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Pollard Continues Viper Dominance

Mark Chisum, Z3 Sports
[z3sports@live.com]
July 13, 2009

Bubba Pollard has taken 5 out of 5 Viper Series wins this season

KINSTON, AL -- Senoia, Georgia’s Bubba Pollard continued his domination of South Alabama Speedway’s Pro Late Model Viper Series Saturday night, winning the Timber 100. It was Pollard’s fifth win in five starts in the series this year.

 Pollard set fast time in qualifying, turning a lap of 15.366 seconds. He then drew a one for inversion, keeping the pole position with Clay Alexander on the outside. When the green dropped, Pollard and Alexander jumped out in front of the field by four car lengths. Local favorite Sam Smith was leading the pack behind them. Taylor Satterfield stared sixth, but moved past Smith into third on lap 13.

 Satterfield’s South Alabama bad luck bit him again during the races first caution period on lap 21. During the first caution period, Scotty Anderson was trying to get to pit road and turned left as Satterfield was coming to his inside. Anderson caught Satterfield on the right front, ending the Georgian’s night.

 Back under green, Pollard and Alexander resumed their battle. The battle ended when Alexander spun on lap 40. However, when racing resumed, Pollard had had another challenger, Smith, on his bumper. And, he was having mechanical problems with his car. On lap 49, Smith worked his way past Pollard. Justin South, making his first start at SAS, followed Smith past Pollard into second. At the halfway point, Smith led South, Pollard, Brandon Odom, and Tony Clark.

 Pollard pitted when the caution flew on lap 59 and his problems were corrected. But now he faced another problem, having to work his way back to the front. That task proved to be relatively easy. Going inside and outside of traffic, Pollard moved back into third by lap 73. Three laps later, he moved past South for second.

 On lap 83, Pollard moved to the inside of Smith to regain the lead. South’s night came to an end on lap 89 when track officials decided an oil leak was too much for him to continue. South’s car had been smoking for much of the race, but had finally gotten bad enough for officials to pull him down to check. South’s impressive run ended when officials confirmed the leak was bad enough to affect the track’s surface.

 Pollard had to survive several restarts in the final ten laps before securing the victory. Smith was able to stay with Pollard on the restarts, but Pollard was able to pull away once the field got sorted out. Pollard led Smith by 1.613 seconds as the checkered flag flew. Odom came home third. Jeff Morgan had an impressive fourth place finish. Dennis Reno Jr. was fifth.

 In the 35-lap Modified Feature, Ricky Brooks took the lead on lap eight and went on to win. Ryan Redmon grabbed the lead from the outside pole, out gunning Brooks to turn one. It took Brooks eight laps to work his way past Redmon. Heath Mills followed one lap later and set his target on the leader. Mills was able to stay with Brooks until falling off the pace on lap 18. With Mills out of his mirror, Brooks cruised the rest of the way. Redmon ran second the rest of the way. Jamie Ater battled with mechanical problems in practice and qualifying, but solved his problems before race time. Ater came from the tenth starting spot to finish third. Lance Blacker finished fourth with Kip Whitehead fifth.

 Jason Singletary made easy work of the Roadrunner Feature. Singletary started fifth, but took the lead on lap five and cruised the rest of the way. Billy Maxie blew his engine in Thursday night practice, but borrowed Doug Powell’s car and took it to a second place finish. Chris Yeakos picked up another podium finish, coming home in third. Mike Wolfe was fourth, followed by Dale McLendon.

 Lee Rogers picked up the win in the Coyote Feature. Michael Smith got a good jump on the start and went from sixth to first on the first lap. Smith led the next lap before Max Nelson took control. Meanwhile, Rogers was steadily making his way through the field, moving into second on lap six. On lap nine, he moved past Nelson to take the lead. With the race staying green, Rogers continued to build his lead as the race went on. Travis Slawson moved into second on lap 15, but couldn’t overcome Rogers’ lead. Nelson finished third, followed by Smith and Rusty Locklar.

 Eddy Hinson took the lead on lap eight and went on to win the Mini-Sportsman Feature. Dylan Wolfe Led the first seven laps before Hinson took over. Jeremy Peacock came from the ninth starting spot to finish second with Wolfe falling to third. Joshua Sibley and Mike Wolfe were fourth and fifth.

 Action continues next Saturday with heat and feature in seven local classes. For more information, contact the track at (334) 565-3539, or visit the track’s web site at www.southalabamaspeedway.com.

