Southern Challenge @ Abilene Spwy 10-18-03

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PJ Egbert and danny Caldwell paced the 19 car field to green, as Jared Bartoo failed to make the grid. On the first try Caldwell got sideways and collected Billy Garza. On the second attempt, Egbert got into tirn one first to get the early lead. Marcus Sanders moved along side on lap 2, with the duo side by side at the line. Sanders secured the topspot on lap 3, with Josh McGaha getting by Egbert for second.

McGaha then quickly moved around Sanders for the point on lap 4. Neal Flowers then passed Egbert for third, as the top five pulled ahead of Glen Allen and Henry Witt. Flowers was looking inside Sanders on lap 8 as McGaha inched away from that fight. At the halfway point it was McGaha, Sanders, Flowers, Egbert and Trent Crawford in the top five.

By lap 11 McGaha had built a good lead over the four car battle for second. Allen and Witt closed in on that pack and just as Crawford got around Egbert for fifth the yellow came out on lap 13 when Junior Styles spun in turn two. On the restart, McGaha edged away as Egbert, Allen, Witt, and Scotty Cook all got by Crawford.

With the top three moving ahead, Allen was getting around Egbert, but broke and rolled to a stop. In the stack up Christi Georges got the bumper knocked off, with it getting kicked up and sailing over Lawrence Mikulencaks roof. The top seven sepated out by a car length each as the green flew again. At the checkers it was McGaha grabbing the victory.

 

1 Josh McGaha

 

2 Marcus Sanders

 

3 Neal Flowers

 

4 PJ Egbert

 

5 Henry Witt

 

6 Tim Clonch

 

7 Trent Crawford

 

8 David Cooke

 

9 Todd Pullen

 

10 Scotty Cook

 

11 Dan Katzdorn

 

12 Vince Ogle

 

13 Lawrence Mikulencak

 

14 Danny Caldwell

 

15 Christi Georges

 

16 Glen Allen

 

17 Junior Styles

 

18 Billy Garza

 

19 JP Dowell

 

Carey Bartoo--DNS

 

 

Ladies Cup Main

 

1 Christi Georges

 

2 Missy McAllister-Kerr

 

3 Tosha McNeil

 

4 Tina Atwood

 

5 Shiela Woodring

 

6 Alicia Masterson

 

7 Stephanie Henderson

 

8 Mary Hogue