By Reese Fant Contributing Writer

GPS PHOTOS by Jonathan Torres

David Roberts took a page from Marty Ward's race program Saturday night, winning both ends of the Twin 50's Main Events. But Ward, who has had tremendous success at the track this season, had some satisfaction even though he finished third in both races. Ward passed Roger Powell in the points race, and now has the edge in his quest to be only the second six-time track champion in the history of the track.   

  In the first 50-lap main, Roberts took 15 laps to jump out front and hold on as a real battle emerged behind him for the next three spots.    

 It was Roberts' first victory of the season, and he especially wanted to thank Ashley Burton, who just over a week ago agreed to help sponsor Roberts' racing efforts. "If it weren't for him, I couldn't be here," Roberts said. "I was running as good as I have ever run for the first half of the race, and from everything I could see they were really working hard behind me."     

Then Roberts became overcome with emotion, considering all the adversity he and his family have faced since last season. "This car was named after my Mother, who passed away last October. My mother-in-law is battling cancer right now. A lot has happened to us. We've had engine problems and handling problems, and brake problems. But, this was the first win for this car, equipped with an Ortec chassis and I'm very happy for my new sponsor, Pacific Equipment."    

 Randy Porter pulled off a successful battle with Roger Powell and Marty Ward for second. Ward took third, on the last lap, and the win put he and Powell into a tie for the points lead going into the nightcap race.     

Corey Gibson was the fifth-place finisher in the opening race.     In the nightcap, it appeared Ward was completely back in form, but after leading much of the race, Roberts got by on a restart. Then Anthony Anders passed Ward for second, but Powell was finishing seventh.     "The car was terrific tonight," Roberts said after the second race. "We had gotten a little loose in the first race, but my crew worked hard on the car and it was just awesome in the second race. This was a special night for me, a night I will remember for a long time.'    

 In the Sportsman main, Randy Ballew had his hands full with Tim Lollis but held on to take the checkered flag. With Lollis taking the close second, Steve Hollingsworth was third, Tony Bridgeman took fourth and Stanley Pressley was fifth.    

 Ricky Stephens waited until the halfway point of the Charger main event to put the car belonging to Tim Crowe out front and he had little trouble holding on for the victory. Jamie Tate was second, with Ryan Dombrosky third. Michael Mote and James Johnson rounded out the top five.    

 Dale Walker took the victory in the first Renegade race, holding off Matt Hale, Zach Meinders, Travis Cox, and Jeremy Drummond.     In the second Renegade main, T.J. Lollis took the win, with Shawn Campbell taking second. Terry Hawthorne was third, followed by Dickie Davenport and Christi Kelly.

Late Model Stock

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	5	18	David Roberts	Simpsonville , Sc
2	20	36	Anthony Anders	Easley , Sc
3	3	38	Marty Ward	Marietta , Sc
4	4	32	Randy Porter	Easley , Sc
5	8	81	Jeremy Burns	Simpsonville , Sc
6	9	45	Gene Morgan	Travelers Rest, Sc
7	2	21	Roger Powell	Waynesville , Nc
8	18	7	Mitchell Mote	Easley , Sc
9	12	01	Amanda Lynch	Greenville , Sc
10	11	00	Les Mahaffey	Easley , Sc
11	15	30	Tasha Kummer	Easley , Sc
12	1	32X	Cory Gibson	Easley , Sc
13	10	16	John Lewis Hightower	Travelers Rest, Sc
14	13	11	Jack Ingram	Candler , Nc
15	14	54	Bubba Horton	Greenville , Sc
16	7	34	Michael Cherry	Tampa , Fl
17	6	03	Randy Hawkins	Travelers Rest, Sc
18	19	33	Anthony Cordell	Greenville , Sc
19	16	20	Michael Kriz	Duncan , Sc
20	23	1	Blair Addis	Greenville , Sc
21	22	38X	Chris Black	Fountain Inn, Sc
22	24	36X	Brandon Fox	Easley , Sc

Sportsman - Sportsman

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	3	63	Randy Ballew	Greenville , Sc
2	7	44	Tim Lollis	Easley , Sc
3	1	29	Steve Hollingsworth	Greenville , Sc
4	6	3	Tony Bridgeman	Travelers Rest, Sc
5	4	76	Stanley Pressley	Travelers Rest, Sc
6	2	43	Bob Root	Easley , Sc
7	5	80	Jamie Altop	Easley , Sc

Charger - Charger Main

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	12	41	Ricky Stephens	Greenville , Sc
2	13	95	Jamie Tate	Easley , Sc
3	5	7X	Ryan Dombrosky	Easley , Sc
4	9	48	Michael Mote	Easley , Sc
5	4	99	James Johnson	Greenville , Sc
6	11	84	Mike Mote	Easley , Sc
7	7	71	Josh Sams	Greenville , Sc
8	1	4	Stephen Sharp	-
9	8	37	Sam Staggs	Greenville , Sc
10	3	97	Chris Headen	Greenville , Sc
11	6	16	Walt Anders	Easley , Sc
12	10	1	Phillip Peters	Pelzer , Sc

Renegade - Renegade 2

Finish	Start	Car	Driver	Hometown
1	5	50	T.j. Lollis	Easley , Sc
2	2	49	Shawn Campbell	-
3	8	95	Terry Hawthorne	Piedmont , Sc
4	1	85	Dicky Davenport	West Union, Sc
5	4	46	Christy Kelley	Easley , Sc
6	9	71	Percy Proctor	Easley , Sc
7	3	54	Freddy Hale, Jr	Greenville , Sc
8	7	09	Ben Carper	-
9	6	20	Dale Stancil	Easley , Sc