Dean Ward takes a victory lap after scoring the modified win Saturday at Bowman Gray Stadium. Photo by Rhonda McCole
A combination of heat, humidity, and summer rain storms left the track slick at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, NC on Saturday. It led to a few wrecks and some sliding through the turns – and it played right into Dean Ward’s hands.
Ward, a resident of Winston-Salem, claimed the checkered for the 100-lapper for the Brad’s Golf Cars Modified Series on Saturday – his third victory of the season.
“It’s really fun when the track is like this. It takes horsepower away. It takes some of your handling away. It’s how you finesse the car.”
The starting lineup for the 100-lap race was determined by random draw, with Tony Black of Lexington drawing the pole. It was a great position for a rookie racer to be in – except for his surrounding competitors: veteran Junior Miller of Danbury was starting on the outside front row.
Black leaped out into the lead at the initial start but was immediately pressured by Miller. The #69 of Miller delivered tap after tap to the rear bumper of Black, turning Black sideways. But the rookie held his own and maintained the lead.
A particularly stout bump from Miller not only caused Black to slide a little but also caused Miller to fall slightly off the pace. Dean Ward saw his opportunity and darted to the inside to take over second.
Dean Ward celebrates in victory lane. Photo by Rhonda McCole
Ward then applied the pressure to Black, nudging his bumper and trying to force the rookie to make a mistake. Black held on for lap after lap – until Ward was able to steal the lead away on lap 32.
But it was far from over for Ward. He then had to deal with repeated outside row challenges from Junior Miller during double-file restarts. Six times Miller took the outside – and six times Ward defended his lead.
“We had our car setup to go inside, but we just had to run as hard as we can with what we had,” said Miller about his inability to capitalize from the outside.
The win was Ward’s third victory this season. Miller finished in second, with Tim Brown of Rural Hall finishing in third.
In the Webb Heating & A/C Co. Sportsman Series, Kenny Bost of Lexington brought home the win in the first race. John Lain of Kernersville and Zack Clifton of Walkertown finished in second and third. Michael Adams of Yadkinville claimed victory in the second race. Jeff Garrison followed behind in second, with Zack Clifton of Walkertown finishing third yet again.
Darren Cotner of King bumped Brian Wall of Winston-Salem out of the lead, grabbing the win for himself in the 20-lapper for the Q104.1 New Country Street Stock Series. Billy Gregg of Lexington and K.J. Stimpson of Lewisville finished in second and third.
In the Summer Shootout Stadium Stock Series, A.J. Sanders of Mocksville and Shane Tuttle of Winston-Salem each won a 15-lapper on Saturday.
Action returns to Bowman Gray Stadium on Saturday, July 21, with the Sheetz Night of Destruction, including monster truck car crushing and a demolition derby, along with racing from the Modifieds, Sportsman, Street Stock, and Stadium stock divisions. Visit www.bowmangrayracing.com for more info.
Bowman Gray Stadium – Winston-Salem, NC
Race Results – July 14, 2012
Modifieds
FINISH CAR DRIVER
1 71 Dean Ward
2 69 Junior Miller
3 83 Tim Brown
4 65 Danny Bohn
5 50 Michael Clifton
6 22 Jonathan Brown
7 77 Lee Jeffreys
8 40 Chris Fleming
9 5 Randy Butner
10 4 Jason Myers
11 1 Burt Myers
12 25 John Smith
13 21 Tommy Neal
14 66 Ronnie Clifton
15 68 Robbie Brewer
16 72 Brent Elliott
17 64 Steven Truell
18 75 Robert Jeffreys
19 05 Tony Black
20 7 Matt Cotner
21 53 Brian Loftin
22 81 Austin Pack
23 48 Brad Robbins
Sportsman – Race One
FINISH CAR DRIVER
1 18 Kenny Bost
2 79 John Lain
3 81 Zack Clifton
4 72 Bryant Robertson
5 3 Jeff Garrison
6 02 Derek Stoltz
7 86 Taylor Branch
8 9 David Adams
9 50 Barry Edwards
10 20 Jacob Creed
11 92 Kyle Southern
12 26 Michael Tilley
13 55 Zack Ore
14 19 Michael Adams
15 8 Bobby Reed
16 12 Evan Duggins
17 22 Stacey Miller
18 99 T.J. Moran
19 07 Danny Cornwell
20 70 Noah Triplett
21 03 Jordan Fleming
22 38 Mitch Gales
23 08 Wesley Thomason
24 52 David Sell
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Sportsman – Race Two
FINISH CAR DRIVER
1 19 Michael Adams
2 3 Jeff Garrison
3 81 Zack Clifton
4 02 Derek Stoltz
5 18 Kenny Bost
6 70 Noah Triplett
7 03 Jordan Fleming
8 79 John Lain
9 92 Kyle Southern
10 50 Barry Edwards
11 72 Bryant Robertson
12 07 Danny Cornwell
13 22 Stacey Miller
14 16 Mitch Gales
15 9 David Adams
16 12 Evan Duggins
17 8 Bobby Reed
18 99 T.J. Moran
19 26 Michael Tilley
20 20 Jacob Creed
21 86 Taylor Branch
Street Stock
FINISH CAR DRIVER
1 9 Darren Cotner
2 98 Billy Gregg
3 8 K.J. Stimpson
4 4 John Holleman
5 2 Willie Wall
6 13 Kevin Gilbert
7 12 Doug Wall
8 1 David Sumner
9 66 Whitney Clifton
10 18 Tim Vaden
11 44 Daniel Fishel
12 55 Stephen Baker
13 92 Casie Doub
14 22 Brian Wall
15 51 Chris Smith
Stadium Stock – “A” Race
FINISH CAR DRIVER
1 24 A.J. Sanders
2 81 Chuck Wall
3 89 Joseph Swanson
4 61 Charlie Curry
5 26 Derek Taylor
6 1 Rob Young
7 8 Shane Southard
8 22 Jason Tutterow
9 7 Chris Allison
10 1H Daniel Yates
11 62 Kevin Hedgecock
12 42 Phillip Wright
13 13 Chase Hunt
14 69 Drew Moffitt
15 16 Stephen Sanders
16 60 Ted Mickalowski
17 55 Tyler Burke
18 01 Jason Keaton
19 44 Wesley Thompson
Stadium Stock – “B” Race
FINISH CAR DRIVER
1 59 Shane Tuttle
2 98 T.J. Cox
3 76 Billy Cameron Jr
4 34 Aaron Hylton
5 31 Zack Staley
6 86 Tyler Ziglar
7 14 Ken Bridges
8 38 Wes Athan
9 74 Jose Gonzalez
10 29 Cody Arrington
11 70 Tyler Lalone
12 49 David Vernon
13 96 Casey Kirkman
14 6 Dale Patterson
15 53 Sharon Botts
16 25 Pete Harris
17 64 Ricky Wall
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