Post by crusapr on Apr 1, 2006 4:14:34 GMT -5
MODOC, SC – David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN and Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN earned the front row starting positions on Friday night for Saturday night’s 50-lap $5,000-to-win StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series event at Modoc Speedway. Gentry earned the pole position after winning the StormPay.com Lightning Quick Six-Lap Dash.
Gentry made the dash by qualifying third quick, and winning the third ten-lap heat race driving the Hawkins Equipment Mastersbilt/604.
Buckingham won the first ten-lap heat race in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright/604, and then finished second to Gentry in the dash. Buckingham was also the fast qualifier among the 40 entrants by turning a lap around 4/10-mile clay oval in 17.662 seconds for an average speed of 81.531 miles per hour.
Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA won the fourth ten-lap heat race, and finished third in the dash to claim the third starting spot for the big show on Saturday night driving the Smith and Sons Trucking Warrior/604. Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA won the second ten-lap heat race and finished fourth in the dash. Nipper will start his Scotty’s Muffler Newman/604 on the outside of row two.
The top four finishers in the four ten-lap heat races on Friday night transferred to Saturday night’s main event to make up the “Sweet 16.”
Joining Buckingham out of the first heat were Owen Osteen of Woodruff, SC in the Dustin Osteen Mastersbilt/604, Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA in the Old 29 Golf Carts Barry Wright/604, and the current StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National point leader Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/604.
Following Nipper home in the second ten-lap heat race were the defending StormPay.com DLMS National Champion Denny Slayton of Rossville, GA in the Pete Slayton Motorsports GRT/604, Travis Pennington of Winston, GA in the T&T Services Warrior/604, and Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com Warrior/604.
Second through fourth respectively behind Gentry in the third heat were Phillip Seifert of Spartanburg, SC in the Beaver Bail Bonds Rocket/604, Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA in the Cushman Paint and Body Barry Wright/604, and Marshall Green of Woodstock, GA in the Hog Bone Racing GRT/604.
Transferring to the big show behind Smith in the fourth heat were Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Rocket/604, Mike Huey of Chester, SC in the McKenny Chevrolet Wart/604, and Michael Page of Douglasville, GA in the T&T Trucking Mastersbilt/604.
The 24 drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races will try to qualifying for the $5,000-to-win main event on Saturday in one of two 12-lap B-Main races. The top three finishers in each B-Main will fill in starting spots 17 through 22.
Starting spots 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS provisional starting spots reserved for the top 15 in points that fail to qualify through heat and B-Main competition. Drivers in the top 15 in National points still on the outside looking in are fourth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, fifth-place Jimmy Kay of Taylorsville, GA, eighth-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN, and 12th-place Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND FOUR AT MODOC SPEEDWAY IN MODOC, SC ON 3/31/06:
QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 604 17.944 17.662 17.662 81.531
2 1n Jordy Nipper Gray, GA Newman 604 17.763 17.699 17.699 81.361
3 1 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.850 17.722 17.722 81.255
4 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 604 17.789 18.896 17.789 80.949
5 21b Frankie Beard - R Hartwell, GA Barry Wright 604 17.844 18.022 17.844 80.699
6 99s Denny Slayton Rossville, GA GRT 604 18.369 17.844 17.844 80.699
7 75 Phillip Seifert Spartanburg, SC Rocket 604 17.888 17.864 17.864 80.609
8 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Rocket 604 18.115 17.891 17.891 80.487
