Kyle Busch Holds Off Bubba Pollard For SpeedFest Win

Kyle Busch had to hold off some of the top short track talent in the country to do it, but Sunday afternoon he scored his career third SpeedFest Super Late Model victory at Watermelon Capital Speedway in Cordele, GA.

He had to keep a hard charging Bubba Pollard at bay to record the win.

“It’s awesome to come down to the south to see a full grandstand,” said Busch in victory lane.  “Thanks to you all for coming out to see us race.”

Busch previously scored wins in the event in 2009 and 2010, when it was held at Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, Georgia.

While many may have thought the NASCAR Sprint Cup star’s victory was a foregone conclusion, Busch had to fight hard against a tough field of competitors to take home his third SpeedFest trophy.

The SLM feature would see Pollard jump out to an early lead from the start, leading John Hunter Nemechek, Busch, Erik Jones, and David Ragan.  Busch would charge to the front, looking time and again for daylight around Pollard.

The first caution flew just 10 laps in, as Ross Kenseth’s Ford spun in turn three.  He didn’t hit anything, and was able to drive  away.

Pollard would retake the lead on the restart, holding off a hard charging Busch.  The action would be slowed again by caution on lap 23, when Erik Darnell and Donnie Wilson spun off the second turn.

Busch would finally get a strong look at the inside of Pollard on the restart, but couldn’t  make the move, as the Senoia, GA driver went back out front, with Busch settling in second and Nemechek moving to third.  Nemechek would pass Busch on the outside for second, and set sail after Pollard at lap 40.

Just a few laps, and one caution later, Nemechek would find himself leading the merry chase, with Pollard to second and Busch riding third.

The field was slowed again by caution on lap 58, when the cars of Kenzie Ruston, Kenseth and Jeff Fultz tangled in turn one.  Darnell also caught a piece of the action, causing front end damage to his car.

Nemechek would hold the lead on the restart, with Erik Jones moving to second, and Pollard falling into line third.  Pollard would surrender that position to Busch around lap 78, while Casey Smith moved to fifth, Stephen Nasse to sixth, Chase Elliott to seventh and Ragan to eighth.

A blown engine by Eric Jones on lap 96 in the third turn send Busch, Wilson, Jeff Fultz and others slipping all over the track.  Fultz would end up leaving the track, and landing in a ditch while several others spun to avoid the mess.

Nemechek would retain the lead, with Busch recovering to pick up second, Smith third, Pollard fourth and Elliott fifth.

The caution would mark the halfway break, with several cars heading to the pits for adjustments. Elliott would come out of the break with the lead, but Busch would push his racer out front to take the top spot on the restart.

Busch would continue to hold the top spot, with Pollard, Ragan and Smith charging behind him. Elliott would drop back to fifth.

With 60 laps to go, Pollard was on the charge, looking to catch Busch.  A restart with 50 laps opened the door for Pollard, but Busch would again slip away, while Pollard and Smith battled for second.

Smith would lose that battle, opening the door for Ragan to look for position around Pollard.

Pollard would hold the measure on the Unadilla, GA driver, but the field would be slowed twice by yellow flags between laps 160 and 166, giving the leaders another chance at each other.

On the restart, Pollard would make a bold move on the outside, powering his way to the top spot with just over 25 laps to go.

With 15 to go, Busch caught Pollard, and the two began dicing for the top spot.  Busch would win the battle, coming away with the lead.  Pollard would close back up on the Sprint Cup regular as the race approached 10 to go, and looked for an opportunity.

The opportunity seemed to slip away with a wiggle from Pollard, which allowed Busch to build a small lead.  Busch made the most of the slip, and pulled away over the closing laps.  He would streak across the finish line as the winner.  Pollard would run second, with Ragan, Smith and Nasse rounding out the top five.

Earlier in the day, Chase Elliott held off fellow Georgian Mike Garvey for the victory in the 150 lap Pro Late Model feature. Elliott had to thread his way through a two-car pile-up on the final lap, but came away with the victory.

“I don’t know if it was our strongest or not, but it worked out and we got to the front,” said Elliott in victory lane after the 150 lap grind.

Bubba Pollard started on the pole, and would take the early lead.  Trouble broke out early behind him, however, when Dwayne Buggay spun in turn one, collecting up Brady Boswell, Kyle Benjamin, Brandon Jones and Anderson Bowen on the second lap.

