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THUNDERHILL RACEWAY
Summertown, TN
“The Family Track”
www.thunderhillracing.com
July 3, 2010
Crawley blasts to 3rd USCS holiday weekend win at Thunderhill
Summertown, TN – July 3, 2010 – Past USCS Mid South Thunder Tour presented by Goodyear Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas, charged to his third United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear main event win of the weekend at Thunderhill Raceway on Saturday night during the winged sprint car portion of the Holiday weekend racing card. Crawley’s win was accomplished while driving the #99 Hooker Hood tribute car belonging to Dennis and Jeri Benjamin and crewed by his familiar Ward Racing crew.
After winning the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race Crawley started from the third position after the K&N Filters Pole Award drawing placed Rookie of the Year candidate Jerod roller on the K&N Filters Pole. At the drop of the green flag, Roller beat defending series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee to turn one and led the next two laps. On lap three gray took over the point for five laps. Crawley drove past Gray in turn one of the ninth lap to grab the lead. He then held on to win over the eight-time series Champion to win by eight car lengths at the finish. Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi chased the duo home in third place. Raymond Stull from Coldwater, Mississippi charged from a seventh place staring position to finish fourth. The only female sprint car racer in the field, seventeen year-old Morgan Turpen from Bartlett, Tennessee rounded out the top five drivers after starting ninth
The next group had Shane Morgan from Biloxi, Mississippi in the sixth position. Ronny Howard from Southaven, Mississippi followed Morgan in seventh place. Brandon Olson from Denham Springs, Louisiana finished eighth followed by rookie Jerod Roller from Olive Branch, Mississippi in ninth place and veteran Jim Blenkarn from Murfreesboro, Tennessee rounded out the top ten.
Lee Sowell kicked off the evening’s sprint car program by winning the 6-cars, 6-lap Goodyear USCS Speed Dash. Sowell also won the Engler Machine and tool first Heat. Crawley won the Butlerbuilt Second Heat. Morgan Turpen was the KSE Racing Racing Products Hard Charger. Sowell also garnered the Goodyear Young Gun of the race award. Morgan Turpen was also the Rookie of the Race.
Results USCS presented by Goodyear at Thunderhill Raceway - July3, 2010:
USCS Goodyear Power Dash (6-laps):
Lee Sowell, Tim Crawley, Jim Blenkarn, Jerod Roller, Terry Gray and Morgan Turpen,
Engler Machine and Tool First Heat:
Lee Sowell, Jerod Roller, Aubrey Black, Ronny Howard, Raymond Stull, David Clark, Tracey Jorgenson and Darren Clark - DNS.
Butlerbuilt Second Heat winner:
Tim Crawley, Terry Gray, Shane Morgan, Brandon Olson, Morgan Turpen, Steve Hall, Greg Merritt and Jim Blenkarn.
United Sprint Car Series presented by Goodyear feature race:
Thunderhill Raceway 7/3/10 (30-laps):
Pos. Car# Driver/Hometown
1. 99 - Tim Crawley, Benton, AR
2. 10 - Terry Gray, Bartlett, TN
3. 51 - Lee Sowell, Nesbit, MS
4. 44c - Raymond Stull, Coldwater, MS
5. 80 - Morgan Turpen, Bartlett, TN
6. 01 - Shane Morgan, Bioxi, MS
7. 44 - Ronny Howard, Southaven, MS
8. 02 - Brandon Olson, Denham Springs, LA
9. 5 - Jerod Roller, Olive Branch, MS
10. 46 - Jim Blenkarn, Murfreesboo, TN
11. 3x - Steve Hall, Nesbit, MS
12. 21 - Aubrey Black, lookout Mtn., GA
13. 12m - Greg Merritt, Nesbit, MS
14. 12 - Tracey Jorgenson, Huntersville, NC
15. 21 - David Clark, Huntersville, NC
16. 20 - Darren Clark, Huntersville, NC - DNS
GOODYEAR SPEED DASH WINNER: Lee Sowell
K & N FILTERS POLE AWARD: Jerod Roller
KSE Racing Products HARD CHARGER: Jeff Swindell
GOODYEAR TIRE YOUNG GUN OF THE RACE: Lee Sowell
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Morgan Turpen
JE PISTONS TOP GUNS AWARD: Tim Crawley (1st place)
K&N FILTERS 3RD-PLACE AWARD: Lee Sowell
BUTLERBUILT 4TH-PLACE AWARD: Raymond Stull
DYNOTECH TOP FIVE AWARD: Morgan Turpen
ENTRIES: 16
PROVISIONALS: None
CAUTIONS: One
LAP LEADERS: (Two) Jerod Roller, Laps 1-2; Terry Gray Laps 3-8; Tim Crawley 9-30..
