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Richmond, KY-May 20- Tommy Bailey of Corbin, KY survived a rash
of caution flags and attrition to score his second win in as
many Series events so far in 2006 as Bailey would win the NARA
Battle of the Bluegrass Modified Series event at Richmond
Raceway in Richmond, KY on Saturday night. Bailey's win came
aboard the Advance Auto Parts of Corbin/M and T Signs/ Pulaski
Steel/Hovis Race Engines sponsored #11 Lightning Chassis entry.
A total of 38 entries were on hand for the event at the 3/10
mile Brandon Witt and Shayne Puckett promoted facility.
Front row starter Dustin Linville would take the lead at the
drop of the green flag in the 30 lap, $1,500 to win A-main
event, only to have the first of eleven caution flags slow the
pace on lap 2 for a tangle between Clint Shutts and Don Adams.
Linville would resume his charge up front, only to be slowed
again for J.D. Roberts and David Adams wreck in turn three that
saw Adams back his mount hard into the outside retaining wall.
After a failed restart attempt for a tangle by Matt Boknecht and
Don Adams, the next restart would only see one more green flag
lap completed when disaster struck for race leader Linville, who
would slow on the track and pull off the track with suspension
damage on his entry. This would hand the lead over to defending
series champion Joey Kramer, who would in turn bring out the
next caution on lap 9 when he suffered a flat left rear tire and
would pull to the "hot pit" area and change the tire and return
to action.
The restart would now have Tommy Bailey with the race lead, with
Brandon Green giving chase. In between two more caution
periods, Jimmy Payne was mounting a charge to the front, as was
previous race leader Kramer, who had restarted at the rear of
the field after his flat tire was changed. Lap 20 would see
Payne finally win the duel with Green for the runner-up slot,
with Payne now setting his sights on race leader Bailey. Lap 22
would see the yellow wave again as Anthony Reams made contact
with the outside wall in turn four after having a three-wide
battle with Mike Harris and Joe Turner, with Reams pulling to a
stop in turn one.
After one final caution flag on lap 23, the dash to the finish
was on as Payne would lose the runner-up slot to Green and then
lose third to Kramer, but laps would run out for that duo and
Bailey would take the checkered flag and a $1,500 payday. Green
would take second, with Kramer taking third after restarting at
the rear on lap 9. Payne and Clint Shutts would complete the
top five. Rounding out the top ten were Leonard Pierce, Arnold
Adams, Kelly Warren, Delane Browning, and Adam Gootee.
Matt Boknecht was top qualifier among the 38 entries with a
qualifying lap of 16.290 seconds. Heat winners were Walt Neal,
Russ Gabbert, Dustin Linville, and Brandon Green. The B-mains
were won by Leonard Pierce and Arnold Adams. Series
provisionals went to Joe Turner and Anthony Reams, while
Richmond Raceway track provisionals going to Aaron Coffey and
Boknecht.
The next event on the NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Modified
Series schedule is set for this Saturday night, May 27, at
Bluegrass Speedway in Bardstown, KY, as the "BoB Mod Squad"
invades the ˝ mile Nelson County oval for the 6th Annual Mod
Squad Bash. Ted Nobbe of Batesville, IN is the defending
champion of this upcoming event.
SUMMARY-Richmond Raceway-Richmond, Kentucky-May 20, 2006
NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Modified Series (38 entries)
Top Qualifier- Matt Boknecht 16.290
1st Heat- Walt Neal, Cale Coffey, Delane Browning, Leonard
Pierce, Matt Boknecht, Matt Bex, Brent Harris, David Fields,
Brian Marksbury
2nd Heat- Russ Gabbert, Tommy Bailey, Joey Kramer, Tim Moore,
David Adams, Jason Wheatley, Joe Turner, Aaron Coffey, Thomas
Brooks (DNS-Troy Teegarden)
3rd Heat- Dustin Linville, Clint Shutts, Don Adams, Greg Payne,
Arnold Adams, Mike Harris, Steven Gibson, Jeff Johnson, Chad
Barrett
4th Heat- Brandon Green, Jimmy Payne, Kelly Warren, Adam Gootee,
Michael Ward, Anthony Reams, Al Kiernan, Frank Richards, Victor
Lee
B-Main #1- Leonard Pierce, J.D. Roberts, David Adams, Matt
Boknecht, Jason Wheatley, Aaron Coffey, Joe Turner, Matt Bex,
David Fields, Brian Marksbury, Tim Moore, Thomas Brooks, Brent
Harris, Troy Teegarden
B-Main #2- Arnold Adams, Adam Gootee, Mike Harris, Greg Payne,
Anthony Reams, Michael Ward, Steven Gibson, Frank Richards, Chad
Barrett, Jeff Johnson, Al Kiernan, (DNS-Victor Lee)
Series Provisionals- Joe Turner, Anthony Reams
Track Provisionals- Aaron Coffey, Matt Boknecht
A-Main- Tommy Bailey, Brandon Green, Joey Kramer, Jimmy Payne,
Clint Shutts, Leonard Pierce, Arnold Adams, Kelly Warren, Delane
Browning, Adam Gootee, Russ Gabbert, Mike Harris, Joe Turner,
Cale Coffey, Aaron Coffey, Anthony Reams, Walt Neal, Dustin
Linville, Matt Boknecht, Don Adams, J.D. Roberts, David Adams
Current NARA Battle of the Bluegrass Modified Series
Points (Top 10 as of 5/20/06)
1. Tommy Bailey- 510
2. Joey Kramer- 440
Jimmy Payne- 440
4. Kelly Warren- 385
5. Adam Gootee- 370
6. Cale Coffey- 340
Don Adams- 340
8. Russ Gabbert- 325
9. Delane Browning- 315
10. Joe Turner- 300
Tim Moore- 300 |
