Randy Weaver Copy's ShamRock with Cleveland Spring Nationals Victory

[Steve Hixson]

Randy Weaver Copy's ShamRock with Cleveland Spring Nationals Victory

Photo By: Cody Herron

Cleveland, TN (4/20/2013) --- A beautiful Saturday was in-store for racefans as the Cleveland Speedway hosted Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals Super Late Model series for a $5,000 to-WIN / 50 lap event. In a repeat finish from March’s ShamRock event, Randy THE DREAM Weaver (# 116) of Crossville, TN strew his web of victory after early race leader Skip Arp yielded to mechanical problems on lap # 17. With pole sitter Weaver in his "Stone Lawn Cleaning & Landscaping, A.F. Stone Professional Medical Services, Precision Trailer Parts & Service, The Bailey Co., Pipes by Outlaw, FuelSafe" sponsored Cornett Thunder powered, By: Weaver GRT inheriting the lead, Derek Ellis, Mike Marlar and Billy Ogle Jr. went at it for the remaining 30+ circuits tracking the leader by over 10-cars lengths at times. At the races conclusion Marlar and Ogle got by Ellis and again just like the ShamRock followed Weaver to victory.

Weaver was fast time over the 25-car fiels with a 13.546 second lap. A pair of heat races were contested and won by Indiana’s Steve Casebolt and North Carolina’s Shawn Chastain. Third in points David Payne suffered a broken rear end in his heat race, a piloted Sammie Russell's car in the feature to maintain his points stature. A four car pile-up slowed the race on lap 4, when Ryan King collected Bryan Hendricks, Jeff Franklin and Hunter Peac0ck on the front straight-away. The locked-in Top-4 from Group-A were Weaver, Marlar, Ogle and local racer Riley Hickman The Top-4 from Group-B were Arp, Ellis, Stacy Boles and Mark Vineyard.

In other racing action a pair of A-1 Towing racecars made it to victory lane… Rick Hixson (# A-1) of Soddy Daisy, TN won the LLM Steel-head feature and teammate Lamar Scoggins (# A-1) of Georgetown, TN won the Crate LM feature. Peebo Glen Seaton III (# 2) of Cleveland, TN won the A-Hobby, Dallas Brooks (# 45) of Chattanooga, TN won the B-Hobby and E.J Bailey (# 52) of Chattanooga, TN took the Pony/FWD feature. The track debuted a new Dodge Ram Pace Truck courtesy of Crown Cars of Cleveland. Full results will follow later on the tracks web-site www.clevelandspeedway.com.

Official Results of Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals Event #7 of 10
Cleveland Speedway (Cleveland, Tennessee)
Saturday, April 20, 2013
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1. (1) 116 Randy Weaver $5,000
2. (3) 5b Mike Marlar $2,500
3. (5) 4t Billy Ogle, Jr. $1,600
4. (4) 99 Derek Ellis $1,000
5. (7) r1 Riley Hickman $850
6. (8) 4 Mark Vineyard $700
7. (9) c9 Steve Casebolt $675
8. (6) 11 Stacy Boles $650
9. (11) 09 Johnny Pursley $625
10. (20) 97 Michael Chilton $600
11. (14) 360 Michael Asberry $580
12. (15) 63 Josh Collins $560
13. (17) 00 Johnny Chastain $540
14. (21) F4 David Payne $520
15. (22) 13 George Mashburn $500
16. (16) 29 Jason Welshan $480
17. (12) 30 Ryan King $470
18. (10) x15 Shawn Chastain $460
19. (2) 97 Skip Arp $450
20. (13) 12 Hunter Pea(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) $450
21. (18) j12 Jeff Franklin $450
22. (19) 5 Bryan Hendrix $450

Race Summary:
Car Count: 25
Lap Leaders: Skip Arp (1-17), Randy Weaver (18-50)
Cautions: 2 (Lap 4 Pileup on Frontstretch, Lap 21 Ryan King Slowed)
Fast Time Award: Randy Weaver 13.546
CV Products 25th Anniversary Lap 25 Leader ($50.00): Randy Weaver
Keyser Manufacturing Hard Charger Award ($75.00): Michael Chilton (20th-to-10th)
CV Products Tough Break Award ($25.00): Dusty Carver

Preliminaries:
Fast Time Group A: Randy Weaver 13.546
Top Four Qualifiers Locked In Group A: Randy Weaver, Mike Marlar, Billy Ogle, Jr., Riley Hickman

Fast Time Group B: Skip Arp 13.566
Top Four Qualifiers Locked In Group B: Skip Arp, Derek Ellis, Stacy Boles, Mark Vineyard

American Racer B-Main #1 Finish (Top Six Transfer): Steve Casebolt, Johnny Pursley, Hunter Pea(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word), Josh Collins, Johnny Chastain, Bryan Hendrix, Dusty Carver, Kevin Gill, David Payne

Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main #2 Finish (Top Six Transfer): Shawn Chastain, Ryan King, Michael Asberry, Jason Welshan, Jeff Franklin, Michael Chilton, George Mashburn, Sammie Russell

Series Provisionals: David Payne, George Mashburn

CURRENT SPRING NATIONALS POINT STANDINGS:
1 - c9 Steve Casebolt - 950
2 - 201 Billy Ogle, Jr. - 920
3 - 8 David Payne - 898
4 - 11 Stacy Boles - 864
5 - 97 Michael Chilton - 848
6 - 63 Josh Collins - 840
7 - 30 Ryan King - 806
8 - 13 George Mashburn - 798
9 - 17m Dale McDowell - 554

[JJinGA]

Wtg Dreamweaver. Ogle lookin good in the points...should be able to catch Casebolt hands down.