From Track & Staff Reports
Photo by: Corey Latham/RACE22.com
Newton, NC(September 12, 2012) — Monty Cox dominated the Limited Late Model portion of the rescheduled Sunday evening matinee at Hickory Motor Speedway, but by the time the evening was over with Brandon Atkinson hoisted the trophy.
Cox would take the lead in the race right from the start as he took off from his pole starting position with Atkinson on his bumper from the start. With battles throughout the field during the race the action was intense with drivers up front including Josh Bralley, Brandon Lynn and Jeremy Pelfrey battling for a top five position. The action continued to heat up as a lap 24 caution waved as Jason Crouse and Travis Byrd with another caution flying on lap 32 involving Crouse once again.
This would set up a three lap dash to the finish, but a multi-car crash right away would setup another restart for three final laps, but no one would give Cox a battle to the finish line. Cox would pick up the win with Atkinson, Bralley, Shane Lee and Lynn completing the top five finishers. However after inspection following the race, an issue with Cox’ tires would hand the victory over to Atkinson, his second win of the season.
Results:
1 – Brandon Atkinson #15
2 – Josh Bralley #07x
3 – Shane Lee #00
4 – Brandon Lynn #97
5 – Jeremy Pelfrey #51
6 – Charlie Watson #9
7 – Roger Pitts #21x
8 – Brandon Cox #4c
9 – Nelson Canache #71c
10 – Jeff Garrison #3
11 – Jason Crouse #28
12 – Christian Calvo #5
13 – Greg Wise #43w
14 – Travis Bryd #7
15 – Monty Cox #21 (DQ)
16 – Carl Lett #75l (DNS)
