Essex Junction, Vt. ~ The Dukes of Hazard blew out of the gates at the box office with over $30,000,000 in ticket sales. While the price tag was a little lower, it was also a strong weekend for Team AMSOIL and their version of the General Lee.

Autumn Woods Racing driver Jeff Dedick powered the General Lee to another strong showing at the Special Events Performance Series in Essex Junction, Vt. After a weekend long battle, Dedick left the Green Mountain State with a second place, photo finish.

Meanwhile, Dedick's teammate, Chris Mosher, was battling just behind the front-runners in the "00" truck. Mosher brought the Toyota Tundra to a seventh place finish on the weekend. Both trucks are in the top five of the Special Events Series, which will wrap up in late September in Indianapolis.

Top Ten's For "The Deuce"

Solon Springs, Wis. ~ Brady Smith was extremely busy last weekend at events in his home state of Wisconsin. The driver of the AMSOIL #2 Monte Carlo was in action at the Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis. Smith finished fourth in his heat race and fourth in the dash event in the preliminary action for the 'USA Nationals' on Friday night. He earned a seventh place starting spot in Saturday's $40,000 to win event. In the 60-lap, World of Outlaws Late Model Series feature, the Deuce held his own and ran solidly in the top 10 for the majority of the event. Near the end, tire selection hampered his efforts and he fell back from the leaders, finishing in tenth.

"The Deuce" also competed in the Cedar Lake Late Model division portion of the weekend. In Friday's $5,000 to win 'Pepsi Cup' event, Smith finished eighth in the final rundown. Things were looking very promising on Saturday, but the number 2 car hit the front stretch wall in the dash event and broke a rear end. The team could not get the Monte Carlo repaired in time and Smith missed the call for the $5,000 to win feature event.

His busy weekend concluded on Monday evening at the Superior Speedway in Superior, Wis. Smith finished fifth in his heat race, which was good enough to earn him a spot in the $5,000 to win, PolyDome WDRL Late Model Series-sanctioned feature event. He improved several positions throughout the course of the event to register a seventh place finish at the ultra-fast oval in northern Wisconsin.

"Our weekend was up-and-down at Cedar Lake," said Brady in a recent telephone conversation. "We had a good car for the USA Nationals, but just picked the wrong right rear tire. We ran good early on, but faded in the last ten laps or so. In the Pepsi Cup portion of the weekend, our car was equally fast. We ran eighth on Friday night and had a better car for Saturday. I just hit the front stretch wall on the last lap of the dash and the contact broke the rear end. I was really disappointed because I think we could have competed for the win that night."

The Brady Smith Racing team will be in action at the Florence Speedway in Union, KY in the annual 'North-South 100' this weekend, starting Thursday, August 11. An open practice session is on tap this Thursday evening, with qualifications for the unsanctioned event taking place on Friday night. Heat races, consolation events and the 100-lap, $50,000 to win 'North-South 100' are slated to be run on Saturday evening. This will be the first time that the team has attempted to make the starting field for the prestigious event.

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