O’REILLY AUTO PARTS MID-AMERICA RACING SERIES
Memphis Motorsports Park
Friday, May 9, 2003
By Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
MILLINGTON TN. Jeff Taylor picked up his first O’Reilly Auto Parts Mid-America Racing Series win of the season at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Taylor slipped past Wendell Wallace after the restart on the races only caution. Taylor took a $3,000 check home with him for his efforts.
Wallace was the polesitter, with Taylor to his outside. The pair ran side by side for most of the first four laps, swapping the point back and fourth. Terry Phillips, Jerry Buck, and Ken Schrader raced behind the two leaders. Wallace finally established the point on the fifth lap, and eased out to a five carlength advantage.
The top three were nose to tail by lap seven, with Phillips right behind Taylor in the third spot. Jeff Floyd took over fifth, then slipped past Buck for the fourth spot in turn four of lap eight. Schrader recaptured fifth, getting past Buck on the next circuit.
Wallace was already starting to see slower cars by lap 10 on the tight ¼ mile oval. Wallace was following a pair of slower cars by lap 13, and in a daring move, split the pair going down the frontstretch. Wallace got about five carlengths of breathing room as Taylor got momentarily hung up behind the slower cars. Wallace was ten carlenghts in front by lap 20, but Taylor was back on his back bumper by lap 23 as the frontrunners worked the traffic.
The races only caution came out on lap 24, as Jerry Buck was turned around in turn three. Phillips raced Taylor for the second spot as the race re-started, but then Taylor was side by side with Wallace for the lead on lap 25.
Taylor got his opening in turn two, and on lap 27 squirted past Wallace taking over the top spot. Taylor eased out to a five carlength advantage by lap 28, but Wallace had caught him, and was on his back bumper again by lap 31.
The top four cars were running nose to tail, with Schrader joining the frontrunners. Taylor was starting to lap slower cars again by lap 35. Taylor cleared a couple of cars by lap 37, and sailed home with the win.
Jeff Taylor notched the 40 Lap feature win, with Wendell Wallace, Terry Phillips, Ken Schrader, and Mike Brown making up the top five. Jeff Floyd, Bill Frye, Charlie Randolph, Danny Christian, and Leslie Essary rounded out the top ten.
Entries: 46
Top Qualifier: Wendell Wallace
W&W Concrete Hard Charger: Jessie Bailey
Provisionals: Steve Rushin, Dewaine Hottinger
Promoter’s Choice: Jessie Bailey
Lap Leaders: Wendell Wallace 1-26, Jeff Taylor 27-40
Cautions: 1
A Feature (40 Laps)
Finish/Start/Driver/Chassis Make/Motor/Model/Money Won
1) (2) Jeff Taylor, Larry Shaw/Kuntz/Taurus; $3,000
2) (1) Wendell Wallace, GRT/Craft/Taurus; $2,000
3) (3) Terry Phillips, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,250
4) (5) Ken Schrader, Rayburn/Performance/Grand Prix;$1,100
5) (9) Mike Brown, GRT/Hatfield/Grand Prix; $1,000
6) (6) Jeff Floyd, GRT/Kuntz/Taurus; $750
7) (14) Bill Frye, GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $700
8) (10) Charlie Randolph, GRT/BMS/Monte Carlo; $675
9) (11) Danny Christian, GRT/Christian/Grand Prix; $650
10) (18) Leslie Essary, GRT/Mike’s/Grand Prix; $625
11) (7) Johnny Lancaster, GRT/Lancaster/Monte Carlo; $600
12) (8) Mike Bowers, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $575
13) (12) Dane Dacus, GRT/Gaerte/Monte Carlo; $550
14) (23) Jessie Bailey, TNT/McCarver/Monte Carlo; $525
15) (21) Steve Rushin, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
16) (22) Dewaine Hottinger, GRT/Kuntz/Monte Carlo; $500
17) (17) Joey Mack, GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $500
18) (16) Dean Carpenter, Larry Shaw/McCarver/Grand Prix; $500
19) (19) Garrett Durrett, Warrior/Craft/Taurus; $500
20) (14) Jerry Inmon, GRT/Baker/Monte Carlo; $500
21) (4) Jerry Buck, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
22) (13) Steve Ross, Rayburn/Hixson/Monte Carlo; $500
23) (19) Jamie Dacus, GRT/Gaerte/Monte Carlo; $500
