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Another
win at Volunteer - June 22, 2010
After
a trip to North Georgia Speedway two weeks ago, it was back
to familiar turf for Jeff at Volunteer Speedway.
Jeff
Maupin of Greeneville, Jonesborough’s Jerry Broyles
and Dale Ball of Johnson City, each have several feature
wins and also track championships to their credit. But Dennis
Metcalf of Marshall, N.C., had never visited victory lane
until Saturday night at Volunteer Speedway when he came
on strong late in the 35-lap Hobby Stock “Havoc”
to capture the special event win.
Maupin
set fast-time at 12.409 seconds to earn the pole position
for 35-lap Super Late Model feature, but at the drop of
the green flag Vic Hill stood on the gas and launched into
the lead. But the ride out front was short-lived for Hill
as on the opening circuit the gas pedal broke on his mount
and sent him into the infield pits for the night, thus moving
Maupin to the point.
Chasing
Maupin were Tommy Kerr, Kerry Jones, Mike Smith and Rodney
Kiker. Mark Vineyard got around Kiker racing off turn two
on lap 2 to take over the fifth spot. The caution waved
on lap 9 when Don Scalf spun between turns one and two.
Only
four laps back under green the yellow appeared once again
for a slowing Kerr with a flat right-rear tire, dropping
him from second in the running order. After quick work in
pits from his crew, Kerr tagged on at rear of the field
for restart.
With
Maupin leading Jones, Smith, Vineyard and Kiker back to
green on lap 13, Kiker made an aggressive move to get inside
both Smith and Vineyard racing off into the corner. With
Kiker and Smith getting together, Vineyard pulled into third
with Kiker settling into the fourth spot, while Smith began
to fade following contact from Kiker, relinquishing fifth
place to Chad Ogle.
Maupin
was setting a blistering pace around the high banks, steadily
pulling away from Jones and Vineyard. Following his journey
into the pits to change the flat tire, back on track Kerr
was rocketing his way back inside the top five, getting
past Ogle for fifth on lap 19 and one circuit later maneuvering
his way around Kiker to move into fourth place.
Meanwhile,
Maupin continued adding to his advantage over Jones, stretching
his lead to a full-straightaway with only five laps remaining.
Driving the Creative Concrete/Tolliver Heating & Cooling/TEG
Enterprises/G&W Hauling & Rigging/Keizer Aluminum
Wheels Inc./O'Reilly Auto Parts/Simpson/Primetime Designs
- "Get Wrapped!" Race Car Body Wraps/American
Race Tires/GRT Race Cars/Vic Hill Racing Engines/No. 0 Chevrolet
Impala, Maupin cruised to his second Super Late Model feature
win of the season in convincing fashion, with Jones, Vineyard,
Kerr and Kiker rounding out the top five finishers.
Race story courtesy Robert Walden.
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