4:37
That will do it from Montgomery, AL. We just got back from the infield where there was no indication in the shed of anything happening tech-wise that would impact the results, so we will assume all is well and hit the long road back to Charlotte.

Congrats to Mason Massey on the Alabama 200 victory and to Hunter Robbins on the 2012 Show Me The Money Series title. Have a safe and blessed rest of your weekend and we hope to see you at the track with Speed51.com soon! 
4:36
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4:35
Comment From Cindy Davis 

Good job spencer #29… I’m very proud of you son…love mom 
4:31
Winner going through tech
4:25
Comment From Lenny

Congrats to Massey,Thanks for the coverage Speed 51 
4:24
Massey and family
4:20
A better view of Ben Kennedy’s machine
4:11
Massey getting a cool towel, drained from the heat 
4:11
Victory for Mason Massey
4:08
Finishing Order:

1 9 Mason Massey 200
2 18 Hunter Robbins 200
3 29 Anderson Bowen 200
4 1 Mike Garvey 200
5 10 Bill Bethea, III 200
6 29 Spencer Davis 199
7 11 Stacey Crain 149
8 07 Kevin Donahue 119
9 96 Ben Kennedy 47
10 09 Daniel Bolden 47
11 23 Dillion Estis 47
4:08
CHECKERED: Mason Massey claims the 48th Annual Alabama 100. Hunter Robbins finishes out his 2012 Show Me the Money Series title by finishing second. Bowen holds off Garvey for third. 
4:07
LAP 198 – POPSICLE STICKS – Third appears to be the only position in doubt as Massey leads Robbins, Bowen, Garvey and Bethea 
4:07
LAP 195 – FIVE TO GO. Massey is gone. Bowen continues to hold off Garvey for third. 
4:06
LAP 192 – Garvey dove under Bowen for a lap, but couldn’t make it stick and falls back. 
4:05
With less than 10 laps remaining, there is no lucky dog so it looks like Spencer Davis will finish this race at least one lap down. 
4:05
LAP 190 – Garvey working on Bowen, but yet to pull out of line. Mason Massey’s lead seems stable at a full straightaway. 
4:04
LAP 188 – Garvey has caught Bowen for third. 
4:03
LAP 184 – Massey’s lead is approaching a full straightaway. 
4:01
LAP 180 – As Massey continues to pull away, second through fourth seems to be tightening a little. 
4:00
Massey over Robbins down the stretch run
3:59
LAP 172 – Field very evenly spread out. 
3:58
LAP 169 – Since this race went Pro, only Augie Grill has won the 3 Pro Alabama 200s. Mason Massey trying to add his name to the record books. Massey pulls away by two tenths last lap. 
3:57
LAP 166 – LEAD CHANGE – Robbins has lost the handle visibly in recent laps. Massey blows by in Turn Three 
3:56
LAP 162 – The top two have opened up a half to 3/4-straightaway length lead on Bowen and Garvey. It’s Bethea by himself in fifth and Davis way back in sixth. 
3:55
LAP 161 – Mason Massey with another fastest lap of the race, 19.568. Cutting off another carlength.
3:55
LAP 158 – Massey is about three carlengths back of Robbins. 
3:54
LAP 157 – Hunter Robbins just ran his personal best lap of the race, 19.683. Massey topped that though, running a 19.587 which is now the fastest lap of the race. 
3:53
LAP 155 – Massey clears Bowen, who just slides up in front of Garvey to halt his momentum. 
3:53
LAP 154 – Bowen and Massey still side by side for second. 
3:52
LAP 153 – THREE WIDE for the lead. Robbins will slingshot into the lead on the outside. 
3:52
RESTART – Bowen around Massey on the outside. Robbins trying Massey on the outside for second.
3:51
RUNNING ORDER  – UNDER CAUTION:

1 9 Mason Massey
2 29 Anderson Bowen
3 1 Mike Garvey
4 18 Hunter Robbins
5 10 Bill Bethea, III
6 29 Spencer Davis (-1)

Out of the race:

