NeSmith Racing
09-02-2018, 03:06 AM
WOODSTOCK, GA – Michael Page of Douglasville, GA won his second straight Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series race on Saturday night at Dixie Speedway driving the T&T Trucking Stinger. Page passed early race leader Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN in lapped traffic on lap 15, and then pulled away for the $2,000 win in the 30-lap main event.
“Ronnie Johnson has been a hero of mine since I was a little boy, and when we came up on the lapped car, he made the move to the top, and I went to the inside to take the lead,” Page said. “We had a little harder tire on the right-front than Ronnie did, and the car kept getting faster when the tire came in.”
Johnson picked up his sixth straight top five finish in 2018 Chevy Super Series competition with a second-place finish in the Josh Roberts Trucking Capital. Jake Knowles of Rome, GA took the third spot in the Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Longhorn.
Chase King of Seymour, TN was the Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Race with a fourth-place finish in the Stinger Race Cars “House Car,” and Zach Pilcher of Rome, GA was fifth in the Avery Drugs/Healthmart Capital. Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL drove the Hickman Manufacturing Mastersbilt to a sixth-place finish.
Landon Bagby of Winston, GA finished seventh to earn the $50 Mudd Sauce Lucky 7th-Place Award in the Neighborhood Auto Center Rocket. Joseph Brown of Columbus, GA was the Hard Charger of the Race after starting the Lewis Auto Sales Black Diamond 20th and finishing eighth.
Oliver Gentry of Newnan, GA finished ninth in the Gentry Used Auto Parts and Recycling Longhorn, and Scott Hall of Rome, GA rounded out the top ten in the Helbing Brown Concrete Construction Rocket.
In preliminary action, Johnson out-timed the 23-car field with a lap around Dixie Speedway in 15.491 seconds to pocket $400 from Knowles Race Parts and Bodies, Buster Goss Body Shop, Helbing Brown Concrete Construction, and Tuggle’s Pool Service.
Johnson took the lead at the drop of the green flag followed by Page, King, Knowles, and Mark Page of Villa Rica, GA in the Page Racing Rocket. Johnson reached the cars on the tail of the lead lap on lap nine, and he had opened up a ten car-length advantage on Page. While Johnson weaved his way through lapped traffic, Page began to close in on the leader.
When the lead duo came up to lap Ahnna Parkhurst of Evans, GA in the F&W Transportation Bloomquist going down the backstretch on lap 15, Johnson went to the outside of Parkhurst and Page went to her inside. Page had the preferred line going into turn three and cleared Johnson to take the lead coming off the fourth turn.
Parkhurst once again found herself in the middle of the battle for the third position on lap 19 when Knowles went to her outside while battling King, who went to her inside. Knowles made the high side work, as he sailed around King to take over the third spot.
The only caution flag of the race came out on lap 20 when Mark Page stalled on the high side of turn three with a small fire under the hood of his car. The Dixie Speedway Safety Crew put out the fire and Mark Page was uninjured. Michael Page led the field for the Dixie-Style Double-File Restart with Johnson, Knowles, King, Pilcher, Bagby, Skinner, Gentry, Hall and Brown doubled up behind him in second through tenth respectively.
Johnson chose the inside and he was able to hold off a challenge for the second spot from Knowles. Page pulled away and had a ten car-length advantage on Johnson by lap 23. Page was able to take a 1.963 second margin of victory under the checkered flag.
After the Dixie win and the Friday night Chevy Super Series win at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA, Page will go for the “Hat Trick” on Sunday night at Rome Speedway in Rome, GA for a $3,000-to-win 50-lap main event, Round 7 of the 2018 Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series season.
