Orange County Speedway Results 1999-07-17

ROUGEMONT, N

ROUGEMONT, NC - Ricky Bryant knew he had the team and equipment to be a winner he just needed some luck. He was able to take a good car and some good luck to collect his second consecutive win Saturday night winning the SURGE 125 at his home track Orange County Speedway. Bryant won at the high-banked 3/8-mile from the pole in 1998 and while he didn't collect the pole (started second), Bryant took the lead on the first lap and remained in the top four all night long.

"Everything in the world went in our favor tonight," said an ecstatic Bryant. "To win back to back races as tough as the competition is in the (Goody's) Dash Series says alot about this Washington Apple team.

Jake Hobgood collected his fourth second-place finish of the season while Eddie Kelley continued his string of consistent finishes following in third while Jimmy Britts followed in fourth and Justin Hobgood completed the top five for his second top five finish of 1999.

The race was slowed seven times by caution with the most serious incident occurring on lap 91 when Steven Barfield spun in turn two in front of Britts and Robert Huffman who were running first and second respectively. Britts was able to recover and finish while Huffman suffered his first DNF of the season and finished 17th. Chad Branham

Chad Branham, who collected his first career Bud Pole position, enjoyed his best run of the season until lap 12 when he and Bryant made contact on the front stretch. Branham hit the outside wall and collected Angie Wilson to end the night for both drivers.

Britts won NAPA Oil Filters Rookie of the Race for the third time this season while Justin Hobgood won runner-up honors in the rookie of the year honor. honor.

The Goody's Dash Series NASCAR Touring division will return to action next Saturday night as the series makes its second visit to Florida of 1999 when the series visits St. Augustine Speedway this Saturday night.

RACE #9 OF 16

$23,500 SURGE 125

ORANGE COUNTY SPEEDWAY

3/8 MILE PAVED OVAL

JULY 17, 1999

ROUGEMONT, SC

Fin. St. # Driver Team Laps Pts. Money Status 1) 2 5 RICKY BRYANT WASHNINGTON APPLE 125 180 $1,400 RUNNING 2) 4 64 JAKE HOBGOOD WYNN'S PRECISION/PO 125 170 $1,100 RUNNING 3) 11 80 EDDIE KELLEY VISION MACK TRUCKS 125 165 $1,000 RUNNING 4) 8 88* JIMMY BRITTS, JR. FAST WAX 125 160 $850 RUNNING 5) 3 65* JUSTIN HOBGOOD WYNN'S PRECISIO 125 155 $800 RUNNING 6) 15 31* ZACH BREWER BEANEE WEENEE 125 150 $725 RUNNING 7) 9 11 DAVID HUTTO NATIONAL MACHINING 125 146 $700 RUNNING 8) 16 84* BRANDON HEAD HORTON HOMES 125 142 $625 RUNNING 9) 13 24 MICKEY YORK YORK RACING 125 138 $600 RUNNING 10) 12 94* KEITH ROGGEN SOUTHERN ROAD BUILD. 125 134 $550 RUNNING 11) 17 38* ROGER SAWYER MANHEIM AUTO AUCTION 124 130 $500 RUNNING 12) 21 14 DONNIE NEUENBERGER COFAB STEEL CORP 123 127 $475 RUNNING 13) 5 19* JOEY MILLER DISCOUNT HOUSE 122 124 $450 RUNNING 14) 18 9 NED COMBS DURAGLOSS/INNOVA.NET 117 121 $425 RUNNING 15) 23 95 GREG GOODELL MOROIL/D&S ENGINES 114 118 $400 ENGINE 16) 20 75 BRENT MOORE GREASED LIGHTNING 97 115 $375 ACCIDENT 17) 6 37 ROBERT HUFFMAN WHITE HOUSE 91 112 $350 ACCIDENT 18) 14 29 STEVEN BARFIELD G & S EQUIPMENT 87 109 $325 PARKED 19) 19 93* RANDY HUMPHREY HUMPHREY RACING 87 106 $300 ENGINE 20) 10 41 CHRIS ELLIOTT LB BUILDERS 62 103 $290 CARB. 21) 22 26 JIMMY GROSS LIBERTY PRINTING 41 100 $280 HANDLING 22) 1 50 CHAD BRANHAM BRANHAM CONST. 20 97 $270 FUEL PUMP 23) 7 06* ANGIE WILSON JIM COOK CHEVY 12 94 $260 ACCIDENT

RACE #9 OF 16

$23,500 SURGE 125

ORANGE COUNTY SPEEDWAY - 3/8 MILE PAVED OVAL

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TIME OF RACE: 50 MIN. 27 SEC. WINNER'S AVG. SPEED: 55.746 MARGIN OF VICTORY: .753 SEC. BUD POLE AWARD ($300): CHAD BRANHAM GATORADE FRONT RUNNER ($400): ROBERT HUFFMAN CAUTION PERIODS: 7 FOR 28 LAPS LEAD CHANGES: 7 LAP LEADERS: BRYANT 1-22, JA. HOBGOOD 23-49, BRYANT 50-52, HUFFMAN 53-88, BRITTS JR. 89-91, BRYANT 92-125 FILTERS ROOKIE OF THE RACE ($400): JIMMY BRITTS, JR. & ($100) JUSTIN HOBGOOD

1999 GATORADE FRONT RUNNER OF THE YEAR STANDINGS 1) ROBERT HUFFMAN 21

1999 GOODY'S DASH SERIES NASCAR TOURING DIVISION POINTS STANDINGS 1) Robert Huffman 1478 2) Eddie Kelley 1282 3) Jake Hobgood 1278 4) Ricky Bryant 1242 5) Jimmy Britts, Jr.* 1201 6) Brandon Head* 1179 7) Roger Sawyer* 1160 8) Zach Brewer 1136 9) Randy Humphrey* 1060 10) Ned Combs 1055

1999 NAPA OIL FILTERS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STANDINGS 1) BRANDON HEAD 55 2) JIMMY BRITTS 55 3) ROGER SAWYER 51 4) ZACH BREWER 45 5) JOEY MILLER 44 6) JUSTIN HOBGOOD 41 7) RANDY HUMPHREY 37 8) BRENT MOORE 37 9) KEITH ROGGEN 37 10) ANGIE WILSON 27