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Ricky Survives to Finish 15th at Southern National Speedway

Ricky Turner rolled into Southern National Speedway looking to build on his 12^th place finish from Hickory.  With the threat of rain looming all day, Ricky and the Turner Motorsports team kept their fingers crossed that it would stay dry since a rainout of qualifying would mean the team would be heading home early. 

Practice was fairly uneventful with the team making numerous adjustments to the Williams Bros. Lumber Company Chevrolet.  Ricky posted the 5^th fastest time in the 2-hour practice session. 

With 39 cars gunning for one of the 28 starting spots, qualifying was once again a major challenge.  Ricky bettered his time from practice, which resulted in a 24^th starting spot for the Sears Auto Center 250.  Just like Hickory, the entire starting field was separated by only a small margin. 

The race got under way with Ricky reporting a tight condition early on.  As he got some laps on his tires, Ricky was able to start moving toward the front of the field.  Ricky was able to remain on the lead lap and save his car before a caution on lap 108 brought most of the leaders to pit road for 4 tires and adjustments.  After the pit stop, Ricky began making his way to the front and moved up to the 11th position by lap 160.  Unfortunately, the night took a wrong turn on lap 168 when Randy Gentry made contact with the Williams Bros. Lumber Chevrolet sending them both spinning.  The leader was able to pass Ricky and put him a lap down before he could get going again.  Ricky brought the #27 Chevy down pit road to the attention of his Turner Motorsports crew to repair the damage.  This put the Turner Motorsports team in a hole that it couldn’t recover from the rest of the night.  Ricky soldiered on to the checkered flag and salvaged a respectable 15^th place finish in his 2^nd career USAR start, despite the damage to his Williams Bros. Lumber Company Chevrolet. 

The Sears Auto Center 250 from Southern National Speedway can be seen on Speed Channel Wednesday July 26^th at 4:00pm and Friday July 28^th at 12:00pm. 

Look for Ricky Turner and the Turner Motorsports team at Lanier National Speedway on August 5^th, 2006 for the Williams Bros. Lumber Saturday of Speed event.  Ricky is heading to his local track attempting to make his first start in the PASS South Series.

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