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Roby Helm
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (July 3) - Blake Stewart of Centre, AL upheld his "home turf" on Thursday night at Fort Payne Motor Speedway by earning the pole position for Friday night's $5,000-to-win Red Top Auto Auction 75 Presented By South 107 for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series.
Stewart set fast time, and won the first 15-lap Dominator Race Products Heat Race on Thursday night to earn the pole position for Friday night's big show driving the Parodi & Welch GRT. Stewart set a new track record at his home track during time trials among the 40 entrants with a time around the 3/8-mile clay oval in 14.618 seconds.
Stewart is a regular competitor on Friday nights at Fort Payne Motor Speedway in NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series competition, and is currently second in the East Region point standings.
Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA won the second 15-lap Dominator Race Products Heat Race on Thursday night, and will start his Dixon Hauling and Grading Rocket from the outside of the front row for the Friday night main event.
NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point leader Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA won the third 15-lap Dominator Race Products Heat Race in the CSC Trailer Repair/Brindle Brothers Auto Parts GRT, and starts the feature race on Friday night from the inside of the second row. Chase Washington of Houlka, MS drove the Jerry Inmon Race Cars GRT to the fourth heat win and the outside second row starting spot for the big show.
The top four finishers in each of the four 15-lap Dominator Race Products Heat Races transferred into the top 16 starting positions for the Red Top Auto Auction 75 Presented By South 107 on Friday night.
Tom Maddox of Center, AL in the Cherokee Timber Barry Wright, Chris Tays of Corinth, MS in the Bud Coley Trucking/Circle H Concrete Trak-Star, and the defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series East Region Champion Jason Wilson of Margaret, AL joined Stewart in transferring out of the first heat.
Following Ingram in the second heat were Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL in the McLeod Construction TNT, Curtis Cline of Douglasville, GA in the Flood Brothers Warrior, and Kenny Hall of Geraldine, AL in the Equipment Installation Sales Warrior.
Joining Brindle out of the third heat into the main event were Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS in the Tiffin Motorhomes Mastersbilt, Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA in the Scotty's Muffler Rocket, and Brandon Overton of Appling, GA in the Dorsey Trucking GRT.
Coming out of the fourth heat along with Washington were Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA in the Hays Family Racing/Barto Enterprises Warrior, Hunter Peacock of Macon, GA in the Nasworthy Mechanical Bullitt, and National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior.
Starting positions 17 through 22 for the Red Top Auto Auctions 75 Presented By South 107 will be determined on Friday night through two 15-lap B-Main races where the top three finishers in each race will transfer to the big show. Starting positions 23 and 24 are NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Provisional spots reserved for the top 15 in points that fail to qualify for the main event through the preliminary races.
Among the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS Top 15 point drivers still on the outside looking in are fourth-place and Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year point leader Scott Knowles of Lanett, AL, seventh-place Ted Lackey of Munford, AL, ninth-place Jason Hiett of Lincoln, AL, and tenth-place Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA.
