ADAIRSVILLE, GA – Luke Riddle of Hartselle, AL continued his winning ways in Week 18 Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series action with his eighth Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman win of the 2019 season on Saturday night at North Alabama Speedway in Tuscumbia, AL driving the Morgan Machine Special powered by a $3,595 Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine.

Riddle leads the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division standings having reached the 14th week of his 2019 season with 674 points. Riddle will now try to net on a 40 in his next race. Riddle holds a seven point lead over the defending National Champion Oakley Gillespie of Five Points, TN.

Gillespie reached the 14th week of his season with 667 points after a fourth-place run on Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown, TN. Gillespie will now try to net on a 34 in his next race. David Nichols of Hodges, AL is third in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division standings reaching his 14th week of racing with 601 points.

Nichols ran fifth on Saturday night at North Alabama Speedway and will now try to net on a 36. Seth Johnston of Santa Fe, TN is fourth with 575 points after 14 weeks of competition. Johnston finished eighth in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division feature race on Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway and will now try to net on a 38.

Ron Bailey of Meridianville, AL rounds out the Top 5 in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division standings with 574 pounds after 14 weeks of racing, and will now try to net on a 25. Bailey finished ninth on Saturday night at North Alabama Speedway.

Drivers racing in Durrence Layne Weekly Racing Series events compete for both a Track point fund and a National point fund. Drivers compete against drivers racing at Durrence Layne Racing sanctioned tracks across the country using a National points system over a 27-week season that concludes on September 29.

A driver’s best 14 weekly point totals count as their season total. Once a driver reaches 14 weeks of competition, they start trying to net points by replacing the lowest weekly total among their best 14 weekly totals with a higher one. A driver can only count their best point finish each week as their total for that week.

The top ten drivers in the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division National point standings will earn a seat at the Durrence Layne Racing Annual Awards Banquet to receive a point fund check and a trophy.

In other Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Week 18 action, Ryan Sawyers of Newberry, TN took a 40-point win on Saturday night at Camden Speedway in Camden, TN in the Sawyers Motorsports Special. Michael Blakeney took his second win of the season on Saturday night with a 40-point win at ECM Speedway in Arkadelphia, AL in the Blakeney Racing Special.

Chris Yarbrough of Eastaboga, AL drove the United Maintenance Special to his fifth win of the season on Saturday night at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL. Bradley Qualls of Pleasantville, TN took his seventh Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division win of the season on Saturday night at Thunderhill Raceway driving the Isabell Construction Special.

For complete point standings, more information and rules about the Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division, visit the series web site at www.durrencelayneracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Durrence Layne Chevrolet Modified Sportsman Division. You can follow us on Twitter @DurrenceLayneRacing.

DURRENCE LAYNE CHEVROLET MODIFIED SPORTSMAN DIVISION POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 7/27/19:

1. 28 Luke Riddle – 674
2. 1g Oakley Gillespie – 667
3. 12 David Nichols – 601
4. 246 Seth Johnston – 575
5. 12 Ron Bailey – 574
6. 11 Darren Jewell – 554
7. 10 Chuckie Gipson – 528
8. 99 Blake Cross – 494
9. 10 Tracy Terrell – 454
10. 00 Billy Wilkins - 445

DURRENCE LAYNE CHEVROLET MODIFIED SPORTSMAN DIVISION WEEK 18 RESULTS:

Saturday, July 27:

CAMDEN SPEEDWAY – CAMDEN, TN: 1. Ryan Sawyers; 2. Rex Berry; 3. Tommy Carroll; 4. Neil Thompson; 5. Derek Box; 6. Steven Cochran; 7. Clayton Groves DNS.

ECM SPEEDWAY – ARKADELPHIA, AL: 1. Michael Blakeney; 2. Kenneth Brown; 3. Billy Wilkins; 4. Greg Wilkins; 5. Wayne Vintson.

NORTH ALABAMA SPEEDWAY – TUSCUMBIA, AL: 1. Luke Riddle; 2. John Smartt; 3. Tracy Terrell; 4. Matt Dunn; 5. David Nichols; 6. Darren Jewell; 7. Alan Lacy; 8. Chuckie Gipson; 9. Ron Bailey.

TALLADEGA SHORT TRACK – EASTABOGA, AL: 1. Chris Yarbrough; 2. Steve Pate; 3. Tyler Hurst; 4. Andy Davis; 5. Ryan Wilson; 6. Joseph Champion; 7. Paul Poe; 8. Michael McCrelles; 9. Corey Pressley; 10. Blake Swann; 11. Josh Salisbury; 12. Brian Ferguson; 13. Wren Goodman.

THUNDERHILL RACEWAY – SUMMERTOWN, TN: 1. Bradley Qualls; 2. Brice Trull; 3. Blake Cross; 4. Oakley Gillespie; 5. Bobby Hickman Jr.; 6. Justin Ray; 7. Jamie Williams; 8. Seth Johnston; 9. Blaze Trull; 10. Pritchett Gannon.


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