The American Modified Series Visits
MRP
9-16-11 - Williamsburg, OH - On the
Championship weekend for the
American Modifieds Series the ground
pounders made their second visit of
the season to the ¼ mile speed plant
in Williamsburg, Ohio. At the start of
the night the Modifieds would start
their program with 1 lap of
qualifications and it was West
Portsmouth, Ohio’s Doug Adkins taking
the bonus money as he turned the
fastest lap at 15.190 to distance
himself from the rest of the entries. In
the heat race action it was Dave
Baldwin, Elliot Despain, Joey Kramer,
and Michael England taking victories
while Jerry Lawson and Dave Jamison
took the B Main checkers. In the
feature event it was Joey Kramer out
front at the green flag with Michael
England in pursuit. The man on the
move was 10th starting Bryan Barber
who was up to second by lap 6. By lap
13 the Greensburg, Ky driver was out
front and setting sail with the lead as
Kramer battled England and John
DeMoss for second spot. At the
checker it was Bryan Barber claiming
his first AMS win of the 2011 season in
his Bandit Racecar while Kramer would
come home second with England,
DeMoss, and Dave McWilliams
rounding out the top five positions.
In the Sunesis Construction Late
Model Division it was Fayetteville’s
Mike Meyers taking the win in heat
race #1 while Sylvania, Ohio’s Casey
Noonan took the victory in heat race
#2. In the 25 lap feature event it was
Meyers in the lead at the green flag
with Barry Doss on his back bumper.
With no cautions coming out it was
Doss taking over the top spot on lap 6
and running away with the race in his
Mt Orab Ford, D&G Trucking, Howser’s
Discount machine and claiming his
second straight feature win in the #13
machine. Chad Stapleton would come
across the line in second followed by
Tom Sheets, Noonan, and Roger
Ruark.
In the Holman Motors Chevettes it was
Jeff Watson and Rusty Yarger starting
the night with heat race wins. In the
feature event it was all Yarger as he
jumped out to the lead in his Roquet
Designs, Wilson Body Shop, Northwest
Transmission sponsored machine and
would lead all fifteen laps enroute to
his fourth feature win of the season.
Miles Tarvin would chase Yarger the
entire way but come up short while
Watson, Sean Jones, and Kris Parker
would round out the top five positions.
In the Big Red Book Street Stock class
it was Bill Crabtree and Bub Balsley
taking the wins in heat race action and
setting the lineup for the feature. At
the drop of the green flag it was
Jeremie Bretz taking the front row
three wide into turn one allowing
Balsley to take the lead down the
backstretch. After following Balsley for
6 laps Bretz would jump to the top spot
and lead the rest of the way to claim
his fifth feature win of the season in
the Pendleton Truck Sales, Weeks
Wrecker Service, Git-R-Done Graphics
machine. Balsley would come home
second followed by Paul Baker,
Shannon Enoch, and Matt Brown. 9-24-
11 L&M Performance Night, late
Models $2000 to win plus all regular
classes!! In the mechanics races it
was John Sizemore and Dan Yazell
taking the wins.
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