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Horton holds off Knowles for SLM win at Rome

By Jeff Smith
Posted 8:00AM on Thursday 4th July 2019 ( 4 years ago )

Austin Horton raced from to his second career victory at Georgia’s Rome Speedway in Sunday’s Super Late Model feature.

Horton started the night by scoring the pole, then drove to the victory at the 53-year-old half-mile clay speedway.

Horton was never challenged for the lead, while several drivers gave chase. Shane Clanton tried to reel him in before a mechanical issue sidelined.

From there, second place changed several times before Jake Knowles took the spot. Tyler Millwood held on to finish third, with Derek Ellis kin fourth and Donald McIntosh in fifth.

Dale Thurman became the winner in the Steelhead/525 feature after the apparent winner was disqualified in post race inspection. Thurman finished ahead of Cass Fowler in second, with Jimmy Johnson in third, Dalton Polston in fourth and John Williams in fifth.

Cruz Skinner drove to Victory Lane in the Crate late Model feature, finishing a straightaway ahead of second place Logan Palmer. T.J. Brittain finished third, while Blant Duke passed Colby Kilgore in the closing laps for fourth.

In the 602 Sportsman feature, Cody Overton made the win look easy as he crossed the line ahead of Daniel Brewer. Jason Smith, Chris Hough and Nick May rounded out the top five.

In the Economy Bomber feature, Jeremy Williams led flag-to-flag for the win, with Dylan Armstrong in second, Travis Smith in third, Justin Begley in fourth and Randy Smith in fifth.

Chris Bragg started dead last in the field and came thru the pack to get the Street Stinger feature victory. Rick Ricks finished right on his heels in second. Third went to Kenny Clark with Jason Young in fourth and James Drummond in fifth.

Rome Speedway returns to action on Sunday, July 21, as the speedway play host to the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals. For more information, visit DixieSpeedway.com.

Rome Speedway – Rome, Georgia
Racre Results – June 30, 2019

Super Late Models
1. 16 – Austin Horton
2. 66 – Jake Knowles
3. 31 – Tyler Millwood
4. 99 – Derek Ellis
5. 7 – Donald McIntosh
6. 84 – Austin Smith
7. 9 – Jason Croft
8. 22 – Will Roland
9. 25 – David Doherty
10. 18x – Michael Page
11. 25 – Shane Clanton
12. 07 – Scott Hall
13. 0s – Teddy Snow
14. R44 – Rod Carroll
15. 393 – Darrell Hayes
16. 393 – D.J. Hayes
17. 101 – Casey Roberts
18. 5 – Mark Page
19. 24 – Buster Goss
DNS: 07 – Matt Helbing

Steelhead/525
1. 59 – Dale Thurman
2. 9 – Cass Fowler
3. 98 – Jimmy Johnson
4. 00 – Dalton Polston
5. 57 – John Williams
6. J28 – Kevin Burke
7. 22 – Alex Morgan
8. 20 – Dean Lindsey
9. 21 – Mario Gresham
10. 23 – Ahnna Parkhurst

Crate Late Models
1. 85 – Cruz Skinner
2. 14LP – Logan Palmer
3. 05 – T.J. Brittain
4. 01 – Blant Duke
5. 44 – Doug Kilgore
6. 3 – Luther Jenkins
7. 87 – Zach Pilcher
8. 2 – Josh Walker
9. 00 – A.J. Carlisi
10. 17 – Jake Pilgrim
11. 42 – Don Jenkins
12. 32 – Jim Wakefield
14. B25 – Jerry Bradley

602 Sportsman
1. 97 – Cody Overton
2. D22 – Daniel Brewer
3. 34 – Jason Smith
4. 24 – Chris Hough
5. 21 – Nick May
6. 13 – Jesse Goss
7. 98 – Jackie Waites
8. 16 – Wade Chandler
9. 4m – Andrew Moody
10. 7 – Seth Lacey
11. 4 – Kyle Beck
12. 06 – Mitchell Keaton
13. 06 – Travis Luzar
14. 25 – Alden Morgan
15. 10 – Andrew Bailey

Economy Bombers
1. 14 – Jeremy Williams
2. 10 – Dylan Armstrong
3. 23 – Travis Smith
4. J21 – Justin Begley
5. 21 – Randy Smith
6. 1A – Ryan Ray
7. 04 – David Kirkland
8. 21 – Eric Hamby
9. m98 – Matt Janssen
10. 15 – Derek Young
11. 07 – Andrew Findley
12. 54 – Garrett Williams
13. 39 – Roger Pilcher
14. 22 – Brandy Brewer
15. 32 – Corey Hillman
16. 51 – Brent Beard

Street Stingers
1. 16 – Chris Bragg
2. 4 – Rick Ricks
3. 77 – Kenny Clark
4. 3 – Jason Young
5. 32 – James Drummond
6. 27 – Daniel Turner
7. 96 – Allan Goodfriend
8. 34 – Zack Stone
9. 06 – Name Not Available

Austin Horton came home with the Super Late Model feature victory on Sunday night at Rome Speedway.

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