Virginia Motor Speedway
July 25, 2015
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Davis Lipscombe Scores Career First Aaron’s Pro Late Model Victory at Virginia Motor SpeedwayJustin Williams, Matt Quade, Brett Adkins and James Givens also Pick Up Victories
by Dave Seay
JAMAICA, VA (July 25) – Beautiful skies and weather greeted the fans and competitors for Northern Neck Chevrolet | MetroCast Business Services Night at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway. After three rain outs the competitors were anxious to get back to racing and offered up some of the best racing of the season for the fans. In the Aaron’s Pro Late Model division Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA started on the pole and looked to be cruising to a comforatbale win when caution came back out to close the filed back up on his bumper. From there Lipscombe fended off several challenges over the final five laps to score his career first Aaron’s Pro Late Model victory.
“I can’t tell you how good this feels; we have been working so hard in this Pro Late Model division to get a win but the competition is so tough here at Virginia Motor Speedway,” commented a very excited Lipscombe in victory lane.
Lipscombe and Brett Adkins led the field to green with Lipscombe taking the top spot out of two. Once out front Lipscombe worked to a full straight lead while Adkins and Tyler Bare put on a side by side show for fifteen laps. Caution would come out on lap 21 closing everyone on the leader’s bumper for a restart with four to go. Lipscombe would pull away with Mark Parks passing both Adkins and Bare for second. Once in second Parks reeled n the leader and looked to be in position to make the pass for the lead when caution came out with two to go. On the final restart Lipscombe was able to hold off Parks and go on to score the victory. Parks, Bare, Paul McGinley and Adkins rounded out the top five.
In other action Justin Williams of Concord, VA spun on lap nine of the Victory Lap Late Model feature went to the rear then worked his way to the front taking the lead on lap 21, muscling Joe Ender from the top spot to then cruise to his second win of the season.
In the Budweiser Modifieds Matt Quade of Mechanicsville, MD battled with his uncle Mike Reynolds of Clements, MD for nine laps nearly side by side the whole time to get past on lap 19 and go on to score his fourth win of the season.
In the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 20 lap feature Brett Adkins of Gloucester. VA battled with Jeremiah Marshall of Stuarts Draft, VA going to the outside of turn 2 to take the lead and the eventual win.
And in the Collision One Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature James Givens of Henrico, VA raced from his thirteenth starting position to take his third victory in a row.
The speedway will take next Saturday August 1st off and return to racing this coming Saturday August 8th to host Hockey Fights Hunger | Xtra 99.1 Night and week eleven of the 2015 VMS Dirt Series season featuring the Victory Lap Late Model, Aaron’s Pro Late Model, Budweiser Modified, Truckin Thunder Sportsman and Collision One Limited Stock Car divisions in action.
Officials and team members of the Richmond Generals Hockey team and Jeremy’s Game will be on hand to help collect canned goods for FeedMore. Fans can receive a free general admission ticket for every two (2) non-perishable items donated. For a list of items needed you can visit the track’s website or visit
www.feedmore.org/foodbank.
FeedMore is Central Virginia's hunger-relief leader made up of the Central Virginia Food Bank, Meals on Wheels Serving Central Virginia and the Community Kitchen. Working together to efficiently and effectively fight hunger to enhance lives in our community; FeedMore's programs provide hunger relief to our region’s most vulnerable populations, particularly children, families and seniors.
Competitor gates for Saturday August 8th will open at 4pm with spectator gates opening at 5pm. On track activities will begin at 6:30pm with hot laps and features are schedule for 8pm.
Admission price for adults $12, seniors (60+) $10; military (active/retired w/ proper I.D.) $8, students 11 – 17 years old $6 and children 10 and under admitted free. Pit passes will be $20. Bring two (2) non-perishable items and get a general admission ticket. There are no limits on the number of tickets but must donate two items per ticket.
Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area.
Race fans can go to
www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2014 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information.
