It wasn’t easy but Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA finally grab the lead from Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA on lap eleven and then held on to take home his first victory of 2007 in the Truckin Thunder Sportsman 35 lap feature at Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, VA.
Shelton, Lipscombe and Roger Jamerson put on a show as they battled in tight quarters for the lead for the entire 35-lap distance. With Shelton in the lead Lipscombe and Jamerson wrestled over the second spot. By lap 23 Shelton held a 4-car length advantage as Jamerson worked the inside of Lipscombe for the runner up spot. The races last caution of the night came out on lap 30 for a spinning Kenny Moreland, who had help from Jack Foulkes in turn 2.
On the restart Shelton caught the field sleeping a bit and got himself a two-car length advantage as Jamerson tried again to take second from Lipscombe. Lipscombe held on to second as Shelton went on to capture his first win in 2007.
“With all the troubles I’ve been having I never thought I would win another race, I have to thank Bret Hamilton he really knows how to set up a race car, ” commented Shelton in victory lane.
Rounding out the top five were Davis Lipscombe, Roger Jamerson, Michael Roop and Robert Kramer. Michael Roop of Fredericksburg, VA picked up the Thurston Spring Service Rookie of the Race with his fourth place finish.
In the New Generation Racing Sprint Car 25 lap feature Craig Folmar of Phillipsburg, PA set a new track record for the division with a lap of 17.090 seconds. Folmar would invert the top eight cars with the pill draw putting Eric Keck and Daren Bolac on the front row and leading the field to green. Keck was able to hold off Bolac out of turn 2 to lead the first lap.
On lap 2 Folmar took third from Bobby Mazingo and then set out to catch Bolac. It didn’t take long as he began to challenge Bolac for second and on lap 5 dove inside Bolac in turn 3 to take the spot away.
On lap 7 Folmar caught Keck and began his assault for the lead. On the next lap Folmar made his move and passed Keck on the backstretch taking the lead. Once out front Folmar had no challengers for the lead. On lap 9 Mary Anne Williams worked her ride under Bolac in turn 3 to take third. On lap 16 Williams would take second form Keck and set out to catch Folmar would had checked out to another zip code. Folmar never looked back though and took home his second win in as many tries with Williams second and Keck barely holding off Bolac for third.
“I have to thank the staff her at VMS, the track keeps getting better and better every week, ” commented Folmar in victory lane.
Rounding out the top five were Mary Anne Williams, Eric Keck, Daren Bolac and Michael Tolley. Bolac picked up the Thurston Spring Service Rookie of the Race with his fourth place finish.
In the Charger 25 lap feature Ryan Toole and Frank Addington led the field to green. Addington gained control from the outside of turn 2 only to have James Givens slide under him out of turn 4 to lead the first lap. On lap 2 Kyle Nelson worked his way to the inside of Givens but couldn’t pull off the pass for the lead. Bob Terry decided to throw his hat into the mix as he worked his way from eighth to make it a three-way battle for the lead.
On lap 3 Terry took third from nelson, on lap 4 Nelson regained the spot. As the top three battled for the lead you could throw a blanket over them. On lap 14 Terry retook second from Nelson as the top three raced nose to tail. On lap 19 Terry almost looped his car in turn 2 trying to take the lead form Givens. That handed second back to Nelson who promptly went to work on Givens for the lead. The races second and final caution of night tightened the field back up and on the restart nelson tried Givens once again for the lead. Givens held on and picked up the victory by less than a half a second over Nelson
Rounding out the top five were Bob Terry, John Kirby and Mark Wright. Kyle Nelson picked up the Thurston Spring Service Rookie of the Race with his second place finish.
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