 Paul Davis – 15.831
8. #13W David Webb – 15.923
9. #8 Anthony Adams – 15.969
10. #21 Kenneth Howell – 15.973
11. #25 Jarrod Breeding – 15.974
12. #17 Shannon Thornsberry – 15.981
13. #5 Stephen Breeding – 16.018
14. #21 Randy Fields – 16.067
15. #47 Chris Combs – 16.142
16. #10 Paul Harris – 16.154
17. #35 Dennis Barton – 16.295
18. #81 Brandon Fouts – 16.394
19. #60 Shon Flanary – 16.460
20. #711 Jack Fields – 16.519
21. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr – 16.596
22. #17 Tommy Carlton – 17.753
23. #37X Mikey Grubb – 19.352
24. #0 Freddie Brock – NT
Heat 1:
1. #81M Josh McGuire
2. #10 Raymond Nichols
3. #5 Stephen Breeding
4. #16 Paul Davis
5. #10 Paul Harris
6. #21 Kenneth Howell
7. #60 Shon Flanary
8. #17 Tommy Carlton
Heat 2:
1. #4 Mark Sturgill
2. #11 Oscar McCown
3. #13W David Webb
4. #25 Jarrod Breeding
5. #21 Randy Fields
6. #35 Dennis Barton
7. #711 Jack Fields
8. #37X Mikey Grubb
Heat 3:
1. #28 Eddie Carrier Jr
2. #8 Anthony Adams
3. #17 Shannon Thornsberry
4. #47 Chris Combs
5. #81 Brandon Fouts
6. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr
7. #18 Michael Wright
8. #0 Freddie Brock *DNS
Consi:
1. #60 Shon Flanary
2. #35 Dennis Barton
3. #711 Jack Fields
4. #17 Tommy Carlton
5. #37X Mikey Grubb
6. #21 Kenneth Howell
7. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr
8. #18 Michael Wright *DNS (accident damaged r/f suspension in heat race)
9. #0 Freddie Brock *DNS (broken rear-end)
2nd Annual Coal Miners Classic
1. #28 Eddie Carrier Jr
2. #81M Josh McGuire
3. #47 Chris Combs
4. #10 Raymond Nichols
5. #5 Stephen Breeding
6. #21 Kenneth Howell
7. #711 Jack Fields
8. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr
9. #4 Mark Sturgill
10. #8 Anthony Adams
11. #35 Dennis Barton
12. #21 Randy Fields
13. #11 Oscar McCown
14. #13W David Webb
15. #81 Brandon Fouts
16. #25 Jarrod Breeding
17. #10 Paul Harris
18. #60 Shon Flanary
19. #16 Paul Harris
20. #17 Shannon Thornsberry
21. #37X Mikey Grubb
Hard Charger:
#21 Kenneth Howell – 20th to 6th
DoubleH Racing Fabrications Middleman Award: (goes to 10th place)
#8 Anthony Adams
RECORD CROWD AS “THE SALT ROCK EXPRESS” PICKS UP THE 2nd ANNUAL COAL MINERS CLASSIC WIN!!![/B]
Apple Grove, WV. 8 Aug 2011~ The ADRA Dirt Late Model Championship Series (www.adraracing.net) presented by Suddenlink (www.suddenlink.com) and the United Super Dirt Car Series (www.usdcs.com) joined forces with Lucky 7 Speedway (www.luckysevenspeedway.com) on Saturday Aug. 6th to host one of eastern KY’s crown jewel events, the 2nd Annual Coal Miner’s Classic. A record crowd attended as 24 of the region’s finest driving talent turned out despite rain in every direction of Whitesburg, KY and more record high temperatures. Drivers came from WV, OH, KY, VA, and TN to enter this $5000 to win showdown and a showdown it was as the lead was never securely commanded by any driver until the last lap of the 50 lap feature.
