Posted by Langley Austin on October 21, 2007, 8:29 pm
Board Administrator

Concord, NC ~ In fitting fashion, Ross Furr took his first career Late Model Stock Car victory at Concord Motorsport Park. Furr's grandfather, Henry built the speedway and later reconfigured it to it's current configuration and Ross Furr made it his home last night as he took the win in the 150 lap UARA-STARS feature. Furr, who has missed out on several good opportunities this season to get his first win most recently when he was spun out of the lead at Franklin County Speedway on September 15th with five laps to go, made the most of a race which was sponsored ironically by his primary sponsor, Fairborn Equipment Company. Furr held off Shane Bradford and a hard charging, Roger Lee Newton in the late stages of the race when the field was returned to action for a green, white, checkered finish, but this race was far from easy for the young driver. Furr qualified on the pole, but on the start of the race lost the lead to points leader, Mark Setzer. Furr followed in Setzer's tire tracks for much of the race and even nearly spun himself out trying to get under Setzer for the position. Furr held on and eventually moved by Setzer for the position and took the win in fitting style. Shane Bradford drove a smooth race starting fifth and steadily climbing through the field and in the end had to hold off a hard charging, Roger Lee Newton, who started twelfth and made his through the field to the third finishing position. Newton like Furr nearly crashed out around the mid-point of the race when Payne Pickles of Live Oak, Florida looked under Newton for the position and the two got together. Pickles also had a strong run, but fell back to fifth in the final rundown behind Setzer. Rounding out the top ten finishers was Lee Tissot, who picked up the Holley Performer after he qualified in 16th, BJ Mackey, Brandon Dean, Bobby Measmer and Buster Bennet. Rookie of the year point leader, Matt DiBenedetto had a struggling night, first struggling to get into the top twenty in speeds during practice then knocking down a great third place qualifying effort, but then finishing a disappointing 16th place finish after pitting many times during the 150-lap race. Unofficial Results: 1 - Ross Furr 2 - Shane Bradford 3 - Roger Lee Newton 4 - Mark Setzer 5 - Payne Pickles 6 - Lee Tissot 7 - BJ Mackey 8 - Brandon Dean 9 - Bobby Measmer 10 - Buster Bennet 11 - Claude Kelly 12 - Austin Dillon 13 - Mikey Kile 14 - Zeke Shell 15 - Justin Hill 16 - Matt DiBenedetto 17 - Andrew Thomas 18 - Lucas Ransone 19 - Mike Terry 20 - Paddy Rodenbeck(Worst Qualifying Car to Make the Show) 21 - Daniel Pope II 22 - Alex Kennedy 23 - Darrell Wallace, Jr. 24 - Jake Crum 25 - Clint Mills 26 - Clay Greenfield 27 - Lance Gatlin 28 - Jeff Melton Did Not Qualify: 29 - Todd Goble 30 - Kyle Beattie 31 - Corey Lajoie 32 - Brad Kurth 33 - Patrick McVay 34 - Toby Parese 35 - Casey Holt 36 - Ryan Salomon 37 - Steve Carver 38 - Ryan Dazaud 39 - Shaun Mangum