Fort Payne Motor Speedway
Burns wins career-high $3,000 at Fort Payne
By Heath Lawson
DirtonDirt.com correspondent
Lucas Burns heads to his richest victory. (Heath Lawson)
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (Aug. 31) — Track champion Lucas Burns of Atalla, Ala., earned a career-high $3,000 payday Saturday at Fort Payne Motor Speedway with his flag-to-flag victory in the inaugural Labor Day 50. | Slideshow
Burns fought off challenges from Aaron Ridley of Chatsworth, Ga., and Jason Hiett of Lincoln, Ala., for the victory in the caution-plagued Super Late Model event. Kasey Hall of Rainsville, Ala., and Chris Beck of Glencoe, Ala., rounded out the top five finishers as the only other drivers on the lead lap.
Eight cautions slowed the action, including one for a four-car pileup in the track’s season-ending event.
Labor Day 50: (1) Lucas Burns, (2) Aaron Ridley, (3) Jason Hiett, (4) Kasey Hall, (5) Chris Beck, (6) Derrick White, (7) Robert Gant, (8) Dane Dacus, (9) Bobby Pruitt, (10) Matthew Turner, (11) Richard Smith, (12) Marty May, (13) Mark Green, (14) Ryan King, (15) D.J. Hayes, (16) Kenny Brown. Fast qualifier (among 16 cars): Burns, 14.651 seconds.
