Bluegrass
Speedway
2221
New Haven Road
Bardstown,
Kentucky 40004
2008
Media Release #51 (For Immediate Distribution:
August 30, 2008)
Marlar,
Wheatley, Cecil, and Edelen Win on “Legends Night” at Bluegrass Speedway
Bardstown,
Kentucky-August 30, 2008- Bluegrass Speedway hosted its 4th Annual
Legends Night event that honored some of the former racers from around the area
and also presented racing action on Saturday evening.
Mike Marlar of Winfield, TN would drive to his fourth 44 Auto Mart Super
Late Model feature win, with Jason Wheatley of Loretto, KY racing to his fifth
Kentucky Cooperage Modified victory. Roger
Cecil of Bardstown, KY would pick up his fourth WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman feature
win of the season, while Willie Edelen of Bardstown, KY would score his third
Street Stock feature win for the ’08 season.
Mike
Marlar would take the lead at the drop of the green flag in 44 Auto Mart Super
Late Model feature action, with Rick Combs, Dustin Neat, Jeff Watson, and Jordan
Bland running second through fifth after the first lap.
Neat would take second on lap 2, with Bland coming to third on the same
circuit, and James Huff going to fifth. Marlar
would begin working traffic by lap 6, while Bland challenged Neat for second.
By lap 10, Marlar had stretched his lead on out, with three lapped cars
between himself and the battle for second.
Watson would slow on the backchute to bring out the caution on lap 11,
pull pitside, only to return. The
race would go one more lap before Doodle Farris and Jacob Webber would be
involved in an incident in the center of turns three and four, ending both
drivers night. The attempted
restart would also come back as seventh place running Bill Blair, Jr. would make
contact with the retaining wall in turn two, ending his evening.
Back underway, Marlar would still hold the point, while Combs would drive
past Bland for the third position. Jason
Keltner would then challenge James Huff for the fifth spot and would make his
way into the top five on lap 15 for the fifth spot.
By lap 20, Marlar would pull away even more from the field, while Bland
would challenge Combs for the third slot. Lap
22 would see Bland grab the third position from Combs and attempt to run down
Neat for the runner-up spot. But at
the drop of the checkered flag, it would be Marlar taking the win aboard the
Steve Estes owned, K&G Trucking/PBM Performance Products/Dyer’s Top Rods/Bayea/K&N
Engineering/Sweet Manufacturing/ Hoosier Tire/VP Racing Fuel/Wayne Bowen Racing
Supply/Peterson Fluid Systems/ Braswell Carburetion sponsored #78 C.J. Rayburn
Race Cars, Estes Race Engines powered machine.
The remainder of the top five would be Neat, Bland, Combs, Keltner.
Completing the top ten were Lee Devasier, Huff, Bryant Woodcock, Kevin
Colston, and Gary Yeager. Bland was
top qualifier, while Watson won the dash, and Bill Blair, Jr. won the heat.
Joe
Mattingly would take the lead at the start of the Kentucky Cooperage Modified
feature event, only have the action slowed on lap 3 for a spin in turn four by
Danny Searcy. The restart would see
second place Jason Wheatley dive under Mattingly entering turn one and slidejob
his way to the race lead exiting turn two.
Wheatley would build a bit of a lead until caution waved again on lap 11
for a stop Cy Cundiff at the topside of turn four.
Back underway, Wheatley continued his assault at the point, while
Mattingly and Lucas would race side-by-side for several circuits, exchanging the
runner-up slot on four occasions at the stripe.
But at the point, it would be Wheatley winning again for the fifth time
this season behind the wheel of the Kaylee and Tommy Wheatley owned, B&W
Metals/Rosewood Bar and Grill/Gootee and Mattingly Heat and Air/VFM
Manufacturing/Central Kentucky Plumbing and Electrical Supply/Cozy Corner/Wheatley
Tile Flooring/Wheatley Seamless Gutters/Wheatley Auto Sales/Brady Excavating/Top
Notch Landscaping/Springfield Auto and Farm Supply/St. Joe Garage/Nukem
Graphics/ Wayne Bowen Racing Supply sponsored #7 Jason Hughes Racing Chassis,
Mullins by Wheatley Race Engines powered unit.
Mattingly would win the battle for second with two laps remaining, with
Lucas taking third. Timmy Glazer
would turn in a Modified career best fourth, while Jeff Stith rounded out the
top five. Completing the top ten
were J.T. Ayers, Randy Turpin, Johnny Lee, Dan Beasley, and Rocky Wilson.
