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LOXLEY, Ala. (March 1) - The excitement on the racetrack gave the fans who packed the house at Deep South Speedway plenty of bang for their buck during Saturday night's special evening of racing action. The revved up opener for the 2008 regular season at the high-banked red clay oval just north of I-10 and Gulf Shores provided thrills and spills with plenty of door to door competition on the track.
In the Late Model main event, Danny Joe Thomas muscled his way to the front of the field in the highly competitive Late Model division with General Motors factory engines under the hood. Thomas endured steady challenges from Ricky Haugen and Randy Little to outrun the pair of hard chargers to the finish line. The multi-grooved racing surface saw drivers darting and diving for positions in a preview of what lies ahead for the upcoming Chuck Stevens Motorsports 100 weekend on March 14-15 when the Crate Late Models battle for $10,000.00 to win. Yet in this past weekend's Saturday night special event, it was Thomas who was the class of the field, much to the delight of his huge entourage of fans who were well represented as part of the capacity crowd. Following Thomas to the trophy as the balance of the top-five finishers in the Crate Late Model division were Haugen and Little, followed by Nathan Ingersoll and Frank Wilson. The crates will battle again this coming Saturday, March 8th as part of the regular-season full racing program schedule.
The Open Wheel Modified feature event had fans on their feet from start to finish as Chris Smith and Ritchie Beasley dueled lap after lap swapping positions while speeding around the high banks of Deep South Speedway. Smith would take the win, but only after a tense side-by-side feud between he and Beasley ended with the checkered flag waving as the enthusiastic crowd of spectators were treated with plenty of close racing raising sparks on the track throughout the nights preliminary and feature events.
Crossing the stripe behind Smith and Beasley were Randy Booker in third, followed by Greg Hopkins in fourth and Darrell George coming home fifth.
The Limited Sportsman feature event provided an extra dose of excitement before the race ever took the green flag as pole-sitter Michael Rhodes used his prior win in the qualifying heat to make the decision to take the 'Double-Your Money' option to start the Limited Sportsman main event from the rear of the field. With the wager made, Rhodes lined his Thermodyne sponsored number 25 racer up at the tail of the starting grid. Nathan Ingersoll roared to the front of the field, as Sean Goodwin and Rhodes put on a spectacular display of racing moves around the lightning fast oval.
Ingersoll proved to be too strong for the bet and would go on to claim the checkered flag in the Limited Sportsman feature with Goodwin and Rhodes taking the second and third finishing positions, respectively. Rounding out the top-five would be Chuck Moore in fourth and Bret Henderson in fifth.
In addition to placing second in the Limited Sportsman feature Sean Goodwin won the Super Hobby main event with Billy Boothe finishing in the second position. It was a special night for the Boothe Racing family and the huge crowd gathered for the night of racing and entertainment at Deep South Speedway. Boothe Racing honored the Boothe Family matriarchs with a surprise 50th Wedding Anniversary celebration at the track with the entire family reunion taking place at Deep South Speedway as part of the Saturday night special racing activities. Following Goodwin and Booth in the top-five of the Super Hobby feature were Andrew Bell, Travis Boner and Phillip Goudreault in the third through fifth spots.
Chad Byrd outran Josh Howell and Shanon Hodges for the victory in the Hobby Stock main event with Jerry Nellums and Chris Seale also posting top-five runs. In the action filled Stinger division race Jamie Mozingo was the winner in a thriller with Randy Beasley and Gary Watson zooming across the finish line in second and third while Roger Kight and William
Nelson finished the event in fourth and fifth positions.
On Thursday night (March 6th), a special Open Practice session will be held at Deep South Speedway for ALL Divisions. The test and tune opportunity for competitors sees Pit Gates open at 5:00 with the Thursday night practice thru 9:00 pm. Grandstand Admission is FREE for Thursday's special practice session with competitor Pit Passes priced at $5.00 per person in Pits PLUS $10.00 per car practicing on the speedway.
A full schedule of Saturday night special racing resumes this coming Saturday March 8th with Racing slated to get underway at 7:00 pm. Pit Gates open at 4:00 pm / Grandstand Gates open at 5:00 - Adult admission is $12.00; Kids 6-12 are $5.00 and Children 5 and under are FREE in the grandstand when accompanied by adults. Complete event and track information is available online at www.deepsouthspeedway.com or by calling the Deep South Speedway office at (251) 964-6953. Event Tickets may be purchased in advance with all major credit cards accepted. The new 2008 souvenir items are available on the official web site of Deep South Speedway.
Deep South Speedway is located north of Loxley, Alabama and south of Bay Minette, Alabama on AL State Hwy 59 four miles north of Interstate 10 at Exit 44, just north of Gulf Shores, Alabama and less that 30 minutes from Mobile, Al or Pennsacola, Florida. Camping is allowed during events at the Speedway and special group ticket discounts and fund-raising opportunities are available for regional businesses, civic and charitable organizations. VIP Hospitality with catered food and beverage is also available for certain events. Call the speedway office for complete details (251) 964-6953.
