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increased in other divisions as midwest for a six-race tour. The 1997 Hav-A-Tampa Another good Weeks (end) os Lady Luck was waiching, , champion Billy Moyer of i “But ‘only’ folie T&L cars over Earl Peatson of" ' Batesville, Ark. finished third. Ricky Wi x haha ti “showed up to run. Jacksonville, Fla. as he won thoi) The defending and three-time cky Weeks has been Herald/Times Inside Mike Cearley Racing Editor |= Lincoln County Oliver proves his point By Mike Cearley Racing Editor _ Jerry Oliver drove away bumper battle last Saturday at East Lincoln. Oliver held on for his 16th win of the season, and this time he submitted to the from East Lincoln Speedway engine inspection after Susp ends two weeks ago, suffering in the McLaughlin filed another agony of defeat. protest. s€ason Oliver had won the It was Oliver's second Fans and drivers who went : to Lincoln County Speedway last Friday expecting a night of i racing were surprised to find the gates locked. Co-owners Forrest and Steve Carpenter decided to close the track last week for the : rest of the season. Low turnouts : in both car and fan categories prompted the move. Steve Carpenter said the track will reopen next season for} Saturday night racing. Last year the Carpenters were forced to shut down in June, while promising to return this year. After a fairly successful opening night in April, the Friday night crowds began to dwindle once again. On May 14,: : so few cars and fans turned out that the Carpenters cancelled : the program. They kept the track closed for the next two weeks because o i alone Hav-A-Tampa: quickly on the driver he had tire changer on Rusty Wallace's otor Speedway in Charlotte. : been chasing all night long, Winston Cup team, won last _ The Carpenters rolled the | Southeastern Triple drove by McDowell in turn'one, ~~ weekend’s ASCA race at East | dice and scheduled a big : Crown and on to the checkered flag. Lincoln Speedway. 3 Thunder & Lightning and Pure : The Hav-A-Tampa Dirt Skip Arp of Georgetown, Cherryville’s Johnny Stock 8 card for June 4. The T&L: main offered a first-place prize of $1,100. The purse was “Friday nights justaren’t i happening,” Steve Carpenter said. “I’ve seen it at other tracks : too. For the past three years, there has been a steady decline : | in dirt track racing.” Lincoln County is one of the! Modified Four main event, but was disqualified after second- place Darrell McLaughlin filed a protest. There was no need to submit to the post race engine inspection, because Oliver knew he wasn’t exactly legal. “It was just a misunderstanding of the rulebook,” Oliver said. “I didn’t have a purely stock engine, I had a 3/4-blend. “One paragraph in the rule book says you can have a 3/4- blend, and another says it must be straight from the factory. “Anyway, I went home and made it right. Thad to go back and prove a point.” Oliver and McLaughlin staged another bumper-to- ATR titi aaa SERRE straight win. He also won the Mod 4 main at Carolina Speedway on Friday. Winning back-to-back races is nothing new to Oliver, who resides in Crowders Mountain. He is one of the area’s winningest drivers. Since 1992, Oliver has won a track championship every year. He has won two titles at Lincoln County Speedway and two at East Lincoln Speedway. Oliver also won championships at Metrolina Speedway and Carolina Speedway. “We've had a good run this year,” he said. “We won nine out of 10 races, and finished second in the one we didn’t win.” NBR June 17, 1999 Racing Editor, Mike Cearley June 16 & 17, 1999 SPEEDWAY PHOTOS DOUBLE TROUBLE — Jerry Oliver, the Double Deuce, was a double winner last weekend. Oliver won the Mod 4 main at Carolina Speedway on Friday, and dominated the field for the win at East Lincoln on Saturday. Oliver was protested and declared legal. He won at East Lincoln a week earlier, but refused to tear down following a protest. RRR SSR a: Racing Series recently wrapped up its Southeastern Triple Crown before heading to the $10,000 top prize in the 75-lap final jewel of the triple crown at Rome (Ga.) Speedway. Hav-A-Tampa points leader. Dale McDowell of Rosville, Ga. dominated and led the first 74 laps of the race, but cut a tire Pearson suddenly came up Tenn. finished second for his second straight top three finish of the Triple Crown weekend. Hav-A-Tampa champion Scott Bloomquist of Mooresburg, Tenn. took the fourth spot after a losing a position to Moyer on the final lap. McDowell was