Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

September 27, 2014

McCARTER WINS CHEVY SUPER SERIES SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST AT EAMS
                                      
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                PHENIX CITY, AL – Pierce McCarter of Gatlinburg, TN did what three drivers that ran in front of him didn’t do early in the race, and that was stay in the lead and win the 50-lap Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series portion of the 36th Annual Alabama State Championship Race on Saturday night at East Alabama Motor Speedway driving the McCarter Brothers Racing CVR.

                Jeff Smith of Chatsworth, GA, Chris Madden of Laurens, SC and Donald Brasher of Burlington, NC ran in front of McCarter early in the race, but they were all out of the event by lap 11, and McCarter took over the lead. 

                “We were riding along there and Jeff Smith dropped out, then Brasher was gone, and then Madden pulled up,” McCarter said.  “That gave me the lead and I was wondering if I needed to be there because I didn’t want to be next.  We have a good race car because my brother drove it to a win two weeks ago in Tazewell, TN, so it’s my first win in this series and the car’s second.”

                Montana Dudley of Phenix City, AL was another driver that took advantage of the high attrition, as he drove the Dale’s Quick Lube Rocket to a second-place finish.  Tim Busha of Boaz, AL took the third spot in the Kilpatrick Racing GRT, and Jake Knowles of Tyrone, GA was fourth in the Cedartown Electric Rocket.

                Knowles was able to close to within 20 points of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series point leader Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN with one race left in the 2014 season.  Johnson was involved in a multi-car tangle on a lap four restart and the damage to his NeSmith Chevrolet Special resulted in a 19th-place finish.

                Brandon Williams of Crossville, TN finished fifth in the Auto Zone Special, and Jacob Grizzle of Blairsville, GA drove the Carolina Performance Special to a sixth-place finish.  Ray Cook of Brasstown, MS took the seventh spot in the Tommy Pope Construction Special, and Cecil Eunice of Blackshear, GA came from the 20th starting spot to finish eighth in the Ace Pole Company Special.

                Tyler Crowder of Lamont, FL made two trips to the pits for repairs, but kept digging to salvage a ninth-place finish in the Crowder Trucking Rocket.  Chase Edge of LaFayette, AL rounded out the top ten in the Edge’s Gas Company Special and was the highest finishing Rookie of the Year Candidate of the race.

                In preliminary action, Smith drove the Hill Motorsports Warrior to fast time honors among the 27-car field with a lap in 16.033 seconds.  Knowles came from the sixth starting spot to win the 12-lap B-Main Race.

                The initial start of the race was negated when Cook sailed off the turn two banking on the first lap of the race.  The complete restart saw the second caution flag when McCarter spun coming off the bottom of the second turn.  On the second complete restart, Smith took the lead from pole position followed by Brasher, Madden, McCarter, and Ryan King of Anniston, AL.

                Cook had more problems on lap three when he stalled on the backstretch to bring out the third caution flag.  Smith had Brasher, Madden, McCarter, King, Dudley, Williams, Edge, Crowder, and Busha doubled up behind him for the Dixie-style double file restart.  The field raced for one more lap until David Brannon of Elora, TN stalled the Elora Gin Company Special in turn four.

                The restart saw a multi-car tangle in turn four to bring out the caution flag, and Johnson’s car had visible damage on the left-front corner.  Johnson did not pit and soldiered on, only to realize he couldn’t run the car safely at race speed, and he slowed on the track to bring out the fifth caution flag on lap five.

                Madden got by Brasher for the second spot during the green flag lap, and the lead changed hands during the caution period when Smith suddenly slowed and had to be pushed to the pit area.  Officials went to a single file restart with Madden leading Brasher, McCarter, King, Dudley, Williams, Edge, Busha, Knowles, and Adkins down for the restart.

                Brasher fell off the pace on lap seven and coasted to the pits in the Mega Plumbing Rocket, while the race remained green.  That moved McCarter up to the second spot behind Madden, but once again, tough luck consumed a race front-runner on lap 12 when Madden slowed in turn one with a cut down right-rear tire.  Madden parked the Crowder Trucking Special for the night.

                McCarter now took charge of the field followed by King, Dudley, Williams, Busha, Knowles, Edge, Grizzle, Adkins, and Jadon Frame of Winchester, TN in the Poultry Electric/Pro Hardware Special in the top ten.  The field seemed to settle in after the restart, as McCarter began to encounter the cars on the tail of the lead lap on the 20th tour.

                The top ten at the halfway point of the 50-lap race showed McCarter the leader followed by King, Dudley, Williams, Busha, Knowles, Edge, Grizzle, Adkins, and Cook, who came back from his second pit stop into the tenth spot.  Cook got by Adkins for the ninth spot on lap 30, while up at the front of the pack, McCarter had put two lapped cars between himself and King.

                Busha got inside Williams coming off the fourth turn on lap 34 to take the fourth spot, and Knowles followed Busha’s lead by getting underneath Williams for the fifth spot going into turn one on lap 35.  Johnson was ticketed with his second caution flag of the race on lap 36 when he stalled on the front straightaway, and was done for the night.