Josh McGuire of Grayson, KY would amazingly set fast time in the borrowed #81M Rocket from the Fout’s Racing Team after blowing an engine in his own familiar #41 Rayburn last week and would go on to win his heat. The top 17 qualifying times were separated by less than 1 second. That’s about the time it takes the average person to blink!
McGuire would lead the first few laps before a flat tire sent him hurrying to the pits for a tire change and back to the tail of the field before the green flew after his 2 courtesy laps for changing a flat in the feature. Josh would then make an impressive charge back to the front of the field as he fought through several more incidents and some extremely close calls along the way.
The “Salt Rock Express” Eddie Carrier Jr. in the #28 orange and black Grover Motorsports Rocket kept a good head of steam built up all night as he would win his heat and start 3rd in the feature. Carrier, who is a fan favorite in KY where his family is from, would run in the 2nd position most of the night and exchange lead several times with Josh McGuire and Mark Sturgill in the #4 B&D Repair sponsored Rocket chassis powered by a steel block engine! Sturgill was doing a yeoman’s job of holding off the advances of Carrier as the 2 raced door to door for nearly 30 laps until a late race spin as he drove into turn 3 just a little too hard would send him to the tail. Sturgill would hold on to salvage a respectable 9th place finish on race worn tires. “Bad Fast” Josh McGuire would make his way back to the front and he and Carrier also went door to door until lap 50 when Carrier would edge ahead and pick up the feature win and $5000!
“The longer we went green the better my tires (Hoosiers) got,” explained Carrier in victory lane. “After the cautions it took a lap to get going again but once we did I could go back to the front. This is a nice race track here and I thank Lucky 7 Speedway for putting this race on for all our coal miners. I thank the good Lord for letting me have a job I love.”
The race was not without incident as several cautions caused some delays and equipment failures from the electronic scoring company contracted to score the race would eventually lead to scoring the race manually. Jamie Trimble, who moderates the East KY Racing message board, (www.eastkyracing.proboards.com) saved the day as he stepped in to score. Jamie is revered as one of the best scorers in our region.
ADRA regular Kenneth Howell in the #21H Barry Wright chassis won the hard charger award after getting into the event on an ADRA series provisional. Kenneth started 20th and finished 6th. The Double H Racing Fabrications Middleman Award goes to “Anton the One Man Gang” Anthony Adams who started 8th and ran well early on but was involved in a couple of incidents which eventually left him in 10th place. Adams will receive a certificate worth 50% off any Double H Racing Fabrications products.
“This was a great race full of side by side action, passing, and excitement, and WOW! What a crowd!” stated ADRA Competition Coordinator Rocky Estep. “This was our first time coming to Lucky 7 ever. What a race! There was passing all through the field and not one position was uncontested for a single lap all night. I’ve seen a lot of races and I saw drivers do some things that totally amazed me. This field was full of great talent and the track was super racey! The Lord helped us overcome rain, record high temperatures, equipment failures for the company contracted to score the race, and eventually fog, to get this one in. We appreciate each and every driver and fan that came out tonight in honor of our coal miners who are so important to us. I’d like to personally thank Jamie Trimble for helping out with the scoring situation. Thank Josh Baker and his Lucky 7 Speedway team for having us for this awesome crown jewel event. We had a blast and the people at Lucky 7 are just super nice people. We felt right at home there. We also thank Tracey Burchell and the guys from USDCS that came out for job well done also. As always we thank God for a great race, a safe race, for His grace, mercy, and salvation.”
The ADRA Late Model Series is scheduled to go to Moler Raceway Park next on September 9th. Please watch the ADRA website at www.adraracing.net for updates and changes. Check out Suddenlink at www.suddenlink.com for products and services available in your area. Don’t forget to check out the Racers In Christ Ministry at www.racersinchrist.com.
