CHILLICOTHE, Ohio -- Two veterans proved to be the class of the K-C Raceway field Saturday night at Jeff and Vickie Schrader's speed-plant, where twenty-six sprint cars were led to the checkered by Chillicothe, Ohio's Danny Smith. Another strong crowd cheered Wheelersburg's Delmas Conley to victory as the "Hall of Famer" posted his 734th career win after an early battle with last week's winner Bart Hartman. Pandemonium broke out in the victory circle as Dave "Fireball" Pinkerton claimed the Advanced Services Modifieds win for the first win of his career. Jamie Adams won the Hobby Stock main.

Piketon, Ohio's Jimmy Nier paced the field to the start of the 25-lap sprint main, and led the first 12 laps. Danny Smith mounted a charge from 11th to second bagging Aaron Higgins on lap seven. Smith quickly closed the gap on Nier and immediately began to dice it up in lapped traffic with the high-flying Nier. Four laps later, Higgins went pitside to bring out the first caution.

On the restart Smith did a major league slide job on Nier and nearly went out of the ball park, tightening up the harness just enough to regain control for fourth behind Cole Duncan and Jimmy Stinson. Duncan began to rope-in Nier, but overshot it just a little for a scary wall-riding escapade through turn three. The ride ended his night with Stinson now poised for a run at the 00 of Nier.

Now three-wide, Smith pulled the trio past the start line on lap 19, leaving Stinson and Nier to fight it out for second. Keith Baxter and Josh Davis continued with solid runs in fourth and fifth with Ron Blair and second generation driver Cody Kinser fighting it out for a top five. Strausser, Imler and Slone also made runs on the top five with hot-spot battles throughout the pack.

After overcoming ignition problems and a poor qualifying time, Smith's J&D Engines/Maxim blasted from the eleventh place start to claim the win and also earn hard-charger honors. Stinson held on for second, ahead of Nier, Baxter, Davis, Ron Blair, Cody Kinser, Adam Strausser, Mark Imler, and Eddie Slone.

"We started of our speedweek here tonight at K-C Raceway. We want to support this place and keep it going strong every Saturday night," said Smith in victory lane. "We had some problems early, but the track worked out right, the traffic worked out right, the finish worked out right. It's a great way to start our speedweek."

16-year old Bryce Dickson, Hilliard, Ohio was squeezed into the first turn wall and took a nasty series of end-over-enders. Dickson, the dash winner last week at Skyline, was uninjured.

It looked like it was a two-for-two night for Zanesville, Ohio driver Bart Hartman, who like last week endured another bout with the wall. The Bart-man was purely dominant to just past the midpoint after an earlier skirmish with Conley. Veteran Conley also mixed it up in traffic, but fell somewhat off the pace.

The first caution flew on the 14th lap, when John Whitney lost a drive-line component and dropped some liquid on the track. Leader Hartman --3/4 tracking most of his competitors and lapping up to the top seven-- was caught up in the slick and collected the wall.

Hartman resumed the lead, but on the backchute lost speed and ended his great run. Conley inherited the point and was left to defend numero uno from Barry Doss and Greg Oliver. Chris Combs made a late race charge amid a spirited battle with Billy Williams and Mike Wilson. Combs came on late for third with Wilson in tow for a great 3-4 battle run.

Conley proved to be the class of the field to claim the win over Doss, Combs, Wilson, Oliver, Williams, Jeff Houser, Danny Moore, Matt Yates, and Bryan Wolfe.

"I think I would have had something for Bart if he would have stayed in. He was fast early, but my car was getting better. I'd liked to beat Bart on the track, but sometimes that's the way it goes and we are glad to get here to victory lane," said Conley.

A huge pile-up on the first lap decimated the 23-car AMRA-ruled Advanced Services Modified field to 17. Lost from the line-up were charger Matt Holcomb, Eric Arledge, Jeremy Rayburn, Doug Morris, Steve Bobo, and Shannon Powers.

Jamie Adams and Fireball Pinkerton walked a tightrope for several laps. The usually rim-riding Pinkerton blitzed to the front on the inside with Adams tailing out on the top side. Following a tangle with Ricky French, Fred Harbarger went pitside. On the restart, Pinkerton's Lightening Chassis/FAST Racing Engines #8 was the class of the field for the next 10 laps. Pinkerton was flawlessly smooth and fast in distancing himself from the competition. Adams and Jason Montgomery thrilled the crowd with a spine-tingling spat for second. Rick Hensley shook out solidly in fourth, with Doug Betts battling Bob Crace, Jr. for a top five.

After a lap ten caution, Pinkerton jumped back in front and Montgomery blew by Adams for second, leaving Hensley and Adams to dual for third. Crace and Long bagged Betts for position.

Hensley took third, while Adams, Crace, and Long charged toward the front.

"I want to thank the fans and thank God for the blessings that have allowed me to put this car on the track and to do what I love,? said a gleaming Pinkerton. ? It's been six years of doing this and this is my first one. It sure feels great! Thank You!"

