Recap of the racing at EAMS on Saturday, 5/13/2017:

EAMS Late Model (25 Laps):
1 – #1D Dalton D Cook – came from behind to take the lead and easily outdistance the field – picks up his 2nd win of the season.
2 – #110 Rick Culpepper – started 5th, got to the lead early but lost the battle to Cook a few laps in.
3 – #5 Thomas Lewis – 4th top 3 of the season.
4 – #K9 Dana Eiland – started outside pole – maintains 36 point lead over Culpepper.
5 – #54 Tim Dixon – 3rd 5th place finish in a row.

602 LM Sportsman (15 Laps):
1 – #83 Brandon Pijnenburg – shows up and shows out – wins in his 1st points race at EAMS this season.
2 – #8G Bubba Gorman – 6th top 3 finish – expands his points lead
3 – #14 Dustin Ducker – best finish of the season – looked really good tonight – starting to get the hang of this.
4 – #94 Trenton Pijnenburg – good job in his first race in a Late Model at EAMS.
5 – #21 John Holdinghausen – 1st outing this season – not bad for a shake down run with his new car.

Hobby (15 Laps):
1 – #6 Marty Beckwith – 2nd straight win for Marty – 5 top 4 finishes in 5 starts.
2 – #294 John Michael – took the lead from Beckwith early, but relented to the constant pressure from him – extends is points lead to 4 points over Coggins. 
3 – #R68 Chuck Coggins – 5th top 3 finish of the season – just 4 points out of the points lead. 
4 – #30 Tim Bosley – 6 top 6 finishes in 6 starts.
5 – #31 Richie Grantham – 7 top 6 finishes in 7 starts.

NeSmith Street Stock (15 Laps):
1 – #27 Gordy Scarborough – 1st win ever in this class – congrats!!
2 – #25 Herbie Donath – was relentless in his pressuring of Scarborough through the first 10 laps or so, before fading.
3 – #24 Allen McConnell – maintains his gigantic points lead.

Road Warrior (15 Laps):
1 – #17 Brian Robinson – 2nd win in his last two outings, but he really had to work hard for this win.
2 – #16 Robert Price – great run in his 1st race at EAMS this season – lead a few laps – great battle with Robinson and Harrelson.
3 – #1 Rickey Harrelson – his most competitive run of the season – battled for the lead early.
4 – #101 Brooks Shelley – maintains a 15 point lead over Harrelson.
5 – #9 Jeff Koffman – was able to run all of the laps in his 2nd time out ever.

Hot Shots (12 Laps):
1 – #24 Jason Newsome – ran 2nd to Watson for 11 laps and then took the lead when Watson faded on the last lap – his 4th win of the year.
2 – #J38 Jayce Swint – his best finish of the season – leads points by 27 points.
3 – #93 John Catrett – his first top 5 in 5 attempts
4 – #2 Patrick Harrelson – 4th top 5 in his 1st race back since a bad wreck 2 weeks ago.
5 – #21 Mac Watson – lead 11 laps, faded on the last lap.

Next race at EAMS is next Saturday, 5/20/2017 – I hope you’ll join us. Lamar McClellan.