COLUMBUS, MS – Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA was untouchable in posting a wire-to-wire win Saturday night in the 40-lap StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series main event at Columbus Speedway in the Hays Racing/Barto Enterprises Warrior, while David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN came from behind to win the series National Championship.
Gentry and Jay Blair of Angie , LA battled back and forth all night long for the title, but it was Gentry overcoming adversity after starting 23rd and finishing seventh in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt to earn his second straight $20,000 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship.
Rainey set fast time among the 42 entrants with a lap around the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval in 14.670 seconds to earn the pole position. Rainey led from the drop of the green flag, and was never challenged in the 40-lap race to pick up his second win of the season.
“We just had an awesome car all night long, and we had a good season,” Rainey said. “We were in the championship hunt right up to the end, and we’re happy to end up with a solid third-place finish in the point standings.”
While Rainey had everything going his way up front, most of the attention in the race centered around Gentry and Blair.
Blair started third in the All-Star Graphics Mastersbilt, and was looking for his third win of the season at Columbus Speedway. Coming into the night, Blair trailed Gentry in the point standings by 34 points. If Blair won the race, Gentry had to finish 16th or better to win the championship.
Gentry had a bad qualifying run and timed in 29th, which put him starting seventh in the first of three 12-lap B-Main races where the top four finishers transferred to the main event. Gentry finished sixth in his B-Main, and had to take the 23rd Provisional starting spot to make the show.
When the race started with Blair third and Gentry 23rd, Blair held a six-point lead over Gentry when the green flag fell. Gentry wasted no time doing what he had to do to win the title. By lap four, Gentry charged up to the 16th spot, and with Blair running second, held a six-point lead over the “Angie Assassin.”
Gentry kept moving forward, and finished seventh, while Blair went under the checkered flag in the fourth spot. Gentry won the title by 28 points.
“We missed the set up for qualifying and the B-Main, so we had to take a provisional to make the race,” Gentry said. “I was really concerned because I know that Blair runs well here. We made some changes trying to get the push out of the car, and it worked. We had a great car for the main event, and I just kept counting the cars as we moved through the field.”
Gentry’s championship charge from 23rd to seventh earned him the NeSmith Chevrolet Hard Charger of the Race Award.
Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA capped off his 2007 Rookie of the Year season with a second-place finish in the CSC Trailer Repair/Brindle Brothers Auto Parts GRT. Brindle, who finished fourth in the StormPay.com DLMS National points, was the Rookie of the Race.
Chris Tays of Corinth, MS had his best run of the season after starting 14th and finishing third in the Bud Coley Trucking Rocket. Tays ended up six the StormPay.com DLMS National points. Following Blair in the fifth spot was Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA after starting his Freeman Plumbing Mastersbilt in the 17th spot.
Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA came from the 15th starting hole to finish sixth in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt. Fields finished fifth in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National point standings, his third straight top five finish in the series standings. Following Gentry in the eighth spot was Clint Smith of Senoia, GA in the LSK Enterprises GRT.
Steve Godsey of Bedford, IN came back from an early race spin to finish ninth in the Indiana Stone Works/Summerville Junkyard Rayburn. Godsey had a good day at Columbus Speedway. He also won the 15-lap StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Race of Regions for the “Elite 18” in the StormPay.com WRS, and was the second quick qualifier for the National Tour event.
Keith Freeman of Commerce, GA, who was the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Track Champion at Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA, rounded out the top ten in the Freeman Plumbing Mastersbilt, and also won the 15-lap StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Race of Champions against seven other StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Track Champions.
The three preliminary 12-lap B-Main races were won by Logan Yates of Delta, AL in The Bargain Barn TSR, Smith, and Ronny Hollingsworth of Northport, AL in the Hollingsworth Racing Mastersbilt.
Rainey grabbed the lead at the start of the race followed by Blair, Godsey, Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, TN in the Rusty Wallace Toyota Barry Wright, and Brindle. Buckingham got by Godsey for the third spot on lap two. While running fourth, Godsey spun in turn two on lap four to bring out the first of five caution flags.
Blair saw his slim point lead evaporate, as Gentry moved up from his 23rd starting spot to restart in the 16th position for a six point lead.
After the restart, Buckingham was on the move, passing Blair for second on lap eight, but he suddenly slowed off the pace on lap 11, and stopped on the high side of turn two to light up the caution bulb. Rainey led Blair, Brindle, Yates, and Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL in the Butler Auto Parts Rocket down for the restart, while Gentry had moved up to the 13th spot,
Freeman made a big outside move on the restart coming from sixth to pass Mosley and Yates to take over the fourth position. Gentry climbed into the tenth spot by lap 14. Yates, who started 11th, got back around Freeman for fourth on lap 15. Blair gave up two more points to Gentry, as Brindle passed him for the second spot on lap 18.
