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"This definitely is a good feeling, getting a Super Late Model feature win here at 'The Gap' over several strong cars," said Jones with a smile on his face in victory lane. "Winning never gets old. You've got to enjoy every race you're fortunate enough to win, because let me tell you - it's tough to outrun guys like Shanon (Buckingham), (Mark) Vineyard and (Mark) Douglas. In 2009 Buckingham won the Fastrak Racing Series national championship for the Crate Late Model cars, and Vineyard's a former Southern All Stars Dirt Racing Series rookie-of-the-year and he ran full-time with that series for a few years, and Douglas is a two-time Super Late Model track champion here at Volunteer Speedway. We outran some good competition here tonight.
"Our Bloomquist Race Car was really good the whole race and I want to thank Scott (Bloomquist) for building such great cars. I believe the longer we ran the car actually got better. You never know sometimes, when a race goes green the entire distance, the car might start to fade towards the end. But we were good from start-to-finish and I could drive anywhere on the track I needed and the car worked well. Racing these cars really is almost like a full-time job with all the work it takes during the week back at the shop and then here at the track on race night to be able run up front. I really want to thank John Estes, Dave Burks and Andy McCroskey for all they do. My wife (Sharon) really supports me, and I want to thank her for putting up with me doing this (racing). Sometimes I kind of think I want to stop racing, but it's nights like this when you run good and win that makes it all worthwhile and before you even get your equipment loaded up to leave the track - you're already wishing it was time to race again."
SUPER LATE MODEL (30 laps)
1. Kerry Jones #6-Bristol, TN
2. Shanon Buckingham #50-Morristown, TN
3. Mark Vineyard #4-Powell, TN
4. Mark Douglas #52D-Knoxville, TN
5. Jeff Maupin #0-Greeneville, TN
6. Rodney Kiker #25-Greeneville, TN
7. Bryan Hendrix #5-Knoxville, TN
8. Mike Smith #4s-Rogersville, TN
9. Chad Ogle #10-Sevierville, TN
10. Ray Jarnigan #73-Thornhill, TN
11. Mark Sturgill #4m-Pound, VA
12. Steve Smith #3-Powell, TN
13. Don Scalf #B4-Watauga, TN
PRO LATE MODEL (25 laps)
1) Shanon Buckingham #50; 2) Shane Roberts #17; 3) Dale Ball #2; 4) Todd Brooks #T1; 5) Tim Byrd #24; 6) David Watts #6; 7) Keith Helton #5; 8) Ricky Moore #75; 9) Jackie Hughes #27; 10) Eddie Morris #m14; 11) James Cole #5c; 12) Richard Adkins #73; 13) Forrest Trent #4Q; 14) Joey Steele #97; 15) Jake Teague #117
HOBBY STOCK (20 laps)
1) Jamie Whitt #1; 2) Dale Reed #52; 3) Blake Kelley #K5; 4) Robbie Woods #2; 5) Dennis Metcalf #55; 6) Curt Taylor #50; 7) Terry Dean #47; 8) Jesse Wilder #79; 9) Jesse Helton #28; 10) Bobby Shelton #5; 11) Eddie Adams #9; 12) Patrick Flannery #38; 13) Chuck Killian #96; 14) Chris Long #75; 15) Tim Brewer #77; 16) Bobby Reed #54; 17) Chuck Johnson #17; 18) Roger Hunter #7-11; 19) Charlie Bates #27 - Did Not Start: Jon Cook #0z
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