Photo credits: Eric Gano, EPA Photography
Rick Culpepper |
EAMS Late Model
1 - #110 Slick Rick Culpepper - took the pole with a 15.96 and lead flag to flag, pretty much unchallenged - picks up his 3rd win of the year.
2 - #5 Thomas Lewis - best finish of the season after 2 3rd place finishes earlier - race long battle with #K9 Dana Eiland for 2nd.
3 - #K9 Dana Eiland - 6th top 5 in 8 races - leads points by 35.
4 - #19 Josh Cox - best performance yet after moving up to Late Model.
5 - #54 Tim Dixon - 3rd straight top 5 - contended with Cox for 4th.
Jason Price |
602 LM Sportsman
*** NOTE - #111 Jackson Thomason was flagged the winner, but was DQ'd along with 3rd place finisher #8G Bubba Gorman after their crews got into extracurricular activities immediately after the race.
1 - #17 Jason Price - after dominating the Hobby class last year at EAMS, Price made his 1st appearance in a points race this year and landed in Victory Lane - his first win in a Late Model.
2 - #6 Dalton Hood - best finish this season.
3 - #16 Jay Elliott - good finish in his 2nd race of the season.
4 - #S21 Shane Stodghill - 5th top 5 in 6 tries.
5 - #14 Dustin Ducker - 3rd top 5 this season - still 2nd in the points standings, 49 behind Gorman.
John Michael Schmear |
Hobby
1 - #294 John Michael - 2nd win in a row, 3rd of the season, takes over the points lead by 3.
2 - #30 Tim Bosley - 3rd straight 2nd place finish.
3 - #98 Travis Timms - 3rd top 5 of the season.
4 - #R68 Chuck Coggins - loses the points lead - trails by 3 now.
5 - #99 Chance Renfroe - was in position to fight for the win until water pump went out in the final laps.
Dustin Hughes |
NeSmith Street Stock
1 - #X2 Dustin Hughes - finally gets that 1st win of the year at EAMS, moves up to 2nd in points. Dogged #69 Jason Harrison all race long and made the move for the win in turn 3 coming to the white flag.
2 - #69 Jason Harrison - was leading until getting passed about 1/2 mile from the finish.
3 - #24 Allen McConnell - 5th third place finish of the year - still leads points by 86 over Hughes..
4 - #52 Daniel Morrell - 1st top 5 of the year.
5 - #71 Grady Holmes - appeared to be on the way to his 3rd win in a row until pulling into the pits under caution with parts failure late in the race.
Brooks Shelley |
Road Warrior
1 - #101 Brooks Shelley - expands his points lead with his 4th win of the year.
2 - #1 Rickey Harrelson - his third 2nd place finish of the year.
3 - #16 Justin Cox - his first race at EAMS this year.
4 - #19 Michael Eiland - his first race at EAMS this year.
Mac Watson |
Hot Shots
1 - #21 Mac Watson - pulled away early, then fell back into a battle with #05 Fred Woodrum in the final stages - wins in his 1st race at EAMS this year.
2 - #05 Fred Woodrum - ties his best finish of the season.
3 - #J38 Jayce Swint - 3rd for the 3rd race in a row - takes over the points lead from an absent #24 Jason Newsome.
4 - #42 David Newsome - 3rd top 5 finish in a row.
5 - #96 Scott Marshall - 5th for the 2nd consecutive race.
The next event at EAMS will be this coming Saturday, 5/13/2017 - I hope to see you there!! Lamar McClellan.