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Falk Rebounds For Twin Victories, Closes in Another Title

Story by: Mason Dunn

Hampton, VA(August 10, 2010) -- After two weeks of seeing his points lead get cut down by win after win by Greg Edwards, C.E. Falk regained his swagger and swept both wins in twin 75 lap competitions at Langley Speedway. Falk begun his day by laying claim to the pole for the first race with a fast time of 15.823 seconds edging out Kyle Waltz by a mere 0.048 seconds.

On the start Falk quickly gained the advantage over his front row partner and began to set sail on what would be a long green flag run as the Langley drivers continued their recent streak of hard but clean racing. As the field got going positions were being swapped every lap until the field settled into single file formation as the laps ticked off the board.

As the laps ticked off the man on the move was the leader's brother Wes Falk as he climbed from his 13th place starting position up into eighth on lap 25. As the leaders began to encounter lap traffic, championship contender Greg Edwards began to make looks on Paul DeBolt. However those moves were brought to an abrupt start as Edwards' motor expired on lap 35 bringing an early end to his race.

The only caution of the first race came on lap 64 as just after Wes Falk had cleared Woody Howard to take over the fifth spot contact from Howard sent Falk for a spin on the exit of turn two bringing his run to the front to an end. On the restart leader C.E. Falk got on the throttle quick and cleared second place Paul DeBolt going into turn 1. As the final laps ticked off the board, many positions changed hands with the exception of the lead as Falk had checked out.

At the end of the first 75 laps C.E. Falk returned to victory lane for the first time since the Hampton Heat 200 and claimed his seventh win of the season. Danny Edwards Jr., finished second followed by Woody Howard, Paul DeBolt and rookie Brandon Gdovic. Greg Edwards was scored as finishing 18th in the final rundown dropping him back to third in points 50 markers behind Falk and six behind new second place Woody Howard.

The field would start straight up as they finished race one with Greg Edwards dropping to the rear of the field in his back up car. Once again, C.E. Falk earned the advantage on the opening lap but this green flag run would not last as long as the first as the first lap was completed a seven car pile up was triggered in the entrance of turn 1. Terry Carroll, Kyle Waltz, Greg Edwards, Rick Gdovic, Mitch Sarvis, Dean and Jeff Shiflett were all involved in the wreck.

Back to green the field got back to clean green flag racing with Falk still showing the way up front. As the field continued to put laps on the board multiple positions changed hands with the top five having a different look at the half way point as Woody Howard ran runner up followed by Brandon Gdovic, Mark Wertz and Danny Edwards Jr.

The green flag run would continue until lap 61 when a battle for position would turn awry when contact from Mark Wertz would send Brandon Gdovic. Gdovic would pull up under the caution laps and express his displeasure as the contact happened just as Gdovic was closing in on Woody Howard for second place.

Green came back out on the track with 14 laps left to determined the finish. C.E. Falk once again motored out front as the scramble ensued for the rest of the spots in the top five. Greg Edwards had climbed his way back up from his 18th starting position up to third and began to set his sights on the second spot which belonged to Howard while Gdovic looked to reclaim some of the spots he lost after the spin.

Gdovic made quick work of moving back past Wertz and moving into fourth on the leader board while Edwards continued his battle with Howard, a battle he would eventually win with only two laps remaining. But at the front it was all C.E. Falk claiming his eighth win of the season over Greg Edwards with Woody Howard, Brandon Gdovic completing the top five at the finish.

With the pair of wins, C.E. Falk moves back comfortably into the points lead by 44 over Woody Howard with Greg Edwards in third 52 markers back. With only three races remaining in the season it is easy to speculate that this is Falk's championship to lose but we'll all have to stay tuned and see what happens as the season comes to a close for the Langley Speedway Late Model Stocks in a mere two weeks.

Videos of C.E.’s Big Win!

NASCAR.com-http://www.nascar.com/video/cup/2010/beyond_pit_road/05/02/cup_bpr_falk.nascar/index.html

Speed51-http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=115279771839764

Speed Channel-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzISRn663sc

Race Highlights- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf_FrtyEEEI

Falk Muscles to Win In Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown

By Mason Dunn

5/2/10

C.E. Falk went into Thursday’s Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at Southside Speedway in Midlothian, Virginia looking to do two things, first, support a great group in the Denny Hamlin Foundation and second, to see what he could do against the big boys of NASCAR.

Falk felt strong all day in practice and felt this could be his chance to shine on one of the biggest stages for Late Model Stock racing. As qualifying rolled to an end, Falk proved that he would be one to contend with by sitting on the provisional pole position for several minutes before being knocked off by Tony Stewart and eventual pole winner Denny Hamlin. Falk would line up third with a familiar face behind him in fellow Langley competitor Matt Waltz starting fifth.

On the green Hamlin would get the jump as Falk looked to get past Stewart for second place on the track. Unfortunately the high line was the one on the move as Kyle Busch moved past Falk and Stewart moving himself into second and Falk into fourth. After a caution on lap 17, Falk would start his charge following Busch on the high line past both Stewart and Hamlin moving into second.

The second restart of the day would lead to Falk’s first lead of the day on lap 41. But this lead would end as quickly as it began as a hard shot from Busch would send Falk up the hill in turns 3 and 4 leading to Falk, Busch and Hamlin coming off turn 4 three-wide putting Busch back in the lead and Falk back into third.

Falk would be moved back into however as a caution came out before lap 42 was officially completed. The field went back green a few laps later and Falk began to look real comfortable at the front of the pack. Falk’s run would get slowed by a red flag on lap 62 as the machine of Chris Hopkins went for a rollover in turn 3.

Falk would continue to lead until a restart on lap 102 where Hamlin would fight past Falk on the outside to regain the lead. Hamlin would least the rest of the first 150 laps with Falk not far behind him in second. Going into the break Falk felt confident but knew it was still anyone’s race to win. “Got a long way to go with 100 laps left, so it’s still anybody’s race,” said Falk while getting some new tires and a drink during the 10 minute break.

Hamlin would really flex his muscle as the last 100 laps began keeping a stranglehold on the lead. Falk would continue to run a steady second place and wade through all the cautions but as the laps winded down it appeared Falk’s chances may have been slimming. As the field went on one of its longest green flag runs of the day Falk was struggling to chase down Hamlin while being faced with a mirror full of local legend Eddie Johnson.

But just as all hope seemed to be lost a caution appeared on lap 246 setting the field up for the one and only green-white-checker attempt of the race and Falk knew this was his only shot. Going green Hamlin chose the outside lane hoping to keep Falk pinned on the bottom. The two stayed side-by-side and took the white flag door-to-door. As the dived down into turn 3, Falk made his presence known giving Hamlin a nudge in the door to gain the advantage coming off the corner and win the drag race to the start/finish line.

“I can’t believe it man, I can’t believe they actually flew the checker flag and I didn’t get disqualified or nothing and I’m sitting in the checker board box and I got the trophy in my hand,” said an elated Falk in victory lane after the race. “I hope I get invited back next year.” When asked if he would race the same way he did during the last corners again Falk simply said, “as long as it has the same result.”

C.E. Falk and his brother and teammate Wes Falk will be back in action this Saturday in a 100 lap Crossroad Fuels Late Model Stock event at Langley Speedway in Hampton, Virginia. Falk Motorsports would like to thank sponsors Avalon Fishing Pier, Leithcars.com, Towne Bank, HorsePower Tee Shot Tour, and Ford Racing for their continued support in the 2010 NASCAR Whelen All-American Series season.

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