| xc | Keith Smith Captures American Modified Series Victory at Windy Hollow Speedway
Michael Despain Jun.04.2012 Owensboro, KY - The American Modified Series presented its second event of the 2012 season on Sunday evening with the tour’s first ever visit to Windy Hollow Speedway in Owensboro, KY and youngster Keith Smith of Clay City, KY would score his first-ever series checkered flag and pick up a $1,500 payday in the process. Trent Young and Keith Smith would bring the 16 car starting field to the green flag, with Smith grabbing the race lead and surviving three caution flags to lead the entire 30 laps of the event to pick up the inaugural American Modified Series event win Windy Hollow Speedway and also his first ever series victory. Top qualifier Trent Young would finish second in the event, with Josh Harris coming in third place. Current UMP Modified national points leader Devin Gilpin would recover from an early race spin and charge back to claim a fourth place finish, while Joe Godsey completed the top five. The remainder of the top ten finishers would be 11th starting and hard charger award winner Paul Miles, followed by Jimmy Payne, Rocky Wilson, Ricky Rudd, and Levi Kissinger. The 30 lap, $1,500 to win event would be slowed by three caution flags and take 20 minutes to complete. In preliminary action, Trent Young would be the Williams Precision Engine top qualifier among 16 entries at 16.262 seconds. Trent Young would win Hypercoil Springs heat one, while Keith Smith won Wiles Driveshafts heat two. American Modified Series Race Summary-Event #2: Windy Hollow Speedway-Owensboro, Kentucky Williams Precision Engine Overall Top Qualifier- Trent Young 16.262 Hypercoils Spring Heat #1- Trent Young, Josh Harris, Jimmy Payne, Joe Godsey, Chad Landrum, Paul Miles, Cody Norvell, Randle Sweeney Wiles Driveshafts Heat #2- Keith Smith, Levi Kissinger, Chad Boone, Devin Gilpin, Shawn Simpson, Rocky Wilson, Ricky Rudd, Junior Baize VP Racing Fuels Heat #3- N/A Comp Cams Heat #4- N/A Windy Hollow Speedway AMS A-Main- Keith Smith, Trent Young, Josh Harris, Devin Gilpin, Joe Godsey, Paul Miles, Jimmy Payne, Rocky Wilson, Ricky Rudd, Levi Kissinger, Chad Landrum, Cody Norvell, Junior Baize, Shawn Simpson, Randle Sweeney, Chad Boone Race Statistics Entries- 16 Lap Leaders- 1 (Smith 1-30) Caution Periods- 3 (Laps 4, 4 restart, 16) Red Flag Periods- None American Modified Series Provisional Starters- None Track Provisional Starters- None Time of Race- 20 minutes Williams Precision Engine Fast Time Award ($100 cash award)- Trent Young All Star Performance Hard Charger Award ($100 gift certificate)- Paul Miles (started 11th-finished 6th- advanced 5 positions) American Modified Series Top Ten in Points after June 3, 2012 1. Trent Young- 400 2. Jimmy Payne- 395 3. Rocky Wilson- 380 4. Levi Kissinger- 335 5. Brian Shaw- 260 6. Keith Smith- 250 7. Chad Kinder- 230 8. Josh Harris- 220 Mike Harrison- 220 10.Devin Gilpin- 210 Ed Shamhart- 210 American Modified Series 2012 Sponsors/Supporters *All Star Performance (www.allstarperformance.com)- “Hard Charger of the Race” Award *Arizona Sport Shirts- “Official Merchandise Vendor” of the American Modified Series (www.arizonasportshirts.com) *Bad Fast Race Chassis (www.734dirt.com) *Bandit Race Cars (www.banditracecars.net) *B&B Motorsports *Bilstein (www.bilsteinus.com)- Presented by B&B Motorsports *Bob Pierce Race Cars (www.bobpierceracecars.com) *Boknecht Trucking *Comp Cams (www.compcams.com)- “Sponsor of Heat #4” *Cruise with the Champions (www.cruisewiththechampions.com) *Dale Meers Race Engines *Diamond Race Cars (www.diamondracecars.net) *Dyers Top Rods (www.dyersrods.com) *Frankland Racing Equipment (www.franklandracing.com)- “Top Finisher with a Frankland Rear End” *H & H Computer Services- North Vernon, IN (812) 352-1221 *Hypercoils (www.hypercoils.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #1” *Impressive Race Cars (www.impressiveracecars.com) *Jay Dickens Race Engines (www.jaydickens.com) *JB Salvage, Inc. (www.jbsalvage.com) *Maximum Energy Development *Mullins Race Engines (www.mullinsraceengines.com) *PPM Racing Products (www.ppmracingproducts.com)- “Hard Luck Award” *RACEceiver (www.raceceiver.com) *SpeeDecals Racing Graphics (www.freewebs.com/speedecals/) *UMP Dirt Car (www.umpracing.com) *VP Racing Fuels (www.vpracingfuels.com)- “Official Race Fuel of the American Modified Series and Sponsor of Heat Race #3” *Wick Oil Company (www.wickoil.com) *Wiles Driveshafts (www.wilesdriveshafts.com)- “Sponsor of Heat Race #2” *Williams Precision Engines (www.wpespeedshop.com)- “$100 Fast Qualifier Award” at all events *Willy’s Carburetors (www.willyscarbs.com)- “Lucky Draw Award” |
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