Rolly, Wally, the Spud and the Snake highlight the night atop "The Hill"
The feature race was 22 laps long, as a tribute to the late Gail "Wally" Wallace who raced the number 22 truck at Hilltop Speedway before passing away earlier this season, and the victory by Heyder snapped a combined six-race winning streak by the Potts (David and Kevin) and Large (Jack, John and Steve) families.
It was a Lee rolling into the winner's circle at the end of the Holmes Tire Late Models feature, as George Lee caught Eric "Spud" Myers after just two laps, dipping him into the fryer as he passed him on the high groove, eventually finishing ahead of Norm Aronhalt and Justin Chance, as Myers was forced to drop out with only six laps remaining.
Aronhalt would move up a spot to win the Tri-State Modified feature, as the Warsaw driver chased down Rory Reed after two laps and finished with a comfortable lead, despite getting bunched together with the rest of the pack after a yellow flag on lap 11.
The only flags that mattered during the Street Stocks main were green and checkered, as Mt. Vernon driver Kenny Daughriety Jr. led from one to the other, reaching the winner's circle for the second time in 2011 after rebuilding his No. 20, Superman Racing car, following a crash during hot laps the week before.
Steve Miller of Shreve would start the Guerne Heights Drive-In Mini Stocks feature in the second position, after finishing second the during the previous two Mini Stocks features, but he would jump in front on lap one and never look back, carrying his lead all the way to the finish line and driving into the winner's circle for the first time at Hilltop Speedway.
The winner's circle was a familiar place for the youngster, Donovan Dickerson, who had won the last two Mini Wedge features before getting bit by Blake "The Snake" Morris of Zanesville, who raced to victory for the first time in 2011, finishing ahead of Dickerson and Kyler Kidd.
Kidd will hope to move up a couple of spots on Kid's Night at Hilltop Speedway, Saturday, July 23 as there will be prizes and games for youngsters attending, and fans will all be allowed into the pits following Hot Laps and qualifying to get autographs, on the dual-promotion Driver's Autograph Night.
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Atom's Pest Control Trucks
Fast Qualifier: John Large (19.229 ntr)
Dash: Kevin Potts, Jack Large, Steve Large, Rolly Heyder, John Large, Mitch Caskey
Heat One: Ken Duncan, Scott Gray, Ben Brannon, Logan Brannon, Tony Wengerd, Gordon Zimmer
Heat Two: David Potts, Jerry Gardner, Brad Phillips, Mitch Ling, Butch Burcher, Cole Lillibridge
Feature: Heyder, K. Potts, Jack Large, John Large, S. Large, D. Potts, Caskey, Gardner, Gray, Duncan, Wengerd, Burcher, Phillips, L. Brannon, B. Brannon, Lillibridge, Ling (dns), Zimmer (dns)
Holmes Tire Late Models
Heat One: George Lee, Jason Flory, JR Gentry, Justin Chance, Kristin Flory, Steve Prince, Larry Bellman, Jeff Long, Jason Hinton
Heat Two: Eric Myers, Norm Aronhalt, Wayne Maffett Jr., Tom Baker, Keith Tish, Blaine Aber, Brian Giaugue, Dave Hornikel
Feature: Lee, Aronhalt, Chance, Maffett Jr., Tish, J. Flory, Baker, K. Flory, Prince, Bellman, Myers, Giaugue, Aber, Gentry, Hornikel, Long, Hinton
Tri-State Modifieds
Heat One: Rory Reed, Kyle Brown, Robin Duston, Mike Mizer, Eddie Wilson, Scott Swartz, Gary Clark
Heat Two: Darrick Hubbard, Vic Hottinger, Nick Smith, Brandon Russell, Jeff Votaw, Robert Page, Josh Pyers
Heat Three: Larry Kugel, Rick Mardis, Joe Spearman, Virgil Eaches, Josh Cairati, Ty Samples, George Kinder
Heat Four: Norm Aronhalt, Matt Samples, Denny Benjamin, Jeff Dovenbarger, Kevin Shairer, Vern Mardis
Last Chance: Clark, Votaw, V. Mardis, Wilson, Swartz, Page, T. Samples, Cairati (dns), Shairer (dns), Pyers (dns), Kinder (dns)
Feature: Aronhalt, M. Samples, Reed, Brown, Hubbard, Duston, Kugel, R. Mardis, Smith, Russell, Votaw, Spearman, Dovenbarger, Hottinger, Eaches, Mizer, Clark, Benjamin
Street Stocks
Heat One: Todd Swim, Ed Leasure, John Wilson, Bob Chilcote, Robert Smith, Paul Harringer, Kenny Daughriety Sr.
Heat Two: Kenny Daughriety Jr., Brandon Craver, Joey Spearman, Chris Gibbs, Dave Giaugue, Jason Shairer, Jose Marsh
Feature: Daughriety Jr., Craver, Swim, Chilcote, Harringer, Daughriety Sr., Gibbs, Shairer, Giaugue, Smith, Wilson, Leasure, Marsh, Spearman
Guerne Heights Drive-In Mini Stocks
Heat One: Jerry Adkins, Gary Hensel Jr., Brad Hensel, Josh Gentry, Desi McHenry, Tyler Evans, Mike Rose
Heat Two: Steve Miller, James Priebe, Dustin Daugherty, Blain Markey, Jesse Starner, Josh Garrett, Kevin Markey Heat Three: Chris Priebe, Matt Kemp, Kenny Long, Chase Fry, Tyler Rose, Moose Workman
Feature: Miller, Hensel Jr., Adkins, C. Priebe, Daugherty, J. Priebe, B. Markey, K. Markey, B. Hensel, Gentry, Evans, Fry, Long, T. Rose, Kemp, Workman, Garrett, Starner, McHenry, M. Rose (dns)
Mini Wedges
Heat One: Josey Lillibridge, Taylor Huggins, Donovan Dickerson, Olivia Large, Kyler Kidd
Heat Two: Blake Morris, Hannah Rose, Tyler Pumpey, Tristen Lillibridge
Feature: Morris, Dickerson, Kidd, T. Lillibridge, J. Lillibridge, Huggins, Large, Rose, Pumpey
Published: July 16, 2011
