TAZEWELL SPEEDWAY RESULTS
SEPT. 25, 1999
LATE MODEL ACTION
On the first start #28 Jeff Wolfenbarger. #89 Kevin
Coffey, #3 Terry Wolfenbarger tangles in turn one. While
#144 Ricky Rogers jumped out front of fast Qual. #201
Billy "The Kid" Ogle. On the complete restart Ogle got
the jump on Rogers, with #90 Jack Trammell and #38 John
Thompson side by side till lap 4, when Thompson moved in
to the 3rd place behind Rogers. Lap 8 Thompson passed
Rogers for 2nd after running side by side. Lap 9 #h17
Harold Simpson spun in turn 2. On the restart it was
Ogle, Thompson, Rogers, Trammell, T. Wolfenbarger only to
have #28 Bill Reed spin in turn 2 and #11 Jeff Treece
t-bone Reed. With the top 5 still the same on the 2nd
restart of lap 9 Rogers got under Thompson and took over
2nd. Lap 11 thru 14 it was Rogers and Thompson swapping
2nd place 6 times. Lap 14 a caution for debris on the
track and track officials removed sheet metal from Reed's
car. The restart it was Ogle, Thompson, Rogers, Trammell,
T. Wolfenbarger with #2 Anthony White below T.
Wolfenbarger and Trammell. White going for the 4th place.
Lap 14 thru 24 it was 3 wide for 4th place between T.
Wolfenbarger, White, Treece. Behind them it was also 3
wide between J. Wolfenbarger, Coffey, #66 Mark Leach
fighting for the 6th place. Lap 28 caution for Treece and
Coffey. Lap 28 thru 30 again it was 3 wide between
Coffey, J. Wolfenbarger, Leach. Lap 32 White spun on his
own in turn 2. Laps 33 thru 37 it was Thompson on the
high side and Rogers below him going for 2nd. Lap 37
Rogers cleared Thompson to take over 2nd. Lap 39 Trammell
passed Thompson for 3rd place. At the checkered it was
Ogle taking the Win followed by Rogers, Trammell,
Thompson, T Wolfenbarger.
Fast Qual. Ogle 11:85, Rogers 11:87, Jeff Wolfenbarger
12:02, Trammell 12:03, Treece 12:03.
NOW NEXT SAT. NIGHT WILL BE OUR LAST NIGHT OF REG.
RACING...AFTER THAT WE WILL CLOSE DOWN TILL THE...FALL
DIRT TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP...
OFFICIAL FINISH
LATE MODELS
1. Billy "The Kid" Ogle Jr. #201/Warrior/Vanover and Son
Concrete Finishers/Wheels Used Cars/PJ Builders
2. Rick Rogers #144/Fast Race Cars/RaceScan
3. Jack Trammell #90/Stinger/Total Contracting Service/Lamb's Inn
4. John Thompson #38/Stinger/App. Mach./Giles Ind./Long John Silvers
5. Terry Wolfenbarger #3/Warrior/Armstrong Ref./National Auto Parts
6. Jeff Wolfenbarger #28 (blk/wht)/Warrior/Helmet Hut/National Auto Parts/Goodys
7. Mark Leach #66/Stinger
8. Anthony White #2/Stinger
9. Harold Simpson #h17/Rayburn/Epps Chevy/Simpson Mining
10. David Adams #18/Adams Express Tax/Lighting Chassie
11. Jeff Treece #11/Fast Race Cars/D & D Mach. and Engine
12. Kevin Coffey #89/Warrior/Jenkins Excavating/Stinnett's Auto Body
13. Bill Reed #28 (yel)/Fast Race Cars/UPS/Diecast Diegest/Hotsy
14. Jason Trammell #91/Warrior/Total Contracting Service/Charlie Shifter/Lamb's Inn
15. Marty Calloway #7/Warrior/Calloway Excavating
16. John Neal #41/Warrior/Neal Trucking and Farms
THUNDER AND LIGHTING or (LIMITED LATE MODELS)
This is going to be a class with a lot of cars with the
new 2000 rules in effect we are seeing more new cars show
up and some of the late models dropping down a class it
makes for one super show.
On the front row it was #35 Randy Tharp, catching #2
(yel) David Gamble a sleep. Tharp getting a 6 car led at
the drop of the flag. Lap 1 #33 Cleo McKammy lost a drive
shaft on the front stretch. The restart of last 1 it was
Tharp, #8 Marlin Bull, #7 Danny Gibson, Gamble, #01 Bill
Ogle Sr. On the restart Gamble got below Gibson and
Gamble spun, track officials sent Gamble to the read of
the field. Restart it was Tharp, Bull, Gibson, Ogle Sr.
