Lake Cumberland Speedway
1 Racetrack Road
Burnside, Kentucky 42519

Official Media Release #38 (For Immediate Release)- June 15, 2012
Contact- Michael Despain (mgdespain@windstream.net or via Twitter @MichaelDespain)

English, Neat, Ridley, and Stapleton Lead Heats to Green in 22nd Annual MAC Metals Lake Cumberland Classic

Burnside, KY-June 15, 2012- The opening evening of the 22nd Annual MAC Metal Sales Lake Cumberland Classic at Lake Cumberland Speedway would see time trials for all divisions and heat races for the Modified, Super Dirt Stock/Sportsman, and Front Wheel Drive divisions.

In Super Late Model action, 27 drivers signed in and Terry English of Benton, KY and Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, GA were the top qualifiers in A-B Group Time Trials, with English timing in at 13.422 seconds and Ridley at 13.485 seconds, with English being the overall top qualifier and earning an extral $100 from John Mulligan and Sidney Sprague. English, Brad Neat of Dunnville, KY, Ridley and Chad Stapleton of Edinburgh, IN will be the polesitters for the four heat races tomorrow evening. Ridley was the winner of the $1,000 Dash for Cash for the top three qualifiers from each time trial group.

Ten Modifieds would be signed in for action and Ben Petrey of Corbin, KY would be the top qualifier at 15.049 seconds. Two heats would be contested, with those being won by Joe Godsey of Edinburgh, IN and Tommy Gregory of Monticello, KY.

Eight Super Dirt Stocks/Sportsman were in action and Keith Decker of Somerset, KY would be the top qualifier at 15.491 seconds and would also win the heat.

Ten Front Wheel Drives would see Gray, KY native Adam Gregory be the top qualifier at 17.436 seconds, while the two heat race victories would fall to Gregory and Jayson Henderson of Somerset, KY.

Action continues tomorrow evening with heats, B-Mains, and the 75 lap, $10,000 to win MAC Metal Sales Lake Cumberland Classic for Super Late Models, along with feature events for Modifieds, Super Dirt Stocks/Sportsman, and Front Wheel Drives.

SUMMARY-Lake Cumberland Speedway-Burnside, Kentucky-June 15, 2012

Super Late Models (27 entries)
Top Qualifiers- Terry English 13.422 (Group A and Overall), Aaron Ridley 13.485 (Group B)
Dash for Cash- Aaron Ridley, Terry English, Johnny Wheeler, Brad Neat, Michael Chilton, Chad Stapleton
HEAT RACE LINE-UPS
1st Heat
96 Terry English-97 Michael Chilton
11 Tommy Bailey-6 Justin Rattliff
61 Caleb Ashby-360 Michael Asberry
21 Shelby Johnson

2nd Heat
41 Brad Neat-47 Chris Combs
257 Skylar Marlar-18 Tim Tungate
15 Mike Strunk-35 Dennis Barton

3rd Heat
81 Aaron Ridley-31x Johnny Wheeler
25 Dustin Neat-16 Joey Daniel
B5 Jason Barrett-17c Tommy Carlton
55 Tim Taylor

4th Heat
32 Chad Stapleton-4 Victor Lee
5B Mike Marlar-81 Scott James
35 Todd Coffman-R14 Randy Ridner

Modifieds (10 entries)
Top Qualifier- Ben Petrey 15.049
1st Heat- Joe Godsey, Cameron Marlar, Ben Petrey, Joe Patrick, Jared Reams
2nd Heat- Tommy Gregory, Tommy Bailey, Jerry Pyles, Chris Johnson, Tony Lambert
FEATURE LINE-UP
X9 Joe Godsey-44 Tommy Gregory
357 Cameron Marlar-19 Tommy Bailey
43 Ben Petrey-99 Jerry Pyles
69 Tim Patrick-44 Chris Johnson
12 Jared Reams-8 Tony Lambert

Super Dirt Stocks/Sportsman (8 entries)
Top Qualifier- Keith Decker 15.491
Heat- Keith Decker, Tim McMullin, Scott Hutchinson, Anthony Wiseman, Johnny King, Richard Price, Goble Bertram (DNS- Sarah Patrick)
FEATURE LINE-UP
2 Keith Decker-M17 Tim McMullin
93 Scott Hutchinson-70 Anthony Wiseman
R13 Johnny King-W113 Richard Price
20 Goble Bertram-13P Sarah Patrick

Front Wheel Drives (10 entries)
Top Qualifier- Adam Gregory 17.436
1st Heat- Adam Gregory, Rusty Light, Charles Burton, Eddie Strunk, Brandon Holt
2nd Heat- Jayson Henderson, Jeremy Strunk, Virgil Gregory, Brandon Davis (DNS- Scott Tomlinson)
FEATURE LINE-UP
22 Adam Gregory-1H Jayson Henderson
2 Rusty Light-15 Jeremy Strunk
1B Charles Burton-221 Virgil Gregory
33 Eddie Strunk-15x Brandon Davis
2 Brandon Holt-4 Scott Tomlinson