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Drawdy Wins Southern
Slam 250
Cecil, GA (November 25, 2008)
– Ft. Pierce, Florida native Justin Drawdy got his biggest late model
win ever on Sunday afternoon in the
inaugural Southern Slam 250 CRA Super Series sanctioned event at the
South Georgia Motorsports Park just north of Valdosta, Georgia. Drawdy
overcame an early spin to hold off Jack Landis and then Augie Grill in
the late laps of the event to get the win.
"The crew
did a heck of a job," stated Drawdy in
Victory Lane. "I got us behind early and had to pit several times to
make the car right and fix the tow. Our Crew Chief had a great pit
strategy, it is so hard to pass here track position means everything,
and his strategy gave it to us."
Landis took the early lead from his
outside pole starting position to lead the first 114 laps before
pitting with the majority of the lead lap cars on lap 115. Scott Hantz
assumed the lead with Drawdy in second, both had pitted earlier to
change tires and get fuel to be able to go the distance. Drawdy got by
Hantz at the halfway mark of the event on lap 125, and brought Landis
with him. From there Drawdy held off Landis until Grill made a late
pass on Landis on the outside while the top three were battling for
the lead, but Grill ran out of laps to challenge Drawdy. Grill would
finish in second, Landis in third, Alex Haase finished in fourth with
Ben Rowe coming back from two laps down to finish in fifth place.
The top nine finishers were from nine
different states including Drawdy from Florida, Grill from Alabama,
Landis from Ohio, Haase from North Carolina, Rowe from Maine, sixth
place finisher Heath Hindman from Tennessee, seventh place finisher
John VanDoorn from Michigan, eighth place finisher Jason Hogan from
Georgia and Ninth place finisher Scott Hantz from Indiana. Darryl
Shelnut finished in tenth place,
 he
was the top finishing local competitor.
Grill was the Hamner Racing Engines
Fast Qualifier, establishing the track record for
Super Late Models with a 17.645 second
lap late in qualifying. Grill was also awarded the ARP Bodies Cool
Move Of The Race Award for his late pass of Landis while battling for
the lead. Drawdy won the Cometic Gasket Halfway Leader Bonus for
leading lap 125 and the Holley Performance bonus for getting the win.
Rowe was the Lane Automotive/ISKY Racing Cams Hardcharger Award
winner, gaining 11 positions from his 16th place starting
position. Donny Kelly was the Five Star Racecar Bodies Hardcharger
winner after gaining 10 positions to finish 13th.
All American 400 winner Chris
Gabehart had the hardest hit of the day when a broken hub sent him
hard into the front stretch retaining wall on lap 47, Gabehart was
awarded the Bassett Racing Wheels Tough Luck Award. Corey Williams
received damage in that same incident, he received more damage after
being involved in a couple more on track incidents, and then had his
day end on lap 193 after the motor let go. Williams was awarded the
Five Star Racecar Bodies Hard Luck Award.
More information on the event is
available at www.craracing.net.
Unofficial Results
Southern Slam 250
Qualifying Results
Southern Slam 250
Lineup
Southern Slam 250
Saturday
Practice #2 Results
Southern Slam 250
Saturday Practice Overall Results
(In PDF Format)
Southern Slam 250
Overall Weekend Results
(In PDF Format)
Southern Slam 250
Saturday Number of
Practice Laps (In PDF
Format)
Southern Slam 250
Friday & Saturday Number
of
Practice Laps (In PDF
Format)
Gabehart
Leads First Saturday
Practice
After a close call during
the last practice session
on Friday when a car
dumped oil on the track
and Chris Gabehart slid
lightly into the wall he
repaired the car and went
out to set fast time in
the first practice session
SAturday for the Southern
Slam 250. Justin
Drawdy was second fast
with Shane Seig third,
Augie Grill fourth and
Heath Hindman fifth.
Southern Slam 250
Saturday
Practice #1 Results
Shelnut to
Start Qualifying
Darryl Shelnut of Lake
City, FL will lead off
qualifying for the
Southern Slam 250.
Allen Gorman from
Leesburg, GA will go
second Deatsville, AL's
Billy Ammons third, CRA
veteran Jack Landis from
Edgerton, OH will go
fourth and Heath Hindman
fifth in from Signal
Mountain, TN.
Southern Slam 250
Qualifying Order
Corey
Williams Fastest in Final
Session Drawdy Fastest
Overall
Corey Williams was the
fastest in the final
practice session on Friday
with a lap time of 17.919,
Jason Hogan was second,
Justin Drawdy third, Jeff
Fultz fourth and Ben Rowe
fifth.
Overall the fastest of day
was Justin Drawdy with a
time of 17.866 seconds,
Chris Gabehart was second
at 17.918, Corey Williams
third, Jeff Fultz fourth
and Augie Grill fifth.
Southern Slam 250 Friday
Practice #4 Results
Southern Slam 250 Friday
Practice Overall Results
Southern Slam 250 Friday
Practice Total Laps Run
Drawdy
Holds Fast Time
Justin Drawdy held on to
fast time for the third
practice session with a
lap of 17.866 seconds.
Chris Gabehart was still
second with a time of
17.918, Jeff Fultz was
third. Augie Grill
was fourth and Corey
Williams fifth.
Southern Slam 250 Friday
Practice #3 Results
Justin
Drawdy Sets New Fast Time
Justin Drawdy set a new
fast time with a lap of
17.917 seconds just a
whisper faster than Chris
Gabehart who was in at
17.926 seconds. Jeff
Fultz was third, Three
time CRA Super Series
Champion Scott Hantz
fourth and Augie Grill
fifth.
Southern Slam 250 Friday
Practice #2 Results
Ben Rowe
Fastest in First Southern
Slam 250 Practice
Ben Rowe turned a lap at
17.976 seconds for the
fast time at South Georgia
Motorsports Park for the
Southern Slam 250.
Jeff Fultz second fastest
and the only other driver
in the 17 second range
turned a lap at 17.999.
Shane Seig was third,
Justin Drawdy fourth and
Chris Gabehart fifth.
Southern Slam 250 Friday
Practice #1 Results
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