Demiltion Derby at HMS on Saturday Night (I1)
Hardeeville Motor Speedway to Host Demolition Derby on Saturday Night HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (July 10, 2002) - On Saturday night, July 13th, the Hardeeville Motor Speedway will host its first-ever demolition derby. Coastal Empire and Lowcountry race fans will also see the O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models, Legends Cars, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, Xtreme Stock Cars and Road Warriors in action on Saturday night. Road Warrior fan favorite, Chelsey Carr of Martinez, GA, will be entering the Demolition Derby on Saturday and during the post race interview after her July 3rd feature event said, "since I'll probably be the only girl out here, I'm going to guarantee a win!" One lucky fan will have the chance to win the opportunity to race a Road Warrior car on Saturday night, July 20th. Fans will also have the chance to win other great prizes such as rides in the HMS Winston Cup car, tickets to upcoming events and hats. The Coca Cola Kid's Pedal Car races will also take place during intermission. Last weeks racing action featured a multitude of first time winners for the 2002 season that included Tom Haidon of Hilton Head, SC in the O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models, David Taschner from Summerville, SC in the Xtreme Stock Cars, and James Beckett from Ridgeland, SC in the Street Stock class. Gates open on Saturday at 4:00 p.m., qualifying begins at 6:00 p.m. followed by the National Anthem at 7:05 p.m. General admission ticket prices are $10.00 for adults; $6.00 for Juniors (ages 13-16), Seniors (55 and older) and Military (with proper I.D.); $2.00 for children (ages 6-12); and children under 5 are free. The Hardeeville Motor Speedway is located three miles south of I-95 (exit 5 in SC) on Highway 17 or just ten miles north of Savannah on Highway 17. For more information, contact (843) 784 RACE (7223) or visit online at www.hardeevillespeedway.com for discount coupons for the race event. On Saturday night, July 20th, race fans will have the opportunity to see the USCS Outlaw Sprint Cars for the first time on asphalt in the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire area. These 1,300 pound, 700 horspower machines will reach speeds in excess of 140 m.p.h. on the 1.3-mile high banked asphalt oval. July 13, 2002 (Saturday) Demolition Derby PLUS Racing Time Schedule(Subject to Change) 4:00 p.m. Pit Gates Open (Pit Passes: 12 & older - $20.00; Not permitted in the pits) 4:00 p.m. Grandstands Open 4:30 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. Open Practice (all divisions in the following order) Rotation: Legends Cars O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models Street Stocks Mini Stocks Xtreme Stock Cars 6:00 p.m. HMS Driver's Meeting (Mandatory) 6:15 p.m. Time Trials for Legends Cars (2 laps each) - ½ field locked into A-Main, Remainder to the B-Main. Time Trials for O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models (2 laps each) 7:00 p.m. Invocation and National Anthem 7:05 p.m. Feature Events - Victory Lane @ Finish Line for Top 3 in each division except for B-Main. * Number of laps depends on car counts (see purse sheets to determine laps). Road Warriors Feature #1 - Laps and Event to be announced Legends Cars B-Main - (15 laps) - Trophy to the winner. # of qualifiers for A-Main to be determined (max. 24 cars in A-Main). O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models - (50 laps) Xtreme Stock Cars - (20 laps) Demolition Derby Intermission - Coca Cola Kid's Pedal Car Races Road Warriors Feature #2 - Laps and Event to be announced Legends Cars A-Main - (30 laps) Mini Stocks - (20 laps) Street Stocks - (20 laps) 10:15 p.m. Racing Completed 11:00 p.m. Pit Area Closes (Lights out) 2002 HMS Track Point Standings (as of July 10, 2002) O.C. Welch Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Late Models Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 8 Shane Jenkins Statesboro, GA 570 2 15 Tom Haidon Hilton Head, SC 561 3 54 Walter Reardon Savannah, GA 538 4 25 Keith Wells Charleston, SC 500 5 07 Corey Fletcher Bloomingdale, GA 