7 11 Stacey Crain
8 07 Kevin Donahue
9  96 Ben Kennedy
10  09 Daniel Bolden
11 23 Dillian Estis 
3:50
Stacey Crain has just informed race control they will not rejoin the field. 
3:49
Robbins, Garvey, and Bethea will pit. Massey and Bowen stay out. 
3:49
Crain would have been the lucky dog, but caused the caution so there will be no lucky dog. 
3:47
LAP 150 – Massey by Stacey Crain, who nearly crashed him. Crain then crashed in Turn One with a flat right front. 
3:47
Robbins, who will win the 2012 Show Me the Money Series track title, won the SMTM race season opener. Massey then won the second race of the series. Garvey and Augie Grill won the other two as this Alabama 200 is the five-race series finale. 
3:46
LAP 145 – Garvey by Bethea for fourth. 
3:45
LAP 144 – Massey easily flies by Hunter Robbins for the LEAD 
3:45
LAP 142 – Massey has almost caught Robbins. 
3:44
LAP 141 – Crain has really lost pace this run, his car seems to be awfully “bumpy” in the corners. 
3:43
LAP 138 – Garvey has quickly caught back up to the field after getting a late start due to pitting, back past Crain to fifth. 
3:43
LAP 137 – Took Massey about three full lapsbut he will complete the pass. Bowen tried the crossover to no avail. 
3:42
LAP 135 – Massey draws alongside but has yet to complete the pass. 
3:42
LAP 133 – Massey sizing up Bowen for second. 
3:41
RESTART – Robbins over Bowen.
3:41
Davis also refired and will be one lap down. 
3:41
Garvey will rejoin the field in sixth. 
3:39
Garvey will pit under this caution. He appears as though he will be the only car. 
3:38
CAUTION – LAP 126 – Spencer Davis stops in Turn Three, reports he has no power. 
3:38
LAP 125 – RUNNING ORDER:

1 Hunter Robbins
2 Anderson Bowen
3 Mike Garvey
4 Mason Massey
5 Bill Bethea, III
6 Stacey Crain
7 Spencer Davis
8  Kevin Donahue 
3:36
LAP 124 – Spencer Davis, running seventh, lapped. 
3:36
Report from pit road: Apparently the issue with the Donahue car is that they put the right side tires on the left side and visa versa. 
3:35
LAP 120 – Donahue will pit with what appears to be a front left front. 
3:35
LAP 118 – Garvey and Massey inching up on Bowen and Robbins. They are all now sharing about half a straightaway. 
3:33
LAP 113 – Garvey by Bethea for third. Massey takes fourth. 
3:33
LAP 110 – Davis runs Donahue up the track battling for seventh, Davis by. They are way back of the top-six. 
3:32
LAP 109 – And Garvey did it again last lap, 19.620 
3:31
LAP 108 – Fourth place finisher Garvey just set the fastest time of the race, 19.647 
3:31
LAP 106 – Garvey to fourth around the outside of Crain. Massey follows by for fifth. 
3:30
LAP 105 – Lots of contact between Crain and Garvey, but they keep it straight. 
3:30
LAP 104 – Garvey tried to get past Crain through turn three, but Crain will cut him off at the pass. Massey watching this battle for fourth looking for a way around both.
3:29
RESTART – Robbins easily clears Bowen. Bethea takes third over Crain, Garvey, Massey, Donahue, and Davis. 
3:28
All cars are on the lead lap to answer questions. 
3:24
RUNNING ORDER – LAP 100 (after COMPETITION CAUTION):

1 Hunter Robbins
2 Anderson Bowen
3 Bill Bethea, III
4 Kevin Donahue
5 Stacey Crain
6 Spencer Davis
7 Mike Garvey (penalized for not leaving pit road on time after comp. caution)
8 Mason Massey (same) 
3:22
Garvey does get rolling again, but will lose his spot. 
3:22
Garvey may have an issue. His team had his car fall off his jack during this pit and when he began to rejoin the field, it looked like one of his tires was not rolling right. He went about three pit stalls and stopped.
3:20
Massey decided to pit on the second go round after all, realizing they may be a sitting duck with just being the only car on the track 
3:18
Massey will stay out this caution and inherit the lead. Everyone else pits for four tires. 
3:18
RUNNING ORDER – HALFWAY:

