Delaware Int’l Speedway
August 4, 2012
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Elliott and Jarvis split Twin 20 features at Delaware Int’l Speedway

by Charlie Brown
DELMAR, DE (August 4) - It was Twin 20’s for the Super Late Models on Sysco Eastern Maryland Night. In qualifying, Ricky Elliott served notice by winning the first heat going away. Staci Warrington looked strong in winning the second heat.

Donald Lingo, Jr. led in the early laps of the first 20 lap feature with Elliott challenging from the drop of the green. The yellow was out on the first lap when Richard Jarvis, Jr. got together with another car and spun. Elliott kept the pressure on Lingo, Jr. and took the lead just before the halfway point.

The final yellow would come out with five to go when Kevin Scott, Jr. came to a stop. Lingo, Jr. made one final challenge on the restart but Elliott held off the bid and went on to his third win of the season. Lingo, Jr. finished in second with Kerry King running the entire race in third. Fourth went to David Hill and Staci Warrington rounded out the top five.

“We got a good starting spot and that helped a lot tonight,” said Elliott. “Donald was good. We got together and almost spun so I moved to the top and the top was good.”

Elliott drew an eight car inversion of the first feature finish to put Herb Tunis on the pole. Jarvis started in the third spot but shot by both Tunis and Lou Johnson to lead lap one. Elliott was fifth by the end of the first lap and was running in third by lap four. On lap later he got by Tunis for second and the chase was on.

There appeared to be plenty of time for Elliott to catch Jarvis but the only problem was that Jarvis was pulling away. As the race continued caution free, Jarvis was increasing his lead by about two tenths of a second each lap.

That all changed when Jarvis started to lap traffic. The back of the pack was having their own battle for position running in both the high and low grooves. Elliott started to close the gap but time would run out as the race went caution free and Jarvis picked up his first win of the season. Elliott ended a good night finishing in second with Hill posting his second top five of the night in third. Fourth went to Lingo, Jr. and Tunis turned in a nice performance to finish in fifth.

“That’s been a long time coming. That win was hard to get,” said Jarvis. “We’ve had a monkey on my back but I have a great team behind me.”

1st Super Late Model Finish: 1. Ricky Elliott; 2. Donald Lingo Jr; 3. Kerry King; 4. David Hill; 5. Staci Warrington; 6. Richard Jarvis Jr; 7. Lou Johnson; 8. Herb Tunis; 9. Dale Lingo; 10. Bob Geiger; 11. Stacy Roberts; 12. Kerry King Jr; 13. Nick Davis; 14. Kevin Scott Jr; 15. Mark Byram; 16. Rob Bragg.

2nd Super Late Model Finish: 1. Richard Jarvis Jr; 2. Ricky Elliott; 3. David Hill; 4. Donald Lingo Jr; 5. Herb Tunis; 6. Lou Johnson; 7. Kerry King Jr; 8. Kerry King; 9. Mark Byram; 10. Dale Lingo; 11. Nick Davis; 12. Stacy Roberts; 13. Bob Geiger; 14. Staci Warrington; DNS: Kevin Scott Jr; Rob Bragg.