Skyline Speedway
May 18, 2012
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Burdette beats defending champion for feature win at Skyline Speedway

by Scott Wolfe
STEWART, OH (May 18) - A beautiful spring night and 90 cars in five classes entertained the large crowd at Billy Jarrell's Skyline Speedway Friday night where rookie Ryan Broughton, Chillicothe, Ohio area driver claimed the tantalizing twenty-five lap Ohio Valley Sprint Car Association (OVSCA) 410 sprint car main. K.C. Burdette, Parkersburg, WV became the second straight GM Crate Engine to win a Super Late model win in the Tru-Tech AMRA Late Models, while veteran Doug Henry, Beverly, OH grabbed the Malta Windows AMRA Modified main, Burdette took the Semi Late main, and Cole Mayle won the Mike's Auto Body mini-wedge main.

Burdette led nearly every lap officially in a torrid 6 minute and 59-second flag-to-flag Late Model win over defending champion Chris Garnes. Spinning a web of deceit and stealth-like precision, Garnes baited Burdette for a shot at the victory. Burdette's Rayburn chassis/GM Crate Engine powered Burdette Construction -Milhone Motorsports KC 44 actually fell to second to Garnes on the turn one entry, but a lap later, Burdette --with sparks flying off the back chute wall-- recovered to again reclaim the lead with two laps to go. Garnes made another run but fell short by a car length at the finish.

"We worked on the car all night long to make it better and had it where we wanted by feature time,” said a happy Burdette. “I knew I had a pretty good lead , then Chris (Garnes) closed the gap pretty quick in traffic. I knew when he got up there that I had to tighten it down and run my own race."

The AMRA Late Model racing at Skyline continues to be a who’s-who of stock car racing. Also, having great runs were former champ Jason Montgomery, Colten Burdette, and the Carpenter boys. Champions from around the area and former Skyline champs flanked the top ten of Burdette, Garnes, Jason Montgomery, Colten Burdette, Chris Carpenter, Tyler Carpenter, Ralph Withem, Nick Dohm, Freddie Carpenter, and Andy Bond. The hard charger was Ronnie Mayle in a 15th to 11th run.

The summary: May 18, 2012

410 Sprint Cars (16)
Fast Time: Wayne McPeek 13:13
Heat One: Ryan Broughton, Aaron Higgins, Jimmy Stinson, Greg Mitchell, Bob Tucker, Benny Hickel, Jeff Conrad, Wayne McPeek
Heat Two: Jimmy Nier, Dave Dickson, Nathan Skaggs, Brian Benson, Eric Martin, Josh Davis, Jesse McCreary, Nick Forcum
Feature: Ryan Broughton, Dave Dickson, Nathan Skaggs, Aaron Higgins, Jimmy Stinson, Jimmy Nier, Wayne McPeek, Brian Benson, Josh Davis, Eric Martin, Nick Forcum, Bob Tucker, Jesse McCreary, Benny Hickel, Greg Mitchell, Jeff Conrad

Tru-Tech AMRA Late Models (23)
Fast Time: Chris Carpenter 14:30
Heat One: Colten Burdette, Chris Garnes, Chris Carpenter, Mike McPherson, Andy Bond, Mike Martin, Justin Powell, George Klintworth
Heat Two: KC Burdette, Jason Montgomery, Travis Brookover, Kenny Newhouse, Tony Roush, Darrin Roush, Dan Morrison, Bob Adams, Jr.
Heat Three: Ralph Withem, Nick Dohm, Tyler Carpenter, Freddie Carpenter, Ronnie Mayle, Rodney Gibson, Larry Clark
B-Main: Mike Martin, Darrin Roush, Rodney Gibson, Justin Powell, Bob Adams, Jr., George Klintworth, Corey DeLancey, Larry Clark, Dan Morrison (DNS)
Feature: KC Burdette, Chris Garnes, Jason Montgomery, Colten Burdette, Chris Carpenter, Tyler Carpenter, Ralph Withem, Nick Dohm, Freddie Carpenter, Andy Bond, Ronnie Mayle, Mike McPherson, Mike Martin, Kenny Newhouse, Rodney Gibson, Darrin Roush, Tony Roush, Travis Brookover

MALTA Windows AMRA MODIFIEDS (26)
Heat One: Shawn Donahue, Dusty Boley, Toby Roush, Mike McPherson, Brandon Barnhart, Jeremy Blake, Aaron Ellis, Tyler Evans, Tyler Hendrix
Heat Two: Roy Roush, Jeremy Berwanger, Tyler Carpenter, Rick Venham, Jr., Frankie Roush, Robbie Evans, Gary Gould, Shane Roush
Heat Three: Doug Henry, Ryan Stoops, Jeremy Roush, Andy Bond, Jason Montgomery, Kyle Bond, Nick Carr, Jerrad Willis
B-Main: Jeremy Blake, Robbie Evans, Kyle Bond, Shane Roush, Gary Gould, Tyler Hendrix, Tyler Evans, Jerrad Willis, Nick Carr, Aaron Ellis
Feature: Doug Henry, Jeremy Berwanger, Tyler Carpenter, Roy Roush, Shawn Donahue, Jeremy Blake, Dusty Boley, Andy Bond, Ryan Stoops, Mike McPherson, Rick Venham, Jr., Frankie Roush, Jason Montgomery, Robbie Evans, Brandon Barnhart, Kyle Bond, Jeremy Roush, Toby Roush

Semi-Late Models (12)
Heat One: Frankie Hall, Brian Daniels, T.J. Roush, Doug Wriston, Pete Crum, Joe Bowie
Heat Two: Bub Crum, KC Burdette, Robert Mayle, Jason Gillian, Nelson Freshour, Chris Parks
Feature: KC Burdette, Frankie Hall, Bub Crum, T.J. Roush, Brian Daniels, Joe Bowie, Doug Wriston, Chris Parks, Jason Gillian, Pete Crum, Nelson Freshour, Robert Mayle

Mike's Auto Body Mini-Wedges (13)
Heat One: Cole Mayle, Coleman Evans, Madison Martin, Evan McPherson, Martin Gibson, Jr., Zack Carr, Cole Perine
Heat Two: Austin Washburn, Skylar Zimmerman, Samantha Roush, Curstin Giffin, Tanner Martin, Kalista Barnes (DNS)
Feature: Cole Mayle, Skylar Zimmerman, Austin Washburn, Madison Martin, Samantha Roush, Martin Gibson, Jr., Coleman Evans, Curstin Giffin, Tanner Martin