June 29, 2016 Montgomery, Al: The Biggest races in motorsports happen on Memorial Weekend and race fans around the world know it. F-1 races at Monaco, Indy cars at the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte and the racing action at Montgomery Motor Speedway. The weekend started with 23 Pro Late Model cars showing up for the test session Friday Night. Saturday saw a total of 33 cars trying to make the 32 starting spots for the “Show me the Money 100”. The weekend also featured a 64 lap Street Stock race and the Modified Mini division.

Budweiser qualifying started with the Street Stock division. Fast time was set by Dwayne Wesenberg #31 at 23.270 followed by Charles Davis #6 23.373 then Josh Wilson clocked a lap of 23.443 for the 3^rd position. 4^th spot was held by Michael Joiner with a time of 23.469 and Bubba Hutchinson finished off the top 5 with a time of 23.485. During opening ceremonies Wesenberg rolled a 5 setting the field for the 64 lap contest.

Pro Late Models were up next as 32 cars tried for their best 2 laps. The top 10 cars were separated by less than a third of a second. The other interesting fact was that 7 out of the top 8 drivers made the trip from Georgia to race at the Historic track. The 8^th was Derek Scott Jr who came from Texas. When the smoke cleared it was the Ronnie Sanders car sponsored by Pit Boxes.com Casey Roderick with a fast time of 19.038. Jordan McCallum #22 was second at 19.127 and Young Gun Chandler Smith #26 was 3^rd at 19.140

Show me the Money 100 Qualifying top 8

1. #18 Casey Roderick 19.038
2. #22m Jordan McCallum 19.127
3. #26c Chandler Smith 19.140
4. #24 Christopher Tullis 19.165
5. #10 R.S.Senter 19.232
6. #2 Luke Christian 19.243
7. #01 Derek Scott Jr. 19.265
8. #30 Fredrick Moore 19.272

After the top 8 redraw the starting order for the race was:

1. #22m Jordan McCallum
2. #10 R.S. Senter
3. #2 Luke Christain
4. #24 Christopher Tullis
5. #01 Derek Scott Jr.
6. #26 Chandler Smith
7. #30m Fredrick Moore
8. #18 Casey Roderick

Fans were curious why the 64 lap race? The track was first opened in 1953 thus the 64^th year of existence. The Street Stock feature started with veteran #24 David Wood on the point and the #38 of Hutchinson to his outside. The #12 of Josh Wilson was not able to make the feature due to mechanical issues. The first caution flew on lap 4 as #7 Will Smith made contact with the turn 3 wall. Great racing was happening all over the track as drivers tried to conserve their tires but also fought for positions. Lap 16 saw the second caution of the night as Davey Lynn #80 tapped the wall coming out of turn 4 ending his night just a few laps later. Wood #24 held the top spot for 22 laps until Charles Davis #6 took the point position and control of the event. But the battle was not over as #31 Wesenberg challenged Davis numerous times for the top spot. Fans were excited to see Bubba Nesbitt #88 back on the track after a big crash a month ago. Nesbitt and his team worked long hours to get the #88 back to the track for this big event. Once the checkers flew it was Charles Davis from Lapine, Alabama sponsored by Browder Veneer works, Sharon Kay detail Cleaner, Central Alabama Fluid Power, Showtime Graphics and Interstate batteries taking the win and the $1000 check. Blacksheep Woodlands put up extra money for the race and awarded $200 extra to the winner making his payday $1200. 2^nd place was Dwayne Wesenberg #31and 3^rd was David Wood #24 they each got an extra $100 from Blacksheep Woodlands.

1. #6 Charles Davis
2. #31 Dwayne Wesenberg
3. #24 David Wood
4. #38 Brian Hutchinson
5. #2 Michael Joiner
6. #88 Bubba Nesbitt
7. #7 William Smith
8. #80 Davey Lynn

The Pro Late Model feature lined up and hit the track with a roar. 32 cars took the green and were rolling around the ½ mile speedway at a blistering pace. The stage was set for a long green flag run when on lap 9 #2 of Luke Christain got loose coming off turn 4 and was clipped by #59 Terry Meyers and the #51 of Perry Patino slid into Christian leaving both cars heavily damaged. On the restart #23 Dalton Grindle gets loose and a big pile up occurs going into turn 1. Cars involved are the #23, #33, #02, #181, #9, #55r. Lap 12 saw a tough break for the #4 car of Kason Plott who had to pit for a flat right front putting the young driver multiple laps down. Plott driving in his first pro Late model race kept his cool and kept digging the entire race finishing 6^th on the lead lap. The lucky dog played to his favor and gave the Georgia driver a strong finish in his Pro Late Model debut. The next caution was displayed on lap 16 when contact between the #22m McCallum  and #30m Moore sent the #30 spinning gathering the #26 of Chandler Smith and the #114 of Sterling Marlin. Smith was able to continue but the incident ended the night for the Tennessee driver Marlin. Cautions were the name of the game as flagman John Midkiff had to display it on numerous occasions.

The quality of racing was evident as a show was put on by veterans #21 Justin South and Bobby Knox Jr as they battled for numerous laps. Knox who had to come from the back of the field worked his way to contend for the top spot. Young talent was also present as #26c Chandler Smith and #01 Derek Scott Jr. raced each other side by side with no contact. Other notables were Kason Plott who rebounded from multiple laps down, #7 Taylor Stricklin who came back after an earlier spin to finish 7^th Brandon Herbert Survived for 8th and Jason Furrow #21 who worked his way around some of the melee to finish a strong 9^th. The Leader board had #10s leading laps 1-7, #24 Tullis 8,9 , #10s of Senter 9-15 #01 of Scott 16-21, #24 Tullis 22-27 #18 Roderick 28-100

Show me the Money 100 Finish (Unofficial)

1. #18 Casey Roderick
2. #21 Justin South
3. #30 Bobby Knox Jr.
4. #26c Chandler Smith
5. #01 Derek Scott
6. #4 Kason Plott
7. #7 Taylor Stricklin
8. #22 Brandon Herbert
9. #21 Jason Furrow
10. #9 Chris Landers
11. #10 R.S. Senter
12. #2 John Bolen
13. #33 Joe Bethea Jr.
14. #95 Warren Mobley
15. #55 Ronnie Osmer
16. #00 Branden Curren
17. #10 Will Martin
18. #13 Bill Bethea III
19. #23 Dalton Grindle
20. #24 Christopher Tullis
21. #10 Hunter Spivey
22. #02 Joe Dixon
23. #99 Ashley Lewis
24. #21h Ryan Herbert
25. #22m Jordan McCallum
26. #30m Fredrick Moore
27. #114 Sterling Marlin
28. #2 Luke Christian
29. #28 Rick Oertel
30. #51 Perry Patino
31. #181 Aiden Eldridge
32. #59 Terry Myers
33. #27 Tyler Hudson DNS

Montgomery Motor Speedway returns to action on June 11^th for a 75 lap “Show me the Money” race along with the Tim Dyson high flying Motorcycle jump team. You will also see the return of the Late Model Sportsman and the Modified Minis. June 18^th witness the return of the Southern Super Series for the “Rumble by the River 125” along with the Modifieds of Mayhem Tour competing for 50 laps.

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