Jeff Smith of Rocky Face, GA stalled his AllSouth Racing Products Rocket in turn four on lap 19 to bring out the third caution flag of the race. Rainey brought the field down for the restart with Brindle, Blair, Yates, Freeman, Mosley, Tays, Fields, Beard, and Gentry in tow. Beard got by Fields for the eighth spot on lap 20, and Tays took over the fifth spot on lap 22.
Tays was a man on a mission, as he moved up to the fourth position on lap 26 getting around Yates, and was challenging Blair for the third spot by lap 31. Lap 35 saw Yates and Mosley in a battle for the fifth spot, with Mosley passing Yates in turn two, and Yates returning the favor in turn four.
When Yates and Mosley got back to turn two on lap 36, they got together and spun to bring out the fourth caution flag. The restart saw Rainey leading followed by Brindle, Blair, Tays, Beard, Fields, Gentry, Curtis Cline of Douglasville, GA in the Pearson Construction Warrior, Clint Smith, and Freeman.
Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL spun the Charco, Inc. TNT in turn four on lap 37 to light the yellow lamp for the fifth and final time. Rainey pulled away in the final four laps of the race followed by Brindle. Tays went to the outside on the restart, to pass Blair for the third spot, while Gentry rode home in seventh to secure the championship.
The week ahead will be a busy one for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series as they travel to Tampa, FL for festivities and racing.
The Annual StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Awards Banquet will be held on Wednesday night in the Cigar City at the Embassy Suites Hotel to honor the top ten drivers in the National point standings, and the top six drivers in the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West, East and South Regions.
Then on Friday and Saturday night, it’s the 3rd Annual $10,000-to-win 100-lap StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series World Championship Race at East Bay Raceway Park. Over 100 cars are expected for the 2007 season finale for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series.
OFFICIAL FINISH OF ROUND 21 AT COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 12/1/07:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON
1. 1 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 40 $3,000
2. 6 38c Chip Brindle (R) Chatsworth, GA 40 $1,500
3. 14 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS 40 $1,250
4. 3 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA 40 $1,100
5. 17 F21 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA 40 $1,000
6. 15 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 40 $850
7. 23 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN 40 $950
8. 12 66k Clint Smith Senoia, GA 40 $700
9. 2 14 Steve Godsey Bedford, IN 40 $650
10. 8 F1 Keith Freeman Commerce, GA 40 $600
11. 16 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA 40 $550
12. 24 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 40 $500
13. 11 5 Logan Yates Delta, AL 40 $450
14. 20 25 Josh Huss Flomaton, AL 40 $400
15. 21 17 Darrell Guess Mettleton, MS 38 $350
16. 9 1t Terry Mosley Gilbertown, AL 34 $300
17. 13 M63 Ronny Hollingsworth Northport, AL 28 $280
18. 22 31 Anthony Meadows Lanett, AL 23 $250
19. 19 00 Jeff Smith Rocky Face, GA 18 $250
20. 7 91 Donald Watson Greenwell Springs, LA 17 $250
21. 18 86 Rick Rickman Columbus, MS 12 $250
22. 4 50 Shanon Buckingham Morristown, TN 8 $250
23. 10 50f Landon Frith Terry, MS 2 $250
24. 5 5 Todd Hurst Lineville, AL 1 $250
ENTRIES: 42
FAST QUALIFIER: Rainey – 14.670 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Gentry and Turner
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAPS LED: Rainey, 1-40
NeSMITH CHEVROLET HARD CHARGER: Gentry (started 23rd and finished 7th)
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brindle
CAUTIONS: 5
QUALIFYING (Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
LAP 1
LAP 2
TIME
1
87
Derrick Rainey
Powder Springs, GA
Warrior
604
14.670
14.790
14.670
2
14
Steve Godsey
Bedford, IN
Rayburn
604
55.470
14.700
14.700
3
2x
Jay Blair
Angie, LA
Mastersbilt
604
14.740
14.850
14.740
4
50
Shanon Buckingham
Morristown, TN
Barry Wright
604
14.890
14.790
14.790
5
5
Todd Hurst
Lineville, AL
Warrior
604
14.900
