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Michael Despain
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (August 15) - C.J. Rayburn's National All Star Racing Association would make its first ever visit to Bluegrass Speedway on Saturday evening and Dustin Linville of Bryantsville, KY would park his machine in victory lane as the winner of the 30 lap, $3,000 to win Jerry Ross Memorial event. Other feature winners for the evening included Johnny Cecil of Bardstown, KY in Street Stocks and Avral Thompson of Loretto, KY in WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman.
The drop of the green flag in the NASRA Late Model Jerry Ross Memorial main event would see Dustin Linville take the race lead, followed by Scott James, Mike Jewell, Justin Rattliff, and Victor Lee. Lee would take fourth from Rattliff on lap 2 and immediately challenge Jewell for third, while James would ride a car length and half off of leader Linville's rear bumper. With James utilizing the "diamond" line in the corners to challenge Linville for the lead, Lee would mount a run on Jewell for third and take the spot on lap 6. James would turn the heat up in his challenge for the lead on lap 9 as the duo raced side-by-side for the lead down the backchute and James would momentarily take the lead off of turn two on lap 10, but the caution would wave for a stopped Michael Chilton in turn four, negating the pass for the lead by James. The restart would see a massive tangle in turn four that involved seven cars and draw a red flag, as the racing surface would be blocked, with Bobby Wolter, Jr., Tim Tungate, Audie McWilliams, Mike Marlar, Wayne Chinn, Greg Johnson, and Dustin Neat all involved, with the machines of Wolter, Jr., Chinn, Johnson, and Neat all unable to continue. The restart would see one more circuit completed before Johnny Wheeler would spin in turn four, with Terry English being charged with helping Wheeler spin, thus, English would have to report to the rear of the field for the restart. Back underway, James would attempt to claim the top spot again from Linville, but the James mount would slow entering turn one on lap 12 and roll pitside with mechanical issues. As the field received the halfway signal on lap 15, Linville was beginning to stretch his lead over now second place Lee, with Jewell, Rattliff, and 19th starting Johnny Wheeler racing for third, fourth, and fifth. Linville would start the process of working slower traffic on lap 21, while Jewell would reel in second place Lee and that pair would begin to battle for second. Jewell would take the runner-up slot on lap 23 and by lap 25 would begin to reel in race leader Linville a bit. But Linville would crank it up another notch and hold Jewell at bay to claim the $3,000 payday and his first ever Bluegrass Speedway victory in the Terry Linville, Bruce Barnes, and Budda DirtCars owned Barnes and Davis Family Dentistry/Linville's Finish Carpentry/Paul Benton Auto Body/ Budda DirtCars/Bert Transmissions/Cookie Monster Power Plants/BG Oil/Lanes Precast/ Lester Grider Trucking/Hoosier Tire sponsored #D8 C.J. Rayburn Race Car, Mike Bullock Race Engines powered entry. Jewell would take second, with Lee rolling home third, while Rattliff and Wheeler would complete the top five. The remainder of the top ten would be 15th starting Mike Marlar, David Webb, Jeff Watson, Aaron Ridley, and Todd Coffman. Webb would be top qualifier among 29 entries, with heat wins falling to Linville, James, and Rattliff. Wheeler would win the B-Main, while provisional starters were Christian Rayburn (series) and Ed Behn (track).
SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, KY-August 15, 2009
National All Star Racing Association Late Models (29 entries)
Top Qualifier- David Webb
1st Heat- Dustin Linville, Mike Jewell, David Webb, Audie McWilliams, Wayne Chinn, Todd Coffman, Lee Devasier, Christian Rayburn, Daniel Hatcher, Johnny Wheeler
2nd Heat- Scott James, Victor Lee, Tim Tungate, Greg Johnson, Jeff Watson, Aaron Ridley, Ed Behn, David Ross (DNS- Dylan Preston, Derek Fisher)
3rd Heat- Justin Rattliff, Terry English, Bobby Wolter, Jr., Michael Chilton, Mike Marlar, Dustin Neat, Jerry Rutherford, Travis Varnadore, Jason Keltner
B-Main- Johnny Wheeler, Lee Devasier, Jerry Rutherford, Christian Rayburn, Ed Behn, Dylan Preston, Daniel Hatcher, David Ross (DNS- Jason Keltner, Derek Fisher, Travis Varnadore)
Jerry Ross Memorial- Dustin Linville, Mike Jewell, Victor Lee, Justin Rattliff, Johnny Wheeler, Mike Marlar, David Webb, Jeff Watson, Aaron Ridley, Todd Coffman, Tim Tungate, Christian Rayburn, Lee Devasier, Ed Behn, Jerry Rutherford, Terry English, Scott James, Wayne Chinn, Audie McWilliams, Greg Johnson, Dustin Neat, Bobby Wolter, Jr., Michael Chilton
Street Stocks (10 entries)
Top Qualifier- Shane Lafollette
Dash- Joe Walker, Timmy Glazer, Shane Lafollette, Johnny Cecil, Scott Thompson, Jason Bartley
Heat- Brad Leake, Mike Cozzin, Jr., Fred Mercer (DNS- Terry Bartley)
Feature- Johnny Cecil, Shane Lafollette, Brad Leake, Joe Walker, Mike Cozzin, Jr., Fred Mercer, Timmy Glazer, Jason Bartley, Scott Thompson (DNS- Terry Bartley)
WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman (9 entries)
Heat- Avral Thompson, Rob Jones, Robbie Settles, Barry Chesser
Feature- Avral Thompson, Robbie Settles, Pat Hagan, Barry Chesser, Jimmy Bryan, Sam Mull, Joe Dunbar, Elton Martin, Rob Jones
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