Posted under Results, Weekly Racing by admin on June 29th, 2009

Jamaica, VA – When it’s right it’s right. Anthony Kincaid of Hayes, VA started the night off by setting fast time, he then took the lead from his fourth place starting position on the opening lap going on to lead every lap to pick up his career first late model win in dominating fashion.

“This one I have to dedicate to my dad, he has worked so hard to get us to this point. We put in a lot of long hours and it finally paid off,” commented Kincaid in victory lane.

In other action Mary Anne Williams of Chester, VA picked up the New Generation Racing Sprint Car feature win when Kyle Pruitt’s car failed post race inspection. In the Parrish Body Shop 25 lap feature for the Truckin Thunder Sportsman it was Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA cruising to his third win of the season. In the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature Brandon Galloway of Gloucester, VA took the lead on lap 16 from Brian Maxey and then went on to record his second win of the season. In the Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature Brett Adkins of Gloucester, VA took over the lead on lap 4 and then cruised to his second win in of the season and second in a row.
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Posted under Schedule of Events, Weekly Racing by admin on June 22nd, 2009

Jamaica, VA – After a very successful mud bog at “The Pit” at VMS, the speedway will not sets it’s site on this Saturday night June 27th as it will host Amerigas / Budweiser Night with all five divisions of the track’s weekly competitors in action and featuring the Parrish Body Shop 25 for the Truckin Thunder Sportsman division. Parrish Body Shop of Fredericksburg, VA has added a bonus for the top three finishers in the 25 lap affair. For a night of affordable family fun the only place to be on a Saturday night is Virginia Motor Speedway.

See the Victory Lap Late Models, Truckin Thunder Sportsman, Budweiser Modified, New Generation Racing Sprint Car and Limited Stock divisions in Virginia Army National Guard Dirt Series Action.
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Posted under Driver Spotlight by admin on June 17th, 2009

It’s time to meet a few more of our Hometown Hero’s. This week we visit with Victory Lap Late Model rookie Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA; Budweiser Modified point leader Dan Arnold of Petersburg, VA and New Generation Racing Sprint Car rookie Ryan Price of Ashland, VA. Sit back and get to know some of Virginia Motor Speedway’s awesome competitors!

 

 Davis Lipscombe - Victory Lap Late Models [5:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Dan Arnold - Budwesier Modifieds [3:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Ryan Price New Generation Racing Sprint Cars [6:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted under Mud Bog, The Pit by admin on June 16th, 2009

Jamaica, VA – The Pit at Virginia Motor Speedway will host the first of three big Mud Bog and Mud Sling events for 2009 Saturday June 20th featuring state of the art 200-foot Mud Bog and Mud Sling pits. There will be seven classes in action ranging from street to unlimited with cash payouts in all classes.

Not only will fans get to see hordes of trucks splashing through the 200 foot Mud Bog pit but they will also get the opportunity to see some of the regions best Mud Dragsters covering the 200 foot Mud Sling pit in under three seconds.
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Posted under Results, Weekly Racing by admin on June 13th, 2009

Jamaica, VA – It took three tries to get the 35 lap Victory Lap Late Model feature under way and once it did it was all Tom Cohick of Gloucester, VA as he led flag to flag to take home his first victory of 2009 in his #00 D&M Cabinets, Gloucester RV Rocket.

Bowie and Cohick led the field to green with Bowie taking control. It would be short lived as Matt Morgan would bring out the first caution before a lap could be completed. The second restart saw a four wide battle head into turn 2 and bringing out a second caution with a spinning Scott Adams.

On the races third restart Cohick would take control form the outside and lead the first lap. Cohick would build a big lead with Bowie and Anthony Kincaid battling for second. Cohick began working lapped traffic to perfection extending his lead to about ten car lengths over Bowie.

On lap 21 Davis Lipscombe took over the fourth with an inside pass of Vaughan Haywood in turn 3. On lap 25, caution would fly for a pile up in turn 1 involving six cars. On the restart Cohick would pull away form the field only to have it closed back up with the races final caution on lap 28. Once under green Cohick would once again pull away to take the win followed by Ben Bowie, Anthony Kincaid, Brett Carlton and Lou Littlepage Jr.

“We made some big changes to the car after qualifying and it took me those two first restarts to figure out what we had. The car was just awesome tonight, I could take it anywhere on the track, it feels great to get the win tonight,” commented Cohick in victory lane.

In other action Tony Wood of New Kent, VA took over the lead and the win in the Truckin Thunder Sportsman feature when the two leaders of Roger Jamerson and Kenny Moreland got together in turn 2 on the final lap. In the New Generation Racing Sprint Car feature Daren Bolac of Moyock, NC drove from his eighth place starting spot to take the lead on lap 19 and then go on to take the win. In the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature James Marshall of St. Leonard, MD took the lead on lap 6 from Brian Dobie of Prtlow, VA and then went on to record his second win of 2009. And in the Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature Brett Adkins of Gloucester, VA took the lead from Marty Coltrain of Richmond, VA on lap 6 and then cruised to his first win of 2009.
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 Victory Lap Late Model victory lane - Tom Cohick [2:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Truckin Thunder victory lane - Tony Wood [1:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Budwesier Modified victory lane- James Marsahll [1:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 New Generation Racing Sprint Car victory lane - Daren Bolac [1:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Limted Stock Car victory lane - Brett Adkins [2:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Posted under Schedule of Events, Weekly Racing by admin on June 8th, 2009

Jamaica, VA – Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway will return to action this Saturday June 13th and host Revere Gas Night at the Races featuring all five of the track’s weekly divisions in VA Army National Guard Dirt Series action.

Competitor gates for Saturday, June 13th will open at 3pm with spectator gates opening at 4pm. On track activities will begin at 6:15pm with hot laps. Divisions scheduled to race on Saturday June 13th: Victory Lap Late Models (35 Laps); Truckin Thunder Sportsman (25 Laps); Budweiser Modifieds (25 Laps); New Generation Racing Sprint Cars (25 Laps) and Limited Stock Cars (20 Laps). All divisions will run hot lap time trials and features.

Adult admission is just $10, Senior and Military $8, Students 13 –17 yrs old $7, Children 7 – 12 yrs old $4 and Children 6 and under free. the speedway also offers a “Family Pack” of two adults and two children 12 and under for only $20.
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