Potomac Speedway
August 12, 2011
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Williams sweeps Late Model twins at Potomac Speedway

by Doug Watson
Budds Creek, MD- “This is the kind of night a race car driver can only dream about” Were the words from Charlotte Hall Md.’s David Williams as he captured two late model wins last Friday night at Potomac speedway. Williams, the defending Potomac late model champion, collected his fourth win of the season in the 25-lap make-up event from July 3 and would then drive to his 30th career Potomac LM victory in the regularly scheduled 35-lap main for his fifth triumph of the season aboard his Pete Cameron and Roland Mann owned, Rocket no.72.

In the July 3rd make-up event, Williams made the most of his front-row starting spot as he would blast into the race lead and eventually go on to lead all 25-laps of the feature. Runner-up DJ Myers followed Williams the entire distance, but Williams was up to the challenge and would score the $2000 win. Kenny Moreland was third, Dale Hollidge placed fourth and Roland Mann would complete the top-five.

Williams win in the regularly scheduled 35-lap feature, was not quite as easy. Dale Hollidge took-off from his pole starting spot and appeared headed to his first Potomac win of the season. Unfortunately, Hollidge suffered a flat right rear tire on the lap-30 forcing him to pit, ending a brilliant run. Kenny Moreland then took the top spot and was poised for his first-ever Potomac late model win. As the field came to the green flag after the Hollidge caution, Moreland suffered the same fate as a flat right rear tire would force him from the event. Meanwhile, Williams had come from sixth on the grid, but was third behind Hollidge and Moreland for most of the event. As the field finally went back green, Williams was up on the wheel, as he first held off Jamie Lathroum and then eventual runner-up Keith Jackson to score his second $2000 win of the evening. “That was a wild finish, I’d rather be lucky than good any night.” Williams stated. “We had a third-place car in this feature and it’s a bad deal for Kenny and Dale because they were the ones to beat, but I cant thank Pete and Roland and all the people who help on this car enough, this has been a dream season.” Twelfth-starting Daryl Hills took third, Lathroum faded to fourth and Jeff Pilkerton rounded out the top-five. Heats went to Williams and Jackson.

In the 20-lap limited late model event, current point leader Ben Bowie collected his second feature win of the season. Bowie started on the pole and would eventually lead every lap over runner-up Tommy Wagner Jr. to score his 9th career win in the division. Three-time winner Stevie long was third, Tyler Emory was fourth and Kevin Cooke filled the front-five. Wagner took the heat race win.

Current points leader Troy Kassiris drove to his second win of the season, and first since opening day, in the 16-lap street stock feature. Kassiris would wire the field for the win over James Sparks, who posted his career-best finish at Potomac. Mike Latham was third, Mike Reynolds was fourth and Ricky Edmonds completed the top-five. Heats went to Billy Farmer and Kassiris.

In other action, class rookie Jonathon Raley captured his third win of the season in the 15-lap hobby stock feature and Nabil Guffey broke through for his first-ever Potomac feature win in the 20-lap strictly stock main.

Late Model make-up
1. David Williams 2. DJ Myers 3. Kenny Moreland 4. Dale Hollidge 5. Roland Mann 6. Jeff Pilkerton 7. Daryl Hills 8. Jonathon DeHaven 9. Deane Guy 10. Jamie Lathroum 11. Kyle Lear 12. Derrick Quade 13. Booper Bare (DNS) 14. Matt Quade (DNS) 15. Rick Hulson (DNS) 16. Louie Littlepage (DNS)

Late Model regular (35-laps)
1. David Williams 2. Keith Jackson 3. Daryl Hills 4. Jamie Lathroum 5. Jeff Pilkerton 6. Roland Mann 7. Kenny Moreland 8. Larry Ramsey 9. Jason Miller 10. Dale Hollidge 11. Cody Lear 12. DJ Myers 13. Jonathon DeHaven 14. Deane Guy (DNS) 15. Kyle Lear (DNS)

Limited Late Models
1. Ben Bowie 2. Tommy Wagner Jr. 3. Stevie Long 4. Tyler Emory 5. Kevin Cooke 6. Allan Canter 7. Dave Adams 8. DJ Myers (DNS)

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

Hobby Stocks
1. Jonathon Raley 2. Brian Adkins 3. Mark Guthrie 4. Bud Pickeral 5. Jimmy Randall 6. Matt Tarbox 7. Jerry Deason 8. Don Breach 9. Wil Nelson 10. Tom Pickeral Sr. 11. James Sutphin 12. Brittany Wenk

Strictly Stocks
1. Nabil Guffey 2. John Hardisty 3. Justin Gilroy 4. Greg Morgan 5. Josh Blocker 6. Rob Cataldi 7. JJ Silvious 8. Ed Pope Sr. 9. Megan Emory 10. Buddy Dunagan