“BIG A” Anthony Sanders Scores First City Chevrolet Weekly Win At Laurens County Shrine Race

On Tuesday night, 11 drivers were on hand for the Laurens County Shrine Race, an event that has been a part of the tracks history for over 30 years.

Trent Ivey, making his first ever trip to the speedway was able to set fast time during the group time trials.

After two heat races, which seen local driver Terry Bullard, and Anthony Sanders cross the line first, the field was set for the 20 lap main event.

Terry Bullard, took control of the race after lap one, and was working on checking out and defending the home territory. However after two late race cautions, one involving Hodges S.C driver Nick Deitz and Larry Timms. The number 22 TNT chassis of Deitz climbed the wall and ended up on it’s side. “I was trying to make ground up on the outside and scrubbed the wall and then I made contact with Larry and well, now we will be working hard to get back out here.” Deitz said

With Bullard in front of Sanders, Colby Cannon, Trent Ivey, Steve Banal the stage was set for a thrilling finish. Once under green with five laps remaining Bullard was able to pull ahead by about 4 car lengths. With four laps remaining Sanders decided he had to try the outside, by the time the field got the two to go, Sanders was checking up coming off the corners trying to stay off the bumper of Bullards number 11. As the cars flashed under the white flag, the 421 of Sanders sailed through turns one & two again on the high side when they got to 3,4 Bullard went to the middle and Sanders stayed right up against the wall, using momentum Sanders was able to sneak by and edge Bullard by less than half a car length.

“I never lifted on that last lap, I wasn’t sure it was going to stick once I got out there, but it was my only shot. Terry did a great job at protecting the bottom groove, and my only option was to go high. I hope the fans enjoyed it, I hope they are able to raise a lot of money for the Shriners here. We think we have got the car back to where we want it after tearing it up about a month ago. Without Rambo, Hamricks of Gaffney,FK Rod Ends, FUJI and Lee Whiteside, Scraps For Us, Browns Roofing all the great names on this car we would not have been able to be here” stated Sanders after climbing from his car and shaking hand with Bullard.

Colby Cannon finished 3rd followed by Trent Ivey and Steve Banal.

Anthony Sanders
Terry Bullard
Colby Cannon
Trent Ivey
Steve Banal
Larry Timms
James Plemmons
Butch Riddle
Nick Deitz
Mike Duvall-DNS
Dunn-DNS

Drivers will now have a chance to score more valuable City Chevrolet Weekly Points at Laurens County Speedway and Cherokee Speedway on Saturday June 15th.

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Partners of SECA include: City Chevrolet, Hoosier Racing Tires, Ivey Construction, The Wholesale Outlet of Greer,RockAuto.com, Heintz Performance, Ellison Racing Engines, Kenny Lamb Racing Engines, Carolina Racing Supply,Big A's Custom Graphics, Thomas Clarke Performance

City Chevrolet Weekly Winners, Rundown

June 8th SECA drivers seen action at both Cherokee Speedway and Laurens Speedway.

City Chevrolet Weekly Championship standings leader “Downtown” Michael Brown found his way back to victory lane for the 2nd time in 2013 as he was able to go flag to flag in the Blackwell Motorsports number 27, holding off 2nd place finisher Jeff Cooke, driving his Drive Motors of Gaffney sponsored Bloomquist chassis.

1-Michael Brown
2- Jeff Cooke
3-Trent Ivey
4-Adam Yarbrough
5-Charlie Walker

Laurens Speedway seen Mac Owens closed the gap on 2nd place in weekly points as he picked up his 3rd win of 2013. Owens was able to fend fast qualifier Nick Dietz, as they battled from the front row after both drivers picked up heat race wins. “ We hope everyone can come out to the Shrine Race, we want to put on a great show for the fans, help raise money for all the Shriners” Owens in victory lane when asked about this Tuesday’s Shrine Event.

1-Mac Owens
2-Nick Dietz
3- Terry Bullard
4-Colby Cannon
5-Greg Knight

Drivers will now have a chance to score more valuable City Chevrolet Weekly Points as the Laurens Speedway is set to host The Laurens County Shrine Race on Tuesday June 11th. SECA crate late models will race for a $1,000 prize to the winner.

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Partners of SECA include: City Chevrolet, Hoosier Racing Tires, Ivey Construction, The Wholesale Outlet of Greer,RockAuto.com, Heintz Performance, Ellison Racing Engines, Kenny Lamb Racing Engines, Carolina Racing Supply,Big A's Custom Graphics, Thomas Clarke Performance

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