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BOYD SPEEDWAY CABIN FEVER RESULTS
2014
(CHATTANOOGA, RINGGOLD,GA) A NEW SEASON BEGAN AT BOYD SPEEDWAY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9TH WITH THE RUNNING OF THE CABIN FEVER. BUT THIS YEAR A NEW TEAM OWNERSHIP OF THE HISTORIC RACEWAY ALSO BEGAN. NEW OWNERS DAVID DUPLISSEY AND DALE MCDOWELL TOOK OVER WHERE THE HARVEY’S HAD LEFT OFF. WITH MOTHER NATURE GIVING US A BREAK FROM THE FRIGID WEATHER WE HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN BE HAMMERED WITH, RACING GOT UNDERWAY WITH OVER 100 COMPETITORS SIGNED IN TO COMPETE FOR THIS YEARS CABIN FEVER CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT BEFORE QUALIFYING WOULD TAKE PLACE WE HAD A FEW HEATS IN THE LOWER DIVISION TO DETERMINE THEIR RESPECTED STARTING POSITIONS FOR THEIR FEATURE RACE TO TAKE PLACE. IN THE “HEAVY WEIGHT†B-HOBBY TOP THREE FINISHERS WOULD SEE BOONIE GULETT FINISH IN FRONT OF RONNIE KERR AND DAVID VICKERS. IN A-HOBBY BLUE RIDGE GEORGIA’S DEVIN STUART WOULD TAKE THE FRONT ROW STARTING POSITION BY WINNING THE FIRST HEAT FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN WALSTON AND JOSH BEAGAN. IN THE SECOND HEAT WOODSTOCK GEORGIA’S #5 KENNETH TAYLOR WOULD LEAD THE FIELD TO THE CHECKERED FLAG IN FRONT OF RANDY WALSTON AND SHANE LANGSTON. IT WAS NOW TIME TO QUALIFY THE “BIG BOY SUPER LATE MODEL DIVISION†WITH 30 CARS READY TO SEE WHO WAS THE FASTEST AROUND THE 1/3 MILE CLAY OVAL WE STARTED WITH LAP 1 QUALIFYING TWO CARS AT A TIME. WHEN THE DUST HAD SETTLED THE #33 OF TOM MADDOX HAD THE TOP SPOT WITH A QUALIFYING TIME OF 13.939. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY #61 CALEB ASHBY’S 13.975 AND RILEY HICKMAN’S 14.122. THE TOP SIX QUALIFIERS WERE LOCKED IN FOR THE AFTERNOONS FEATURE WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE FIELD WAS SENT TO THEIR TRAILERS FOR PREPERATION FOR THE THREE LAST CHANCE EVENTS. BUT NEXT UP WOULD BRING THE EVER COMPETITIVE CRATE LATE MODELS FOR THEIR QUALIFYING TWO LAPS. LONDON TENNESSE’S #23 COREY HEDGE(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) WOULD SET FAST TIME OVER #29 JASON WELSHAN BUT NEITHER WOULD KNOW WHERE THEY WOULD START UNTIL THE TOP EIGHT LOCKED IN QUALIFIERS WOULD DRAW FOR STARTING POSITIONS IN A 10 LAP FAST DASH EVENT. THE DRAW TOOK PLACE WITH EACH OF THE TOP EIGHT DRIVERS PARKED ON THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY WITH TOP QUALIFIER COREY HEDGE(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) DRAWING FIRST. WELL FIRST DIDN’T PROVE TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO DRAW AS COREY DREW A 8 PILL SENDING HIM TO THE LAST STARTING POSITION FOR THE 10 LAP EVENTS. NEXT UP WOULD SEE #29 JASON WELSHAN DRAW THE NEXT TO LAST STARTING POSITION, SO OUR TWO FASTEST QUALIFIERS WERE NOW STARTING 7TH AND 8TH. THE LUCKY BIRD TURNED OUT TO BE CHATSWORTH’S CHIP BRINDLE #38B TAKING THE POLE ALONG SIDE CLEVELAND’S JIMMY ELLIOTT.