1 Robbins
2 Bowen
3 Garvey
4 Massey
5 Bethea
6 Donahue
7 Crain
8 Davis (lucky dog)
9 Kennedy (out)
10 Bolden (out)
11 Estis (out)
3:17
LAP 100 – HALFWAY & COMPETITION CAUTION – Hunter Robbins will be the halfway leader over Anderson Bowen. 
3:16
LAP 98 – Field appears locking heading to the competition caution.
3:15
LAP 95 – Bethea all kind of slideways off of Turn Four, surrendering fourth to Massey. 
3:14
Race Prodcures – Alabama 200:

200 Lap Race.
8 Tire rule.
Cautions will count until lap 150.
Can not lose a lap under caution.
Last 50 laps will be GREEN only.
Competition caution on lap 100. Not required to pit, but if you choose to you will not lose positions to the other cars that pit at the same time as you UNDER THIS CAUTION ONLY. Caution will last 5 pace laps. If you are not back on the track after 5 laps you will lose your position.
3:14
Remember, we will have a competition caution at LAP 100. 
3:13
LAP 90 – The top-three – Robbins, Bowen, and Garvey all within about 1.5 seconds. Then nearly a full straightaway back to Bethea nd Massey. 
3:11
LAP 84 – Bowen has eaten away a little at Robbins ‘lead, he is now just three carlengths back after being about double that ten laps ago. 
3:10
Team believed they had a tire going down in that restart that wadded up 6 cars, but they never did change tires so they must have been satisfied. 
3:10
Taking Estis to the trailer
3:10
Comment From Jim 

Why did Massy pit 
3:08
LAP 74 – Bethea by Donahue for fourth, Massey follows suit to take fifth. 
3:08
LAP 73 – Donahue, Bethea and Massey now hot and heavy for 4th-6th. 
3:06
LAP 68 – Robbins’ lead over Bowen has stabilized. Bowen has pulled away a little from Garvey in the last few laps. 
3:06
Estis’ right front was pretty well jammed, but otherwise the rest of the car looked clean. 
3:06
Comment From Guest 

How bad is estis car ?? 
3:05
Eight. Kennedy, Bolden, and Estis’ team have just told track officials they are done for sure for the day. 
3:05
Comment From calvin 

how many cars left 
3:05
Comment From Guest 

With cut tires being so common there, drivers should not be penalized for forcing a caution 
3:04
LAP 63 – Donahue nearly gets spun chopping off Bethea’s attempt to take fourth, but holds the spot. 
3:04
LAP 62 – Everyone settling in. Garvey still putting a lot of heat on Bowen for second but no one is really stepping out of line yet. 
3:02
LAP 58 – Robbins has opened up a four carlength lead as Bowen begins to get pressure from Garvey. 
3:02
LAP 56 – Robbins completes the pass for the lead. 
3:01
RESTART – Bowen away cleanly, but Robbins comes calling for the lead the next lap. 
3:01
RUNNING ORDER

1 Bowen
2 Robbins
3 Donahue
4 Garvey
5 Bethea
6 Massey
7 Crain
8 Davis (-1)

OUT:

Kennedy
Estis
Bolden
3:00
Bolden’s right side sheet metal looked like he faced a can opener. 
3:00
Comment From Guest 

How much damage did it cause to Bolden? 
2:59
Looks like Bolden’s team has decided to park thei car for the day. 
2:59
Massey and Crain will pit during this caution. 
2:58
Kennedy may have gotten the worst out of that deal, we saw most of his rear sheet metal go up in the air. 
2:57
2:57
2:57
2:56
CAUTION – Six cars wad up in Turn Three. It started when someone got Stacy Crain sideways. Davis, Bolden, Bethea, Estis, and Kennedy all with significant damage. 
2:56
RESTART – Bowen clears Massey again, but Robbins takes second.
2:55
It intentionally washed up the track and stopped to draw the caution and then immediately refired and drove to pit road. Drivers were warned heavily about that after this was an issue in the Montgomery 150 two weeks ago. 
2:55
Comment From Jesse 

How could he intentionally blow a tire? That seems like an odd call.. 
2:55
Still a lot of work again on Garvey this pit. Looks like the team believes something is broken in the left front area versus trying to make an adjustment. If we hear for sure what is up, we will pass it along. But he will rejoin the field again and be 10th, the last car on the lead lap. 
2:53
Kennedy, Estis, and Garvey pit. 
2:52
Looking at Davis pitting here, team seems to believe it was a right rear tire. 
2:52
Davis will get a one-lap penalty for intentionally causing the caution.
2:51
CAUTION – Davis spun coming out of Turn Two, seems to have had some sort of suspension piece failing.
2:50
LAP 38 – Davis falls all the way back through the lead lap cars, back to 10th. 
2:50
RESTART – Bowen clears Massey from the inside line. Robbins thought about sticking his nose in for a battle for second, but nothing doing. 
2:50
Garvey will rejoin the field just in time, but will restart 11th.
2:48
Under Garvey’s hood but looks like for adjustment reasons
2:47
Garvey, Bethea, and Ellis all pitting when the pit road did open. 
2:47
Daniel Bolden pitting before pit road is open.

