Post by crusapr on Oct 22, 2006 2:57:20 GMT -5
COLUMBUS, MS – Rain with four laps complete forced postponement of the 40-lap $3,000-to-win StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring event on Saturday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. The race will be finished on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., and be picked up on lap five.
The first four laps of the race saw one lead change with Mike Boland of Cuba, AL passing pole sitter David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN on lap three.
Boland, who was the fast qualifier on Friday among the 45 entrants, will lead the field to green on the Sunday lap five restart in the Ware Construction GRT. Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN will restart in the second spot driving the Austin Trucking Mastersbilt.
Gentry will restart in the third spot, but by taking the green flag on Saturday night in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, he clinched the 2006 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship, the $20,000 top prize, and a new Mastersbilt chassis from Mastersbilt Race Cars.
Gentry took the early lead from the pole position he earned after winning the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash earlier in the day. Boland moved up from his fourth starting spot to challenge Gentry for the lead. Boland got a run on Gentry coming off the second turn on lap three to take the lead going down the backstretch, bringing Johnson with him into the second spot.
Just after the pass for the lead took place, rain began to fall, and the caution flag that waved on lap five for rain quickly gave way to a red flag, as the precipitation saturated the 3/8-mile dirt oval into unsafe racing conditions.
In preliminary action on Saturday night, T.K. King of Columbus, MS won the first 12-lap B-Main in the King Motor Company GRT, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA won the second 12-lap B-Main in the Old 29 Golf Carts Barry Wright.
Beard has clinched the 2006 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series C.J. Rayburn Rookie of the Year Award, and will receive a new C.J. Rayburn chassis from Rayburn Automotive.
Tony Shelton of Steens, MS was added to the starting field as the first alternate in the B&S Auto Sales and Salvage GRT after Landon Frith of Terry, MS, who was scheduled to start the main event from the 14th starting spot in the Swinging Bridge Raceway Mastersbilt, broke during the pre-race warm-up session.
OFFICIAL RUNNING ORDER AFTER FOUR LAPS OF ROUND 17 AT MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 10/20-21/06:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 4 4 Mike Boland Cuba, MS 4
2. 3 16 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 4
3. 1 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN 4
4. 6 77t Mark Tice Hollandale, MS 4
5. 2 18 Chris Jimerson Gilbertown, AL 4
6. 8 21 Rusty Hoge Ooltewah, TN 4
7. 10 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA 4
8. 5 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 4
9. 7 K9 Chad Thrash Meridian, MS 4
10. 16 21b Frankie Beard (R) Hartwell, GA 4
11. 9 71 James Ussery Cottondale, FL 4
12. 12 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 4
13. 11 11 Anthony Hill Carrollton, GA 4
14. 14 44r Roger Rollison Meridian, MS 4
15. 19 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 4
16. 17 6 T.K. King Columbus, MS 4
17. 15 98 Mitch Cobb Edmonds, CO 4
18. 18 T1 Terry Mosley Gilbertown, AL 4
19. 21 84 Mark Wilson Shelbyville, TN 4
20. 23 12 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA 4
21. 13 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA 4
22. 20 25 Michael Keener Douglasville, GA 4
23. 22 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN 4
24. 24 38 Tony Shelton Steens, MS 4
ENTRIES: 45
FAST QUALIFIER: Boland, 14.767 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Nichols and Parker
1ST ALTERNATE: Shelton
LAP LEADERS: Gentry, 1-2; Boland, 3-4 – Race to be resumed on lap 5
CAUTIONS: 1 for rain on lap 5 that went RED
QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENG 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME
1 4 Mike Boland Cuba, AL GRT 604 14.767 14.687 14.687
2 T1 Terry Mosley Gilbertown, AL Trac Star 604 14.794 14.814 14.794
3 18 Chris Jimerson Gilbertown, AL Mastersbilt 602 14.819 14.882 14.819