THE FIRST OF THREE LAST CHANCE B-MAINS FOR THE SUPER LATE MODELS WOULD SEE JASON WELSHAN TAKE THE TOP SPOT OVER LAVON SPARKS AND MIKE MARLAR. IN THE SECOND RILEY HICKMAN WOULD LEAD JOHN OWENBY AND CHIP BRINDLE TO THE CHECHERED. AND IN THE LAST OF THE THREE B-MAINS SODDY DAISY’S RICK HIXSON WOULD FINISH IN FRONT OF HENRY HANGER AND KENNY COLLINS. THE 24 CAR FIELD WAS NOW SET FOR THE RUNNING OF THE 2014 CABIN FEVER SUPER LATE MODEL 40 LAPPER. THE CRATE LATE MODELS WOULD SEE CLEVELAND’S TODD MORROW FINISH IN FRONT OF ANDY PICKLESIMER AND BRAD HALL IN THE FIRST OF THEIR B-MAINS. IN THE SECOND MITCHELL STANLEY WINS OVER JASON DEAL AND LOCAL RACER DAVID TINDELL. IN THE 10 LAP FAST DASH CHIP BRINDLE WOULD LEAD WIRE-TO-WIRE OVER HARD CHARGING KENNY KIZZAR AND MICHAEL PAGE. THE LAST OF THE HEATS WOULD SEE THE FWD’S SETTLE THEIR STARTING POSITIONS WITH DUSTIN STEPHENS WINNING OVER BILLY BAILEY AND BRUCE KIMBER.
THE FIRST FEATURE OF THE SEASON WOULD SEE A RACE SHORTENED EVENT WITH THE B-HOBBY “HEAVY WEIGHTS†WITH SEVERAL OF THE COMPETITORS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AS WELL AS BODY DAMAGE FROM EARLIER HEATS ONLY THREE DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THE BELL. HIXSON TN’S BOONIE GULETT TOOK THE FIRST FEATURE EVENT FOR THE 2014 SEASON FOLLOWED BY DAVID VICKERS AND RONNIE KERR.
NEXT UP WAS THE 40 LAP SUPER LATE MODEL EVENTS FOR THE SUPER LATE MODELS. A FULL FOUR CAR WIDE PARADE LAP BEING LEAD BY THE OFFICIAL BOYD SPEEDWAY/MTN VIEW CHEVROLET PACE TRUCK, THE FANS STOOD TO THEIR FEET TO CHEER FOR THEIR FAVORITE DRIVER. AS THE FIELD TOOK THE GREEN EAC WERE TRYING THEIR SETUPS THEY HAD ESTABLISHED AS THE FIELD SPREAD OUT TOP TO BOTTOM. EARLY IN THE EVENT MIKE MARLAR SEEMED TO HAVE WHAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TO TAKE HOME THE EARLY LEAD HELD BY TOM MADDOX. AN EARLY CAUTION INVOLVING MARLAR WOULD SEE HIM RETIRE HIS MACHINE TO THE PITS. BUT AS THE FIELD BEGAN TO LAP SLOWER CARS LOCAL RACER JEFF SMITH WORKED HARD TO PASS LEADER TOM MADDOX DOWN THE BACKSTRETCH. AS THOSE TWO DICED BACK AND FORTH FOR THE LEAD A NEWCOMER TO THE PARTY WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. AS CLEVELAND TENNESSEE’S RILEY HICKMAN GOT CLOSE, HE DECIDED CLOSE WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH AS HE DECIDED FIRST WAS BETTER. RILEY WOULD GO ON TO TAKE THE 40 LAPPER ON WHAT TURN OUT TO BE A VERY EMOTIONAL VICTORY FOR RILEY. RILEY HAD JUST LOST HIS BEST FRIEND AND DAD JUST A WEEK EARLIER, MAKING THIS WIN SO MUCH MORE SPECIAL. JEFF SMITH WOULD HOLD ONTO SECOND FOLLOWED BY TOM MADDOX, RICK HIXSON AND CALEB ASHBY.
IT WAS TIME TO BRING OUT THE A-HOBBY DIVISION FOR THE 20 LAP FEATURE EVENT, WITH #20 DEVIN STUART AND #5 KENNETH TAYLOR LEADING THE FIELD TO THE GREEN TAYLOR WOULD TAKE THE EARLY LEAD WITH STUART CLOSE BEHIND. BUT AN EARLY CAUTION ON LAP 4 WOULD END THE NIGHT FOR STUART. TAYLOR WOULD PULL AWAY FROM THE FIELD AND TAKE HIS FIRST EVERY VICTORY AT BOYD SPEEDWAY FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN WALSTON, JOSH BEAGAN, GENE HULGAN JR AND JUSTIN WINTERS.