Donahue will go ahead and stay on the lead lap. 
2:45
We are counting caution laps until Lap 150. 
2:45
CAUTION – LAP 29 – Donahue spun by himself coming out of Turn Four. 
2:44
LAP 25 – Lead for Bowen remains constant at 2 or 3 seconds. Everyone seems to be on cruise control as the drivers have yet to crack the 19-second  bracket. 
2:43
LAP 24 – Kennedy back by Crain for eighth. 
2:42
LAP 20:

1 Anderson Bowen
2 Mason Massey (-2 or 3 carlengths)
3 Robbins
4 Garvey
5 Davis
6 Bethea
7 Donahue
8 Crain
9 Kennedy
10 Bolden
11 Estis 
2:42
LAP 18 – Donahue tapped Kennedy a little, and Kennedy back to 9th after Crain sneaks by. 
2:41
LAP 17 – Kennedy also tried to take sixth from Bethea, but Betha slammed the door. Kennedy lost his momentum and now Donahue challenges for seventh. 
2:41
LAP 15 – Garvey by Bethea through Turn 3 & 4 for fourth. Davis also follows through to take 5th. 
2:40
LAP 14 – Petty tight race thus far as all 11 cars remain on the same straightaway. 
2:39
LAP 11 – Bethea slides out of Turn Four with a little nudge from Robbins, allowing Robbins to take the third spot. 
2:39
LAP 10 – Massey has not really been able to make a run, so he settles back into second. Bethea and Robbins also close behind the top duo. Then a decent gap back to Garvey in fifth. 
2:38
LAP 7- Massey has caught Bowen for the lead. 
2:37
LAP 6 – Robbins by Garvey into Turn 3 for fourth. 
2:37
LAP 5 – Estis by Bolden for tenth, but Bolden goes right back by with the crossover. 
2:36
LAP 4 – Massey gets a run alongside Bethea down the back and makes the pass for second. 
2:36
LAP 2 – Robbins trying the outside lane to pass Davis for fifth. 
2:35
LAP 1: Bowen, Bethea, Massey, Garvey, Davis. 
2:35
GREEN. Bowen gets the jump on the outside. 
2:35
Comment From Tn 

Go Stacy Crain!! 
2:35
Comment From Guest 

MONTGOMERY AND BETHEA 
2:35
Comment From justin lake tahoe 

Mason Massey & Anderson Bowen 
2:35
Comment From captain 

Newnan GA. Massey 
2:34
Comment From racefan 

From Pensacola and Iam for Mike Garvey to win 
2:34
Comment From Billy 

Hueytown Alabama, Hunter Robbins 
2:34
One to go at the line. 
2:33
Comment From Guest 

Cheering for Spencer Davis and the #29 team from his hometown in Dahlonega, GA. 
2:33
Comment From BER fan 

Massey and Kennedy!!!!! Go boys!!!!! 
2:33
Comment From Lenny 

Kentucky,Go Garvey,Go #1 
2:32
Comment From Jesse 

RUSAGONIS NB! MIKE GARVEY! 
2:32
Race control has just informed us by starting today’s race, Hunter Robbins will clinch the title. He got some bonus points for winning the fast time last night that appears to have put him in a spot to clinch. 
2:31
Alright folks, as we begin pace laps, where you from and whom are you cheering for today? 
2:31
Bethea finishes the radio tweaks and will reclaim his top spot. 
2:30
The field will start rolling without polesitter Bill Bethea, III who has had issues getting radio communication established with his team. 
2:29
Command to fire engines. 
2:23
Starting Lineup – 48th Annual Alabama 200:

