Portsmouth Raceway Park
Carrier tops James for $5,000 at Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (Aug. 20) – Eddie Carrier Jr. of Salt Rock, W.Va., outdueled Scott James of Lawrenceburg, Ind., to score a $5,000 victory in Saturday night’s unsanctioned Fred Dillow Memorial at Portsmouth Raceway Park. The triumph is Carrier’s six special-event victory of the season.
James settled for the runner-up finish while Delmas Conley of Wheelersburg, Ohio, advanced from his 14th starting position to finish third. Rod Conley, also of Wheelersburg, followed his father to the finish in the fourth position with Tim Dohm of Cross Lanes, W.Va., rounding out the top five finishers.
Notes: Carrier's Grover Motorsports-owned Rocket Chassis has a Grover Racing Engine and sponsorship from Engines Inc., Cox Wrecker Service and Blue Ridge Machinery and Tools. ... Carrier’s most recent special-event victory came Aug. 6 in Lucky 7 Speedway’s Coal Miners Classis. ... Saturday’s race serves as a tuneup for a pair of Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series events at the track on Labor Day weekend, which will be highlighted by the $25,000-to-win Hillbilly 100.
Fred Dillow Memorial: (1) Eddie Carrier Jr., (2) Scott James, (3) Delmas Conley, (4) Rod Conley, (5) Tim Dohm, (6) Ben Adkins, (7) Josh Bocook, (8) Mark Frazier, (9) Paul Davis, (10) Steve Lucas, (Complete finish unavailable). Fast qualifier (among 34 cars): Boggs, 14.871 seconds. Heat race winners: Carrier, R. Conley, Adkins. Consolation race winner: Christy.
