mg pe 1 By winning Saturday's road race at Watkins Glen Ricky Rudd kept alive the streak he and Rusty Wallace hold on NASCAR road race courses. They have won every road course event since 1987. Geoff Bodine finished second with his brother Brett third. Michael Waltrip and Mark Martin were third and fourth. Tire troubles plagued all the ma- jor contenders from the start of the race. Some of the sheet metal ex- change resembled the action in "Days of Thunder." Rudd's win was the first of 1990 for the Hendrick Motor Racing team. Rick Hendrick, who also 1-2 IN JUNIOR TOURNEY - Rich Turner, right, and Nathan Mayse finished 1-2 in the B division of the Kings Mountain Country Club Junior Golf Championship Sunday. BROADWELL From Page 8-A 9-under division. He shot a 27-22-- 49. Jimmy Fitzpatrick of Shelby was the winner with a 24-22-46 and Matthew Carson of Shelby was second with a 25-21--46. Michael Bridges of Kings Mountain was fifth in the 14-15 THIRD From Page 1-A and Stinson 11 each, and Hopper, Phillips and Williams 10 each. "I was very proud of our team," McDowell said. "Our guys have the best three-year record for fin- ishes in the national tournament than any team in the United States. People all over the U.S. are talking about these guys from Kings Mountain. We had a lot of fun and that's what it's all about. The team really made Kings Mountain proud." While in Indianapolis, all the age group. He shot a 92-90--182. Broadwell shot a 79-73--152 to win the Kings Mountain Country Club title. Wilson was second with a 79-75--154 and Michael Bridges was third with a 89-99--188. Jeff Howard was fourth with a 105-99-- 204 and Brian Cook fifth with a 107-122--229. Broadwell's brother, Rich Turner, won the B division with a 120-109--229. Nathan Mayse was second with a 136-138--269 and Jay Sloan was third with a 132- 140--272. teams participated in an anti-drug program. The Smart Athlete Strategiler is being mailed to each player's parents. Also while there, the team went to the Indianapolis Zoo, Indianapolis Motor ~~ Speedway, Old-Indiana Fun Park, Thunder Island Water Park, muse- ums and Union Station. Williams made American team for the third year in a row and Adams was also selected to the team. Members of the Kings Mountain team were Ian Adams, Jarvis Bell, Jovan Bell, Sharee Hopper, Troy Phillips, Jason Rayford, Tank Roseboro, Steve Surratt, David Taylor, Robert Williams, Beau Robinson, Darius Stinson and Rod Woods. the All- . wes sannie —the Dance Academy ENGL Floor... Aw3pvoy/ 3oNV(g HL 5 REGISTRATION FOR FALL CLASSES Cleveland County’s Only Original Step-Right Wood Suspension Helps Prevent Foot & Leg Injuries Kings Mountain Location: ——— 231 S. Battleground Ave. Tuesday, August 21, 12:00 PM-6:00 PM Monday, August 27, 12:00 PM-7:00 PM (DANCEWEAR AVAILABLE) * DISCOUNTS OFFERED ON REGISTRATION DAYS x FREE T-SHIRTS ON REGISTRATION DAY! 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CAROLINA SPEEDWAY Saturday night, Doug Sanders was the winner over Randy Kistler, Lynn Mercer, Buster Maye and Mike Adams in the late model di- vision, and also won the Super Six class by beating John Pursley, Gene Sanders, Gene Bellamy and Mack Womack. The super stock division was won by Ronnie Bolin. Richard Bolin received the checkered flag in the Mini Stock race and Joe Robinson won the Street Stock A Main. David Carswell won the B Main. Gates open at 5S p.m. this Saturday with racing starting at 8. MYRTLE BEACH Kings Mountain's Jeff Smith had power steering problems Saturday night at’ Myrtle Beach, S.C. and finished 14th. He will race this weekend in the Big 10 race at Concord. CEDAR LAKE Freddy Smith of Kings Mountain had all kinds of trouble at Cedar Lake, Wis., last week. Thursday night he blew an engine, Friday he messed up an A frame and Saturday, power steering was Thursday, August 16, 1990 -THE KINGS MOUNTAIN HERALD-Page 9A | Rudd Keeps Streak Alive At Watkins Glen the culprit. Freddy still managed a 20th place finish. Smith will race this Friday at Campbellsville, Ky., and Saturday in Brownstown, Ind. CHEROKEE SPEEDWAY Ed Basey of Augusta, Ga., claimed his first win of the season in the Duvall's 100 to become the 14th different late model winner of the year at Cherokee Saturday night. The victory in the 50-lap EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEEEEEEREEEEEEE Fri. Aug. 18th and Sat. Aug. 19 From 9 P.M. to 1 P.M. Located on the Bessemer City Road Come out and Dance to the great Sounding Music of the Southern Comfort Band For more information call 739-0260 dEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEREEER EERE EEE AM Vets Post 940 1 event paid Basey $3,000 from the $20,045 purse. 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