1st Heat (12 Laps) 1) Mike Bowers, North Little Rock AR 2) Johnny ancaster, Coldwater MS 3) Jeff Floyd, Walnut Ridge AR 4) Jamie Dacus, Lakeland TN 5) Joey Mack, Benton MO 6) Jessie Bailey, Drummonds TN 7) Bobby Nash, Proctor AR 8) Shane Essary, Aurora MO 9) Blake Lane, Bono AR
2nd Heat 1) Ken Schrader, Concord NC 2) Danny Christain, Corinth MS 3) Steve Rushin, Poplar Bluff MO 4) Jerry Inmon, Bruce MS 5) Leslie Essary, Crane MO 6) Chris Dickerson, Sommerville TN 7) Terry Pool, Olive Branch MS 8) Odie Green, Fouke AR 9) Chris Tays, Corinth MS
3rd Heat 1) Terry Phillips, Spingfield MO 2) Wendell Wallace, Batesville AR 3) Bill Frye, Greenbriar AR 4) Dean Carpenter, Coldwater MS 5) Bryan Millican, Cleveland TX 6) John Pafford, Eads TN 7) Jerry Walker, Southhaven MS 8) Brian Holliway, Sheridan AR 9) Richard Smith, Bartlett TN
4th Heat 1) Mike Brown, Ft. Gibson OK 2) Dane Dacus, Arlington TN 3) Charlie Randolph, Muskogee OK 4) Steve Ross, Lexington TN 5) Garrett Durrett, Simsboro LA 6) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 7) Ricky Vandergriff, West Memphis AR 8) Mark Sartain, Corinth MS 9) Gary Stolba, Willow Springs MO
5th Heat 1) Jeff Taylor, Batesville AR 2) Jerry Buck, Harviell MO 3) Barry Barkley, Jonesboro AR 4) Dewaine Hottinger, Russellville AR 5) Chris Ragan, Ramer TN 6) Jimmy Holland, Memphis TN 7) Tommy Ray, Southhaven MS 8) Dave Blaney
Jamie Elam and Brian Hudson scratched prior to heats
1st Last Chance Qualifier (15 Laps, two transfer) 1) Joey Mack 2) Garrett Durrett 3) Steve Rushin 4) Dewaine Hottinger 5) Shane Essary 6) Blake Lane 7) John Pafford 8) Bobby Nash 9) Tommy Ray 10) Jerry Walker 11) Chris Ragan 12) Jessie Bailey (scratches: Mark Sartain, Richard Smith)
2nd Last Chance Qualifier 1) Leslie Essary 2) Jamie Dacus 3) Barry Bakley 4) Chris Dickenson 5) Jack Sullivan 6) Terry Pool 7) Gary Stolba 8) Odie Green 9) Brian Holliway 10) Ricky Vandergriff 11) Jimmy Holland 12) Bryan Millican (scratches: Dave Blaney, Chris Tays)
Memphis Motorsports Park
Friday, May 9, 2003
By Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
MILLINGTON TN. Jeff Taylor picked up his first O’Reilly Auto Parts Mid-America Racing Series win of the season at the Memphis Motorsports Park. Taylor slipped past Wendell Wallace after the restart on the races only caution. Taylor took a $3,000 check home with him for his efforts.
Wallace was the polesitter, with Taylor to his outside. The pair ran side by side for most of the first four laps, swapping the point back and fourth. Terry Phillips, Jerry Buck, and Ken Schrader raced behind the two leaders. Wallace finally established the point on the fifth lap, and eased out to a five carlength advantage.
The top three were nose to tail by lap seven, with Phillips right behind Taylor in the third spot. Jeff Floyd took over fifth, then slipped past Buck for the fourth spot in turn four of lap eight. Schrader recaptured fifth, getting past Buck on the next circuit.
Wallace was already starting to see slower cars by lap 10 on the tight ¼ mile oval. Wallace was following a pair of slower cars by lap 13, and in a daring move, split the pair going down the frontstretch. Wallace got about five carlengths of breathing room as Taylor got momentarily hung up behind the slower cars. Wallace was ten carlenghts in front by lap 20, but Taylor was back on his back bumper by lap 23 as the frontrunners worked the traffic.
The races only caution came out on lap 24, as Jerry Buck was turned around in turn three. Phillips raced Taylor for the second spot as the race re-started, but then Taylor was side by side with Wallace for the lead on lap 25.
Taylor got his opening in turn two, and on lap 27 squirted past Wallace taking over the top spot. Taylor eased out to a five carlength advantage by lap 28, but Wallace had caught him, and was on his back bumper again by lap 31.
The top four cars were running nose to tail, with Schrader joining the frontrunners. Taylor was starting to lap slower cars again by lap 35. Taylor cleared a couple of cars by lap 37, and sailed home with the win.
Jeff Taylor notched the 40 Lap feature win, with Wendell Wallace, Terry Phillips, Ken Schrader, and Mike Brown making up the top five. Jeff Floyd, Bill Frye, Charlie Randolph, Danny Christian, and Leslie Essary rounded out the top ten.
