Lancaster Motor Speedway
Mangum gets first NDRA touring win at Lancaster
Timbo Mangum (T1) chases leader Anthony Sanders (421) at Lancaster. (Gary Laster)
LANCASTER, S.C. (July 30) — Hometown driver Timbo Mangum got under Anthony Sanders of Spartanburg, S.C., exiting turn four on the 14th lap to take a lead he'd never give up Saturday at Lancaster Motor Speedway.
Mangum led the rest of the NDRA Road Show by Heintz Bros. Performance event for a popular victory at the half-mile oval, his first on the Crate Late Model tour.
Ron Parker of Belwood, N.C., finish second with Brandy Baker, Dennis Franklin and Ross Bailes rounding out the top five. Sanders ended up sixth.
Series points leader Zack Mitchell of Enoree, S.C., pulled off with engine problems midway through the race and finished 17th.
Notes: Mangum is sponsored by Heintz Bros. Performance and Knight's Lawn Care. ... Steve Hendren’s strong run came to an end late in the race with a broken radiator hose. .... Gib Gibbons scored the $300 Heintz Performance Hard Charger award with his seventh-place finish. .... Jeff Smith was the winner of the $1,000 product certificate from Hendren Racing Engines. ... Mangum and Chad Dunn also won $500 Hendren Racing Engines product certificates. ... Next on the NDRA Road Show schedule is an Aug. 27 event at Carolina Speedway in Gastonia, N.C.
NDRA Road Show @ Lancaster: (1) Timbo Mangum, (2) Ron Parker, (3) Brandy Baker, (4) Dennis Franklin, (5) Ross Bailes, (6) Anthony Sanders, (7) Gib Gibbons, (8) Jimmy Schiltz, (9) Ken Rominger Jr., (10) Doug Gwilt, (11) Steve Hendren, (12) Ricky Weeks, (13) Chris Cheek, (14) Pat Lindsay, (15) Chad Dunn, (16) Michael Brown, (17) Zack Mitchell, (18) Donnie Austin, (19) Jeff Smith, (20) Ronniey Mosley, (21) Steve Banal. Fast qualifier: Austin.