For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT DIXIE SPEEDWAY IN WOODSTOCK, GA ON 9/1/18:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 2 18 Michael Page Douglasville, GA 30
2. 1 85 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 30
3. 5 66 Jake Knowles Rome, GA 30
4. 3 44 Chase King (R) Seymour, TN 30
5. 4 87 Zach Pilcher Rome, GA 30
6. 6 R1 Cruz Skinner (R) Oxford, AL 30
7. 9 19 Landon Bagby Winston, GA 30
8. 20 92 Joseph Brown (R) Columbus, GA 30
9. 14 03 Oliver Gentry Newnan, GA 30
10. 15 35 Scott Hall Rome, GA 30
11. 18 24 Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 29
12. 11 23 Ahnna Parkhurst Evans, GA 29
13. 12 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 29
14. 16 J28 Jacques Daniel Mokopane, S. Africa 29
15. 17 34 Chad Wallace LaGrange, GA 29
16. 19 11d Eric Dalton (R) Science Hill, KY 28
17. 7 1 Mark Page Villa Rica, GA 19
18. 10 66k Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA 13
19. 13 59 Dale Thurman (R) Cartersville, GA 5
20. 8 00 Dalton Polston (R) Lithia Springs, GA DNS
21. 21 05 T.J. Brittain Centre, AL DNS
22. 22 R1 Riley Hickman Ooltewah, TN DNS
23. 23 24 Buster Goss Rome, GA DNS
ENTRIES: 23
KNOWLES RACE PARTS/BUSTER GOSS BODY SHOP/HELBING BROWN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION/TUGGLE’S POOL SERVICE $400 FAST QUALIFIER: Johnson, 15.491 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: None
LEAD CHANGES: 1
LAP LEADERS: Johnson, 1-14; Mi. Page, 15-30
LAPS LED: Mi. Page, 16; Johnson, 14
MUDD SAUCE LUCKY 7TH-PLACE AWARD: Bagby
CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: King
HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE: Brown (started 20th and finished 8th)
CAUTIONS: 1
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.963 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 13 Minutes and 43.874 Seconds
NEXT RACE: Sunday, September 2, Rome Speedway, Rome, GA, $3,000-To-Win, 50-Laps
KNOWLES RACE PARTS/GOSS BODY SHOP/HELBING BROWN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION/TUGGLE’S POOL SERVICE QUALIFYING ($400 Fast Time - Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 85 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Capital 15.491
2 18 Michael Page Douglasville, GA Stinger 15.523
3 44 Chase King - R Seymour, TN Stinger 15.811
4 87 Zach Pilcher Rome, GA Capital 15.850
5 66 Jake Knowles Rome, GA Longhorn 15.938
6 R1 Cruz Skinner - R Oxford, AL Mastersbilt 16.070
7 1 Mark Page Villa Rica, GA Rocket 16.120
8 00 Dalton Polston - R Lithia Springs, GA Capital 16.125
9 19 Landon Bagby Winston, GA Rocket 16.222
10 66k Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA Rocket 16.252
11 23 Ahnna Parkhurst Evans, GA Bloomquist 16.282
12 10 Mathew Turner Dawsonville, GA Longhorn 16.323
13 59 Dale Thurman - R Cartersville, GA Capital 16.333
14 03 Oliver Gentry Newnan, GA Longhorn 16.364
15 35 Scott Hall Rome, GA Rocket 16.438
16 J28 Jacques Daniel Mokopane, South Africa Rocket 16.595
17 34 Chad Wallace LaGrange, GA Longhorn 16.762
18 24 Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA Capital 16.776
19 11d Eric Dalton - R Science Hill, KY Rocket 17.477
20 92 Joseph Brown - R Columbus, GA Blk. Diamond DQ-LT
21 05 T.J. Brittain Centre, AL Warrior NT
22 24 Buster Goss Rome, GA Capital NT
23 R1 Riley Hickman Ooltewah, TN Mastersbilt NT
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/1/18:
1. 85 Ronnie Johnson – 578
2. 66 Jake Knowles – 560
3. 11 Cruz Skinner (R) – 528
4. 87 Zach Pilcher – 514
4. 44 Chase King (R) – 514
6. 92 Joseph Brown (R) – 496
6. 19 Landon Bagby – 496
8. 17 Chip Brindle – 494
9. 59 Dale Thurman (R) – 458
10. 34 Chad Wallace – 452
11. 00 Dalton Polston (R) – 402
11. 03 Oliver Gentry – 402
13. 35 Scott Hall – 400
14. 24 Buster Goss – 284
15. 11d Eric Dalton (R) - 270
R – Denotes Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Year Candidate
Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. VP Racing Fuels and Lubricants is the Official Race Fuel and Lubricant of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor and Rookie of the Year Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2018 are CrateInsider.Com, Knowles Racing Parts And Bodies, Beyea Headers, and Freestyle Graphix.
