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Rocky Jones wins in close Stock V8 finish at Hartwell

By Brandon Reed Reporter

Rocky Jones took the early lead in Saturday night’s Stock V8 feature at Georgia’s Hartwell Speedway, and then edged out Stephen House by just a few feet to take home the win.

The Bowman, Georgia speedster started his night with a heat race win at the 3/8-mile clay raceway.

Jones started on the outside of the front row alongside pole sitter House. On the initial start, House spun in the middle of turn two, leaving Dustin Moore with no place to go. Moore made contact with House’s car, eliminating Moore from the event.

On the second start attempt, Jones jumped out to the lead again. Behind him, Bradlee Jones and Chance Segars made contact off turn two, sending Bradlee Jones into the inside wall, ending his night.

On the third start attempt, Jones again retook the lead, and drove away while the pack battled for position behind him. House would drive his way to second place, and began working to close on the leader.

Over the closing laps, House would close on Jones, aided by a flurry of cautions. On the final lap, House got a strong run in turn three, cutting to the inside as the two raced off turn four.

At the line, Jones beat out House by a slim margin to record the victory.

Seth Brown finished in third, with Tyler Kennedy in fourth and Evan Brown in fifth.

In other action, Adam Partain, who has dominated the Crate Late Model division at Hartwell this year, came into the night with a $200 bounty on his head. Anyone who could beat him by taking the win in the feature event would collect the bonus money.

But that money went uncollected, as Partain led from the start and drove to the victory. Blake Craft followed in second, with Nick Dietz in third, Danny Sanders in fourth and Jimmy Mason in fifth.

Larry Timms got out front early in the Limited Late Model feature, and went on to beat out Grant Jordan for the victory. Ted Crunkleton, Jody Russell and Chris Segars rounded out the top five.

Cody Segars dominated for the Hobby feature victory. Brant Carey came home in second, followed by Ervin Atkinson in third, Joe Yarbrough in fourth and Jimmy Ivester in fifth.

Smokey Roberts has made Hartwell’s victory lane a regular stop this season. He made a return trip on Saturday with a win in the Modified Street feature. Ty Nalley finished second, with Thomas Segars third, Kyle Gordon fourth and Ray Everrett fifth.

Ryan Boles bypassed Elliott Brayboy early in the going in the Stock Four feature, and went on to record the victory. Tyler Riddle followed in second, with Dalton Bailey in third, Brent Couch in fourth and Jimmy Little in fifth. Brayboy would finish in sixth.

Kholeman Graham drove away to score the win in the Young Guns feature, with Tanner Nation in second, Hoyt Partain in third, Ryan Baker in fourth and Candice Goldsmith in fifth.

Jeff Robinson was the winner in the Open Wheel Modified feature. Zack Minielly came home in second, with Dwayne McCannon in third and Matthew Wall in fourth.

Dylan Christian held off Kalen Holmes to score the Front Wheel Drive feature win. Tony Stephens finished in third, with Joel Powell, Sr. in fourth and Steven Powell in fifth.

Hartwell Speedway is back in action on Saturday, June 8. For more information, visit Hartwell-Speedway.com.

Hartwell Speedway – Hartwell, GA
Race Results – June 1, 2019

Stock V8
1. #101 Rocky Jones
2. #4 Stephen House
3. #55 Seth Brown
4. #K5 Tyler Kennedy
5. #9 Evan Brown
6. #14 Chance Segars
7. #35 Dustin Moore
8. #26 Bradlee Jones
9. #20 Kevin Rich

Crate Late Models
1. #87 Adam Partain
2. #01 Blake Craft
3. #22 Nick Dietz
4. #4 Danny Sanders
5. #54 Jimmy Mason
6. #15 Cody Pritchett
7. #17 Parker Herring
8. #7 Leon Walker

Limited Late Models
1. #07 Larry Timms
2. #418 Grant Jordan
3. #95 Ted Crunkleton
4. #17R Jody Russell
5. #17s Chris Segars
6. #18 Tim Jones
7. #3A Eric Veal

Hobby
1. #1 Cody Segars
2. #1A Brant Carey
3. #77 Ervin Atkinson
4. #41 Joe Yarbrough
5. #115 Jimmy Ivester
6. #00 Nick Carter
7. #99 Shun Thomas
8. #13 Josh Lewis
9. #61 Scott Slama
10. #418 Colby Jordan
11. #99t Clay Thompson
12. #15 Jesse Ivester
13. #141 Shane Yarbrough

Modified Street
1. #37 Smokey Roberts
2. #44 Ty Nalley
3. #5 Thomas Segars
4. #3 Kyle Gordon
5. #J19 Ray Everrett
6. #19 Johnny Pilgrim
7. #55 Shannon Price

Stock Four
1. #2 Ryan Boles
2. #21 Tyler Riddle
3. #71 Dalton Bailey
4. #28 Brent Couch
5. #22 Jimmy Little
6. #2B Elliot Brayboy
7. #7X Pete Whitley
8. #122 Jacob Rohme
9. #34 Dustin Bales

Young Guns
1. #12 Kholeman Graham
2. #111 Tanner Nation
3. #87 Hoyt Partain
4. #10 Ryan Baker
5. #25 Candice Goldsmith

Open Wheel Modified
1. #14 Jeff Robinson
2. #99 Zack Minielly
3. #636 Dwayne McCannon
4. #222 Matthew Wall

Front Wheel Drive
1. #15 Dylan Christian
2. #18 Kalen Holmes
3. #13 Tony Stephens
4. #89 Joel Powell, Sr.
5. #27 Steven Powell
6. #41 Wayne Gleen
7. #10 Fred Sunley
8. #19 Jessie Smith
9. #1 Alex Powell
10. #45 Josh Campbell
11. #8 Jeremy Hurst

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