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Roby Helm
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (August 16) - Robert Stutts of Murfreesboro, TN swept the Super Late Model show on Saturday night at Fort Payne Motor Speedway. Stutts drove his Robert Parks Realty Rocket to fast time honors and then outran Robert Gant of Flat Rock, AL in the 25 lap feature race for the victory.
"I really like this race track because the fans are great and I enjoy coming here," Stutts said. "The track is real racy and there is a lot of room to pass, especially in lapped traffic. I look forward to coming back again."
Stutts needed all of the room he could get, as heavy lapped traffic enabled Gant to close on Stutts in the closing laps, but Stutts was able to hang on, and Gant had to settle for second spot. Kyle May of Fort Payne, AL took the third spot, and Chris Beck of Cedar Bluff, AL came back from an early race spin to finish fourth.
Chad Stone of Section, AL was fifth, and Jason Williams of Scottsboro, AL finished sixth. Dee Vaught of Langston, AL took the seventh spot, Bobby Pruitt of Gadsden, AL was eighth, Bryan Grider of Bridgeport, AL finished ninth, and Will Vaught of Langston, AL rounded out the top ten.
Stutts took the lead from the pole position at the start of the race followed by Gant, May, Beck, and Stone. The leader set a fast pace, as he was lapping cars by the sixth lap. The first of two caution flags came out on lap 6 when Beck spun in turn two. Stutts had lapped all of the way up to the eighth place car, so Beck restarted in the seventh spot.
Marty May spun on the restart in turn four to bring out the yellow flag, and Stutts took off on the next restart, pulling out to a half-straightaway lead by the 12th lap. Stutts was mired in heavy lapped traffic for the second half of the race, which enable Gant to cut the gap down to eight car-lengths by lap 22. That's as close as Gant could get, as Stutts rolled to the checkered flag.
Stutts out-timed the 16-car field in qualifications with a lap around the 3/8-mile clay oval in 14.733 seconds. With fast time, and leading every lap to the win, Stutts recorded a clean sweep for the evening.
Blake Stewart of Centre, AL also pulled off a clean sweep in the NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Late Model Division. Stewart won the 20-lap feature race and the first heat race in the Parodi and Welch, Inc./Cash Store Warrior, leading every lap he turned during the evening. Jarrod Greene of Rome, GA was second, followed by second heat winner Jimmy Kay of Taylorsville, GA.
Johnny Bell of Hammondville, AL drove his Pro-Formance Specialties machine to victory in the 15-lap A-Hobby Stock feature race, and Davey Arnold of Fort Payne, AL took his second straight B-Hobby Stock 15-lap feature race win in the Marty May Racing entry. Robert Knight of Fort Payne, AL was the winner in the 12-lap Pony Stock feature race.
Fort Payne Motor Speedway will return to action on Saturday night, August 23 with the Super Late Models, NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Late Models featuring double points, A- Hobby Stocks, B-Hobby Stocks, and Pony Stocks in action on the 3/8-mile clay oval. Gates open at 5 p.m., with racing scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
Ticket prices are $10 for Adult General Admission and Children 12 and under are admitted Free. Fort Payne Motor Speedway is located just west of Rainsville, AL off State Road 75 on County Road 72. For more information call 256-623-7223, or visit the track web site at www.fortpaynemotorspeedway.com.
OFFICIAL RESULTS AT FORT PAYNE MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN FORT PAYNE, AL ON 8/16/08:
SUPER LATE MODELS:
FEATURE RACE (25 Laps):
1. 302 Robert Stutts
2. 22 Robert Gant
3. 11 Kyle May
4. 2c Chris Beck
5. 21 Chad Stone
6. 15 Jason Williams
7. 118 Dee Vaught
8. B6 Bobby Pruitt
9. 39 Bryan Grider
10. 74 Will Vaught
11. 393 Darrell Hayes
12. 22j Daniel Johnson
13. 45 Marty May
14. 11 Travis McDowell
15. 12 Marlon Astin
16. 0 Teddy Snow
TUBBY'S PIT STOP QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER LAP 1 LAP 2 TIME
1 302 Robert Stutts 14.733 14.881 14.733
2 22 Robert Gant 15.291 15.219 15.219
3 11 Kyle May 15.551 15.417 15.417
4 2c Chris Beck 15.454 18.238 15.454
5 21 Chad Stone 15.781 15.645 15.645
6 B6 Bobby Pruitt 16.021 15.75 15.75
7 15 Jason Williams 15.917 16.002 15.917
8 118 Dee Vaught 16.002 16.189 16.002
9 0c Teddy Snow 16.029 16.148 16.029
10 74 William Vaught 16.114 16.134 16.114
11 39 Bryan Grider 16.138 16.362 16.138
12 393 Darrell Hayes 16.804 17.165 16.804
13 45 Marty May 16.822 17.102 16.822
14 22j Daniel Johnson 17.15 16.905 16.905
15 12 Marlon Astin 17.674 17.214 17.214
16 11 Travis McDowell 18.129 19.203 18.129
NeSMITH CHEVROLET WEEKLY RACING SERIES LATE MODELS:
FEATURE RACE (20 Laps):
1. 04 Blake Stewart
2. 21g Jarrod Greene
3. 90 Jimmy Kay
4. 316 Kenny Brown
5. 21 Shane Dutton
6. 159 Chad Green
7. 000 Samuel Brown
8. 27 Lucas Burns
9. 2b Ron Bozarth DNS
10. 18 Michael Jones DNS
11. 19b Gathan Burns DNS
12. 19 Tom Maddox DNS
13. 42 Kasey Hall DNS
14. 44c Curtis Cline DNS
15. 87 Chris Fennell DNS
HEAT RACES (8 Laps):
1ST HEAT: 1. Stewart; 2. Greene; 3. K. Brown; 4. Burns.
2ND HEAT: 1. Kay; 2. Green; 3. S. Brown; 4. Dutton.
A HOBBY STOCKS (15 Laps):
1. 5 Johnny Bell
2. 38 Matthew Coffman
3. 27 Greg Thompson
4. 24 Crawford Watkins
5. 29 Laura Hooper
B HOBBY STOCKS (15 Laps):
1. 56 Davey Arnold
2. 1 Jess Washington
3. 33 Nathaniel Smith
4. 00 Harold Lang
5. 23 Scott Wright
6. 98 Matt Jensen
7. 64 Jeff Walker
PONY STOCKS (12 Laps):
1. 272 Robert Knight
2. 11 Jimmy Plumlee
3. 55 Jeff Phillips
4. 15 Brandon Wilbanks
5. 777 Brannon Knight
6. 90 Corey Hale
7. 44 Marty Gass
8. 27 Cayless Daniels
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