Brandon Haley of Lavonia, GA used the home-town, home-track advantage to battle FASTRAK 2008 Champ Royce Bray early and then hold off Shannon Buckingham of Morristown Tn. in the late laps at FASTRAK’s “GRAND NATIONAL” Night-1 at Lavonia Speedway Saturday night.
The very personable Haley, known as “Cornbread” since his days working with Kenny Wallace some years back, swept the weekend by setting fast time, winning his heat and then winning the 50-lap FASTRAK A-Main.
”I have so many people to thank,” said a very happy Brandon Haley from the front stretch. “My family, the crew, Horton Homes, Southland Real Estate, Real Wheels, Sunoco, K&N Air Filters, Klotz Synthetic Lubricants, Ultra Shields, I hope I didn’t miss anyone…Oh, Old Man’s Garage.”
Bearing any problems in technical inspection, Haley will become one of only 4 FASTRAK Nationwide racers to enter Night-2 at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, TN with a maximum 35 “GRAND NATIONAL” points total as 3 other FASTRAK regions have now completed their Grand Nationals night one.
Royce Bray lost his drive shaft while leading on lap 30 and was the first person to Haley’s car when he came into Victory Lane on Lavonia’s front stretch.
Finishing behind Haley would be Buckingham, Parker, Bently and Long rounding out the top-5.
Unofficial Finish:
1 Brandon Haley Lavonia Ga 2 Shannon Buckingham Morristown Tn 3 Ron Parker Shelby NC 4 Blake Bentlyy Duncan SC 5 Matt Long Concord NC 6 David Smith Inman SC 7 Chris Steele York SC 8 Jonathan Taylor Toccoa Ga 9 Kenny Peeples Jr Rural Retreat Va 10 Ronnie Mosley Jr Chester SC 11 Stephen Segars Hull Ga 12 Brandon Umberger Rural Retreat Va 13 Danny Sanders Athens Ga 14 Lee Cooper Greer SC 15 Owen Osteen Woodruff SC 16 Barry Arnold Max Meadows Va 17 Dale Ball Johnson City Tn 18 Brian Conners Martinez Ga 19 Parker Herring Toccoa Ga 20 Brandon Overton Appling Ga 21 Royce Bray Hull Ga 22 David Watts Buchannon Va 23 Jensen Ford Piney Flats TN 24 Grant Jordan Bowman Ga
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