RaceJunkie
07-02-2008, 11:09 AM
By Larry Long, FMS Press
Fayetteville, NC June 28, 2008- Fayetteville Motor Speedway (FMS) got back to exciting Saturday night dirt track action for all it’s regular classes on this Saturday night on the clay oval and it was a good night for some of the drivers as they come away with big wins.
Defending Moffitt Machine Shop Super Street champion Glenn “Fireball” Howard of Wade chalked up his ninth win of the year as he powered his Camaro to his 100th career victory and increases his points lead as he seeks another crown at Fayetteville’s clay oval. Howard out ran former champ Ricky Butler of Fayetteville in his Silver Bullet Chevy for this win. Godwin’s upstart Thomas Stewart placed third but holds onto the runner-up spot in the points chase for the year. Jim Henley Sr. of Fayetteville had his best showing this year with a fourth place finish and hard charging Derrick Hilliard was fifth and has moved to fifth in the point battle in his Hilliard Racing Chevy machine. Howard has proven again he’s the man to beat weekly in this class at FMS for sure as he loves that Dunn-Benson Ford Winner’s Circle weekly.
“Hurricane” Hank Edwards of Hope Mills finally got his Williams Motorsports entry out of Ash, NC hooked up and roared to his first win of the season in the Mid South Auto Recycling Open Wheel Mod feature Edwards had by far his best outing this year in the Mitchell Williams Plant Works entry as the multi time FMS champion held off a tough Timmy Blackwell of Grays Creek in his Granger Racing mount out of Tabor City, NC at the finish line. 2008 points leader 18 year old Travis Yow took the Pumpkin Pierce Chassis ride for Big Al & Bobbie Menscer his car owners celebrating their 60th anniversary to a third place finish on this night for Star Leasing. Defending Champ David Hart of Carthage ran fourth with Autryville hotshoe Jeff Tyndall settling for fifth spot this week in his RCR entry. Could “Hurricane Hank” season be coming in the upcoming weeks at FMS? Yow is still holding onto the top spot in the points chase with Carlos Jaramillo second after this week show down. Upstart Eric Menscer of Fayetteville in his Star Leasing entry is third and Eric is coming hard in this class entering July. Edwards is holding down fourth place with 18 year old upstart Jordon Taylor of Fayetteville now fifth in the chase. Look for July to be very interesting for all the classes for sure as the weather gets warmer and so does the action at FMS.
The 2008 HGR Late Model points leader Shaun Harrell of Raeford held off a pair of former FMS champions in the Late Model battle as Harrell kept 2007 Late Model champion Willie Milliken of Leland at bay early on and later in the action held his ground over 2006 Late Model champ D J Tyndall of Dunn as the checkers waved on Harrell in his Carolina Concrete Finishing-Midway Mini Storage machine for the 6th time this year. Harrell now has a 158 point lead over Tyndall going to this week showdown.
Tyndall is back after some motor woes and so is Milliken both looking a way to unseat Harrell in the chase along with Fayetteville’s Denton Little who is third in the points entering July battles. Harrell has been strong right out of the box this season. Wayne Gray Jr. is holding down the fifth spot in the chase this year.
The Auto Plus U Cars show saw David “Cowboy” Nelson grab the top honors over Greg Dull and Stephanie Clew. A J Huffman ran fourth with Colton Beasley fifth in the final tally. Nelson then went out and made it two wins in one night as he chalked up the Enduro checkers over Mike Dillon and Joseph Lockwood. Wayne Baker finished fourth and Chris Parker posted a fifth place night for Parker Motorsports.
The Young Guns put on another good show as Jordon Tyndall of Autryville captured the victory again holding off 2008 point leader Zach Blackwell at the stripe. Austin Beasley placed third then is was hotshoe Dylan Hammond taking a fourth place on this evening and Steve Kendall rounded out the top five finishers for the event the final night of action for June.
