THUNDERHILL RACEWAY
Summertown, TN
“The Family Track”
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July 4, 2009
&
July 11, 2009

Mother Nature paid a visit right after we finished the fireworks … therefore, the remainder of July 4th races were on the schedule for July 11th.

The top three qualifiers in the Super Late Model division were:
(1) Eric Hickerson 12.636 (2) Ray McElhiney 12.727 (3) Jaybird Marlin 12.756

Heat Races:
Open Wheel Mini
(1) Burton Graham (2) Dustin Stutts (3) Tony Huskey

Crate/Limited Late Model #1
(1) Brad Skinner (2) Ben Davis (3) Tomcat McClung
David Young crossed the line in third but did NOT cross the scales, therefore he will have to take up the rear of the field for the feature.

Crate/Limited Late Model #2
(1) Donald Johns (2) Wally Walls (3) Todd Clemmons

Modified Street #1
(1) Greg Love (2) Michael Kennedy(K3) (3) Tim Hobby

Modified Street #2
(1) Jimmy Woodard (2) Michael Estes (3) Rodney Himes

Street Stock
(1)Ben Gillespie (2)Rickey Cheatham (3) Jim Floyd

Mini Stock #1
(1) Jessica Dale (2) Michael Oliver (3) Nicholas Beadle

Mini Stock #2
(1) Jr. Roland (2) Steve Nave (3) Mike Brewer

Outlaw
(1) Tim Glass (2) Charles Cherry (3) Jon Bone

Open Wheel #1
(1) Michael Lee (2) Lucas Lee (3) Jimmy Woodard

Open Wheel #2
(1) Eddie Rhinehart (2) Jeff Weaver (3) Tony Simmons

Mike Moore takes Thunderhill win
SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. – Mike Moore took the lead on the fourth lap and went on to claim a hard-fought victory in the Kentucky Vintage Racing Association 15-lap feature at Thunderhill Raceway Saturday night.
He took command from his brother, Mark, who led the first three laps from the pole but slipped to third place at the finish. Rookie James Scott took the runner-up spot, with Jason Bailey and Steve Alexander rounding out the top five.
The winner drove the No. 40, a red 1940 Chevrolet coupe, owned by his brother. It was the third victory of the season for the car, which is usually driven by Chad Fritsche.
Bailey, who won his first KVRA feature in the series’ visit here May 30, was part of a tightly contested fight for the top four spots until he spun coming off Turn 2 of the ninth lap.
It was the second career victory for Moore, who drove the No. 40 car to second place in the May 30 race won by Bailey.
Roger Brewer made his first visit to a race since he was seriously injured in an off-track accident April 14. Brewer, 54, is a veteran racer with a track championship title to his credit at Thunderhill Raceway in Summertown , Tenn. , in 2006. He began racing in KVRA events in 2007, the series’ first year.
The Moore brothers battled for victory in the second heat, with younger brother Mark taking the win by a nose. Alexander won the first heat, holding off a last-lap charge by Johnny Moran which ended in Turn 4 when Moran’s 1933 Chevy sedan made contact with Alexander’s 1937 Pontiac, breaking the front axle on Moran’s car.
The program wrapped up a two-night weekend for KVRA, which competed Friday night at Paducah ( Ky. ) International Raceway. The next event on the schedule is Friday night at Camden ( Tenn. ) Motor Speedway
SUMMARY:
SUMMERTOWN, Tenn. -- Results of KVRA Race No. 15, July 11, 2009, at Thunderhill Raceway, with car number in parentheses, driver's name and hometown, car, laps completed and reason out:
FEATURE (15 laps)
1. (40) Mike Moore, Newburgh , Ind. , 1940 Chevrolet, 15, running.
2. (3) James Scott, Murray , Ky. , 1936 Chevrolet, 15, running.
3. (33) Mark Moore , Murray , Ky. , 1934 Chevrolet, 15, running.
4. (29) Jason Bailey, Athens , Ala. , 1929 Ford, 15, running.
5. (37) Steve Alexander, Murray , Ky. , 1937 Pontiac, 15, running.
6. (CCool David Green , Benton , Ky. , 1941 Buick, 15, running.
7. (35) Nick Alexander, Murray , Ky. , 1935 Plymouth , 14, running.
8. (C9) Teddy Russ, Athens , Ala. , 1932 Chevrolet, 14, running.
n (89) Johnny Moran, Athens , Ala. , 1933 Chevrolet, DNS.
Margin of victory: one car length.
Leaders: Mark Moore 1-3, Mike Moore 4-15.
Caution flags: 3 (lap 2, C9 spin T4; lap 9, 29 spin T2; lap 11, C8 spin T2).
FIRST HEAT (8 laps): 1. Steve Alexander; 2. David Green ; 3. Nick Alexander; 4. Teddy Russ; 5. Johnny Moran.
SECOND HEAT (8 laps): 1. Mark Moore ; 2. Mike Moore; 3. Jason Bailey; 4. James Scott.

