Skyline Speedway
August 17, 2012
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Garnes grabs sixth Late Model win at Skyline

by Scott Wolfe
Stewart, OH (August 17) - In the 25-lap AMRA Tru-Tech Late Model main, Ronnie Mayle suffered a flat tire and suspension damage ending his chances for a win from the outside pole. On the restart Fast Freddie Carpenter, fast timer for the night, blasted by pole sitter and dash winner Jason Montgomery. Montgomery came back to lead lap one officially, and led the next ten circuits, building up a straight away lead. Quickly, Garnes closed the gap and blew by Montgomery on lap 12.

Montgomery's mount was spotted with a slowly leaking tire, that resulted from catching the cushion with his front bumper when moving up to pass lapped traffic. Montgomery nursed his mount several more laps before exiting. Garnes went on a long green run to lap twenty-two when he was about to lap fifth place Dan Morrison. Morrison was saved by the caution for Bob Adams, Jr. who lost a drive shaft setting a shoot-out to the finish.

Garnes was the lone gun in the scuffle and easily outdistanced Ralph Withem, Andy Bond, K-C Burdette and Morrison the remainder of the event. Larry Clark was a hard flip victim in his heat, but was uninjured. Rounding out the top ten were Chris Garnes, Ralph Withem, Andy Bond, K-C Burdette, Dan Morrison, Jason Gillian, Bob Adams, Jr., Roy Roush, Jason Montgomery, and Daniel Hill.

The hard charger of the race was shared by K-C Burdette and Jason Gillian as each picked up six spots.

AMRA Tru-Tech Late Models 19

Fast Time: Fast Freddie Carpenter 12:91

Dash: Jason Montgomery, Ronnie Mayle, Dan Morrison, Fast Freddie Carpenter

Heat One: Andy Bond, Ralph Withem, Tyler Carpenter, Jason Gillian, Ronnie Whitt, Larry Clark, Daniel Hill

Heat Two: Chris Garnes, Roy Roush, KC Burdette, Larry Bond, Tony Roush, Bob Adams, Jr., Justin Powell

Feature: Chris Garnes, Ralph Withem, Andy Bond, K-C Burdette, Dan Morrison, Jason Gillian, Bob Adams, Jr., Roy Roush, Jason Montgomery, Daniel Hill, Justin Powell, Freddie Carpenter, Ronnie Whitt,Larry Bond, Daniel Hill, Tony Roush, Ronnie Mayle, Tyler Carpenter, Larry Clark