VanDyke Dominates In Lonesome Pine LMS Opener

Kres VanDyke stands in victory lane after sweeping both Late Model Stock features at Lonesome Pine Raceway Saturday night. Photo by SNF Motorsports

Kres VanDyke dominated the twin Late Model Stock features in Saturday night’s Season opener at Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn, VA. The 2014 Kingsport Speedway and NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Tennessee State champion led every lap and claimed the victory in both races.

VanDyke blistered qualifying with a pace of 16.376 seconds and 82.4 MPH to set him on the pole for the first LMS feature.

VanDyke jumped to the lead early in the 35-lap race over the No. 97 machine of Zeke Shell. VanDyke would settle into a comfortable lead, leaving the remainder of the field to battle for position.

At the halfway mark, VanDyke continued his dominating pace as he worked his way through slower traffic. He would lead the remaining laps for his first victory of the season. Shell finished in second, with Lance Gatlin in third, Brian Blevins in fourth and Kirby Gobble in fifth.

After finishing second in the first LMS feature, an invert of two positions would place Shell on point for the second feature.

Shell’s inside line, however, would be no match for VanDyke. VanDyke would power off of turn 2 on the opening lap to gain the lead.

Mirroring the first feature, VanDyke again pulled away for the field, while Shell also had a comfortable buffer in second-place. The entire race would go caution free and VanDyke once again found himself driving to the winner’s circle. Shell finished in second, with Gatlin third, Blevins fourth and Gobble fifth.

Carnage seemed to be the key element in the Modified Street feature. The race saw numerous caution periods and plenty of dented sheet metal.

Nick Cole and John Harrell made up the front row to start the 30-lap race. Contact between Harrell and Cole would send Cole’s No. 63 around on the frontstretch before the completion of one lap.

Harrell would take the lead from Rob Austin on the restart using the outside lane. Jared Broadbent would quickly move into second-place, while Cole began to work his way back through the field. Harrell held a comfortable lead at the halfway point. But a transmission issue would force him out of contention and stall entering pit road, forcing the yellow flag out for the second time.

Back under green, Broadbent and Rob Austin would battle for the lead. Battling off of turn 2, Cole and Jamie Meadows would tangle for third-place, causing a chain reaction wreck on the backstretch, and forcing the caution to be displayed on lap 22.

With the field once again reset, Austin would take the lead from Broadbent to restart the race. The yellow flag would fly once again the following lap when Joey Sykes and the No. 11 of Meadows made contact in turn 4.

Broadbent would power by Austin on the final restart of the race. Broadbent and Austin would battle all the way to the checkered flag, with Broadbent edging Austin to the victory. Meadows finished in third, with Chris Tunnell in fourth and Robbie Allison in fifth.

Jackie Jackson and John Ketron started on the front row for 25 laps of Pure 4 action. Only a partial lap would be completed before a spin in turns 3 and 4 would bring the caution out.

Jackson and Ketron battled on the restart, with Ketron taking the top spot on the fifth lap. Billy Ketron and Jackson – battling for second-place – made contact, sending both cars spinning to the bottom of turn 2 on lap 12.

John Ketron again would pull to the lead, but the yellow would wave once again on lap 13 when the No. 25 of Brandon Sutherland stalled high in turn 2.

Ketron again would move into the lead on the ensuing restart. A hard crash in turn 4, when Mark Meade slammed the outside wall, would force the caution back out and temporarily stop the race.

The field was once again set for a restart and Ketron would again take his No. 27 to the lead over Kevin Darnell. Ketron would pull away and claim the win. Darnell finished in second, followed by Ketron in third, Tom Hodges in fourth and Bruce Crumbley in fifth.

Billy Duty quickly pulled to the lead from the pole position to begin the Mod 4 feature. Rocky Yates would battle back on the inside to acquire the lead on lap seven.

Yates would not relinquish his lead for the remaining 13 laps to gain the victory. Joshua Gobble, Duty, Hershell Robinette and Dennis Arnold rounded out the top five.

Nasty Jones pulled to the lead on the first lap of the Pure Street race. Jones would go on to claim victory in the caution-free race over Robby Allison and Hunter Phipps.

William Hale started on the pole in the Rookie Pure 4 race. Hale would lead all 20 laps en route to the victory, with Dwayne Banks in second, Dennis Stanley in third, William Jones in fourth and Dalton Thomas in fifth.

Lonesome Pine Raceway returns to action on April 17 for a special Friday night race during the spring NASCAR Bristol weekend. For more information, visit ThePineRaceway.com.

Lonesome Pine Raceway – Coeburn, VA
Race Results – April 4, 2015

Late Model Stocks Race 1
1. #15 Kres VanDyke
2. #97 Zeke Shell
3. #97 Lance Gatlin
4. #40 Brian Blevins
5. #63 Kirby Gobble
6. #19 Wayne Hale
7. #17 Greg Bohannon, Jr.
8. #55 Mardy Robert
9. 28 Trey Lance
10. #49 Mitch Gibson
11. #67 Derek Lane
12. #76 Jamie Harrison

Late Model Stocks Race 2
1. #15 Kres VanDyke
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4. #40 Brian Blevins
5. #63 Kirby Gobble
6. #19 Wayne Hale
7. #17 Greg Bohannon, Jr.
8. #55 Mardy Robert
9. #67 Derek Lane
10. #76 Jamie Harrison
11. #28 Trey Lane
12. #49 Mitch Gibson

Modified Street
1. #74 Jared Broadbent
2. #25 Rob Austin
3. #11 Jamie Meadows
4. #6 Chris Tunnell
5. #12 Robbie Allison
6. #22 Joey Sykes
7. #19 John Harrell
8. #63 Nick Cole
9. #34 Terry Stone

Pure 4
1. #27 John Ketron
2. #4 Kevin Darnell
3. #26 Billy Ketron
4. #94 Tom Hodges
5. #33 Bruce Crumbley
6. #57 David Trent
7. #88 Dan Hall
8. #59 Robert Young
9. #01 Jack Clevenger
10. #28 Jason Ketron
11. #14 Jonathan Feagins
12. #06 Bill Livesay
13. #25 Brandon Sutherland
14. #92 Mark Meade
15. #16 Jackie Jackson
16. #22 Jason Yates

Mod 4
1. #3 Rocky Yates
2. #88 Joshua Gobble
3. #45 Billy Duty
4. #9 Hershell Robinette
5. #7 Dennis Arnold
6. #8 Jason Yates

Pure Street
1. #13 Nasty Jones
2. #52 Robbie Allison
3. #1 Hunter Phipps
DNS: #99 Marty Tunnell

Rookie Pure 4
1. #47 William Hale
2. #4 Dwayne Banks
3. #21 Dennis Stanley
4. #06 William Jones
5. #01 Dalton Thomas
6. #88 James Gailey
7. #00 Craig Phelps
DQ: #16 Michael Nelson