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Page 9A July THE 11, TOWNS 2012 THECOUNTY TOWNS HERALD COUNTY July HERALD 11, 2012 Page 9A Towns County Sports Towns County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] Towns County Recreation Deaprtment holds July 4th Activity Day

Team Cornhole Tournament (10 & Under) Mason Thomas and Team Cornhole Tournament (16 & Under) Kirsten Ledford and Adult Team Cornhole Champions Nick Prince and Alley Page Zane Floyd Shea Underwood

Boy’s Homerun Derby Champion (11 & Under) Brett Denton Women’s Homerun Derby Champion Chelsea White Girls Homerun Derby Champion (14 & Under) Kirsten Ledford

Men’s Homerun Derby Champion Jordan Denton Boys Homerun Derby Champion (14 & Under) Kobe Denton Men’s Singles Horseshoe Champion Mark Silvers

3rd Annual Mountain Idol Grand Finale at the Ridges Resort The Ridges Resort in is located off highway 76 Young Harris, GA, will be across from Fun World. hosting the Third Annual Area finalists that will be Northeast Georgia Board of competing are Breezy McCoy Realtors’® Mountain Idol Fi- and Summer Covington (Clay nale on Saturday, July 21st at County), Andrew Smith, Kelli 7p.m. Come be a part of this Kennedy, Andrew Wagner, exciting event as the area’s top and Nadia Choucair (Towns/ vocal talent performs in hopes Union County), Ricky Marti- of being named winner of the nez, Marshall Rhodes, Butch NEGBOR® 2012 Mountain Lawson, and Jody Nicholson Idol contest. There will be a (Fannin/Gilmer), Kyla Meigs $5 cover charge. and Teresa Gay (Cherokee The event will take place County). in the Red Banks Room, next For more information Girls Homerun Derby Champion (11 & Under) Vannesa Floyd Men’s Partners Horseshoe Champions: Richard Greene and to the Oaks Restaurant,which call 706-781-3030. NT(Jul11,Z9)CA Kenny Silvers

As the action intensified SCAR made a rule change in green the whole way with one over the final quarter-mile, 2009 that moved all the lead- or two cautions,” Biffle said. NASCAR 2012 Dillon slid sideways across lap cars to the front of the field, “I think over time that could By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter the stripe in fourth place, with double-file, on all restarts after lose the fans’ interest sitting and series leader a caution flag. Those restarts in the stands and watching on taking fifth and often cause bumping late in TV. That’s not what we want.” Stewart is “Smokin” sixth, respectively. The top- races, and sometimes addi- Weekend Racing: The pulled off caution, while Kenseth, Joey five for Logano, the series’ tional accidents. Smith said he Cup and Nationwide teams are a victory in Saturday night’s Logano and Ryan Newman top winner with five victories wouldn’t mind seeing a pseudo at New Hampshire Speedway, Coke Zero race rounded out the top-five. Carl this season, took a sour turn in halftime at each race to cause while the trucks will be racing by making a stunning last-lap Edwards, , Brad post-race inspection when his an additional restart. at the seven-eighths mile Iowa pass around . Keselowski, Racing was “I’d rather have that Speedway. “I wish I could explain and comprised ruled too low in front. Penal- than some mysterious debris Sat., July 14, Nation- it,” said Stewart, who has five the remainder of the top-10. ties for the No. 18 team are caution,” said. wide New England 200, race restrictor-plate victories in , winner of possible early next week. “The integrity of racing is 17 of 33; Starting time: 2:30 Sprint Cup, with four coming Friday night’s Nationwide race Tony Stewart celebrates his Day- was in- about letting the race play out, pm ET; TV: ESPN. at Daytona. “The great thing was involved in a multi-car ac- tona Cup win. volved in a late race accident and sometimes that’s the most Sat., July 14, Camping about restrictor-plate racing is cident on lap 92, which proved oval as Busch crossed the fin- and finished 31st. Johanna exciting finish, sometimes it’s World Trucks Iowa 200, race 9 that 43 cars all have the same to be the beginning of the end ish line. Long, the other female driver not. Trying to get in the middle of 22; Starting time: 8 pm ET; shot at winning the race, but of the bid by the 2004 Sprint “I showed up at the was 12th. of that can be challenging. If TV: SPEED. that’s also part of what makes Cup champion for his second shop on Tuesday, and we talk- Top-10 leaders after 16 you’re going to do it, it’s got Sun., Sprint Cup Lenox it frustrating, too. It’s just be- victory in as many nights at ed about how our Kentucky of 33; 1. Sadler-591, 2. A. Dil- to be something planned in Tools 301, race 19 of 36; Start- ing at the right place at the the 2.5-mile superspeedway week went, what we could lon-589, 3. Stenhouse-573, 4. advance, and you take a break. ing time: Noon ET; TV: TNT. right time, and when those last and led to a disappointing have done better,” Busch said. Hornish-556, 5. Allgaier-519, I’m not totally against it.” Racing Trivia Ques- two big wrecks happened, we 35th-place finish. “I went out back in the fab 6. Annett-496, 7. Whitt-488, 8. Meanwhile NASCAR tion: Which Cup team has the were in the right spot. We were wound (fabrication) shop, and they Bliss-427, 9. Patrick-383, 10. CEO met the most wins at Daytona Speed- ahead of them both times.” up with a DNF after his car were wrapping on both of our Malsam-369. media at Daytona to assess way? Stewart took the lead spun into the inside wall on lap cars, this fluorescent orange ARE MORE CAUTIONS the sport as the season hits the Last Week’s Question: on lap 131 after a multi-car 125, finishing 36th. color. And I’m like, ‘What’s NEEDED halfway mark. But France was How many Cup champion- accident in turn four and led Top-12 Chase contenders going on?’ Bruton Smith said NA- firm in saying there is noin- ships did win? His for 21 laps before relinquish- after 18 of 36: 1. Kenseth-676, “It’s just the energy SCAR needs to implement tention of creating mandatory single championship came in ing the spot to the duo of Matt 2. Earnhardt-651, 3. Bif- has for Daytona. mandatory cautions, or race caution periods for TV tim- 1999. Kenseth and on lap fle-632, 4. Johnson-618, 5. He wanted his cars orange, so stoppages, to bring more ex- eouts. You may contact the 152. When another massive Stewart-592, 6. Harvick-586, they could be seen up front, so citement to the races, but top France said there is a Racing Reporter at hodges@ crash set up a two-lap dash to 7. Hamlin-584, 8. Truex-584, that car could be recognized NASCAR officials said, “Not possibility of more events be- race500.com. NT(Jul11,C2)ac the finish, Stewart regained the 9. Keselowski-572, 10. Bow- without a sponsor on it. And so fast.” ing shortened in an effort to lead on the final lap with an yer-572, 11. Edwards-541, 12. we drove an unsponsored car “Call it what you want, enhance competition and cre- impressive drive around Biffle -516. into Victory Lane tonight. I but you’ve got to have caution ate better racing. Summer and Kenseth off turn two and KURT BUSCH CAPTURES was just being my normal sar- flags,” Smith said last week. “Our product on the down the backstretch. NATIONWIDE RACE castic self on the radio, and I “That creates excitement. You track is exciting, and sports baseball As Stewart and the lead- Kurt Busch left Day- said, ‘The Great Pumpkin is can’t just sit there with nothing is a true reality show in how ers approached the finish line, tona Friday night with total here, and the Great Pumpkin happening. It ruins the event. it unfolds as an event,” NA- camps at YHC a massive wreck broke out that satisfaction, after winning the isn’t going to lift coming to the It’s damaging to our sport. SCAR President Mike Helton Head Baseball Coach, claimed the cars driven by Jeff Nationwide race in a battered checkered flag.’ “ “Cautions flags and cau- said. “You have to be careful Rick Robinson, will coordinate Gordon, , Kyle orange-colored that Stenhouse came home tion laps are down this year when you think about artifi- all instruction. Website access: Busch, , Da- lacked even one sponsor. second, followed by Michael in NASCAR. Many races this cially creating the outcome of www.yhcathletics.com/sports/ vid Gilliland, , With a strong push from Annett, who was pushing season have produced long that.” bsb/index or TheROCK- Juan Montoya, and Trevor defending series champion Dillon during a green-white- green-flag runs without a lot Greg Biffle seemed to Sports.com. Come learn from Bayne. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Busch checkered-flag finish that of passing up front.” offer the prevailing attitude of the best! 3 camps each week finished be- took the checkered flag in a took the race one lap beyond Smith said NASCAR most drivers. to accommodate all players at hind Stewart in the runner-up wild race that ended with Aus- its scheduled distance of 100 needs to deliberately create “I would not be against different levels. Camp week: spot as the race ended under tin Dillon wrecking in the tri- laps. more double-file restarts. NA- it if the races continue to run July 23-27. NT(Jul11,A4)SH