Coming July 5 it is another round of Carolina Clash Super Late Model action, a 50 lap showdown paying $5,000 to the winner. All support classes will be on the program this Saturday night so catch all the fireworks at Fayetteville Speedway. Gates Opens to the pits at 3 pm and the Grandstands opens at 4 30 pm. Defending Clash Champion Ricky Weeks and Fayetteville’s 2002 Clash Champion Scott Autry will enter this Clash Show both with 103 Clash starts and who’ll be the Clash Ironman after the 2008 season??.
Dennis “Rambo” Franklin of Gaffney won the April Clash event at FMS and Franklin enters the showdown holding a 60 plus points edge over 4 time Clash champ Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton after 11 Clash shows this year. Ray Tucker of Greensboro won last Saturday Clash show at Brinkleyville, NC for his 9th All Time Clash win and his first since 2004 at 311 Speedway. Tucker held off G R Smith of Mooresville and Weeks in the final tally. Princeton fireball Dustin Mitchell had a solid night as he ran fourth with Virginia veteran Booper Bare fifth. The Clash Rookie of The Year Battle is getting interesting for three drivers looking at winning that honor this year. Fayetteville’s Duo of Craig Shuffield and Scott Neighbors are sixth and seventh in the chase and Shuffield holds a slim 5 points over Neighbors coming into the FMS Clash battle Saturday night. Gastonia’s Anthony Sanders is in the Rookie chase as well in the eighth spot with1,137 points. Jeff Smith has moved to third place as the defending NAPA Crazy 8 FMS champion us battling Manning’s fireball and 2001 Clash champ “Steady Eddie” Gibbons for that spot entering July action on the ninth year Blue Collar tour. Gastonia veteran Doug Sanders has been tough enough to hold down that fifth spot most of the year and he’s ready for a win along with a handful of other Clash regulars entering the month of July. Saluda veteran Deano Long is ninth in the Clash points with Blairsville’s Jonathan Davenport tenth in the 2008 Clash point battle. This will be the 30th All Time Clash Show at FMS and Jeff Smith and Ray Tucker have posted the most wins along the way with 5 wins each entering the race July 5th...
This Clash event will be a part of the NAPA Crazy 8 Series and Ricky Weeks is holding down the top spot with 2 wins to his credit and has 500 points then it is Ed Gibbons in his Woods Logging entry second with 450 points followed by 2002 Clash Champ Scott Autry in the L&M Convenience Stores ride with 420 points. Jeff Smith for Starrette Trucking-J&J Race Cars is fourth with 400 points and “Speedy” Scott Neighbors has put up a win for Nichols Plumbing and holds down the fifth spot with 385 points entering the show July 5 at FMS. Catch the excitement of dirt track kicking action on the Clay oval July 5. The 2008 Clash winners this year includes Rambo with 3 wins, Randall Chupp with 2 wins and Benji Cole has grabbed a couple of Checkers along the way and Davenport, Furman Parton, Tim Allen and Ray Tucker all have 1 win to their credit.. Weeks is the Clash Series all time winner with 23 wins then it is Jeff Smith with 17 wins followed by Rambo Franklin the 2008 Clash frontrunner with 14 wins. Now retired Billy Hicks of Mt. Airy is fourth with 11 wins and Greensboro’s Flyer Ray Tucker is fifth with 9 wins on the Clash tour in 9 seasons and 170 shows across the Southland. Catch Clash Fever in Fayetteville, NC July 5 it will all be good, all night long.
FMS would like to thank Industrial Solutions and Supply in Marion, SC and Roger Lewis for the $100 Fast Qualifier Award for this Clash event Saturday night. Race Fans will be looking at “Free Gas” as five (5) gas cards, a $40 value will be awarded during the Clash Show Saturday night to some lucky fans. This gas cards are compliments of Henry Wood of Wood Logging in White Oak, NC, Dean Bowen of Tire and Alignment in Fair Bluff, NC, Gene Pittman with Jimmy’s Upholstery Shop in Lumberton, NC along with CarolinaDirt .com. Good Luck to all the drivers and fans Saturday night.
