Chris Burns Claims Carteret County Late Model Victory

Chris Burns celebrates with a burnout in front of the grandstands after winning Saturday night’s Late Model feature at Carteret County Speedway. Photo: Carteret County Speedway

Chris Burns celebrated his third career Late Model victory Saturday night at Carteret County Speedway in Swansboro, North Carolina.

Burns inherited the lead on lap 26 when Connor Hall and Jeff Oakley got together while racing for the lead. Hall spun off the front bumper of Oakley and race control sent Oakley to the rear of the field, handing the lead to Burns. The race ran caution free from there, with Burns scoring the win.

“The car was pretty consistent all night,” Burns said. “We weren’t as good as we would have like to have been. I think if Oakley or Hall could’ve got stretched out, it might have been a different story. The car actually stayed pretty good throughout the whole race. We developed a vibration toward the end. It paid off.”

Oakley and Hall recovered from their incident to finish second and third respectively. The second-place finish for Oakley was his second runner-up finish in his second start at Carteret County Speedway while Hall was making his first career appearance at the raceway.

“We got together with Connor,” Oakley said. “We certainly didn’t mean to. We were racing hard and our cars were pretty equal. It’s tough to pass on this racetrack.”

Eric Winslow, who had won in his two most recent Carteret County Speedway appearances, was taken out of the race in an early incident with Tyler Horne.

Brandon Clements looked destined for victory in the 100 lap Mini Stock feature, but his run went sour on lap 35 when, while holding a big lead, his car came to a rest in turn three. From there, it came down a battle between Michael Tucker and Chuck Wall.

Tucker got the advantage and pulled away in the second half of the race to score the win, becoming the third different Mini Stock winner at Carteret County.

“I would have loved to race with Brandon for the win,” Tucker said. “Hate that happened to him but we’ll take whatever win we can get. I’d like to thank all the fans for coming out and supporting us out here. It’s good to run against (Chuck Wall). He always runs me clean and he knows I’ll do the same.”

Chuck Wall ended up finishing in second while A.J. Sanders, Brian Bryant and Kris Hetu rounded out the top-five in the 19 car field – the largest field of Mini Stocks in speedway history.

Jonathon Belfiore scored the Street Stock victory in a wild race that ended with damaged racecars and hurt feelings.

Eleven laps into the race, the caution came out when Billy Slater spun. During the caution, Belfiore and Horner lined up for the restart. The two cars made contact heading into turn one on the restart lap, and Horner’s car spun. Horner retaliated under the caution, driving over Belfiore’s car. Horner’s car was parked while, after removing damaged sheet metal, Belfiore returned to the race and went on to score the win.

“He came down on me at the start, got into me and wanted to act like that about it,” Belfiore said. “That’s a sorry sport is what that is. We do our best to come out here and do the best we can and have to deal with stuff like that.”

Horner said the initial contact with Belfiore damaged the tie-rod double on his car, which had already sustained damage in an early practice incident.

The Legends race also ended with bent emotions.

Coming to the checkered flag, race leader Billy Gomez spun off the front bumper of Brent Irving in a battle for the same real estate and a dash for the finish line. Irving went on to score the win while the spin relegated Gomez to a third place finish.

“To be able to outrun (Gomez) is a great accomplishment,” Irving said. “That man has won his fair share of races, I can tell you that.”

Ryan Shabram got around Gomez while Gomez’s car was spinning to pick up the second spot. Gomez took his third place finish in stride.

“If we had just a couple more laps, maybe,” Gomez said. “I don’t know. It’s just racing. Been there, done that.”

Travis Miller and Zac Reimer swapped the lead several times during the course of the Street Stock race. When the checkered flag flew, it was Miller celebrating in victory lane. Miller held off a late race charge from Reimer and pulled away on the last lap. Reimer settled for a second place finish while Jason Beck finished third.

Johnnie Johnson scored the overall victory in the East Coast Flathead Ford Association feature race in his vintage Modified car while Wayne Lawson scored the Sportsman win.

Saturday night’s races were the final race of the 2016 regular season. Preparations are already being made for the 2017 season, including improvements at the facility to enhance the fan experience. The 2017 schedule and additional information about the upcoming season will be announced in the weeks ahead.

For more information about Carteret County Speedway, visit CarteretSpeedway.com.

Carteret County Speedway – Swansboro, NC
Race Results – Oct. 29, 2016

Late Models
1. Chris Burns
2. Jeff Oakley
3. Connor Hall
4. Kenneth Mercer
5. Jim Kelley
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8. Tyler Horne
9. Malik Koonce
10. Lynn Waller
11. Eric Winslow

Mini Stock
1. Michael Tucker
2. Chuck Wall
3. A.J. Sanders
4. Brian Bryant
5. Kris Hetu
6. Justin Fussell
7. Chris Burns
8. Michael Cooper
9. Robert Strmiska
10. Bailey Miles
11. Stephen Sanders
12. Gary Murphy
13. Randy Hewitt
14. Dusty Mullins
15. Brandon Clements
16. Tim Evans
17. Bobby Able
18. Travis Provost
19. Randy Canipe