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Jones Banks $10K in East Bay Sprint Bandits TNT Finale!
Lonnie Wheatley, TAMPA, Fla. (February 2, 2007) – Levi Jones saved the best
for last in the third and final night of O'Reilly Sprint Bandits Tour 'N Topless
action at East Bay Raceway Park's 31st Annual Winter Nationals, leading the
final 16 circuits to capture the $10,000 winner's share in Friday night's 40-lap
feature.
Monday night winner Jesse Hockett paced the opening 24 rounds, with Jones
and Mike Brecht shadowing his every move along the way. But the slightest of
hesitations in lapped traffic on the 25th lap was just the opening Jones was
looking for.
"You've really got to give a lot of credit to the track owners, Al (Varnadore) and
Todd (Hutto), at any other track in the country this race would have been
cancelled early this afternoon," Jones commented of heavy rains over night. "I'm
glad we got to race and I'm going to enjoy their $10,000."
Piloting the Tony Stewart Motorsports Kistler-powered Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops
No. 20J Maxim, the 2005 Sprint Bandits TNT champion notched his fifth career
series win in front of Brecht, Hockett, Brady Short and Jon Stanbrough.
Tracy Hines, Jones' teammate, crossed the stripe sixth, with the balance of the
top ten including Shane Cottle, Kaley Gharst, Zach Chappell and Dickie Gaines.
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