Quality Pools of Elizabethtown is the sponsor for a $100.00 Carolina Clash Hard Charger Award
Fayetteville, NC June 28, 2008- Fayetteville Motor Speedway (FMS) got back to exciting Saturday night dirt track action for all it’s regular classes on this Saturday night on the clay oval and it was a good night for some of the drivers as they come away with big wins.
Defending Moffitt Machine Shop Super Street champion Glenn “Fireball” Howard of Wade chalked up his ninth win of the year as he powered his Camaro to his 100th career victory and increases his points lead as he seeks another crown at Fayetteville’s clay oval. Howard out ran former champ Ricky Butler of Fayetteville in his Silver Bullet Chevy for this win. Godwin’s upstart Thomas Stewart placed third but holds onto the runner-up spot in the points chase for the year. Jim Henley Sr. of Fayetteville had his best showing this year with a fourth place finish and hard charging Derrick Hilliard was fifth and has moved to fifth in the point battle in his Hilliard Racing Chevy machine. Howard has proven again he’s the man to beat weekly in this class at FMS for sure as he loves that Dunn-Benson Ford Winner’s Circle weekly.
“Hurricane” Hank Edwards of Hope Mills finally got his Williams Motorsports entry out of Ash, NC hooked up and roared to his first win of the season in the Mid South Auto Recycling Open Wheel Mod feature Edwards had by far his best outing this year in the Mitchell Williams Plant Works entry as the multi time FMS champion held off a tough Timmy Blackwell of Grays Creek in his Granger Racing mount out of Tabor City, NC at the finish line. 2008 points leader 18 year old Travis Yow took the Pumpkin Pierce Chassis ride for Big Al & Bobbie Menscer his car owners celebrating their 60th anniversary to a third place finish on this night for Star Leasing. Defending Champ David Hart of Carthage ran fourth with Autryville hotshoe Jeff Tyndall settling for fifth spot this week in his RCR entry. Could “Hurricane Hank” season be coming in the upcoming weeks at FMS? Yow is still holding onto the top spot in the points chase with Carlos Jaramillo second after this week show down. Upstart Eric Menscer of Fayetteville in his Star Leasing entry is third and Eric is coming hard in this class entering July. Edwards is holding down fourth place with 18 year old upstart Jordon Taylor of Fayetteville now fifth in the chase. Look for July to be very interesting for all the classes for sure as the weather gets warmer and so does the action at FMS.
The 2008 HGR Late Model points leader Shaun Harrell of Raeford held off a pair of former FMS champions in the Late Model battle as Harrell kept 2007 Late Model champion Willie Milliken of Leland at bay early on and later in the action held his ground over 2006 Late Model champ D J Tyndall of Dunn as the checkers waved on Harrell in his Carolina Concrete Finishing-Midway Mini Storage machine for the 6th time this year. Harrell now has a 158 point lead over Tyndall going to this week showdown.
Tyndall is back after some motor woes and so is Milliken both looking a way to unseat Harrell in the chase along with Fayetteville’s Denton Little who is third in the points entering July battles. Harrell has been strong right out of the box this season. Wayne Gray Jr. is holding down the fifth spot in the chase this year.
The Auto Plus U Cars show saw David “Cowboy” Nelson grab the top honors over Greg Dull and Stephanie Clew. A J Huffman ran fourth with Colton Beasley fifth in the final tally. Nelson then went out and made it two wins in one night as he chalked up the Enduro checkers over Mike Dillon and Joseph Lockwood. Wayne Baker finished fourth and Chris Parker posted a fifth place night for Parker Motorsports.
The Young Guns put on another good show as Jordon Tyndall of Autryville captured the victory again holding off 2008 point leader Zach Blackwell at the stripe. Austin Beasley placed third then is was hotshoe Dylan Hammond taking a fourth place on this evening and Steve Kendall rounded out the top five finishers for the event the final night of action for June.
