Minix wins rain shortened Bomber feature at Senoia

SENOIA, Ga. - Senoia Raceway returned to racing action on Saturday night, but only completed one feature race before Mother Nature opened the skies and rained out the remaining scheduled race events. Senoia's Winford Minix was the night's only victor as he outlasted his fellow competitors in the Bomber division main.

Minix inherited the lead on lap 17 after the third different leader in the Bomber feature retired due to mechanical issues. Minix was the leader when the race was halted due to the rain that moved over the raceway.

Alex Rudolph opened the race by stealing the lead away from his outside pole position. His lead only lasted two corners as Kevin Evans overtook him on the second circuit and built a good lead until lap eight when the caution flag came out for an accident on the front stretch.

The caution was caused when Kip Stanfill locked horns with George Purgason. The tangled race cars slammed into the interior concrete wall with Purgason's ride pirouetting and coming to rest on top of the new dirt berm lining the inside of the turns. The impact knocked down part of the inside concrete retaining wall.

On the restart, Buck Ussery began a charge to the front of the field. His quest was completed on lap 13 when then leader Evans car stalled and rolled to a stop causing the races next caution.

Ussery would then fall victim to the unwanted lead position only four laps later when his car developed engine issues and he had to drop from the race. That was when the patient Minix inherited the number one position on the leaderboard. It was at this point that the rain began to fall, handing the victory to Minix. Chris Holt finished in second ahead of Lucas Green. Lee Owenby, Jr. was fourth with Ussery fifth.

Senoia Raceway returns to action on Saturday, featuring the track's first Bonus Race of the season, as the Limited Late Model division will run an extended lap race paying $1,200 to the winner. The Super Late Models, Crate Late Models, B Cadets, Hobby Stocks, Mini Stocks and Bomber divisions will also be racing. The Modified Mini will see their first racing opportunity of the season on Saturday night while the Legends Cars will be off the schedule for one week.

For additional information, visit SenoiaRaceway.com.

Senoia Raceway - Senoia, GA
Race Results (Rain Shortened) - March 21, 2015

Bombers
1. Winford Minix
2. Chris Holt
3. Lucas Green
4. Lee Owenby, Jr.
5. Buck Ussery
6. Kevin Evans
7. Kip Stanfil
8. Alex Rudolph
9. Jim Jackson
10. Chad Barrett
11. George Purgason

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