September 23
East Alabama Motor Speedway,
Phenix City, AL
Sanction: Unsanctioned Limiteds (Alabama State Championships) - $7,500
Information provided by: Track reports (last updated September 24, 10:29 pm)
Jones wires EAMS Limiteds field for $7,500 win
Alabama State Championships
- Dusty Jones
- Thomas Lewis
- Rucker Orr
- Mark Whitener
- Chad Wallace
- Thomas Mewborn
- Logan Stinchcomb
- Jordy Nipper
- Steven Gaines
- Taylor Puckett
- Mark Wilbanks
- Travis Price
- Clay Harris
- Nick Biddle
- Andy Morris
- Joseph Brown
- Chris McKeehan
- Chad Duncan
- Mark Fleischer
- Darryl Matheson
- Jack Mills
- Kip Cochran
- Wil Herrington
- Bobby Mills
- Brady Cornett
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What won the race: Staving off a late-race charge from Thomas Lewis, second-starting Dusty Jones of LaGrange, Ga., led all 40 laps to win Sunday's $7,500 unsanctioned Limited Late Model portion of the 51st annual Alabama State Championships at East Alabama Motor Speedway. Jones took the checkers 0.77 of a second ahead of the sixth-starting Lewis.
Quotable: “First and foremost, I gotta thank everybody that’s ever helped me in my racing career getting to this point,” Jones said. “Here lately, it’s been kinda up and down, but Dennis (Hale) gave me this opportunity earlier this year and we kinda just put something together. I’ve been coming down here for 13 years straight trying to do this and I always said if I (won), then I’d probably retire after that, but I doubt it.”
Key notes: Fourth-starting Rucker Orr ran as high as second in the early laps before rounding-out the podium. ... Making a rare Limited Late Model start, CRUSA points leader and 13th-starting Mark Whitener finished fourth after electing to change right-side tires under a lap-24 caution. ... Chad Wallace recovered from slowing to draw the first caution on lap seven and completed the top five. ... Thomas Mewborn improved 10 positions and finished sixth. ... After getting caught up in a multicar melee on lap 25, 12th-starting Logan Stinchcomb rebounded to finish seventh; the incident ended the race for pole-starting Joseph Brown who elected to pit from second under the previous stoppage. ... Jordy Nipper finished eighth after slowing on lap 24 with a flat right-rear. ... After competing at Magnolia (Miss.) Motor Speedway, Wil Herrington worked his way up to 12th before a hung throttle sent him off the track in turn two, ending his race. ... Sunday's 40-lap feature was slowed by six cautions and lasted 43 minutes, with 11 cars completing the distance and 12 running at the finish.
On the move: Steven Gaines of Smiths Station, Ala., started 21st and finished ninth.
Winner's sponsors: Jones’s Dennis Hale-owned Rocket Chassis carries sponsorship from Hale’s Well Service, Dusty’s Automotive, Clint Smith Racing Aluminum Fabrication, GW Performance and WrapTech.
Current weather: Clear, 88°F
Car count: 33
Fast qualifier: Dusty Jones
Time: 14.710 seconds
Polesitter: Joseph Brown
Consolation race winners: Bobby Mills , Wil Herrington
Provisional starters: Jack Mills
Editor's note: Results and race details are unofficial.