Norman-Blackmon GMC/Pontiac/Buick Full Field Run-Down

Viper Series
Timber 100
Pro Late Model

1. Bubba Pollard
2. Sam Smith
3. Brandon Odom
4. Jeff Morgan
5. Dennis Reno, Jr.
6. Tony Clark
7. Scotty Anderson
8. Ricky Sanders
9. Tyler Caton
10. Kyle Bryant
11. Brandon Parker
12. Justin South
13. Keeton Hanks
14. Eric Courville
15. Clay Alexander
16. DJ VanderLey
17. Bobby Knox, Jr.
18. Taylor Satterfield

Modified

1. Ricky Brooks
2. Ryan Redmon
3. Jamie Ater
4. Lance Blacker
5. Kip Whitehead
6. Greg Melvin
7. Jason Bates
8. Shannon Burns
9. Heath Mills
10. Kevin Peel

Road Runner

1. Jason Singletary
2. Billy Maxie
3. Chris Yeakos
4. Mike Wolfe
5. Dale McLendon
6. LaDunn Stokes

Coyote

1. Lee Rogers
2. Travis Slawson
3. Max Nelson
4. Michael Smith
5. Rusty Locklar
6. Dee Bucklew
7. Jason Monaghan
8. Danny Thompson
9. Gordon Reece
10. Kevin Bishop

Mini-Sportsman

1. Eddy Hinson
2. Jeremy Peacock
3. Dylan Wolfe
4. Joshua Sibley
5. Mike Wolfe
6. Karen Williams
7. Jason Cannon
8. Joey Cannon
9. JR Carroll
10. Ricky Strickland

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Viper Series
Timber 100
South Alabama Speedway
Pro Late Model
100 laps

Saturday, July 11, 2009

11:59 PM CT

Bubba Pollard of Senoia, GA has won yet another Viper Series race, followed by Sam "Shanky" Smith and Brandon Odom. We'll have more tomorrow, and be sure to tune in to our race broadcast Monday night, July 13 at 7PM CT. Thank you for joining us, and we look forward to seeing you back here at South Alabama Speedway on August 01. We'll also have tons of great racing coming up for you in coming weeks. We'll be at Montgomery Motor Speedway next weekend, and then it's off to Huntsville Speedway for the Southern Super Stars Series King of the Mountain 100. Please be sure to log on to z3sports.com throughout the week for continuing news and updates to our coverage schedule. We would also like to again thank everyone here at South Alabama Speedway for their hospitality and the great show. Good night and may God bless you always.

5:54 PM CT

The Modifieds are on the track now for thier hot lap session. Ricky Brooks is back tonight with his always-fast machine. Track record holder Heath Mills is here as well. We show 18 Pro Late Models ready to qualify for tonight's Timber 100. New entries include Tyler Caton, Justin South, Brandon Parker, Eric Courville, Kyle Bryant, and Keeton Hanks. PLM qualifying will begin about 6:30 PM CT. Don't forget that we will have the flag-to-flag coverage for you Monday night at 7PM CT. Future Viper Series broadcasts will be live.

4:48 PM CT

Tonight's coverage is being brought to you by John Kenny, Stevie Ray, and Michael Hughes. It is made possible by these fine sponsors: Juliette's Restaurant Victory Circle Communications Lynch Tree Service Norman-Blackmon GMC / Pontiac / Buick SwordCuts.com JockJive.com ShortTrackTalk.com Southern Race Week Full Throttle Racing with Kane Please thank them for bringing you today's coverage, so they will continue to do it in the future.

4:31 PM CT

Tony Clark of Senoia, GA was the fastest on the speed charts for the day's Pro Late Model practice. Tony is driving the same car he drove last month - a former Bubba Pollard entry. There has been one modification to today's race procedure: The PLM cars just finished up a tire scuffing session. Qualifying gets underway in about an hour and 45 minutes. We'll try to get a Modified car count for you shortly.

3:23 PM CT

Welcome to South Alabama Speedway in beautiful Kinston, AL. We are here for tonight's running of the Timber 100 - race 5 of 8 in the 2009 South Alabama Speedway Viper Pro Late Model Series. We have about 18-20 cars in the pits so far. Most of the usual cast of characters are back, with the exception of Augie Grill and John Bolen. We also have some new faces in the garage area, as well as some drivers returning for the first time since the Ratler 125 on March 07. The final PLM pracice has concluded, and we will have practice times for you shortly. The Road Runner, Modified, Coyote, and Mini-Sportsman stars will be in action tonight as well. The Modifieds will race 35 laps for $800 to win. Please come out and join us if you have time to make it from wherever you are. Racing begins at 7PM CT. If not, you can follow along right here until qualifying time at 6:30PM CT, when we will hit the air for our broadcast. Tonight's broadcast will be tape-delayed until Monday night, but we are proud to announce that the remainder of the Viper Series events this year - including the Alabama 200 on October 17-18 - will be live! We had a little practice action, as Jeff Morgan took a spin out of turn 4 and backed lightly into the outside wall. Morgan's car appeared unharmed. Back in a few...

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