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Winchester Speedway
WINCHESTER, Va. (July 18) - The Winchester Speedway returned to action Saturday night with four features, headlined by the makeup Nininger Memorial 40 lapper and the regularly scheduled 35 lap Paul Johnson Memorial, both sanctioned by the Three State Flyers season. Booper Bare and Tommy Armel would earn big wins in these events. The Pure Stock event went to Mike Bennett with Scott McCartney collecting the 4-Cylinder main event.
The Nininger Memorial headed off the Three State Flyers double hitting the track following the warmup sessions. Andy Anderson who had earned the pole jumped out into the early lead over outside polesitter Booper Bare. The caution quickly flew when Greg Fetters slammed hard into the turn one wall bringing out the caution before the first lap was complete. Andy Anderson resumed the lead but when the caution came out with seven laps down it allowed Booper Bare to close back in. At the green flag Booper Bare moved to the outside of the track and as the field completed its eighth lap it was Booper Bare in the lead of the event over Andy Anderson. Bo Feathers was in third with Gerald Davis trailing in fourth. Gerald Davis moved into the third spot as the race moved past its halfway point. Feathers would also lose fourth position to DJ Myers at the halfway point. Booper Bare survived two cautions including the final one that came out with seven to go and was able to pull away from Anderson at every opportunity. When the checkered flag flew it was Booper Bare of Rockbridge Baths, VA taking the win. His first at Winchester since the Paul Johnson Memorial last year. Andy Anderson secured the second spot with Gerald Davis, DJ Myers, and Bo Feathers rounding out the top five.
The Paul Johnson Memorial was the evenings night cap with Winchester residents Tommy Armel and Bo Feathers starting from the front row, and with the top five starters all hailing from the local area it looked to be a good night for the locals. Bo Feathers took the advantage on the first lap as the 25 car field came to life at the green flag. But Tommy Armel, Winchester Late Model points leader, quickly moved past the Feathers machine and assumed the lead by the second lap. As the first half ran, it was Tommy Armel opening a huge advantage on the field and looking like the dominant car on the night. The first caution finally flew on lap eighteen when contact between Allen Brannon and Andy Anderson led to troubles for Kris Eaton who spun and was collected hard in turn four by Gerald Davis. During the caution period Tommy Armel was attended to by track officials who removed some lose sheetmetal on the right front of the lead machine. This didn't slow down Armel at all as he continued to set a blistering pace. Feathers who had held second for much of the event began to fall back as Ronnie DeHaven, Jr. and Andy Anderson moved past before the second caution flew for the ailing James Myers machine following the 25th lap. Andy Anderson was definitely the man on the move as he had climbed into the third spot and looked like the best challenger on this night. As the field returned to green Anderson began to work on the DeHaven machine and was able to secure the second spot before the third caution fell on lap 29. Andy Anderson quickly moved on the Armel machine, but Armel again began to open up and had pulled to a four carlength lead when the final caution flew with a pair of laps to go. When the field returned to racing Armel was able to hold off the Anderson machine and collect his fourth win of the season, and his first ever Paul Johnson Memorial win collecting $3,000 for the Three State Flyers main event. Following Anderson in third was Ronnie DeHaven, Jr., a fast moving Keith Jackson took fourth. And Gerald Davis despite the incident rounded out the top five. Heats for the 42 cars went to Allen20Brannon, Devin Friese, Gerald Davis, and Brian Booze. The B-mains went to Jim Yoder and Frankie Plessinger, Tommy Armel took the Dash.
Red Nininger Memorial (40 laps): 1. 00B Booper Bare 2. 25A Andy Anderson 3. 28 Gerald Davis 4. 70J D.J. Myers 5. 00 Bo Feathers 6. 12 Devin Friese 7. 9 Frankie Plessinger 8. 8A Alan Sagi 9. 27 Jim Yoder 10. 7 Gary Stuhler 11. 43A Jason Covert 12. 77 Randy Burkholder 13. 37F Denny Bonebrake 14. 5B Wes Bonebrake 15. & nbsp; 43 Tom Decker 16. 93 Tony Crim 17. 8L Scott Lebarron 18. 31 Bubby Dillman 19. 5 Brad Omps 20. 41 Nathan Durboraw 21. 18 Kyle Hardy 22. 52 Kris Eaton 23. 15 Tommy Armel 24. 14W Bryan Wright 25. 39 Greg Fetters Lap Leaders: Andy Anderson 1-8, Booper Bare 9-40
Paul Johnson Memorial (35 laps) 1. 15 Tommy Armel 2. 25A Andy Anderson 3. 1D Ronnie DeHaven, Jr. 4. 88 Keith Jackson 5. 28 Gerald Davis =0 A 6. 12 Devin Friese 7. 70J D.J. Myers 8. 00 Bo Feathers 9. 43A Jason Covert 10. 9 Frankie Plessinger 11. 30 Allen Brannon 12. 27 Jim Yoder 13. 7 Gary STuhler 14. 5B Wes Bonebrake 15. 92 Walter Crouch 16. 18 Kyle Hardy 17. &nb sp; 17 Wayne Johnson 18. 93 Tony Crim 19. 3S Rusty Sites 20. 5 Brad Omps 21. B2 Brian Booze 22. 75 James Myers 23. 52 Kris Eaton 24. 13D Johnathan DeHaven 25. 77 Randy Burkholder DNQ: Nathan Durboraw, Booper Bare, Greg Fetters, Scott Lebarron, Bubby Dillman, Jamie Lathroum, Mark Jones, Brian Wright, J.T. Spence, Denny Bonebrake, Austin Hubbard, Alan Sagi, Dale Hollidge, Chris Cromer, Tom Decker, Troy Erickson, James Harrison Lap Leaders: Bo Feathers 1, Tommy Armel 2-35
Pure Stocks (15 laps): MIKE BENNETT, Mike Corbin, Mike Rose, Eddie McClellan, Matt Kerns, David Kaiser, Buddy Wilson, Bryan Kerns, Ra y Priest, James Gray, Jr., Jerry Fifield, Brian Luttrell, Dickie Tharp, Dean Holmes, Donnie Kenney, Bill Pifer, Terry Whitt, Michael Carter, Justin Shriver, Joey Carter, Eric Johnson DNS: Mark Digges, Scott Gray
4-Cylinders (15 laps): SCOTT MCCARTNEY, Billy Sonner, Randy Linaburg, Chuck Johnson, Tommy Whitt, Matt Harshman, Jeff Koller, Richard Hawkins, Graham Smith, Lester Riley, William Baker, Mike Grady, Jr., Aaron Fincham, Roger Whitlock, Butch Mayo
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