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Michael Despain
JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (October 2) - Red Buck Cigars presented the first half the 19th Annual Fall Classic at Ponderosa Speedway with the running of the 3rd Annual Friday Night Rumble and Jordan Bland of Campbellsville, KY would pick up the $2,500 payday for the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Model division. Tommy Gregory of Monticello, KY would be victorious in the $1,000 to win Clayton Homes Modified main event and Todd Coffman of Junction City, KY would pick up the $600 to win Kentucky National Guard Pro Late Model feature.
The start of the Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Model feature would see Jordan Bland jump to the race lead, followed by Shon Flanary, Tim Tungate, Mike Marlar, and Aaron Ridley. Marlar would take fourth on lap 2 and immediately challenge Flanary for the runner-up spot and would take the position on lap 4. Caution would wave on lap 6 when Justin Rattliff slowed on the frontchute and would be done for the night. The restart would see Ridley pass Tungate for fourth, while Webb would make his way into the top five one trip later on lap 8. Bland would start the process of working slower traffic on lap 9, while Webb pressured Ridley for fourth. Tungate would draw the next caution on lap 12 when his mount slowed at the top side of turn one. This restart would still have Bland and Marlar battling up front, while Ridley would drive by Flanary for third on lap 13. Lap 16 would see the next caution when Daniel Hatcher slowed on the track with left front suspension damage and Marlar would pull to infield under the caution with a flat tire, get fresh rubber, and return. Two more green flag laps would be made before Steve Stollings spun in turn two to slow the action once again. Bland would jump away from the field on the restart, while Webb would go to third on lap 18, but Webb would pull pitside two laps later, putting Jimmy Crabtree to fourth and Dustin Linville to fifth. The final caution of the event would wave on lap 23 and become a red flag when Crabtree would flip his mount exiting turn two, but would walk away unharmed, but with a destroyed race car. Track officials would shorten the race from the original 30 lap scheduled distance due to track conditions and would declare the race official at that point, with Bland scoring the win in the Bland Moto rsports owned B&W Metals/CB Industries/Wave Length Hair Salon/United Steel Supply sponsored #12 Bloomquist Race Car, Pro Power Race Engines machine. Flanary would claim second, followed by Dustin Neat, Bobby Wolter, Jr., and Rick Rogers. The remainder of the top ten would be Tim Rivers, Tommy Bailey, Steve Stollings, Dustin Linville, and Christian Rayburn. Bland would be the top qualifier among 39 entries at 13.622 seconds, while heat wins went to Bland, Flanary, Ridley, and Tungate. The B-Mains were captured by Crabtree and Eric Wells, while provisional starting spots went to D.J. Wells (top qualifier not in the race) and Michael Chilton (track provisional).
SUMMARY-Ponderosa Speedway-Junction City, KY-October 2, 2009
Good Neighbor Pharmacy Super Late Models (39 entries)
Top Qualifier- Jordan Bland
1st Heat- Jordan Bland, Justin Rattliff, Chris Combs, Tim Rivers
2nd Heat- Shon Flanary, Mike Marlar, David Webb, Bobby Wolter, Jr.
3rd Heat- Aaron Ridley, Dustin Neat, Steve Stollings, Jeff Watson
4th Heat- Tim Tungate, Dustin Linville, Tommy Bailey, Rick Rogers
1st B-Main- Jimmy Crabtree, Don O'Neal, Christian Rayburn, Michael Chilton, Skylar Marlar
2nd B-Main- Eric Wells, Daniel Hatcher, Bobby Carrier, Jr., Brandon Hardgrove, Jerry Rutherford
Provisonials- D.J. Wells (time) and Michael Chilton (track)
3rd Annual Friday Night Rumble A-Main- Jordan Bland, Shon Flanary, Dustin Neat, Bobby Wolter, Jr., Rick Rogers, Tim Rivers, Tommy Bailey, Steve Stollings, Dustin Linville, Christian Rayburn, Aaron Ridley, Jimmy Crabtree, David Webb, Don O'Neal, Eric Wells, Mike Marlar, Chris Combs, Daniel Hatcher, Tim Tungate, Bobby Carrier, Jr., D.J. Wells, Jeff Watson, Justin Rattliff, Michael Chilton (DNQ- Dennis Barton, Greg Johnson, Skylar Marlar, Jason Barrett, Ernie Cordier, Lee Devasier, Tyrel Todd, Mike Strunk, Victor Lee, Dale Dillon, Randy Ridner, Jerry Rutherford, Johnny Wheeler, Brandon Hardgrove, Daniel Williams)
Clayton Homes Modifieds (27 entries)
Top Qualifier- Tommy Gregory
1st Heat- Tommy Gregory, Don Adams, Russ Gabbert, Delane Browning
2nd Heat- Benji Lee, Adam Cole, Elliott Despain, Randy Turpin
3rd Heat- Jason Wheatley, J.T. Ayers, Shane McKinney, Mick Sansom
Feature- Tommy Gregory, Elliott Despain, Russ Gabbert, Adam Cole, J.T. Ayers, Delane Browning, Randy Turpin, Kevin Nesselhauf, Travis Preston, Rocky Wilson, Shane McKenney, Chad Barrett, Tommy Hargis, Todd Noel, Joey Cotterman, Corey Partin, Matt Watkins, Ricky Arms, Jeff Cotterman, Bartley Grant, Jason Wheatley, Benji Lee, Don Adams, Lonnie Gregory, Steve Beck, Mick Sansom, James Grigsby
Kentucky National Guard Pro Late Models (16 entries)
Top Qualifier- Todd Coffman
1st Heat- John Mulligan, Todd Coffman, Jeremy Hines, Daniel Hatcher
2nd Heat- Gary Yeager, Jeff Johnson, Clarence Belcher, Logan Whitis
Feature- Todd Coffman, John Mulligan, Jeremy Hines, Clarence Belcher, Chase McWhorter, Daniel Hatcher, Dusty Maybrier, Zane Morgan, Kenneth Reams, Gary Yeager, Logan Whitis, Kevin Colston, Sammy Brown, Aaron Matthews, Mike Covington, Jeff Johnson
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