411 Motor Speedway
May 12, 2012
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King powers to Crate and Limited Late Model sweep at 411 Motor Speedway

by Markus Hankins
SEYMOUR, TN (May 12) - Another great night of racing is in the book at 411 Motor Speedway! The action was fast and furious! Robert Martin stole the checkers in Thunder & Lightning, David Singleton flew to the checkers in Mini Stock, Ryan King methodically worked lap traffic in NeSmith Crates to make it 2-for-2 for the weekend for him. Dale Watson held off Gary Blanken again this week to win in Street Stock, while Michael Courtney again cruised to the $500 paycheck in Mod Mini. In Limited Lates, Crabtree was poised to snap Ryan King’s weekend win streak until he would bounce off the turn 2 wall on lap 10, opening the door for Ryan King to power around him and claim his 3rd win for the weekend and sweep both Late Model features at 411.


NeSmith Crate Late Model

David Crabtree and Ryan King is your front row, GREEN FLAG! King powers away off 2 with the race lead, Crabtree hot on his heels! Trevor Sise falls in behind Josh Henry, John Cobb right behind Sise as Cory Hedgecock and Justin Summers go to battle. Crabtree still chasing King, looks inside into 3, can’t make anything happen. Clyde Stanton takes advantage of a bottle neck, he’ll power around Hedgecock. Up front, 5 laps complete, Crabtree all over King, dives inside, can’t make it stick. Henry, Sise, Cobb, Summers, Stanton the next few cars, as we see Tyler Jenkins get sideways in 4. Lap traffic ahead of the leaders now, King up high, Crabtree down low, falls in line. King has to roll his sleeves up and go to work as lap traffic becomes a factor. King, Crabtree, Henry your front 3, Hedgecock looks inside Stanton, now as Crabtree pulls inside for the lead. Henry almost gets the turn 2 wall, as more heavy lap traffic is ahead of the leaders. King, Crabtree do battle through this lap traffic, as they’ve pulled away from Henry. 15 laps complete now as King just can’t get away from Crabtree. Crabtree can’t find a lane that’s clear to get around King, now some smooth sailing for a moment for the leaders. Now King with a rare bobble off 4, Crabtree tries to pounce, can’t make anything happen. White flag in the air, Crabtree has one more lap to try it, but now King powers away off turn 2, checkers in the air, King takes the win, Crabtree in 2nd, Henry in 3rd as Seagle goes around off turn 2.




Limited Late Model

We have a serious case of déjà vu here as David Crabtree and Ryan King is your front row again for this feature, ready to roll, GREEN FLAG!! Crabtree this time with the jump off turn 2, R. King in 2nd, Jason Cardwell and Josh Collins the next 2. King looks to be no match right now for Crabtree, as he powers away. Cardwell in 3rd, Collins, Butch Bayless, and Jason Manley the next 3. Now Rusty Ballenger looks inside Roger Best for moment, as Adam Beeler tries to come back from the rear, as he makes contact with Heath Alvey. Crabtree your leader, King in 2nd, Cardwell 3rd, as Collins closes in on Cardwell. Bayless has pulled away from Manley. Nice to see Layne Clifton back after his rough luck in qualifying, and now Beeler jacks up and carries Ballenger down the frontstretch and into turn 1, lets him go, and down the backstretch he‘ll do it again and going into 3. Beeler now sets his sights on Best as Manley and Bayless get together on the frontstretch, Manley has a broken right-front suspension, he‘ll turn in front of the field, Beeler has nowhere to go and he‘ll slam into Manley, tough break as both drivers are ok as they talk about it, but they’ll have a ton of work to do at the shop. That all started as Manley and Bayless got together, Bayless also has heavy damage, his machine even briefly caught fire, but track officials were on top of it.

Green flag back in the air, Crabtree mashes the gas, Collins looks inside Cardwell, falls inside off 2. Chase King now inside Ballenger, now Alvey looks to make it 3 wide, now we see Crabtree smack the wall off turn 2, give the lead to R. King! Cardwell in the 3rd spot as he holds off a hornets nest. Collins now powers around Cardwell, Ballenger pulls inside Cardwell, Cardwell now slows into turn 3, as he gives up 3 more spots, now he’ll pull off in turn 2. R. King your leader, Crabtree in 2nd, Collins in 3rd, Ballenger in 4th as we’re just past halfway. Crabtree now reeling in R. King as there’s now 10 laps remaining. Alvey now trying to reel in Ballenger, as he has a mirror full of C. King, now Alvey gets sideways, maintains control. 5 laps remaining on this feature, C. King and Alvey make slight contact, but both drivers will continue on. R. King has stretched his lead over Crabtree as they’re both a straightaway ahead of Collins. Checkers in the air, R. King takes the win, Crabtree in 2nd, Collins comes home 3rd.