"Kolbern comes on strong late, takes World Crown victory"
Dan Kolbern didn't lead early on, but he did lead when it counted, as
he
cruised to victory in Wednesday night's World Crown 300 at the Georgia
International Speedway.
Kolbern started ninth, and stayed in the top ten all night long en
route
to the victory. Michael Heymans finished second, with Jerry Bush
third,
Pete McCole fourth and Josh Witt rounding out the top five.
Other notables include Carl Tribble with a solid sixth place run, Greg
Netherwood 13th, Chris Weber 15th, Charles Bornemann in 19th, Jimmy
Dean
23rd, Keith Ellington 26th, and John Froehlich 27th. Pole Sitter Troy
Martin led 57 laps of the event, but retired just after halfway due to
engine failure, while outside pole sitter Brandon Reed left the event
on
lap 112 after heavy contact with the turn three wall.
*Complete Finishing order listed below*
*Please note that not all entries were "official"-Cars and trucks were
downloaded from websites to fill fields, with drivers being listed by
artists' names*
1. Dan Kolbern (laps led-69)
2. Michael Heymans
3. Jerry Bush (laps led-2)
4. Pete McCole (laps led-50)
5. Johs Witt (laps led-47)
6. Carl Tribble
7. Phil Cibrowski
8. Gary Shultis, Jr.
9. Mark Bradshaw (laps led-51)
10. Eric Mitchell (laps led-5)
11. Andrew Hood (laps led-1)
12. Rick Bassham
13. Greg Netherwood
14. Steve Staser -1
15. Chris Weber -1
16. Aaron Gunther -1
17. Chris Arndt -1
18. Chris Frederick -1
19. Charles Bornemann -1 (laps led-2)
20. Glenn Silverman -1
21. Chris Thompson -1 (laps led-3)
22. Matt Roosa -1
23 Jimmy Dean -2
24. Ted Scurlock -2
25. Jim Russell -2
26. Keith Ellington -3
27. John Froelich -5
28. Johanes Rojola-Gearbox
29. Troy Martin (laps led-57)-Engine
30. Jimmy McKinnley (laps led-2)-Electrical
31. Brandon Reed (laps led-1)-Accident
32. Dave Molley (laps led-9)-Gearbox
33. Timbo Jenkins-Electrical
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Race Time-117:25.819
Average Speed-76.641 mph
Margin of victory-1.657 seconds
Caution Flags-14
# of lead changes-20