14.830
14.830
6
38c
Chip Brindle – R
Chatsworth, GA
GRT
604
14.900
14.920
14.900
7
91
Donald Watson
Greenwell Springs, LA
Barry Wright
604
15.060
14.960
14.960
8
F1
Keith Freeman
Commerce, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.060
14.990
14.990
9
1t
Terry Mosley – R
Gilbertown, AL
Rocket
604
15.080
NT
15.080
10
50
Landon Frith – R
Terry, MS
Barry Wright
604
15.280
15.080
15.080
11
8
Chris Tays
Corinth, MS
Rocket
604
15.170
15.090
15.090
12
66k
Clint Smith
Senoia, GA
GRT
604
15.090
15.150
15.090
13
44c
Curtis Cline
Douglasville, GA
Warrior
604
15.100
15.170
15.100
14
5
Logan Yates
Delta, AL
TSR
604
15.250
15.120
15.120
15
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.410
15.150
15.150
16
00
Jeff Smith
Rocky Face, GA
Rocket
604
15.880
15.160
15.160
17
25h
Josh Huss
Flomaton, AL
TnT
604
15.240
15.190
15.190
18
86
Rick Rickman
Columbus, MS
Mastersbilt
604
15.200
15.250
15.200
19
M63
Ronny Hollingsworth
Northport, AL
Mastersbilt
604
15.430
15.210
15.210
20
33
Justin Carter
Marietta, MS
Larry Shaw
604
15.410
15.240
15.240
21
USA1
Richard Guidry
Port Allen, LA
Barry Wright
604
15.460
15.270
15.270
22
17
Randy Hill
Dalton, GA
Warrior
604
15.480
15.290
15.290
23
97
Ryan Little
Satsuma, AL
GRT
604
15.480
15.300
15.300
24
17
Darrell Guess
Mettleton, MS
GRT
602
15.310
15.950
15.310
25
31
Anthony Meadows
Lanett, AL
GRT
604
15.350
15.340
15.340
26
F21
Frankie Beard
Hartwell, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.350
15.640
15.350
27
75
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.420
15.470
15.420
28
19
Marcus Minga
Shannon, MS
Rayburn
604
15.870
15.420
15.420
29
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.530
15.430
15.430
30
07
Jimmy Elkins Jr.
Talladega, AL
Mastersbilt
604
15.500
15.590
15.500
31
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
15.590
15.580
15.580
32
18c
Randy King
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
15.920
15.600
15.600
33
21
Jamie Pickard
Columbus, MS
Mastersbilt
602
15.750
15.670
15.670
34
10
Steve Bryan
Collinsville, MS
Mastersbilt
602
15.680
16.140
15.680
35
44t
Jim Till – R
Greenville, AL
Trak Star
604
15.840
15.790
15.790
36
38
Tony Shelton
Steens, MS
GRT
604
16.070
15.790
15.790
37
747
Shannon Lee
Lumberton, MS
GRT
602
15.970
15.900
15.900
38
3d
Dalton Alexander
Proctor, AR
GRT
604
16.160
16.060
16.060
39
3n
Nathan Brown
Marion, AR
GRT
604
16.100
16.200
16.100
40
74
Mike Carr
Lake Cormonont, MS
GRT
602
17.410
16.440
16.440
41
K9
Chad Thrash
Meridian, MS
GRT
604
NT
NT
NT
42
M42
Josh Morrow
Murphy, NC
Rayburn
604
NT
NT
NT
HEAT RACES (12 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Yates; 2. Tays; 3. Beard; 4. Huss; 5. Carter; 6. Gentry; 7. King; 8. Till (R); 9. Little; 10. Alexander; 11. Thrash DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. C. Smith; 2. Fields; 3. Rickman; 4. Guess; 5. Shelton; 6. Elkins; 7. Pickard; 8. Brown; 9. Guidry; 10. Morrow; 11. Parker.
3RD HEAT: 1. Hollingsworth; 2. Cline; 3. J. Smith; 4. Meadows; 5. Minga; 6. Turner; 7. Hill; 8. Bryan; 9. Lee; 10. Carr.
WEEKLY RACING SERIES RACE OF CHAMPIONS (15 Laps): 1. Freeman; 2. Godsey; 3. Yates; 4. Shelton; 5. Little; 6. Lee; 7. Pickard; 8. Guidry.
WEEKLY RACING SERIES RACE OF REGIONS (15 Laps): 1. Godsey; 2. Cline; 3. Watson; 4. Mosley; 5. Yates; 6. Elkins; 7. Huss; 8. Pickard.
FINAL 2007 STORMPAY.COM DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS:
1. 56 David Gentry – 1818
2. 2x Jay Blair – 1790
3. 87 Derrick Rainey – 1772
4. 38c Chip Brindle (R) – 1692
5. 16 Jeff Fields – 1594
6. 8 Chris Tays – 1584
7. F9 Frank Ingram – 1496
8. 302 Robert Stutts – 1416
9. 10 Matthew Turner – 1412
10. 44t Jim Till (R) – 1186
11. 21 Rusty Hoge – 952
12. 44c Curtis Cline – 882
13. 06 Bill Flowers – 754
14. 1 Johnny Stokes – 642
15. 50 Shanon Buckingham – 622
16. F21 Frankie Beard – 614
17. 22 William Thomas – 572
18. 58 Larry Boutwell – 550
19. 1t Terry Mosley (R) – 438
20. 90 Jimmy Kay – 430
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
Gentry and Jay Blair of Angie , LA battled back and forth all night long for the title, but it was Gentry overcoming adversity after starting 23rd and finishing seventh in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt to earn his second straight $20,000 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship.