9 20 Owen Osteen Woodruff, SC Mastersbilt 604 18.138 17.901 17.901 80.442
10 01x Travis Pennington - R Winston, GA Warrior 604 17.936 18.033 17.936 80.285
11 101 Casey Roberts Toccoa, GA Barry Wright 604 18.056 17.945 17.945 80.245
12 4 Mike Huey Chester, SC Wart 604 18.031 17.952 17.952 80.214
13 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 604 17.985 18.247 17.985 80.067
14 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN Warrior 604 18.187 17.993 17.993 80.031
15 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 18.018 18.006 18.006 79.973
16 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 604 18.112 18.040 18.040 79.823
17 21x Bob Robertson Evans, GA Barry Wright 604 18.072 18.046 18.046 79.796
18 22 Chris Ferguson Stanley, NC Rocket 604 18.316 18.092 18.092 79.593
19 25 Michael Keener Douglasville, GA Rocket 602 18.259 18.110 18.110 79.514
20 01 Jack Pennington Winston, GA Warrior 604 18.430 18.181 18.181 79.204
21 c4 Brad Comer Gray, GA Outlaw 604 18.187 18.378 18.187 79.177
22 75 Andy Stewart Evans, GA Newman 604 18.494 18.338 18.338 78.525
23 89 Marshall Green Woodstock, GA GRT 604 18.778 18.363 18.363 78.419
24 19 Michael Page - R Douglasville, GA Mastersbilt 604 18.560 18.377 18.377 78.359
25 90 Jimmy Kay Taylorsville, GA GRT 604 18.742 18.423 18.423 78.163
26 12 Keith Nosbisch Valrico, FL Rocket 604 18.713 18.443 18.443 78.078
27 24 Brandon Rose Fortson, GA Rocket 604 18.926 18.500 18.500 77.838
28 10 Anthony Hill Carrollton, GA Rocket 602 47.606 18.554 18.554 77.611
29 17 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 18.745 18.647 18.647 77.224
30 15 Henry Carter Swainsboro, GA Mastersbilt 604 18.898 18.713 18.713 76.952
31 88 John Pierce Clanton, AL Larry Shaw 604 18.796 19.197 18.796 76.612
32 49 Todd Higdon Danielsville, GA Barry Wright 604 18.909 19.015 18.909 76.154
33 27 Pete Cochran Villa Rica, GA Rocket 602 19.449 18.945 18.945 76.010
34 116 Chuck Page Douglasville, GA Mastersbilt 604 19.378 19.127 19.127 75.286
35 34 Bob Gibby Douglasville, GA GRT 602 20.170 19.484 19.484 73.907
36 18 Mark Page - R Douglasville, GA GRT 604 19.598 19.764 19.598 73.477
37 E Wesley Barrett Rock Hill, SC Rocket 604 20.908 20.395 20.395 70.606
38 49 Bo Stanley - R Elijay, GA Warrior 604 NT NT NT NT
39 8 Allen Patterson Abbeville, SC Rocket 604 NT NT NT NT
40 2 Ryan Gifford Winchester, TN GRT 604 NT NT NT NT
HEAT RACES – 10 LAPS (Top 4 finishers transfer to main event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Buckingham; 2. Osteen; 3. Beard (R); 4. Johnson; 5. Robertson; 6. Comer; 7. Cochran; 8. Barrett; 9. Kay DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. Nipper; 2. Slayton; 3. T. Pennington (R); 4. Purvis; 5. Ferguson; 6. Nosbisch; 7. Stewart; 8. Carter; 9. C. Page; 10. Stanley (R) DNS.
3RD HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Seifert; 3. Roberts; 4. Green; 5. Fields; 6. Keener; 7. Rose; 8. Pierce; 9. Gibby; 10. Patterson DNS.
4TH HEAT: 1. Smith; 2. Turner; 3. Huey; 4. Michael Page (R); 5. Parker; 6. J. Pennington; 7. Higdon; 8. Nichols; 9. Hill; 10. Mark Page (R); 11. Gifford DNS.
“SWEET 16” MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
1 David Gentry – 44 Shannon Buckingham
ROW 2:
00 Jeff Smith – 1n Jordy Nipper
ROW 3:
20 Owen Osteen – 99s Denny Slayton
ROW 4:
75 Phillip Seifert – 10 Matthew Turner
ROW 5:
21b Frankie Beard (R) – 01x Travis Pennington (R)
ROW 6:
101 Casey Roberts – 4 Mike Huey
ROW 7:
5 Ronnie Johnson – 15 Jeff Purvis
ROW 8:
89 Marshall Green – 19 Michael Page (R)
B-MAIN LINE-UPS – 12 LAPS (Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
21x Bob Robertson – 16 Jeff Fields
c4 Brad Comer – 25 Michael Keener
27 Pete Cochran – 24 Brandon Rose
E Wesley Barrett – 88 John Pierce
90 Jimmy Kay – 34 Bob Gibby
8 Allen Patterson – 2 Ryan Gifford
2ND B-MAIN:
22 Chris Ferguson – 75 Carnell Parker III
12 Keith Nosbisch – 01 Jack Pennington
75 Andy Stewart – 49 Todd Higdon
15 Henry Carter – 17 Zach Nichols
116 Chuck Page – 10 Anthony Hill
49 Bo Stanley (R) – 18 Mark Page (R)
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
Gentry made the dash by qualifying third quick, and winning the third ten-lap heat race driving the Hawkins Equipment Mastersbilt/604.