THE CRATE LATE MODEL’S WOULD FOLLOW THE MTN VIEW CHEVROLET PACE TRUCK FOR THE FIRST OF THREE PARADE LAPS BEFORE THEY WOULD SETTLE INTO THEIR SEATS WITH THE HAMMER DOWN. BRINDLE AND PAIGE WOULD PUT ON A FIERCE BATTLE FOR THE LEAD WITH KENNY KIZZAR RIGHT ON THEIR REAR BUMBER. RILEY HICKMAN DOING THE DOUBLE AFTER WINNING THE SUPER LATE MODEL WAS IN A HEATED BATTLE FOR THIRD WITH KIZZAR. BUT THE FANS NOTICED #30 SODDY DAISY’S JERRY COFFMAN DOING WHAT NO OTHER COMPETITOR HAD DONE ALL NIGHT. COFFMAN STARTED IN THE 17TH STARTING POSITION AND DECIDED HE WASN’T GOING TO FOLLOW EVERYONE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK INSTEAD HE BEGAN TO WORK THE TOP SIDE OF THE TRACK PICKING THEM OFF ONE AT A TIME. AS PAIGE CONTINUED TO LEAD COFFMAN WAS NOW INSIDE THE TOP 10. HICKMAN WOULD SETTLE INTO THIRD AFTER PASSING KIZZAR AND NOW COFFMAN WAS INSIDE THE TOP 5 IN THE 5TH POSITION. COFFMAN WOULD PRESS KIZZAR AT THE END FOR THE 4TH POSITION BUT LAPS RAN OUT BEFORE HE COULD MAKE THE PASS. PAIGE WOULD TAKE THE WIN FOLLOWED BY BRINDLE, HICKMAN, KIZZAR AND COFFMAN.
IN THE FINAL EVENT OF THE EVENING THE FWD/PONY CLASS WOULD SEE STEPHENS LEAD EVERY LAP FOLLOWED BY KIMBER, BILLY BAILEY, CHARLES DETTMAR SR. AND DAVID SINGLETON.
2014
(CHATTANOOGA, RINGGOLD,GA) A NEW SEASON BEGAN AT BOYD SPEEDWAY SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9TH WITH THE RUNNING OF THE CABIN FEVER. BUT THIS YEAR A NEW TEAM OWNERSHIP OF THE HISTORIC RACEWAY ALSO BEGAN. NEW OWNERS DAVID DUPLISSEY AND DALE MCDOWELL TOOK OVER WHERE THE HARVEY’S HAD LEFT OFF. WITH MOTHER NATURE GIVING US A BREAK FROM THE FRIGID WEATHER WE HAVE ALL OF A SUDDEN BE HAMMERED WITH, RACING GOT UNDERWAY WITH OVER 100 COMPETITORS SIGNED IN TO COMPETE FOR THIS YEARS CABIN FEVER CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT BEFORE QUALIFYING WOULD TAKE PLACE WE HAD A FEW HEATS IN THE LOWER DIVISION TO DETERMINE THEIR RESPECTED STARTING POSITIONS FOR THEIR FEATURE RACE TO TAKE PLACE. IN THE “HEAVY WEIGHT†B-HOBBY TOP THREE FINISHERS WOULD SEE BOONIE GULETT FINISH IN FRONT OF RONNIE KERR AND DAVID VICKERS. IN A-HOBBY BLUE RIDGE GEORGIA’S DEVIN STUART WOULD TAKE THE FRONT ROW STARTING POSITION BY WINNING THE FIRST HEAT FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN WALSTON AND JOSH BEAGAN. IN THE SECOND HEAT WOODSTOCK GEORGIA’S #5 KENNETH TAYLOR WOULD LEAD THE FIELD TO THE CHECKERED FLAG IN FRONT OF RANDY WALSTON AND SHANE LANGSTON. IT WAS NOW TIME TO QUALIFY THE “BIG BOY SUPER LATE MODEL DIVISION†WITH 30 CARS READY TO SEE WHO WAS THE FASTEST AROUND THE 1/3 MILE CLAY OVAL WE STARTED WITH LAP 1 QUALIFYING TWO CARS AT A TIME. WHEN THE DUST HAD SETTLED THE #33 OF TOM MADDOX HAD THE TOP SPOT WITH A QUALIFYING TIME OF 13.939. