Poole & Burns tangle on white flag lap with Poole Taking the Victory

By Reese Fant Contributing Writer

     The traveling United Auto Racing Association  visited Greenville-Pickens Speedway Saturday night, and Jeremy Burns lead a  group of local drivers in showing the visitors the fast way around the track,  right up to the end.

   The end was a tough end for Burns, who led  practically every lap of the 150 lap main.

Burns had led, with Brennan Poole staying right behind in second, and  it appeared Burns was going to take the checkered flag.

    It was not to be. With just 12 laps remaining,  Burns was slowed by a lapped car, and Poole got by. That seemed to be the end,  but Burns was not having any of that. He came back to take the lead again, and  was on the point until the white flag lap, when he and Poole got together. Poole  was able to continue, while Burns spun.

    Poole went on to take the checkered flag, with  Anthony Anders in second. Blair Addis took third. Kyle Grisson was fourth,  Ronnie Bassett fifth, and Burns ended up  in sixth.

The second caution flag of the race waved on  lap 90. On the restart, Poole was the only driver in the top five who has not  been a regular competitor at the historic half mile.

    It was Burns, Poole, Randy Porter, Anthony Anders  and Blair Addis, with Robert Johnson, the son of Hall of Fame driver Junior  Johnson, running sixth.

   With two-thirds of the race completed, it was Burns, then  Poole, with Anthony Anders moving up to third. Blair Addis followed in fourth,  withJohnson in front of Randy Porter, who had slipped to sixth.

    In the opening Renegade race was one of the closest  of the season, as Shawn Cam;bel, Travis Cox; and Edward Ragsdale fought for all  12 laps.

Campbell and Cox both passed Ragsdale coming out of the fourth turn and  Campbell was the first car across the finish line. Larry Nabors; finished  fourth and Jackie Manley was fifth.

Susan Kimel led from start to finish in the  Carolina Classics main, as Ed Richey took second and Doug Howell was third.  Wayne Hearne and Don Moore rounded out the top five.

    In the Charger main event, Andy Norris led from  start to finish, with Mike Mote in second. Ryan Dombrosky, Zach Pressley, and  Danny Gilbert rounded out the top five.