4 16 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.108 14.866 14.866
5 00 Terry Kelley Moundville, AL GRT 604 15.017 15.366 15.017
6 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.225 15.324 15.225
7 K9 Chad Thrash Meridian, MS GRT 602 15.531 15.241 15.241
8 21 Rusty Hoge Ooltewah, TN GRT 604 15.275 15.324 15.275
9 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 604 15.742 15.368 15.368
10 77t Mark Tice Hollandale, MS Mastersbilt 604 15.518 15.398 15.398
11 30 Pat Green Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.695 15.433 15.433
12 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 15.461 15.550 15.461
13 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA Warrior 604 15.693 15.466 15.466
14 36 James Young Richland, MS GRT 602 15.472 15.618 15.472
15 23 Darin Dorsey Brandon, MS GRT 602 15.637 15.518 15.518
16 44 Roger Rollison Meridian, MS GRT 602 15.748 15.521 15.521
17 71 James Ussery Cottondale, FL GRT 604 15.772 15.564 15.564
18 21b Frankie Beard - R Hartwell, GA Barry Wright 604 16.041 15.711 15.711
19 84 Matt Wilson Shelbyville, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.777 15.724 15.724
20 C66 Jerry Owens Florence, AL TnT 604 15.823 15.724 15.724
21 5 Rodney Weaver Danville, AL GRT 604 16.000 15.741 15.741
22 50 Landon Frith Terry, MS Mastersbilt 602 15.745 15.970 15.745
23 11 Anthony Hill Carrollton, GA Rocket 602 15.879 15.835 15.835
24 25 Michael Keener Douglasville, GA Rocket 604 16.389 15.960 15.960
25 38 Tony Shelton Steens, MS GRT 604 16.136 16.025 16.025
26 7 Mike Shirley Meridian, MS GRT 602 16.026 16.054 16.026
27 6 T.K. King Columbus, MS GRT 604 16.668 16.041 16.041
28 17 Darrell Guess Mettleton, MS GRT 602 16.468 16.074 16.074
29 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA Rocket 604 16.106 16.148 16.106
30 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 604 16.114 16.382 16.114
31 75j John Maxey Smithville, MS GRT 602 16.250 16.181 16.181
32 12 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 16.188 16.427 16.188
33 3m Mike Pickard Steens, MS GRT 602 16.382 16.192 16.192
34 18 Chase Washington Houlka, MS Larry Shaw 604 16.197 16.419 16.197
35 21 Jamie Pickard Steens, MS GRT 604 16.524 16.239 16.239
36 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 604 16.345 16.239 16.239
37 t11 Joe Denby Tullahoma, TN Mastersbilt 604 16.419 16.263 16.263
38 27 Reed Long Columbus, MS GRT 602 16.384 16.317 16.317
39 98 Mitch Cobb Edmonds, CO Mastersbilt 604 16.902 16.317 16.317
40 22 Cody Swink Columbus, MS GRT 602 16.530 16.394 16.394
41 9 Thomas McReynolds Millport, AL Mastersbilt 604 16.613 16.487 16.487
42 27r Roy Newsome Shelbyville, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.439 16.898 16.898
43 2 Ryan Gifford Winchester, TN GRT 604 NT NT NT
44 13 Michael Leal Omaha, NE GRT 602 NT NT NT
45 n27 B.J. Denby Tullahoma, TN Mastersbilt 604 NT NT NT
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer To The Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Mike Boland; 2. Matthew Turner; 3. James Ussery; 4. Curtis Cline; 5. Thomas McReynolds; 6. Tony Shelton; 7. Derrick Rainey; 8. Terry Kelley; 9. Mike Pickard; 10. Rodney Weaver; 11. Joe Denby; 12. B.J. Denby DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. David Gentry; 2. Mark Tice; 3. Jeff Smith; 4. Landon Frith; 5. Chase Washington; 6. Frankie Beard (R); 7. Mike Shirley; 8. Roy Newsome; 9. Reed Long; 10. Terry Mosley; 11. James Young.
3RD HEAT: 1. Chris Jimerson; 2. Chad Thrash; 3. Anthony Hill; 4. Mitch Cobb; 5. T.K. King; 6. Matt Wilson; 7. Pat Green; 8. Jamie Pickard; 9. John Maxey; 10. Darin Dorsey; 11. Ryan Gifford DNS.
4TH HEAT: 1. Ronnie Johnson; 2. Rusty Hoge; 3. Jeff Fields; 4. Roger Rollison; 5. Michael Keener; 6. Darrell Guess; 7. Zach Nichols; 8. Jerry Owens; 9. Carnell Parker III; 10. Cody Swink DNS; 11. Michael Leal DNS.
STORMPAY.COM LIGHTNING QUICK 6 LAP DASH: 1. Gentry; 2. Jimerson; 3. Johnson; 4. Boland.
B-MAINS (12 Laps – Top 3 Transfer To The Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN: 1. King: 2. Rainey; 3. Wilson; 4. Shelton; 5. Green; 6. Maxey; 7. McReynolds; 8. J. Denby; 9. Gifford; 10. J. Pickard; 11. B. Denby; 12. Kelley DNS; 13. M. Pickard DNS; 14. Weaver DNS; 15. Dorsey DNS.
2ND B-MAIN: 1. Beard (R); 2. Mosley; 3. Keener; 4. Nichols; 5. Shirley; 6. Long; 7. Guess; 8. Parker; 9. Washington; 10. Newsome DNS; 11. Owens DNS; 12. Swink DNS; 13. Young DNS; 14. Leal DNS.
