September 16
Beckley Motor Speedway,
Beckley, WV
Sanction: Vision Wheel Steel Block Bandits (Country Roads 50) - $5,000
Information provided by: Series and track reports (last updated September 18, 8:23 pm)
Bare wires Bandits field for $5,000 at Beckley
Country Roads 50
- Tyler Bare
- Jeff Parsons
- Samuel Bryant
- Derrick Rankin
- Dale Moore
- Karl Tipton
- Derick Quade
- Robbie Emory
- Matthew Nance
- Michael Alderman
- Dan Breuer
- Matt Long
- Frank Caricofe
- Glynn Booth
- Kenney Newhouse
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Zack Kloosterman/ZSK Photography
Front-row starters Jeff Parsons (P1) and Tyler Bare (B8), the feature winner.
What won the race: Tyler Bare of Rockbridge Baths, Va., fired off from the outside front row and led all 50 laps to win Saturday's second annual $5,000 Country Roads 50 at Beckley Motor Speedway. Bare secured his second Steel Block Bandits Dirt Late Model Challenge Series victory — becoming the first repeat winner of the season — and the fourth of his career.
Key notes: Pole-starting Jeff Parsons regained the runner-up spot on a lap-47 restart and trailed Bare for the final four laps, finishing 0.850 of a second back. ... Eighth-starting Samuel Bryant also took advantage of the lap-47 restart and completed the podium. ... Dale Moore slipped as low as eighth before recovering to complete the top five. ... After running second for the majority of the race, points leader Derick Quade drew the race's seventh and final caution on lap 47; Quade was forced to tag the field and could only rebound to finish seventh. ... Robbie Emory improved six positions and finished eighth. ... Fourth-running Matthew Nance drew the fifth caution on lap 39 and tagged the field before recovering to finish ninth. ... Michael Alderman gained three spots and completed the top 10. ... Dan Breuer was running fourth when he brought out the race's sixth caution on lap 44; Breuer lost a lap but continued and placed 11th, the last driver running at the finish. ... Saturday's 38-minute feature saw 10 drivers complete 50 laps. ... Derek Rogers scratched.
On the move: Derrick Rankin of Fishersville, Va., started 12th and finished fourth.
Winner's sponsors: Bare’s Rocket Chassis has sponsorship from RCP Race City Performance by Don Blackshear, Mark Richards Racing, Integra Racing Shocks, May’s Recycling, JTB Hauling & Excavating, Wayne Fitzgerald, CS Fitzgerald, Kevin Berkstresser, Dottie’s Country Store, DK Beverly and Sunoco Race Fuels.
Points chase: After Beckley: 1. Derick Quade (530); 2. Tyler Bare (491); 3. Robbie Emory (487); 4. Jeff Parsons (467); Dan Breuer (453).
Current weather: Broken Clouds, 64°F
Car count: 16
Fast qualifier: Matthew Nance
Time: 13.640 seconds
Polesitter: Jeff Parsons
Heat race winners: Jeff Parsons, Tyler Bare
Next series race: September 30, Ultimate Motorsports Park (Elkin, NC) $5,000
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
