
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, April 26, 1993                   TAG: 9304260131
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Staff report
DATELINE: CALLAWAY                                LENGTH: Medium

NEWMAN DELIVERS FCS VICTORY

Ronnie Newman of Roanoke has made the 27-mile trek to Franklin County Speedway hundreds of times, but he had some trouble on Saturday's trip.

Pulling his race car in a trailer, Newman uprooted a mailbox making a right turn from Route 220. Six hours later, he handled his turns much better. Newman uprooted the 15-car Late Model field and won the 100-lap feature at the Miller Genuine Draft/J-93 300.

"I apologized to the woman who owned the mailbox, but I told her if I won tonight, I might have to hit one again next week," Newman joked. The win was Newman's first in two years at FCS and prevented points leader Rick Sigmon from winning his third consecutive race.

Newman was unable to collect a $500 bounty offered by promoter Whitey Taylor to any driver who could knock off Sigmon, however, because Sigmon did not finish the event..

Tommy Dean edged Steve Lam in their 25-lap Mini Stock battle, and took a 2-1 lead in races won this season. Points leader Wayne Corprew finished third.

R.W. Lawhorne, celebrating his first wedding anniversary Saturday night, dethroned two-time winner Leon Moles in the Pure Stock competition and collected a $100 bounty. Mike Owens was second.

Vinton's Phillip VanDerVeer made it three in a row with a victory in the Street Stock division. Freddie Goff and Chris Foley placed second and third, respectively.

Mike Hall was the Rookie winner, outrunning Josh Ingram who was second and Jimmy Wilson who placed third. Hall was also a $100 bounty winner, because two-time winner Gordon Wingfield finished sixth. Frank Kelly was Any Car champion, besting Dean Sutphin (second), Jimmy Floyd (third), and 15 others.

Official finishes:

LATE MODEL - 1. Ronnie Newman, 2. Dicky Wilson, 3. Tracy Owen, 4. Carl Dadian, 5. Lowe Smith, 6. Larry Hodges, 7. Bud Wilson, 8. Rick Sigmon, 9. Wayne Wilson, 10. Dudley Lawhorn, 11. Harvey Harrison, 12. Rob Newman, 13. Andy Roberts, 14. Randy Arrington, 15. Tim McGuire.

STREET STOCK - 1. Phillip VanDerVeer, 2. Freddie Goff, 3. Chris Foley, 4. Mike Dudley, 5. Phil Cox, 6. David Fielder, 7. Lonnie Foley, 8. Leon Dalton, 9. David Stout, 10. Jimmy Bowles, 11. Wayne Corprew, 12. Bobby Gillespie.

MINI STOCK - 1. Tommy Dean, 2. Steve Lam, 3. Wayne Corprew, 4. John Hall, 5. Sonny Arrington, 6. Ray Bare, 7. Teddy Lawless, 8. Steve Lynch.

PURE STOCK - 1. R.W. Lawhorne, 2. Mike Owens, 3. Kevin Ransom, 4. Jay Perry, 5. Ed Underwood, 6. Leon Moles, 7. Tommy Dooley, 8. Kenny McKinney, 9. Jim Bousman, 10. Red Hartman, 11. Gary Tyree, 12. B.R. Dalton.

ROOKIES - 1. Mike Hall, 2. Josh Ingram, 3. Jimmy Wilson, 4. Steve Hurley, 5. Chuck Floyd, 6. Gordon Wingfield, 7. Gary Clifton, 8. Neal Amos, 9. William Martin, 10. Mark Terry, 11. John Troxell, 12. Ronnie Covey, 13. David Duncan, 14. Stephanie Yates, 15. Dennis Hall, 16. Ray Bare II, 17. Mike Tyree, 18. Rodney Washburn.

ANY CAR - 1. Frank Kelly, 2. Dean Sutphin, 3. Jimmy Floyd, 4. Arnie Burch, 5. Tommy Musselman, 6. Clayton Gibson, 7. Hank Snow, 8. Ernest Hylton, 9. Denny Turpin, 10. Roger Ridgeway, 11. Larry Smith, 12. Mike Otey.

Keywords:
AUTO RACING

by CNB