Heat Race winners:
Modified Street
(1) Jimmy Woodard (2) Michael Kennedy (3) Willpenny Smith
Street Stock
(1) Daniel Kelley (2) David McGill (3) Evan Oakley
Mini Stock #1
(1) Jason Hubbell (2)Jr. Roland (3) Cody Staggs
Mini Stock #2
(1) Craig Pedrick (2) Dillon Scott (3) B.B. Tarpley
Open Wheel Mini #1
(1) Dustin Stutts (2)Timmy Woodard (3) Daniel Kelley
Open Wheel Mini #2
(1) Burton Graham (2) Fred Davis (3) Jeremy Jones
Feature Time!!
Robert Ardry led from the drop of the green thru lap ten in the Late Model Stock division but it would be Brad Skinner with the final five for his seventh win of the season. (1) Brad Skinner (2) Robert Ardry (3) Keith Layne (4) Walter Bolton (5) Ben Davis
The Modified Street class saw Michael Kennedy go flag to flag for his third win of the season….wait…he was protested…but he was deemed LEGAL and was the winner. (1) Michael Kennedy (2) Jimmy Woodard (3) Chris Kennedy (4) Chad Jean (5) Tim Hobby (6)Shane Workman (7) Willpenny Smith (8) Phillip Counts DNS-Trevor Woodard and Joseph Kratzer
In the Street Stock class what a race as Daniel Kelley led the first lap but it would be David McGill two thru fifteen in a caution free four minute race for his second win of the season. (1) David McGill (2)Daniel Kelley (3) Evan Oakley (4) Jessie McGill (5) Randall Johnson (6) Cheryl Shrader (7) Ben Gillespie DNS-Ike Newton, Drew Cagle
Craig Pedrick led flag to flag for his third win of the season in the Mini Stock class. (1) Craig Pedrick (2) Jason Hubbell (3) Kevin Staggs (4) Jr. Roland (5) Cody Staggs (6) Timmy Woodard (7) Gary Riehle (8) Timmy Jett (9) Dillon Scott DNS-B.B Tarpley, Troy Jett, Tommy Wallace
In the Open Wheel Mini class Dustin Stutts led flag to flag for his fifth win of the season. On lap seven Daniel Kelley and Fred Davis made a little racing contact that resulted in Davis taking a leap off turn two. He was o.k but both of these cars received enough damage to put them out of the race. (1) Dustin Stutts (2) Burton Graham (3)Timmy Woodard (4) Michael Oliver (5) Tony Huskey (6) Jeremy Jones (7) Misty Jones (8) Daniel Kelley (9) Fred Davis (10) Brandon Woodard DNS-B.B. Tarpley, Mark Jones
USCS Open Wheel show:
(1) Jason Markowitz (2) Ashley Newman (3) Randy Todd (4) T.J. Herndon (5) Eddie Rhinehart (6) Jeff Weaver (7) Steve Maugham (8) Murray Vaughn (9) Ron Bailey (10) Jamie Land (11) Justin Cross (12) Robert Cogdill (13) Jason Maurer (14) Tony Cogdill (15) Kevin Daniels (16) Mike Bowers (17) Tyler Wood (18) Josh Hale
Racing every Saturday night.
Gates open @ 4:00, racing at 7:00pm.
Submitted by:
Doris Cherry/Pete Walton
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