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| Jason Keaton holds the trophy. |
Keaton, 36, won the Craftsman Stadium Stock 50 at Bowman Gray Stadium on June 12, the only 50-lapper of the year.
Keaton raced a few times at Bowman Gray in ‘04 and ‘05, then became a regular in ‘06. This marked his fourth career win but his first since ‘05.
“It wasn’t any different (than previous efforts),” he said. “We’ve always had good equipment, but something’s always been there to take it away from us. We finally got the monkey off our back. It’s like getting King Kong off my back.”
Keaton led most of the way in 2009’s 50-lapper, but he ultimately watched Davie County’s Dale Barneycastle take the checkered flag for the second straight year. Then Keaton suffered a broken arm in a wreck, costing him six races. So his high hopes in 2009 went up in smoke.
“We led like 35 laps last year, but we had mechanical failure and lost the lead to Dale,” Keaton said. “The transmission broke. We had a freeze plug to come out of the transmission when were leading the 50-lap race.
“We were pretty good last year until I broke my arm. I think I was fifth (in the standings) at the time. I got in a wreck. I was on the outside racing a guy. They wrecked in front of us and ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise, P.O. Box 4639, Salisbury, N.C. 28145.