Hollingsworth wins Fall Classic at Whynot
by Scott White
"Right foot" Ronnie Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, AL held off all challengers once he regained the lead on lap 29 and pick up the biggest win of his young career and the $15,000 top prize at the 15th annual Fall Classic Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park.
Hollingsworth jumped out to the early lead until Neil Baggett of Shannon wrestled away the top spot on lap 10. Hollingsworth would regain the lead on lap 30. "Mr. Smooth" Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR worked his way to the front from 10th and had the lead by a nose on lap 48 as the caution came out giving the lead back to Hollingsworth.
Hollingsworth led it the rest of the way with "Dangerous" Dane Dacus of Lakeland, TN taking second, Moyer third, David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN from 24th to finish fourth and North Carolina's Ray Cook fifth.
"This is awesome" Hollingsworth said. "To win this race with the competition here this weekend is just awesome". Hollingsworth became the 12th straight different winner of the race.
Fast qualifyer Friday night was Ray Cook with a 13.693 over a stellar field of 60 Super Late Models. B main winners were, Klint Byars, Billy Moyer Jr. and David Gentry.
"Iron" Mike Boland of Cuba, AL took the lead in lapped traffic with 10 laps to go winning the Crate Late Model feature. Jim McDuffie finished second, Scott Knowles third, Justin McRee fourth and Wiley Williams fifth.
Crate Late Model B main winners were Randy Boyd and Jay Burchfield.
Trey Bright of Northport, AL won the Street Stock feature with Jeffery Walker second, Randy King third, Michael Williams fourth and Artis Bunyard fifth.
Street Stock B main winners were Rickey Russell and Jonathan Moore.
Randy King took the lead midway through the race and held off "The Bossman" Rodney Wing to take the Open Wheel Modified feature.
In the stinger feature it was Brandon Leftwich taking the win. Andy Taylor finished second, Tim Dee's third, Chris Woodham fourth and Gerald Ladner fifth.
Johnny Pearson won the Cajun Mini Stock feature over second place J.C. Pearson, Thomas Turberville third, Dewayne Thompson fourth and Jennifer Shelton fifth.
On Friday night Johnny Pearson took the Pure Stock feature with Terry Arnsdorff second, Wayne Buckalew third, Logan Hembree fourth and John Logan fifth.
Whynot Motorsports Park would like to thank the racers and fans for coming out this weekend. Whynot will return to action in January for the second annual Winter Bash. Keep watching the Whynot website in the coming months for details at www.whynotmotorsportspark.com
Coors Light Fall Classic Results
Street Stock
Car # Driver Name
1 - 82 - Trey Bright
2 - 11 - Jeffery Walker
3 - 21r - Randy King
4 - 19 - Michael Williams
5 - 12 - Artis Bunyard
6 - 20A - David James
7 - 1T - David Turner
8 - 10m - Donnie Monk
9 - 82p - Calvin Cook
10 - 17jr - Rickey Russell
11 - 23c - Bryan Cox
12 - 6 - Clint Thaxton
13 - 20H - Stacy Herron
14 - 4s - David Sanders
15 - 44m - Jonathan Moore
16 - - Sam Maxie
17 - 22c - Clayton Lambert
18 - 2g - Greg Daniels
19 - 74jr - Brian Holley
20 - 35m - Joe McHan, Jrr