Lap 3 #22 Mitch Houston in a new 2000 rule car rubbed the
wall in turn 2. On the restart it was Tharp, Bull,
Gibson, #35 Roy Ledbetter, Ogle Sr. With Gibson getting
below Bull. Lap 4 Gamble spun in turn 4. Again it was
Gibson under Bull and making the pass on lap 5 and Ogle
passing Ledbetter. Lap 8, 3 with Gibson, Bull, Ogle all 3
going for 2nd. On the back stretch it got down to 2 wide
with Gibson below Tharp and behind them it was 2 wide
with Ogle Sr. and Bull. Lap 9 Gibson got into the side of
Tharp and Tharp stopped on the front stretch. on the same
lap it was Ledbetter and Bull and Ogle was below Bull.
Gibson was sent to the rear. Restart it was Tharp, Bull,
Ledbetter, #77 Jimmy Calloway. Ogle got under Bull they
ran side by side laps 10 thru 13. Lap 14 Ogle Sr. took
over 2nd. Lap 20 Ogle Sr. spun in turn 2 while running
2nd. Restart it was Tharp, Bull. Ledbetter, Calloway,
Gamble back up in to the 5th place, with Ledbetter,
Gamble Calloway getting together on the back stretch. At
the checkered flag Randy Tharp helded off Bull, Gamble,
Ogle Sr., #69 Billy Williams for the Win in Thunder and
Lighting or as that class may be renamed Limited Late
Model.
Fast Qual. #35 Randy Tharp 12:93 (a new track record for
T & L or Limited Late Models), #2 David Gamble 13:08, #8
Marlin Bull 13:09, #7 Danny Gibson 13:14, #01 Bill Ogle
Sr. 13:26
MODIFIED STREET
At the drop of the green #17 Leonard Bray spun coming off
turn 2 and #6 Regan Debusk got in to Bray and #18 Allen
Mayes (driving Rick Welch car) got in to Debusk. With a
complete restart the front row starters #26 Anthony
Morgan and #88 Chris Brooks side by side the 1st lap,
with Brooks getting out front and Morgan touches Brooks
and Brooks spun. Track officials sent Morgan to the rear
on lap 1. Restart it was Brooks, Bray, #3 Tim Hatfield,
#78 Brian Dobbs, Mayes. With a lap completed Bray glued
himself to the rear of Brooks. Lap 9, Debusk spun on his
own on the back stretch. Morgan had moved back up to 5th
from the rear of the pack after track officials sent him
to the rear on lap 1. Lap 10, it was 3 wide with Morgan
taking 4th from Mayes and Mayes spinning in turn 2. On
the restart Morgan took over the 3rd place from Dobbs
behind Bray and the leader Brooks. Lap 11 thru 14 it was
Bray on the high side and Mogran on the low side, door to
door. Lap 14 Hatfield and Mayes spun after Bray rubbed
the wall in turn 4 and #m44 Chuck Thode's car quit in
turn one. While under caution track official removed the
nose piece off Bray's #17. Restart it was Brooks, Bray,
Morgan the top 3. On the restart with Bray in 2nd, Bray
spun coming off turn 2 and did a slow roll over with 2
flat tires, before the green waved for the restart for
oil on the track from Bray #17. Bray changed his 2 tires
and joined the rear of the field, only to lose his fuel
cell in turn 4. Track officials lite the fuel and burned
it off the track. When the checkered waved Brook held off
all charges from Morgan to take the win, followed by
Dobbs, Debusk, Mayes.
Fast Qual. #88 Chris Brooks 14:57, #26 Anthony Morgan
14:85, #17 Leonard Bray 14:92, #3 Tim Hatfield 15:09, #6
Regan Debusk.
PURE STREET
On the start it was #50 Jonathan Miracle jumping in to
the led with #808 Marty Bain on his bumper, looked like
two yellow cars the same color together. Lap 1, #19 Ralph
Yount spun in turn one and on the back stretch #94 Gary
Dobbs spun and lost his pass. side door. On the restart
#3 Jesse Hoover and #28 Buster Cupp passed #57 Charlie
England to take over 3rd and 4th place. coming off turn 4
Cupp touched Hoover, Hoover spun and broke off a wheel.
