Post by LMR on 04/20/13 at 10:18pm
Spring Nationals
Cleveland Speedway
April 20, 2013
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Randy Weaver Copy's Shamrock with Cleveland Spring Nationals Victory
by Steve Hixson
CLEVELAND, TN (April 20) - A beautiful Saturday was in-store for racefans as the Cleveland Speedway hosted Ray Cook’s Spring Nationals Super Late Model series for a $5,000 to-win / 50 lap event. In a repeat finish from March’s ShamRock event, Randy 'The Dream' Weaver (# 116) of Crossville, TN strew his web of victory after early race leader Skip Arp yielded to mechanical problems on lap # 17. With pole sitter Weaver in his "Stone Lawn Cleaning & Landscaping, A.F. Stone Professional Medical Services, Precision Trailer Parts & Service, The Bailey Co., Pipes by Outlaw, FuelSafe" sponsored Cornett Thunder powered, By: Weaver GRT inheriting the lead, Derek Ellis, Mike Marlar and Billy Ogle Jr. went at it for the remaining 30+ circuits tracking the leader by over 10-cars lengths at times. At the races conclusion Marlar and Ogle got by Ellis and again just like the ShamRock followed Weaver to victory.
Weaver was fast time over the 25-car field with a 13.546 second lap. A pair of heat races were contested and won by Indiana’s Steve Casebolt and North Carolina’s Shawn Chastain. Third in points David Payne suffered a broken rear end in his heat race, a piloted Sammie Russell's car in the feature to maintain his points stature. A four car pile-up slowed the race on lap 4, when Ryan King collected Bryan Hendricks, Jeff Franklin and Hunter Peac0ck on the front straight-away. The locked-in Top-4 from Group-A were Weaver, Marlar, Ogle and local racer Riley Hickman The Top-4 from Group-B were Arp, Ellis, Stacy Boles and Mark Vineyard.
A-Main
1 1 116 Randy Weaver
2 3 5B Mike Marlar
3 5 4T Billy Ogle Jr
4 4 99 Derek Ellis
5 7 R1 Riley Hickman
6 8 4 Mark Vineyard
7 9 C9 Steve Casobolt
8 6 11B Stacy Boles
9 11 9 Johnny Pursley
10 20 97 Michael Chilton
11 14 360 Michael Asberry
12 15 63 Josh Collins
13 17 0 Johnny Chastain
14 21 8 David Payne
15 22 13 George Mashburn
16 16 29 Jason Welshan
17 12 30 Ryan King
18 10 15X Shawn Chastain
19 2 97A Skip Arp
20 13 12 Hunter Peacock
21 18 12J Jeff Franklin
22 19 5 Bryan Hendrix
B-Main #1
1 C9 Steve Casobolt
2 9 Johnny Pursley
3 12 Hunter Peacock
4 63 Josh Collins
5 0 Johnny Chastain
6 5 Bryan Hendrix
7 9 Dusty Carver
8 1G Kevin Gill
9 8 David Payne
B-Main #2
1 15X Shawn Chastain
2 30 Ryan King
3 360 Michael Asberry
4 29 Jason Welshan
5 12J Jeff Franklin
6 97 Michael Chilton
7 13 George Mashburn
8 F4 Sammie Russell
Group A Fast Time: Randy Weaver 13.546
Group B Fast Time: Skip Arp 13.566
Series Provisionals: David Payne, George Mashburn
Event photos courtesy of Chad Wells
CURRENT SPRING NATIONALS POINT STANDINGS:
1 - c9 Steve Casebolt - 950
2 - 201 Billy Ogle, Jr. - 920
3 - 8 David Payne - 898
4 - 11 Stacy Boles - 864
5 - 97 Michael Chilton - 848
6 - 63 Josh Collins - 840
7 - 30 Ryan King - 806
8 - 13 George Mashburn - 798
9 - 17m Dale McDowell - 554
10 - 44 Chris Madden - 540
2013 SPRING NATIONALS SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
March 15 - Volunteer Speedway - Bulls Gap, TN (Dale McDowell - $4,000)
March 16 - Volunteer Speedway - Bulls Gap, TN (John Blankenship - $10,000)
April 12 - Tri-County Race Track - Brasstown, NC (Casey Roberts - $4,000)
April 13 - Smoky Mountain Speedway - Maryville, TN (Tommy Kerr - $6,000)
April 18 - 201 Speedway - Sitka, KY (Eddie Carrier, Jr. - $4,000)
April 19 - Ponderosa Speedway - Junction City, KY (Rained Out)
April 20 - Cleveland Speedway - Cleveland, TN (Randy Weaver - $5,000)
May 9 - Duck River Raceway Park - Wheel, TN - $4,000 to win / $400 to start
May 10 - Boyd's Speedway - Ringgold, GA - $4,000 to win / $400 to start
May 11 - Dixie Speedway - Woodstock, GA - $6,000 to win / $500 to start