8/29/2015
Riley Hickman Wins at Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway
On Friday night Riley Hickman made the trip to Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway (Calvert City, Kentucky) pulling double duty in both his Crate and Super Late Models. Drawing a crowd of 27 cars for the Southern All Stars Series sanctioned Super Late Model show, Hickman recorded the fastest time in qualifying. Battling for a $4,000 payday, Riley retired a 3rd place outing behind Billy Moyer Jr. and Ashley Newman with Brandon Kinzer and Dylan Ames rounding out the top five.
On the same night 28 Crate Late Models signed in for the $2,500 to win NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series event. Recording the fastest time again, Riley earned the pole position starting spot for the feature. Holding off Matt Henderson, Riley scored his 13th win on the season with Henderson, Ryan King, John Owenby, and Jake Teague trailing him to the finish line.
Saturday night brought 24 Super Late Models to Kentucky Lake Motor Speedway for the $5,000 to win Southern All Stars feature event. Earning a 2nd row starting spot, Riley Hickman held his 4th place starting spot for the 50-lap A-Main retiring a 4th place finish behind Billy Moyer Jr., Dane Dacus, and Dylan Ames with Ashley Newman coming in 5th.
Looking to capture the $2,500 payday plus a bonus $1,000 for a weekend sweep, Riley was one of 29 Crate Late Models signed in for the NeSmith sanctioned event. Battling with John Owenby for the 50-lap affair, Hickman was surpassed with three laps to go retiring a runner-up spot on Saturday night to Owenby with Ashley Newman, Ronnie Johnson, and Matt Henderson completing the top five.
Complete results from these events can be found at www.SasDirt.com and www.NeSmithRacing.com.
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