Ken-Ten Series race # 5 Riverview Speedway 7-18-09
Racing for the Kids of St. Jude 100
His last name says it all Victory, Local hot shoe Jimmy Victory sets AR Bodies Fast Time and after the draw(top 6 fastest draw for their starting spots) Jimmy pulls out the # 1 spot! Sammy Sanders starts 2nd after qualifying 5th,Davey Coble 3rd after timing in at 3rd quick.DBV Properties Rookie contender Josh Brock qualified 2nd and started 4th.Local favorite Zach Taylor currently Tim Steeles driver in the CRA Series was on hand driving his family owned car, he qualified 4th and started 5th.Brian Royalty timed in at 6th and started 6th,that rounds out the top 6.
Michael Driskell started 7th,Josh Byrns 8th,Mason Mingus another one of our DBV Properties Rookie rookie contender 9th,Gregg Carby 10th.
James The King Climer qualified 11th,David Guenther 12th,Marty Taylor 13th,Bennie Hamlett driving the #00 of Tommy Climer was 14th,Adam Wright 15th and Ben McFarland 16th.
We had just 16 cars on hand, but I would have to say it was the best race of the season for the Ken-Ten Series. The pole was a 10:792 and 15th quick had a time of 11:383.So far this season we’ve had 47 cars run with us!!
On the start of the race, Jimmy Victory driving the 18 car of Tracy Wix slips a little out of turn 2 washing up the track in front of Sammy Sanders, this allowed Davey Coble to take the lead down the backstretch. Davey held onto the lead till lap 16,Jimmy had made a great save on the start and took over the lead on lap 17.Our first caution came on lap 26 for both 98 cars of Mason Mingus and Zach Taylor who where running in the top 5 at the time.RVS officials ruled it a racing incident, Mason gets his spot back and Zach who came into the pits restarted on the tail. A few laps before this action Davey Coble who had a strong run going in 2nd got super loose, headed to the pits under this caution for some adjustments!!
On the restart Jimmy is the leader, Sammy 2nd,Michael Driskell 3rd and Mason 4th.Lap 32 caution for the car of James The King Climer hard into the outside wall in turn 3 after some contact in the left rear. James gets the AR Bodies Hard Luck award for the race. Our top 8 eight at the time where, Jimmy leading, Sammy 2nd,Michael 3rd,Josh Brock 4th,Brian Royalty 5th,Mason 6th,Josh Byrns 7th and Bennie Hamlett 8th
Lap 50 we still had Jimmy leading, Sammy 2nd,Josh Brock,3rd Brian 4th and Josh Byrns 5th.We had just 2 cautions on the nations fastest ¼ mile track and at the checkers Jimmy Victory gets the win!!DBV Properties Rookie of the race Josh Brock was 2nd after putting a move on Sammy during the 68 lap green flag action. Sammy was 3rd,Brian 4th and Josh Byrns 5th
Rounding out the top 10,Benny Hamlett 6th,Mason Mingus 7th last car on the lead lap! Michael Driskell 8th,Zach Taylor 9th and in 10th Gregg Carby.
The racers who did show up to put on a great show and drove each other with respect, you guys deserve a that a boy for that. The ones who didn’t show missed a GREAT show, 2 cautions guys, that says it all. The only knock I had was the late start which will be addressed next year when we go back and the lapped cars at the end of the race, guys the shoe will be on the other foot some time!! Respect the leaders and move over, that very well could have affected the outcome of the race. Jimmy did a great job getting thru that mess, He and Tracy will be running with us more this year, a lot of smiles after the races especially in the payout line! Big hats off to the sponsors for your help on the race and for the help with the series. I cannot express my gratitude enough!!!Thanks to all of you, Bo and Arty Hall of RVS and his crew on a job well done, also the local racers with late model stocks for showing up!! A very special thanks to Randy from Circle Wheels for showing up and giving the command to start you engines and the extra money on their gift certificate.
Craig Thompson NOTE: TO VIEW WINNING PHOTOS AND MORE GO TO THIS LINK www.photosbyodell.photoreflect.com
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