By Gary Jacob
Clovis, NM -- Donny Raney from Dumas TX won the first annual Jim Davis Memorial dirt modified special at the Ned Houk Motorsports Complex on Friday night. Running second in the all star 20 car feature was current track point leader Conner Pullen, a 14 year old rookie from Amarillo TX. With a dark weekend at his home tracks, current Barnett's Harley Davidson regional point leader Bumper Jones from Las Cruces made the long tow to Clovis. He beat out Lubbock TX star Monte Bolton for the $500 Dash for Cash win, then ran a solid third in the main event in his D&M; Performance mount. Terry Kaser, a long time driver for Davis, ran fourth and Bolton salvaged a fifth place run. Running one of the D&M; Performance house cars, Chub Daniels son-in-law Alan Sharpensteen rounded out the top six finishers.
The track has been averages less than 10 dirt modifieds a week, but a full lineup of 20 cars appeared for the special event. Amarillo star Kelly Cross ran 12th, Farmington NM long tow Brandon Carley was 15th and top charger Dee Gossett ran 18th. The Cortese family from Fort Sumner was in action with Knox Cortese in 9th and Luke Cortese finishing 14th. Locked in a battle with young Pullen for the track title, Doug Gillespie was missing from the event.
Summary Dash for Cash-Bumper Jones, Monte Bolton. Main-Donny Raney, Conner Pullen, B Jones, Terry Kaser, Bolton, Alan Sharpensteen, Tab Barnard, Mark Myers, Knox Cortese, Teddy Lindsey, Zach Gossett, Kelly Cross, Jerry Graves, Luke Cortese, Brandon Carley, Gene Weaver, Roger Dial, Dee Gossett, Dave Frusher, Steve Reeves.