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DirtNews Digest Your Online News Source for Late Model Dirt Track Racing "Get Some Dirt On Your Computer!" Todd Turner, editor
Email address: DirtNews@aol.com Web site: http://members.aol.com/dirtnews/digest =================================== CONTENTS: Aug. 6 results (published Aug. 8) HAV-A-TAMPA: Moyer wins, Frye disqualified at Beaver Dam CAPSULE: Audie McWilliams gets ALMS win at Eldora Speedway =================================== HAV-A-TAMPA DIRT RACING SERIES Governor's Cup 100
BEAVER DAM, Wis. (Wednesday) Billy Moyer won a wild one at Beaver Dam Raceway.
In an unpredictable scramble at the end of the Governor's Cup 100, Bill Frye was disqualified after a lap-95 tangle with Donnie Moran, who had rocketed into the lead with five laps remaining. The disqualification handed Moyer, the Hav-A-Tampa points leader, his eighth series win of the year and $10,600 in the second-to-last race on the Mason-Dixon Summer Tour.
Frye, who was placed last in the finishing order by Hav-A-Tampa officials for rough driving, had won the previous night's race at LaSalle, Ill. Frye was leading again at Beaver Dam, but his lead began to wane by lap 90.
Moyer and Moran, working different lines on the 3/8-mile oval, moved into striking position with 10 laps to go. Moran made a last-gasp charge and passed Moyer for second on the 93rd lap, then drove deep into Turn 3 and cleared Frye on the front stretch for the lead on lap 94.
Moran's slashing runs out of Turn 2 allowed him to outrun Moyer and Frye on the back stretch, while Freddy Smith and Skip Arp mounted their own charges from the fourth and fifth positions. With Moyer still in third behind Frye, Moran guided the leading trio through Turns 3 and 4 heading to the line on lap 95 when Frye drove the Moran mount into a spin exiting Turn 4.
Moyer darted around Moran, whose car performed a 360-degree spin before righting itself to maintain third position. Frye was scored as the leader on the 95th lap and Moyer challenged for what appeared to be a race for the $10,000 winner's purse. However, Frye's car wasn't scored the final four laps by series officials.
Remarkably, Moran recovered and crossed the finish line just behind Moyer and Frye. Moran was officially scored as the second-place finisher, while Freddy Smith, Arp and Steve Francis rounded out the top five. Rick Aukland, Gary Webb, Wendell Wallace, Russ Scheffler and Clint Smith finished sixth through 10th.
CAR COUNT: 37 late models.
FAST QUALIFIER: Freddy Smith, 14.901 seconds (90.598 mph).
FEATURE (Pos., driver, car no., hometown, laps, winnings) 1. Billy Moyer (21), Batesville, Ark., 100, $10,600 2. Donnie Moran (99), Dresden, Ohio, 100, $6,600 3. Freddy Smith (00), Knoxville, Tenn., 100, $3,950 4. Skip Arp (31), Georgetown, Tenn., 100, $3,100 5. Steve Francis (15), Ashland, Ky., 100, $2,150 6. Rick Aukland (12), Fargo, N.D., 100, $1,800 7. Gary Webb (56), Blue Grass, Iowa, 100, $1,600 8. Wendell Wallace (6m), Batesville, Ark., 100, $2,150 9. Russ Scheffler (15), Waukesha, Wis., 100, $1,200 10. Clint Smith (1) Griffin, Ga., 100, $1,650 11. John Gill (75), Mitchell, Ind., 100, $1,000 12. Randy Boggs (17), Grayson, Ky., 100, $950 13. George Scheffler, Waukesha, Wis., 98, $900 14. Al Atkinson (67), Pleasant Prairie, Wis., 96, $875 15. Dale McDowell (17m), Rossville, Ga., 83, $1,350 16. David Gibson (G2), Ash Flat, Ark., 76, $1,325 17. Pete Broughton (98), Wimauma, Fla., 68, $950 18. Mark Miner (7), Stockbridge, Ga., 63, $750 19. Ray Cook (53), Murphy, N.C., 62, $1,200 20. Pete Parker (10), Kaukauna, Wis., 54, $700 21. Ronnie Poche (5x), Natchitoches, La., 51, $700 22. Dan Schlieper (s9), Pewaukee, Wis., 40, $700 23. Donnie Barnhart (11), North Little Rock, Ark., 33, $700 24. Rick Eckert (24), York, Pa., 28, $700 25. Bill Frye (66), Greenbrier, Ark., disqualified, $700
NEXT HAV-A-TAMPA RACE: Aug. 8-9, Cedar Lake Speedway, Somerset, Wis., "USA National 100," $30,000 to win.
CREDIT: Ozzie Altman of Hav-A-Tampa and Bob Schafer <CRQZ63A@prodigy.com>. ------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY'S RACE CAPSULE
McWILLIAMS GETS ALMS VICTORY AT ELDORA: Audie McWilliams of Walton, Ky., captured a 25-lap American Late Model Series feature at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. The race, initially scheduled as part of the UMP Outlaw National Series but switched to the ALMS banner, drew 36 entrants. FEATURE (25 laps): (1) Audie McWilliams, (2) Jerry Rice, (3) Tony Marks, (4) Kris Patterson, (5) Jerry Bowersock, (6) Rick DeLong, (7) Terry Sroufe, (8) John Lawhorn, (9) Mark Barber, (10) Jesse Lay, (11) Duane Chamberlain, (12) Steve Landrum, (13) Rusty Misner, (14) Bob Dick, (15) Ed Hounshell, (16) Hillard Miller, (17) Brian Stinson, (18) Matt Miller, (19) Dennis Potridge, (20) Kenny Gossard. -------------------------------------------------------------
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