POSTED 8-16-09 KEN-TEN RACE 7 NASHVILLE FAIRGROUNDS RECAP

Ken-Ten Series race # 7 Fairgrounds Speedway (Nashville) 8-15-09 We had 23 cars on hand, Chase Oliver breaks something in the RF during practice and hits the turn 1 wall. Out of the 22 cars, Sammy Sanders blisters the track with a 18:979 earning him the AR Bodies Fast Time Award! Local hot shoe Mark Day was 2nd with a 19:469,Clay Alexander making his first start with us was 3rd with 19:603,Jimmy Victory was 4th with a 19:685,Davey Coble was 5th with a 19:765 and rounding out the top six was Daniel Bolden with a 19:775 in only his 2nd late model start. Daniel has been running the truck division last several years and has 4 wins so far in 09. The Ken-Ten Series has a complete redraw of the top 6 spots. Sammy pulls a 1,Mark a 2 ,Clay a 3,Jimmy a 5,Davey a 4 and Daniel gets a 6 for the start of the 125 lap feature. We would run 75 laps, stop for a 10 minute break for adjustments with NO tires and finish with a 50 lap shootout !!At the end of 75 laps the top 6 would redraw again for the start of the last 50 lap segment. We’re here to put a show for the fans and they got their monies worth tonight!!! Mark Day gets the jump on the start of the race and caution flies for the 7 car of Tony Ussery after contact from the 5 of Blake Hillard. Marty Taylor has nowhere to go and slides into the 7 car ending his night! We’re back to green on lap 8 with Mark leading till lap 9 and Sammy takes over the point till lap 29.At lap 30 Mark regains the lead till lap 38 caution for some kids up next to the fence out of turn 4 on the grandstand side of the wall !!! Mark is leading, Sammy is 2nd,Clay is 3rd,Jimmy is 4th and DBV Properties Rookie contender Mason Mingus is 5th and looking pretty sporty!! We have a new leader on lap 46,Sammy regains the lead from Mark !! Lap 48 caution flies for the 98b car of Bobby Buttrey who makes some hard contact with the backstretch wall, he made have had some help!! The top 8 are Sammy, Mark, Jimmy, Clay, Mason, Davey Coble ,Daniel Bolden, and Bennie Hamlett. On the 55th lap, we have a new leader, Mark takes it and holds it till lap 69 when Mark falls off the pace and Sammy regains it again !! Sammy leads us to the 75 lap break with Clay 2nd,Mason 3rd,Jimmy 4th,Mark 5th and Davey 6th. Sammy draws a one, Davey a two, Clay a three, Mason a four, Jimmy a five and Mark a six. The guys could change anything but not bolt on fresh tires !! This was going to be a tire management race and the last 50 laps was going to be a show. After the first 75 laps it was a set on the edge of your seat race anyway, how would the next 50 play out !!! The cars rolled off with the exception of Mark Day who had a gas pedal break at the foot box!!! The only car who could possibly run with Sammy was out of it !!! Everyone was thinking it would be Sammy taking the checkers, on the restart of the race Davey Coble jumps out and leads till lap 83.Sammy shows his muscle and takes over the lead, with Mason Mingus almost loosing it out of 4 and holds onto it just dropping a few spots. Lap 93 caution flies for our 4th and 5th place runners, Mason is hard into the backstretch wall along with Jimmy. Mason is done for the night ending a great run for the 14 year old rookie! Jimmy is able to continue racing. Sammy is 1st,Clay 2nd,Davey 3rd,Daniel Bolden 4th,Bennie Hamlett 5th and Michael Driskell is 6th after changing a motor in practice, missing qualifying and starting shotgun on the field !! You have to give the 7d crew a shout out for all that work boys ,it was hot and they could have loaded up and went to the shop Thanks guys !! The caution flies again on lap 108 for the cars of Michael Driskell and Bennie Hamlett. Sammy leads Clay 2nd,Davey 3rd,Daniel Bolden 4th and Stacy Crain local star in the truck division making his first start with us in 5th.Josh Brock is in 6th after getting the luck dog pass early in the race !! On the restart at lap 113,Clay gets the jump on Sammy and is looking good for the win !! Clay has saved his tires and is on the bottom of the track in 3 and 4!! Sammy is dogging him every lap searching for a way around him for the next 9 laps !!! On lap 121 Sammy gets into Clay in turns 1 and 2 sending Clay into a spin. Clay is able to continued but under Ken-Ten rules both cars go to the tail ending both of their nights for a win !! The 09 of Daniel Bolden is our new leader, with Josh Brock in 2nd and a slowing Davey Coble 3rd.Stacy Crain is 4th and Blake Hillard is in 5th after going to the tail from a earlier incident!! Fairgrounds rules are the last 5 laps must be green with one shot at a green, white,checkers Lap 125 restart had the car of Davey Coble slowing even more and pulling off with a motor problem on lap 128 !! At the checkers on lap 130 Daniel Bolden gets the win, Josh Brock is 2nd,Stacy Crain 3rd,Blake Hillard 4th,Bennie Hamlett 5th and Brian Royalty in 6th,the only racer to have finished in the top 10 in all of our races!!! Congrats to Daniel Bolden and his whole crew on a job well done and to all of you racers who showed up to put on a GREAT SHOW !!!! Thanks to Danny and his whole staff at The Fairgrounds Speedway. Folks where standing or sitting on the edge of their seats most of the night. We’re there to put on a show, the fans I talked to got their monies worth for sure. We may go back in November for a NON-POINTS race, we’ll keep you guys updated on that. Thanks Guys Craig Thompson AR Bodies Fast Time 18:979 Sammy Sanders Renegade Race Cars Long Haul Award Josh Brock DBV Properties Rookie of the Race Josh Brock B & D Landscaping Hard Charger Josh Brock AR Bodies Hard Luck Award Mason Mingus Thanks Brad Janes

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