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

DATE: MONDAY, April 11, 1994                   TAG: 9404100179
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: By M.J. DOUGHERTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD                                LENGTH: Medium

MCGUIRE RUNS TO NRVS WIN

Tony McGuire bided his time Saturday night. And his patience paid off with a victory in the Late Model Stock Car feature of the Pepsi Cola 200 at New River Valley Speedway.

McGuire passed Jeff Agnew on lap 66 and led the rest of the way in a race that was extended to 104 laps - four more than usual - because of a late-race accident.

It was the first career victory at New River Valley Speedway for the Roanoke driver.

"Basically I just sat there and waited for him to make a mistake," said McGuire, who drove a Chevrolet Lumina. "Hep did - he slipped up high on the track. That was a way for me to pass him without having to work that hard."

Agnew, who held off McGuire to win last week's race, started on the outside pole and took the lead from pole-sitter Dicky Wilson before the cars got to turn 1. He eventually opened nearly a three second lead as the race was under green for the first 27 laps.

Meanwhile, McGuire slid back to fifth as Wilson had trouble on the race start.

But a pair of caution periods and Agnew's car slowing somewhat let McGuire catch up and eventually take charge.

"We were a little bit off and Tony had everything right," said Agnew, a Chevy driver from Floyd. "It was the opposite of last week."

Frankie Pennington of Lexington finished third in a Ford. He was followed by the Chevrolets of Darrell Holman of Abingdon and Tim McGuire of Roanoke, and the Buick of Salem's Dicky Wilson.

Pole-sitter Rock Harris of Yadkinsville, N.C., led from start-to-finish to capture the 35-lap Limited Sportsman race. Bo Howell, last week's winner, finished second, followed by Charlie Miles.

Jay McCray of Salem passed Gene Duncan on a re-start on lap 22 and held on to win the 25-lap Mini Stock race. Randy Bell was third.

Aaron Deplazes of Newport took the lead on lap 9 and went on to capture the 25-lap Pure Stock race. Davis "Ducky" Phillips was second and Mike "Monk" Marion was third.

Ricky Jefferson of Max Meadows ran away to an easy victory in the 25-lap Modified Mini race. Tony Howell was second and Jimmy Hinkley third.

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