RACE RESULTS FOR NORTHERN NECK CHEVROLET | METROCAST BUSINESS SERVICES NIGHT, SATURDAY JULY 25, 2015:
Victory Lap Late Models (30 laps):
A-Main 1: 1. 2-Justin Williams[4] ; 2. 08-Stephen Childress[5] ; 3. 5-Joe Ender[2] ; 4. 45-David Williams[3] ; 5. 3-Billy Hubbard[1] ; 6. K1-Anthony Kincaid[7] ; 7. 22-David Steele[8] ; 8. 5J-Darrell Dow[9] ; 9. 43-Buck Roadcap[6] ; 10. B1-Billy Tucker[10] ; 11. 43B-Alex Butler[11]
Fast Qualifier: Justin Williams – 18.381 seconds
Aaron’s Pro Late Models (25 Laps):
A-Main : 1. 71-Davis Lipscombe[1] ; 2. 1-Mark Parks[7] ; 3. 30-Tyler Bare[6] ; 4. 25-Paul McGinley[4] ; 5. 16-Brett Adkins[2] ; 6. 7-Corey Almond[9] ; 7. 2*-Jared Powell[5] ; 8. 09-Brad Rigdon[15] ; 9. 55-Jimmy Duncan[8] ; 10. 12A-Ryan Adams[11] ; 11. 12-Ricky Wells[3] ; 12. 00*-Craig Guido[17] ; 13. 28-Carl Vaughan[13] ; 14. 19s-Scott Tessman[14] ; 15. 72-Larry Bradsher Jr.[16] ; 16. 01-Matt Glanden[12] ; 17. 30B-Booper Bare[10] ; 18. 15-Darrell Adkins[18]
Fast Qualifier: Tyler Bare – 19.190 seconds
Truckin Thunder Sportsman (20 laps):
A-Main: 1. 16-Brett Adkins[1] ; 2. 8-Roger Jamerson[3] ; 3. 10-Matt Ashworth[4] ; 4. 01-Tommy Upshaw[8] ; 5. 15-James Snead[7] ; 6. 1-Chad Beahr[13] ; 7. 12-Russell Steele[12] ; 8. 11-Timmy Brann[5] ; 9. 00-James Bunn[9] ; 10. 6M-Jeremiah Marshall[2] ; 11. 43J-Joe Weiss[6] ; 12. 40-John Bordeaux[11] ; 13. 7-Kevin Beahr[10]
Fast Qualifier: Matt Ashworth – 21.536 seconds
Budweiser Modifieds (25 laps):
A-Main: 1. 47-Matt Quade[5] ; 2. 21-Mike Reynolds[2] ; 3. 51-Joey Polevoy[1] ; 4. 41-Bret Hamilton[7] ; 5. 40-Brent Bordeaux[3] ; 6. 57-Page Harrison[12] ; 7. 01-Francis Jarrelle III[6] ; 8. 33-Hunter McClendon[8] ; 9. 7+7-Jeff Solinger[9] ; 10. 44-Steve Bryant[13] ; 11. 10x-Larry Black[14] ; 12. 16-David Kendall[17] ; 13. 18J-Jeremy Biggers[16] ; 14. 55-Brian Maxey[4] ; 15. 99-Charlie Hubbard[10] ; 16. 68-Adam Hoegerl[18] ; 17. 75-Kelly Samuels[15] ; 18. 3-William Mongold[11] ; 19. 36-Michael Conley[19]
Fast Qualifier: Brian Maxey – 20.515 seconds
Collision One Limited Stock Cars (20 laps):
A-Main : 1. 2-James Givens[13] ; 2. 14-Ryan Hutchens[4] ; 3. 40-Brian Bradley[3] ; 4. 25-Marty Coltrain[5] ; 5. 08-Chad Champion[1] ; 6. 23-David Bowler[6] ; 7. 32M-Chris Champion[2] ; 8. 41-Cory Bradley[9] ; 9. 14B-Brandon Bowler[15] ; 10. 18-John Hankins Jr.[17] ; 11. 5-Chris Maxey[7] ; 12. 35-Lucas Ward[8] ; 13. 09-Jacob Buie[10] ; 14. 39-Cole Johnston[12] ; 15. 26-Stephanie Stallings[16] ; 16. 50-Blair Sibley[11] ; 17. 00-William Hardman Jr.[14]
Fast Qualifier: Ryan Hutchens – 23.698 seconds