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BLAIR TAKES A HOMETOWN WIN IN NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS A1 RACEWAY EVENT
SLIDELL, LA – After starting eighth, Blair charged through the field to pass Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA for the lead on lap 18, and then led the remaining 33 laps of the race that was marred by 18 caution flags, and took almost an hour and a half to complete.
After being passed for the lead, Brindle dropped back to the
fourth spot by lap 20, but came back late in the race to rally and
finish second driving the CSC Trailer Repair/Brindle Brothers Auto
Parts GRT. Brindle moved
back on top of the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point standings
with his runner-up finish and a 14-point lead over Jeff Fields of
Aragon, GA. Lucky Keeton of
Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year candidate Hunter Peacock
of Macon, GA had an up and down night, but salvaged a sixth-place
finish in the Nasworthy Mechanical Bullitt.
Peacock took his second Pole Award of the season by out
qualifying the 32 entrants with a lap around the ¼-mile clay oval in
14.765 seconds.
Peacock led the first six laps of the race, and fell back to
the fourth spot. Peacock
spun on a lap 15 restart, and had to restart on the tail of the field.
Peacock raced his way back to the fifth spot, and was passed by
Rainey for the position at the checkered flag.
Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL was seventh in the McLeod
Construction TNT, and Tootie Arnold of Meadville, MS came back from a
lap six spin and finished eighth in the Harahan Paint and Body GRT.
Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA took the ninth spot in the
Turner Excavating DWB, and Jason Hiett of Lincoln,
Peacock took the lead from his inside front row starting spot
at the drop of the green flag followed by Boutwell, Brindle,
Keeton passed Peacock for second on lap eight, and Blair came
from the eighth starting spot to move past Peacock and take the third
position on lap 10. Blair’s
march to the point continued on a lap 14 restart, when he got under
Keeton for second. On a
lap 15 restart, Blair drove under Brindle to take the lead, but
Peacock spun running fourth to negate the pass for the lead.
Blair continued his pursuit of Brindle on the next restart, and
the top two cars raced hard for the next three laps until Blair sealed
the deal on lap 18. Brindle
pushed up the banking in turn two after a lap 19 restart, letting
Keeton and Knowles by for second and third respectively.
There were wholesale position changes in the last ten laps of
the race with six caution flags. The
running order for the lap 40 restart had Blair leading Keeton,
Brindle, Knowles, Tays, Peacock, Rainey, Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS in
the Tiffin Motorhomes Mastersbilt, Boutwell and Frank Ingram, who took
a provisional and started 23rd in the Dixon Hauling and
Grading Rocket.
When the field went green, Knowles put the pressure on Brindle
for third, and Peacock got by Tays for the fifth spot.
Tays cut down a right-front tire in turn two on lap 44 to bring
out the caution flag. Ingram’s
run to the front ended on lap 46 when his car broke while he was
running eighth. That
earned Ingram the Dominator Hard Luck Award.
Brindle took the second spot away from Keeton on lap 48, but
could not catch Blair, who took a popular hometown win, and moved into
a tie for the fourth spot in the points chase with Tays.
Jamey Smith started 22nd and finished 13th
to earn the Hard Charger of the Race Award, and the preliminary 15-lap
Qualifying Races were won by Jason Warner of Franklinton, LA in the
J&A Trucking Mastersbilt, and Ted Lackey of Munford, AL in the C.S.
Beatty Construction Warrior.
The next two events for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series National Tour will be over the Memorial Day weekend.
The first stop will be at Swainsboro Raceway in OFFICIAL
RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT A1 RACEWAY IN POS
STRT CAR
# DRIVER
HOMETOWN
LAPS $ WON ENTRIES:
32 QUALIFYING:
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