1 10 Bill Bethea, III
2 29 Anderson Bowen
3 29 Spencer Davis
4 9 Mason Massey
5 18 Hunter Robbins
6 1 Mike Garvey
7 96 Ben Kennedy
8 11 Stacey Crain
9 07 Kevin Donahue
10 09 Daniel Bolden
11 23 Dillian Estis
2:19
Invocation & National Anthem. 
2:12
Starting driver introductions. The track is doing something cool and letting every driver introduce themselves to the crowd with a few seconds’ spiel. 
2:02
Fans now leaving the frontstretch and we should be moving on to opening ceremonies shortly. 
1:56
Spooters have been called to the spotters’ stand as we near the start of today’s race. 
1:50
Race Prodcures – Alabama 200:

200 Lap Race.
8 Tire rule.
Cautions will count until lap 150.
Can not lose a lap under caution.
Last 50 laps will be GREEN only.
Competition caution on lap 100. Not required to pit, but if you choose to you will not lose positions to the other cars that pit at the same time as you UNDER THIS CAUTION ONLY. Caution will last 5 pace laps. If you are not back on the track after 5 laps you will lose your position.
1:43
Ben Kennedy signing autographs
1:41
A big topic on the mind of most drivers is the heat. It is noticably hotter here than yesterday and these drivers will have to go 200 laps in this heat 
1:40
Anderson Bowen signing autographs for the fans (Speed51.com Photo)
1:37
Hunter Robbins (Speed51.com Photo)
1:36
Kevin Donahue (Speed51.com Photo)
1:34
Today’s grid (Speed51.com Photo)
1:31
We’re going down trackside to talk with some drivers as the autograph session is about to start. 
1:30
Comment From Ryan 

Dang weekend news duty has me sitting at the house, and not in the tower. I’ve seen every SMTM race this season, and Hunter Robbins has been the most consistent driver in the field, but Garvey has been snake bitten with flat tires and such. Should be a good one this afternoon. 
1:30
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1:28
Thanks Jesse, we’re happy to be here. The best thanks we get from the fans is to see you all in person at your local short track. We’re here because we want to make you all come here and see this in person too. 
1:28
Comment From Jesse 

I want to take a moment to thank SPEED51. Some people assume that it is easy to do what these die hard race fans do. But it really takes alot of time away from family and alot of hard earned money needing to be spent to do this. It is very expensive for what these people do and the fact that they even want to cover these races, that some of us can’t be at, is just incredible. To think that this is difficult for them is an understatement, THANK YOU SPEED51!! THANK YOU!! 
1:19
Winners: Alabama 200 Weekend – September 15th:

FourStar Freightliner Street Stock 100 – #33 Joe Bethea Jr
B&K Trucking Super Stock/Trucks – #86 Randy Thompson
Motorcycles – #47 Davo Majzun
Mini-Modified – #38 Adam Gunter
Buzz – #51 Perry Patino
Cuplites – #57 Shep Lucas
Employees – #28 Paul Boswell  
1:10
Starting Lineup – 48th Annual Alabama 200:

1 10 Bill Bethea, III
2 29 Anderson Bowen
3 29 Spencer Davis
4 9 Mason Massey
5 18 Hunter Robbins
6 1 Mike Garvey
7 96 Ben Kennedy
8 11 Stacey Crain
9 07 Kevin Donahue
10 09 Daniel Bolden
11 23 Dillian Estis
1:09
Not sure about exact positions yet, will ask as soon as scoring is in the booth. 
1:09
Haven’t been able to confirm, but it seems like Hunter will more or less need to fall out very early and Garvey to win the race to take the title.
1:08
Comment From Lenny 

Whats the clinching scenario between the two drivers? 
1:08
Top-Five in Show Me The Money points:

Hunter Robbins 247

Mike Garvey 207
Justin South 172
Augie Grill 130
Spencer Davis 125

Robbins also received some bonus points over Garvey after setting fast time yesterday that are not yet figuring into that points title.
1:05
Mike Garvey (#1) and Hunter Robbins (#18) will decide the Show Me The Money point title today amongst themselves
1:01
Eleven cars are set to answer the bell for today’s race, which is scheduled to go green shortly after 2 PM CDT / 3 PM EDT 
1:00
Good early afternoon from Montgomery Motor Speedway, where today some of the South’s finest Pro Late Model drivers will compete in the 48th Annual Alabama 200. 
1:00
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