The first four laps of the race saw one lead change with Mike Boland of Cuba, AL passing pole sitter David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN on lap three.
Boland, who was the fast qualifier on Friday among the 45 entrants, will lead the field to green on the Sunday lap five restart in the Ware Construction GRT. Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN will restart in the second spot driving the Austin Trucking Mastersbilt.
Gentry will restart in the third spot, but by taking the green flag on Saturday night in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, he clinched the 2006 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship, the $20,000 top prize, and a new Mastersbilt chassis from Mastersbilt Race Cars.
Gentry took the early lead from the pole position he earned after winning the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash earlier in the day. Boland moved up from his fourth starting spot to challenge Gentry for the lead. Boland got a run on Gentry coming off the second turn on lap three to take the lead going down the backstretch, bringing Johnson with him into the second spot.
Just after the pass for the lead took place, rain began to fall, and the caution flag that waved on lap five for rain quickly gave way to a red flag, as the precipitation saturated the 3/8-mile dirt oval into unsafe racing conditions.
In preliminary action on Saturday night, T.K. King of Columbus, MS won the first 12-lap B-Main in the King Motor Company GRT, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA won the second 12-lap B-Main in the Old 29 Golf Carts Barry Wright.
Beard has clinched the 2006 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series C.J. Rayburn Rookie of the Year Award, and will receive a new C.J. Rayburn chassis from Rayburn Automotive.
Tony Shelton of Steens, MS was added to the starting field as the first alternate in the B&S Auto Sales and Salvage GRT after Landon Frith of Terry, MS, who was scheduled to start the main event from the 14th starting spot in the Swinging Bridge Raceway Mastersbilt, broke during the pre-race warm-up session.
OFFICIAL RUNNING ORDER AFTER FOUR LAPS OF ROUND 17 AT MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 10/20-21/06:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS
1. 4 4 Mike Boland Cuba, MS 4
2. 3 16 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 4
3. 1 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN 4
4. 6 77t Mark Tice Hollandale, MS 4
5. 2 18 Chris Jimerson Gilbertown, AL 4
6. 8 21 Rusty Hoge Ooltewah, TN 4
7. 10 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA 4
8. 5 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 4
9. 7 K9 Chad Thrash Meridian, MS 4
10. 16 21b Frankie Beard (R) Hartwell, GA 4
11. 9 71 James Ussery Cottondale, FL 4
12. 12 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 4
13. 11 11 Anthony Hill Carrollton, GA 4
14. 14 44r Roger Rollison Meridian, MS 4
15. 19 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 4
16. 17 6 T.K. King Columbus, MS 4
17. 15 98 Mitch Cobb Edmonds, CO 4
18. 18 T1 Terry Mosley Gilbertown, AL 4
19. 21 84 Mark Wilson Shelbyville, TN 4
20. 23 12 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA 4
21. 13 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA 4
22. 20 25 Michael Keener Douglasville, GA 4
23. 22 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN 4
24. 24 38 Tony Shelton Steens, MS 4
ENTRIES: 45
FAST QUALIFIER: Boland, 14.767 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Nichols and Parker
1ST ALTERNATE: Shelton
LAP LEADERS: Gentry, 1-2; Boland, 3-4 – Race to be resumed on lap 5
CAUTIONS: 1 for rain on lap 5 that went RED
QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENG 1ST LAP 2ND LAP TIME
1 4 Mike Boland Cuba, AL GRT 604 14.767 14.687 14.687
2 T1 Terry Mosley Gilbertown, AL Trac Star 604 14.794 14.814 14.794
3 18 Chris Jimerson Gilbertown, AL Mastersbilt 602 14.819 14.882 14.819
4 16 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.108 14.866 14.866
5 00 Terry Kelley Moundville, AL GRT 604 15.017 15.366 15.017
6 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.225 15.324 15.225