On the restart, Pollard would again retake the lead, but Elliott was on the move, charging around Daniel Hemric for the second position.  As the race approached the 30 lap mark, Elliott began to close on Pollard while Garvey moved to third after doing battle with Kyle Plott.

As the race hit the 50 lap mark, Pollard, Elliott and Garvey ran nose to tail when a spin in turn three brought out the yellow flag.

On the restart, Garvey and Elliott fought for second while Pollard tried to move away with the top spot.  Pollard would hold the point to the halfway mark at lap 75, with Garvey second, Elliott third, Brent Downey in fourth and Hemric fifth.

Garvey would take the top spot soon after the halfway point, with Pollard fighting with Elliott for second.  Elliott would take the runner-up spot on a restart just after the 100-lap mark, and give chase to Garvey.  Meanwhile, Plott and Pollard would slug it out for the third position. As Plott took third, Elliott and Garvey would go side by side for the lead.  The Elliott would come away with the lead with just over 25-laps to go.

The red flag would come out on lap 128, when Buggay and Boswell crashed in the fourth turn.  Buggay had a brief fire break out, but it was soon extinguished.  No one was injured, but officials threw the red flag to allow for clean up.

Elliott would retake the lead on the restart, but the field was slowed again with about 10-laps to go for a pile-up in the first turn involving Roger Adkins, Shane Sawyer and Kyle Bryant.

Elliott was able to make his way through the last lap melee to score the win. Garvey finished second, with Hemric third, Pollard fourth and Plott fifth.

All results are unofficial until certified by CRA race officials.  Visit craracing.net for updates or more information.

Watermelon Capital Speedway – Cordele, GA
SpeedFest 2012 Unofficial Results – Jan. 29, 2012

 SpeedFest SLM 200

Pos.	St.	Car #	Driver		Hometown	Sponsor	Laps	Status
1	3	51	Kyle	Busch	Las Vegas, NV	Toyota/KyleBusch.com	200	Running
2	1	26	Bubba	Pollard	Senia, GA	Pollard Motorsports	200	Running
3	5	6	David	Ragan	Concord, NC	David Ragan Ford	200	Running
4	17	99	Casey	Smith	Austin, TX	Sealmaster Austin/Smith Paving Inc.	200	Running
5	22	41	T.J.	Reaid	Acworth, GA	Bill Elliott Racing	200	Running
6	11	9	Chase	Elliott	Dawsonville, GA	Aaron’s	200	Running
7	7	71s	Kyle	Benjamin	Easley, SC	Benjamin Motorsports	200	Running
8	16	29	Austin	Theriault	Fort Kent, ME	Brad Kesolowski Racing	200	Running
9	20	25	Ross	Kenseth	Mooresville, NC	Blains Farm & Fleet	200	Running
10	21	74	Clay	Rogers	Troutman, NC	Hamke Race Cars & Parts	200	Running
11	2	8	John Hunter	Nemechek	Mooresville, NC	DAB Constructors/AM FM Energy Pellet & Wood Stoves	200	Running
12	23	01	Travis	Braden	Wheeling, WV	Senneker ChassisA-1 Towing/Quaker Steak & Lube	200	Running
13	12	39	Kenzie	Ruston	El Reno, OK	Ankney Trucking/MelMark Pipe & Supply	200	Running
14	18	67	Jeff	Fultz	Troutman, NC	WearCrete Diamond Concrete Polishing	200	Running
15	9	51s	Stephen	Nasse	Pinellas Park, FL	All American Concrete/DLP Motorsports	200	Running
16	27	71	Jimmy	Doyle	Hendersonville, NC	General Auto Repair & Tire	200	Running
17	15	09	Randy	Gentry	Easley, SC	DMR Motorsports/Gentry Brothers Services/Ozone Collision	200	Running
18	25	83	Scotty	Ellis	Forsyth, GA	M & E Construction	200	Running
19	24	0	Joe	Beaver	Noblesville, IN	Tim’s Heating/Ellis Race Cars/EDCO Welding/United Auto Salvage	199	Running
20	10	12	Jared	Marks	Mooresville, NC	Dodge Motorsports/UNOH	199	Running
21	26	82	Terry	Fisher,Jr.	Ossian, IN	Holton Racing/SprayPower	199	Running
22	29	32	John	Long	Niles, MI	Pay’N’Pakit Discount Foods	199	Running
23	30	29s	Allen	Karnes	Sharpsburg, GA	Allen Karnes Inc.	197	Running
24	14	2	Donnie	Wilson	Oklahome City, OK	Wilson Ford Parts/Oklahoma Auto Works	112	Accident
25	28	23	Dalton	Grindle	Flowery Branch, GA	Jim Waters Motor Co.	100	Accident
26	4	4	Erik	Jones	Byron, MI	Paragon Corvette Reproductions/CG Financial/Penske Shocks	96	Accident
27	6	1	Mike	Garvey	Atlanta, GA	Goodson Racing/GulfCoastBingo.com	63	Accident
28	13	7	Erik	Darnell	Davidson, NC	AMI Trailer Leasing	58	Accident
29	19	45	Dwayne	Buggay	Canton, GA	Red Top Auto Auction/ABC	46	Accident
30	8	5	Johnny	Sauter	Necedah, WI	Curb Records	44	Suspension

