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Professional Racing Series Kick Off A New Season Ronny was quick to applaud his engine builder in victory lane, “I’ve got to congratulate (engine builder) Robert Nealy on that power he give me, that helped me a bunch and of course my crew Sammy McCormick and Brian McElhenny.” That Nealy horsepower also powered Adams’ teammate Duke Whiseant to a 5th place finish. Ricky Ingalls started on the pole but found it hard to keep
up with Adams’ pace. “It got rough, once he got the start on me.
Ronny had a good line and my car was too tight.” Ricky finished second as he
was The run was made even more impressive when David Ashley moved along side of Sigert to challenge for the position and Siegert drifted up against the front stretch wall. Instead of losing control, Siegert, who drives for Steve Barthold of Gainesville, Texas, hammered it into turn one and held the position. “We were just trying to hang with the leaders and I saw his (Ashley’s) nose and just tried not to get spooked and run a clean one.” The new racing surface at Lone Star Speedway proved to be a revelation as the late models were able to race side-by side throughout the weekend. Friday night in victory lane Adams spoke highly of the new surface. “I’ve never seen Lone Star where you could run like this on it. It’s good, good racing lanes, had more than one groove. I just applaud the management for doing it.” Ricky Ingalls concurred, “The track is one heck of an improvement. I mean I was real pleased. You know it got a little rough out there but it was so beautiful when we got here, I couldn’t believe it. It held up through the heat races. Didn’t touch the tires. You could run all over really.” Marlon Wild, who used a SUPR points provisional to start on
the rear, finally began to sort out his new Bullitt chassis and charged up 13 positions in
20 laps to claim the very first Lloyd Wild Jr. Logging Hard Official results: |
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