| Frye
wins feature at Lebanon I-44 Speedway
by Andrew McNaughton/Lebanon
I-44 Speedway PR
(Lebanon) Bill
Frye was contemplating retirement going into night two of
the annual Lebanon I-44 Speedway MARS-MLRA Fall Shootout.
The Mid-America Racing Series veteran only had to start Saturday's
Late Model feature to claim the 2007 championship.
"I
thought to myself – I won the championship, so if i can win
the race, it might be time to quit," Frye said Saturday
night.
Frye won
the championship and the race Saturday, but his fans don't
need to worry.
"I
feel too good right now [to retire]," the 2007 MARS champion
said from Victory Lane at the Lebanon I-44 Speedway.Frye
took the lead over from Terry Phillips on lap 19. Philliips
#75 Late Model started the 40-lap feature on the pole, and
was already lapping cars by lap 7. When the yellow lag came
out on lap 16, 9 cars were already one lap down. However,
it would not be a repeat win night for the 5th Annual Larry
Phillips Memorial champion. Phillips suffered a blown tire,
and restarted back in the pack. After Frye took over the lead,
he would never look back.
"It was a
good race track," said Frye after his victory. "It
had two grooves, it's dry, it's slick, it's what we need."
Frye finished
ahead of Friday's winner, Jeremy Payne. Will Vaught came in
third, ahead of Lebanon's Brandon McCormick. Terry Phillips,
despite his tire problem, salvaged a fifth place finish.
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Full
Results |
Lebanon
I-44 Speedway |
September
22, 2007 |
| Heat
1 |
1)
Will Vaught |
|
| Heat
2 |
1) Terry
Phillips |
|
| Heat
3 |
1) Jack Sullivan |
|
| B
Feature #1 |
1) Jason Bodenhamer,
2) Craig Smith, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) Burl Woods, 5) Leroy
Johnson, 6) Steve Grotz, 7) Darrell Mooneyham, 8) Gary
Stolba, 9) Ricky Frankel, 10) PJ Haskins |
|
| A
Feature |
1) Bill
Frye, 2) Jeremy Payne, 3) Will Vaught, 4) Brandon McCormick,
5) Terry Phillips, 6) Jack Sullivan, 7) Peyton Taylor,
8) Al Purkey, 9) Justin Wells, 10) Mark Voigt, 11) Denny
Woodworth, 12) Gary Stolba, 13) David Turner, 14) Burl
Woods, 15) Alan Vaughn, 16) Craig Smith, 17) Tony Jackson,
18) Trace Westling, 19) Ricky Frankel, 20) Darrell Mooneyham,
21) Christian Rayburn, 22) Jason Bodenhamer, 23) Larry
Clawson |
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