Great News from Georgia

Julie finished 2nd in the Young Guns Shoot-Out and 2nd behind Canada's Steve Arpin in Sunday's Championship Modified Tour (CMT).

Oglethorpe Speedway Park
Saturday, February 4, 2006
Vaughn, Payne pick up Young Guns titles in wild night

by Katherine Adams  (see entire article at whowon.com)

Saturday, February 4th, 2005
Curfew caused the most disappointing part of the night. The Coco-Cola Young Guns Modified Feature was red-flagged after a huge wreck left the front-stretch covered in debris on lap 3. During the red flag clean-up, city officials pulled the plug enforcing the noise ordinance on the Speedway at 12:17am.  Julie finished in 5th place.

Despite the shortened race, team representatives were very impressed with Arpin throughout the day and saw a possible diamond in the rough with McDermid. The young lady from Wisconsin put on a show racing in the IMCA Modifieds prior to the Young Guns race. She had the fans on their feet while picking up an early night heat race win.

"She can drive the wheels off a race car," said Coca-Cola's Keith Blackwell. "I was impressed with her effort. I know others were as well."

The Young Guns race would be re-ran on Sunday, and with the full 25 laps Julie moved to the front and come home in 2nd.  She also raced her brother Matt's car in the IMCA Modified race and took home a 5th place finish.

 

 

Oglethorpe Speedway Park
Sunday, February 5, 2006
Arpin, Hess take Championship Modified Tour wins at Oglethorpe Speedway Park (see entire article at whowon.com)

SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The Championship Modified Tour (CMT) opened its inaugural season this weekend at Oglethorpe Speedway Park under the sanctioning of the National Dirt Association (NDRA) and a pair of young talents swept through the southeast and into victory lane in the first two events of the upstart Open Wheel Modified racing series. With weather obstacles to overcome and a huge field of cars gathered at the historic half-mile speedway in the coastal Georgia city, the CMT drivers were able to compete in a pair of feature events on Sunday afternoon with an exclamation point to the start of the new touring circuit. Forty-four drivers were entered into the CMT action for the weekend at Savannah, Ga.

Canadian Steve Arpin Makes History Scoring First Championship Modified Tour (CMT) Win

Steve Arpin from Fort Frances (Ont.), Canada stormed to victory in the running of the first-ever Championship Modified Tour (CMT) in first of two daytime main events Sunday afternoon at Oglethorpe Speedway Park. Arpin went wire-to-wire in the impressive victory on the half-mile oval holding off Julie McDermid to take the checkered flag. The race was originally slated for Saturday night, but the storm front, which had moved through the coastal Georgia region during the weekend, delayed the start of the CMT season until Sunday.


Prior to winning the CMT season-opener at Oglethorpe Speedway Park, Arpin had taken an earlier win during the day claiming the checkers in an IMCA Modified feature. On Wednesday night, Arpin won his first of three total wins for the week further south in Brunswick, Ga. prior to topping off his trek south from Canada with the first-ever CMT victory. The battle for the checkered flag was no cakewalk for the young talent as McDermid, the talented young lady from Oconto Falls, Wisconsin kept pursuit throughout the main event before winding up in second place. Third through fifth in the finishing order were Tommy Weder, Craig Shuffield and Ricky Boahn.

Forty-four Open Wheel Modified drivers were entered into the weekend’s CMT events, prior to rain interrupting the scheduled Friday and Saturday racing programs and forcing feature completions on Sunday.

As a result, several drivers scratched from the action on the make-up Sunday afternoon.

Championship Modified Feature Results, Event # 1 of 2006:

Oglethorpe Speedway Park (Savannah, GA) Sunday, February 5, 2006. Winner-Steve Arpin, (Fort Frances, Ontario Canada) 2. Julie McDermid (Oconto Falls, Wi) 3. Tommy Weder (Woodward, OK) 4. Craig Shuffield (Fayetteville, NC) 5. Ricky Boahn (Puppy Creek, NC) 6. Jim Shuffield (Fayetteville, NC) 7. Dave Hess Jr. (Waterford, PA) 8. Brent Glastetter (Mooresville, NC) 9. Nick Neville (Mackinaw, IL) 10. Derrick Francis (Fayetteville, NC) 11. Aaron Higgins (Piketon, OH) 12. Stoney Jackson (Bowman, SC) 13. Porter Smith (Aztec, NM) 14. Lance Dieters (Mooresville, NC) 15. Mackey Cox (Raeford, NC) 16. Derrick Grisby 17. Zack VanDerbeek (New Sharon, IA) 18. Jeremy Russell (Jonesboro, AR) Entries: 39


CHAMPIONSHIP MODIFIED TOUR (CMT) Event #2 of 2006:

Oglethorpe Speedway Park (Savannah, GA) Sunday, February 5, 2006. Winner- Dave Hess Jr. (Waterford, PA) 2. Steve Arpin, (Fort Frances, Ontario Canada) 3. Nick Neville (Mackinaw, IL) 4. Derrick Francis (Fayetteville, NC) 5. Brent Glastetter (Mooresville, NC) 6. Aaron Higgins (Piketon, OH) 7. Troy Gimmell 8. Stoney Jackson (Bowman, SC) 9. Craig Shuffield (Fayetteville, NC) 10. Mackey Cox (Raeford, NC) 11. Lance Dieters (Mooresville, NC) 12. Mike Spatola (Manhattan, NY) 13. Alan Mondus (Lakeville, ME) 14. Ricky Boahn (Puppy Creek, NC) 15. Jim Shuffield (Fayetteville, NC) 16. Julie McDermid (Oconto Falls, Wi) 17. Zack VanDerbeek (New Sharon, IA) 18. Derrick Grisby 19. Tommy Weder (Woodward, OK) 20. Porter Smith (Aztec, NM) 21. Jeremy Russell (Jonesboro, AR).

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