James Perry vehicle
Mother Nature stood idly by as the United Crate Racing Alliance rolled into Marvin Ford's Fort Payne Motor Speedway for Round #9 of the 2016 $15,000 Championship season. Tire R' Us of Cedartown presented the night's Crate Late Model action as 25 teams from Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee took to the 3/8's mile clay banked oval near Rainsville.
Polesitter Jamie Perry of Ringgold, Ga., earned his second UCRA victory of the season collecting the $2,500 prize. Perry previously won on the tour June 10th at Tri-County Racetrack in Brasstown, N.C.
The second-year tour ran its ninth event, with just two remaining this season. Caution appeared a handful of times, most notoriously on lap 12 when John Ownbey attempted to overtake leader Perry on a restart. The result ended Ownbey's night and produced an identical caution the very next attempt to restart when Kasey Hall attempted the same maneuver. Hall collected a gaggle of cars in turn one including the McCarter boys and Chase Walls.
Previous weeks (FPMS) Crate winner Tanner Works of Cleveland, Tn., was strong like Perry but fought back current UCRA points leader Rusty Ballenger and Kenny Kizzar. In the end Perry's #P4 "Cotton's Service Center, Secoa Technology, NiB-One and Mark Heatherly Construction" sponsored Longhorn Chassis was too stout winning by over a half a straight-away. Jason Welshan of Maryville, Tn., started 10th and finished fourth just ahead of Kizzar.
The next UCRA event is in three weeks at Smoky Mountain Speedway in Maryville, Tn., on Saturday, Sept. 17. Pisgah, Ala., racer Lucas Burns won the Super Late Model 30 lap $1,000 feature race.
1. Jamie Perry 2. Tanner Works 3. Rusty Ballenger 4. Jason Welshan 5. Kenny Kizzar 6. Eric Hickerson 7. Jesse Lowe 8. Tyler Wood 9. Heath Hindman 10. Dylan Whitlock 11. Michael Smith 12. Chris Harris 13. Chad Green 14. Bill Frey 15. Ronnie Cooper 16. Chase Walls 17. Mack McCarter 18. Kasey Hall 19. Pierce McCarter 20. John Ownbey 21. Lucas Burns 22. Sam Seawright 23. Cameron Skinner 24. Dylan Seibers - DNS Robert Gant
Earning Invitations to the October 8th $5,000 to WIN UCRA Finale:
Tanner Works, Jason Welshan, Jesse Lowe, Dylan Whitlock and Chris Harris
After the race