2008 Media Release #61 (For Immediate Distribution-September 27, 2008)

Neat, Cecil, Lucas, and Hagan Close Out ’08 Bluegrass Speedway Season

Bardstown, KY-September 27, 2008- It was the 2008 season finale event at Bluegrass Speedway on Saturday evening and Dustin Neat of Dunnville, KY would score his fourth 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model feature victory of the season, while Johnny Cecil of Balltown, KY would score his first Street Stock win of the year in the $300 to win special for the division.  Josh Lucas of Bardstown, KY would win his first Bluegrass main event of the season in Kentucky Cooperage Modified action, with Pat Hagan of New Haven, KY winning his fourth WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman feature of the year.

The 25 lap 44 Auto Mart Super Late Model feature would come to green with Dustin Neat taking the race lead, with Aaron Hatton and Jeff Watson second and third, with Bryant Woodcock slide up in front of Lee Devasier for fourth on lap 1.  Neat would put some distance on Hatton quickly, while Devasier dogged Woodcock for fourth.  The first caution would wave on lap 4 and it would be for Woodcock, who spun in turn two and damaged his machine and was finished for the night.  Back underway, only a couple of laps would be scored before Jeff Watson drew the caution with a flat right rear tire on lap 6.  The restart would be null and void as Larry Greer would make contact with the guardrail in turn two, finishing his evening.  The restart would keep Neat out front, with Hatton and Devasier in positions two and three, while Louis Brady and Doodle Farris would run fourth and fifth.  Watson would charge back into the top five with fresh rubber on lap 9, as Neat pulled away from Hatton with 10 laps scored.  Watson would battle with Brady for fourth, with Brady winning the battle by lap 14, as Neat would continue to maintain a sizable lead over Hatton.  But Hatton would begin to slowly reel in Neat by lap 18 as the caution would for the final time on lap 21 when Jeff Watson’s machine blew off a radiator cap, putting fluid down on the track and ending Watson’s night.  The final few laps saw Hatton challenge Neat, with Hatton jumping the cushion in turn one on the final lap.  But the race was not done as Neat exited turn four, the right rear tire on his machine came apart and Neat would limp to the checkered flag first, nosing Hatton by just the nosepiece on the race car.  Neat’s victory came aboard his NWN Distributing/Neat Distributing/Kentucky Proud/Begley Properties/Tarter Gate Company/Barnett Construction/Wayne Bowen Racing Supply/SHY Suspensions sponsored #25 MasterSbilt Race Cars, Estes Race Engines powered machine.  Hatton would finish second, while Devasier, Brady, and Kevin Colston completed the top five.  Neat was also top qualifier and the dash winner, while Greer won the heat.

In the 15 lap, $300 to win Street Stock main event, Johnny Cecil would grab the lead at the start and would survive two caution flags and a red flag to claim his first win of the season and a $300 payday behind the wheel of his Guy’s Building Supply/Eric Young’s Construction/BDM Collision Center/Craig Shoe Company/M&M Get-N-Go sponsored #69 Ford Crown Victoria ride.  Last week’s winner Justin Trinkle would get by Jason Priddy for second on lap 12 and would hang on for runner-up honors, with Priddy coming home in third.  Terry Greenwell and Nick Wallace would round out the top five.  Robbie Settles was the division’s top qualifier, with Justin Trinkle winning the dash, while Nick Wallace would take the checkered flag in the division’s heat race event.

Josh Lucas would take the lead at the start of the 20 lap Kentucky Cooperage Modified main event and survive a trio of cautions and a battle with Jason Wheatley for the first 15 lap of the race until Wheatley slowed with less than five laps remaining.  This would give Lucas all the breathing room he would need and the former multi-time track champion would visit victory lane at Bluegrass Speedway for the first time in 2008 in the Lucas Family Racing owned, Lucas Oil Products/The Car Pool/D&R Oil/Riggs Electric/Family Chiropractic/On Time Courier/Boone Plumbing/K&N Engineering/Quick Fuel Technology/PBM Performance Products/Walters Web Design sponsored #78 Lightning Chassis, Dale Meers Race Engines powered mount.  Jeff Stith would hold off Timmy Glazer for the second position, while Illinois visitor Blake Cook would claim fourth, with Rocky Wilson completing the top five.  Heat race victories would go to Lucas and Dion Benningfield.

In the 15 lap Sportsman feature, it would be the Pat Hagan and Roger Cecil show, with Hagan keeping Cecil at bay over the final five laps of this event to pick up his fourth win of the season in the Billy Holbert owned, Century 21/New Haven Car Wash/New Haven NAPA/New Haven Quik Stop/Holbert Record Setters sponsored #88 Chevy Monte Carlo.  Cecil would see his five race win streak stopped and would take second, with Sam Huffer coming home in third.  Completing the top five would be Paul Lewis, Jr. and Lois Campbell.  Hagan would also score the heat race checkered flag. 

SUMMARY-Bluegrass Speedway-Bardstown, Kentucky-September 27, 2008

44 Auto Mart Super Late Models (10 entries

Top Qualifier- Dustin Neat

Dash- Dustin Neat, Aaron Hatton, Jeff Watson, Lee Devasier, Louis Brady, Bryant Woodcock

Heat- Larry Greer, Doodle Farris, Kevin Colston, Mike Covington

Feature- Dustin Neat, Aaron Hatton, Lee Devasier, Louis Brady, Kevin Colston, Jeff Watson, Doodle Farris, Mike Covington, Larry Greer, Bryant Woodcock

Street Stocks (14 entries)

Top Qualifier- Robbie Settles

Dash- Justin Trinkle, Mike Cozzin, Jr., Johnny Cecil, Brad Leake, Jason Priddy, Robbie Settles

Heat- Nick Wallace, Terry Greenwell, Freddy Mercer, Joe David Humphrey

Feature- Johnny Cecil, Justin Trinkle, Jason Priddy, Terry Greenwell, Nick Wallace, Mike Cozzin, Jr., Joe Walker, Brad Leake, Jason Bartley, Bryan Derringer, Robbie Settles (DNS- Freddy Mercer, Joe David Humphrey, Shane Lafollette)

Kentucky Cooperage Modifieds (17 entries)

1^st Heat- Josh Lucas, Jason Wheatley, Jeff Stith, Johnny Lee

2^nd Heat- Dion Benningfield, Blake Cook, Benji Lee, Joe Mattingly

Feature- Josh Lucas, Jeff Stith, Timmy Glazer, Blake Cook, Rocky Wilson, Brad Schlosser, Randall Basham, Johnny Lee, Jason Wheatley, Dion Benningfield, Danny Searcy, Dan Beasley, Benji Lee, Brian Hash, Joe Mattingly (DNS-Gary Parks, Jonathan Thomas)

WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman (8 entries)

Heat- Pat Hagan, Avral Thompson, Roger Cecil, Vernon Soeder

Feature- Pat Hagan, Roger Cecil, Sam Huffer, Paul Lewis, Jr., Lois Campbell, Avral Thompson (DNS-Vernon Soeder, Elton Martin)