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TAZEWELL SPEEDWAY
AUGUST 21
1999
TAZEWELL SPEEDWAY Saturday night August 21, 1999. Stacy
"The Sheriff" Boles #11b had been under cover all year
just playing the waiting game to take his first Big Win.
Starting from his 5th place starting position ran down
pole setter, Billy "The Kid" Ogle Jr. #201 on his return
to the high speed TAZ. Ogle had the petal to the metal
and beat Jack Trammell #90 in to the 1st turn. Bill Reed
#28 (yel) moved along side of Trammell battled it out for
2nd place door to door, till lap 4. On the back stretch
John Thompson #38 got in to Jeff Treece #1 and Treece
spun on the back stretch, trace official sent Thompson
and Boles to the rear of the field. On the restart it was
"The Sheriff" in the 3 place, running down the 3 wheelers
of Ogle and Trammell. Boles took care of Trammell after 3
lap side by side racing, boles moved in to the 2nd place.
Lap 7 Jason Trammell #91 spun in turn 2, on the restart
Harold Simpson #h17 and Glen Vanover #20v got together in
turn 2 and spun, with Thompson joining them. At the same
time Marty Calloway #7 stopped in turn 4. Lap 22, Brian
Hendrix #5 got under Reed, with Jeff Wolfenbarger #28
(blk) on their bumper several lap went by with no one
giving, with a blanket you could have covered them. Lap
34, "The Sheriff" got under "The Kid" he had caught him,
but then the shocker "The Kid" has a tire go down. With
the tire changed Ogle restarted in the 7 place in front
of lap traffic, he was to chase the Sherill now. Lap 35
Ogle moved by Treece in to 6 th, Lap 36 "The Kid" got him
another one , by moving by Wolfenbarger. Now we had "The
Sheriff" being chased by, Trammell, Reed, Brian Hendrix
#5 and "The Kid". Trammell dove low under Boles it was a
battle for the win. Lap 38, Ogle and Hendrix dooor to
door. At the Checkered it was Stacy "The Sheriff" Boles
getting the win over Trammel, Reed, Hendrix, Ogle.
OFFICIAL FINISH LATE MODELS
1. Stacy "The Sheriff" Boles #11b/GRT/Advanced
Transimission
2. Jack Trammell #90/Stinger/Total Construction/Charlie
Shifter
3. Bill Reed #28 (yel)/Fast Race Cars/UPS/DieCast
Diegest/Hotsy
4. Brian Hendrix #5/Stinger/Advanced Transmission/Simm's
MKT
5. Billy "The Kid" Ogle Jr./Warrior/Vanover and son
Concrete Finishers
6. Jeff Wolfenbarger #28 (blk)/Warrior/National Auto
Parts
7. Jeff Treece #1
8. Jason Trammell #91/Warrior/Total Construction/Charlie
Shifter
9. Glen Vanover #20v/Warrior/Vanover and son Concrete
Finishers
10. John Neal #41/Warrior/Neal Trucking and Farms
11. Pete Rouse #61
12. Harold Simpson #h17/Rayburn/Simpson Mining/Epps Chevy
13. John Thompson #38/Stinger/Long John Silvers/Giles
Ind./App. Mach.
14. Marty Calloway #7/Warrior/Calloway Excavating
15. Roger Best #84/Warrior/Vol. Trucking
16. Mark Leach #2
Qual. Ogle 11:69, Jack Trammell 11:92, Reed 11:94,
Thompson 11:95, Boles 11:97
THUNDER AND LIGHTING
Mitch Houston #22 beat Marlin Bull #8 in to turn one on
the start, with Bubba Long #10 and Mike Hodges #2 (wht)
side by side. Lap 5 Hodges cleared Long and had 3rd.
Randall Self #91, David Gambel #2 (yel) and Long made it
3 wide running for the 4th place. While up front in was
Bull and Houston in a battle for 1st swaping the led.
First it was Bull on the Low side, then it would be
Houston on the high side, then they would swap grooves.
Lap 20, Bull took the spot. Hodges moved up to do battle
with Houston throught the final laps. At the checkered
flag it was Marlin Bull, Houston, Hodges, Long,
Gamble...But one of the driver wanted a visual protest
over the nose piece on Bull's #8, Bull passed the visual,
something about the nose piece on Bull's car.
OFFICIAL FINISH THUNDER AND LIGHTING
1. Marlin Bull #8/Allison Food Mart/D. J. Bar and Grill
2. Mitch Houston #22/English Mountain Spring Water/Tipton
and Houston Trucking
3. Mike Hodges #2 (wht)/Pug's Welding/S & J Mach.
4. Bubba Long #10/S & J Mach./Cloud 9
5. David Gamble #2 (yel)/D & D Mach.
6. Randall Self #91/Murphy SkateLand/Frank's Auto Repair
7. Josh Chesney #1/Kay's Mkt. & Del.
8. Jerry Fuson #37
Qual. Bull 13:33, Houston 13:45, Hodges 13:47, Long
13:65, Self 13:74
MODIFIED STREET
Fast qualifier Rick Welch #18 didn't make it to the
lineup on time so track officials moved the inside row up
one spot, putting Chris Brooks #88 on the front row along
side of Leonard Bray #17. Bray took the led over Brooks,
by lap 3 it was 3 wide with Allen Mayes #40, Brian Smith
#7, Brooks. Lap 10 thru 13, it was Bray, Smith and
Brooks, high low dodging bullits for the led. Lap 14, it
was Bray and Smith side by side, with two lap car side by
side in front of them. Bray took to the high side of the
track and Smith followed him as they passed the lap cars
through turns 3 and 4. At the checkered it was Bray,
Smith, Brooks, Mayes.