In just two weeks, Deep South Speedway will host the 'Chuck Stevens Motorsports 100' offering nearly $100,000 in purse monies to racers from all over the Southeastern United States. The March 13-15 event will see the Crate Late Model competitors battling in a $10,000 to win 100 lap event and the Super Late Models gunning it out for $5,000 to win on Saturday
with each of the high-powered divisions conducting time-trial qualifying and squaring off in their preliminary qualifying heat races on Friday night.
Each of the two drama filled nights of racing will feature a full slate of action, plus the Vintage Race Cars will go door-to-door on both nights in main events. Special Family 4-Pack for the event offering FREE Thursday & Friday Family Grandstand Admission are available at Chuck Stevens Motorsports and all area Chuck Stevens Automotive locations; with vehicle test drives, oil changes and other details found at each Chuck Stevens Automotive Group retail location.. For more details contact Deep South Speedway either via phone of the track's official web site. Early Entry
Fee rates are offered for all Crate Late Model, Super Late Model and Open Wheel Modified competitors with a downloadable Entry Fee available at www.deepsouthspeedway.com The 'Chuck Stevens Motorsports 100' weekend will get underway on Thursday, March 13th with opening activities and Open Practice for race teams.
Results from Deep South Speedway
(Saturday, March 1, 2008)
Late Models (Crate Division): Winner - DANNY JOE THOMAS #27 2.Rickey Haugen # 22 3.Randy Little #L97 4.Nathan Ingersoll #10 5.Frank Wilson #72 6.Ryan Little #97 7.Kevin Meher #1 8.Sean Hickerson #23 9.Clint Holmes #18 10.Monte Skinner #00 11.Chris Coggins #17 12.Larry Cifra #11 13.Joe Hamilton #56 14.Chris Hoomes #00
Open Wheel Modified Division: Winner -CHRISTOPHER SMITH #88 2.Ritchie Beasley #54 3.Randy Booker #26 4.Greg Hopkins #25 5.Darrell George #88 6.Michael Booker #25 7.Brandon Dortch #1 8.Benny Bush #L97 9.Randall Schwetz #211 10.Buster Foley #777 11.Brian Conway #21 12.Rodney Maloy #19 13.Ronnie Jordan, Jr. #9 14.Scott Marlow #7
Super Hobby: Winner - SEAN GOODWIN #88 2.Billy Boothe #D27 3.Andrew Bell #27 4.Travis Boner #04 5.Phillip Goudreault #11 6.Joey Moxley #75 7.Lee (Reddog) Reynolds #7 8.Bradley Rhodes #25 9.Junior
Coleman #99 10.Rusty Lacoste #10 11.Greg Tuberville #20 12.Terry Ikner #84
Hobby Stock: Winner -CHAD BYRD #17 2.Josh Howell #55 3.Shannon Hodges #8 4.Jerry Nellums #12 5.Chris Seale #13 6.Alan Taylor #4 7.Chris Burger #74b 8.David Kelly #711 9.Josh Schowles #17 10.Travis
Hall #77 11.Gregg Quinley #33 12.Brandon Kelly #15 13.David Calvert #60 14.BJ Leytham #07 15.Matthew Tobias #50 17.Ronnie Vick #82
Stinger Division: Winner - JAMIE MOZINGO $48 2.Randy Beasley #7 3.Gary Watson #48 4.Roger Kight #18 5.William Nelson #10 6.Kevin Dunlap #53 7.Joey Bowden #34 8.Edward Hall #17 9.Todd Dickerson #1
10.Gordon Woodrow #6 11.Russell Relling #151 12.Zack Henning #31 13.Katelyn Skinner #25 14.Paul Dickerson #23 15.Chris Barrow #69 16.Roger Barber #97 17.David Lay #18
Limited Sportsman: Winner - NATHAN INGERSOLL #23 2.Sean Goodwin #36 3.Michael Rhodes #25 4.ChuckMoore #88 5.Bret Henderson #K7 6.Jim Click #45 7.Wayne Gunn #1 8.Brad Busby #56
Open Practice on Thursday - March 6 for ALL Divisions. Pit Gates open at 5:00 practice thru 9:00 pm. Pit Pass$5.00 / $10.00 per car practicing on the
speedway. Grandstand Amiission FREE.
Next Event:: Sat, Mar 8th Full Racing Program (Pits Open @ 4:00pm Racing @ 7:00pm Adult Grandstand Admission $12.00 / 6-12 $5.00 / Kids
5 & Under FREE in Grandstands
Coming March 14-15 Chuck Stevens Motorsports 100 at
Deep South Speedway
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