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"MADHOUSE"
MODIFIED VETERAN MYERS
TAKES WILD WIN AT KINGSPORT SPEEDWAY |
Jason
Myers, starred on the History Channel's 2009 reality
series "The Madhouse" depicting the struggles and
triumphs of Open Wheel Modified racers at the
historic Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Sale, N.C.
It got pretty crazy at Kingsport Speedway Friday
night, as Myers survived two spins initiated by the
rough driving Dawsonville, Ga. youngster Spencer
Davis to make a double pass, moving from third to
first on the final lap.
Abingdon's Caleb Holman appeared to be the man to
beat in the early laps, moving from his fifth places
starting position to the lead within the first five
laps. Holman was stretching his lead turning laps in
the 14.2-second range when a apparent mechanic
failure put his "Food Country" sponsored entry in
the pits for good around lap 30.
With Holman's departure, Myers appeared to have the
race in hand. But, late contact between Davis and
Myers as they were maneuvering through slower
traffic put King, N.C. driver Dan Speeney in the
lead with five to go. As Myers was making a move to
pass Speeney for the lead in the final laps, Davis
set Myers spinning in turn four with contact from
behind.
On the last lap Davis pushed Speeney high coming out
of turn two, opening the door for Myers to make a
winning move on the bottom past both of them on the
backstretch. Speeney finished second and Davis in
third.
"It was't much of a race until the restarts," Myers
said from victory lane. "It takes a real class act
to knock somebody out going around a lapped car, and
then try to wreck him on the restart when you know
I'm getting ready to straight-away you like I did
the first 120 laps. But I'll tell you what, this
thing was untouchable tonight. We stayed out on our
old tires and we're still better than the rest of
them."
Myers added, "I drove my butt off. I earned that
race."
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Results:
1. 4 Jason Myers Walnut Cove, NC
2. 08 Dan Speeney King, NC
3. 79 Spencer Davis Dawsonville, GA
4. 12 Mike Norman Lewisville, NC
5. 22L Jimmy Wallace Lexington, NC
6. 69L Drew Moffitt Winston-Salem, NC
7. 24 Buddy Ellis Statesville, NC
8. 1 Burt Myers Kernersville, NC
9. 01 Caleb Holman Abbingdon, VA
10. 16 Din Johnson Columbus, OH
11. 65 Mike Speeney Pfafftown, NC
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Source:
Jeff Bobo / Kingsport Times-Review
Posted:
May 9, 2015 |
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