LeFevers and Fittipaldi make it two in a row at HMS

By: the Record Staff | Hickory Daily Record
Published: August 14, 2011

Jesse LeFevers won for the eighth time at Hickory Motor Speedway this season in the NASCAR Wheelen All-American Series Late Model event, while Pietro Fittapaldo grabbed his third win of the season in the Limited Late Model division. It was both drivers second straight win.

LeFevers led the Late Model event from start-to-finish as Austin McDaniel grabbed second, Grant Wimbish third, Dexter Canipe Jr. fourth and Kevin Jones fifth.

Fittipaldi outdueled Tyler Church to take the checkered flag in the Limiteds, with Travis Byrd third, Trevor Hignutt fourth and Amber Colvin fifth.

Jason Crouse and Clint Fields alternated wins in the Super Truck series with Crouse taking the first race with Fields second and Fields grabbing the win in the second event with Crouse second. Mark Johnson finished third in both events.

Dan Moore earned the win in the Street Stock feature with Roger Pitts II in second and Kevin Townsend third.

BASEBALL

Intimidators 7, Crawdads 3

The Kannapolis Intimidators defeated the Hickory Crawdads for the third straight day and increased their South Atlantic League Northern Division lead to two and half games on Saturday at L.P. Frans Stadium.

Kannapolis (28-18) struck for five runs in the top of the first and added two more runs in the top of the second for a quick 7-0 advantage.

Hickory got a run in the fifth on a Jhonny Gomez RBI single and pushed across two more in the seventh on run scoring singles from Alejandro Selen and Kelin Deglan but couldn’t get any closer.

Phil Negus delivered the win for Kannapolis, while Luke Jackson took the loss.

GOLF

Swafford wins HGM Hotels Classic at Rock Barn

Hudson Swafford of Athens, Ga., entered the professional ranks in June following a heartbreaking loss in the NCAA Championships as a member of the University of Georgia golf team. Fast forward two months and six professional starts, and Swafford’s wound has likely healed. On Saturday at the eGolf Tour’s second annual HGM Hotels Classic at Rock Barn, Swafford picked up his first professional win and the $30,000 first-place prize.

Swafford finished the final round with a 65 to end with a 72-hole total of 266.

Fernando Mechereffe of Charlotte finished one-stroke behind him with a 267.

The runner-up was Mechereffe’s third of the 2011 season, and came along with a check for $16,410.