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The Braselton News
Page 3B
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Racing
Pollard Grabs Georgia Asphalt Series Opener At Peach State
BY BRANDON REED
CONCENTRATION
Mill Creek senior Jamison Renfroe concentrates on his putt dur
ing a previous match. Renfroe shot a 37 to lead the Hawks to a
153-162 victory over Collins Hill last Thursday.
Photo by Kristi Reed
MCHS defeats Collins Hill
The Mill Creek golf team will
end its regular season next Tuesday.
The Hawks will host Brookwood
on Apr. 15 at Hamilton Mill Golf
Club. Tee time is set for 3:30 p.m.
The region 7-AAAAA tourna
ment follows on April 21 at Laurel
Springs Golf Club.
HAWKS SWEEP EAGLES
Mill Creek hosted Collins Hill
for a nine-hole match last Thursday
at the Hamilton Mill Golf Club.
Both the boys and girls scored vic
tories against the Eagles.
In the boys" match, the Hawks
won 153-162. Mill Creek was led
by Jamison Renfroe and Ryan
Monroe with one over par 37s.
Sean Bolen was the top scorer for
Collins Hill with an even-par 36.
Andrew Sterritt and Gery Dempsey
each shot a 41 for the Eagles.
The Lady Hawks defeated
Collins Hill by a score of 79-83.
Emilie Burger shot a two over par
38 to lead all scorers. Jennifer Nam
finished three strokes back with
a 41.
Lauren Court led Collins Hill
with a 40. Teammate Jackie Rajek
added a 43.
JV WINS
Mill Creek's junior varsity boys'
team hosted North Forsyth on
Wednesday at Hamilton Mill Golf
Club. The Hawks defeated North
Forsyth 173 - 185.
Nick Stillwell led Mill Creek
with a 41. Geoff Hatfield finished
close behind with a 42.
Wesley Hansard shot a 42 to lead
the North Forsyth team. Raiders
C.J. Evans and Phillip Black shot
45 each.
After two weeks of trying, the
Georgia Asphalt Series was finally
able to get their season opener in
at Peach State Speedway Sunday
afternoon.
For Senoia’s Bubba Pollard, it was
worth the wait, as he took the lead
near halfway from an ailing Russell
Fleeman, and moved away solidly to
win the opening event.
Pollard said this win was just what
he and his team needed to get their
season started.
“We had a rough last year," he
said. “We had a couple taken away
from us last year. We needed (a win)
to get our momentum going for this
year. We’re going to win a few more,
I hope.’’
Pollard started the day on the front
row, alongside Fleeman, who had
taken the top starting spot in qualify
ing earlier in the day. At the drop of
the green flag, Fleeman jumped out
front, and kept his machine there sol
idly for the first half of the race.
As the event neared the half
way point, Pollard began to reel in
Fleeman, as the leader’s car began to
slow, and sparks began to show from
underneath.
On lap 47, Fleeman slowed dra
matically with a flat tire, and Pollard
made the pass for the top spot. As
Fleeman made his way to pit road,
the cars of Kevin Perry of Jefferson
and Roger Delp of Newnan tangled
on the front stretch, bringing out the
caution.
Since laps under caution do not
count, that allowed Fleeman to
change the tire, and rejoin the race
at the back of the pack without los
ing a lap.
The last caution of the day flew
when Marietta’s Cody Haskins spun
on the backstretch, while Fleeman
spun while trying to avoid Haskins.
Both were able to continue.
On the restart, Pollard pulled away,
and would not be seriously chal
lenged again the rest of the day.
While Pollard enjoyed about a nine-
second lead, Fleeman began thunder
ing back towards the front. A late
pass on Wes Burton and Richard
POLLARD WINS
Bubba Pollard shows off the spoils of victory after winning by over eight seconds ahead of second
place Russell Fleeman in Sunday’s GAS series opener. Photo by Brandon Reed
Johns gave Fleeman a second place
finish. Max Gresham rounded out
the top five.
Pollard said he would have rather
been able to race Fleeman for the
victory.
“We didn’t want to win this one this
way. It was early in the race when he
went out. I would have liked to see
what we had for him. We were still
pretty quick at the end. Even after
coming in and working on it, he still
should have been pretty good with
new right side tires. We were a little
quicker on the stopwatch at the end.
I would have liked to see how it went
at the end against him.’’
Jefferson’s Nick Potts would finish
sixth, Chris Horton finished seventh,
Braselton’s Jimmy Garmon finished
in eighth, Kyle Mitchell ninth and
Jefferson’s Joey Senter finished in
10 ,h .
The Georgia Asphalt series now
moves on to the Anderson Motor
Speedway in Anderson, S.C. for their
next event on April 11. The tour will
return to Peach State on May 3.
It was also an interesting event for
the local divisions, where several of
the finishers were later disqualified.
First, in the mini-stock event,
William Earnest inherited the victory
after Troy French, who was flagged
the winner, failed post race inspec
tion. Ken Cadiotti was credited with
second, followed by Aaron Calvert
and Wayne Smith.
The scariest moment of the race
came during the mini-stock event,
when David Cochran blew an engine
on the front stretch, coming to stop
on the front straightaway. With
smoke obscuring the track, Darrell
Carlson made heavy contact with the
rear of Cochran’s vehicle. Both cars
sustained heavy damage, but there
were no injuries.
In the Super Truck event, Homer’s
Wes Whitfield picked up the win
after Paul Antley was disqualified
after failing post-race inspection.
Second place was awarded to Andy
Gaddis, followed by Matthew Rouse
and James Davidson.
Hoyt Stephens held off Russell
Shore to win in the Outlaw Late
Model division. Shore’s car failed
post race inspection, moving Phil
Peppers to the second spot. Terry
Martin took third, while Brian
Hardman finished fourth.
In the sportsman division, Robbie
Gonterman led early and never
looked back, taking the win over
Richard Kind, Keith Barrett and
Chuck Copper.
Local racing returns to Peach State
on April 19.
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