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Potomac Speedway
BUDDS CREEK, Md. (March 18) - Mechanicsville Md.'s Jamie "The Jet" Lathroum was victorious in last Friday night's season opening, 20-lap limited late model feature at the Potomac speedway.
By the luck of the draw, Lathroum drew the pole for the start of the feature, as he and fellow line mate Glenn Elliott would bring the field down to the green flag. Elliott, a one-time Potomac winner last season, jumped into the early race lead. However, his lead wouldn't last long. Lathroum settled in and made what would be the winning pass coming off turn four to complete lap-three. Lathroum and Elliott would then race nose to tail for several laps before Elliott would be forced to pit with mechanical problems on the thirteenth lap. With Elliott's departure, Lathroum, wheeling his familiar MasterSbilt no.6, was in a class by himself and would drive off to a very convincing win, his 35th career limited late model win at Potomac. "Doc (Oliver) had this limited motor sitting in the shop and he said lets use it, so here we are." The non-stop 20-lap feature was spun-off in a time of five minutes, 39 seconds, which established a new track record. "The car was a little loose in the heat race so we made some changes. These limited cars don't have the power like the late model cars do, so it's hard to recover if you make a mistake, but the track was in good shape tonight which made my job pretty easy." Defending track champion Tommy Wagner Jr. came home second, Ben Bowie was third, Kenny Moreland posted fourth and Dave Adams completed the top-five. Elliott won the qualifying event.
Troy Kassiris totally dominated the 16-lap street stock feature. Kassiris drew the pole for the feature and would have to survive two early caution periods to post the win. Eventual runner-up Craig Tankersley reached second by the fifth-lap and would get close to Kassiris on more than one occasion, but could not make the pass. Darren Alvey came home third, Eric Johnson was fourth and Donnie Smith completed the top-five. Johnson scored the qualifying event win.
In other action, Brian Maxey posted the win in the 20-lap modified event, Jimmy Suite took the win in a wild 15-lap hobby stock main, and Ed Pope Sr. took top honors in the 20-lap strictly stock feature.
Limited Late Models (20-laps)
1. Jamie Lathroum 2. Tommy Wagner Jr. 3. Ben Bowie 4. Kenny Moreland 5. Dave Adams 6. Derrick Quade (DNF) 7. Glen Elliott (DNF)
Street Stocks (16-laps)
1. Troy Kassiris 2. Craig Tankersley 3. Darren Alvey 4. Eric Johnson 5. Donnie Smith 6. Mike Latham (DNF) 7. Dale Reamy (DNF) 8. Mike Raleigh (DNF) 9. Ed Pope (DNS) 10. James Sparks (DNS) 11. Mike Reynolds (DQ)
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