                When the field went back to green, King had nothing for McCarter, as the leader pulled out to a half straightaway advantage by lap 40.  Dudley took over the second spot on lap 42 when King suddenly slowed off the pace and coasted to the pits, as the field kept racing under green.

                Edge gave up the seventh spot on lap 43 when he cut down a right-rear tire and brought out the ninth and final caution flag of the race.  McCarter was quick to open up a lead on Dudley after the restart, and breezed home to the checkered flag with a 1.293 second margin of victory.

                The next event for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series will be the 2014 season finale at Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga, AL with the $6,000-to-win 2nd Annual Dega 100.

For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. 

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 8 AT EAST ALABAMA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN PHENIX CITY, AL ON 9/27/14:

POS        STRT     CAR #    DRIVER                               HOMETOWN                     LAPS     $ WON 
1.             5              51           Pierce McCarter                                Gatlinburg, TN                   50           $3,000
2.             10           55d         Montana Dudley                 Phenix City, AL                  50           $1,500
3.             11           15           Tim Busha                           Boaz, AL                              50           $1,000
4.             13           66           Jake Knowles                      Tyrone, GA                          50           $850
5.             6              95           Brandon Williams             Crossville, TN                     50           $750
6.             19           99g         Jacob Grizzle                      Blairsville, GA                    50           $700
7.             18           53           Ray Cook                             Brasstown, NC                    50           $650
8.             20           22           Cecil Eunice                        Blackshear, GA                  50           $600
9.             7              47c         Tyler Crowder                    Lamont, FL                         50           $550
10.          9              18           Chase Edge (R)                   LaFayette, AL                     50           $500
11.          17           J8           Jadon Frame (R)                Winchester, TN                   50           $475
12.          16           33           David Brannon                   Elora, TN                             49           $450
13.          14           110         Brent Barrett (R)                Cleveland, MS                     49           $425
14.          24           72           Frank Wilson                      Milton, FL                            48           $400
15.          23           88d         Mark Dowdy                       Waterloo, AL                      48           $375
16.          4              55           Ryan King                            Anniston, AL                       42           $350
17.          22           99           J.R. Moseley                        Columbus, GA                     41           $325
18.          15           19m        Josh Adkins (R)                   Talladega, AL                     37           $300
19.          8              5              Ronnie Johnson                  Chattanooga, TN                27           $300
20.          2              6              Chris Madden                     Laurens, SC                         11           $300
21.          3              93           Donald Brasher                  Burlington, NC                   6              $300
22.          1              17s          Jeff Smith                            Chatsworth, GA                  4              $300
23.          12           38           Dillon Tidmore                   Glencoe, AL                         3              $300
24.          21           11           Lavon Sparks                      Phenix City, AL                  3              $300

ENTRIES:  27
FAST QUALIFIER: 
PROVISIONALS:  Dowdy and Wilson
LEAD CHANGES:  2
LAP LEADERS:  Smith, 1-4; Madden, 5-11; McCarter, 12-50
LAPS LED:  McCarter, 39; Madden, 7; Smith; 4
ROOKIE OF THE RACE:  Edge
SCHAEFFER’S OIL 8TH-PLACE AWARD:  Eunice
MODERN IMAGES 9TH-PLACE AWARD:  Crowder
DAVID SMITH CARBURETORS 10TH-PLACE AWARD:  Edge
MIKE’S CUSTOM TANKS 11TH-PLACE AWARD:  Frame
SHORTY’S SHOCK SERVICE 12TH-PLACE AWARD:  Brannon
CAUTIONS:  9
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 1.293 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE:  49 Minutes and 6.704 Seconds
QUALIFYING (Top 12 Transfer To Main Event):

B-MAIN (12 Laps – Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):  1. Knowles; 2. Barrett (R); 3. Adkins (R); 4. Brannon; 5. Frame (R); 6. Cook; 7. Grizzle; 8. Eunice; 9. Sparks; 10. Moseley; 11. Brewer; 12. Wilson; 13. Trent; 14. Dowdy; 15. Turner DNS.

CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/27/14:

1. 5 Ronnie Johnson – 744
2. 66 Jake Knowles – 724
3. 47c Tyler Crowder – 710
4. 99g Jacob Grizzle – 680
5. 110 Brent Barrett (R) – 608
6. J8 Jadon Frame (R) – 596
7. 88d Mark Dowdy – 514
8. 11 Lavon Sparks – 504
9. 15 Tim Busha – 472
10. 33 David Brannon – 460
11. 18 Chase Edge (R) – 456
12. 19m Josh Adkins (R) – 416
13. 49 Dingus Griffin – 370
14. 10 Matthew Turner – 366
15. 95 Brandon Williams – 346
16. 72 Frank Wilson – 340
17. 51 Pierce McCarter – 274
18. 55 Ryan King – 248
19. 99 J.R. Moseley – 214
20. 38 Dillon Tidmore - 200

R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate

Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Schaeffer’s Oil Presented By Chad Wallace and Heather Newsome is the Official Oil of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  AR Bodies is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2014 are Modern Images, Mike Custom Tanks, KRC Power Steering, David Smith Carburetors, Kinser Air Filters, and Shorty’s Shock Service.

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