Check out all our sponsors listed below. Our “We Make Dirt Fly” philosophy includes everyone, sponsors, drivers, tracks, and fans! There are no membership fees to be in the American Dirt Racing Association. Everyone who supports Dirt Racing in any way is already a member. This is what we mean when we say;
“WE MAKE DIRT FLY!”Suddenlink, Killer Chassis, Dave Poske’s Performance Parts, Hoosier Racing Tires, American Race Tires, Pro Star Designs, Racers In Christ Ministries, Dominator Race Products, Wrisco Aluminum, GCP Engines, PBM Performance Parts, Erson Cams, GTS Graphix, Sunoco Fuel, AFCO Shocks, Double H Racing Fabrications, Swartz Chassis, Revelution Chassis, Sellmycow.com
ADRA Super Late Series
Race #3 – Lucky 7 Speedway
August 6th, 2011
Entries: 24
Qualification:
1. #81M Josh McGuire – 15.314
2. #11 Oscar McCown – 15.575
3. #18 Michael Wright – 15.712
4. #10 Raymond Nichols – 15.734
5. #4 Mark Sturgill – 15.760
6. #28 Eddie Carrier Jr – 15.767
7. #16 Paul Davis – 15.831
8. #13W David Webb – 15.923
9. #8 Anthony Adams – 15.969
10. #21 Kenneth Howell – 15.973
11. #25 Jarrod Breeding – 15.974
12. #17 Shannon Thornsberry – 15.981
13. #5 Stephen Breeding – 16.018
14. #21 Randy Fields – 16.067
15. #47 Chris Combs – 16.142
16. #10 Paul Harris – 16.154
17. #35 Dennis Barton – 16.295
18. #81 Brandon Fouts – 16.394
19. #60 Shon Flanary – 16.460
20. #711 Jack Fields – 16.519
21. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr – 16.596
22. #17 Tommy Carlton – 17.753
23. #37X Mikey Grubb – 19.352
24. #0 Freddie Brock – NT
Heat 1:
1. #81M Josh McGuire
2. #10 Raymond Nichols
3. #5 Stephen Breeding
4. #16 Paul Davis
5. #10 Paul Harris
6. #21 Kenneth Howell
7. #60 Shon Flanary
8. #17 Tommy Carlton
Heat 2:
1. #4 Mark Sturgill
2. #11 Oscar McCown
3. #13W David Webb
4. #25 Jarrod Breeding
5. #21 Randy Fields
6. #35 Dennis Barton
7. #711 Jack Fields
8. #37X Mikey Grubb
Heat 3:
1. #28 Eddie Carrier Jr
2. #8 Anthony Adams
3. #17 Shannon Thornsberry
4. #47 Chris Combs
5. #81 Brandon Fouts
6. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr
7. #18 Michael Wright
8. #0 Freddie Brock *DNS
Consi:
1. #60 Shon Flanary
2. #35 Dennis Barton
3. #711 Jack Fields
4. #17 Tommy Carlton
5. #37X Mikey Grubb
6. #21 Kenneth Howell
7. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr
8. #18 Michael Wright *DNS (accident damaged r/f suspension in heat race)
9. #0 Freddie Brock *DNS (broken rear-end)
2nd Annual Coal Miners Classic
1. #28 Eddie Carrier Jr
2. #81M Josh McGuire
3. #47 Chris Combs
4. #10 Raymond Nichols
5. #5 Stephen Breeding
6. #21 Kenneth Howell
7. #711 Jack Fields
8. #17 Bobby Carrier Jr
9. #4 Mark Sturgill
10. #8 Anthony Adams
11. #35 Dennis Barton
12. #21 Randy Fields
13. #11 Oscar McCown
14. #13W David Webb
15. #81 Brandon Fouts
16. #25 Jarrod Breeding
17. #10 Paul Harris
18. #60 Shon Flanary
19. #16 Paul Harris
20. #17 Shannon Thornsberry
21. #37X Mikey Grubb
Hard Charger:
#21 Kenneth Howell – 20th to 6th
DoubleH Racing Fabrications Middleman Award: (goes to 10th place)
#8 Anthony Adams