by Tom White, publicity director, the Little Brown Jug

Delaware, OH — Xenia’s Chip Noble scored his 98th career victory at the Delaware County Fair on Tuesday (Sept. 21) to move within one win of the late Wayne (Curly) Smart.

Noble won Tuesday’s third race with She’s Not Red for his third victory of the 2010 Delaware meeting and the 4,815th of his career. Noble’s first win in his career came in 1970.

David Miller leads all drivers at Delaware with 169 winning drives, followed by John Campbell (144), Smart (99), Noble (98) and Brett Miller (87).