Coming July 5 it is another round of Carolina Clash Super Late Model action, a 50 lap showdown paying $5,000 to the winner. All support classes will be on the program this Saturday night so catch all the fireworks at Fayetteville Speedway. Gates Opens to the pits at 3 pm and the Grandstands opens at 4 30 pm. Defending Clash Champion Ricky Weeks and Fayetteville’s 2002 Clash Champion Scott Autry will enter this Clash Show both with 103 Clash starts and who’ll be the Clash Ironman after the 2008 season??.
Dennis “Rambo” Franklin of Gaffney won the April Clash event at FMS and Franklin enters the showdown holding a 60 plus points edge over 4 time Clash champ Ricky Weeks of Rutherfordton after 11 Clash shows this year. Ray Tucker of Greensboro won last Saturday Clash show at Brinkleyville, NC for his 9th All Time Clash win and his first since 2004 at 311 Speedway. Tucker held off G R Smith of Mooresville and Weeks in the final tally. Princeton fireball Dustin Mitchell had a solid night as he ran fourth with Virginia veteran Booper Bare fifth. The Clash Rookie of The Year Battle is getting interesting for three drivers looking at winning that honor this year. Fayetteville’s Duo of Craig Shuffield and Scott Neighbors are sixth and seventh in the chase and Shuffield holds a slim 5 points over Neighbors coming into the FMS Clash battle Saturday night. Gastonia’s Anthony Sanders is in the Rookie chase as well in the eighth spot with1,137 points. Jeff Smith has moved to third place as the defending NAPA Crazy 8 FMS champion us battling Manning’s fireball and 2001 Clash champ “Steady Eddie” Gibbons for that spot entering July action on the ninth year Blue Collar tour. Gastonia veteran Doug Sanders has been tough enough to hold down that fifth spot most of the year and he’s ready for a win along with a handful of other Clash regulars entering the month of July. Saluda veteran Deano Long is ninth in the Clash points with Blairsville’s Jonathan Davenport tenth in the 2008 Clash point battle. This will be the 30th All Time Clash Show at FMS and Jeff Smith and Ray Tucker have posted the most wins along the way with 5 wins each entering the race July 5th...
This Clash event will be a part of the NAPA Crazy 8 Series and Ricky Weeks is holding down the top spot with 2 wins to his credit and has 500 points then it is Ed Gibbons in his Woods Logging entry second with 450 points followed by 2002 Clash Champ Scott Autry in the L&M Convenience Stores ride with 420 points. Jeff Smith for Starrette Trucking-J&J Race Cars is fourth with 400 points and “Speedy” Scott Neighbors has put up a win for Nichols Plumbing and holds down the fifth spot with 385 points entering the show July 5 at FMS. Catch the excitement of dirt track kicking action on the Clay oval July 5. The 2008 Clash winners this year includes Rambo with 3 wins, Randall Chupp with 2 wins and Benji Cole has grabbed a couple of Checkers along the way and Davenport, Furman Parton, Tim Allen and Ray Tucker all have 1 win to their credit.. Weeks is the Clash Series all time winner with 23 wins then it is Jeff Smith with 17 wins followed by Rambo Franklin the 2008 Clash frontrunner with 14 wins. Now retired Billy Hicks of Mt. Airy is fourth with 11 wins and Greensboro’s Flyer Ray Tucker is fifth with 9 wins on the Clash tour in 9 seasons and 170 shows across the Southland. Catch Clash Fever in Fayetteville, NC July 5 it will all be good, all night long.
FMS would like to thank Industrial Solutions and Supply in Marion, SC and Roger Lewis for the $100 Fast Qualifier Award for this Clash event Saturday night. Race Fans will be looking at “Free Gas” as five (5) gas cards, a $40 value will be awarded during the Clash Show Saturday night to some lucky fans. This gas cards are compliments of Henry Wood of Wood Logging in White Oak, NC, Dean Bowen of Tire and Alignment in Fair Bluff, NC, Gene Pittman with Jimmy’s Upholstery Shop in Lumberton, NC along with CarolinaDirt .com. Good Luck to all the drivers and fans Saturday night.
Quality Pools of Elizabethtown is the sponsor for a $100.00 Carolina Clash Hard Charger Award