Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, October 8, 1995 TAG: 9510090119
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B14 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
The race features the biggest purse for a Late Model race, with $25,000 going to the winner and every car in the field taking home at least $1,000.
Also, the top seven cars will be inverted at the halfway point - 100 laps - and the halfway leader will receive a $5,000 bonus.
Late Model drivers entered in the field include Johnny Rumley, Shayne Lockhart, Dennis Setzer, Barry Beggarly, Tony McGuire, Mike Dillon, Jay Fogleman, Ronnie Thomas, Eddie Johnson and Karen Schulz.
From the Winston Racing Mid-Atlantic Series, entries include points champion Phil Warren, runner-up Elliott Sadler and top-10 competitors Bugs Hairfield, Andy Houston, Nathan Buttke and Jeff Agnew.
A couple of drivers with famous dads - Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Jason Jarrett (son of Dale Jarrett) also will test their skills in the Martinsville race.
Qualifying begins at 3 p.m. Saturday with the fastest 20 cars making the field. Positions 21 through 32 will be set in four 25-lap qualifying races beginning at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Four provisional spots will fill out the rest of the 36-car field.
The 200-lap feature race begins shortly thereafter.
Thomas owns the Late Model qualifying record with a lap of 89.876 mph, set in 1989. Lockhart won last spring's Late Model race at Martinsville and pocketed the $25,000 first prize.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children. For information, call the speedway office at 540-956-3151.
ETC. Highlanders keep on winning
Radford extended its winning streak to six games with a 1-0 men's soccer victory over Big South Conference foe UNC-Asheville at Dedmon Center Stadium.
Tommy Young's goal at 56:01 of the second half continued the best start in school history for Radford (9-1-1, 3-0). The Bulldogs (7-3, 1-3) have lost three conference matches by one goal.
Highlander goalkeeper Greg Lea made six saves in the shutout, Radford's third in a row.
In Lexington, the Roanoke College men's soccer team overcame a 2-1 second half deficit, rattling off three goals over an 11-minute period to take a 4-2 decision against Washington and Lee.
In Ferrum, the Ferrum College men's soccer team beat Lynchburg College 4-1 in the non-conference game.
The Panthers (3-6) were led by Kevin Chenosky who scored two goals and added an assist. Mike Carey added a goal and two assists and Ken Howe added the final goal.
Roanoke College defeated Wesley College 3-0 in field hockey. The Maroons (8-1) got goals from Tina Boyce, Christine Boyle and Megan Malone. Jen Pohanka recorded the shutout for the Maroons, making 10 saves.
In Lexington, Washington and Lee freshman Caroline Keen volleyed a ball off a feed from Michelle Bauman in the second overtime, lifting the Generals to a 2-1 victory in women's soccer.
An estimated crowd of 3,800 saw Omar Cepeda (Palm Beach, Fla.) tally his third goal with five seconds left in the match to give Michelob Dry a 7-6 victory over Michelob in the Roanoke Symphony Polo Cup.
Joe Muldoon also scored three goals in the match. Gary Leonard of Charlottesville was voted Most Valuable Player in the game. The Best Playing Pony was Vodicka, ridden by Rob Rinehart of Ivy.
Keywords:
AUTO RACING
by CNB