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Durham’s Triplett wins OCS race March 30, 2002 The "Silver Bullet" made it to the front Saturday night at Orange County Speedway. Durham’s David Triplett, Jr. inherited the lead when pole-winner Timothy Peters of Providence was black-flagged on lap 34 of the 125-lap NASCAR Weekly Racing Series Late Model Stock Car Division event. Once he got the lead, Triplett held on the entire way to score his first win of the season in the second race of the year at the 3/8th-mile asphalt oval in Rougemont. The Late Model Stock Car Division race was the featured attraction of the Farmer’s Supply Oyster Bar and Grill of Roxboro 240. For the second straight week, Peters earned the pole position after turning a qualifying lap of 14.408 seconds. He owned the top spot until being black-flagged because of making contact with the lapped car of Durham’s Chris Herndon, which went spinning in the backstretch. Peters was sent to the rear of the field and later broke a hub and wound up in 15th place. Before having the hub problem, Peters was trying to rally from the rear of the lead lap pack. He worked his way back to second place by lap 78 before heading to the pit area four laps later. After getting to the front, Triplett never was seriously challenged. By the end of the race, he enjoyed a lead of a half lap. Barry Beggarly of Pelham finished second in the 18-car field, while Wayne Grubb of Mechanicsville, Va., placed third. Scott Kirkpatrick of Burlington finished fourth and was the final driver on the lead lap at the end. Oxford’s Terry Dease rounded out the top five. COPYRIGHT 2002 by The Durham Herald Company. All rights reserved. |
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