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TOCCOA, GA \u2013 Benji Hicks of Mt. Airy, NC drove the T&K Enterprises Rocket to a $2,000 victory on Saturday night in the 40-lap 2017 season opener for the FASTRAK Pro Late Model Series South East Region at Toccoa Raceway. Hicks was the Group 1 Fast Qualifier with a time of 13.090 seconds, the first ten-lap Heat Race winner, and led all 40 laps of the main event to get the sweep.<\/p>\n
Hicks had to hold off the defending FASTRAK SE Champion Cla Knight of North Augusta, SC to post the win. Knight had to settle for second in the Augusta Aquatics Longhorn. Colby Cannon took the third spot, and Kenny Collins of Colbert, GA drove to a fourth-place finish.<\/p>\n
Forrest Trent of Talbott, TN finished fifth in the Service 101 Rocket. Trent was the overall Fast Qualifier of the event, topping Group 2 qualifiers with a lap around Toccoa Raceway in 12.953 seconds. Trent followed that up with a victory in the second ten-lap Heat Race to earn the outside front row starting spot for the 40-lap Main Event.<\/p>\n
Jensen Ford of Piney Flats, TN was sixth in the Tim Byrd Motorsports TNT, and Tyler Arrington of Rural Retreat, VA took the seventh spot. Ron Parker of Belwood, NC drove the Schaefer Oil Rocket to an eighth-place finish, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA finished ninth in the Jessica Cornett Racing Mastersbilt. Matthew Nance of Rhonda, NC rounded out the top ten in the Ultra Shield Barry Wright.<\/p>\n
The next event for the FASTRAK SE Region will be a 40-lap $3,000-to-win National Event at Virginia Motor Speedway in Jamaica, VA on Saturday, April 8 as a part of the Aaron\u2019s King of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n
Check out the official website for the FASTRAK Racing Series at www.fastrakracing.com and continue to follow our social media networks for the FASTRAK Racing Series. Like and Follow our Fan Page on Facebook plus follow @FASTRAK_SE and\/or @FASTRAK_MOV on Twitter to get up to the minute news and details as they become available.<\/p>\n
OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 1 AT TOCCOA RACEWAY IN TOCCOA, GA ON 4\/1\/17:<\/p>\n
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER LAPS $ WON
\n1. 1 55 Benji Hicks 40 $2,000
\n2. 3 42 Cla Knight 40 $1,000
\n3. 5 16 Colby Cannon 40 $700
\n4. 7 187 Kenny Collins 40 $600
\n5. 2 101 Forrest Trent 40 $500
\n6. 6 83 Jensen Ford 40 $450
\n7. 10 002 Tyler Arrington 40 $400
\n8. 13 8 Ron Parker 40 $375
\n9. 12 2 Frankie Bread 40 $350
\n10. 8 24 Matthew Nance 40 $325
\n11. 11 11 David Smith 40 $315
\n12. 16 44 Dillon Lewis 40 $300
\n13. 9 F1 Payton Freeman 40 $275
\n14. 14 99 Teddy Tate 40 $265
\n15. 18 12 Daniel Wilson 39 $250
\n16. 4 14 Adam Smith 13 $250
\n17. 15 14s Sylvan Schuette 12 $250
\n18. 17 24 Phillip Thompson 12 $250
\n19. 20 74 Jody Farmer 12 $250
\n20. 19 23 Corey Gordon 0 $250<\/p>\n
QUALIFYING:<\/p>\n
GROUP 1:
\n1. 55 Benji Hicks, 13.090
\n2. 23 Corey Gordon, 13.112
\n3. 16 Colby Cannon, 13.161
\n4. 42 Cla Knight, 13.191
\n5. 187 Kenny Collins, 13.290
\n6. 11 David Smith, 13.372
\n7. 14s Sylvan Schuette, 13.472
\n8. F1 Payton Freeman, 13.488
\n9. 8 Ron Parker, 13.591
\n10. 24 Phillip Thompson, 13.632<\/p>\n
GROUP 2:
\n1. 101 Forrest Trent, 12.953
\n2. 14 Adam Smith, 13.176
\n3. 83 Jensen Ford, 13.241
\n4. 24 Matthew Nance, 13.256
\n5. 002 Tyler Arrington, 13.443
\n6. 12 Daniel Wilson, 13.470
\n7. 2 Frankie Beard, 13.474
\n8. 99 Teddy Tate, 13.689
\n9. 74 Jody Farmer, 13.791
\n10. 44 Dillon Lewis, 13.957<\/p>\n
HEAT RACES \u2013 10 LAPS:<\/p>\n
1ST HEAT: 1. Hicks; 2. Knight; 3. Cannon; 4. Collins; 5. Freeman; 6. D. Smith; 7. Parker; 8. Schuette; 9. Thompson; 10. Gordon.<\/p>\n
2ND HEAT: 1. Trent; 2. A. Smith; 3. Ford; 4. Nance; 5. Arrington; 6. Beard; 7. Tate; 8. Lewis; 9. Wilson; 10. Farmer.
\nTHE 2017 MARKETING PARTNERS FOR THE FASTRAK RACING SERIES ARE CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE, HOOSIER RACING TIRE, VP RACING FUEL, BEYEA HEADERS, ROCKET CHASSIS, TNT RACE CARS, ARIZONA SPORT SHIRTS, SIMPSON SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SAFECRAFT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, ROCK AUTO.COM, RACING JUNK.COM AND THOMAS CLARKE PERFORMANCE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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