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY #61 CALEB ASHBY’S 13.975 AND RILEY HICKMAN’S 14.122. THE TOP SIX QUALIFIERS WERE LOCKED IN FOR THE AFTERNOONS FEATURE WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE FIELD WAS SENT TO THEIR TRAILERS FOR PREPERATION FOR THE THREE LAST CHANCE EVENTS. BUT NEXT UP WOULD BRING THE EVER COMPETITIVE CRATE LATE MODELS FOR THEIR QUALIFYING TWO LAPS. LONDON TENNESSE’S #23 COREY HEDGE(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) WOULD SET FAST TIME OVER #29 JASON WELSHAN BUT NEITHER WOULD KNOW WHERE THEY WOULD START UNTIL THE TOP EIGHT LOCKED IN QUALIFIERS WOULD DRAW FOR STARTING POSITIONS IN A 10 LAP FAST DASH EVENT. THE DRAW TOOK PLACE WITH EACH OF THE TOP EIGHT DRIVERS PARKED ON THE FRONT STRAIGHTAWAY WITH TOP QUALIFIER COREY HEDGE(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) DRAWING FIRST. WELL FIRST DIDN’T PROVE TO BE THE BEST PLACE TO DRAW AS COREY DREW A 8 PILL SENDING HIM TO THE LAST STARTING POSITION FOR THE 10 LAP EVENTS. NEXT UP WOULD SEE #29 JASON WELSHAN DRAW THE NEXT TO LAST STARTING POSITION, SO OUR TWO FASTEST QUALIFIERS WERE NOW STARTING 7TH AND 8TH. THE LUCKY BIRD TURNED OUT TO BE CHATSWORTH’S CHIP BRINDLE #38B TAKING THE POLE ALONG SIDE CLEVELAND’S JIMMY ELLIOTT.
THE FIRST OF THREE LAST CHANCE B-MAINS FOR THE SUPER LATE MODELS WOULD SEE JASON WELSHAN TAKE THE TOP SPOT OVER LAVON SPARKS AND MIKE MARLAR. IN THE SECOND RILEY HICKMAN WOULD LEAD JOHN OWENBY AND CHIP BRINDLE TO THE CHECHERED. AND IN THE LAST OF THE THREE B-MAINS SODDY DAISY’S RICK HIXSON WOULD FINISH IN FRONT OF HENRY HANGER AND KENNY COLLINS. THE 24 CAR FIELD WAS NOW SET FOR THE RUNNING OF THE 2014 CABIN FEVER SUPER LATE MODEL 40 LAPPER. THE CRATE LATE MODELS WOULD SEE CLEVELAND’S TODD MORROW FINISH IN FRONT OF ANDY PICKLESIMER AND BRAD HALL IN THE FIRST OF THEIR B-MAINS. IN THE SECOND MITCHELL STANLEY WINS OVER JASON DEAL AND LOCAL RACER DAVID TINDELL. IN THE 10 LAP FAST DASH CHIP BRINDLE WOULD LEAD WIRE-TO-WIRE OVER HARD CHARGING KENNY KIZZAR AND MICHAEL PAGE. THE LAST OF THE HEATS WOULD SEE THE FWD’S SETTLE THEIR STARTING POSITIONS WITH DUSTIN STEPHENS WINNING OVER BILLY BAILEY AND BRUCE KIMBER.
THE FIRST FEATURE OF THE SEASON WOULD SEE A RACE SHORTENED EVENT WITH THE B-HOBBY “HEAVY WEIGHTS†WITH SEVERAL OF THE COMPETITORS HAVING ENGINE PROBLEMS AS WELL AS BODY DAMAGE FROM EARLIER HEATS ONLY THREE DRIVERS WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THE BELL. HIXSON TN’S BOONIE GULETT TOOK THE FIRST FEATURE EVENT FOR THE 2014 SEASON FOLLOWED BY DAVID VICKERS AND RONNIE KERR.