7 K9 Chad Thrash Meridian, MS GRT 602 15.531 15.241 15.241
8 21 Rusty Hoge Ooltewah, TN GRT 604 15.275 15.324 15.275
9 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 604 15.742 15.368 15.368
10 77t Mark Tice Hollandale, MS Mastersbilt 604 15.518 15.398 15.398
11 30 Pat Green Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.695 15.433 15.433
12 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 15.461 15.550 15.461
13 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA Warrior 604 15.693 15.466 15.466
14 36 James Young Richland, MS GRT 602 15.472 15.618 15.472
15 23 Darin Dorsey Brandon, MS GRT 602 15.637 15.518 15.518
16 44 Roger Rollison Meridian, MS GRT 602 15.748 15.521 15.521
17 71 James Ussery Cottondale, FL GRT 604 15.772 15.564 15.564
18 21b Frankie Beard - R Hartwell, GA Barry Wright 604 16.041 15.711 15.711
19 84 Matt Wilson Shelbyville, TN Mastersbilt 604 15.777 15.724 15.724
20 C66 Jerry Owens Florence, AL TnT 604 15.823 15.724 15.724
21 5 Rodney Weaver Danville, AL GRT 604 16.000 15.741 15.741
22 50 Landon Frith Terry, MS Mastersbilt 602 15.745 15.970 15.745
23 11 Anthony Hill Carrollton, GA Rocket 602 15.879 15.835 15.835
24 25 Michael Keener Douglasville, GA Rocket 604 16.389 15.960 15.960
25 38 Tony Shelton Steens, MS GRT 604 16.136 16.025 16.025
26 7 Mike Shirley Meridian, MS GRT 602 16.026 16.054 16.026
27 6 T.K. King Columbus, MS GRT 604 16.668 16.041 16.041
28 17 Darrell Guess Mettleton, MS GRT 602 16.468 16.074 16.074
29 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA Rocket 604 16.106 16.148 16.106
30 00 Jeff Smith Villanow, GA Warrior 604 16.114 16.382 16.114
31 75j John Maxey Smithville, MS GRT 602 16.250 16.181 16.181
32 12 Zach Nichols Cedartown, GA GRT 604 16.188 16.427 16.188
33 3m Mike Pickard Steens, MS GRT 602 16.382 16.192 16.192
34 18 Chase Washington Houlka, MS Larry Shaw 604 16.197 16.419 16.197
35 21 Jamie Pickard Steens, MS GRT 604 16.524 16.239 16.239
36 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 604 16.345 16.239 16.239
37 t11 Joe Denby Tullahoma, TN Mastersbilt 604 16.419 16.263 16.263
38 27 Reed Long Columbus, MS GRT 602 16.384 16.317 16.317
39 98 Mitch Cobb Edmonds, CO Mastersbilt 604 16.902 16.317 16.317
40 22 Cody Swink Columbus, MS GRT 602 16.530 16.394 16.394
41 9 Thomas McReynolds Millport, AL Mastersbilt 604 16.613 16.487 16.487
42 27r Roy Newsome Shelbyville, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.439 16.898 16.898
43 2 Ryan Gifford Winchester, TN GRT 604 NT NT NT
44 13 Michael Leal Omaha, NE GRT 602 NT NT NT
45 n27 B.J. Denby Tullahoma, TN Mastersbilt 604 NT NT NT
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Transfer To The Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Mike Boland; 2. Matthew Turner; 3. James Ussery; 4. Curtis Cline; 5. Thomas McReynolds; 6. Tony Shelton; 7. Derrick Rainey; 8. Terry Kelley; 9. Mike Pickard; 10. Rodney Weaver; 11. Joe Denby; 12. B.J. Denby DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. David Gentry; 2. Mark Tice; 3. Jeff Smith; 4. Landon Frith; 5. Chase Washington; 6. Frankie Beard (R); 7. Mike Shirley; 8. Roy Newsome; 9. Reed Long; 10. Terry Mosley; 11. James Young.
3RD HEAT: 1. Chris Jimerson; 2. Chad Thrash; 3. Anthony Hill; 4. Mitch Cobb; 5. T.K. King; 6. Matt Wilson; 7. Pat Green; 8. Jamie Pickard; 9. John Maxey; 10. Darin Dorsey; 11. Ryan Gifford DNS.
4TH HEAT: 1. Ronnie Johnson; 2. Rusty Hoge; 3. Jeff Fields; 4. Roger Rollison; 5. Michael Keener; 6. Darrell Guess; 7. Zach Nichols; 8. Jerry Owens; 9. Carnell Parker III; 10. Cody Swink DNS; 11. Michael Leal DNS.
STORMPAY.COM LIGHTNING QUICK 6 LAP DASH: 1. Gentry; 2. Jimerson; 3. Johnson; 4. Boland.
B-MAINS (12 Laps – Top 3 Transfer To The Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN: 1. King: 2. Rainey; 3. Wilson; 4. Shelton; 5. Green; 6. Maxey; 7. McReynolds; 8. J. Denby; 9. Gifford; 10. J. Pickard; 11. B. Denby; 12. Kelley DNS; 13. M. Pickard DNS; 14. Weaver DNS; 15. Dorsey DNS.
2ND B-MAIN: 1. Beard (R); 2. Mosley; 3. Keener; 4. Nichols; 5. Shirley; 6. Long; 7. Guess; 8. Parker; 9. Washington; 10. Newsome DNS; 11. Owens DNS; 12. Swink DNS; 13. Young DNS; 14. Leal DNS.