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September 4, 1999

GREEN SWEEPS PRELIMINARIES FOR HAT ATOMIC WIVK 100:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

KNOXVILLE, TN – Marshall Green of Dalton, GA will start on the pole position for Sunday night’s United Dirt Track Racing Association Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Racing Series $20,000-to-win WIVK 100 at Atomic Speedway.

Green set fast time honors and then won the first 12-lap Borla Muffler Heat Race to earn the pole driving his Hatfield Racing Engines Warrior/Monte Carlo.Green drew a late qualifying number and then went out and turned in the fastest lap among the 43 entrants on Saturday night with a time around the 1/3-mile high-banked clay oval in 12.19 seconds. After starting on the pole position for the first heat, Green blasted past Scott Sexton of Pigeon Forge, TN to take the win and the pole position.

East Tennessee high-banked race tracks have been to Green this season, as his two Hav-A-Tampa wins in 1999 have come at Tazewell Speedway and Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN. On Sunday night, Green will be looking for a Hav-A-Tampa sweep of all three Tennessee tracks that HAT will visit in 1999.

Another HAT driver also continued his love affair with Atomic Speedway on Friday night. Rick Eckert of York, PA drove his Raye Vest Rocket/Grand Prix to victory in the second heat race, and will start on the outside of the front row for Sunday night’s big show. Eckert’s only HAT of the 1999 season came at Atomic Speedway back in March. The defending and three-time HAT Champion Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, TN will start Sunday’s big show on the inside of row two after driving his Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/Mustang to victory in the third heat race. Bloomquist is the defending champion of the Atomic Speedway HAT WIVK 100.

Former Atomic Speedway Late Model Champion, and now HAT regular Skip Arp of Georgetown, TN won the fourth heat and will start his Curtis Equipment GRT/Monte Carlo on the outside of the second row.

The top four finishers in each heat race transferred to the main event in the first 16 starting spots for Sunday night’s race. Starting positions 17 through 22 will be determined through the top three finishers in two 12-lap Consolation Races before the big show on Sunday night. Starting positions 23 and 24 will be HAT provisionals.

On Sunday, the pit gate opens at 2 p.m., with the grandstand gate opening at 5 p.m. There will be a HAT Drivers Autograph Session at 5:30 p.m. on souvenir row, and hot laps are scheduled for 7 p.m. Atomic Speedway is located just west of Knoxville at I-40 and U.S. Highway 321 at exit 364. The race day information line is (423) 986-3589.

THE SUMMARY:

QUALIFICATIONS:

POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS CAR MAKE TIME

1 89 Marshall Green Dalton, GA Warrior Monte Carlo 12.17

2 24 Rick Eckert York, PA Rocket Grand Prix 12.28

3 0 Scott Bloomquist Mooresburg, TN Warrior Mustang 12.29

4 46 Earl Pearson Jr. Jacksonville, FL Warrior Monte Carlo 12.37

5 52 Scott Sexton Pigeon Forge, TN Stinger Grand Prix 12.38

6 201 Billy Ogle Jr. Knoxville, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 12.39

7 00 Freddy Smith Knoxville, TN GRT Monte Carlo 12.39

8 31 Skip Arp Georgetown, TN GRT Monte Carlo 12.41

9 5J Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN GRT Grand Prix 12.42

10 8 David Payne Murphy, NC GRT Monte Carlo 12.47

11 6m Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR GRT Monte Carlo 12.48

12 114 Randle Chupp Knoxville, TN GRT Monte Carlo 12.5

13 66 Bill Frye Greenbrier, AR Warrior Grand Prix 12.53

14 17m Dale McDowell Rossville, GA GRT Monte Carlo 12.54

15 3ss Steve Smith Powell, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 12.59

16 29 Jason Welsham Maryville, TN GRT Monte Carlo 12.61

17 87 Rex Richey Ringgold, GA Rayburn Monte Carlo 12.61

18 17g Mike Gault Gaffney, SC GRT Grand Prix 12.62

19 99c Rick Aukland Fargo, ND MasterSbilt Grand Prix 12.64

20 53 Ray Cook Brasstown, NC GRT Mustang 12.72

21 CV3 Gusty Christenberry Knoxville, TN GRT Monte Carlo 12.77

22 15d Patrick Duggan Lenoir City, TN Stinger Monte Carlo 12.77

23 22 Terry Shannon Pilot Mountain, TN Barry Wright Grand Prix 12.78

24 11s Clint Smith Griffin, GA Swartz Monte Carlo 12.79

25 1c Vic Hill Knoxville, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 12.79

26 23 Jake Lowry Georgetown, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 12.79

27 15 Steve Francis Ashland, KY Rocket Monte Carlo 12.8

28 84b Roger Best Maryville, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 12.93

29 3 Terry Wolfenbarger Knoxville, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 12.97

