Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, April 16, 1995 TAG: 9504180084
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: E7 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: M.J. DOUGHERTY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
Starting from the outside of the first row, the Roanoke driver put his car in the lead on the first lap. McGuire went on to lead every lap and claim victory in the 100-lap Late Model feature of the FM 94/Old Milwaukee 200.
McGuire's Chevrolet Camaro got stronger the longer the green flag stayed out. So as the last 50 laps were run without a caution, McGuire went from one car-length to one full second in front of Christiansburg's Ronnie Thomas.
``We were pretty good,'' said McGuire, whose victory was his first of the season and sixth all-time at NRVS. ``The car was handling fairly well, and we put together a pretty strong motor. It's the only motor that can race with that Dodge.''
The Dodge belonged to Thomas, who never challenged during the last half of the race. Instead he had to hold off Ray Young of Bassett for second place.
``He was just hooked up better than I was,'' Thomas said.
Young, driving a Pontiac, finished third. Pole-sitter Jeff Agnew of Floyd was fourth and Michael Ritch of High Point, N.C., fifth, both in Chevrolets.
Timothy Peters, a 14-year-old from Providence, N.C., made it 4-for-4 in his Legends car racing career with a victory in the 25-lap race.
Peters won the pole, but started 10th after they inverted the order of the field. By lap 12, though, Peters had taken the lead, passing Horace Tabor of Bluefield, W.Va., in turn 2.
``When I pulled the 10 out, it worried me,'' said Peters, whose draw determining how many cars were to be inverted on the start could have been a six or an eight. ``I figured if some cars in front of me got together, I might get the wrong end of the deal. But I guess I was wrong.''
Tabor was second, followed by David Jude of Kermit, W.Va., and Royce Peters of Kingsport, Tenn.
Pole-sitter Junior Leagans of Max Meadows led every lap as he won the 35-lap Limited Sportsman race by five seconds. Terry Lawson of Christiansburg, Bo Howell of Christiansburg and Jay McCray of Salem finished 2-3-4.
Ray Sowers of Floyd recovered from a near-spin on the first lap that left him in the back of the field to win his second consecutive 25-lap Mini Stock race. Wayne Moore of Radford was second and Randy Bell of Galax third.
Chester Linkous of Christiansburg inherited the lead on lap 11 and stayed in front to win his first Pure Stock race. Barry Williams of Pembroke was second and Jeff Hooper of Bastian third. The race was extended to 28 laps because of a late caution period.
Keywords:
AUTO RACING
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