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OFFICIAL RESULTS -
Labor Day Classic 150
Ace
Speedway, Altamahaw, NC on 9/3/11 |
1st #74 -
Clay Rogers
2nd #10 -
Ryan Blaney
3rd
#115 - Jody Lavender
4th
#18 - Bradley McCaskill
5th
#19 - Jordan Anderson
6th
#20 - Steve Legendre
7th
#4 - Jay Fogleman
8th
#29L - Landon Cling
9th
#91 - Heath Hindman
10th #8
- Colt James
11th #29 -
Andy Loden |
12th #180 -
Keith Oliver
13th #23
- Jimmy Weller
14th
#55 - Kevin Floars
15th
#71 - Jimmy Doyle
16th
#2 - Gray Gaulding
17th
#26 - Preston Peltier
18th
#16 - Hal Goodson
19th
#51 - Rebecca Kasten
20th
#83 - Cale Gale
21st
#98 - Corey Williams |
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Clay Rogers
Wins PASS South Labor Day Classic at
Ace Speedway |
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Wild Finish
Earns Second-Season Victory for
Rogers |
The Pro All Stars Series
(PASS) South Super Late Models
headed to Ace Speedway in Altamahaw,
North Carolina, on Saturday,
September 3rd, for the “Labor Day
Classic 150” event, the 11th race of
the 2011 season. After multiple
leaders and a wild conclusion, Clay
Rogers went to victory lane, earning
his second-career PASS South Super
Late Model Series victory, his
second win in a row.
A total
of 21 Super Late Model racers headed
into qualifying, looking to take top
honors during the two-lap session,
but it was a familiar name on top of
the charts as Andy Loden set yet
another track record with a
14.910-second lap.
“We had
the track record here and Ryan
(Blaney) ended up taking it earlier
this year,” said Loden. “We wanted
to try to get that back because I
really like Ace Speedway and coming
here. It feels good. We have a
really good car.”
Blaney
timed in second, followed by Steven
Legendre, Jay Fogleman, Rogers,
Preston Peltier, Jody Lavender,
Corey Williams, Gray Gaulding and
Jimmy Weller. After the redraw,
Gaulding and Peltier would start on
the front row, followed by Lavender,
Rogers, Blaney, Legendre, Williams,
Weller, Fogleman and Loden.
When the field got the green flag,
Gaulding took the lead going into
turn one, but by the time they got
back around to the stripe to
complete the first lap, Peltier
worked his way in front of Gaulding
to lead. Rogers also moved his way
around Gaulding in the first few
laps, and then worked over Peltier,
taking the lead at lap four.
The first yellow flew at lap five
for an incident in turn one between
Weller and Williams. Weller was able
to drive off, but Williams needed to
be towed off the track. At the
yellow, Rogers led Peltier,
Gaulding, Lavender and Blaney.
Rogers and Peltier led the field
back to the green with Rogers
holding on to the top spot. Lavender
was able to get to the third
position, and a few laps later, got
to the second position around
Peltier. At lap 11, Lavender went to
the lead around Rogers, and a lap
later (lap 12) the caution flew for
an incident between Legendre and
Loden in turn two. Legendre was sent
to the rear of the field for rough
driving. At the yellow, Lavender,
Rogers, Peltier, Gaulding and Blaney
were the top five.
The green
flew once again with Lavender
holding the top spot over Rogers as
Gaulding worked his way to third.
Meanwhile, Peltier and Blaney
battled hard for the fourth spot
with Blaney taking the position at
lap 20. Fogleman was also able to
make it around Peltier, and then 10
laps later, Blaney moved around
Gaulding, bringing Fogleman with him
as the two occupied the third and
fourth positions. James was also
able to work his way around
Gaulding, putting himself in fifth
before lap 40.
At lap 50,
Lavender still led Rogers, Blaney,
Fogleman and James. Meanwhile, early
leader Gaulding had dropped back in
the pack and Peltier had to make an
unscheduled stop, knocking him off
the lead lap.
At lap 58,
Rogers was able to retake the lead,
dropping Lavender back to second.
Blaney ran third at the time, but
lost the position to Fogleman, who
had James on his tail, which put
Blaney back to fifth.
As
Lavender retook the lead from Rogers
at lap 73, the caution flew for
Weller and Legendre coming together
in turn one. At the yellow, Lavender
was scored as the leader ahead of
Rogers, Fogleman, James and Blaney.
