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Towns County Sports Page 10A THE TOWNS COUNTY HERALD July 28, 2010 Towns County Sports Town’s County’s Leader In Sports www.townscountyherald.net • E-mail: [email protected] T Athletic teams use the Fair to supplement Towns athletic programs By Charles Duncan have a line item in the school Towns County Herald system’s general budget. Rath- [email protected] er, the athletes work long hours Year in, year out, the in their free time to raise mon- Georgia Mountain Fair plays ey to support their respective a crucial role in the lives of sports teams. Towns County athletes. The 2010 Georgia Moun- Each year, coaches, tain Fair was no exception as boosters and athletes alike man the athletes continued the sto- several booths that provide ried tradition of fundraising for much needed dollars to pur- Towns County athletics. chase equipment, uniforms and Our hats are off to the other athletic accessories. athletes, their coaches and Whether its hawking boosters for going the extra chicken sandwiches, fries and mile to make sure sports con- drinks, to fruit smoothies, cold tinues to be a part of the Towns Towns County High School Band members man the Hotdog Booth Towns County Fast Pitch Softball players in charge of the Smoothie beverages or hot dogs, the ath- County Schools. at United Community Bank booth letes and their program direc- With four days left be- tors are out in the hot sun in the fore the 2010 Georgia Moun- Fairgrounds’ Pioneer Village tain Fair becomes history, stop to make a difference for their by and be a patron at the ath- respective athletic programs. letic booths. The Athletic Program and the high school band don’t Photos by Lowell Nicholson VFW Golf League news The play day format for heat and humidity. Thursday, July 22nd was the The winning team was regular "A" Scramble. The Robert Lyle, Chuck Wood- worth and Ray Ward with a weather was so hot that turn Towns County Indians football players and wrestlers man the Towns County Lady Indians basketball players in charge of the out was only 10 members. score of 68, coming in -4 un- Chicken Sandwich Booth Beverage Booth Hats off to all that braved the der for the round. T(Jul28,F2)SH Davenport wins points title Local Jonathan Davenport had an exceptional two weeks NASCAR 2010 Racing Action on the Ray Cook promoted By Gerald Hodges/the Racing Reporter Southern Nations tour that By: Carl Vanzura had 10 races in 13 days and be in the final 10-race Chase 200 at O'Reilly Raceway Park walked away with the points for the Sprint Cup champi- in Indianapolis ahead of Kyle title while winning three races onship. 1. Harvick-2920, 2. Busch. and three second place fin- J. Gordon-2736, 3. Ham- Top-10 points leaders ishes. Davenport won at East lin-2660, 4. Johnson-2659, after 12 of 25: 1. Bodine-1861, Alabama Motor Speed, Volun- 5. Kurt Busch-2658, 6. Kyle 2. Almirola-1684, 3. Sau- teer Speedway and Tazewell Busch-2630, 7. Burton-2615, ter-1679, 4. Hornaday-1649, Speedway, both in Tennessee. 8. Kenseth-2573, 9. Stew- 5. Peters-1649, 6. Dillon-1584, Other winners on the tour were art-2544, 10. Edwards-2496, 7. Crafton-1583, 8. Skin- Casey Roberts, Clint Smith, 11. Biffle-2462, 12. Bow- ner-1574, 9. Starr-1528, 10. Chris Madden and Bud Mc- yer-2446, 13. Martin-2384, White-1493 Cool. The Southern Regional 14. Earnhardt-2353, 15. Early NASCAR driver passes Racing Series visited North Newman-2299, 16. McMur- Earl Brooks of Lynch- Georgia Speedway Saturday ray-2295, 17. Kahne-2290, burg, VA passed away last night and saw Hall of Fame 18. Reutimann-2269, 19. Lo- week. Danny Ledford carried the flag in Ricky Franks Chevy race car. driver Ronnie Johnson sitting Jamie McMurray gano-2241, 20. Truex-2145 His life story proves that in Victory Lane at the end of Kyle Busch bests not all the winners see victory the night. At Toccoa Speed- McMurray claims Brickyard 400 win Edwards in Nationwide race lane. In his 262 race Cup ca- way, James Roulette won the There was no contro- reer, Brooks never got to the main event while Parker Her- Indianapolis, Ind.