fifth, while Kings Mountain native Freddy Wilburn, who is the right front Bridges is another rising star in the ASCA. “unbeatable the past two weeks. The Super Late Model driver won at feature races at Cherokee Speedway on Friday and at Thunder Valley on Saturday. It was the second straight weekend sweep for " 3 : Weeks. i best tracks in the area. The : down taking the white flag, Smith finished 10th. i surface is smooth, and the 1/3- : giving the victory to Pearson. Marshall Green of Dalton De o Jey { mile oval is wide enough for “I'd rather be lucky any Ga. won the first two races of CWO-T00 Win steals at Chorokee EES EEIRARASD Sma F000 8 AW KR TT AN UTX IE three-wide racing in most places. When the Carpenters first opened the track in the late 1980s, it overflowed with cars : and fans. There wasn’t enough ~ parking space inside or outside i ; of the track to accomodate all the traffic. At that time, Lincoln visits Paducah (K et : t on to win the main event. County and Carolina Speedway | winner's circle, Pearson’s crew International AEN, for a 75- Baan vl] a to Patterson grabbed the pols and went.on te wih : i - were the only tracks running in i discovered the rear end of the lap $10,000 to win event. under Valley for the second ! { Gaston and Lincoln Counties. | As the sport's popularity grew, i i! and more tracks opened, | Lincoln County's staff found it ' was becoming harder to pay a competitive purse.. day,” Pearson said as he climbed from his Monte Carlo in the winner's circle. “I hated to see that happen to Dale because he had us covered, but as tough as this series is, I'll take a win anysay I can get it.” Pearson didn’t know how lucky he was until after the race i was over. As his car sat in the car was broken. Pearson was glad the race wasn’t 76 laps long, while McDowell wished the race was just 74 laps. After starting on the outside front row in his Monte Carlo, the triple crown at Volunteer Speedway in Tazwell, Tenn. at at Dixie Speedway in Woodstock, Ga. The series returns to action on-June 18 for a 75-lap $10,000- to-win event at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway in Calvert City, Ky. On June 19, the series Yarborough rebounds at East Lincoln Speedway, then held off Chris Madden to win at Thunder Valley the following night. Sprint cars return Thunder Valley The American Sprint Car time this season on Friday. Local favorite Johnny Bridges of Cherryville will have another shot at winning on his home track. Bridges dominated the last Sprint race at Thunder king be emerging at Carolina’ ‘Speedway? PHOTO MIKE CEARLEY STRUGGLING — Greg Barker is one of the area’s top four-cylinder drivers. The former baseball star for Hunter Huss High School and Gastonia American Legion Post 23, Barker has won track titles at Carolina Speedway and Lincoln County Speedway. But a series of wrecks and mechanical proBlems has him struggling this season. WINNING ADVICE — Pure stock 8 driver Keith Patterson talks with a crew member before heat races at Carolina Speedway last Friday. McLaughlin making neise at Carolina Could a new late model “Bit he fiéeded an assist from Tim Sigmon. Sigmon dominated the Rookie late model sensation main-event until smoke started Rob McLaughlin won for the second time last Saturday. In just four races in a late model car, McLaughlin has two wins billowing from his engine late in i the race. With nearly a half-lap lead on the the field, Sigmon pulled into the pits. But his crew | Valley in April, only to fall out with mechanical problems. Thunder Valley will also host a $2,000-to-win Mod 4 race McDowell took the lead from pole sitter Brian Birkhofer of Muscatine, Iowa, coming off the second turn of the opening lap. Five years ago, Metrolina i Speedway in Charlotte opened i for Friday night racing, drawing: i some of the region’s top late Dan Yarborough bounced back from second-place finish at Carolina on Friday to win Saturday's Late Model feature i model cars. The exodus had Pearson shot from the inside of at East Lincoln Speedway. this week as a tune-up for the and two second place finishes, could find nothing wr ong under i 3 World Four Cylinder ] Last Saturday, McLaughlin the hood. i’ begun. the third row for second. Yarborough held off Tim : -y. took the wil ove Dani \ 5 EE ! This year, Thunder Valley McDowell kept at least a two- Sigmon and Wayne Dellinger. Championships scheduled for & Yarborough and Gene Pittman. not in time to catch the leaders. second lead on Pearson throughout