SCCS: West Virginia SCCS race summary

JP Morgan finally gets his first victory at the SCCS West Virginia.

SUMMIT POINT WV - JP Morgan of Ether, North Carolina moved up from his fourth place starting position for his first Stock Car Championship Series victory during West Virginia Wild and Wonderful Fall Classis on Sunday November 3 at the Summit Point Raceway. The weather forecast for the race was scheduled for cold temperatures and precipitation but the rain/snow never showed up for the weekend's event. Sunny but cold conditions did not prevent JP Morgan from setting the fastest lap of the race in his J&R Chevrolet Monte Carlo on lap 10 of the 30 lap race during his battle with Kenny Liesfeld.

John Martin III and Chris Mitchum finished in 2nd and 3rd positions after moving up through the field running nose to tail through most of the second half of the race.

A lap 2 on track incident sent the front row of Ron Fariss and Jeff Werth backward into the field. Werth battled his way back to a 4th place finish and Fariss into13th. Kenny Liesfeld had an impressive run going until an off course view of turn 5 took him from the lead but he managed to maintain a 5th place finish.

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Finish  Start   Car#    Driver          Hometown                Car             Laps    Status
1       4       11      JP Morgan       Ether NC                Chevrolet       30      running
2       6       99      John Martin     Cornelius NC            Chevrolet       30      running
3       5       6       Chris Mitchum   Herndon VA              Chevrolet       30      running
4       2       46      Jeff Werth      Silver Spring MD        Pontiac         30      running
5       3       92      Kenny Liesfeld  Montpelier VA           Chevrolet       30      running
6       7       10      Bill Bratton    Clifton Forge VA        Chevrolet       30      running
7       9       17      Marshall McLeod Raleigh NC              Chevrolet       30      running
8       8       96      John Goodson    Tallahassee FL          Dodge           29      running
9       12      67      Al Rowland      Mebane NC               Pontiac         29      running
10      10      80      Michael Brown   Blue Ridge VA           Chevrolet       29      running
11      14      31      Ron Read        Fairfax City VA         Pontiac         29      running
12      11      33      Andy Tunnell    Martinsville VA         Pontiac         28      running
13      1       22      Ron Fariss      Lynchburg VA            Chevrolet       28      running
14      13      20      Ed DuCoin       Marlton NJ              Chevrolet       27      running
15      15      2       Tom Warren      Salem VA                Chevrolet       26      running

Time of Race - 49:09 Winner's Average Speed - 73.41 mph Margin of Victory - 14 seconds Fastest Lap of the Race - JP Morgan lap 10 at 1:19.392 (90.69 mph) Red Flag 1 - 6 minutes Caution Flags 3 - 7 minutes

Lap Leaders: Ron Fariss 1, Jeff Werth 2-6, JP Morgan 7-10, Kenny Liesfeld 11, JP Morgan 12-30

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