Orange County Speedway Limited Sportsman race and unofficial race results from last Saturday
— courtesy Orange County Speedway by Jim Cribbs
The Heaven’s must have been smiling when Daryl Carver took the checkered flag at the end of the hard-fought 75-lap Limited Sportsman race at Orange County Speedway Saturday night for his fourth season win. The Donnie Carver Memorial Race was named in honor of his late uncle, a great friend and supporter of OCS for many years. Donnie Carver was a NASCAR official, including flagman, for many years. The actual flags used for the race were his very own.
Daryl Carver’s victory was well deserved, having started fifth as a result of a pre-race draw for starting positions. That same draw shoved pole-sitter, Daniel Moss, back to a seventh-place start where contact with the car of Austin Purnell on lap 5 put him out of the race. The luck of the draw went to Brandon Baker and Tracey Chambers, the two front-row starters. Baker bolted past Chamber at the green to take the lead.
Daniel Schadt appeared to have the car to beat, moving from sixth to the second in the first few laps of the race, then passing Baker for the lead ten laps later. From there, those two staged a fierce battle for the lead until a lap 50 competition caution. On the ensuing restart, fourth-place Carver methodically worked his way past third-place Corey Purnell, then past Baker for second. Passing Schadt for the lead was no easy task for Carver as those two traded sheet metal several times after the restart.
The defining moment of the race may have been contact between the cars of Chambers and Baker on lap 60, bringing out the seventh caution flag and putting Baker out of the race. Chambers was able to continue, finishing the night in sixth. The following restart renewed the side by side race between Carver and Schadt with Carver getting by eight laps from the end, relegating Schadt to a second-place finish, followed by Corey Purnell in third. Jared Fryer in his first OCS race this year took fourth, with Brent Evans, Jr behind him. Seventh through ninth went to Jared Gillis, Jerry Hinesley, and Austin Purnell respectively, all three having recovered from spinouts during the race but all three on the lead lap.
Donnie Carver Memorial Race, Limited Sportsman, 75 laps
1) Daryl Carver
2) Daniel Schadt
3) Corey Purnell
4) Jared Fryer
5) Brent Evans, Jr
6) Tracey Chambers
7) Jared Gillis
8) Jerry Hinesley
9) Austin Purnell
10) Brandon Baker (-15)
11) Richard Hayden (-51)
12) Daniel Moss (-70)
PASS Touring Series Super Late Models, 150 laps
1) Tate Fogleman
2) Matt Craig
3) Kyle Plott
4) Dave Farrington, Jr
5) Kodie Conner
6) Trevor Noles (-1)
7) Jordan McCallum (-2)
8) Casey Roderick (-2)
9) Jody Measamer (-2)
10) Roy Hayes, III (-2)
11) Kyle McCallum (-3)
12) JP Josiasse (-3)
13) Tyler Church (-56)
14) Jay Fogleman (-103)
15) Donnie Carlton (-132)
16) Ryan Moore (-132)
Southern Modified Racing Series, 75 laps
1) David Bohn
2) Burt Myers
3) Jeremy Gertsner
4) Jason Myers
5) Tim Brown
6) George Brunnhozel, III
7) Josh Nichols
8) Gary Putnam
9) Tom Buzee
10) Brandon Ward
(Orange County Speedway is an advertising client of WIZS.)