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GLENCOE, AL (6/23/07) -- A little double duty never hurt anybody and you
don't have to convince Ballplay, AL, racer T.J. Alford of that fact. This
Saturday night the Northeastern Alabama dirt track facility, The New Green
Valley Speedway not only welcomed back the REBEL SUPER LATE MODELS, but had
a special LIMITED LATE MODEL, 30 lap, big money feature, paying $1,500., to
win. At race time nineteen (19) LLM's entered qualifying. On the pole was
Tony Brown's # 19 "Sandrock Contracting & Construction, B&W Paving, T-N-T
Construction" sponsored GRT chassis, T.A.'s Automotive Machine, Dodge
Charger racecar with Alford behind the wheel. Dingus Griffin started his
Clay Grogan owned # X machine on the outside pole but was penalized a row
for jumping the initial green flag start of the 30 lap "A" Main feature.
On the restart Alford took the lead from new outside pole sitter Mike Pearl,
bringing with him Randy Jordan, Ryan Law, Griffin and Brian Smith at the
beginning of the feature. The first caution flew for Tony Fleming's solo
spin in turn four of lap four. On the restart Micah Nance and Tom Maddox had
issues before racing could get back to full throttle. Smith began marching
towards the front passing by an ailing Jordan. The races hardest lick of the
night was Brian Quallls in his T.J. Alford #007Q mount, hitting the turn
three wall. Alford held off challenge after challenge of Smith within some
heavy back-marker traffic at times. Griffin held a solid third with Law and
Glen McWaters rounding out the top five.
Of the nine Super Late Models taking to the track, one important
notification, was current ADVANCE AUTO PARTS THUNDER SERIES points leader
Tommy Kerr being in the house. Gaining some valuable seat time at the newly
configured facility, Kerr made quick progress in qualifying and in the 25
lap feature. With Alford drawing the QUIK SIX #1 position Kerr had to uphold
his ROCKETBOY image and STOMPED THE LOUD PEDAL quickly from his 4th place
start, at the green, to gain the advantage over Fast Qualifier (14:555) and
third starter Robert Gant. Kerr took a stab early at the #007 "Vulcan
Marketing, Renegade Racing Fuels, American Racer Tires, Stealth Racing
Carburetors, Racin' Warpaint" sponsored Rocket Chassis, T.A.'s Automotive
Machine, Pontiac GTO racecar but had to contend with Gant's persistance.
Gant got by Kerr for second just a few laps prior to the races half-way
point. Dennis Hale had a good top five night end when he suffered a race
ending flat as the laps waned to the checkers. Gant made several challenges
but in the end it was "ALLLLL" ...Alford. Steven Endicott and Dewayne Floyd
rounded out the top five. This week at GVS is the last opportunity for seat
time (much like Tommy Kerr acquired this past weekend) before the Tuesday
Night Thunder race, July 3rd with the Advance Auto Parts THUNDER Series.
FIREWORKS will light up the sky and the racing will heat up the surface for
60 laps as the best from Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina
converge against the ALABAMA DIRT-GANG. For more info. including full
results for all classes, visit the web-site on-line 24/7 at
www.greenvalleyspeedway.com/. |