By Brenda Murphy,
Ace Speedway P.R.

ALTAMAHAW, N.C. -June 28, 2008- Speedy Faucette of Mebane won his sixth race of the year Friday night after a strong challenge from Reidsville's Rodney Cook. Faucette posted the fastest qualifying time of the year with a 15.653. position. Cook has had four seconds to Faucette this season and is definitely turning up the heat. They had good side-by-side racing and Cook never gave up. Cook continually charged through the corners in an effort to get by the Mebane driver putting on a good show for the fans.

Burlington's Dean Fogleman finished third for the second week in a row. Dustin Rumley of McLeansville finished fourth with Elon's Scotty Warren rounding out the top five. Dane Rudolph, a rook from Australia, had his best finish of the season but was disqualified following postrace inspection.

Josh Nichols of Cleveland, NC had his first career victory at Ace in the Modified Division. Burlington's Gary Young, Jr., who is leading the points, came in second and Thomas Scott of Corbett Ridge finished in the third position. Nichols was also the fast qualifier in the Modified Division with a 15.805.

After postrace inspections in the Modified Division, all cars passed tech. This was a welcome relief after last week when eight of the ten cars failed after checking tread width. Tread width was checked again this week and all cars complied.

Ziggy Zimmerman of Burlington won his third race of the year in the Limited Sportsman Division. John Moore of Pelham, division points leader, finished second followed by Eden's Bobby Griffin. Rookie Kevan Combs had a good start leading the first 17 laps but developed issues with his car.

A.J. Sanders of Mocksville won his fifth race of the season in the Mini Stock division after several weeks of mechanical problems with his car. Raleigh's Wilson Smith place second in his first race at Ace Speedway. Haw River's Chad Sykes finished third.

Ben Walker of McLeansville led from start to finish in the Xtreme race with Keith Brame, Jr. finishing second and Jerry Kernodle taking third.

Other winner from Friday night was Thomasville's Bill Blair in the Flathead Fords.

Ace will be off next Friday night, July 3rd, but will return with more action the following Friday night.


ALTAMAHAW – Here are Friday night's results:

Late Models (100 laps): Speedy Faucette, Rodney Cook, Dean Fogleman,
Dustin Rumley, Scotty Warren, Jason Payne, Joseph Tucker, Coy Hedrick,
Jesse Ingle III, R.D. Smith, Dane Rudolph.

Modifieds (25 laps): Josh Nichols, Gary Young Jr., Thomas Scott, Phil
Bryant, Roy Cook, Randy Butner, Richard Thomas, Don Cook, Ronnie Austin, Gary Young Sr.

Limited Sportsman (25 laps): Ziggy Zimmerman, John Moore, Bobby Griffin, Bob Goff, Brent Coleman, Chris Duffey, Robert Zook, Kevan Combs.

Mini Stocks (20 laps): A.J. Sanders, Wilson Smith, Chad Sykes, Archie
Sanders, Mark Wilburn, Mike Herron, Chris Breedlove, Kyle Southern,
Michael Bowlin, Travis Coleman.

X-treme Cars (15 laps): Ben Walker, Keith Brame Jr., Jerry Kernodle, David Bess, Keith Spake, Michael Neal, Sandy Edgley, Floyd Edgley, Robbie Church, Harold Jefferson, Tommy Porter, Richie Placer, Drew Hopkins, Harold Jones, Roger Brannon, William Jones, Spence Brantley, William Little.

Flathead Fords (20 laps): Bill Blair, Randy Apple, Tom Corns, Jerry King, Carlton Pugh, Hurley Hinshaw, Bill Daniels.

Late Models qualifying: Speedy Faucette 15.653, Dean Fogleman 15.804, R.D. Smith 15.846, Dane Rudolph 15.874, Rodney Cook 15.889, Scotty Warren 15.909, Jason Payne 16.070, Dustin Rumley 16.076, Jesse Ingle III 16.094, Joseph Tucker 16.198, Coy Hedrick 18.633.

Modifieds qualifying: Josh Nichols 15.805, Phil Bryant 15.869, Randy
Butner 15.936, Gary Young Jr. 16.026, Thomas Scott 16.030, Roy Cook
16.315, Richard Thomas 16.327, Ronnie Austin 16.483, Larry Cook 16.529.

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