Dawson scores second Ice Breaker checkers

By J.M. Hallas

ABILENE, Texas (Feb. 21) – After a big win on Saturday night, Chris Dawson capped off the Icebreaker weekend with his second visit to Abilene Speedway’s victory lane.

Dawson jumped into the lead at the start and never looked back as he went wire to wire in topping Sunday’s IMCA Modified main. Dawson was chased by Charles Brewer early, then Brian Flowers in the latter stages, but after three late cautions took the checkers by several car lengths.

With one to go, Dawson got a couple car lengths on Flowers, who in turn had a gap in front of  Bo Newton, Vince Ogle, Danny Hogue and Kelly Allen. A three car tangle further back didn’t affect the outcome as Dawson motored to the $500 checkers.

Other feature winners were Justin Shaw in the Southwest Racing Specialties Southern SportMods, Cary White in the IMCA Sunoco Stock Cars and Allen Montgomery in the IMCA Sunoco Hobby Stocks.

Shaw held off challenges from fellow young gun Steven Abbey in the early stages of the 20 lap Southern SportMod main, then kept Gary Underwood at bay during the waning laps for his first ever win at Abilene.

White was in the right spot to pass early leader Joe Colyer after tire troubles for Damon Murty. White snuck past Colyer on a restart then held the point to the checkers, ending two nights of domination by northern invader Jeff Joldersma.

Murty got his nose under Colyer on lap 11 and finally got by on lap 12, only to have the right front go flat. That put Colyer back to the lead for the restart, but White snuck by for the lead the next time around.

Montgomery’s story was wreckers to checkers, after he rolled on Saturday, refired to finish 10^th, then passed Hans Houfek late to win on Sunday.

The lead duo merged with lapped traffic, with Houfek glued to Montgomery’s back bumper at the finish line.

Shaw and White both took home $300 for their efforts. Montgomery’s win paid $250.

Feature Results

Modifieds – 1. Chris Dawson; 2. Brian Flowers; 3. Bo Newton; 4. Vince Ogle; 5. Kelly Allen; 6. Danny Hogue; 7. Keith White; 8. Jeff Emerson; 9. Chris Elliott; 10. Justin Radcliff; 11. Chris Abelson; 12. Charles Brewer; 13. Matt Mueller; 14. Shane Priddy; 15. Josh McGaha; 16. Tony Wink; 17. Dean Deming; 18. Mike McCarthy; 19. Mark Patterson; 20. Toby Herring.

Southern SportMods – 1. Justin Shaw; 2. Gary Underwood; 3. Mark Patterson; 4. Keith White; 5. Steven Abbey; 6. Brandon Smith; 7. Johnny Scott; 8. Shane Wojtek; 9. Tyler Fain; 10. Chad Hertel; 11. Jeff Emerson; 12. Doug Easterling; 13. Todd Bartlett; 14. David Riley; 15. Steve Hayes; 16. Michael Tennison; 17. Kenneth Graves; 18. Russell Flanary; 19. Matt Mueller; 20. Bradley Poor.

Stock Cars – 1. Cary White; 2. Joe Colyer; 3. Eric Jones; 4. John Armstrong; 5. Harvey Wojtek; 6. Billy Wade; 7. Jim Thorp; 8. David Phillips; 9. Rodney Wadel; 10. Matt Guillaume; 11. Tony Marcum; 12. Michael Lang; 13. Terry Wojtek; 14. Dustin White; 15. Jason Batt; 16. Willie Free; 17. Jason Adcock; 18. Bill Brzezinski; 19. Duain Pritchett; 20. Jeff Joldersma; 21. Damon Murty; 22. Robert Barnett; 23. Mike Wadel.

Hobby Stocks – 1. Allen Montgomery; 2. Hans Houfek; 3. Leland Stute; 4. Chris Mims; 5. Nyle Godwin; 6. Andy Roller; 7. David Bissonnette; 8. Kyle Hein; 9. Aaron Elliott; 10. Patrick Daley; 11. Bud Ohliger; 12. Terry Comer II; 13. Adam Reeves; 14. Litton Stute; 15. Tommy Phillips; 16. Shannon Anderson; 17. Richard Frodge; 18. Dustin Wannarka.

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