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Rougemont, North Carolina (08/11/2007): The fifth race of the 2007 Season in the ASA Late Model Series Southern Division Presented by GM Performance Parts is now complete. The Orange County (NC) Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina was the site for the running of the Orange County 125 Presented by FLF Racecars.

The fast 0.375 Mile High-Banked Paved Oval in the Tar Heel State saw a very exciting extended distance 125-lap Feature on a very hot and humid evening and after all was said and done, Boothbay, Maine driver, Corey Williams made a lasting first impression as he started on the pole in his David Stremme Racing/Chevrolet Monte Carlo and withstood several challenges from a variety of drivers to lead all 125 laps to score his first career ASALMS Feature win.

Williams, who was making his ASALMS debut held off a determined, Sean Murphy, who was looking for some redemption after losing the win at the Bristol (TN) Motor Speedway in an ASALMS Challenge Division race after breaking a right front wheel. Murphy settled for second after Williams pulled away from him and rest of the field.

New ASALMS Southern Division Overall and Rookie of the Year Points Leader, Jeff Choquette picked up his third straight Top Five finish with a solid third place showing and now takes over the points leads heading into the Georgia Doubleheader weekend on September 14-15, 2007. Beau Slocumb and Tommy King from 21st, rounded out the Top Five.

Dillon Oliver earned the Hard-Charger of the Race Award with his 23rd to Sixth place run while Wes Burton, Jeremy Gerstner, Zach Taylor, and Jimmy Lang completed the Top 10 in a caution filled event that saw three of the top five in the South points heading into the weekend, all knocked out of the event in various accidents.

Earlier in the afternoon in ARP Bodies/Aluminum Racing Products Qualifying, Choquette won his first career ARP Bodies Fast Qualifier Award as the Loxahatchee, Florida driver in his C-C Loader Service/Ford Fusion turned a 14.234 which measures out to 94.843 MPH. The ASALMS Southern Division Track Record was set back on August 19, 2006 when Josh Hamner went a 14.009 around the 0.375 Mile High-Banked Paved Oval.

A complete recap as well as photos and summary will be available in the morning hours of Monday August 13, 2007.

Orange County 125 Presented by FLF Racecars UNOFFICIAL ResultsPos.,Start,,Car #/Driver,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Laps,,Status1,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,40 Corey Williams-R,,,,,,,125,,,,Running2,,,,,,,3,,,,,,,,32 Sean Murphy-R,,,,,,,,,125,,,,Running3,,,,,,,7,,,,,,,,170 Jeff Choquette-R,,,,,125,,,,Running4,,,,,,,14,,,,,,08 Beau Slocumb,,,,,,,,,,,125,,,,Running5,,,,,,,21,,,,,,16 Tommy King-R,,,,,,,,,,125,,,,Running6,,,,,,,23,,,,,,33 Dillon Oliver,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,124,,,,Running7,,,,,,,9,,,,,,,,5 Wes Burton-R,,,,,,,,,,,,,,124,,,,Running8,,,,,,,19,,,,,,70 Jeremy Gerstner-R,,,,124,,,,Running9,,,,,,,18,,,,,,98 Zach Taylor-R,,,,,,,,,,,,124,,,,Running10,,,,,24,,,,,,86 Jimmy Lang-R,,,,,,,,,,,,123,,,,Running11,,,,,17,,,,,,8 Michael Seeright-R,,,,,,,123,,,,Running12,,,,,22,,,,,,127 Kyle Maynard-R,,,,,,,123,,,,Running13,,,,,25,,,,,,93 Rob Partelo-R,,,,,,,,,,,,,123,,,,Running14,,,,,15,,,,,,12 Tyler Townsend-R,,,,,,120,,,,Running15,,,,,2,,,,,,,,140 Taylor Satterfield-R,,,108,,,,Mechanical16,,,,,20,,,,,,3 Brian Blum-R,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,95,,,,,,Mechanical17,,,,,6,,,,,,,,41 Brandon Johnson-R,,,,83,,,,,,Running18,,,,,5,,,,,,,,83 David Wilson-R,,,,,,,,,,,,74,,,,,,Accident19,,,,,13,,,,,,62 Travis Wilson,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,55,,,,,,Handling20,,,,,16,,,,,,75 David Odell-R,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,51,,,,,,Mechanical21,,,,,8,,,,,,,,47 Chris Fontaine-R,,,,,,,,,,36,,,,,,Accident22,,,,,11,,,,,,26 Travis Cope-R,,,,,,,,,,,,,,36,,,,,,Accident23,,,,,4,,,,,,,,09 John Wes Townley,,,,,,,26,,,,,,Accident24,,,,,26,,,,,,30 Preston Walker-R,,,,,,,,,35,,,,,,Mechanical25,,,,,10,,,,,,28 Sean Bass-R,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,22,,,,,,Accident26,,,,,12,,,,,,133 Greg Stewart-R,,,,,,,,,,,21,,,,,,Accident

Lap Leaders: 40 Corey Williams-R Pole-125.Cautions: 9 for 0 Laps.Time of Race: 1 Hour, 17 Minutes, 45.669 Seconds.