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Sunday, July 17, 2016

Top 5 Finishes In Features At East Alabama Motor Speedway (With Commentary)

Joseph Brown
Submitted by Lamar McClellan
Photos by Christopher McGuire

EAMS Late Model:
1 - #92 Joseph Brown - picks up his 3rd points win of the season in his Five Star Hyundai rocketship.
2 - #47 Tyler Ivey Crowder - a rare 2nd place finish - he's usually in 1st !
3 - #K9 Dana Eiland - gains one point on points leader Rick Culpepper - now trails by 10 points.
4 - #110 Rick Culpepper - maintains the points lead with a solid run.
5 - #4 Dusty Jones - gets his third top 5 finish of the year.


Limited Late Model (UNOFFICIAL AT THIS TIME):
1 - #8 Bubba Gorman - flag to flag win for his 1st top spot since the season opener.
2 - #K9 Andrew Bailey - another great run by this young man in his 1st year in stock cars.
3 - #90 Josh Weathers - ties his best finish of the season.
4 - #12 Joey Keyser - his 2nd top 5 finish after missing the last couple of weeks.
5 - #42 Jake Traylor - solid runs each week like this maintains his points lead of 35 - 40.
Chance Refroe

Hobby:
1 - #99 Chance Renfroe - that's right! Chance drove his Daddy's car tonight and put it in victory lane for his first win in the Hobby class.
2 - #R68 Chuck Coggins - gets his 3rd top 2 finish of the year.
3 - #44 Corey Dunn - great run from the back after his win last week.
4 - #17 Jason Price - his 10th top 4 finish of the season - expands his points lead by 1 point to 7 points.
5 - #294 John Michael Schmear - his 8th top 5 of the year.
Richie Stephens

NeSmith Street Stock:
1 - #69 Richie Rocketman Stephens - a totally dominant victory by Rocketman - his third win in 3 tries.
2 - #21 Derick Schrecengost - retakes the points lead by 8 points with this "best in class" run.
3 - #17 Brandon McDaniel - a great run in his first trip to EAMS in the NeSmith class.
4 - #07 Cameron Metts - a solid effort against some stiff competition.
5 - #27 Gordy Scarborough - good run after picking up a win earlier this year.
Chandler Diem

Road Warriors - this weeks "Summer Sizzler Event" - double money and double points:
1 - #999 Chandler Diem - after a stiff challenge midway in the race he pulled away for the big money when it counted.
2 - #27 Cody Berryhill - after a 4th in his 1st run a couple of weeks ago, turns in a great run, challenging for the lead at times.
3 - #39 Bryanna Vinent - our only female competitor of the night turned in a great run to finish 3rd.
4 - #17 Brian Bo Robinson - picks up his 8th top 5 finish of the year.
5 - #18 Tyler Walters - in only his 2nd race at EAMS, another top 5.
Chris Bosley

Hot Shots:
1 - #21 Chrishobo Bosley - from his last place starting position, picks up win # 5 in awesome fashion.
2 - #10G Rodney Gorman - again, another solid run - his 9th top 5 of the year
3 - #16 David Laney - his 2nd race, first top 5.
4 - #95 Robert Messer Jr - picks up his 2nd top 5 finish.
5 - #XXII (22) - Blake Cooper - threw away a big lead early and then battled back for a top 5 finish in his first race of the year.

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