While several competitors tangled behind him, Dale Timms drove to the lead and the win in the City Chevrolet 602 Thunder Series feature Saturday night at Georgia’s Winder-Barrow Speedway.
The Hodges, South Carolina speedster started the night on the outside of the front row, alongside pole sitter Michael Smith. On the drop of the green flag, Smith used the inside line to power to the lead in turn one, with Timms and Blake Craft in pursuit.
The first caution of the night flew one lap later for trouble in turn two. On the restart, Smith again held the lead, with Craft moving to second around Timms. But the start would be negated when a multi-car crash broke out in turn 3. It was triggered when Dillon Dave spun, gathering up Kenny Collins, Nick Sellers, Kevin Johson and Michael Barrett, among others.
On the restart, Timms used a strong run on the outside of turns 1 and 2 to move to the lead, while Smith and Craft battled for second behind him.
The leaders saw near disaster a few laps later when a pair of slower cars spun in front of them in turn two. Timms and Smith were barely able to avoid the trouble, while Craft spun while trying to slow down. Craft was able to keep his position since he spun trying to avoid the stopped cars.
On the ensuing restart, a spin near the front triggered another multi-car crash in turn 2, bringing the caution back out.
That set up a single file restart, with Timms moving back out to the lead. Craft would move to second on the next lap, with Smith in third. More trouble brought out another caution flag, and a spin on the ensuing restart by Dillon Dave resulted in the final caution of the night.
Back under green, Timms moved back to the point, with Craft working hard to try to find a way around the leader. Timms held the lead the rest of the way to score the victory.
Craft had to settle for second, with Smith in third, Rod Roberts in fourth and John Price in fifth.
Collins, Johnson, Sellers, Barrett and Dave rounded out the top 10.
In other action, Kenny Collins took the win in the Limited Late Model feature, with Ken Lampp in second, John Anderson in third, Will Harris in fourth and Aaron Calvert in fifth.
Jordan Poole held off Slad Daniel for the Modified Street feature victory. Tyler Canup followed in third, with Ronnie Poole in fourth and Aaron Criswell in fifth.
Mark Chancey was the winner in the Stock V8 feature, with Evan Brown second, Jeff Casper third and Trey Pilgrim fourth.
Justin Taylor topped the Stock 4A field to score the feature victory. Brent Couch finished second, with Kyle Braswell third, David Walker fourth and Derrick Lord fifth.
Will Sanders edged out Keith Guy for the Stock 4B feature win, with Mark Parker, Jr. in third, Charles Earnest in fourth and Jeffery Bradshaw in fifth.
Russell Baker was the winner in the Open Wheel Modified feature. Drew Griffith followed in second, with Aaron Calvert in third and Kevin Nation in fourth.
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Winder-Barrow Speedway – Winder, GA
Race Results – August 1, 2020
602 Thunder Series
1. 07 Dale Timms
2. 121 Blake Craft
3. 12 Michael Smith
4. 44 Rod Roberts
5. P4 John Price
6. C5 Kenny Collins
7. 98 Kevin Johnson
8. 71 Nick Sellers
9. 37 Micheal Barrett
10. 35 Dillon Dave
11. 28 Josh Lewis
13. 72 Tyler Wood
Limited Late Models
1. 1 Kenny Collins
2. 1K Ken Lampp
3. 7 John Anderson
4. 25 Will Harris
5. 01 Aaron Calvert
6. 51 Drew Deaver
7. 12 Josh Hardgree
8. 71 Nick Sellers
9. 47 Dustin Cason-DNF
10. 28 Bob Johnson-DNF
Modified Street
1. 99 Jordan Poole
2. 18 Slad Daniel
3. 112 Tyler Canup
4. 1 Ronnie Poole
5. 78 Aaron Criswell
6. 38 Darrell Grady-DNF
7. 36 Quick McCannon-DNF
Stock V8
1. 20 Mark Chancey
2. 4 Evan Brown
3. 09 Jeff Casper
4. 7 Trey Pilgrim
Stock 4A
1. 02 Justin Taylor
2. 28 Brent Couch
3. 8 Kyle Braswell
4. 10 David Walker
5. 23 Derrick Lord
6. 2B Elliott Brayboy
7. 35 Joseph Sure
8. 441 Matt Garrin
9. 3 Allen Cantrell
Stock 4B
1. 30 Will Sanders
2. 26 Keith Guy
3. 7 Mark Parker, Jr.
4. 52 Charles Earnest
5. 28 Jeffery Bradshaw
6. 52J James Ellenburg
7. 49 Jonathan Montgomery-DNF
8. 1 Monk Gulledge-DNF
9. 96 Austin Brumbelow-DNF
10. 27 Benn Faircloth-DNF
Open Wheel Modifieds
1. 18 Russell Baker
2. 27 Drew Griffin
3. 01 Aaron Calvert
4. 111 Kevin Nation
5. 222 Mathew Wall-DNF
