Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, October 22, 1994 TAG: 9412070003
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B5 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Ronnie Snoddy, the track's promoter, said entries have been received from as far away as New York and Florida. They will be accepted until practice begins today.
Drivers who have entered include track champion Jeff Agnew of Floyd; former champion Ronnie Thomas of Christiansburg; former Mid-Atlantic Region champ Johnny Rumley of Winston-Salem, N.C.; Tim and Tony McGuire of Roanoke; and the track's 1993 rookie of the year, Ray Young of Bassett.
Also entered is Barry Beggarly of Pelham, N.C., the 1993 national Winston Racing Series champion and this year's Mid-Atlantic title holder. Beggarly has won the past two 200-lap Late Model Stock races at Martinsville Speedway.
Stacy Compton of Hurt, this year's champion at South Boston Speedway and a top 10 finisher in the NRVS points standings, has entered.
The winner will receive $10,000. An additional $1,200 in contingency money has been posted. The 250-lap Late Model Stock feature, plus 50 laps for the Pure Stock drivers, will conclude racing action for the season at the .416-mile NASCAR-sanctioned oval in Radford.
WDBJ (Channel 7) will televise the Late Model Stock race live, beginning at 3 p.m. The race will be run in two 125-lap segments. There will be a 10-minute break between the segments, during which crews can change two tires and make adjustments to the car. The cars will start the second half of the event in the order they were running at the end of the first 125 laps.
Gates open at 9 a.m., with practice starting at 10:30. Qualifying is at 1 p.m. The fastest 20 qualifiers will earn starting positions, with the remainder of the field having to earn spots through two 25-lap heat races. The top five finishers in each of the heats will make the starting grid. The promoter will name the final two provisional starters.
Admission is $12 for adults and $1 for children 12 and younger.
In other sports in the region:
Only two races remain at Franklin County Speedway, and tonight's feature - the Ropho Sales 300 - will start at 6. All races on tonight's schedule will be worth double points, and as a prelude to the seven divisions, promoter Whitey Taylor will stage the drag race championship.
As an added promotion, youngsters will have the opportunity to take a lap with their favorite driver.
Gates open at 2 p.m., and admission for adults is $5. There is no charge for children 10 and younger
Virginia Tech's 1954 football team, the only unbeaten Hokies squad in the modern era, will hold its 40th anniversary reunion this weekend in Blacksburg.
Among those returning to campus are five members of Tech's Sports Hall of Fame: Howie Wright, Jack Prater, Dickie Beard, Leo Burke and the team's academic adviser, Bill Buchanan. Wright was a team captain with Bill Kerfoot. Team members will be introduced at Lane Stadium during halftime of today's Tech-Pittsburgh game.
Friday night, Tech inducted six members into its Hall of Fame. Mike Johnson (football), Dale Solomon (basketball), Ginny Lessmann Stonick (volleyball), Neff McClary (golf), the late Milton Andes (wrestling) and the late Dr. Richard Bullock (team physician) were honored at a dinner on campus.
Roanoke native Billy King earned a spot in the 1995 Senior PGA Championship in March by finishing in the top 55 on Friday at the Senior Club Pro Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla. King shot a final-round 3-over-par 75 to finish with a four-round total of 301.
In Norfolk, Virginia Tech players won seven of 10 matches in the first round of the ODU Invitational women's tennis tournament.
Singles winners for the Hokies were Jen Dinello, Katherine Chen, Jennifer Lampert, Julie Jackson, Lisa Ryan and Daria Ivan - all in straight sets - and the doubles team of Ivan and Lampert also triumphed. Cathy Dixon and Jennifer Whitley dropped singles matches, and the doubles tandem of Dixon and Dinello also was beaten.
In Athens, Ga., Oliver Mayo was the only Virginia Tech men's tennis player to advance at the Southern Collegiate Championships. Mayo, the Hokies' No.1 singles player defeated Campbell's Bruno Braga 6-0, 7-6 in ``A'' division play. Tech's Andrew Krafft dropped his ``A'' match, and Miki Pusztai and Adam Gottfried lost in ``B'' singles.
In Boone, N.C., Jay Lane's goal in the 22nd minute was all Appalachian State needed as the Mountaineers shut out VMI 1-0 in Southern Conference men's soccer.
The physical matchup featured six yellow cards and one red-card ejection. Appalachian State improved its record to 5-8-2 overall and 3-1-1 in the conference; the Keydets are 3-8-1, 1-4-0.
In Sweet Briar, Ferrum's Carrie Early scored on a penalty kick in the 18th minute, but Sweet Briar battled back for a 1-1 tie with the Panthers (6-8-1) in women's soccer. Molly Cameron scored the equalizer for the Vixens in the 37th minute.
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