the race. On lap 909, Donnie Barnhart of North Little Rock, Ark. blew and engine'in turn i Speedway in Lawndale started this Sept. 22-Oct. 2. running on Fridays, then : . Carolina Speedway switched to i i | Friday nights last month. i : By switching to Saturdays Billy Bishop got his first win of the season in the Pure Stock 8 main. Billy Thompson was second and Tim Walker third. Results for Racing June I) East Lincoln Speedway Hav-A-Tampa Point Standings : } forex} senson, Lincoln County}, tues, As MoDawell negotiated Dale McDoWell 6uvrevenssivscussssssennnee Ray Cook 1 Late Model : 3 ers rrimtiss Keith Lee will still face stiff competition the tun, he ran over the sharp . | go ¢ cories to invade Rossi GA is 2,203 Brasstown, NC coi: 1,903 § Lowrie Dan Yarborougi Atco David Sigmon : by running at the same time as engine pieces dropped on the print series omvage yy lane Wendell Wallace Zuri SCOtt Bloomquist Zerweesseseemssesiines nie Fsreresnertrusesves Scott Bloomquist 2 Mosteshnesy Tenn......... 1,898 4 srsrsresreresrsrsisaenssase Bill Moyer 3d. Travis Childers .Chris Dunlap ..Matt Sigmon ..Rick McKenzie .Wayne Dellinger 1 ..Everette Dunlap track. Carolina on June 24 “When I drove into turn three, I saw the oil on the track, ! East Lincoln Speedway. § “I still think Saturday nights § ! are better than Friday nights for : The American Sprint Car : : racing,” Steve Carpenter said. “I } and it was right in the groove I Association will visit Carolina ~~ J "27% Freddy Smith Ar] -B ob McLaughlin 1. Jha ee lonty | think more people will come out} had been running in,” Speedway for the first time this Kings Mountain, NC... 1,912 Georgetown, Tenn......1,858 § © © Pure Stock 8 + = ¢ B.icwewsisei Jonathan Warlick - for racing on Saturday. Families : McDowell said. “As I was season on June 25. Carolina Speedway 11 sess iily Thompson bmi TOY Fennell ' today have so many different : coming down the front The ASCA tour features Tate Model BLL Robert Lane ¥3.000 0. Tim Walker Scotty Smith - options when deciding where to ; straightaway for the white flag, some of the best sprint car sermmmseninssensens op amie Gray pr ....Doug Patterson Jerry Evlow er Mod 4 103.. a Lunceford -4.. ' spend their entertainment Gene Pitman 4 1. rian Roseman Don Winne 2.. 3 I felt the left rear tire go down.” drivers in the nation. Billy =~ § 3. Gene Pitman Trees, er rry Oliver 1 : or i Lhe i Mill dollars, and the competition for : . Fender CLiobitog v REI Sills $2 a amon Crump : a night out on the town has i aN rea d | rt gg lo ks oe Kobigan diigo David Rush 2 Cherokee Speedway : become very tough.” : Brian Robinson 1 Chad Abester | Late Model! * N43 cua wits BoM d : : > : ums eedway Highway Sti Cavan Gh onnis Chastiin 2 Duitisid 901 Superiat Shs Weeks duis Civ Steele he lete Line of Racing Parts Available) 704-86 romoter: np aang J igay ghts, - Keith Patt a Dell Harris I 2+ Mike Duval} 2 : £ 3 Cont AERO Wheels » Sing Ps rls Admission: $10 grandstand, 615 pits. a: late model, Billy anes ' 2 ete oy 1 Sool Colla E 3 Truck & Car Tires * Custom Wheels * thunder & lightning, limited sportsman, super stock 8, modified Thunder Valley Speedway 1” Mois 3 "Brian Conard : B.F Goodrich » Bridgestone 4, pure stock 4. s Late Model Stock 2 Ysa RonBarker 4..ucuiinmions Scott Tessner : Thunder Valle Speedway 248 Old Statecoach Rd., Lawndale DE A le Weeks OE Midntysa ! 2. ho FPursley Wain Stock : hi 3 Es 704-538-9666 Promoter: Ernie Elkins Racing every Friday night. Dennis Franklin David Blanton 1 3. DOME SIEE apis ; : RACE PARTS & Admission: $10 Grand Stand; $16 Pit. Divisions: super late ....Petey Ivey 3s Thunder & Lightning. 3u..emesssessserns Marc White ; : UE VN model, late model, thunder & lightning, UMP modified, limited “Limited S orem i 1 renege Tog Heth Boni Alal Pringle | : COMPLETE TIRE sportsman, mod 4, stock 4, rookie 4, + 20 Bboy Horo I one Kyle Davis © 1 Franky Neal 3 : ast Lincoln Speedway, 1873 Mariposa Rd., Stanley 704-263- 3. Andy Clark i ..Jamie Mattison = Z Butch Chapman > : S E 5347 Promoters: Boyd Knight, Richard Meabon Racin every een gravid Clay i d Sporiomal oh a IeJusiinReid | s A Klin | y Rando 4 mes Jameson EL | : VIN BARNES (704)435-8727 Saturday night. te $10 grandstand, $15 pits. Divisions: 1... rover Barry Self “Allen Fran din 1 Je Caoke : | : fiD TRYON COURTHOUSE RD. late mo > thunder & lightning, pure stock 8, open mod 4, mod Serdar rian ¢ onan Br : CHERRYVILLE, NC 4, pure stock 4, sprints. 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