Austin McDaniel (12) battles with Jesse LeFevers (43) in the closing laps of Saturday night's Late Model feature at Hickory Motor Speedway. McDaniel would come away with the victory. Photo courtesy Hickory Motor Speedway
It was a beautiful evening at Hickory Motor Speedway, where five divisions of the NASCAR Whelen All-Americans would race. The Bojangles Late Model race began with mystery, but finished in a tight battle between Austin McDaniel and Jesse LeFevers.
McDaniel, in the No. 12, was the pole sitter of the 50 lap feature for the Bojangles Late Model series. Before the green flag flew two cars, the No. 43 of Jesse LeFevers and the No. 89 of Sean Shalvoy, experienced exhaust problems, resulting in the pair starting at the rear of the field. The yellow flew on lap two for Mackena Bell in the No. 4 car, who spun by herself in turn one.
On lap 12 the caution came out for a multicar accident in turn four. Those involved included Shalvoy, Matt Piercy, Taylor Stricklin, Tyler Lester, Trey Gibson, John Kidwell, and David Roberts.
By lap 23, LeFevers had made it back to third, one spot short of his scheduled starting position. The battle for second remained tight between LeFevers and the No. 19 of Kyle Moon for several laps. On lap 44 the yellow flag came out for Lester.
Austin McDaniel celebrates his win in Hickory's victory lane. Photo by Sherri Stearns
The final six laps of the race were a head-to-head battle between McDaniel and LeFevers. For four laps they raced door handle to door handle, battling it out for the top position. With two laps to go McDaniel pulled into the lead and began to put some distance between himself and LeFevers. McDaniel scored the victory with LeFevers in second and Grant Wimbish in third.
In other action, the WrenchRags Street Stocks were the first event of the evening. Mike Newton in the No. 5 led the field to the green flag. By lap three the six car field was single file. On lap six the caution was brought out by the No. 92 of Jason Stanley getting turned around in turn four. The second yellow flew when Stanley and Trey Buff in the No. 69 collided off turn two.
On lap 11 the No. 99 of Roy Smith stopped in turn four with a smoking car. At halfway Newton led the event with the No. 03 of Kevin Eby and the No. 64 of Marshall Sutton battling close for second. On Lap 20, Eby was finally able to take second place. Newton brought home the victory with Eby finishing second and Sutton coming in third.
The 4-Cylinders took to the track next for their 25 lap feature event with Todd Harrington in the No. 21 starting on the pole. On lap 14 there was a tight battle for second between the No. 3 of Donnie Harmon and Caleb Sisk in the No. 6. Harrington took the checkered flag first with Harmon finishing in second place and Sisk rounding out the top 3.
The Paramount KIA Limited Late Model race was seconds old when the first yellow flag flew. The No. 5 of Christian Calvo spun on the backstretch. The next 15 laps went by without incident with Landon Huffman in the No. 75 leading the way.
On lap 25 the yellow waved for the No. 22 of Dan Moore who spun by himself on the backstretch. The race returned to green conditions only for the yellow to come out once more for Moore and Andres Guevara in the No. 71.
After cleanup the race returned to green for another yellow flag to wave, this time for a multicar pile up in turn 1, involving Monty Cox, Joshua Bralley, Charlie Watson, Greg Wise, Sheflon Clay, Christian Calvo, Guevara, Mark Goin and Jeremy Pelfrey.
Racing returned to green on lap 25 with the No. 00 of Shane Lee leading. Lee would bring home the victory with Landon Huffman in the No. 75 finishing second and Zach Bruenger in the No. 55 coming in third.
The Red Baron Renegades were the final event of the night. Darby Crouch in the No. 64 was on the pole. The eight car field raced cleanly throughout their 20 lap feature. Carroll McKinney in the No. 16 finished first, Crouch finished second and the No. 4 of Greg Austin finished third.
Action returns to Hickory on Saturday, April 21, as the CARS Pro Cup series will compete for 250 laps of racing. For more details visit hickorymotorspeedway.com.
Hickory Motor Speedway – Hickory, NC
Race Results – April 14, 2012
Bojangles Late Model
1. (12) Austin McDaniel
2. (43) Jesse LeFevers
3. (57) Grant Wimbish
4. (36) Anthony Anders
5. (51) Josh Wimbish
6. (19) Kyle Moon
7. (77) Jeremy Sorel
8. (7) Taylor Stricklin
9. (89) Sean Shalvoy
10. (8) Chandler LeVan
11. (16) Clint Fields
12. (01) Tyler Lester
13. (7) John Kidwell
14. (97) Keith Bumgarner
15. (4) Mackena Bell
16. (18) David Roberts
17. (11) Matt Piercy
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19. (1) Pietro Fittipaldi
Paramount KIA Limited Late Models
1. (00) Shane Lee
2. (75) Landon Huffman
3. (55) Zachary Bruenger
4. (7S) Justin Crider
5. (22) Dan Moore
6. (7) Travis Byrd
7. (5) Christian Calvo
8. (07M) Jacob Marlowe
9. (71) Andres Guevara
10. (8) Greg Wise
11. (18) Casey Pierce
12. (9) Charlie Watson
13. (51) Jeremy Pelfrey
14. (21) Monty Cox
15. (15) Sheflon Clay
16. (07X) Joshua Bralley
17. (77) Mark Goin
WrenchRag Street Stocks
1. (5) Mike Newton
2. (03) Kevin Eby
3. (64) Marshall Sutton
4. (14) Samuel Thompson
5. (51) John Jones
6. (33) Mark Whitten
7. (99) Roy Smith
8. (1) David Synder
9. (69) Trey Buff
10. (92) Jason Stanley
Red Baron Renegades
1. (16) Caroll McKinney
2. (64) Darby Crouch
3. (4) Gregory Austin
4. (14) Eddie Russ
5. (7) Brad Nelson
6. (67) Steve Griffin
7. (71) Andrew Divanna
4- Cylinders
1. (21) Todd Harrington
2. (3) Donnie Harmon
3. (6) Caleb Sisk
4. (96) Rob Lewis
5. (59) Donn Wardo
6. (51) Nathaniel Kanupp
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