Feature Time!
Tim Glass led green to checkered in the Outlaw division to take his first win of the season in a two caution race.
(1) Tim Glass (2) Tommy Marshall (3) Joe Forsythe, drew the first caution on lap five for a spin in turn two (4) Van Hunt (5) Jay Whittaker, drew the second caution on lap six when he went over turn two (6) Charles Cherry (7) Jon Bone (Cool Will Penny Smith

After one restart, one caution and one red flag (lap six for fluid on the track) it would be Burton Graham leading flag to flag in the Open Wheel Mini class for his first win of the season.
(1) Burton Graham (2) Dustin Stutts (3) Timmy Woodard (4) Michael Smith (5) Timothy Colvett, went over the back causing the restart (6) Tony Huskey, caution on lap one as he spun on the back into Timmy Woodard (7) Trevor Woodard (Cool Michael Nave

Donald Johns led the full twenty laps in the Crate/Limited Late Model division only to be DQ at the scales. Therefore the winner was Brad Skinner in this two caution race.
(1) Brad Skinner (2) Wally Walls (3) Jacob France (4) Tomcat McClung (5) Robert Ardry (6) Jeremy Kephart, spun on lap four in turn four (7) Walter Bolton (Cool Cody Springer (9) Donald Estes, caution on lap one for getting into Springer; DQ-Donald Johns

Apparently the Super Late Model division saved some of their July 4th excitement for tonight. Two restarts with one of them turning into a red flag and five cautions … what a race!! The first restart came when Mark Green got sideways in turn two causing Jason Clayton and Dakota Cheek to check up and spinning Clayton into Brandon Brown. Second restart … WOW… Eddie Rhinehart went over the back on his own the caution came out, turning into a RED as Jerry Owens rammed into the back of Jaybird Marlin, then Ray McElhiney and Marlin collided, sidelining McElhiney for the night. Jerry Owen came out on the better end as he was able to continue and he took the lead from Eric Hickerson on lap seventeen and held on thru lap thirty for the win. Hickerson led laps one thru sixteen.
(1) Jerry Owens (2) Tony Chaney (3) Eric Hickerson (4) Eddie Rhinehart (5) Mark Fields (6) Brandon Brown (7) Mark Green (Cool Jason Clayton (9) Jason Gregg, caution on lap nine for spin in turn four (10) Dakota Cheek, caution on lap eight for spin in turn four (11) Grant Helms, caution on lap seventeen as he got into Hickerson on the backstretch (12) Tomcat McClung, caution on lap six for spin in turn one and on lap nine for spin in turn four (13) Jaybird Marlin (14) Ray McElhiney

Jimmy Woodard led all the way for the win in the Modified Street class in a two caution race.
(1) Jimmy Woodard (2) Michael Kennedy K3 (3) Steve Yocom (4) Michael Estes (5) Rodney Himes (6) Greg Love (7) Jason Dunn (Cool Tim Hobby, caution on lap one as he got sideways and caused a pile up (9) Brent Millikan (10) Shane Workman (11) Robert Ashworth, lost a tire on lap nine (12) David Wright, caution on lap nine when he blew (13) Jason Workman (14) Lance Robertson

Eddie Rhinehart goes flag to flag for the win in the Open Wheel division in the eight minute two caution race.
(1) Eddie Rhinehart (2) Tony Simmons (3) Lucas Lee (4) Michael Lee (5) J.R. Keeton (6) J.J. Hall, caution on lap eight as he spun in turn two (7) Jeff Weaver, caution on lap thirteen as he had a flat and spun in turn two DNS-Jimmy Woodard, Jason Clayton, Jamie Land, Kevin Daniels

The Street Stock had two restarts as Ben Gillespie jumped the start and had to roll back one position then Jim Floyd jumped the start and he had to roll back. Gillespie led the first four laps but it would be Rickey Cheatham five thru fifteen for his first win.
(1) Rickey Cheatham (2) Daniel Kelley (3) Ben Gillespie (4) Shawn Johnson, retained his position after being spun by Green on the white flag lap (5) Jim Floyd (6) Paul McGill, caution on lap two as he got into Floyd (7) Tim McGill (Cool Bubba Green (9) Cheryl Shrader, caution on lap ten for stall on backstretch (10) Brian Russ (11) Joshua Himes, spun on lap ten (12) Brandon Workman (13) Bruce Graves (14) John Neill, was second place finisher in his Outlaw Mini car but was too light at the scales

We went RED on the first lap of the Mini Stock race as Steve Nave went over the backside. The only caution came on lap five as Jessica Dale got into the wall. Jr. Roland led green to checkered for the win.
(1) Jr. Roland (2) Cody Martin (3) Justin Odom (4) Michael Cates (5) Craig Pedrick (6) Steve Nave (7) David Bearden (Cool Gary Rhiele (9) T.J. Wallace (10) Jere Plant (11) Tommy Wallace (12) Boo Boshers (13) Clayton Groves (14) Jessica Dale DNF-Mike Brewer, Don Donegan DNS-Nicholas Beadle, Tommy Duncan

July 18th … 20 lap … $500 to win …. Mini Stock Special

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Submitted by:
Doris.