ROANOKE TIMES 

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

DATE: TUESDAY, June 27, 1995                   TAG: 9506270062
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Medium

NRVS SCHEDULES MAKEUP RACES

New River Valley Speedway will hold twin 50-lap Late Model Stock Car races instead of 100-lap events starting Saturday, track promoter Ronny Snoddy announced Monday.

Twin 50s also are scheduled July 8 and Aug.5. These races will be for Mid-Atlantic NASCAR series points and are being run to make up for rainouts.

Starting positions for the two races will be determined by qualifying times. First-lap times will decide the starting lineup for the opener, with second-lap times setting the field for the second race. Drivers will be required to use the same set of tires for both races, Snoddy said.

This marks the first time since the track opened in 1988 that starting positions for twin LMSC races have been determined by times established each lap of qualifying runs.

Only one NRVS Late Model driver is in the top 50 of the NASCAR Winston Racing Series Mid-Atlantic points standings. This is because NRVS drivers have not run as many races as drivers at other regional speedways.

An open practice session from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday is open to the public. There will be no admission charge. Infield admission is $10, and a NASCAR license is required.

In other sports news in the region:

Roanoke golfer Billy King will be paired with David Rovick of Edina, Minn., and Doug Dalziel of Hobe Sound, Fla., for the first two rounds of the U.S. Senior Open. The trio will tee off at 3 p.m. Thursday and 10:40 a.m. Friday at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The tournament runs through Sunday.

Roanoke golfer Brandon LaCroix was five strokes off the pace in the 14- and 15-year-old division Monday after the first round of the North-South Junior Championship in Pinehurst, N.C. LaCroix, who plays for North Cross, overcame heavy rain to shoot a round of 3-over-par 75 on Pinehurst No.5.

Jason Alexander, a former George Wythe High School standout, finished fourth in the 5,000-meter run and sixth in the 10,000 on Saturday at the U.S. Junior National Track and Field Championships in Walnut Creek, Calif. 


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