Ken-Ten Series race
# 5 Riverview
Speedway 7-18-09
Racing for the Kids of St. Jude 100
His last name says it all
Victory, Local hot shoe Jimmy Victory sets AR Bodies Fast Time and after the
draw(top 6 fastest draw for their starting spots) Jimmy pulls out the # 1
spot! Sammy Sanders starts 2nd after qualifying 5th,Davey
Coble 3rd after timing in at 3rd quick.DBV Properties
Rookie contender Josh Brock qualified 2nd and started 4th.Local
favorite Zach Taylor currently Tim Steeles driver in the CRA Series was on
hand driving his family owned car, he qualified 4th and started 5th.Brian
Royalty timed in at 6th and started 6th,that rounds
out the top 6.
Michael Driskell started 7th,Josh
Byrns 8th,Mason Mingus another one of our DBV Properties Rookie
rookie contender 9th,Gregg Carby 10th.
James The King Climer
qualified 11th,David Guenther 12th,Marty Taylor 13th,Bennie
Hamlett driving the #00 of Tommy Climer was 14th,Adam Wright 15th
and Ben McFarland 16th.
We had just 16 cars on
hand, but I would have to say it was the best race of the season for the
Ken-Ten Series. The pole was a 10:792 and 15th quick had a time of
11:383.So far this season we’ve had 47 cars run with us!!
On the start of the
race, Jimmy Victory driving the 18 car of Tracy Wix slips a little out of
turn 2 washing up the track in front of Sammy Sanders, this allowed Davey
Coble to take the lead down the backstretch. Davey held onto the lead till
lap 16,Jimmy had made a great save on the start and took over the lead on
lap 17.Our first caution came on lap 26 for both 98 cars of Mason Mingus and
Zach Taylor who where running in the top 5 at the time.RVS officials ruled
it a racing incident, Mason gets his spot back and Zach who came into the
pits restarted on the tail. A few laps before this action Davey Coble who had
a strong run going in 2nd got super loose, headed to the pits under this
caution for some adjustments!!
On the restart Jimmy is the
leader, Sammy 2nd,Michael Driskell 3rd and Mason 4th.Lap
32 caution for the car of James The King Climer hard into the outside wall
in turn 3 after some contact in the left rear. James gets the AR Bodies Hard
Luck award for the race. Our top 8 eight at the time where, Jimmy
leading, Sammy 2nd,Michael 3rd,Josh Brock 4th,Brian
Royalty 5th,Mason 6th,Josh Byrns 7th and
Bennie Hamlett 8th
Lap 50 we still had Jimmy
leading, Sammy 2nd,Josh Brock,3rd Brian 4th
and Josh Byrns 5th.We had just 2 cautions on the nations fastest
¼ mile track and at the checkers Jimmy Victory gets the win!!DBV Properties
Rookie of the race Josh Brock was 2nd after putting a move on
Sammy during the 68 lap green flag action. Sammy was 3rd,Brian 4th
and Josh Byrns 5th
Rounding out the top 10,Benny
Hamlett 6th,Mason Mingus 7th last car on the lead lap!
Michael Driskell 8th,Zach Taylor 9th and in 10th
Gregg Carby.
The racers who did show up to put on
a great show and drove each other with respect, you guys deserve a that a boy
for that. The ones who didn’t show missed a GREAT show, 2 cautions guys, that
says it all. The only knock I had was the late start which will be addressed
next year when we go back and the lapped cars at the end of the race, guys
the shoe will be on the other foot some time!! Respect the leaders and move
over, that very well could have affected the outcome of the race. Jimmy did a
great job getting thru that mess, He and Tracy will be running with us more
this year, a lot of smiles after the races especially in the payout line! Big
hats off to the sponsors for your help on the race and for the help with the
series. I cannot express my gratitude enough!!!Thanks to all of you, Bo and
Arty Hall of RVS and his crew on a job well done, also the local racers with
late model stocks for showing up!! A very special thanks to Randy from
Circle Wheels for showing up and giving the command to start you engines and
the extra money on their gift certificate.
Craig Thompson