Rounding out the top ten behind Pinkerton were Montgomery, Hensley, Adams, Crace, Long, Whiteman, Adam Lawson, Betts, and Bud Frazier. Long was the hard-charger of the race in a strong run from eleventh.

Jamie Adams and Jamie Dailey had a great run for the money in the Hobby Stocks. Adams tried the high side, while Dailey clung close on the low side. At the halfway point Bruce Gray, Jr., Joe Williams, and Brandon Thompson rallied in close confines, pulling Tracy Ross and Jason Holstein into the mix.

Adams began to distance himself from the pack, while Dailey won a close battle for second with Williams and Gray. Bobby Trego survived an engine fire on the last lap, but escaped injury.

Rounding out the top ten were Dailey, Joe Williams, Bruce Gray, Jr., Tracy Ross, Brandon Thompson, Jason Holstein, Warren Ison, Richard Trego, Paul Harrager, and Brian Moore.

K-C will host all four divisions again next week in conjunction with its late model special, "The 1st Capital Clash" paying $3,000 for Late Models and $225 to start. Fans can get in for $5 with five cans of food or pay $10 General Admission. For more information please visit www.kc-raceway.com

RESULTS

410 Sprints (26)
Fast Time-Jimmy Stinson 12:268
Dash-Jimmy Nier, Aaron Higgins, Jimmy Stinson, Tom Busch, Cody Kinser, Cole Duncan
Heat One- Ron Blair, Keith Baxter, Geoff Dodge, Dallas Hewitt, Kory Crabtree, Hud Horton, Alec Martin
Heat Two-Josh Davis, Danny Smith, Mark Imler, Brandy Bower, Dave Dickson, Bryce Dickson, Brent Smith
Heat Three-Adam Strausser, Eddie Slone, Kirk Jeffries, Mitch Harble, Aaron Fry, Matthew Reed
B-Main: Mitch Harble, Kory Crabtree, Brandy Bower, Dave Dickson, Dallas Hewitt, Matthew Reed, Alec Martin, Hud Horton, Brent Smith, Bryce Dickson, Aaron Fry
Feature-Danny Smith, Jimmy Stinson, Jimmy Nier, Keith Baxter, Josh Davis, Ron Blair, Cody Kinser, Adam Strausser, Mark Imler, Eddie Slone, Geoff Dodge, Mitch Harble, Tom Busch, Kirk Jeffries, Dave Dickson, Brandy Bower, Kory Crabtree, Dallas Hewitt, Cole Duncan, Aaron Higgins

Late Models (13)
Fast Time-Bart Hartman 15:140
WPAY Dash-Bart Hartman, Greg Oliver, Delmas Conley, Mike Wilson, Chris Combs, Billy Williams
Heat One- Barry Doss, John Whitney, Jeff Houser, Danny Moore, Dusty Campbell, Matt Yates, Bryan Wolfe
Feature-Delmas Conley, Barry Doss, Chris Combs, Mike Wilson, Greg Oliver, Billy Williams, Jeff Houser, Danny Moore, Matt Yates, Bryan Wolfe, Dusty Campbell, Bart Hartman, John Whitney

Advanced Services Modifieds (23)
Heat One-Fireball Pinkerton, Doug Betts, Fred Hardbarger, Phillip Bapst, Ricky French, Jason Cottrill, Shannon Powers, Hoyt Reynolds
Heat Two- Jamey Adams, Jason Montgomery, Rick Hensley, Mike Long, Adam Lawson, Doug Morris, Eric Arledge, Steve Bobo
Heat Three-Bud Frazier, Bob Crace, Jr., Brian Whiteman, Sean Schobeloch, Jeremy Rayburn, Justin Poling, Matt Holcomb
Feature-Dave Fireball Pinkerton, Jason Montgomery, Rick Hensley, Jamie Adams, Bob Crace, Jr., Mike Long, Brian Whiteman, Adam Lawson, Doug Betts, Bud Frazier, Jason Cottrill, Hoyt Reynolds, Justin Poling, Phillip Bapst, Sean Schobeloch, Fred Hardbarger, Ricky French, Doug Morris, Shannon Powers, Eric Arledge, Steve Bobo, Jeremy Rayburn, Matt Holcomb

Hobby Stocks (15)
Heat One-Jamie Dailey, Jason Holstein, Tommy Mossbarger, Richard Trego, Brian Moore, Warren Ison, Bobby Trego, Jay Dunaway
Heat Two-Jamie Adams, Brandon Thompson, Bruce Gray, Jr., Tracy Ross, Joe Williams, Paul Herrager, Butch Eblin
Feature-Jamie Adams, Jamie Dailey, Joe Williams, Bruce Gray, Jr., Tracy Ross, Brandon Thompson, Jason Holstein, Warren Ison, Richard Trego, Paul Harrager, Brian Moore, Jason Dunaway, Bobby Trego, Butch Eblin, Tommy Mossbarger