By Brenda Murphy

ALTAMAHAW, N.C -July 18, 2008- It was the seventh consecutive win for Mebane's Speedy Faucette. It as also his seventh straight qualifying pole with a 15:799.

After a redraw of the top 15 cars, Speedy had to come from the 14th.
position to win on a full moon night at Ace Speedway. With a bounty on his head and having to come from the rear, Speedy Faucette was still unstoppable. R.D. Smith took the early lead before Robert Turner took over the number one position. It looked like Turner was having a great run when Turner suffered a engine problem. Faucette led the final 78 laps of the 100 lap feature to win his eighth race of the year. Faucette also collected the $100 bounty. If another competitor can outrun Faucette, he will collect a $200 bonus.

Reidsville's Rodney Cook run a close second to Faucette and made a very exciting race out of it. Cook had come from the 12th position.
McLeansville's Dustin Rumley, Elon's Scotty Warren and Burlington's Dean Fogleman rounded out the top five.

Thomas Scott of Corbett Ridge led all 25 laps in the Modified race capturing his first victory of the season. Burlington's Gary Young, Jr. finished second with Mebane's Richard Bailey taking third.

The Limited Sportsman race was won by Burlington's Ziggy Zimmerman. It was Ziggy's fourth win of the year. Bobby Griffin of Eden finished second with Pelham's John Moore taking third.

The Mini stock race had the most action of the night. Thomasville's Michael Tucker won his fifth of the season with Haw River's Chad Sykes finishing second. Third was Brown Summit's Chris Breedlove.

On the eighth lap Chris Southern lost control of his car in turn four and spun in from of the pack. Southern's car made contact with Mark Wilburn's car and sent Wilburn flipping onto its top and skidding about 30 feet down the front stretch. The car eventually barrel rolled back onto its four wheels. Wilburn was found to have no injuries after being checked out by the emergency personnel.

The Xtreme race was won by Burlington's Michael Neal. Mebane's Keith Spake finished second and Jerry Kernodle rounded out the top three.

Other Friday night winners was Ricky Seay of Bassett, Va. In the Southern Ground Pounder Modified division and Efland's Gary Lloyd in the Southern Ground Pounders Sportsman division.

ALTAMAHAW – Here are Friday night's results:

Late Models (100 laps): Speedy Faucette, Rodney Cook, Dustin Rumley, Scotty Warren, Dean Fogleman, Dane Rudolph, Joseph Tucker, Jesse Ingle III, R.D. Smith, Richard Bailey, Jason Payne, Ryan Robertson, Brad Kurth, Robert Turner, Mike Looney.

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

Limited Sportsman (25 laps): Ziggy Zimmerman, Bobby Griffin, John Moore, Joey Throckmorton, Chris Elliott, Robert Zook, Barry Cobb Jr., Kevan Combs.

Mini Stocks (20 laps): Michael Tucker, Chad Sykes, Chris Breedlove, Jamie Orange, Keith Summers, Kyle Southern, Jason Cook, A.J. Sanders, Mike Herron, Mark Wilburn, Archie Sanders.

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

Southern Ground Pounders Modifieds (20 laps): Ricky Seay, Randy Smith, Jerry Scott, Todd Massey, Robert Isley, Daryl Gwynn, Corey Agee, Randy Johnson, Troy Gaston, Phil Barkins.

Southern Ground Pounders Sportsman (20 laps): Gary Lloyd, Ricky Pope, Steve Powell, Tommy Braxton, Bruce Bayer, James Whitaker, Keith Maready.

Late Models qualifying: Speedy Faucette 15.799, Scotty Warren 15.932, Dean Fogleman 15.943, Robert Turner 15.951, R.D. Smith 15.952, Rodney Cook 15.989, Jesse Ingle III 16.011, Brad Kurth 16.027, Dustin Rumley 16.124, Dane Rudolph 16.156, Richard Bailey 16.177, Joseph Tucker 16.275, Jason Payne 16.344, Ryan Robertson 16.350, Mike Looney 16.363.

X-treme Cars qualifying: Keith Brame Jr. 20.80, Keith Spake 20.87, Michael Neal 20.90, Jerry Kernodle 21.02, Tommy Price 21.09, Harold Jefferson 21.12, Robbie Church 21.18, Sandy Edgley 21.25, Floyd Edgley 21.42, Drew Hopkins 21.59, Harold Jones 21.65, Richie Placer 21.71, Tommy Porter 21.78, Matt Kirkman 21.83, William Jones 21.84, Spence Brantley 21.99, Roger Brannon 22.09.


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