Interstate 79

Interstate 79 Speedway
PO Box 69
Shinnston, WV 26431

 Cheryl Baker-Stasiak

Shinnston, WV, August 6, 1999-
    The late model feature was won by Nolan Dalton for the seventh time this season and for his second in a row.  Dalton passed cousin Gary Dalton for the lead on the 5th lap when Gary had problems coming out of turn four.  Dalton extended his lead to nearly a straight away until caution came out on lap 18 and closed up the field.  Robbie Scott challenged Dalton but was unable to make the pass.  Scott settled for second with Danny Hamrick finishing a season high of third.  Rounding out the top ten were Scott Miles, Michael Benedum, Frank Wilson, Jr., Frank Wilson, Sr., Greg Lemley, Duke Pratt and Gary Tonkery.
    Roy Gibson of Masontown, WV  led the semi late feature wire to wire to
pick up his second career and season feature of the year.  Gibson started on
the outside pole jumped quickly to the lead.  Mark McGill finished second
after starting on the pole with Rick Burrows picking up the third position. 
Finishing in the fourth through tenth position was Duane Moreland, Tim Senic,
Scott Chenoweth, Jon Messenger, Rick Strickler, Shaun Poling, and Steve Booth
(subbing for Birch Hare).
    The UMP winner was Ron Parrish.  Parrish picked up his first win of the
season by starting on the pole and leading the race from the drop of the
green flag.  Vic Vandergrift was second and Dave Defibaugh was third.  Fourth and fifth were Shawn Davis and Jerry Teter.
    There was another repeat winner in the pure stock division.  Danny
Staggers picked up win number two in a race it seemed no one wanted to win. Every time someone challenged for the lead they ran into problems and ended up in the pits.  Staggers was followed across the stripe by Jim Byers, Paul Watson, Dave Tonkery and Jon Wamsley.
    It was the eleventh win of the season for the unstoppable Mike Simpson. 
Simpson started on the outside of the front row and lead the race wire to
wire.  Jeff Pennington challenged much of the race but just didn't have
enough to power by.  Sonny Crayton, Bruce Satterfield and Bill Robinson
rounded out the top five.
    Next week the Dwarf cars will join the action with regular racing in all
divisions.
Summary:
Late Model - 1. Nolan Dalton, 2. Robbie Scott, 3. Danny Hamrick, 4. Scott
Miles, 5. Michael Benedum, 6. Frank Wilson, Jr., 7. Frank Wilson, Sr., 8.
Greg Lemley, 9.Duke Pratt, 10. Gary Tonkery, 11. Chad McDougal, 12. Neal Paugh, 13. Tommy Pennington, 14. Gary Dalton, 15. Paul Wilmoth, Jr., 16. L C Powers, 17. Mike Hawkins
Semi Late - 1.  Roy Gibson, 2. Mark McGill, 3. Rick Burrows, 4. Duane
Moreland, 5. Tim Senic, 6. Scott Chenoweth, 7. Jon Messenger, 8. Rick
Strickler, 9. Shaun Poling, 10. Steve Booth, 11. Doug Sankbeil, 12. Darrell
Whitehair, 13. Chad McIntyre, 14. Josh Adams, 15. Steve Wilmoth, 16. Skip
Hare, 17. Stanley Spooner.  DNS - Brian Tonkery, Ron Wiles, Robert Radcliff
UMP Modified - 1. Ron Parrish, 2. Vic Vandergrift, 3. Dave Defibaugh, 4.
Shawn Davis, 5. Jerry Teter, 6. Doug Thompson, 7.  Mike Lewis, 8. Ray
Perkins, 9. Robbie Michael, 10. Delmas Whiteman, 11. Rick Smith, 12. Sam
Henderson, 13. Dave Groves, 14. Jerry Garrett, 15. Matt Rose, 16. Louie
Krushansky

Pure Stock - 1. Danny Staggers, 2. Jim Byers, 3. Paul Watson, 4. Dave
Tonkery, 5. Jon Wamsley, 6. Ron Howard, 7. Jeff Kesling, 8. Chad Rexroad, 9.
Chuck Bloom, 10. Bill Shoemaker, 11. Brian Mitchell, 12. Jay Martin, 13. Gary
Britton, 14. Gary Yost, 15. Tom Frazier, 16. Pat Frazier, 17. Ronnie Nichols,
18. Edward Tenney DNS - Steve Frazier, Gary Frazier and Randy Bohan

4 Cylinder - 1. Mike Simpson, 2. Jeff Pennington, 3. Sonny Crayton, 4. Bruce
Satterfield, 5. Bill Robinson, 6. Bart McCauley, 7. Arlie Sigley, 8. Thomas
Simpson, 9. Troy Kimbrew, 10. Paul Summers.  DNS - Dave Summers and Skip
Raupach