“Ronnie Johnson has been a hero of mine since I was a little boy, and when we came up on the lapped car, he made the move to the top, and I went to the inside to take the lead,” Page said. “We had a little harder tire on the right-front than Ronnie did, and the car kept getting faster when the tire came in.”
Johnson picked up his sixth straight top five finish in 2018 Chevy Super Series competition with a second-place finish in the Josh Roberts Trucking Capital. Jake Knowles of Rome, GA took the third spot in the Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Longhorn.
Chase King of Seymour, TN was the Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Race with a fourth-place finish in the Stinger Race Cars “House Car,” and Zach Pilcher of Rome, GA was fifth in the Avery Drugs/Healthmart Capital. Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL drove the Hickman Manufacturing Mastersbilt to a sixth-place finish.
Landon Bagby of Winston, GA finished seventh to earn the $50 Mudd Sauce Lucky 7th-Place Award in the Neighborhood Auto Center Rocket. Joseph Brown of Columbus, GA was the Hard Charger of the Race after starting the Lewis Auto Sales Black Diamond 20th and finishing eighth.
Oliver Gentry of Newnan, GA finished ninth in the Gentry Used Auto Parts and Recycling Longhorn, and Scott Hall of Rome, GA rounded out the top ten in the Helbing Brown Concrete Construction Rocket.
In preliminary action, Johnson out-timed the 23-car field with a lap around Dixie Speedway in 15.491 seconds to pocket $400 from Knowles Race Parts and Bodies, Buster Goss Body Shop, Helbing Brown Concrete Construction, and Tuggle’s Pool Service.
Johnson took the lead at the drop of the green flag followed by Page, King, Knowles, and Mark Page of Villa Rica, GA in the Page Racing Rocket. Johnson reached the cars on the tail of the lead lap on lap nine, and he had opened up a ten car-length advantage on Page. While Johnson weaved his way through lapped traffic, Page began to close in on the leader.
When the lead duo came up to lap Ahnna Parkhurst of Evans, GA in the F&W Transportation Bloomquist going down the backstretch on lap 15, Johnson went to the outside of Parkhurst and Page went to her inside. Page had the preferred line going into turn three and cleared Johnson to take the lead coming off the fourth turn.
Parkhurst once again found herself in the middle of the battle for the third position on lap 19 when Knowles went to her outside while battling King, who went to her inside. Knowles made the high side work, as he sailed around King to take over the third spot.
The only caution flag of the race came out on lap 20 when Mark Page stalled on the high side of turn three with a small fire under the hood of his car. The Dixie Speedway Safety Crew put out the fire and Mark Page was uninjured. Michael Page led the field for the Dixie-Style Double-File Restart with Johnson, Knowles, King, Pilcher, Bagby, Skinner, Gentry, Hall and Brown doubled up behind him in second through tenth respectively.
Johnson chose the inside and he was able to hold off a challenge for the second spot from Knowles. Page pulled away and had a ten car-length advantage on Johnson by lap 23. Page was able to take a 1.963 second margin of victory under the checkered flag.
After the Dixie win and the Friday night Chevy Super Series win at Boyd’s Speedway in Ringgold, GA, Page will go for the “Hat Trick” on Sunday night at Rome Speedway in Rome, GA for a $3,000-to-win 50-lap main event, Round 7 of the 2018 Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series season.
