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Victory Lane Communications
LOXLEY, Ala. (July 19) - Saturday night's racing excitement at Deep South Speedway proved to be as hot as the mid-summer weather with thrilling high-speed drama and battles for the checkered flag throughout the intense racing evening. The heated racing on the track provided classic door-slamming battles with cars using the ultra wide racing surface to battle three, and sometimes four-wide around the high-banked oval just north of the Gulf Coast. Larry Cifra of Moss Point, Mississippi raced to his second late model win of the season at Deep South Speedway yet the top story of the night proved to be that of 'The Saraland Express', Allen Taylor, who derailed the competition in both the Super Hobby and Vintage Racecar division main events to speed to a pair of feature wins in a single night. Taylor's two separate trips to the winner's circle heightened a night of family celebration as father-in-law Lee 'Red Dawg' Reynolds paid a visit to victory lane taking the trophy in a hotly contested Hobby Stock feature which show-cased a full field of revved up racers. Molino, Florida's Greg Hopkins chalked up a track-leading eighth win of the season in the Open Wheel Modified division slugfest.
No sooner had the sun set and a coastal breeze began providing a refreshing cool down for the large crowd on hand, did the frenzied action on the track turn the heat up again as last-lap duels for the wins became the order of the evening at the high-banked four-tenths mile speed plant. Jamie Mozingo of Grove Hill, Alabama blistered the field with a high-side run for the win in the Stinger feature while Bret Henderson outgunned his rivals for the Limited Sportsman victory. Some of the battles for position on the track were fueled with heated tempers and finger-pointing on the track, yet fans got all of their money's worth and were headed home well before the bewitching hour even as the full moon brought out the wilder side of the talented field of competitors on the racetrack.
The GM Performance Late Model feature was a battle from the outset as Larry Cifra drove his Warrior Racecar prepared machine deep into turn one in a scramble with Ryan Little on the first lap. Cifra took the green flag alongside Little on the outside of row one and drove the Cifra Construction sponsored number 11 racer deep into turn one to take the lead. Little had posted two straight wins at Deep South Speedway prior to Cifra putting an end to the streak with his rousing Saturday night win. The top two not only had to concern themselves with lapped traffic and battling among themselves, but also had to race in front of the lightning pace of Rusty Ellis and Monte Skinner each putting up a fight for top-spots on the track. Cifra not only survived a couple of late race restarts following cautions, but was also able to stave off the final challenges from Little and return to the winner's circle. Following Cifra and Little to the stripe were Skinner in third, with Ellis finishing fourth as Randy Little rounded out the top-five.
Deep South Speedway Results, Saturday July 19, 2008
(Top Five Finishers in Each Division)
GM Performance Late Model Winner-LARRY CIFRA (Moss Point, Miss) 2.Ryan Little 3.Monte Skinner 4.Rusty Ellis 5.Randy Little
Super Hobby Winner-ALLEN TAYLOR (Saraland, Ala) 2.Bradley Rhodes 3.Greg Tuberville 4.Arthur Sawyer 5.Jerry Dickinson
Vintage Race Cars Winner-ALLEN TAYLOR (Saraland, Ala) 2.Billy Boothe 3.Jody Beech 4.Matt Byrd 5.Jay Coleman
Open Wheel Modified Winner-GREG HOPKINS (Molino, Fla) 2.Ron Tubbs 3.Randy Booker 4.Nick Poole 5.Buster Foley
Hobby Winner-LEE REYNOLDS (Saraland, Ala) 2.Joseph Adams 3.William Holder 4.Keith Presnell 5.Derrick Johnson (Robertsdale, Ala)
Stinger Winner-JAMIE MOZINGO (Grove Hill, Ala) 2. Randy Johnson 3.Roger Kight 4.Curtis Gentry 5.Ken Osborne
Limited Sportsman Winner-BRET HENDERSON (Robertsdale, Ala) 2.Michael Rhodes 3.Sean Goodwin 4.Chuck Moore 5.Rick Tipton
NEXT EVENTS:
SATURDAY JULY 25th - Full Racing Program
GM Performance Late Models, Open Wheel Modifieds.
Super Hobby, Hobby Stock, Vintage Racecars, Stinger
Divisions and Limited Sportsman
THURSDAY JULY 31st
THURSDAY NITE THUNDER Returns to Deep South Speedway Street Stock Shootout-Round 2 ($500 to win) Plus Battle of the Bombers and Hoggs (Combined event for Bombers, Hoggs & RoadHawgs - Up to 36 cars in each event with full payout throughout the starting field)
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