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August 24, 2011
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William Thomas Records Pair of Top Five Finishes

by Ben Shelton
Phenix City, Alabama (08/24/11) - William Thomas entered a pair of events over the weekend in his #22 Extreme Power Sports/Mastersbilt/Lamar Hunt Racing Engine Super Late Model and came away with a pair of top five finishes to show for his efforts.

Friday night found William in action at Green Valley Speedway (Glencoe, Alabama) for a $2,000-to-win, PRO Dirt Car Series Super Late Model event. Thirty-five cars entered the event and after qualifying second fastest in his group, Thomas earned the third starting spot for the main event. He would advance to the second spot on lap 10, when second place runner, Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, spun from contention. He would pursue Knowles for the next 24 laps until the leader slowed on lap 34. Thomas would lead the next lap before Jason Hiett raced past him for the top spot. William would chase Hiett for the next six laps before recording a second place finish at the checkered flag.

The team resumed action with the Southern All Stars Super Late Model Series on Saturday night as the tour invaded Cleveland Speedway (Cleveland, Tennessee) for the annual Jean Johnson Memorial, which posted a $5,000 winner's check. With 32 cars entered Thomas would qualify for the second starting spot for the feature alongside pole-sitter, Skip Arp, via preliminary action. In the main event, Thomas would race his way to a fourth place finish behind race winner, Chris Madden, Billy Ogle Jr., and Skip Arp. With the top five finish William continues to lead the Southern All Stars tour standings as well as the series' Rookie of the Year point's battle.

SAS Jean Johnson Memorial: 1. Chris Madden 2. Billy Ogle Jr. 3. Skip Arp 4. William Thomas 5. Johnny Chastain 6. Chris Ferguson 7. Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth 8. David Payne 9. Todd Morrow 10. Mike Marlar

SAS Point Standings: 1 22 William Thomas Phenix City, AL 772 2 201 Billy Ogle Jr Knoxville, TN 768 3 8 David Payne Murphy, NC 672 4 4T Tommy Kerr Maryville, TN 666 5 33 Brian Reese Sharpsburg, GA 628 6 48 Todd Morrow Cleveland, TN 528 7 R2 Riley Hickman Soddy Daisy, TN 480 8 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 434 9 31 Skip Arp Georgetown, TN 432 10 26 Tony Knowles Tyrone, GA 424

The upcoming weekend will see William in action in a single event as he enters the Jerry Goodwin Challenge, which will pay $2,200-to-win for Super Late Models at Talladega Short Track (Eastaboga, Alabama) on Saturday night. Earlier this month, Thomas claimed the biggest Super Late Model win of his career at the facility in the 14th Annual Michael Head Jr. Memorial.

William Thomas Motorsports would like to thank Extreme Power Sports, JW Miller Land & Timber, Gil's Auto Sales, Simpson Race Products, Hoosier Race Tires, Shorty’s Motorsports, David Smith Carburetor, Rick Hixson Fabrication, Lamar Hunt Racing Engines, Sunoco Racing Fuel – Bearden Oil, All Star Graphix, PPM Racing Products, Kinser Air Filters, Winters, PST Drive Shafts, Sweet Mfg, Outlaw Disc Brakes, Ultra-Shield, Auto Meter, Cloyes, Comp Cams, Eibach Springs, Holley, Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, KRC Steering Pumps, Lunati, PRC, T&D Machine Products, Weld Wheels, Wiseco, Wrisco Allstar Performance, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For the latest information on William Thomas, please visit www.WilliamThomas.net .