Lucas was top qualifier, with Glazer winning the dash, while Lee won the
heat.
The
WBRT 1320-AM Sportsman feature event would be the Roger Cecil and Avral Thompson
show this pair battled throughout in the 15 lap main event, with Thompson
peeking under Cecil on several occasions, but never able to make the pass.
A late race caution would bunch the field up, but Cecil would hold off
challenges from Thompson and Pat Hagan and pick up his fourth feature win of the
season in his 44 Auto Mart/El Jimador Restaurant/First Financial
Credit/Teamsters Local 89/RER Concrete/Cecil Trucking/M&M Get-N-Go sponsored
#5 Chevy Monte Carlo, Dale Meers Race Engines powered mount.
Thompson and Hagan would finish second and third, with fourth and fifth
at the finish going to Sam Huffer and Rob Jones.
The remainder of the top ten were Eric Pollard, Nathan Wells, Elton
Martin, Daroyl Samples, and Grady Moore, Jr.
Heat race checkered flags would fall to Thompson and Cecil.
The
12 lap Street Stock feature event would be a caution-free affair, with Willie
Edelen getting out in front never looking back, holding off a hard-charging
Robbie Settles to win his third Street Stock feature of the season in the seat
of his Edelen Tire and Graphics/ Walker Transmissions/George Mattingly/Wilson
Brothers/Seager Enterprises sponsored #K9 Chevy Impala race car.
Settles would settle for second, with Brad Leake turning in another good
run to finish third. Rounding out
the top five in the final running order were Justin Trinkle and Shane Lafollette.
Joe David Humphre, John Bryan, Jason Priddy, Joe Walker, and Bryan
Derringer would complete the top ten. Heat
race wins were scored by Jason Bartley and Edelen.
SUMMARY-Bluegrass
Speedway-Bardstown, Kentucky-August 30, 2008
44
Auto Mart Super Late Models
(16 entries)
Top
Qualifier- Jordan Bland
Dash-
Jeff Watson, Mike Marlar, Rick Combs, Dustin Neat, Jordan Bland, Lee Devasier
Heat-
Bill Blair, Jr., Jason Keltner, Scotty Earl, Doodle Farris
Feature-
Mike Marlar, Dustin Neat, Jordan Bland, Rick Combs, Jason Keltner, Lee Devasier,
James Huff, Bryant Woodcock, Kevin Colston, Gary Yeager, Terry Keltner, Scotty
Earl, Jeff Watson, Bill Blair, Jr., Jacob Webber, Doodle Farris
Kentucky
Cooperage Modifieds (16
entries)
Top
Qualifier- Josh Lucas
Dash-
Timmy Glazer, Joe Mattingly, Jason Wheatley, Randy Turpin, Jeff Stith (DNS-Josh
Lucas)
Heat-
Johnny Lee, J.T. Ayers, Rocky Wilson, Terry Wilson
Feature-
Jason Wheatley, Joe Mattingly, Josh Lucas, Timmy Glazer, Jeff Stith, J.T. Ayers,
Randy Turpin, Johnny Lee, Dan Beasley, Rocky Wilson, Terry Wilson, Cy Cundiff,
Danny Searcy, Randall Basham, Dion Benningfield (DNS-Jason Riney)
WBRT
1320-AM Sportsman (15
entries)
1st
Heat- Avral Thompson, Rob Jones, Pat Hagan, Elton Martin
2nd
Heat- Roger Cecil, Sam Huffer, Eric Pollard, Daroyl Samples
Feature-
Roger Cecil, Avral Thompson, Pat Hagan, Sam Huffer, Rob Jones, Eric Pollard,
Nathan Wells, Elton Martin, Daroyl Samples, Grady Moore, Jr., Sam Mull, Lois
Campbell, Paul Lewis, Jr., Matt Lewis, Joe Dunbar
Street
Stocks (14 entries)
1st
Heat- Jason Bartley, Brad Leake, Terry Greenwell, John Bryan
2nd
Heat- Willie Edelen, Robbie Settles, Justin Trinkle, Shane Lafollette
Feature-
Willie Edelen, Robbie Settles, Brad Leake, Justin Trinkle, Shane Lafollette, Joe
David Humphrey, John Bryan, Jason Priddy, Joe Walker, Bryan Derringer, Terry
Bartley, Jason Bartley, Juwana Haycraft (DNS-Terry Greenwell)