On the restart, Rogers was able
to get the jump and the lead.
Meanwhile, Fogleman worked his way
to second, putting Lavender back to
third. At lap 79, Fogleman moved his
machine to the top spot, opening the
door for Lavender to move to second
around Rogers. James and Blaney
still ran in the fourth and fifth
positions.
The fourth yellow
flew at lap 95 for a couple cars
coming together off turn two, but
everyone was able to continue.
Fogleman, Lavender, Rogers, James
and Blaney were the top five at the
yellow.
Fogleman was able to
hold the top spot on the restart,
but Rogers made a move on Lavender,
taking the second position. Blaney
was able to get to fourth, moving
James to fifth.
The yellow
flew for the fifth time at lap 103
after contact between Anderson and
Cling sent Cling into the inside
wall coming off turn four. Fogleman,
Rogers, Lavender, Blaney and James
were the top five at the caution.
For a handful of laps after the
green, Fogleman and Rogers battled
side by side, swapping positions,
racing hard for the lead. Rogers was
able to finally get ahead of
Fogleman, stretching out to a few
car-length lead. Blaney also
asserted himself on the track,
moving to the third position with
Lavender fourth and James fifth.
The yellow flew at lap 135 as
Floars appeared to have a mechanical
issue with his car, stopping on the
back stretch, then again at lap 138
and lap 139 for spins by Anderson
after contact with other cars.
Rogers, Fogleman, Blaney, Lavender
and Legendre were the top five at
the latest yellow.
On the
following restart, Fogleman was able
to get the jump, taking the lead
from Rogers, heading into the final
scheduled laps of the race. As
Fogleman and Rogers entered turn
three on their way to the white
flag, Keith Oliver, who was a lapped
car, drifted up the track, spinning
Fogleman and causing a wreck that
also damaged Rogers, James and a few
other top-running cars. Fogleman was
able to get his car righted, but
would have to restart at the back of
the pack. While Oliver was sent off
the track for the incident, Rogers
still held the lead with a lot of
front end damage. Blaney, Lavender,
McCaskill and Hindman rounded out
the top five.
On the restart,
Rogers and Blaney battled hard for
the top spot, but just as they
crossed the stripe for the white
flag, a multi-car incident occurred
coming off turn four involving
Hindman, Anderson, Fogleman and
Legendre, bringing out the yellow
once again. Rogers, Lavender,
Blaney, McCaskill and Cling were the
top five for the final restart.
Rogers took the green flag and
was able to hold on to the top spot.
Despite an incident in turn one on
the white flag lap behind him,
damaging Fogleman and Cling’s cars,
Rogers was able to come back around
to take the checkered flag, earning
his second win in a row this season.
“First of all, I have to say
what happened to Jay Fogleman there
was terrible,” said Rogers. “We
wanted to race Jay to win. I felt
like we could roll the center a
little bit better than Jay, but he
had John Force down the straightaway
there. But I hate to see him get his
car tore up on the last lap like
that.
“That brought a couple
guys into the fight for the win. Our
nose was tore up and our toe was
knocked out. You have to do
everything you can do at that point
to win.”
While he was the one
celebrating in victory lane, Rogers
had to thank his fellow racers for
helping him understand how to race
at Ace Speedway.
“Jay
Fogleman and Jody Lavender, those
guys know how to get around here,”
explained Rogers. “I’ve learned a
lot by watching them race previously
and again here tonight.
“All
in all I think it was an awesome
show with Jody, Jay and I and a
couple others during the race. I
hope everybody enjoyed that show.”
Blaney, who entered the race
second in points to Fogleman, was
happy to have a decent finish while
Fogleman finished outside the top
five.
“That was unfortunate
what happened to Jay there,” said
Blaney. “He had the faster car two
races in a row and he had bad luck.
We ran decent though. We might have
had something for Clay there at the
end, but we will never know. It was
good racing, and congratulations to
them.”
Lavender was able to
hang in there at the end of the
event, finishing third.
“We
just couldn’t keep brakes on it,”
said Lavender. “When we were out
front, even though I was just trying
to ride, we would lose the brake
pedal. I really would have liked to
see what we would have been able to
do if we kept the brakes on it.
Congratulations to Clay and Robert
Hamke. It was a blast racing all
these guys.”
McCaskill and
Anderson rounded out the top five.
The PASS South Super Late
Model Series will be back in action
at Hickory Motor Speedway (NC) on
Saturday, October 29th.
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