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Little Valley Speedway
LITTLE VALLEY, N.Y. (May 25) - Dutch Davies from Warrren, PA, hasn't had much success at Little Valley in recent years. He has run well, but something always went wrong to keep him out of Victory Lane. On Saturday, May 25th, it all came together in a big way as he dispatched a quality field of super late models before a huge Memorial weekend crowd at Little Valley Speedway. Davies blew past leader Dick Barton on the outside on a lap two restart and drove out to a sizable lead that increased to over a straightaway at times as he kept his foot in it the whole way.
Barton led at the outset from the pole but a spin involving the No. 3 of the "Slowride," David Scott, and the No. 59 of John Lobb banished them to the rear. On the restart, Davies made his move for the lead and the race for the win was essentially over, though in a thirty lap race, anything could happen.
There was no shortage of action as several drivers made inspired moves toward the front, one of those being defending champion, Bob Close, from Eldred, PA, who made a dash that carried him from twelfth to second by the ninth lap. Another driver on the move was Ron Davies, Dutch's brother, who also had an impressive run, coming from ninth to claim second on lap twenty-one before Close took it back just before the end of the race. . Barton stuck it out for a fourth place finish. Finally, David Scott soldiered up from last after his spin to claim a top five finish.
Davies commented on his performance, saying, "This was the same car we ran last night. We were terrible. We took it back to the shop, peeled it completely apart, went through everything, and my crew did a heck of a job. I can't say enough for them the way they prepared this thing tonight. It was one of those dream nights where the car goes wherever you want it to go. It doesn't happen very often. We haven't been good here, and most of the time it's been our fault. You create your own luck, and we just haven't prepared like we need to be to come here. We got our heads together and re-evaluated what we were doing. To come here and beat Ronnie, David, Todd Andrews and Bob Close really speaks volumes for this team."
Late Models: (30 laps) Dutch Davies, Bob Close, Ron Davies, Dick Barton, David Scott, Doug Ricotta, Jason Dupont, Todd Andrews, Randy Lobb, Brent Rhebergen, Jeff Hoffman, Kirk Bradley, Mickey Wright, John Lobb, Jipp Ortiz, Al Brewer, and John Haggerty. Heat winners were Dutch Davies and Andrews.
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