Potomac Speedway
June 24, 2011
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Hardy Outruns Wagner to Become Sixth Potomac Winner
Latham Scores Career 22nd Street Stock Main

By Doug Watson
Budds Creek, MD- Winchester Va.’s Kyle Hardy added his name to the Potomac winners list with his first career limited late model feature win in last Friday nights 30-lap Potomac/Winchester challenge event . The win was Hardy’s second career Potomac score as he was a late model winner at the track in 2010. Hardy’s $1000 win also made him the sixth different driver to score a win in the six races run for the class this season.

Defending track champion and current class point leader Tommy Wagner Jr. darted into the race lead from his pole starting spot. As Wagner lead, fellow front-row starter, Kyle Hardy stayed glued to Wagner’s bumper until he would make what would be the winning pass on lap-fourteen. From that point on it would be a race for second as Hardy would go on to win by a wide margin over eventual runner-up Wagner. “This car was awesome tonight.” Hardy stated. “I have to thank my mom and dad, without them, we wouldn’t be here right now.” Stevie Long came home third, Brad Ritter collected fourth and Kris Eaton rounded out the top five. Heats for the 19 cars on hand went to Derrick Quade and Stevie Long.

Mike Latham ended his Potomac win drought with a win in the 16-lap street stock main event. Latham was the class of the field as he would start on the pole and go onto lead every lap of the race over runner-up Ricky Edmonds to score his 22nd career win in the division. Mike Reynolds was third, Stephen Quade took fourth and Eric Johnson completed the top-five. Heats went to Quade and Darren Alvey.

In other action, defending track champion Jimmy Randall annexed his third win of the season in the 15-lap hobby stock feature, Buddy Dunagan wired the field for his first-career win in the 20-lap strictly stock main and James Lichliter scored his first win of the season in the 12-lap four-cylinder feature.

Late Models
1. Kyle Hardy, 2. Tommy Wagner, 3. Steve Long, 4. Brad Ritter, 5. Kris Eaton, 6. Ben Bowie, 7. Ed Pope, 8. Kenny Moreland, 9. Dale Smith, 10. Bruce Kane, 11. Tyler Emory, 12. Dave Adams, 13. Richard Hawkins, 14. Jamie Lloyd, 15. Glenn Elliott, 16. Bubby Tharp Jr, 17. Jimmy Richards, 18. Derick Quade (DNS: David Williams)

Street Stocks
1. Mike Latham, 2. Ricky Edmonds, 3. Mike Reynolds, 4. Stephen Quade, 5. Eric Johnson, 6. Donnie Smith, 7. Scott Wilson, 8. Troy Kassiris, 9. James Sparks, 10. Jimmy Jesmer Jr, 11. Teddy Dickson, 12. Dale Reamy, 13. Mike Raliegh, 14. Craig Bowling, 15. Darren Alvey, 16. Kurt Zimmerman

Hobbystocks
1. Jimmy Randall, 2. Jonathan Raley, 3. Bud Pickeral, 4. Matt Tarbox, 5. Don Breach, 6. Travis Hopkins, 7. James Sutphin, 8. Will Nelson, 9. Jerry Deason, 10. Bud Pickeral Sr, 11. Brian Adkins, 12. Brittany Wink (DNS: Tommy Randall)

4 Cylinders
1. James Lichliter, 2. Larry Fuchs, 3. Doug Wehrle, 4. Jerry Dick, 5. Bob Gartner, (DNS: Billy Hill)

Strictly Stocks
1. Buddy Dunagan, 2. Ray Bucci, 3. Jonathan Oliver, 4. John Hardesty, 5. Greg Morgan, 6. Megan Emory, 7. Nabil Guffey, 8. Mike Maske, 9. JJ Silivious, 10. Rob Cataldi, (DNS: Josh Blocker)