Date: Sunday, May 15, 2005 2:31 PM
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SHAUN MANGUM ROLLS TO NASCAR WIN AT CONCORD
CONCORD, N.C. (May 15, 2005) - Shaun Mangum of Monroe, the 2003 track
champion, scored his first win of the season Saturday night in the 100-lap NASCAR
Coca-Cola Cup late model stock feature at Concord Motorsport Park.
Other winners were: Terry Hoggard of Concord in the 35-lap Tommy
Johnson's Motorsports Warehouse limited late model feature; Kyle Beattie of Concord in
the 35-lap INEX 600 Racing thunder roadster feature; Kenny Brooks of Concord
in the 25-lap Golden Gait Trailers mini stock feature; Brian Love of Mt.
Pleasant in the 20-lap New Star Environmental pure stock feature; and Bobby Measmer
Jr. of Concord in the 150-lap Speedway Plumbing hornets feature.
Pole starter Roger Lee Newton of Concord jumped to the lead at the start
of the late model stock feature, chased by Mangum who started second. He
didn't chase for long taking the top spot on lap five.
Mangum set the pace for the remainder of the event earning his
23rd-career victory at the speedway. Newton had a strong run to a second-place finish.
Todd Bradburry of Concord, the defending track champion, finished third. Bo
Foust of Charlotte was fourth and Justin Hill of Concord completed the top five.
Hoggard has used consistency in the early season to move to the lead in
the limited late model point standings. Saturday, he scored his first win of
the season extending his point advantage.
Concord drivers Kenneth Cook and John Rary Sr. finished second and third.
Brian Pedrick of Denver followed up last week's win with a fourth-place
finish and Mark Brooks of Concord finished fifth.
Beattie started sixth in the thunder roadster feature and raced to the
front to score his first win of the year at the track. Drew Calhoun of Southern
Pines finished second with D.J. Krentz of Huntersville third. Jim Fluharty of
Concord and Terry Horak of Charlotte completed the top five.
Brooks started third and raced to his first win of the season in the mini
stock feature. David Pennell of China Grove finished second with Marshville's
Clint Mills third. Roy Maness of Star was fourth and Curtis Clark of Monroe
fifth.
Love continued to be the man to beat in the pure stock division winning
his sixth feature in seven races this season. Chad Allmon of Concord was second
with Steve Irvin also of Concord third. David Miller of Stanfield finished
fourth and Steve Ackerly of Charlotte completed the top five.
Measmer Jr. also continued his strong season with his fifth win of the
season in the hornets division. Ben Smith of Harrisburg was second with Wayne
Harrington of China Grove third. Fourth went to Concord's Adam Welch.
Friday night winners at the quarter mile oval were: Josh Waring of
Concord in the legends pro division feature; Cotton Spry of Salisbury in the legends
masters division feature and Justin Morton of Mt. Pleasant in the legends
semi-pro division feature. Bandolero car winners were Bruce Benson II of
Lexington in the outlaw division, Mitchell Coble of Mt. Airy in the young guns
division and Ronnie Bassett Jr. of Winston-Salem in the bandits division.
Concord Motorsport Park sits idle this weekend. Racing returns on
Saturday May 28 with Troutman Motors night at the races featuring round three of the
Future Cellular Big-10 Series.
Concord Motorsport Park is located on highway 601 south of Concord and
north of Midland. Further information is available by calling (704) 782-4221 or
at www.concordmotorsportpark.com.
Results of 100-lap NASCAR Coca Cola late model stock feature:
1. Shaun Mangum, Monroe
2. Roger Lee Newton, Concord
3. Todd Bradburry, Concord
4. Bo Foust, Charlotte
5. Justin Hill, Concord
6. Travis McIntire, Harrisburg
7. Bobby Cooper, Burnsville
8. John Freeman, Huntersville
9. Bob Saville, Concord
10. Terry Brooks Jr., Concord
11. Travis Sharpe, Swansea, S.C.
12. Andrew Thomas, Monroe
13. Ben Davis, Charlotte
14. Buster Bennet, Monroe
15. Bryan Thomas, Monroe
16. Billy Lemmons, Concord
Results of 35-lap Tommy Johnson's Motorsports Warehouse limited late model
feature:
1. Terry Hoggard, Concord
2. Kenneth Cook Concord
3. John Rary Sr. Concord
4. Brian Pedrick, Denver
5. Mark Brooks, Concord
6. Jimmy Voyles, China Grove
7. John Thornton, Lexington
8. Randy McAnulty, Concord
9. James Griggs, Ruby, S.C.
10. Jerry Kandler, Mt. Pleasant
11. Bob Girolamo, Mastic, N.Y.
12. Bret Johnson, Kannapolis
13. John Rary Jr., Concord
14. Reggie Carroll, Concord
15. Daryle Callahan, Monroe
Results of 35-lap INEX 600 Racing thunder roadster feature:
1. Kyle Beattie, Concord
2. Drew Calhoun, Souther Pines
3. D.J. Krentz, Huntersville
4. Jim Fluharty, Concord
5. Terry Horak, Charlotte
6. Robert Witte, Alpharetta, Ga.
7. Jon Michael, Statesville
8. Tim Gray, Concord
9. Ashleigh Wilkins, Charlotte
10. Robert Jarvis, Concord
11. Goerge Nelson, Scarboro, Me.
Results of 25-lap Golden Gait Trailers mini stock feature:
1. Kenny Brooks, Concord
2. David Pennell, China Grove
3. Clint Mills, Marshville
4. Roy Maness, Star
5. Curtis Clark, Monroe
6. Doug Lamp, Troutman
7. Linda Cunningham, Concord
8. David Cunningham, Concord
Results of 20-lap New Star Environmental pure stock feature:
1. Brian Love, Mt. Pleasant
2. Chad Allmon, Concord
3. Steve Irvin, Concord
4. David Miller, Stanfield
5. Steve Ackerly, Charlotte
6. Richard Kuntz, Concord
7. Patty Markin, Troutman
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