By Katherine Adams

Savannah, GA - Clint Sills of Rincon, GA, took advantage of former two-time Showdown on the Coast champion Brian Barnes misfortune to win the first of two rounds for the Super Street Stock division. Guyton’s Bobby Morris also won the Mini Stock Showdown on the Coast feature for the third time while Charissa Dudley won the Queen Bee main event.
In National Late Model qualifying, Swainsboro’s Chesley Dixon blistered the track record with a 19.131 second lap (117.61 mph). It was only a tenth of a second faster than Indiantown, FL, hot shoe Patrick “Showtime” Sheltra while perennial favorites Ivedent Lloyd, DeWayne Johnson and Bobby Oglesby slipped down the line-up.

“We hit our marks perfectly,” said Dixon. “The track was perfect. It’s awesome to have the best shot at starting on the pole Saturday night.” The first round of the Super Street Stock races at the Showdown on the Coast looked to be Brian Barnes’ race. He took the lead at the drop of the green and powered to a car length and half lead over Clint Sills before breaking a gear with five laps remaining. Sills shot past to snare the lead and then went on to claim the first of two main events for the Super Street Stock division at the Showdown on the Coast.

The 2005 Sunset Novelties Mini Stock champion Charles Swann crossed the finish line first on Thursday night, but his car did not pass the post race inspection. Second place finisher Bobby Morris was declared the winner giving him his third Showdown on the Coast victory during it’s eight year duration. Swainsboro’s Bobby McKenzie ended up second ahead of Randall Wegmann who led the first eight laps of the feature race.

The National Late Models completed an exciting opening night for Oglethorpe Speedway Park’s Fall Festival of Speed. Swainsboro’s Chesley Dixon nipped Florida’s Patrick Sheltra in a record setting lap. The 117 mile-per-hour lap gives Dixon the best opportunity to start on the pole for Saturday night’s “ Budwesier 150”.
Oglethorpe Speedway Park hosts the second night of the Showdown on the Coast this evening. Drivers from over 1,500 miles away are in attendance for this weekend’s racing action. The pits have swelled to well over 225 cars in attendance chasing the $70,000 in purse offered this weekend at the historic half mile just west of downtown Savannah.
For additional information, contact the speedway at 912-964-8200 or by visiting their website at www.ospracing.net

Official Results from Thursday, October 20, 2005 Super Street Stock “Round 1”:
1-Clint Sills, Rincon 2-Chris Litchfield, Rincon 3-Karl Willard, Cochran 4-Albert Cosnahan, Guyton 5-Gene Nasworthy, Macon 6-Jottie Burgamy, Wrightsville 7-Wayne Page, Savannah 8-Glenn Watkins, Cochran 9-Doug Morris, Pooler 10-John McCosker, Richmond Hill 11-Rick Hunter, Bloomingdale 12-Arty Bird, Macon 13-Danny Scarboro, Metter 14-Kyle Livingood, Waycross 15-Phil Pittman, Lyons 16-Adam Chambers, Hinesville 17-Brian Barnes, Bloomingdale 18-Clay Alexander, Waynesboro 19-Bill Stevenson, Savannah 20-Timmy Dasher, Bluffton, SC 21-Jud Ziegler 22-Dvadi Huggins, Guyton 23-Kenny Drew, Meldrim 24-Arlene Pittman, Lyons 25-Robert Diekemper, Bloomingdale 26-Nick Hardee, Baxley

Mini Stock (Feature):
1-Bobby Morris, Guyton 2-Brad McKenzie, Swainsboro 3-Randall Wegmann, Guyton 4-Josh Parrish, Port Wentworth 5-AJ Horton, Statesboro 6-Marty Neal, Swainsboro 7-George Balance, Bunn, NC 8-Joey Schoen, Swainsboro 9-Alfred Rogers 10-Dustin Snider, Savannah 11-George Pellern, Swainsboro 12-Randy Gregory, Midway 13-Roger McKenzie, Swainsboro 14-Randall Jackson, Fayetteville, NC 15-Charles Smith, Fayetteville, NC 16-Ricky Cannady, Bloomingdale 17-Terry Cox, Swainsboro 18-Ray Douberly, Eden 19-Chad Blackwell 20-Jimmy Groce, Springfield 21-Frank Hickman, Eden 22-Jeremiah Deneen, Swainsboro 23-Chris Johnson, Rincon 24-Josh Carter, Guyton 25-Larry Lee, Hardeeville, SC 26-Robert Blanchette, Guyton

Queen Bee (Feature):
1-Charissa Dudley, Savannah 2-Jennifer Sitgreaves, Garden City 3-April Barnes, Bloomingdale 4-Loraine Stephens, Rincon


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