OFFICIAL FINISH MODIFIED STREET
1. Leonard Bray #17/Dixie Tire and Equip./Eads Auto Sales
2. Brian Smith #7/D & D Mach.
3. Chris Brooks #88/Sofa's and Moore
4. Allen Mayes #40/Clinton Body Shop/C & R Trucking
5. Darryll Saylow #9/Family Cut
6. Jim Bob Shell #23/Jim Bob's Auto Sales
7. Jack England #24
8. Tim Hatfield #3
9. Rick Welch #18/C & R Trucking/Beason Racing Engines
10. Scotty Wilburn #3
11. Jerry Hurst #12
12. Shelby Wilson #4
13. Brian Dobbs #78/Long John Silvers
14. Regan Debusk #6/Frames and Things/Eads Auto Sales
15. Tator Mayes #71
16. Tony Spoons #7
17. Rex Coffey #0/Coffey Race Cars
18. Chuck Thode #m44/J & S Auto
Parts/williamsonautosales.com
Qual. Welch 14:31, Bray 14:42, Brooks 14:48, Mayes 14:62,
Smith 14:78
PURE STREET
Once a month we qualify the pure street cars and with so
many we ran a consi. taking the top 8 and putting them in
the feature.
It was a drag race in to the 1st turn with Tony Horton
#56 beating Jesse Hoover #3. Lap 2 Ralph Yount #19 rubbed
the wall in turn 2 and Buster Cupp #28 had a tire go
flat, putting Cupp to the back of the field on the
restart. Lap 7, Eddie Weaver Lost a wheel. Lap 10, Jerry
Collett #10 lost a wheel and John Whitaker #52 spun. At
the checkered it was Horton, followed by Hoover,
Overholt, Miracle, Cupp that has come from the back after
the flat...But it was not over REMEMBER THE SEASON IS
NEARING AND THE POINT ARE CLOSE. PROTEST TIME.....Horton
gets protested take the intake and a head off measure
bore and stroke, even went so far as to take a lifter
apart to make sure he had a hyd. cam...Ok he is legal
OFFICIAL FINISH PURE STREET
1. Tony Horton #56/Greasy Rock Auto Parts
2. Jesse Hoover #3/MoPawn/Advanced Check and Title
3. Jim Overholt #83/Straight Creek Boat Dock/Eads Auto
Sales/
4. Jonathan Miracle #50/Eads Auto Sales
5. Buster Cupp #28
6. Charlie England #57
7. Bobby Bean #7/B & B Mobile Home Parts
8. Mitch Fergerson #06
9. Gary Dobbs #94/C & R Trucking
10. Dee Cooper #44
11. Josh Chesnet #5/Kay's Mkt. & Del.
12. Mike Fergerson #4
13. Ronnie Carrol #c2
14. Eddie Weaver #e3
15. Bo Hall #97/Home Steader Trailers & House Boats
16. Donnie Miracle #75
17. Junior Cody #25
18. Bobby Moore #4
19. Ralph Yount #19
20. John Whitaker #52/Eads Auto Sales
21. Roger Branham #5
22. Richard Daniels #14
23. Jerry Collett #10
24. Gary Harville #27
25. Andy Wilder #29
26. Marty Bain #808
4 CLY.
Keith "Beaver" Chapman #97 jumped in to the led and while
leading his Pinto quit on the back stretch, giving the
led to Gary Stooksbury #20. On the restart Wayne Woodward
#11 got on the low side going into turn 3 making a race
out of it till Woodward completed the pass and taking the
win
OFFICIAL FINISH 4 CLY
1. Wayne Woodard #11
2. Gabe Stooksbury #20
3. Bobby Lovin #6
4. Keith "Beaver Chapman #97
5. Dee Cooper #26
6. David Lovin #28
ON A PROTEST IF YOU ARE FOUND ILLEGAL YOU LOSE HALF YOUR
POINTS FOR THE YEAR. TAZEWELL SPEEDWAY HAS A VERY LARGE
POINT FUND THIS YEAR.
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A SMALL CHANGE IN THE SCHEDULE FOR SEPT. 18, WE WILL NOT
BE RACING THAT SAT. NIGHT SO OUR
DRIVERS AND FANS CAN GO SEE THE HAV A TAMPA RACE...WE
WILL RACE ON SUNDAY AND THE RACE TROPHIES AND AWARDS
PRESENTED.
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THE RACE SCHEDULE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON
8-28-99...reg. race
9-4-99...last points race and vote for favorite driver in
all classes, so be their to vote
9-11-99...closed for World 100
9-19-99...Sunday race trophies and awards presented
9-25-99...reg. race
10-2-99...reg race
OCT. 23-24 FALL DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP, 100 LAPS,
$12,000 WIN
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