455 6 91 Tommy Porter Jr. Savannah, GA 394 7 42 Corey Hendrix Statesboro, GA 388 8 36 Hubert Into Ridgeland, SC 244 9 3 Dusty Lee Garus Ridgeville, SC 240 10 16 Ellis Huggins Pembroke, GA 232 11 11 Leland Prewitt Savannah, GA 183 12 90 Randy Cook Guyton, GA 178 13 53 Kenny Cranston Beaufort, SC 168 14 G4 Garrett Shurling Ellabell, GA 162 15 31 Andrew Blaske Beaufort, SC 160 16 95 Mark Terry Rincon, GA 91 17 27 Jimmy Price Covington, GA 88 18 79 Travis Price Covington, GA 82 19 4 Steve Senter Savannah, GA 80 20 03 Thornton Butler Hardeeville, SC 80 21 7 Bruce Taylor Savannah, GA 80 22 1 A.J. Frank Bluffton, SC 80 Legends Cars Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points PRO DIVISION 1 44 Kevin O'Brien Burton, SC 679 2 30 Kevin Eves Guyton, GA 529 3 81 Craig Goess Jr. Greenville, NC 291 4 G4 Garrett Shurling Ellabell, GA 276 5 11 A.J. Frank Bluffton, SC 273 6 3D Jeremiah Dennen Beaufort, SC 238 7 29 Clay Hair Mt. Pleasant, NC 188 8 07 Corey Fletcher Bloomingdale, GA 100 9 04 Tommy Wrape Heath Springs, SC 100 MASTERS DIVISION 1 29 Jim Reyburn Charleston, SC 771 2 11 Tom Oliva Port Royal, SC 450 3 49 Frank Fegel Jr. Kingsland, GA 391 4 98 Tad Segars Hilton Head, SC 294 5 46 Troy Martin Prosperity, SC 282 6 15 Dave Sondles Johns Island, SC 282 7 N3D Steve Desimone Hilton Head, SC 279 8 Y1 Steve Johnson Hampton, SC 229 9 34 Tony Maddalea Newberry, SC 220 10 13 Bill Mathers Charlotte, NC 188 11 76 Ken Penta Green Cove Springs, FL 181 12 09 Randy Forehand Sylvania, GA 141 13 1 Tommy Jordan Hartsville, SC 100 14 8 Larry Friddle Greenville,SC 86 15 4 Steve Simms Athens, GA 86 SEMI-PRO DIVISION 1 8 Jimmy Lang Bluffton, SC 725 2 15 Jonathan Haidon Hilton Head, SC 712 3 62 Andrew Smith Savannah, GA 678 4 69 Billy Tysinger Hardeeville, SC 667 5 11D Darren Gordon Hilton Head, SC 631 6 19 Adam Congrove Hilton Head, SC 617 7 27 Jason Colson Rincon, GA 588 8 47 Russ Brown Beaufort, SC 583 9 77 Heywood Barton Jr. Guyton, GA 580 10 9 Chris Coker Sumter, SC 563 11 8T Zack Tysinger Hardeeville, SC 552 12 60 Billy Schilling Hilton Head, SC 505 13 21 Johnny Gnann, Jr. Springfield, GA 462 14 18 Brent Crapse Estill, SC 234 15 73 Trey Carr Evans, GA 185 16 44 Laura McKenzie Hardeeville, SC 162 17 25 Ross Furr Concord, NC 100 18 45 Chad Pearson Lanier, NC 84 19 39 Mike Willingham Newberry, SC 80 20 3 John Metts Cordova, SC 78 21 4 Steve Pearson Athens, GA 50 22 46 Billy Andrews Stockbridge, GA 50 23 37 Lee Varner Savannah, GA 50 Xtreme Stock Cars Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 5 Don Dean Sheldon, SC 732 2 14 Tim Dasher Bluffton, SC 705 3 28 Scott Thorne Hardeeville, SC 564 4 8 Jimmy Tuten Hardeeville, SC 551 5 17 David Taschner Summerville, SC 527 6 10 Buster Kleckley Ridgeland, SC 525 7 21 Randy Crews Estill, SC 433 8 27 Jonathan Jones Savannah, GA 378 9 74 Joe Wright Summerville, SC 347 10 47 Keith Sanchez Hardeeville, SC 321 11 32 Christie Anderson Ellabell, GA 268 12 7 Jim Swanson Hilton Head, SC 263 13 22 Chuck Johnson Dublin, GA 260 14 78 Trey Youmans Hardeeville, SC 156 15 47 David Sanchez Hardeeville, SC 94 16 18 Andy Stallings Pembroke, GA 84 17 17 Greg Denardis Beaufort, SC 82 18 73 Wayne Carroll Tybee Island, GA 78 19 28x Daniel Meador Hardeeville, SC 76 20 03 Ray Smith Early Branch, SC 76 Street Stocks Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 59 James Beckett Ridgeland, SC 197 2 77 Glenn Mappus Ridgeville, SC 194 3 9 Scott Russell Charlotte, NC 191 4 53 Jason Stephens Hardeeville, SC 179 5 75 Robert Myers Ridgeville, SC 172 6 7 Fred Alexander Ridgeville, SC 91 7 78 Gregg Mappus Charleston, SC 86 8 23 Kelly Scott Cottageville, SC 84 9 83 Michael Driggers Ridgeville, SC 86 10 15 Walter Myers Ridgeville, SC 82 11 36 Hubert Into Bloomingdale, GA 50 Mini Stocks Rank Car # Driver Name Hometown, State Points 1 7 Stephen Moore St. George, SC 785 2 56 David Carr, Jr. Martinez, GA 752 3 17 Johnny Brown Bluffton, SC 676 4 3 Randy Day Beaufort, SC 537 5 13 Doug Butler Hardeeville, SC 519 6 14 John Carlen North Charleston, SC 446 7 8 James Groover Bluffton, SC 428 8 75 Joseph Duncan Ludowici, GA 357 9 21 Bobby Duncan Ludowico, GA 346 10 5 Billy Rhodus Barnwell, SC 272 11 7sc Kevin O'Brien Bluffton, SC 172 # # #
