Boyd's Speedway
Hill becomes ninth tour winner at Boyd's
RINGGOLD, Ga. (May 24) — The points championship had been decided, but the first-year Spring Nationals still had a chance at something special Friday at Boyd’s Speedway — a ninth winner in nine series races. | Video
Pole-starting Vic Hill of Mosheim, Tenn., made sure it happened, leading all 40 laps for a $4,000 payday. Hill took the checkers ahead of Jeff Smith of Rocky Face, Ga., Mark Vineyard of Knoxville, Tenn., William Thomas of Phenix City, Ala., and 12th-starting Jake Knowles of Tyrone, Ga.
Series champion Steve Casebolt of Richmond, Ind., had already wrapped up the title when officials decided the points race was concluded with the May 17 rainout at Boyd’s; Friday’s event served as the non-points makeup and Casebolt wasn’t in attendance for a race twice postponed by weather.
Hill’s victory was his first of 2013. His previous win came last November with a $10,000 payday at Duck River Raceway Park in Wheel, Tenn.
Notes: Hill’s Warrior Race Car is powered by a Vic Hill Racing Engine and sponsored by Landair Transport, Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky, Pilot Travel Centers and American Racing Tire. .. Two cautions slowed the action. ... Ivedent Lloyd Jr. of Ocala, Fla., earned the Keyser Manufacturing Hard Charger award with his 20th-to-11th run. ... Among drivers failing to make the feature lineup: Kayne Hickman, Jeff Franklin, Aaron Ridley, Mark Whitener, Dusty Carver, Cameron Heath, Ross White, Adam Beeler, Mark Rosner and Logan Yates.
Spring Nationals at Boyd’s: (1) Vic Hill, (2) Jeff Smith, (3) Mark Vineyard, (4) William Thomas, (5) Jake Knowles, (6) Derek Ellis, (7) Chris Wilson, (8) Dylan Ames, (9) Skip Arp, (10) Dillon Wood, (11) Ivedent Lloyd Jr., (12) Heath Hindman, (13) Brandon Kinzer, (14) Tod Hernandez, (15) Billy Ogle Jr., (16) Bret Holmes, (17) Josh Collins, (18) Johnny Chastain, (19) Skylar Marlar, (20) Stacy Boles, (21) Mike Weeks, (22) Donald Macintosh. Fast qualifier (among 36 cars): Hill, 14.756 seconds. Consolation race winners: Arp, Marlar, Weeks, Knowles. Provisional starters: Ogle, Boles.