NEXT UP WAS THE 40 LAP SUPER LATE MODEL EVENTS FOR THE SUPER LATE MODELS. A FULL FOUR CAR WIDE PARADE LAP BEING LEAD BY THE OFFICIAL BOYD SPEEDWAY/MTN VIEW CHEVROLET PACE TRUCK, THE FANS STOOD TO THEIR FEET TO CHEER FOR THEIR FAVORITE DRIVER. AS THE FIELD TOOK THE GREEN EAC WERE TRYING THEIR SETUPS THEY HAD ESTABLISHED AS THE FIELD SPREAD OUT TOP TO BOTTOM. EARLY IN THE EVENT MIKE MARLAR SEEMED TO HAVE WHAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TO TAKE HOME THE EARLY LEAD HELD BY TOM MADDOX. AN EARLY CAUTION INVOLVING MARLAR WOULD SEE HIM RETIRE HIS MACHINE TO THE PITS. BUT AS THE FIELD BEGAN TO LAP SLOWER CARS LOCAL RACER JEFF SMITH WORKED HARD TO PASS LEADER TOM MADDOX DOWN THE BACKSTRETCH. AS THOSE TWO DICED BACK AND FORTH FOR THE LEAD A NEWCOMER TO THE PARTY WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. AS CLEVELAND TENNESSEE’S RILEY HICKMAN GOT CLOSE, HE DECIDED CLOSE WASN’T GOOD ENOUGH AS HE DECIDED FIRST WAS BETTER. RILEY WOULD GO ON TO TAKE THE 40 LAPPER ON WHAT TURN OUT TO BE A VERY EMOTIONAL VICTORY FOR RILEY. RILEY HAD JUST LOST HIS BEST FRIEND AND DAD JUST A WEEK EARLIER, MAKING THIS WIN SO MUCH MORE SPECIAL. JEFF SMITH WOULD HOLD ONTO SECOND FOLLOWED BY TOM MADDOX, RICK HIXSON AND CALEB ASHBY.
IT WAS TIME TO BRING OUT THE A-HOBBY DIVISION FOR THE 20 LAP FEATURE EVENT, WITH #20 DEVIN STUART AND #5 KENNETH TAYLOR LEADING THE FIELD TO THE GREEN TAYLOR WOULD TAKE THE EARLY LEAD WITH STUART CLOSE BEHIND. BUT AN EARLY CAUTION ON LAP 4 WOULD END THE NIGHT FOR STUART. TAYLOR WOULD PULL AWAY FROM THE FIELD AND TAKE HIS FIRST EVERY VICTORY AT BOYD SPEEDWAY FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN WALSTON, JOSH BEAGAN, GENE HULGAN JR AND JUSTIN WINTERS.
THE CRATE LATE MODEL’S WOULD FOLLOW THE MTN VIEW CHEVROLET PACE TRUCK FOR THE FIRST OF THREE PARADE LAPS BEFORE THEY WOULD SETTLE INTO THEIR SEATS WITH THE HAMMER DOWN. BRINDLE AND PAIGE WOULD PUT ON A FIERCE BATTLE FOR THE LEAD WITH KENNY KIZZAR RIGHT ON THEIR REAR BUMBER. RILEY HICKMAN DOING THE DOUBLE AFTER WINNING THE SUPER LATE MODEL WAS IN A HEATED BATTLE FOR THIRD WITH KIZZAR. BUT THE FANS NOTICED #30 SODDY DAISY’S JERRY COFFMAN DOING WHAT NO OTHER COMPETITOR HAD DONE ALL NIGHT. COFFMAN STARTED IN THE 17TH STARTING POSITION AND DECIDED HE WASN’T GOING TO FOLLOW EVERYONE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE TRACK INSTEAD HE BEGAN TO WORK THE TOP SIDE OF THE TRACK PICKING THEM OFF ONE AT A TIME. AS PAIGE CONTINUED TO LEAD COFFMAN WAS NOW INSIDE THE TOP 10. HICKMAN WOULD SETTLE INTO THIRD AFTER PASSING KIZZAR AND NOW COFFMAN WAS INSIDE THE TOP 5 IN THE 5TH POSITION. COFFMAN WOULD PRESS KIZZAR AT THE END FOR THE 4TH POSITION BUT LAPS RAN OUT BEFORE HE COULD MAKE THE PASS. PAIGE WOULD TAKE THE WIN FOLLOWED BY BRINDLE, HICKMAN, KIZZAR AND COFFMAN.
IN THE FINAL EVENT OF THE EVENING THE FWD/PONY CLASS WOULD SEE STEPHENS LEAD EVERY LAP FOLLOWED BY KIMBER, BILLY BAILEY, CHARLES DETTMAR SR. AND DAVID SINGLETON.
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