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Chub
Take’s the Victory At Portsmouth
Raceway Park August 3, 2002 - Bear Lake Pa. Chub
and The Renegade DirtCar Racing Series headed to Portsmouth Raceway Park in
Portsmouth, OH Saturday for the running of the $10,000 to win "9th
Annual Cornett Clash 100" presented by track owners Boone, Joyce and
Tim Coleman along with promoter Max Warnock. They have posted nearly
$42,000 total purse for The Renegade DirtCar Racing Series sanctioned
event. Chub the two-time defending Renegade DirtCar champion leads the Renegade
DirtCar winners list at Portsmouth with five previous victories.
For further information visit the website at www.portsraceway.com. Chub and the team
unloaded the Corry Rubber, Corry
Laser, Nystrom’s Auto Sales, Draime
Racing Engines, Rocket Chassis,
Pierotti Motorsports, Farr MotorSports, Chevrolet Monte Carlo for
tonight’s race, the 2002 Renegade point chase is getting tighter as only
50 points separated Chub in the lead and Mike Balzano in second. Chub
qualified the 1* 8th out of 29 cars signed in to compete
tonight for the Renegade DirtCar
Racing Series event. Then he lined up in the 2nd heat
and won with Delmas Conley in second. Now he moves on to tonight’s "9th
Annual Cornett Clash 100" feature event and starts in the 7th
position. Chub made his way up to the front and battled side by side with
Delmas Conley for 89 laps with Chub leading laps 11-36 Delmas leading laps
37 – 92, the two swapped the lead 6 times in the final 8 laps with Chub
taking the lead for good on lap 97 and taking home the win and
$10,000 from Portsmouth
Race Way Park. It’s been a rough couple of weeks for the team and
hopefully this will turn things around for us. The top ten finishers in
the 100-lap event were 1st Chub Frank 2. Delmas Conley 3.
Jackie Boggs 4. Mike Balzano 5. Steve Shaver 6. Rob Blair 7. Jim
Bernheisel 8. Aaron Scott 9. Rod Conley 10. Bill Cunningham.
Next up for Chub will be Next Saturday at Thunder Valley Raceway in Central City, PA For The Renegade DirtCar Series. |