Ward wins at Newport

Kyle Grissom took the checkered flag at but in the end it was Brandon Ward who came out as the Comp Cam winner. 

Immediately following the finish of the race a scoring protest was posted.  The officials reviewed the individual score cards and the official score sheets and it was documented that Grissom had passed several cars during a caution period. The UARA has a blend rule when cautions come out and whether you stop to avoid an accident or are involved and cars pass you at that time you are to blend in at whatever point you get moving again.  You fall in line where you rejoin the pack.  You do not go back to the position you were in at the time the caution comes out. Grissom should have lined up in front of the Queen car at this time.  Due to these facts it was determined that  Brandon Ward indeed was the official winner Stephen Gahagan finished second and Kyle Grissom was third.  This decision is based on the guidelines layed out in our 2006 rule book page 5 section 48. 

The race had some very good battles going on with some serious position changes without incident until lap 38. Scooter Hillis spun in turn two bringing out the first of five cautions.  Lucas Ransone had his share of trouble at this time suffering body damage causing him to be in and out of the pits to make adjustments. Lucas managed to finish on the lead lap after all the efforts of his crew. 

Caution number two fell on lap 49 when the cars of Steve Carver, Jake Crum and Dennis Queen spin in turns 1 & 2.  Josh Hale gets the lucky dog at this point of the race.  On the restart Alex Yontz apparently misses a gear causing the remainder of the field to do all kinds of evasive driving to continue on without incident and costing Yontz the lead.  Yontz will continue and regain the lead on lap 101. 

Caution three also occurs with action in the 1 and 2 turn with the cars of Jamie Yelton, Clay Greenfield, Kyle Grissom and Dennis Queen involved.

Racing continues with the Jake Crum car bumping into the Steve Carver.  A few laps later the Lance Gatlin car gets loose and Lucas Ransone’s tire must have connected with Gatlin’s causing the Ransone car to become semi airborne.  They both continue on without a caution flying at this time. 

Lap 111 finds the Josh Hale car slowing with a flat tire on the backstretch.  His transmission locks up and he comes to a stop.  The caution flies and Josh manages to get his machine back into gear and continue on to the pits.

Lap 143 the cars of Jason McMahan and Mark Setzer have a serious wreck in turn three. Jamie Yelton and Scottie Hicks get together on the backstretch when Hicks slowed to avoid the wreck of McMahan and Setzer causing serious damage to Hicks car.