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Rheem PLM 150

Pos.	St.	#	Driver		Hometown	Sponsor	Laps	Status
1	3	9	Chase	Elliott	Dawsonville, GA	Aaron’s	150	Running
2	9	1	Mike	Garvey	Atlanta, GA	Goodson Racing/GulfCoastBingo.com	150	Running
3	2	54	Daniel	Hemric	Kannapolis, NC	Jeff Fultz Racing	150	Running
4	1	18	Bubba	Pollard	Senia, GA	PitBoxes.com	150	Running
5	7	166	Jeff	Fultz	Troutman, NC	WearCrete Diamond Concrete Polishing	150	Running
6	6	4	Kyle	Plott	Marietta, GA	Red Top Auto Auction/Jett Foods/Buggay Motorsports	150	Running
7	12	66	Korey	Ruble	Headland, AL	Gays Logging	150	Running
8	4	25	Brent	Downey	Brownsburg, IN	Commonwealth Engineers, Inc.	150	Running
9	20	23	Chris	Koslek	Grand Rapids, MI	Fewless Motorsports	150	Running
10	5	133	Ricky	Brooks	Milton, FL	Smith Motorsports	150	Running
11	28	127	Kyle	Maynard	Wetrsdale, FL	KC3 Motorsports	150	Running
12	13	71	Kyle	Benjamin	Easley, SC	Benjamin Motorsports	150	Running
13	24	01	Roger	Adkins	Nelson, GA	P & M Tire & Auto/Davis Machine	150	Running
14	17	16	David	Hodges	Lake Park, GA	David Hodges Cars & Truck Sales/Dale Hodges Mobile Homes/Burney’s Transmission	150	Running
15	14	10	RS	Senter	Oakwood, GA	RS Trucking/OvernightWraps.com	150	Running
16	25	6	Brandon	Hermiller	Walker, MI	H.S. Die/VISI-TST	150	Running
17	16	33	Wes	Griffith Jr.	Crown Point, IN	Fewless Motorsports	150	Running
18	19	33s	Brandon	Jones	Atlanta, GA	Rheem	149	Running
19	26	77	Mike	Slone	Rolla, MO	SS Motors/Cookin From Scratch/Freedom Electric	148	Running
20	30	27	Joe	Ross	Kansas City, MO	R & S Auto/D & D Entertainment/Pablo’s Tig	148	Running
21	31	12	Ronnie	Whitlock	Colleyville, TX	Mobil 1	147	Running
22	11	98	Russell	Fleeman	Dacula, GA	U.S. Auto Sales	141	Accident
23	22	41	Chris	Davidson	Pearland, TX	Turner Motorsports	141	Accident
24	18	38	Shane	Sawyer	Buford, GA	Prestige Motors	141	Accident
25	29	79	Kyle	Bryant	Navarre, FL	Shear Madness Hair Salon	139	Accident
26	15	2	Brady	Boswell	Watkinsville, GA	Boswell Electric	139	Accident
27	10	45	Dwayne	Buggay	Canton, GA	Red Top Auto Auction/ABC	127	Accident
28	23	04	Jerrod	Foley	Williamsburg, KY	Quality Care Auto/Advance Auto Parts	71	Accident
29	21	29	Spencer	Davis	Dawsonville, GA	Core Race Products	49	Accident
30	32	61	T.W.	Fisher	Whitehouse, TN	31 W Insulation/Day Enterprise Racecars	32	Accident
31	27	23s	Dalton	Grindle	Flowery Branch, GA	Jim Waters Motor Co.	7	Handling
32	8	129	Anderson	Bowen	Suwanee, GA	Anderson Bowen Racing	1	Accident