Southgate results

BY DEBI DOMBY, SOUTHGATE, MICHIGAN DDOMBY@JUNO.COM

Chuck Roumell first win in 2 1/2 yrs in the AC Delco/Murray's Iceman Series happened Friday night May 23rd at Tri City Speedway. Roumell whose Wynn's/RJS/Five Star Monte Carlo was running 3rd inherited the lead when the first & second place cars of Steve Sauve & rookie Ray Meylan crashed on lap 92. The race was delayed for 40 minutes while repairs were made to the guardrail where Meylan's car went under it. The Onsted, Michigan driver held off a stiff challenge from Glenn Gault to take the win by a 1/2 car length.

1996 Rookie of Year Stan Boyd passed 3 cars in the final 8 laps to finish 3rd while rookie Tom Hernley Jr & Scott Baker finished 4th & 5th. The remainder of the top 10 were Jerry Cook, rookies Dennis Anscombe & Ray Meylan, Rich Rohrer & Gary Camelet.

Other race statistics, 5 lap leaders (Kenny Phillips-4 laps, Dennis Anscombe-13 laps, Ray Meylan-38 laps, Steve Sauve-38 laps, Chuck Roumell-8 laps); 5 cautions & 1 red flag (40 minute delay); 16 of 23 cars running at end; Roumell's last win on the series august 14th, 1994.

AC DELCO/MURRAY'S ICEMAN SERIES FINISH TRI CITY SPEEDWAY 5-23-97

1 CHUCK ROUMELL, 2 GLENN GAULT, 3 STAN BOYD, 4 TOM HERNLEY JR, 5 SCOTT BAKER, 6 JERRY COOK, 7 DENNIS ANSCOMBE, 8 RAY MEYLAN, 9 RICH ROHRER, 10 GARY CAMELET, 11 SEAN SHOLTIS, 12 KENNY PHILLIPS, 13 RON RIDENOUR, 14 BILLY STREHLE, 15 STEVE SAUVE, 16 MIKE HUNTER, 17 JASON MIGNOGNA, 18 STEVE SEEGOT, 19 GREG TAYLOR, 20 DAVE KUHLMAN, 21 JOEY SHURYAN, 22 DOUG DeGARMO, 23 DENNIS DOMBEK

ALSO AT TRACK: DON ST DENIS-BLOWN ENGINE QUALIFYING

NEXT RACE: JUNE 1, TOLEDO SPEEDWAY

Debi Domby AC Delco/Murray's Iceman Series Statistician DDOMBY@JUNO.COM