LM,SS,HS,4 Cyl, Crates,50 Lap Strictly Stock Special (Autograph Night SS & 4 Cyl) - July 10, 2009

“Wagner Three-Peat’s, Lear Scores “Steel Block Bandit” feature On Busy Potomac Night”
By Doug Watson

Budds Creek, MD- Defending track champion,Tommy Wagner Jr. extended his point lead as he scored his third feature win of the season, and first since April 10th, in the 25-lap limited late model headliner at the Potomac speedway.

PJ Hatcher and Terry Flaherty brought the field down to the waving of the green flag. Flaherty, in his first-ever start at the speedway took the lead on lap-one. PJ Hatcher would the take the top-spot back at the completion of the second circuit as third starting Tommy Wagner Jr. was up to second by lap-two. Wagner made the winning pass on Hatcher on lap-five and then had to fend off the repeated challenges of eventual runner-up Mike Latham to preserve the win.

“I cant thank my Car owners Scott and Patty Thompson enough.” Wagner stated in victory lane. “We’ve been fighting through some motor problems the past few weeks and we’ve now got Scott’s good motor back in the car and it’s a horse.” Derrick Quade was third, Terry Flaherty had a nice run taking fourth and Stevie Long completed the top-five. Heats for the 22-cars on hand went to Hatcher and Bruce Kane.

The second limited late model event on the20program was the remaining 25-laps of the rain-shortened 40-lap “Steel Block Bandit’s” feature from May 29. Kyle Lear was scored the race leader when the rains came, halting the event. When the race re-started Lear was on a mission as he dominated the final 25-laps of the event to collect a nice $2000 payday, his fourth Potomac limited late model feature win of the season.

“What more can I say about these MD1 Race Cars.” Lear stated. “I wasn’t even pushing the car as hard as it would go and once again this car just seems to like Potomac.” Lear scored a career high six-feature wins in 2008 and has already matched that number by July 09’. “Yeah we seem to be an a roll right now. The cars are working really good so hopefully we can keep it going as long as we can.” Kris Looney made a late race charge to post second, Bruce Kane was third, Tommy Wagner Jr. scored his second top-five of the night in fourth and Mike Latham completed the top-five. Heats for the event back in May went to Kane, Lear and walker Arthur.

In other action Kurt Zimmerman was victorious for the third time this season in the 16-lap street stock feature, Darrin Henderson rolled to win number two in the 15-lap crate late model event, Jimmy Suite took his first career 15-lap hobby stock feature after apparent winner Sam Archer was light at the scales, Defending champion Greg Gunter rolled to his fifth win of the season a nd 50th of his Potomac career in the 15-lap four-cylinder main and John Hardisty was triumphant in the 50-lap strictly stock contest.

Limited late models 25-laps
1. Tommy Wagner Jr. 2. Mike Latham 3. Derrick Quade 4. Terry Flaherty 5. Stevie Long 6. Sommey Lacey 7. Bruce Kane 8. PJ Hatcher 9. Paul Cursey 10. Chuck Cox 11. Kenny Geer 12. Ed Pope 13. Dave Adams 14. Buddy Isles 15. Mark Jones 16. Bubby Tharpe 17. Kyle Lear 18. Kris Looney 19. Brandon Long 20. Pat Wood 21. James Snead (DNS) 22. Tony Buckler (DNS)

Steel Block Bandits Series Event (Remaining 25-laps from May 29)
1. Kyle Lear 2. Kris Looney 3. Bruce Kane 4. Tommy Wagner Jr. 5. Mike Latham 6. Stevie Long 7. Sommey Lacey 8. PJ Hatcher 9. Paul Cursey 10. Chuck Cox 11. Mark Jones 12. Buddy Isles 13. Ed Pope 14. Bubby Tharpe 15. Derrick Quade DNR- Chris Cromer, Walker Arthur, Jared Powell, Brandon Long, David Puckett, Gerald Davis, Dave Adams

Steel Block Bandits: 1. Kyle Lear, 2. Chris Looney, 3. Beruce Kane, 4. Tommy Wagner, 5. Mike Latham, 6. Steve Long, 7. Sommey Lacey, 8. P.J. Hatcher,9. Paul Cursey, 10. Chuck Cox, 11. Mark Jones, 12. Buddy Isles, 13. Ed Pope, 14. Bubby Tharp, 15. Derick Quade, 16. Chris Cromer, 17. Walker Arthur, 18. Jarred Powell, 19. Brandon Long, 20. David Puckett, 21. Gerald Davis, 22. Dave Adams

Late Models: 1. Tommy Wagner, 2. Mike Latham, 3. Derick Quade, 4. Terry Flaherty, 5. Steve Long, 6. Sommey Lacey, 7. Bruce Kane, 8. P.J. Hatcher, 9. Paul Cursey, 10. Chuck Cox, 11. Kenny Geer, 12. Ed Pope, 13. Dave Adams, 14. Buddy Isles, 15. Mark Jones, 16. Bubby Tharpe, 17. Kyle Lear, 18. Kris Looney, 19. Brandon Long, 20. Pat Wood (DNS) James Snead, Tony Buckler

Crate Late Models: 1. Darrin Henderson, 2. Eddie Drury, 3. Chris McLanigan, 4. Gary Manos, 5. Justin Breeding, 6. Matt Hill, 7. Gus Economides, 8. John Imler, (DQ) J.T.McLanigan, Timmy Booth

Street Stocks: 1. Kurt Zimmerman, 2. Walt Homberg, 3. Ben Bowie, 4. Kevin Cooke, 5. Troy Kassiris, 6. Eric Johnson, 7. Mike Reynolds, 8. Dale Smith, 9. Stephen Quade, 10. Donnie Smith, 11. Kirk Evans, 12. Dale Reamy, 13. Scott Wilson, 14. Kyle Nelson, 15. Teddy Dickson

Hobbystocks: 1. Jimmy Suite, 2. Don Breach, 3. Rusty Alton, 4. Jimmy Randall, 5. Raplh Price, 6. Jason Murphy, 7. Thomas Pickeral, 8. Wil Nelson, 9. Jeremy Wicks, 10.Ronald Meador, 11. Joe Ender, 12. Josh Dotson, 13. Greg Copsey, 14. Mike Clarke, 15. Hilton Pickeral, (DQ) Sam Archer

4 Cylinders: 1. Greg Gunter, 2 Larry Fuchs, 3. Justin Botorf, 4. A.G. Huckby, 5. Rich Gwizdale, 6. Nick Catena, 7. Jerry Dick, 8. Bob Gatner, 9. Rob Hitt, 10. Billy Hill, 11. Buddy Dunagan, (DNS) Jimmy Meeks, Patrick Hood

Strictly Stocks: 1. John Hardisty, 2. Rusty Jones, 3. Jimmy Jesmer Jr, 4. Thomas Raley, 5. Jeremy Messick, 6. Zach Mattingly, 7. Ken Sleight, 8. Kyle Vantassel, 9. Justin Meador, 10. Ed Pope Sr, 11. J.T. Bowie, 12. Kevin  King, 13. Mike Maske, 14. Mark Chapman, 15. Justin Gilroy, 16. Don Messick, 17. Mark Wroble, 18. Ray Bucci, 19. Larry Fuchs, 20. Nabil Guffey, 21. John Kalin, 22. Ray Hutchins, 23. Ricky Douglas, 24. James Gass, 25. Darrell Battle, 26. Dennis Burger Jr, (DNS) James Sparks, (DQ) Mark Vegh
   
 


LATE MODELS

STREET STOCKS

HOBBY STOCKS

STRICTLY STOCKS

4 CYLINDERS

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