For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT DIXIE SPEEDWAY IN WOODSTOCK, GA ON 9/1/18:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 2 18 Michael Page Douglasville, GA 30
2. 1 85 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 30
3. 5 66 Jake Knowles Rome, GA 30
4. 3 44 Chase King (R) Seymour, TN 30
5. 4 87 Zach Pilcher Rome, GA 30
6. 6 R1 Cruz Skinner (R) Oxford, AL 30
7. 9 19 Landon Bagby Winston, GA 30
8. 20 92 Joseph Brown (R) Columbus, GA 30
9. 14 03 Oliver Gentry Newnan, GA 30
10. 15 35 Scott Hall Rome, GA 30
11. 18 24 Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 29
12. 11 23 Ahnna Parkhurst Evans, GA 29
13. 12 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 29
14. 16 J28 Jacques Daniel Mokopane, S. Africa 29
15. 17 34 Chad Wallace LaGrange, GA 29
16. 19 11d Eric Dalton (R) Science Hill, KY 28
17. 7 1 Mark Page Villa Rica, GA 19
18. 10 66k Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA 13
19. 13 59 Dale Thurman (R) Cartersville, GA 5
20. 8 00 Dalton Polston (R) Lithia Springs, GA DNS
21. 21 05 T.J. Brittain Centre, AL DNS
22. 22 R1 Riley Hickman Ooltewah, TN DNS
23. 23 24 Buster Goss Rome, GA DNS
ENTRIES: 23
KNOWLES RACE PARTS/BUSTER GOSS BODY SHOP/HELBING BROWN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION/TUGGLE’S POOL SERVICE $400 FAST QUALIFIER: Johnson, 15.491 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: None
LEAD CHANGES: 1
LAP LEADERS: Johnson, 1-14; Mi. Page, 15-30
LAPS LED: Mi. Page, 16; Johnson, 14
MUDD SAUCE LUCKY 7TH-PLACE AWARD: Bagby
CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: King
HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE: Brown (started 20th and finished 8th)
CAUTIONS: 1
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.963 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE: 13 Minutes and 43.874 Seconds
NEXT RACE: Sunday, September 2, Rome Speedway, Rome, GA, $3,000-To-Win, 50-Laps
KNOWLES RACE PARTS/GOSS BODY SHOP/HELBING BROWN CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION/TUGGLE’S POOL SERVICE QUALIFYING ($400 Fast Time - Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 85 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Capital 15.491
2 18 Michael Page Douglasville, GA Stinger 15.523
3 44 Chase King - R Seymour, TN Stinger 15.811
4 87 Zach Pilcher Rome, GA Capital 15.850
5 66 Jake Knowles Rome, GA Longhorn 15.938
6 R1 Cruz Skinner - R Oxford, AL Mastersbilt 16.070
7 1 Mark Page Villa Rica, GA Rocket 16.120
8 00 Dalton Polston - R Lithia Springs, GA Capital 16.125
9 19 Landon Bagby Winston, GA Rocket 16.222
10 66k Jody Knowles Tyrone, GA Rocket 16.252
11 23 Ahnna Parkhurst Evans, GA Bloomquist 16.282
12 10 Mathew Turner Dawsonville, GA Longhorn 16.323
13 59 Dale Thurman - R Cartersville, GA Capital 16.333
14 03 Oliver Gentry Newnan, GA Longhorn 16.364
15 35 Scott Hall Rome, GA Rocket 16.438
16 J28 Jacques Daniel Mokopane, South Africa Rocket 16.595
17 34 Chad Wallace LaGrange, GA Longhorn 16.762
18 24 Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA Capital 16.776
19 11d Eric Dalton - R Science Hill, KY Rocket 17.477
20 92 Joseph Brown - R Columbus, GA Blk. Diamond DQ-LT
21 05 T.J. Brittain Centre, AL Warrior NT
22 24 Buster Goss Rome, GA Capital NT
23 R1 Riley Hickman Ooltewah, TN Mastersbilt NT
CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/1/18:
1. 85 Ronnie Johnson – 578
2. 66 Jake Knowles – 560
3. 11 Cruz Skinner (R) – 528
4. 87 Zach Pilcher – 514
4. 44 Chase King (R) – 514
6. 92 Joseph Brown (R) – 496
6. 19 Landon Bagby – 496
8. 17 Chip Brindle – 494
9. 59 Dale Thurman (R) – 458
10. 34 Chad Wallace – 452
11. 00 Dalton Polston (R) – 402
11. 03 Oliver Gentry – 402
13. 35 Scott Hall – 400
14. 24 Buster Goss – 284
15. 11d Eric Dalton (R) - 270
R – Denotes Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Year Candidate
Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. VP Racing Fuels and Lubricants is the Official Race Fuel and Lubricant of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor and Rookie of the Year Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2018 are CrateInsider.Com, Knowles Racing Parts And Bodies, Beyea Headers, and Freestyle Graphix.