POSTED 6-29-09 HIGHLAND RIM RACE RECAP

Highland Rim Speedway Race Recap June 27, 2009 – It was sweltering hot Saturday night at Highland Rim Speedway. An afternoon rain shower pushed the action off by about half an hour but did nothing for the heat! The Shriner Clown cars were the official pace car of the night and the clowns put on a show during intermission thrilling the crowds. But the real action was on the track. Lucky Sevens night meant that each race ended in a 7 – so a 15 lap race would be a 17 lapper and a 30 lap race would be a 37 lapper for event. Bevin Wilson started the night by grabbing the fast time honors and winning the Rim Runner feature race. Wilson survived three cautions to take the trophy. He had about an eight car advantage over Donold Webb when the checkers flew. Adam Felts survived an early race caution to finish third. Paul Lambert and Chris York got tangled up with six laps to go but were able to finish the race in fourth and fifth place respectively. Mike Womack was the man to beat in the Taxi race. Womack pulled out into the lead at the wave of the green and never looked back. Caution on lap 13 for a stalled car bunched the field back up. On the restart, Bill Benson did a great job saving it when he bounced off the wall and kept going without bringing out the caution. Fastest Qualifier, Tink Jackson caught Womack on lap 15 just before a caution for a spin. Jackson stayed right in Womack’s tire tracks on the restart with Eugene Anderson staying within striking distance of the top two. The trio pulled out into their own race in the final laps with Jackson making a last lap run on Womack. Womack held on by a fender to pick up the win. Anderson was third. Charles Pruett passed Michael Oldham with five laps to go for the fourth spot. Oldham ended the night in fifth. Chris Allen stretched out into the lead early in the Front Wheel Drive Modified race. David Frost was on Allen’s bumper in the early laps of the race. Frost got into Allen on lap 6. Allen got a little out of shape but was able to gather it back up without losing it. The maneuver allowed Fast Time Winner, Dustin Goodwin to close up on the top two. Goodwin overtook the second spot on lap 8 and the lead the very next lap. Once out front, Goodwin took off leaving the rest to be settled out behind him. With just two laps to go, Scott Conner moved to the outside of Allen for second. Jerry Nuckols eased into the picture for a three wide final lap for the second spot. Conner stretched out to grab second with Nuckols stealing third. Allen settled in for fourth. Frost took home fifth. Toby Tobitt added to his points lead winning the Challenger Race. Fast Tim Winner, Tobitt jumped out into the lead at the start and set sail. Billy Shaffer kept Tobitt in his sights but never made a move on him for the lead. Tobitt won the caution free race with Shaffer finishing second. Terry Conn finished third. Kevin LaMastus led flag to flag in the Sportsman race. LaMastus ran all by himself most of the night. Fast Time Winner, Brice Crabtree caught up to LaMastus with a handful of laps to go but was not able to make a pass. LaMastus took home the trophy in the caution free race. Crabtree finished less than a car length back for second. Nearly a straight away back was Matt Goodwin and Jonathan Wilhite for third and fourth respectively. Fifth place was Jay Parrish. Chuckie Adkins came back with a vengeance in the Pro Trucks. Adkins was in a last lap crash a couple weeks ago that left his truck with heavy damage. Two weeks later, Adkins comes back stronger than ever setting fast time of the night and winning the 37 lap feature. Adkins took the lead on lap ten from early race leader, Bobby Wingo leaving the rest of the pack in his dust. Caution on lap 25 brought the field back together. Zach Evans and Chuck Adcock crashed in turn three. The duo had been laying on each other down the back stretch as they battled for position. Back underway, Adkins opened back up leaving Wingo and Matt Spurlock to settle it out for second. On the white flag lap, Buddy Williams lost his motor looping it as he went through turns three and four. Williams backed his crippled truck down out of the way so that the race could end without further incident. Adkins won the race with Wingo coming in second. Spurlock took third followed by James Baggett and Richard Hamilton for fourth and fifth. It took a while to clean the track from the blown motor for the Super Stock race. But once they got going, Daniel Barnes showed them how it was done. Barnes set fast time for the class and went on to win the trophy! Barnes took seven laps to move into challenge Willie Coats for the lead. Barnes and Coats ran side by side for four laps until Coats slid into the corner dirt track style allowing Barnes to pull ahead into the top spot. Barnes won the race with Tink Jackson pulling double duty in both the Taxis and Super Stocks finishing second. Third went to Coats. Lance Steel and Timmy Coats rounded out the top five. It took a couple tries to get the Late Models going. Once underway, it took Mike Barrett just three laps to steer his way into the lead. Yellow slowed the race on lap six when Zach Neely looped it in turn two. On the restart, Barrett held his lead with Scot Gay and Bobby Terry battling for second. Fast Time Winner, Terry took second on lap ten and set his sites on Barrett. A second caution for a three car jumble with ten to go gave Terry a break. But it was all about Barrett. Barrett won the race with Terry finishing three car lengths back for second. Gay ended his run in third place. T.W. Fisher and Neely both survived early race incidents to finish fourth and fifth. Celebrate July 4th with the Rim this Saturday. Start the day off watching the Greenbrier Independence Day Parade where several cars and trucks from the track will be participating in the parade. Then 7 spine tingling classes of cars and trucks will compete for nearly 200 laps of high banked racing excitement. And as an added bonus, there will be a FREE concert during intermission!!! There will be plenty of Rockin’ and Racin’ at Highland Rim Speedway coming up this Saturday, July 4th!! Grandstand admission will be just $10 for adults for this great night of Rockin’ and Racin’. Whitehouse, Cottontown, or Walnut Grove (37188 & 37048) residents can show their driver’s license and get into the grandstands absolutely FREE!!!! Make plans now to see what’s new at the Rim! Grandstand Admission is $10, Youth 6-12 is $5, Children 5 & Under are free with a paid adult. Pit Admission is $25. Racing starts at 6:00 pm. Pit gates open at 1:00 pm, grandstands at 3:00 pm. Qualifying at 4:30 pm. Highland Rim Speedway is a high banked 1/3 mile asphalt track competing weekly from March through October. For more information check the website www.highlandrim.com. Tammy Kelly Highland Rim Speedway