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Quality Auto Body & Collision Night: LM,SS, 20 lap HS Nationals Qualifier,4 Cyl, U-Cars-September 4, 2011
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“Edmonds Wires Potomac Field for Emotional Nationals Victory”
“Williams In Charge of LLM 30”
By Doug Watson
Budds Creek, MD- Winchester Va.’s Rick Edmonds drove the race of his career as he was triumphant in the 20th annual running of the Southern Maryland Nationals last Saturday night at Potomac speedway. In scoring his first-ever street stock feature win at the track, Edmonds became the 16th different driver to score a win in this highly coveted event and the hefty $2500 winners share that went with it.
2009 nationals winner Mike Corbin and Edmonds paced the 26-car starting field to the initial green flag of the event. Utilizing the high-side of the speedway, Edmonds out-dragged Corbin as the pack raced of turn two to garner the top-spot. From that point on, Edmonds would eventually go on to lead all 35-laps of the race but not without numerous challenges by eventual runner-up Mike Corbin.
“I cant believe we finally won the nationals. “The emotional Edmonds stated as the tears rolled down his cheeks. “We’ve been trying so hard for a lot of years to win this race, and to get my first-ever win here at Potomac in this race is a dream come true.” Despite Edmond’s dominating performance, his mount was starting to falter near the end of the race. “This thing was spitting and sputtering with about five to go and I was about to cry inside the car.” Edmonds emphasized. “She held together and I cant thank everyone enough who helped me get here tonight.” Kyle Nelson, in his first start of the season, came home third, 26th starting Terry Staton took fourth and 13th starting Mike Rose completed the top-five. Setting fast-time in time trials over the 38-car field was Mike Rose with a one-lap time of 18.266. Heats went to Darren Alvey, Mike Corbin, Kurt Zimmerman and Scottie Nelson with twin consolations going to Jimmy Jessmer Jr. and Mike Grady Jr.
David Williams, the 2011 Potomac late model champion, scored his second win of the season and his 10th overall feature win of 2011, with a dominating performance in the 30-lap limited late model headliner.
After three aborted starts, third starting Williams inherited the top spot as the field finally went green. That was all Williams needed as he would lead every lap over runner-up Bruce Kane to post his 34th career limited late model win at Potomac. “We set a goal of 10 wins this season , and I’m glad we were able to reach that goal. The car was just about perfect tonight which made my job that much easier.” David Puckett took third, track champion Ben Bowie was fourth and Bubby Tharp filled the front-five. Heats for the 17-cars on hand went to Williams and Kane.
Second year racer Chris Arnold drove the race of his career as he was the winner of the 30-lap modified contest for his first feature win anywhere. Arnold wrestled the top-spot from Travis Larouqe on the 17th lap and would then drive away to a convincing victory. “Man this is awesome.” Arnold stated. “I’m really happy that my first win came here at Potomac, this is one of my favorite tracks.” Larouqe held on for second, Brandon Galloway was third, Rich Marks took fourth and Eric Erwin completed the top-five. Heats for the 16 cars went to Arnold and Mike Reynolds.
Jonathon Raley appeared to have capped of a successful rookie season in the hobby stock division as he rolled to his fourth win of the season and the $1000 top prize that went with it. However Raley refused a post-race inspection after his victory handing the win to second place finisher and 2009 nationals winner Jimmy Randall. John Burch was second, Wesley Givens took third, Brandon Sandridge was fourth and Danny Loth was the top-five. Heats for the 24-cars entered went to Ricky Douglas, Randall and Brian Adkins.
In other weekend action, 2011 track champion John Hardesty scored his third win of the season in the 30-lap strictly stock feature and Josh Wilkins was victorious in the rain-shortened 10-lap u-car feature.
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Late Models: 1. David Williams, 2. Bruce Kane, 3. David Puckett, 4. Ben Bowie, 5. Bubby Tharp, 6. Derick Quade, 7. Paul Cursey, 8. Tommy Wagner, 9. Tyler Emory, 10. Barry Lear Jr, 11. Pat Wood, 12. Kevin Cooke, 13. Matt Quade, 14. Sam Archer, 15. Glenn Elliott, 16. CJ Brown (DNS: Allan Canter)
Street Stocks: 1. Ricky Edmonds, 2. Mike Corbin, 3. Kyle Nelson, 4. Terry Staton, 5. Mike Rose, 6. Dan Zechman, 7. Scotty Nelson, 8. Kurt Zimmerman, 9. Ed Pope Jr, 10. Mike Latham, 11. Paul Quattro, 12. Darren Alvey, 13. Jimmy Jesmer Jr, 14. Dale Reamy, 15. Jimmy Combs, 16. Rick Stouffer, 17. David Kaiser, 18. Billy Farmer, 19. Bryan Kerns, 20. Troy Kassiris, 21. Stephen Quade, 22. Mike Grady Jr, 23. Micheal Carter, 24. Davey Stouffer, 25. James Sparks, 26. Craig Tankersley (Did not qualify: Barry Williams, Mike Raleigh,Walt Lemmon, Jason Murphy, Mike Franklin, Bil Ecton, Scott Gray, Scott Wilson, Teddy Dickson, Phil Lange, Eric Johnson, Greg Breeden)
Hobbystocks: 1. Jimmy Randall, 2. John Burch , 3. Weley Givens, 4. Brandon Sandridge, 5. Danny Loth, 6. Joey Dean, 7. Andrew Tarbox, 8. Matt Tarbox, 9. Thomas Pickeral Jr, 10. Jerry Deason, 11. Mark Guthrie, 12. Ryan Toole, 13. Jimmy Meeks, 14. Bobby Meixsell, 15. Brian Adkins, 16. Ricky Douglas, 17. Will Nelson, 18. James Sutphin, 19. Don Breach, (Did not start: David Bowler, Brittany Wenk, David Savage) ( Dis-Qualified: Jonathan Raley)
Modifieds: 1. Chris Arnold, 2. Travis Laroque, 3. Brandon Galloway, 4. Rich Marks, 5. Eric Erwin, 6. Brian Dobie, 7. Page Harrison, 8. Jimmy Duncan, 9. Russell Erwin, 10. Lance Grady, 11. Brandon Galloway, 12. Tim Schultz, 13. Tony Quade, 14. Mike Reynolds, 15. Dan Arnold (Did not start: Craig Ramich)
U-Cars: 1. Josh Wilkins, 2. Brandon Coates, 3. Dave Alley, 4. Brian Lederhouse, 5. Kevin Oates, 6. Larry Johnson, 7. Billy Hill, 8. Micheal Pfaff, 9. Mike Wroble, 10. Todd Bottorf, 11. Gene Wilson, 12. Vinnie Wroble
Strictly Stocks: 1. John Hardesty, 2. Ray Bucci, 3. JJ Silivious, 4. Nabil Guffey, 5. Corey Arnold, 6. Buddy Dunagan, 7. Josh Blocker, 8. Ed Pope Sr, 9. Greg Morgan, 10. CJ Pannuty
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