21 - 777 - Jeff Butler
22 - 20 - Marvin Beard
23 - K24 - Tony Sylvestri
24 - 111 - Wayne Medders
KMSA Mini's
Car # Driver Name
1 - 5B - Johnny Pearson
2 - 5P - J.C. Pearson
3 - T2 - Thomas Turberville
4 - 9D - Duane Thompson
5 - O2 - Jennifer Shelton
6 - 34 - Chance Mims
7 - 50 - Homes Jenkins
8 - 7m - David Nichols
9 - 89 - Hugh Shaffer
10 - 10 - Tony Coffman
11 - 4 - Al Folks
12 - 888 - Alton Evans
13 - 5 - Robert Underwood
14 - 3c - Tony Crosby
15 - 35 - Tyler Evans
16 - 4m - Seth McNeil
17 - 59 - Steve Undersood
Modifieds
Car # Driver Name
1 - K1 - Randy King
2 - 51 - Rodney Wing
3 - 23 - Ben Stephens
4 - 911 - Brooks Strength
5 - 4R - Ryan Allday
6 - 008 - Gregg Hollingswoth
7 - 2 - Collett
8 - 3 - Mike Ladner
9 - 31c - Billy Colliet
10 - D1 - Little Ronnie Roberts
11 - 12H - Toby Hodge
12 - O4 - Rodney Etheridge
13 - 9 - Bryan Powell
14 - 57D - Daniel Moore
15 - 25W - Lance Walker
16 - C4R - Junior Pearce
17 - 10C - Lance McKenzie
18 - 1R - Randy McBride
19 - 24 - Ed Miles
20 - 71 - Andy Bufkin
21 - 10 - Jason Henry
22 - 18 - Paul Jones
23 - B1 - Bill Taylor
24 - C20 - Cliff Ross
25 - 33 - Little Ronnie Roberts
Crate Late Models
Car # Driver Name
1 - 222 - Mike Boland
2 - 760c - Jim McDuffie
3 - 66K - Scott Knowles
4 - 4 - Justin McRee
5 - 4w - Cliff Williams
6 - 22 - Lucky Keeton
7 - 28 - Wiley Williams
8 - 82 - Jason Sanderford
9 - 17 - Chris O'Conner
10 - 27M - Larry Murphy
11 - 95 - Wesley Geene
12 - 121 - Michael Blount
13 - 25B - Jay Buchfield
14 - 77s - Michael Santangelo
15 - 85 - Ray Paul
16 - 38 - Chase Washington
17 - 7 - Michael Shirley
18 - 96 - Chad Thrash
19 - O2 - Steven Brantley
20 - 18 - Chris Jimerson
21 - 1T - Terry Mosley
22 - 22s - Jamey Smith
23 - 51 - Randy Walters
24 - 118 - Randy Boyd
Super Late Models
Car # Driver Name
1 - 18 - Ronny Lee Hollingsworth
2 - 54 - Dane Dacus
3 - 21 - Billy Moyer
4 - 11 - David Gentry
5 - 53 - Ray Cook
6 - 6 - Scott Slay
7 - 33 - Scott Dedwylder
8 - 86 - Rick Rickman
9 - 121 - Anthony Burroughs
10 - 27 - Chris McElhenney
11 - 88 - Wendell Wallace
12 - 5 - Klint Byars
13 - 71m - Kenny Merchant
14 - 44 - Clint Smith
15 - 1c - Chad Thrash
16 - 21c - Neil Baggett
17 - 71 - Chris Wall
18 - 6x - Rob Litton
19 - r5 - Kyle Cummings
20 - K3 - David Breazeale
21 - 57j - Bub McCool
22 - 21jr - Billy Moyer, Jr
23 - c16 - Chris Ragan
24 - 44 - Rodney Wing
Pure Stock
Car # Driver Name
1 - 5 - Johnny Pearson
2 - 44 - Terry Arnsdorff
3 - 66 - Wayne Bucklew
4 - O - Logan Hembree
5 - 5L - John Logan
6 - 70 - Tim Culpepper
7 - 12 - Chip Jones
8 - 12P - Stephen Grriffith
Stingers
Car # Driver Name
1 - 777 - Brandon Leftwich
2 - 10 - Andy Taylor
3 - 11 - Tim Dees
4 - - Chis Woodham
5 - 30 - Gerald Ladner
6 - O8 - Caleb Langford
7 - 33m - Mindi Sisson
Whynot Motorsports Park and the Thrash Family would like to thank everyone for their supoort this weekend.
Thanks to the staff of Whynot Motorsports Park, the drivers their sponsors and team members, sponsors of Whynot Motorsports Park and Coors Light Fall Classic and the fans in the stands. Without all of your support this weekend would not have been possible.
Looking forward to the 16th Annual Fall Classic in 2010.
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