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Cater Recovers for Late Model Win; Robbins Earns Two Victories; Burton, Edsall, Donahue and Renner Also Victorious
(July 2, 2011) – Despite crashing in the heat race, Terry Cater
came back to capture the Late Model feature at Anderson Speedway on
Saturday.
Cater made contact with the outside retaining wall in turn three while
trying to make an outside pass of Ronnie Rose in the heat race.
The crew made repairs which allowed Cater to start in the last row for the
feature event. Mark Livesay took the early lead with Cater using the outside
line to pass Rose on the back straight to move into the fourth position.
From there Cater passed Eldon Wright at the halfway point with an inside
move down the front straight. Four laps later he moved outside of Josh Poore
for the second spot and started to close on Livesay.
With five laps remaining Cater got inside of Livesay going down the back
straight and completed the pass entering turn three. Livesay finished second
followed by Poore, Rose and Wright.
“We’re racing for the points, that’s why I started in the back,” Cater said
after the win. “The car felt pretty good.”
Phil Jenkins saw a big lead evaporated in the WMDH Thunder Car feature when
the caution flag waved on lap 17 which allowed Lonny Burton to take the lead
on the restart.
But the green flag only waved for three laps when Chris Synder lost a wheel
on the back straight. On the restart Burton was able to hold off Jenkins,
who was passed on the next circuit by Hannah Lundy and Ronnie Rose.
Burton was followed to the checkers by Lundy, Rose, Jenkins and Rob Allman.
Frankton’s John Robbins inherited the lead in the Legends feature on lap 10
when the two front running cars of Bryan Nuckles and Tayler Webb tangled
with a lapped car in turn three.
From there Robbins drove away to the win followed by Aaron Holden, Jack
Dossey Jr., Ben Rhodes and Matt Erich.
Rhodes started deep in the field and made a charge after the caution flag
waved to record a top five finish.
James Edsall III took advantage of a restart with seven laps remaining to
climb from the third spot to win the Last Chance Wrecker Thunder Roadster
feature.
Tony Holden was holding off Chris Weddle for the first 18 laps of the event,
when Weddle started dropping fluid on the track.
Edsall got inside of Doug Dugger entering turn one on lap 20 and then used
the low groove to pass Holden in turn three with two laps remaining.
Edsall and Holden were followed to the checkers by Dugger, Marty Griffin and
Aaron Holden.
Indianapolis driver Al Renner was able to hand James Edsall III his first
loss in a feature event for the Last Chance Wrecker Thunder Roadsters at
Anderson Speedway on Saturday.
Renner got past Doug Dugger on the second lap and held onto the top spot for
the remainder of the feature event, which was rescheduled from an earlier
rainout.
Edsall has never lost a feature in the Thunder Roadster nicknamed the Batmobile”,
but once he moved into the fourth position was unable to gain any more
positions.
Renner, Dugger, Tony Holden and Edsall ran in a tight pack as the three
drivers behind Renner were looking for another driver to make a mistake, a
mistake that never happened. Chris Weddle came home in fifth.
Following the win, Renner said this was probably his last race because of
health reasons.
“I wanted to run one more time,” Renner said. “I’m glad I was able to beat
Edsall in my final race.”
Frankton’s John Robbins led all 25 laps to capture the rescheduled Legends
feature, but the driver to watch was Ben Rhodes, who is competing for the
national championship.
Rhodes climbed into the fourth spot on the eighth lap with an inside move on
Jack Dossey Jr. going down the back straight. Three laps later he got inside
of Earl Brown on the front straight to move into third.
He then passed Aaron Holden on the 19th lap with an inside pass coming off
the fourth corner. Rhodes finished a half-second behind Robbins. Holden
finished third followed by Dossey and Brown.
Fast qualifier Kyle Donahue dominated the make-up Bandoleros feature leading
the entire distance. The move of the race was recorded by Jack Dossey III on
lap five when he got underneath Randy Caldwell and Dalton Brown in turn
three to climb from the fourth to the second position
Anderson Speedway returns to action on Monday, July 4th in the Marsh
Hometown Markets Figure 8 Madness. Featured divisions include IOFS Outlaw
Figure 8's, School Bus Figure 8's, Figure 8's. Front Wheel Drive Figure 8's
and Culver's Trailer Race. Plus a huge fireworks show.
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