CLARKSVILLE, TN – The StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series will visit Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, MS this Friday and Saturday nights for Round 17 of the 2006 season with a 40-lap $3,000-to-win main event. Point leader David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN will be trying to clinch the series title.
With two events left in the 2006 StormPay.com DLMS National Touring schedule, Gentry holds a 94-point lead over Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point standings going into the Magnolia Motor Speedway race.
If Buckingham wins the race, Gentry would have to finish 20th or better to claim the $20,000 StormPay.com National Championship honors.
Although his championship hopes are dimming, Buckingham is still in a tight battle for the second spot in the StormPay.com DLMS National points with Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA, and Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA. Second through fourth in the StormPay.com National point fund pays $7.000, $5,000, and $4,500 respectively out of the $50,000 point fund.
Buckingham has 1,386 points, and Smith is 74 points behind in the third spot with 1312. Fields, last year’s StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship Runner-Up, is in the fourth position with 1298 points, just 14 points behind Smith.
Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA are locked in a battle for the fifth spot in the StormPay.com DLMS National points chase. Nichols has 1,184 points in the fifth spot, and Beard is right on his heels in the sixth position with 1,168 points. Beard is fresh off his first win of the season on September 29 at Crossville Raceway in Crossville, TN
Beard has also clinched the C.J. Rayburn Race Cars Rookie of the Year title, and will receive a new C.J. Rayburn chassis at the end of the season.
Other top ten StormPay.com DLMS National Touring drivers expected at Magnolia Motor Speedway this weekend include seventh-place Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, and eighth-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN.
Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA, Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA, and Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN are in a position to challenge for a top ten points fund paying position with good showings in the final two races of the season. After this weekend’s event, the series will return to Columbus, MS for the season finale at Columbus Speedway on November 24-25.
The local contingent of drivers will feature many of the top competitors in the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region.
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS will be at Magnolia Motor Speedway this weekend for National Touring action. Keeton posted 12 wins in StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series action this season.
Other top StormPay.com WRS West Region drivers expected include runner-up Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL third-place Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS, and seventh-place Landon Frith of Terry, MS. Goldman has two StormPay.com WRS wins this season at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
Magnolia Motor Speedway StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Track Champion Mike Shirley of Meridian, MS is expected along with Jamie Pickard of Columbus, MS, Thomas McReynolds of Millport, AL, Darrell Guess of Columbus, MS, Chase Washington of Columbus, MS, and Terry King of Columbus, MS, who also had a StormPay.com WRS win at MMS this season.
Top drivers from the cross town Columbus Speedway that include Tony Shelton of Steens, MS, Caleb Myers of Columbus, MS, Roman Ponds of Columbus, MS, Reed Long of Columbus, MS, Cody Swink of Columbus, MS, and John Maxey of Smithville, MS are also expected for the StormPay.com DLMS National event this weekend at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
On Friday night, the StormPay.com DLMS competition will include time trials to set the line-ups for the heat races. The top finishers in the heat races will transfer into Saturday night’s main event, and the front starting spots will be determined in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash.
On Saturday night, the preliminary action will include B-main events, as drivers that failed to transfer to the big show in the Friday night heat races will get another opportunity to make the main event, the 40-lap $3,000-to-win race on Saturday night.
Magnolia Motor Speedway will host a practice session on Thursday night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. On Friday and Saturday nights, the gates open at 2 p.m., with racing scheduled for 7 p.m. each night.
For more information call 662-328-0376, or visit the track web site at www.magnoliamotorspeedway.net. Magnolia Motor Speedway is located three miles west of Columbus, MS at the intersection Highways 82 and 45. For more information about the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.
With two events left in the 2006 StormPay.com DLMS National Touring schedule, Gentry holds a 94-point lead over Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point standings going into the Magnolia Motor Speedway race.
If Buckingham wins the race, Gentry would have to finish 20th or better to claim the $20,000 StormPay.com National Championship honors.
Although his championship hopes are dimming, Buckingham is still in a tight battle for the second spot in the StormPay.com DLMS National points with Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA, and Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA. Second through fourth in the StormPay.com National point fund pays $7.000, $5,000, and $4,500 respectively out of the $50,000 point fund.
Buckingham has 1,386 points, and Smith is 74 points behind in the third spot with 1312. Fields, last year’s StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship Runner-Up, is in the fourth position with 1298 points, just 14 points behind Smith.
Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA are locked in a battle for the fifth spot in the StormPay.com DLMS National points chase. Nichols has 1,184 points in the fifth spot, and Beard is right on his heels in the sixth position with 1,168 points. Beard is fresh off his first win of the season on September 29 at Crossville Raceway in Crossville, TN
Beard has also clinched the C.J. Rayburn Race Cars Rookie of the Year title, and will receive a new C.J. Rayburn chassis at the end of the season.
Other top ten StormPay.com DLMS National Touring drivers expected at Magnolia Motor Speedway this weekend include seventh-place Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA, and eighth-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN.
Jordy Nipper of Gray, GA, Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA, and Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN are in a position to challenge for a top ten points fund paying position with good showings in the final two races of the season. After this weekend’s event, the series will return to Columbus, MS for the season finale at Columbus Speedway on November 24-25.
The local contingent of drivers will feature many of the top competitors in the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region.
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS will be at Magnolia Motor Speedway this weekend for National Touring action. Keeton posted 12 wins in StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series action this season.
Other top StormPay.com WRS West Region drivers expected include runner-up Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL third-place Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS, and seventh-place Landon Frith of Terry, MS. Goldman has two StormPay.com WRS wins this season at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
Magnolia Motor Speedway StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Track Champion Mike Shirley of Meridian, MS is expected along with Jamie Pickard of Columbus, MS, Thomas McReynolds of Millport, AL, Darrell Guess of Columbus, MS, Chase Washington of Columbus, MS, and Terry King of Columbus, MS, who also had a StormPay.com WRS win at MMS this season.
Top drivers from the cross town Columbus Speedway that include Tony Shelton of Steens, MS, Caleb Myers of Columbus, MS, Roman Ponds of Columbus, MS, Reed Long of Columbus, MS, Cody Swink of Columbus, MS, and John Maxey of Smithville, MS are also expected for the StormPay.com DLMS National event this weekend at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
On Friday night, the StormPay.com DLMS competition will include time trials to set the line-ups for the heat races. The top finishers in the heat races will transfer into Saturday night’s main event, and the front starting spots will be determined in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash.
On Saturday night, the preliminary action will include B-main events, as drivers that failed to transfer to the big show in the Friday night heat races will get another opportunity to make the main event, the 40-lap $3,000-to-win race on Saturday night.
Magnolia Motor Speedway will host a practice session on Thursday night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. On Friday and Saturday nights, the gates open at 2 p.m., with racing scheduled for 7 p.m. each night.
For more information call 662-328-0376, or visit the track web site at www.magnoliamotorspeedway.net. Magnolia Motor Speedway is located three miles west of Columbus, MS at the intersection Highways 82 and 45. For more information about the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.
