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(Savannah, GA) Oglethorpe
Speedway Park continues to churn out new winners as a near
record forty-three different drivers have visited victory
lane at the historic half mile speedway this season.
Ridgeland South Carolina’s Buster Kleckley collected his
first Southern Racing Supplies Pure Stock feature while
Rincon’s Ricky Kellam won for the first time this year in
the Four Star Security 440 division.
‘Rapid’ Ray
Collins also returned to his early season form winning the
Love’s Seafood Street Stock feature while Casey Barrow
visited the winner’s circle for the second time in three
weeks in the Coca-Cola Late Models as did Josh Carter in the
Sunset Novelties Mini Stocks.
Buster
Kleckley worked his way forward using the inside and outside
racing grooves during the 15-lap Pure Stock feature.
Kleckley snuck past Billy Oglesby on lap seven and then held
off a final charge by Donnie Cannon to win his first trophy
of the season. Current points leader Dan Douglas was third
followed by Terron Roberts and Anthony Parker. Walter
Sills, Chris Hinely, John Rewis, Charles Williams and Cari
Howze rounded out the first ten drivers across the stripe.
In the 440
feature event, Ricky Kellam used a second lap caution to
jump out front of Andrew Langley. He then held off Michael
Bean and Jason Rewis in a fierce, hard fought battle to the
checkered flag. Danny Herrington was fourth followed by
Cody Brant. WR Rewis, Jim Keister, Phillip Dickerson, Dan
Keener and Andrew Langley.
The race for
the points title in the Love’s Seafood Street Stocks remains
close. But, ‘Rapid’ Ray Collins is doing everything he can
to lock up his first career championship at Oglethorpe
Speedway Park. He did a good job of making it tougher this
past weekend after working past Nicky Smith and then
fighting off the advances of Albert Cosnahan. It was
Collins third win of the year and padded his lead in the
points with only three races left in the NASCAR Dodge Weekly
Series points season.
Casey Barrow
waited patiently for the top two cars in the Coca-Cola Late
Models to finally do each other in while battling for the
first place spot. Keith White and Garrett Shurling were
both looking to become the fourteenth different driver to
win in the fast late model division.
Barrow’s
patience paid off big dividends when White and Shurling
locked horns in turn two resulting in the race’s final
caution. When White and Shurling were placed at the rear of
the field, Barrow had clear sailing to his second win in
three weeks. Last week’s winner Sean Meeks was second
followed by Dusty Williams, Branden Yawn and Donnie
Bazemore.
Barrow and
Meeks just graduated from South Effingham High School last
May while Branden Yawn is a high school sophomore in
Effingham County. Dusty Williams is twenty-six years old
while Donnie Bazemore started racing at Oglethorpe Speedway
Park before all four drivers were born.
In the Sunset
Novelties Mini Stocks, Josh Carter won for the second time
in three weeks. Carter outlasted Chris Johnson and Brian
Turner to collect the hardware for the four cylinder stock
car class.
OSP cranks
back up this Friday night as Southeastern Auto Auction
presents the NASCAR racing action. Late Models, Street
Stocks, Mini Stocks, Pure Stocks and 440 will compete in a
full night of excitement. The gates open at 6pm with racing
at 8pm. Additional information can be obtained by calling
OSP at 912-964-8200 or by visiting
www.ospracing.net.
Official Results from Friday,
August 19, 2005
Coca-Cola Late Models
(Feature): 1-Casey Barrow, Guyton 2-Sean Meeks, Guyton
3-Dusty Williams, Rincon 4-Branden Yawn, Springfield
5-Donnie Bazemore, Guyton 6-Lonnie Brant, Bloomingdale
7-Glenn Yawn, Rincon 8-Robert Diekemper, Bloomingdale
9-Steven Senter, Savannah 10-Jay Hendricks, Rincon
11-Shawn Pritchard, Rincon 12-Keith White, Ellabell
13-Brian Nuttall, Claxton 14-Garrett Shurling, Garden City
15-Shane Riner, Guyton
Love’s Seafood Street Stocks
(Feature): 1-Ray Collins, Ellabell 2-Nicky Smith,
Springfield 3-Albert Cosnahan, Guyton 4-Clint Sills,
Rincon 5-Wayne Page, Savannah 6-Brian Barnes,
Bloomingdale 7-Donald Norby, Midway 8-Dustin Collins,
Ellabell 9-Michael Slater, Stillmore 10-David Smith,
Guyton 11-Mike Helmly, Guyton 12-Gary Munn, Savannah
13-Timmy Dasher, Bluffton, SC 14-Mike Crosby, Savannah
15-Tommy Haynie, Brunswick 16-Jeff Banfield, Bluffton, SC
17-John McCosker, Richmond Hill 18-Butch Reich, Eden
19-Brian White, Ellabell 20-Chris Litchfield, Rincon
Southern Racing Supplies Pure
Stocks (Feature): 1-Buster Kleckley, Ridgeland, SC 2-Donnie
Cannon, Guyton 3-Dan Douglas, Hardeeville, SC 4-Terron
Roberts, Walterboro, SC 5-Anthony Parker, Guyton 6-Walter
Sills, Bloomingdale 7-Chris Hinely, Rincon 8-John Rewis,
Guyton 9-Charles Williams, Pembroke 10-Cari Howze, Rincon
11-John Loomis, Savannah 12-Timmy Dasher, Jr., Bluffton,
SC 13-Billy Oglesby, Pembroke 14-Greg Annas, Springfield
15-Alan Wiggins, Allenhurst 16-Don Douglas, Richmond Hill
17-Andy Stallings, Pembroke
Sunset Novelties Mini Stocks
(Feature): 1-Josh Carter, Guyton 2-Chris Johnson, Rincon
3-Brian Turner, Savannah 4-AJ Horton, Statesboro 5-Charles
Swann, Garden City 6-Kenny Gregory, Midway 7-Randy
Gregory, Midway 8-Bobby Morris, Guyton 9-Jeremiah Dennen,
Hilton Head, SC 10-Buddy Jacoby, Rincon 11-Dustin Snider,
Savannah
Four Star Security 440
(Feature): 1-Ricky Kellam, Rincon 2-Michael Bean, Guyton
3-Jason Rewis, Guyton 4-Danny Herrington, Guyton 5-Cody
Brant, Guyton 6-WR Rewis, Guyton 7-Jim Keister, Hilton
Head, SC 8-Phillip Dickerson, Guyton 9-Dan Keener,
Hardeeville, SC 10-Andrew Langley, Guyton 11-David Bader,
Hilton Head, SC 12-Brian Nerich, Richmond Hill 13-Clate
Fail, Jr., Brooklet 14-Mike Daniel, Richmond Hill 15-Gunny
Prescott, Guyton 16-Keith Bath, Bloomingdale 17-Scott
Maxey, Savannah 18-Sean Swilpa, Ridgeland, SC 19-James
Jones, Hardeeville, SC
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