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Beard avoids crash for Toccoa FASTRAK PLM victory

By Brandon Reed Reporter

Frankie Beard avoided trouble to score the win in Sunday’s FASTRAK Pro Late Model Feature at Georgia’s Toccoa Raceway.

Beard was challenging leader Ricky Smith when Smith tangled with a lap car that sent him spinning in turn two.

That allowed Beard to take the lead and go on to win the Independence Day Weekend event at the historic 5/16 mile clay oval.

Smith started the feature from the pole, and moved out to a commanding lead from the drop of the green flag. Beard settled into second, but found himself constantly under fire from third place Colby Cannon.

As the race hit lap 16, Smith found himself working to negotiate lap heavy lap traffic. That allowed Beard and Cannon to close on the leader.

On lap 17, Beard mounted a charge on the outside of Smith for the lead as the duo raced down the frontstretch and into turn one.

That’s where it all went south for Smith.

While trying to work under the lap car of Will Harris, the two made contact, sending Smith around. Cannon had nowhere to go, and plowed into Smith, ending both driver’s chances to contend for the win.

Meanwhile, Beard drove to the outside of the trouble, and assumed the lead as the caution flag came out.

From there, Beard went on to hold off Cla Knight to record the victory. Sylvan Schuette finished in third, with Adam Smith in fourth and Dylan Lewis in fifth.

Derrick Harvey, Drew Benfield, Benji Hicks, Jody Farmer, and Larry Waters rounded out the top ten.

In other action, Jody Parks scored the win for the visiting SHARP Mini Late Models. Gavin Cowan finished second, with Brad Anderson third, Chris Gerdmann fourth and Matt Harden fifth.

Gus Simpson was the winner in the Limited Late Model feature, followed by David McCoy in second, Wesley English in third, Josh Thurmond in fourth and Dustin Mincey in fifth.

Crandall Turner scored the victory in the 602 Sportsman/Hobby feature. John Howard came home in second, with Chris Wilbanks in third, Brandon Stroud in fourth and Josh Hellams in fifth.

Rusty Jordan took top honors in the Modified Street feature, with Robbie Campbell second, Sterling Helm third, Billy Buffington fourth and Daniel Snow fifth.

Jimmy Motes recorded the win in the Toccoa Pro Truck feature. Coon Ayers followed in second, with Bill Pulliam third, Terry Calhoun fourth and Matthew Furgerson in fifth.

Shannon Etheridge was the winner in the Stock 4 feature. Jeff Dobbs, Justin Taylor, Ryan Boles and Ryan Crawford rounded out the top five.

Stephen House scored the victory in the Stock V8 feature, with Evan Brown second, Hayden Collett third, Paul Moore fourth and Chase Baird fifth.

Daniel Reynolds was first under the checkered flag for the win in the Front Wheel Drive feature. Robert Hunt followed in second, with Calob Nicholson third, Jackie Holden fourth and Kenneth Taylor fifth.

Toccoa Raceway returns to action on Saturday, July 8. For more information, visit ToccoaRaceway.com.

Toccoa Raceway – Toccoa, GA
Race Results – July 2, 2017

FASTRAK Pro Late Models
1. 2 Frankie Beard
2. 42 Cla Knight
3. 14S Sylvan Schuette
4. 14 Adam Smith
5. 44 Dylan Lewis
6. 11 Derrick Harvey
7. 371 Drew Benfield
8. 55H Benji Hicks
9. 74 Jody Farmer
10. 66W Larry Waters
11. 09 Sam Hicks
12. 21 Will Harris
13. 88 Ricky Smith
14. 16 Colby Cannon
DNS: 34 Jimmy Madden
DNS: 17 Parker Herring

SHARP Mini Late Models
1. 32 Jody Parks
2. 19 Gavin Cowan
3. 22 Brad Anderson
4. M22 Chris Gerdmann
5. 71 Matt Harden
6. 14 Haiden Cowan
7. 97 Matt Wise
8. 54J Harvie Johnson
9. 10 Rene Chasmer

Limited Late Models
1. 11 Gus Simpson
2. 187 David McCoy
3. 16 Wesley English
4. 12 Josh Thurmond
5. 107 Dustin Mincey
6. 114 Stephen Segars
7. 17W Chris Woods
8. 1X Jr Headen
9. 1 David Conley
10. 102 Clayton Turner
11. 120 Kenny Collins

602 Sportsman/Hobby
1. 93 Crandall Turner
2. 81 John Howard
3. 2 Chris Wilbanks
4. 17S Brandon Stroud
5. 101 Josh Hellams
6. 6 Mark Wilbanks
7. 87 Branden Loudermilk
8. 49 Taylor Griffth
9. 45 Brandon Elliot
10. 11 Jacob Anderson
11. 03N James Nash
12. 34 Donald McDonald
13. 18S Justin Sims
14. 8 Jason Black
15. 29B Kieth Baker
16. 63 Ben Riggins
17. 04K Jermey Kastner
18. 818R Josh Robert
DNS: 03K Walker Kastner

Modified Street
1. 93 Rusty Jordan
2. 37C Robbie Campbell
3. 98 Sterling Helm
4. 10 Billy Buffington
5. 193 Daniel Snow
6. 12 Josh Thurmond
7. 6 Mark Wilbanks
8. 19 Johnny Pilgrim
9. 41 Louis Tetreault
10. 17C James Campbell
11. 12S Robert Stewart
12. 5S Thomas Seagers
13. 30 Sammy Calhoun
DNS: 12B Paul Byrum

Toccoa Pro Trucks
1. 18 Jimmy Motes
2. 17A Coon Ayers
3. 21 Bill Pulliam
4. 4 Terry Calhoun
5. 0 Matthew Furgerson
6. 8 Cameron Collett

Stock 4
1. 21 Shannon Etheridge
2. 99J Jeff Dobbs
3. 02 Justin Taylor
4. 1B Ryan Boles
5. 15C Ryan Crawford
6. ZERO3 Randy Boshears
7. W5 Jackie Holden
8. 12P Kenny Phillips
9. 22P Shane Peppers
10. 23P Cody Peppers
11. 10 James Robinson
12. 27B Holten Bradshaw
13. 2M Jamie Massey
14. 35D Joseph Dyer
15. 27N Nathan Nation
16. 13E Shannon Elliot
17. H3 Harley Holden
18. 66 Kenny Dobbs
19. 98 David Nash
DNS: 2L Rhett Langston
DNS: 83C Joshua Clark

Stock V8
1. 4 Stephen House
2. 9 Evan Brown
3. 7 Hayden Collett
4. 35P Paul Moore
5. 427 Chase Baird
6. 85 Stacy Watts
7. 7 Joel Dowling
8. 91 Ricky Jones
9. 69 Tyler Kenndey
DNS: 07 Bobby Hiller

FWD
1. 20 Daniel Reynolds
2. 33 Robert Hunt
3. 2N Calob Nicholson
4. 67 Jackie Holden
5. 01 Kenneth Taylor
6. 27W North West
7. 11H Nickoli Holcomb
8. 11R Jonathan Riggins

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