Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 3, 1994 TAG: 9407030160
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: C7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: M.J. DOUGHERTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
The Roanoke driver just went racing.
And McGuire raced his way to a second straight Late Model Stock Car victory, winning the 100-lap feature in the Wicker Basket 200.
McGuire took the lead for good when he pulled his Chevrolet Lumina past the Lumina of Floyd's Jeff Agnew on lap 89. That ended a 12-lap stretch in which the two raced side by side, McGuire in the low groove and Agnew in the high groove.
"I don't know what happened to his [Agnew's] car," McGuire said. "He was high, maybe that was his game plan all along. He would get quite a run coming off the turns. Finally, I got underneath him."
Once McGuire pulled even, he pulled away for a 1 1/2-second victory.
McGuire had made the most of his chances. He dropped from first to third place on laps 16 and 17 as Agnew and Michael Ritch passed him.
"The car bobbled a little bit and I slid up the track," McGuire said. "I had to fall back in line and wait for the tires to get warm and see who had the fastest car. It happened to be me."
McGuire retook second place from Ritch on lap 57. Then he set his sights on Agnew.
Ritch, who is from of High Point, N.C., held on to finish third.
Ray Young of Bassett was fourth in an Oldsmobile. Kenny Prillaman of Salem was fifth in a Pontiac, one lap down.
The race was stopped for 10 minutes after a crash on lap 5 that took out five cars - one-third the field.
Randy Ratliff, running fourth, started spinning as he crossed the start-finish line. The field tried to avoid Ratliff as he became an obstacle in the middle of the track, but Dicky Wilson wasn't that fortunate. His car hit Ratliff in the driver's door area, knocking away the sheet metal. Both drivers walked away.
Rick Sigmon, Gary Richards and Tink Reedy also were forced from the race by the crash.
In other races Saturday night:
Rock Harris of Yadkinsville, N.C., pulled away for his third straight win and sixth overall in the 35-lap Limited Sportsman race. Dean St. John took second, Charlie Miles third and Tam Tophan fourth.
Tommy Allie of Christiansburg recorded his fifth straight victory since returning to the track in the Pure Stock race. The accident-marked race had to be extended to 27 laps because of a late-race caution. Sam Sayers finished second and Bub Tolley third.
Terry Hanks of Max Meadows inherited the lead on lap 24 and went on to win a caution-filled Mini Stock race for his third victory of the season. As a result of the final caution, the race was extended to 27 laps. Ken Moxley and Kevin Kinley were second and third, respectively.
The 25-lap Modified Mini Stock race was not completed by press time.
Frankie Pennington of Lexington received the Curtis Turner Memorial Hard Charger award for his performance in the Area Ford Dealers 100-lap Late Model Stock Car race last Saturday. The veteran driver of both area dirt and asphalt tracks tied with Kenny Prillaman of Salem for most positions improved during the race with seven. Pennington finished fourth, and Prillaman was fifth in the race.
Keywords:
AUTO RACING
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