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PHENIX CITY, Ala. (March 29) - It was Deja Vu all over again as Richie "Rocketman" Stephens won the Late Model division at East Alabama Motor Speedway for the second week in a row. Anthony Meadows was fast time qualifyer to earn the pole for the feature and Rocketman was right there on the outside pole when the green dropped. The first 4 starts ended in cautions as Meadows was pushing high exiting turn 2 to bring out the yellow. They went to the single file restart and again as Meadows came out of turn one he spun on his own. When he went to the pits he discovered his left front tire was nearly flat and was the cause of his push. Nonetheless, Meadows was relegated to the rear for the restart. The order was Rocketman, Montana Dudley, Ricky Culpepper, Larry Harrod, The Phenix City Assassin Terrance Nowell, Dana Eiland, Larry Eldridge, and Matt Woodson. When the green dropped Dudley spun in turn two and collected Harrod and Woodson, who sustained structural damage. It was still lap 1 and now Rocketman had Slick Rick Culpepper on his tail in second place. Rocketman kept the pedal to the metal as he never even cracked the throttle through the corners, running on the apron he pulled away from the field. Culpepper began to fade and Nowell was there to take second place. Eiland and Harrod were going door to door when they caught up to Culpepper and now they were going three wide through the turns. The grandstands were nearly full, many newcomers showed up to see the Sprint Cars, and now they were on their feet cheering as the Late Models showed why they were the top class. The Rocketman was really pouring it on as he began lapping the back of the field on lap 10. While weaving his way around Greg Gatlin and Montana Dudley, Nowell caught up and was challenging for the lead. Nowell was also on the apron and got under Stephens forcing him off his preferred line. As Stephens passed Mickey Benton, The Master of Faster, Dana Eiland caught up to the leaders and began sparring with Nowell. This gave Rocketman a chance to get away as he continued lapping the field. Pat Wall, Mickey Benton and Dudley all got lapped by the Rocketman cruising around the speed of light. As the white flag came out he blasted by Woodson and took the checkers unabated punctuating his arrival as a serious challenger for the 2008 Late Model Championship. Terrance Nowell finished second, Dana Eiland third, Larry Harrod fourth, Ricky Culpepper fifth, Larry Eldridge sixth, Matt Woodson seventh, Pat Wall eighth, Mickey Benton ninth, and Montana Dudley rounded out the top ten in tenth.
Late Model
00 - Richie Stephens
7 - Terrance Nowell
K9 - Dana Eiland
27 - Larry Harrod
110 - Ricky Culpepper
18 - Larry Eldridge
88 - Matt Woodson
14 - Pat Wall
2 - Mickey Benton
55 - Montana Dudley
613 - Marty Beckwith
11 - Greg Gatlin
27G - Gordy Scarbrough
15 - Jimmy Evilsizer
31 - Anthony Meadows
M21 - Mark Patterson
Limited Sportsman
RC3 - Russ Ogletree
50jr - Steven Gaines, Jr
115 - Dustin Elliott
31 - Mikey Mount
5L - Thomas Lewis
2 - Randy Hester
19 - Don Whitehead
51 - Efrem Holbrook
5 - Rodgerick Dykes
75 - Brand Lewis
26 - Josh Marchman
8 - Paul Still
72 - Chad Scrimpshire
13 - Donny Knapp
Hobby
7 - Chris Arnett
294 - John Michael
44 - Jeremy Nevels
24 - Allen McConnell
29 - Randy Allen
20 - Jason Anthony
8 - Jeremy Nelson
2 - Jonathon Dozier
90 - Jerry Luke
99 - Randy Renfroe
88 - John Jacobs
Bomber
7 - Trevor Elliott
7 - Jeff Elliott
52 - Shelby Amos
38 - Chris Storey
90 - Robert Luke
00 - Richard Stephens
3 - Steven Bryant
721 Billy Duell, Jr
Pony Stock
17 - Bryan Price
20 - Adam Rodriguez
99 - Chance Renfroe
7 - Bobby Duell
Modified
0 - Rickey White
29 - Randy Register
7 - Ricky Culpepper
25W - Herbie Donath
44 - Scott Prins
M33 - Stacy Mashburn
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