On the restart it was Miracle, Bain, Cupp, England, #52
Troy Eads,. Lap 3 Eads got below Horton and Cupp below
Bain. With Eads in front of Horton and England, Horton
touched Eads sending the rear of Eads car parked up on
the wall in turns 3 and 4. On the restart Cupp took the
led and started to smoke putting oil on the track. Track
officials sent Cupp to the pits. Putting England in the
led followed by Bain, Horton, #06 Mitch Fergerson, #10
Jerry Collett. Fergerson spun in turn 2 and Bain was
leaking fluid on to the track bringing out a caution.
Restart it was Horton below England going for the led and
Horton and Collett getting by England for 1st and 2nd. At
the checkered it was Horton, Collett, Yount, Bobby Moore
Sr, England.
Pure Street pulled for starting spot.
4CLY'S
The 4 cly's seem to be catching on fast with 25 cars on
hand, I think we could start 50 of the 4 cly's on the
highest dirt track banks anyone has been able to find
with a degree finder. As someone did on 4m a while back
to find out who had the higest banks in dirt, and the
winner was THE TAZ...The 4 cly's ran 2 heats to find out
how they would line up for the feature with #19 Mike
Tidwell taking the 1st heat and #97 Keith "Beaver"
Chapman taking the 2nd heat. In the feature Chapman took
the led behind him they were 4 and 5 wide moving up
through the field. I seen 4 cly's run before and they
seen to be rolling or spinning, but at THE TAZ these
little buggers put on a show with a full field the #27
Allen Wright gave Chapman all he could handle Wright was
all over Chapman. But just couldn't pull it off. Everyone
of them were buzzing around the high banks just a flying
side by side.
THUNDER AND LIGHTING or LIMITED LATE MODELS
1. Randy Tharp #35 (blk)/Warrior/Kelso Oil/Kay's Mkt and
Del.
2. Marlin Bull #8/Allison Food Mart/DJ's Bar and Grill
3. David Gamble #8
4. Bill Olge Sr. #01/Warrior
5. Billy Williamson #69
6. Troy Eads #52/Tammy and Co./Eads Auto Sales
7. Roy Ledbetter #35
8. Jimmy Calloway #77/NRC/Calloway Excavating
9. Jerry Fuson #37
10. Danny Gibson/GRT
11. Mitch Houston #22/Rayburn/English Mountain Spring
Water/Tipton and Houston Trucking/Ogan Printing
12. Cleo McKammy #33
13. Mike Hodges #2/Pugs Welding/S & J Mach.
MODIFIED STREET
1. Chris Brooks #88
2. Anthony Morgan #26/C & R Trucking
3. Brian Dobbs #78/Long John Silvers/Jim's Small Engine
Repair
4. Regan Debusk #6/Frames and Things/Eads Auto Sales
5. Allen Mayes #18/C & R Trucking/Beason Racing Engines
6. Shelby Wilson #4
7. Leonard Bray #17/Smart Transport/Dixie Tire and
Equip./Petty Trucking
8. Tim Hatfield #3
9. Chuck Thode #m44/J & S Auto/williamsonauto.com
10. Jerry Hurst #12
11. Darrell Saylor #9/Family Cut
PURE STREET
1. Tony Horton #56/Greasy Rock Auto Parts
2. Jerry Collett #10
3. Ralph Yount #19
4. Bobby Moore Sr. #4
5. Charlie England #57
6. Mitch Fergerson #06
7. Gary Harville #27
8. Bobby Moore Jr. #3
9. Buster Cupp #28
10. Jonathan Miracle #50/Eads Auto Sales
11. Marty Bain #808
12. Troy Eads #52/Eads Auto Sales/Tammy and Co.
13. Gary Dobbs #94/C & R Trucking
14. Donnie Miracle #75
15. Jesse Hoover #3/MoPawn/Cuz Tobbaco/Advanced Check and
Title
4 CLY'S
1. Keith "Beaver" Chapman #97
2. Allen Wright #27
3. Jeff Russell #117
4. Mike Tidwell #19
5. Kendall White #88
6. Jack Courtney #j1
7. Randy Helton #7
8. Michell Helton #1
9. Bobby Idles #b2
10. Brad Albright #28
11. Bobby Lovin #6
12. Wayne Woodard #11
13. Ronald Bibbin #r3
14. Clyde Weeks #88
15. Bill Blail #r87
16. Mark Merideth #7
17. Robert Justice #4
18. Billy Sands #77
19. Tim Miller #2
20. Jamie Miller #6
21. Dee Cooper #26
22. Tom Patterson #r26
23. Eddie Rowland #23
MAKE A NOTE...NEXT WEEK LAST REG. RACE TILL...FALL DIRT
TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP...100 LAPS...$12,000 TO WIN...OCT. 23
AND 24TH.
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