30 32 Brandon Ball West Plains, MO GRT Grand Prix 13.01

31 1ch Charles Hurst Knoxville, TN Weeks Monte Carlo 13.03

32 28w Jeff Wolfenbarger Knoxville, TN Stinger Grand Prix 13.04

33 28 Dennis Erb Jr. Carpentersville, ILL Rayburn Monte Carlo 13.08

34 114x Dan Duggan Lenoir City, TN GRT Grand Prix 13.1

35 D3 David Smith Chattanooga, TN Stinger Mustang 13.19

36 11 Mike Hill Rockwood, TN GRT Monte Carlo 13.2

37 84 Steve Harrison Spring City, TN Stinger Monte Carlo 13.2

38 31t Bobby Turner Cumming, GA Turner Monte Carlo 13.27

39 95 Rick Williams Crossville, TN Stinger Monte Carlo 13.28

40 03 Jeff Monger Lenoir City, TN Stinger Monte Carlo 13.29

41 91 Ken Phillips Loudon, TN Warrior Monte Carlo 13.31

42 17le Lance Elson Wellsburg, WV Mastersbilt Grand Prix 13.51

43 54 Marty Black Knoxville, TN Stinger Monte Carlo 13.59

BORLA MUFFLER 12-LAP HEAT RACE RESULTS (Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main

Event):

1ST HEAT: 1. Green, 2. Sexton, 3. Frye, 4. Christenberry, 5. Erb, 6.

Johnson, 7. Richey, 8. V. Hill, 9. T. Wolfenbarger, 10. Harrison, 11.

Phillips.

2ND HEAT: 1. Eckert, 2. Ogle, 3. Payne, 4. McDowell, 5. P. Duggan, 6.

Turner, 7. Gault, 8. Ball, 9. Lowry, 10. D. Duggan, 11. Elson.

3RD HEAT: 1. Bloomquist, 2. Wallace, 3. F. Smith, 4. Francis, 5. S. Smith,

6. Shannon, 7. Aukland, 8. Hurst, 9. D. Smith, 10. Williams, 11. Black.

4TH HEAT: 1. Arp, 2. Pearson, 3. Cook, 4. Chupp, 5. C. Smith, 6. Welsham,

7. Best, 8. M. Hill, 9. Monger, 10. J. Wolfenbarger.

“SWEET 16” STARTING LINE-UP FOR THE $20,000-TO-WIN WIVK 100:

ROW 1:

89 – Marshall Green, Dalton, GA, Hatfield Racing Engines Warrior/Monte Carlo

24 – Rick Eckert, York, PA, Raye Vest Rocket/Grand Prix

ROW 2:

0 – Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN, Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/Mustang

31 – Skip Arp, Georgetown, TN, Curtis Equipment GRT/Monte Carlo

ROW 3:

52 – Scott Sexton, Pigeon Forge, TN, True Value Hardware Stinger/Grand Prix

201 – Billy Ogle Jr., Knoxville, TN, P&J Builders Warrior/Monte Carlo

ROW 4:

6m – Wendell Wallace, Batesville, AR, Monday Trucking GRT/Grand Prix

46 – Earl Pearson Jr., Jacksonville, FL, M&M Transport Warrior/Monte Carlo

ROW 5:

66 – Bill Frye, Greenbrier, AR, UniFirst Uniforms Warrior/Grand Prix

8 - David Payne, Murphy, NC, Payne Tire GRT/Monte Carlo

ROW 6:

00 - Freddy Smith, Knoxville, TN, Christenberry Trucking and Farms GET/Monte

Carlo

53 – Ray Cook, Brasstown, NC, Youngblood Concrete GRT/Mustang

ROW 7:

CV3 – Gusty Christenberry, Knoxville, TN, Christenberry Trucking and Farms

GRT/Monte Carlo

17m – Dale McDowell, Rossville, GA, Glenn’s Auto Parts GRT/Monte Carlo

ROW 8:

15 – Steve Francis, Ashland, KY, Action Auto Mart Rocket/Monte Carlo

114 – Randle Chupp, Knoxville, TN, Bonanza-Fine Produce GRT/Monte Carlo

ROW 9:

Pace American Trailers First Consolation Race Winner

Polaris ATVs Second Consolation Race Winner

ROW 10:

Pace American Trailers First Consolation Race Runner-Up

Polaris ATVs Second Consolation Race Runner-Up

ROW 11:

Pace American Trailers First Consolation Race Third-Place Finisher

Polaris ATVs Second Consolation Race Third-Place Finisher

ROW 12:

HAT Provisional

HAT Provisional

CONSOLATION RACE LINE-UPS (Top Three Finishers Transfer To The Main Event):

PACE AMERICAN TRAILERS 1ST CONSY:

28 Dennis Erb Jr. (R) – 3 Steve Smith

5 Ronnie Johnson – 22 Terry Shannon

87 Rex Richey – 99c Rick Aukland

1c Vic Hill – 1 Charles Hurst

3 Terry Wolfenbarger – D3 David Smith

84 Steve Harrison – 95 Rick Williams

91 Ken Phillips – 54 Marty Black

POLARIS ATVs 2ND CONSY:

15 Patrick Duggan – 11 Clint Smith

31 Bobby Turner – 29 Jason Welsham

17 Mike Gault – 84 Roger Best

32 Brandon Ball (R) – 11 Mike Hill

23 Jake Lowry – 03 Jeff Monger

114x Dan Duggan – 28 Jeff Wolfenbarger

17e Lance Elson

R – Denotes Hav-A-Tampa Rookie of the Year Candidate