Garvey wins at Five Flags

(June 29) Mike Garvey held off D.J. VanderLey in a thrilling end to the Allen Turner Pro Late Model Series 100 race.

Garvey, who recently moved to Perdido Key from the Atlanta area,, took the lead from VanderLey on Lap 88, after VanderLey’s car got loose around a turn. The rest of the race, Garvey kept his race car just far enough ahead to outduel Vanderley.
"Man, with about five (laps) to go, my right rear just quit and I thought, 'Oh no,' but it worked out," he said. "Those last five laps felt like 50, because we were garbage. Luckily I was able to pull it out for the Buddy's Home Furnishings car and we'll take it."

Vanderley, 20, an Auburn University student, seeking his first win at Five Flags Speedway in nearly two years, spun across the finish line and hugged the wall in second place after failing to pass Garvey out of Turn 4 on the final lap of the 100 lap race.
He immediately congratulated Garvey when the two exited their race cars.
"I was trying to drive up under Mike for the win and I lost it," Vanderley said. "That was my fault. It was just a mental lapse as a driver. I can't be having that happen.""Just when our car got up close, the car got looser than I expected," he said. "I lost it twice."

Allen Turner Hyndai Pro Late Model 100 Top Ten
Pos. Car No. Driver
1 1 Mike Garvey
2 2 DJ VanderLey
3 41 Chris Davidson
4 18 Hunter Robbins
5 45 Dwayne Buggay
6 29 Spencer Davis
7 99 Wayne Niedecken, Jr
8 4 Eddie Craig
9 91 Zak Hausler
10 36 Keith Thorpe