Buckingham won the first ten-lap heat race in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright/604, and then finished second to Gentry in the dash. Buckingham was also the fast qualifier among the 40 entrants by turning a lap around 4/10-mile clay oval in 17.662 seconds for an average speed of 81.531 miles per hour.
Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA won the fourth ten-lap heat race, and finished third in the dash to claim the third starting spot for the big show on Saturday night driving the Smith and Sons Trucking Warrior/604. Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA won the second ten-lap heat race and finished fourth in the dash. Nipper will start his Scotty’s Muffler Newman/604 on the outside of row two.
The top four finishers in the four ten-lap heat races on Friday night transferred to Saturday night’s main event to make up the “Sweet 16.”
Joining Buckingham out of the first heat were Owen Osteen of Woodruff, SC in the Dustin Osteen Mastersbilt/604, Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA in the Old 29 Golf Carts Barry Wright/604, and the current StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National point leader Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN in the Miller Brothers Coal Warrior/604.
Following Nipper home in the second ten-lap heat race were the defending StormPay.com DLMS National Champion Denny Slayton of Rossville, GA in the Pete Slayton Motorsports GRT/604, Travis Pennington of Winston, GA in the T&T Services Warrior/604, and Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com Warrior/604.
Second through fourth respectively behind Gentry in the third heat were Phillip Seifert of Spartanburg, SC in the Beaver Bail Bonds Rocket/604, Casey Roberts of Toccoa, GA in the Cushman Paint and Body Barry Wright/604, and Marshall Green of Woodstock, GA in the Hog Bone Racing GRT/604.
Transferring to the big show behind Smith in the fourth heat were Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Rocket/604, Mike Huey of Chester, SC in the McKenny Chevrolet Wart/604, and Michael Page of Douglasville, GA in the T&T Trucking Mastersbilt/604.
The 24 drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races will try to qualifying for the $5,000-to-win main event on Saturday in one of two 12-lap B-Main races. The top three finishers in each B-Main will fill in starting spots 17 through 22.
Starting spots 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS provisional starting spots reserved for the top 15 in points that fail to qualify through heat and B-Main competition. Drivers in the top 15 in National points still on the outside looking in are fourth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, fifth-place Jimmy Kay of Taylorsville, GA, eighth-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN, and 12th-place Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND FOUR AT MODOC SPEEDWAY IN MODOC, SC ON 3/31/06:
QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENGINE 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME SPEED
1 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 604 17.944 17.662 17.662 81.531
2 1n Jordy Nipper Gray, GA Newman 604 17.763 17.699 17.699 81.361
3 1 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.850 17.722 17.722 81.255
4 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 604 17.789 18.896 17.789 80.949
5 21b Frankie Beard - R Hartwell, GA Barry Wright 604 17.844 18.022 17.844 80.699
6 99s Denny Slayton Rossville, GA GRT 604 18.369 17.844 17.844 80.699
7 75 Phillip Seifert Spartanburg, SC Rocket 604 17.888 17.864 17.864 80.609
8 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Rocket 604 18.115 17.891 17.891 80.487
9 20 Owen Osteen Woodruff, SC Mastersbilt 604 18.138 17.901 17.901 80.442
10 01x Travis Pennington - R Winston, GA Warrior 604 17.936 18.033 17.936 80.285