—Jamie McMurray gained the lead from versial finish in last Saturday checkered flag first, but the ring won the Southeastern man still played an important Sportsman Series event. Kevin Harvick on a restart with night’s Nationwide series race, 15 laps to go in the 17th running but for the second week race part in NASCAR history. Murphy driver Jamie Brooks began compet- Oliver returned to Tri-County of the 160-lap Brickyard 400, in a row, Carl Edwards went after running on the Super and pulled away for his fifth ca- side-by-side for the lead on the ing in NASCAR Grand Na- Late Model circuit the last two reer Sprint Cup victory. final lap, but Kyle Busch held tional Racing in 1962, with weeks and out dueled the eight “When Kevin got by Edwards off to win the Kroger most of his starts coming be- car field for another victory. me with just a few laps to go, 200 at the 0.686-mile track. tween 1967 and 1971, while Blairsville’s Jonathan Davenport won the Southern National points title Robbinsville driver Preston I thought it was over,” said Last week at Gateway Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Crisp had his best finish of the McMurray. “My car was real International Raceway, Ed- David Pearson and Bobby Rock N’ Roll Festival year with a strong second place tight, but he gave me the out- wards dumped Brad Kesel- Isaacs were trading paint. to be held at Meeks Park finish on the super fast clay side on the restart, and that owski coming to the checkered But that is not his real oval. Danny Ledford blasted was what I needed. I was bet- flag, triggering a multicar acci- claim to fame. his way through the field for ter at the end. dent and forcing NASCAR to Perhaps he will be best third after being sent to the “With 10-laps to go penalize both drivers. remembered for the way he of- back of the pack when he got my crew chief said, “Do what This time, Edwards fered help to the lone African- into the back of Bobby Panter you’ve got to do and don’t wor- raced Busch cleanly, and American to win a top series on the back stretch, spinning ry about those other guys.” Busch grabbed his 38th career NASCAR race, Wendell Scott. both cars. Panter was fourth McMurray became only Nationwide Series victory, Brooks and Scott traveled to- and Doug Sneed rounded out the third driver in series his- second only to Mark Martin gether, shared tools and shared the top five. tory to win both the Daytona on the all-time win list. Martin parts. At a time when doing The Mountain United event so everyone bring your After qualifying only 500 and Brickyard 400 in the has 48 wins in the series. such a thing wasn’t so fash- Soccer Association is hosting lawn chair or blanket. The three cars made the starting same year. The other two driv- Edwards and some oth- ionable, Brooks and Ned Jar- the second annual Rock N’ proceeds will benefit the soc- line up in the GM Performance ers were Dale Jarrett (1996) ers on the lead lap pitted for rett were a big part of keeping Roll Festival at Meeks Park cer association. Late Model feature but it was and Jimmie Johnson (2006). fresh tires on Lap 162, with Wendell Scott competitive. on August 28 from 6 p.m. to Advance tickets are the best race of the night when His win also gave team Edwards restarting 11th with Brooks also owned cars 10 p.m. The bands perform- available for $4 or $5 at the Young Harris’s Tony Ledford owner Chip Ganassi his first 28 laps to go. Edwards sliced driven by Dave Marcis, Ed ing at this time are The High event. jumped to the lead as Sam Par- Trifecta; a win in the Daytona through the top-10 to get to Negre, and Dick May among Five Band, Sundown, and the For more information ris and Kevin Bradshaw were 500, Brickyard 400, and India- second, and a caution came others. He was known as the Rubber Band. It should be a contact the association at 706- inches behind for 20 of the 25 napolis 500. out with six laps to go. “Earl of Lynchburg,” hailing lot of fun. This is an outdoor 745-7865. N(Jul28&Aug4,B4)SRH laps. Blue Ridge’s Sam Parris On the green-white- from that Virginia City. He went to the high groove, rim McMurray’s teammate, Juan Montoya started on the checkered restart, Busch got was 80 years old. riding the out side wall and the jump on Edwards into Not all winners get tro- MUSA soccer registration moved to the front for the last pole and led 86 laps. During a caution period late in the race, Turn 1, though Edwards tried phies, and not everyone who The Mountain United Blairsville-Blimpie, Branan five laps for his first win of the to get to the inside lane on the gets trophies is a winner. Earl Soccer Association is still ac- Lodge; Hiawassee- Towns season. Jason Deal was cred- Montoya’s team elected to put four fresh tires on his car, white flag lap and on the final Brooks, in his own understated cepting registration forms for the County Recreation Depart- ited with fourth place.
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