Crane Grabs Super Late Model Win On Wild Night

By Brandon Reed

Jefferson, GA - November 10, 2008 - To call the Saturday's run up to the World Crown at Peach State Speedway wild would be a bit of an understatement.

No less than 20 drivers throughout the race card found their cars disqualified before the end of the night.

But one that had no problems at all was former Jefferson resident Ryan Crane, who dominated the US Auto Sales 100 for Super Late Model racers, taking his second Peach State victory of the year.

He won a GAS event at the track back in July as well.

"It was a great race," Crane said. "I'm excited, it was a great race for us. This car is great."

Crane, who now lives in Panama City, Fla., said the win was also special because he grew up in Jefferson.

"This is big, because I've got so many family and friends here. To come back here and win, it means a lot."

Justin Wakefield was flagged as the runner-up, but was disqualified due to an infraction in post-race tech, moving Jefferson's Joey Senter to second. Dwayne Buggay and Jeremy Rice rounded out the top five finishers.

Local classes ruled the day as well, while one local class would race on Sunday. That was the Outlaw Late Model class, where Jefferson's David Murphy out-dueled track champ Hoyt Stephens for the win, with the two swapping the lead several times during the 50-lap event. Local firefighter Russell Shore ran third, with Jerry Martin fourth and Todd Vanderford fifth.

SUPER LATE MODEL FINISH
1. Ryan Crane
2. Joey Senter
3. Dwayne Buggay
4. Jeremy Rice
5. Allen Karnes
6. Ralph Carnes
7. Hoyt Stephens
8. Jason Hogan
9. Scot Smith
10. Ryan Sieg
11. Fredrick Moore
DQ Justin Wakefiled

Pro Challenge & Local Classes

The rest of the local classes faced Saturday night, as did the Pro Challenge series, which features scaled down racers with young drivers. Clint King charged to the front, and collected not only the win, but the tour championship as well, with Megan Dillner, Kyle Wilson, Kyle Plott and Shane Roberts rounding out the top five.

It came as no surprise that Steve Hill charged his way to the front in the Mini Stock division. Hill, who was awarded his trophy as Mini Stock champion for Peach State in 2008 earlier in the day, made some daring moves to pick up position early, then sailed to the win. B.J. Thrasher's second place car was disqualified in post-race tech, giving that position to Wayne Smith. Buster Thrasher, Michael Bucker and David Talvert rounded out the top five.

The Open Wheel Modified division made only their second appearance on Peach State's high banks Saturday, and put on a big show for the fans, with Darrell Bryson and Jason Bates scrapping hard for the win. In the end, both were disqualified in post-race tech, handing the victory to Marlin Gunter. He was followed by Chris Holbrook, J.D. Clements, Randy Gilbert and Bryan Cantrell.

Races were also held for both the Super Truck and Sportsman divisions. However, all vehicles were disqualified in post-race tech either for illegal items or modifications to their racers, or for refusing to report to tech inspection. No results were available.

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PRO CHALLENGE SERIES FINISH
1. Clint King (2008 Champion)
2. Meghan Dillner
3. Kyle Wilson
4. Kyle Plott
5. Shane Roberts
6. Stephen Bergh
7. Trevor Edwards
8. Chris Brown
9. Rob Hall
10. Terry Horak
11. James Auld
12. Brandon Williamson
13. Justin Crider
14. Chad Finchum
15. Kyle Mitchell

Outlaw Late Model results
1) David Murphy
2) Hoyt Stephens
3) Russell Shore
4) Terry Martin
5) Todd Vanderford
6) Brian Hardman
7) George Hardman
8) Mike Davidson
9) Bryce Stephens
10) Chris Charpling
11) Chad Atha

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