Mike Garvey celebrates with his crew in victory lane after winning Sunday’s Super Late Model feature at Montgomery Motor Speedway. Photo courtesy Jeanne Crumpton
It had been two years since the Super Late Models had competed at Montgomery Motor Speedway in Montgomery, AL. The Southern Superstars World Classic in 2010, which was won by Augie Grill, was the last Super Late Model race at the half-mile off of Old Selma Road in Montgomery.
Sunday afternoon, the Super Late Model cars and stars returned, with Mike Garvey scoring the victory after contact took the lead duo out of the running for the win. Garvey pocketed a cool $6,000 for the win after topping the 14 car field.
In Saturday’s pole qualifying, Kyle Benjamin set fastest time, backing up his fast performance from practice, with a time of 18.568 seconds. Bubba Pollard was second quickest in qualifying, followed by former Show Me the Money Series champions John Bolen and Hunter Robbins, and Garvey.
The customary die roll resulted in a six-car inversion for Sunday’s race. The lucky dog in the die roll was Augie Grill, who was the sixth fastest qualifier. Grill started on the pole and led a majority of the caution-filled race. The race saw a total of 14 caution flags fly, and plenty of bumping, nudging, and excitement.
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With just 14 laps to go, it was Senoia, GA’s Bubba Pollard, who had been closing in on Grill’s rear bumper in a battle for the lead, that made contact with Grill in turn one, sending Grill spinning to bring out the race’s final caution. As a result of the contact, Pollard was relegated to the rear of the field for the restart.
Garvey inherited the lead and held off Boyett for the victory. Pollard and Grill battled side-by-side for the final 14 laps, putting on a clinic of clean, yet aggressive racing, to come home third and fourth respectively. Pollard beat Grill to the line for third by just 35 thousandths of a second. Benjamin recovered from an earlier wreck and caught the last lucky dog of the race to secure a top five finish.
In Saturday’s local division action, Tommy Williams led all 10 laps, holding off hard challenges from Kevin Bennett and Jonathan Goolsby to win the Super Stock/Truck feature.
The Buzz division had their special 35-lap, $300 to win feature. Joshua Wood led all 35 laps, holding off brother Roger Wood Jr. to take the apparent victory. Joshua, however, failed post-race technical inspection and was disqualified, handing the win to Wood Jr. Brandon Thornton took second, and a cool $200 in bonus money from Wood Brother’s Auto Sales and F&E Sportswear for being the top-finishing out of town car. Floyd Brown took third, with Matthew Robbins fourth, and Truss Bethea Sr. rounded out the top-five.
Prior to the race, Joshua Wood and Floyd Brown were tied for the championship points lead in the Buzz division. The disqualification for Wood, however, has put defending champion Brown alone atop the standings. Wood Jr. is only 8 points behind Brown in second. Matthew Robbins finds himself third in the standings, 38 points behind the leader, with just one race left before a champion is crowned.
The Street Stock division saw plenty of action as well with twin 20 lap races to determine the 2012 season champion. In the first race, Richard Patino led flag-to-flag to claim his first victory of the season over Dwayne Wessenburg, Jason Mayhan, Joe Bethea Jr, and Daniel Jacks.
An inversion of the entire field for the second meant plenty of action. David Wood, making his return to the driver’s seat took the win over Jacks, Bethea, Jr., Mayhan, and Wessenburg.
The consistent finishes for Bethea earned him the 2012 Street Stock division championship by 41 points over Jacks. Defending champion Billy Ammons finished third in the final standings, 63 points back. Mayhan and Patino rounded out the top-five in the 2012 championship battle.
The Mini-Mod division had their largest field of cars in over two years at Montgomery Motor Speedway for their twin 15 lap races. A total of 10 Mini-Mod cars were on hand. Roger Wood, Jr. took the win in the first feature, holding off a tough battle from Scott Rice. Jonathan Goolsby, Jeremy Williams, and Chris Landers rounded out the top five.
Wood rolled a 10 on the inversion die for the second race, meaning the entire finishing order of the first race would be inverted for the starting lineup of the second race. Wood started from the rear, along with Rice, and the two battled it out with each other as they came through the field. Wood and Rice traded the lead a couple of times before Wood finally sealed the deal to take his third overall victory of the night. Rice was second, followed by Nick Martin, Chris Landers, and Jonathan Goolsby.
Joel Collier leads the championship standings by just 11 points over Rice going in the final race on September 15. Landers is third, 15 markers behind Collier’s lead. Roger Wood Jr and Ashley Bridgemon round out the top five in Mini-Mod points.
Racing at Montgomery Motor Speedway will return in two weeks, September 15-16 for the 48th Annual Alabama 200.
For more information, visit to www.MontgomerySpeedway.com.
Montgomery Motor Speedway – Montgomery, AL
Super Late Model 150 – Sept. 2, 2012
1. 1 Mike Garvey
2. 11 Logan Boyett
3. 26 Bubba Pollard
4. 112 Augie Grill
5. 71 Kyle Benjamin
6. 66 Steven Wallace
7. 16 Brandon Odom
8. 2 John Bolen
9. 14 Ken McFarland
10. 11 John Wilkinson III
11. 18 Hunter Robbins
12. 29 Allen Karnes
13. 3 Chris Serio
14. 29 Spencer Davis
Buzz
1. 22 Roger Wood Jr
2. 16 Brandon Thornton
3. 48 Floyd Brown
4. 36 Matthew Robbins
5. 28 Truss Bethea Sr
6. 82 Blake Wilson
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8. 13 Shannon Johnson
9. 128 Colton Cain
10. 1 Roger Wood Sr
11. 51 Perry Patino
12. 12 Chad Frost
DQ: 21 Joshua Wood
Street Stock Twin 20s 1
1. 51 Richard Patino
2. 31 Dwayne Wessenburg
3. 8 Jason Mayhan
4. 33 Joe Bethea Jr
5. 1 Daniel Jacks
6. 3 Billy Ammons
7. 24 David Wood
8. 38 Whit Goode
9. 8 Billy Maxie
10. 35 Adam Freeman
Street Stock Twin 20s 2
1. 24 David Wood
2. 1 Daniel Jacks
3. 33 Joe Bethea Jr
4. 8 Jason Mayhan
5. 31 Dwayne Wessenburg
6. 38 Whit Goode
7. 51 Richard Patino
8. 3 Billy Ammons
9. 35 Adam Freeman
DNS: 8 Billy Maxie
Mini-Mod Twin 15s 1
1. 22 Roger Wood Jr
2. 6 Scott Rice
3. 43 Jonathan Goolsby
4. 27 Jeremy Williams
5. 9 Chris Landers
6. 88 Nick Martin
7. 2 Ashley Bridgemon
8. 71 Joel Collier
9. 2 Ty Armstrong
DNS: 33 Chase Spradlin
Mini-Mod Twin 15s 2
1. 22 Roger Wood Jr
2. 6 Scott Rice
3. 88 Nick Martin
4. 9 Chris Landers
5. 43 Jonathan Goolsby
6. 71 Joel Collier
7. 27 Jeremy Willians
DNS: 2 Ashley Bridgemon
DNS: 2 Ty Armstrong
DNS: 33 Chase Spradlin
Super Stock/Truck
1. 4jr Tommy Williams
2. 79 Kevin Bennet
3. 43 Jonathan Goolsby
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