 NASHVILLE,
TN (November 6, 2005) -- The annual "All American 400 Weekend"
at Music City Motorplex was contested over the weekend with Jason Hogan winning
the featured "All American 300" portion of the event. The last-chance
"Blue and Gray 100" race was won by Jeremy Miller who earned one of
the coveted 39 starting spots in Sunday's 300-lap race. The season-ending
special event was co-sanctioned by the CRA
Super Series and O’Reilly Southern All Stars which was recently purchased by
Ron Varney and the ever-growing ASA Late Model Series. All the weekend's
competitors raced on Tires Designed for Champions made by Hoosier.
The prestigious event attracted over 70 late models with 62 drivers posting
times in qualifying. Scott Carlson was the fastest qualifier circling the
5/8-mile asphalt oval in 18.453 seconds (121.931 mph).
The 300-lap event featured ten race leaders among five different drivers
including; JR Norris (1-17, 95-126), Ryan Mathews (18-70, 83-94, 127-178,
266-287), Jeremy Pate (71-82, 187-265), Wayne Willard (179-186) and Jason Hogan
(288-300). The race was slowed seven times for various cautions for a total of
70 laps.
After starting 21st, Georgia's Jason Hogan took advantage late in the race
when, with 12 laps to go, race leader Ryan Mathews and Jeremy Pate made contact
battling for the lead. The contact caused both drivers to fall back and handed
the lead to Hogan who went on to take the win .186 seconds ahead of Boris
Jurkovic who finished runner-up.
Charlie Bradberry finished in third place followed by Chris Gabehart and
Ryan Mathews. Johnny Brazier finished in sixth place and was the last car of
the 39 starters to finish on the lead lap. Nathan Haseleu finished in seventh
place followed by Ken McFarland, while last year's race winner, Chuck Banes,
Jr., finished in ninth place followed by Eddie Van Meter to round out the top
ten.
Service for this year's event was adeptly provided by Jeff Freeman and
Hoosier Tire South Asphalt. All the competitors in both the "Blue and Gray
100" and the "All American 300" race used Hoosier 3035 (left
side) and 3045 (right side) bias-ply tires. (This was the same compound
combination used in last year's race.)
Hoosier Racing Tire's Oval Asphalt Product Manager, Terry Newton, and
Manager of Contract Sales, Irish Saunders, attended the weekend of racing. The
pair also attended the annual NASCAR Weekly Series awards banquet Saturday in
Nashville where all four NASCAR Weekly division champions and the NASCAR Weekly
National champion were recognized. All five champions raced on Hoosier tires.
For complete results visit www.craracing.net
or www.musiccitymotorplex.com.
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