Second, the Mason twins. These two kids are the sons of Figure-8 driver Mike Mason. I didn't see everything that happened on the track but did see one of the twins get into it with the #43 car during the front runner figure-8. Then the Mason kid hits the #43 car head on. This was crazy!
Next, the x15 of Van Washer in the street modified race tangles with #69 Rita Cline. But when the race is over Van Washer uses his car to push #67 of Mark Thompson off the track. I was told that one of the officials warned x15 Van Washer about rough driving in the pits. Van Washer x15 was not back on Sunday.
On Sunday it was more of the same. The sportsman race was CRAZY! There was so much action, I am not sure what was really going on out there on the track. It was #99 of Robert Cohron leading the race with a much improved car of Daymond Long #28 on his rear bumper. Daymond was driving hard for his first win when he drove into turn three a little too hard and hit the #99 of Cohron and spun both cars. Which set up the next story. Daniel Young in the #6 stopped to keep from hitting these two cars and #84 of Joe Reynolds passes the #6. But as the rules state after a yellow comes out you go back to the previous lap. That would have put #84 Joe Reynolds in behind #6 and in second place. Apparently, Joe didn't see it that way. Then the officials tell Joe to get back in line and Joe does not. At one point Joe drives his car by a Beech Bend official at a unsafe speed and appears to surve toward the official. Then Joe goes to to the front stretch and stops in front of the flag stand. The flagman warns him to get back in line or off the track. At that point Reynolds just sat there. The PA announcer tells him and his crew that the wrecker is about to be dispatch to the track to tow him off. Like I said it was a crazy weekend of racing.
Oh, I almost forgot the Sammy Sanders, Davey Coble and Mason Mingus deal on Friday night. During the second late model race on lap 39 Sammy spins #98 Mason Mingus. To set this story up let me tell you this. Davey Coble #14 was leading the race at lap 39 of 50 laps. Mason Mingus #98 was in second and Sammy Sanders #12 was third. Sammy tagged the #98 with only 11 laps to go. The rules are very clear. If this had happen at the start of the race and lap one had not been completed then all cars go back to there starting spot. But after one lap has been completed then any and all cars involved in a spin goes to the rear. Therefore on lap 39 the #12 of Sanders and #98 of Mingus should have restarted in the rear. With 20 cars in the field would have made it easier for the #14 of Coble to win and probably would have won this race. Hold on, let me say for #12 Sanders, he did on his own go to the rear. The #98 of Mingus did not. We went for several minutes and then the call comes across the BBR radios that #12 of Sanders and #98 of Mingus go back to second and third spots. This really got Jerry Coble upset (Jerry is the owner of the #14). Let me say, I don't blame Sanders or Mingus for starting back in second and third or Sanders winning. The call was blown by the officials in my opinion. In closing of this story, I will say we all make mistakes and I feel BBR or Ken-Ten made a big one. Maybe the next time the favor will go to the Coble's. Anyway enough on this lets move on.
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Mingus in one of his spins
The Mason's and car #43 Deal!
Van Washer #x15 and Mark Thompson #67
Daymond Long #28 and Joe Reynolds #84