11 101 Casey Roberts Toccoa, GA Barry Wright 604 18.056 17.945 17.945 80.245
12 4 Mike Huey Chester, SC Wart 604 18.031 17.952 17.952 80.214
13 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 604 17.985 18.247 17.985 80.067
14 15 Jeff Purvis Clarksville, TN Warrior 604 18.187 17.993 17.993 80.031
15 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 18.018 18.006 18.006 79.973
16 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 604 18.112 18.040 18.040 79.823
17 21x Bob Robertson Evans, GA Barry Wright 604 18.072 18.046 18.046 79.796
18 22 Chris Ferguson Stanley, NC Rocket 604 18.316 18.092 18.092 79.593
19 25 Michael Keener Douglasville, GA Rocket 602 18.259 18.110 18.110 79.514
20 01 Jack Pennington Winston, GA Warrior 604 18.430 18.181 18.181 79.204
21 c4 Brad Comer Gray, GA Outlaw 604 18.187 18.378 18.187 79.177
22 75 Andy Stewart Evans, GA Newman 604 18.494 18.338 18.338 78.525
23 89 Marshall Green Woodstock, GA GRT 604 18.778 18.363 18.363 78.419
24 19 Michael Page - R Douglasville, GA Mastersbilt 604 18.560 18.377 18.377 78.359
25 90 Jimmy Kay Taylorsville, GA GRT 604 18.742 18.423 18.423 78.163
26 12 Keith Nosbisch Valrico, FL Rocket 604 18.713 18.443 18.443 78.078
27 24 Brandon Rose Fortson, GA Rocket 604 18.926 18.500 18.500 77.838
28 10 Anthony Hill Carrollton, GA Rocket 602 47.606 18.554 18.554 77.611
29 17 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 18.745 18.647 18.647 77.224
30 15 Henry Carter Swainsboro, GA Mastersbilt 604 18.898 18.713 18.713 76.952
31 88 John Pierce Clanton, AL Larry Shaw 604 18.796 19.197 18.796 76.612
32 49 Todd Higdon Danielsville, GA Barry Wright 604 18.909 19.015 18.909 76.154
33 27 Pete Cochran Villa Rica, GA Rocket 602 19.449 18.945 18.945 76.010
34 116 Chuck Page Douglasville, GA Mastersbilt 604 19.378 19.127 19.127 75.286
35 34 Bob Gibby Douglasville, GA GRT 602 20.170 19.484 19.484 73.907
36 18 Mark Page - R Douglasville, GA GRT 604 19.598 19.764 19.598 73.477
37 E Wesley Barrett Rock Hill, SC Rocket 604 20.908 20.395 20.395 70.606
38 49 Bo Stanley - R Elijay, GA Warrior 604 NT NT NT NT
39 8 Allen Patterson Abbeville, SC Rocket 604 NT NT NT NT
40 2 Ryan Gifford Winchester, TN GRT 604 NT NT NT NT
HEAT RACES – 10 LAPS (Top 4 finishers transfer to main event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Buckingham; 2. Osteen; 3. Beard (R); 4. Johnson; 5. Robertson; 6. Comer; 7. Cochran; 8. Barrett; 9. Kay DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. Nipper; 2. Slayton; 3. T. Pennington (R); 4. Purvis; 5. Ferguson; 6. Nosbisch; 7. Stewart; 8. Carter; 9. C. Page; 10. Stanley (R) DNS.
3RD HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Seifert; 3. Roberts; 4. Green; 5. Fields; 6. Keener; 7. Rose; 8. Pierce; 9. Gibby; 10. Patterson DNS.
4TH HEAT: 1. Smith; 2. Turner; 3. Huey; 4. Michael Page (R); 5. Parker; 6. J. Pennington; 7. Higdon; 8. Nichols; 9. Hill; 10. Mark Page (R); 11. Gifford DNS.
“SWEET 16” MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
1 David Gentry – 44 Shannon Buckingham
ROW 2:
00 Jeff Smith – 1n Jordy Nipper
ROW 3:
20 Owen Osteen – 99s Denny Slayton
ROW 4:
75 Phillip Seifert – 10 Matthew Turner
ROW 5:
21b Frankie Beard (R) – 01x Travis Pennington (R)
ROW 6:
101 Casey Roberts – 4 Mike Huey
ROW 7:
5 Ronnie Johnson – 15 Jeff Purvis
ROW 8:
89 Marshall Green – 19 Michael Page (R)
B-MAIN LINE-UPS – 12 LAPS (Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
21x Bob Robertson – 16 Jeff Fields
c4 Brad Comer – 25 Michael Keener
27 Pete Cochran – 24 Brandon Rose
E Wesley Barrett – 88 John Pierce
90 Jimmy Kay – 34 Bob Gibby
8 Allen Patterson – 2 Ryan Gifford
2ND B-MAIN:
22 Chris Ferguson – 75 Carnell Parker III
12 Keith Nosbisch – 01 Jack Pennington
75 Andy Stewart – 49 Todd Higdon
15 Henry Carter – 17 Zach Nichols
116 Chuck Page – 10 Anthony Hill
49 Bo Stanley (R) – 18 Mark Page (R)
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate