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(Savannah, GA) Mike
Parkerson from Columbus, Georgia made a smooth move down the
front stretch on lap 24 to sneak past Savannah’s Russ Brown
for the lead in Friday night’s main event for the Crate Late
Model division. Parkerson then held off 2005 track champion
Robert Diekemper to win the NeSmith Chevrolet 40 at the 8th
Annual Showdown on the Coast. The race was the fourth leg
of the “Top Tracks Series” for the GM Performance crate
engine late model cars. The next race is October 29 at the
Dirt at Lowe’s Motor Speedway in Concord, NC.
Russ Brown led
the field of thirty-five to green with Robert Diekemper
sliding into second for the first lap of the NeSmith
Chevrolet 40. The 120 mile-per-hour train chugged around
with Mike Parkerson third, Phillip Seifert fourth and Owen
Osteen fifth.
Parkerson
found an opening after Diekemper and Brown touched in turn
four. He shot past on the inside down the front stretch
snaring the lead away as Diekemper moved to second and
Seifert to third. Brown collected his sliding ride, but
dropped to fourth ahead of a fast moving Glenn Yawn.
The Columbus,
GA, driver, Parkerson, then held off Diekemper and the rest
of the field through six cautions in the final fourteen laps
to win the $3,000 top prize and a new GM Performance
engine. Diekemper settled for second ahead of Seifert,
Brown and Yawn. Owen Osteen ended up in sixth also
claiming the $600 loyalty bonus for best finishing driver
from the previous “Top Tracks Series” race. Osteen was the
winner the weekend prior to the Showdown on the Coast at the
“Top Tracks Series” event at Talladega Short Track in
Alabama. Corey Fletcher, David Browning, Shane Riner and
“Flat Footin” Casey Barrow rounded out the first ten.
A total of 44
drivers were on hand to attempt to qualify for the main
event in the “Top Tracks Series”. The series moves on to
the Dirt Track at Lowe’s Motor Speedway on October 28 before
culminating with a two day show at Dixie Speedway on
November 12.
Other Friday
night action at the 8th Annual “Showdown on the
Coast” included “The Walterboro Wildman” Terron Roberts
claiming the laurels in the Pure Stock main event. Roberts
held off Dan Douglas and Buster Kleckley despite having an
electrical problem that kept shutting the car off during the
feature.
“I had to keep
mashing the starter button,” said Roberts afterwards. “It’s
a good thing Dan was behind me. Somebody could have punted
me a couple times.”
Jimmy Swanson
claimed the honors as “Showdown on the Coast” champion for
the Four Star Security 440 Series division. Swanson has
been tough to beat in his #7 rocket and that proved to be
true once again as he held off Chris Hunter, Jason Rewis,
Dustin Collins and WR Rewis for the victory.
The 440
feature race also ended the points season for the entry
level four cylinder division. Guyton’s WR Rewis won the
championship. It marked the third straight year a Rewis
family member has won the division title. WR Rewis’ son
John had won the previous two year’s points titles. Rookie
of the Year honors went to Brian Nerich of Richmond Hill.
The final
night of the 8th Annual “Showdown on the Coast”
is set for tonight at 7pm. The “Budweiser 150” for the
National Late Models will complete a weekend full of racing
that has seen over 260 race cars compete. For more
information, contact the speedway at 964-8200 or visit
www.ospracing.net.
Official Results from Friday,
October 21, 2005
NeSmith Chevrolet 40 (Crate
Late Models): 1-Mike Parkerson, Columbus 2-Robert Diekemper,
Bloomingdale 3-Phillip Seifert, Gaffney, SC 4-Russ Brown,
Savannah 5-Glenn Yawn, Rincon 6-Owen Osteen, Woodruff, SC
7-Corey Fletcher, Guyton 8-David Browning, Jacksonville,
FL 9-Shane Riner, Guyton 10-Casey Barrow, Guyton
11-Lonnie Brant, Bloomingdale 12-Marty Reid, Lake Wylie,
SC 13-Dusty Williams, Rincon 14-Doodle Pipkin, Holloywood,
FL 15-Don Jenkins, Kingston 16-Mike Huey, Chester, SC
17-Blake Stewart, Centre, AL 18-Tracy Watson, Carrollton
19-Sean Meeks, Guyton 20-Shawn Pritchard, Rincon 21-Bob
Gibby, Douglasville 22-Donnie Bazemore, Rincon 23-Bobby
Morris, Meldrim 24-Leland Prewitt, Savannah 25-Michael
White, Lexington 26-Hot Rod Lamance, Six Mile, SC 27-Rhett
Carter, Blackshear 28-Shane Walker, Guyton 29-Jay
Hendricks, Rincon 30-Shannon Buckingham, Morristown, TN
31-Jay Sessons, Stanley, NC 32-Shane Smith, Dade City, FL
33-Robbie Cowart, Savannah
Pure Stock (Feature):
1-Terron Roberts, Walterboro, SC 2-Dan Douglas,
Hardeeville, SC 3-Buster Kleckley, Ridgeland, SC 4-Anthony
Parker, Guyton 5-Greg Annas, Springfield 6-Buddy Howze,
Hardeeville, SC 7-Annette Hadden, Rincon 8-Walter Sills,
Bloomingdale 9-Jamie Hopkins, Guyton 10-John Loomis,
Savannah 11-Billy Oglesby, Pembroke 12-JC Heerema,
Bloomingdale 13-Cari Howze, Rincon 14-Billy Smith,
Savannah 15-Ed Geiger, Bloomingdale 16-Alan Wiggins,
Allenhurst 17-John REwis, Guyton 18-Timmy Dasher,
Bluffton, SC 19-Grant Grotyohann, Pooler 20-Charles
Williams, Pembroke 21-Andy Stallings, Pembroke 22-Daniel
Douglas, Hardeeville, SC 23-Louie Heath, Bloomingdale
24-Donnie Cannon, Guyton
440 Series (Feature): 1-Jimmy Swanson, Hilton Head, SC
2-Chris Hunter, Bloomingdale 3-Jason Rewis, Guyton
4-Dustin Collins, Ellabell 5-WR Rewis, Guyton 6-Danny
Herrington, Rincon 7-Phillip Dickerson, Guyton 8-Ricky
Kellam, Rincon 9-Scott Graham, Savannah 10-Cody Brant,
Guyton 11-Brian Nerich, Richmond Hill 12-April Barnes,
Bloomingdale 13-Scott Maxey, Rincon 14-Sean Swilpa,
Ridgeland, SC 15-Keith Bath, Bloomingdale 16-Clayton
Floyd, Savannah 17-Gunny Prescott, Guyton 18-Brandon
Douberly, Eden 19-Mark Nettles, Hardeeville, SC 20-Chris
Fail, Brooklet 21-Clate Fail, Brooklet
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