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS LAP 1 LAP 2 TIME
1 04 Blake Stewart Centre, AL GRT 14.782 14.618 14.618
2 F9 Frank Ingram Woodstock, GA Rocket 14.755 14.807 14.755
3 38c Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA GRT 15.013 14.815 14.815
4 38 Chase Washington - R Houlka, MS GRT 14.991 14.828 14.828
5 00 Jeff Smith Rocky Face, GA Warrior 14.940 14.895 14.895
6 58 Larry Boutwell Baker, FL TnT 15.333 14.909 14.909
7 1n Jordy Nipper Gray, GA Rocket 14.939 15.395 14.939
8 12 Hunter Peacock - R Macon, GA Bullet 15.402 14.948 14.948
9 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS Trak Star 15.450 14.998 14.998
10 c44 Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA Warrior 15.276 15.037 15.037
11 33c Eric Cooley - R Fulton, MS Mastersbilt 15.079 15.177 15.079
12 00s Richard Stephens - R Phenix City, AL GRT 15.131 15.085 15.085
13 12 Greg Chumley Attalla, AL GRT 15.386 15.106 15.106
14 393 D.J. Hayes Dutton, AL Stinger 16.143 15.106 15.106
15 28 Brandon Overton Appling, GA GRT 15.346 15.109 15.109
16 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA Warrior 15.118 15.113 15.113
17 11 Jason Wilson Margaret, AL Warrior 15.122 15.430 15.122
18 17 Jackson Hale Southside, AL GRT 15.309 15.140 15.140
19 44 Tim Busha Boaz, AL Rocket 15.638 15.151 15.151
20 1h Jason Hiett - R Lincoln, AL GRT 15.760 15.179 15.179
21 19 Tom Maddox Centre, AL Barry Wright 15.272 15.192 15.192
22 38 Kenny Hall Geraldine, AL Warrior 15.268 15.328 15.268
23 18 Chase Edge LaFayette, AL Mastersbilt 15.290 15.517 15.290
24 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 15.877 15.296 15.296
25 42 Kasey Hall Geraldine, AL Fast 15.535 15.301 15.301
26 4 Ted Lackey Munford, AL Warrior 15.305 16.396 15.305
27 21m Ben McCreary Baldwyn, MS Mastersbilt 15.318 15.482 15.318
28 19 Marcus Minga - R Shannon, MS Mastersbilt 16.675 15.352 15.352
29 90 Jimmy Kay Taylorsville, GA Warrior 15.587 15.382 15.382
30 25 Mitchell Browning Buchanan, GA GRT 15.886 15.431 15.431
31 21 Rusty Hoge Ooltewah, TN GRT 15.438 15.521 15.438
32 71 Gene Nasworthy Gray, GA TNT 15.680 15.486 15.486
33 33 Justin Carter Marietta, MS Mastersbilt 19.581 15.495 15.495
34 159 Chad Green Scottsboro, AL GRT 15.497 15.860 15.497
35 T1 Tyler Allen Indianapolis, IN Rayburn 16.163 15.507 15.507
36 66k Scott Knowles - R Lanett, AL GRT 15.619 16.226 15.619
37 316 Kenny Brown Fyffe, AL ORL 15.741 16.571 15.741
38 10m Jason McMahan Knoxville, TN GRT 15.852 15.850 15.850
39 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA DWB 15.961 16.126 15.961
40 21 Jarrod Greene Rome, GA GRT 15.982 16.329 15.982
DOMINATOR RACE PRODUCTS HEAT RACES (15 Laps - Top 4 Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Stewart; 2. Maddox; 3. Tays; 4. Wilson; 5. Kay; 6. Ka. Hall; 7. Smith; 8. Carter; 9. Chumley; 10. Brown.
2ND HEAT: 1. Ingram; 2. Boutwell; 3. Cline; 4. Ke. Hall; 5. Hale; 6. Browning; 7. McMahan; 8. Green; 9. Lackey; 10. Hayes.
3RD HEAT: 1. Brindle; 2. Cooley (R); 3. Nipper; 4. Overton; 5. Busha; 6. Edge; 7. Hoge; 8. Turner; 9. Allen; 10. McCreary.
4TH HEAT: 1. Washington (R); 2. Rainey; 3. Peacock (R); 4. Johnson; 5. Hiett (R); 6. Stephens (R); 7. Minga (R); 8. Nasworthy; 9. Knowles (R); 10. Greene.
1ST B-MAIN:
90 Jimmy Kay - 44 Tim Busha
42 Kasey Hall - 18 Chase Edge
00 Jeff Smith - 21 Rusty Hoge
33 Justin Carter - 10 Matthew Turner
12c Greg Chumley - T1 Tyler Allen
316 Kenny Brown - 21m Ben McCreary
2ND B-MAIN:
17 Jackson Hale - 1 Jason Hiett (R)
25 Mitchell Browning - 00s Richie Stephens (R)
10m Jason McMahan - 19 Marcus Minga (R)
159 Chad Green - 71 Gene Nasworthy
4 Ted Lackey - 66k Scott Knowles (R)
393 D.J. Hayes - 21 Jarrod Greene
R - Denotes Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Candidate
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