Entries: 46
Top Qualifier: Wendell Wallace
W&W Concrete Hard Charger: Jessie Bailey
Provisionals: Steve Rushin, Dewaine Hottinger
Promoter’s Choice: Jessie Bailey
Lap Leaders: Wendell Wallace 1-26, Jeff Taylor 27-40
Cautions: 1
A Feature (40 Laps)
Finish/Start/Driver/Chassis Make/Motor/Model/Money Won
1) (2) Jeff Taylor, Larry Shaw/Kuntz/Taurus; $3,000
2) (1) Wendell Wallace, GRT/Craft/Taurus; $2,000
3) (3) Terry Phillips, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $1,250
4) (5) Ken Schrader, Rayburn/Performance/Grand Prix;$1,100
5) (9) Mike Brown, GRT/Hatfield/Grand Prix; $1,000
6) (6) Jeff Floyd, GRT/Kuntz/Taurus; $750
7) (14) Bill Frye, GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $700
8) (10) Charlie Randolph, GRT/BMS/Monte Carlo; $675
9) (11) Danny Christian, GRT/Christian/Grand Prix; $650
10) (18) Leslie Essary, GRT/Mike’s/Grand Prix; $625
11) (7) Johnny Lancaster, GRT/Lancaster/Monte Carlo; $600
12) (8) Mike Bowers, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $575
13) (12) Dane Dacus, GRT/Gaerte/Monte Carlo; $550
14) (23) Jessie Bailey, TNT/McCarver/Monte Carlo; $525
15) (21) Steve Rushin, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
16) (22) Dewaine Hottinger, GRT/Kuntz/Monte Carlo; $500
17) (17) Joey Mack, GRT/Kuntz/Mustang; $500
18) (16) Dean Carpenter, Larry Shaw/McCarver/Grand Prix; $500
19) (19) Garrett Durrett, Warrior/Craft/Taurus; $500
20) (14) Jerry Inmon, GRT/Baker/Monte Carlo; $500
21) (4) Jerry Buck, GRT/Hatfield/Monte Carlo; $500
22) (13) Steve Ross, Rayburn/Hixson/Monte Carlo; $500
23) (19) Jamie Dacus, GRT/Gaerte/Monte Carlo; $500
1st Heat (12 Laps) 1) Mike Bowers, North Little Rock AR 2) Johnny ancaster, Coldwater MS 3) Jeff Floyd, Walnut Ridge AR 4) Jamie Dacus, Lakeland TN 5) Joey Mack, Benton MO 6) Jessie Bailey, Drummonds TN 7) Bobby Nash, Proctor AR 8) Shane Essary, Aurora MO 9) Blake Lane, Bono AR
2nd Heat 1) Ken Schrader, Concord NC 2) Danny Christain, Corinth MS 3) Steve Rushin, Poplar Bluff MO 4) Jerry Inmon, Bruce MS 5) Leslie Essary, Crane MO 6) Chris Dickerson, Sommerville TN 7) Terry Pool, Olive Branch MS 8) Odie Green, Fouke AR 9) Chris Tays, Corinth MS
3rd Heat 1) Terry Phillips, Spingfield MO 2) Wendell Wallace, Batesville AR 3) Bill Frye, Greenbriar AR 4) Dean Carpenter, Coldwater MS 5) Bryan Millican, Cleveland TX 6) John Pafford, Eads TN 7) Jerry Walker, Southhaven MS 8) Brian Holliway, Sheridan AR 9) Richard Smith, Bartlett TN
4th Heat 1) Mike Brown, Ft. Gibson OK 2) Dane Dacus, Arlington TN 3) Charlie Randolph, Muskogee OK 4) Steve Ross, Lexington TN 5) Garrett Durrett, Simsboro LA 6) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 7) Ricky Vandergriff, West Memphis AR 8) Mark Sartain, Corinth MS 9) Gary Stolba, Willow Springs MO
5th Heat 1) Jeff Taylor, Batesville AR 2) Jerry Buck, Harviell MO 3) Barry Barkley, Jonesboro AR 4) Dewaine Hottinger, Russellville AR 5) Chris Ragan, Ramer TN 6) Jimmy Holland, Memphis TN 7) Tommy Ray, Southhaven MS 8) Dave Blaney
Jamie Elam and Brian Hudson scratched prior to heats
1st Last Chance Qualifier (15 Laps, two transfer) 1) Joey Mack 2) Garrett Durrett 3) Steve Rushin 4) Dewaine Hottinger 5) Shane Essary 6) Blake Lane 7) John Pafford 8) Bobby Nash 9) Tommy Ray 10) Jerry Walker 11) Chris Ragan 12) Jessie Bailey (scratches: Mark Sartain, Richard Smith)
2nd Last Chance Qualifier 1) Leslie Essary 2) Jamie Dacus 3) Barry Bakley 4) Chris Dickenson 5) Jack Sullivan 6) Terry Pool 7) Gary Stolba 8) Odie Green 9) Brian Holliway 10) Ricky Vandergriff 11) Jimmy Holland 12) Bryan Millican (scratches: Dave Blaney, Chris Tays)
