CLINT SMITH TAKES ROME BOSS WIN
Rome, GA (September 11, 2011) – Clint Smith took the lead on lap nine and led the final thirty-one laps en route to the win, in the annual Rome Boss feature event at Rome International Speedway on Sunday Night.
Jake Knowles set fast time among the twenty-six entrants to earn the pole position for the forty-lap feature event.
At the drop of the green, Knowles would jump to the point over Smith, Aaron Ridley and Michael Page.
Page would get by Ridley on lap five while Smith was pressuring Knowles for the top spot.
Smith would finally grab the point coming down to complete the ninth lap.
Lap nine would also have everyone noticing Shane Clanton who had already rallied from his fifteenth place starting spot up to eighth.
Three laps later Clanton would get by Johnson to take over seventh with Smith cruising up front, and Page putting the pressure on Knowles for second.
One lap later Page would make the pass taking over the second spot and Clanton would move up the sixth spot.
Lap nineteen seen Clanton crack the top five passing Tony Knowles.
The front five would stay the same the next several circuits before a lap twenty-five caution would bunch the field back up.
Smith would jump back out front over Knowles who had moved back into second over Page and Clanton who moved ahead of Ridley and into fourth.
Lap thirty-three would then see the final caution of the race, setting up a seven race dash to the finish.
Smith again jumped out front with Page moving back into second and Knowles third with Clanton fourth and Ronnie Johnson cracking the top five.
Clanton would waste little time, passing Knowles on lap thirty-five and the Page on lap thirty -six.
Clanton had rallied to second, but would have to settle for a runner up finishing spot as Smith had too much, and raced to the $3,000 Rome Boss payday.
Michael Page would finish in the third spot with Ronnie Johnson fourth. Aaron Ridley would round out the top five.
In other Rome Speedway action, Jason Smith led wire to wire to best a twenty-three car Limited Latemodel feature field. Don Jenkins finished second with Pete Cochran third.
Craig Reece won the twenty-lap Crate Latemodel feature event with Donald McIntosh second and Mark Page third.
Mike Bruner won the Super Bomber feature with Zach Shelton challenging hard but having to settle for second and Richard Bagby third.
Justin Shipley won the Econo Bomber feature over Daniel Brewer who was second and David Beam third.
Jeremy Millsaps won the survival race in Pony Stock action, besting a twenty-nine car field. Travis Smith finished second with Harvey Cunningham third.
Tim Pittman won the always exciting Cruiser car feature event with Edwin Scott in second and Randy Ledford third.
Rome Speedway is back in action on Sunday October 9th featuring the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series in a fifty-lap $10,000 to win feature event plus local divisions.
OFFICIAL FINISH
ROME BOSS – ROME INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY
1) Clint Smith 2) Shane Clanton 3) Michael Page 4) Ronnie Johnson 5) Aaron Ridley
6) Jake Knowles 7) Frank Ingram 8) Luther Jenkins 9) Tyler Millwood 10) Brian Smith
11) Riley Hickman 12) Tracy Watson 13) Gary McPherson 14) Robert Gant
15) Teddy Snow 16) Dale Thurman 17) Tony Knowles 18) Brian Reese 19) Eddie Blackmon
20) Craig Scott 21) Jody Summerville 22) Darrell Hayes 23) David Newton
24) Danny Ferguson 25) Scott Hall