Rainey set fast time among the 42 entrants with a lap around the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval in 14.670 seconds to earn the pole position. Rainey led from the drop of the green flag, and was never challenged in the 40-lap race to pick up his second win of the season.
“We just had an awesome car all night long, and we had a good season,” Rainey said. “We were in the championship hunt right up to the end, and we’re happy to end up with a solid third-place finish in the point standings.”
While Rainey had everything going his way up front, most of the attention in the race centered around Gentry and Blair.
Blair started third in the All-Star Graphics Mastersbilt, and was looking for his third win of the season at Columbus Speedway. Coming into the night, Blair trailed Gentry in the point standings by 34 points. If Blair won the race, Gentry had to finish 16th or better to win the championship.
Gentry had a bad qualifying run and timed in 29th, which put him starting seventh in the first of three 12-lap B-Main races where the top four finishers transferred to the main event. Gentry finished sixth in his B-Main, and had to take the 23rd Provisional starting spot to make the show.
When the race started with Blair third and Gentry 23rd, Blair held a six-point lead over Gentry when the green flag fell. Gentry wasted no time doing what he had to do to win the title. By lap four, Gentry charged up to the 16th spot, and with Blair running second, held a six-point lead over the “Angie Assassin.”
Gentry kept moving forward, and finished seventh, while Blair went under the checkered flag in the fourth spot. Gentry won the title by 28 points.
“We missed the set up for qualifying and the B-Main, so we had to take a provisional to make the race,” Gentry said. “I was really concerned because I know that Blair runs well here. We made some changes trying to get the push out of the car, and it worked. We had a great car for the main event, and I just kept counting the cars as we moved through the field.”
Gentry’s championship charge from 23rd to seventh earned him the NeSmith Chevrolet Hard Charger of the Race Award.
Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA capped off his 2007 Rookie of the Year season with a second-place finish in the CSC Trailer Repair/Brindle Brothers Auto Parts GRT. Brindle, who finished fourth in the StormPay.com DLMS National points, was the Rookie of the Race.
Chris Tays of Corinth, MS had his best run of the season after starting 14th and finishing third in the Bud Coley Trucking Rocket. Tays ended up six the StormPay.com DLMS National points. Following Blair in the fifth spot was Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA after starting his Freeman Plumbing Mastersbilt in the 17th spot.
Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA came from the 15th starting hole to finish sixth in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt. Fields finished fifth in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National point standings, his third straight top five finish in the series standings. Following Gentry in the eighth spot was Clint Smith of Senoia, GA in the LSK Enterprises GRT.
Steve Godsey of Bedford, IN came back from an early race spin to finish ninth in the Indiana Stone Works/Summerville Junkyard Rayburn. Godsey had a good day at Columbus Speedway. He also won the 15-lap StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Race of Regions for the “Elite 18” in the StormPay.com WRS, and was the second quick qualifier for the National Tour event.
Keith Freeman of Commerce, GA, who was the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Track Champion at Lavonia Speedway in Lavonia, GA, rounded out the top ten in the Freeman Plumbing Mastersbilt, and also won the 15-lap StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Race of Champions against seven other StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Track Champions.
The three preliminary 12-lap B-Main races were won by Logan Yates of Delta, AL in The Bargain Barn TSR, Smith, and Ronny Hollingsworth of Northport, AL in the Hollingsworth Racing Mastersbilt.
Rainey grabbed the lead at the start of the race followed by Blair, Godsey, Shanon Buckingham of Morristown, TN in the Rusty Wallace Toyota Barry Wright, and Brindle. Buckingham got by Godsey for the third spot on lap two. While running fourth, Godsey spun in turn two on lap four to bring out the first of five caution flags.
Blair saw his slim point lead evaporate, as Gentry moved up from his 23rd starting spot to restart in the 16th position for a six point lead.
After the restart, Buckingham was on the move, passing Blair for second on lap eight, but he suddenly slowed off the pace on lap 11, and stopped on the high side of turn two to light up the caution bulb. Rainey led Blair, Brindle, Yates, and Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL in the Butler Auto Parts Rocket down for the restart, while Gentry had moved up to the 13th spot,
Freeman made a big outside move on the restart coming from sixth to pass Mosley and Yates to take over the fourth position. Gentry climbed into the tenth spot by lap 14. Yates, who started 11th, got back around Freeman for fourth on lap 15. Blair gave up two more points to Gentry, as Brindle passed him for the second spot on lap 18.
Jeff Smith of Rocky Face, GA stalled his AllSouth Racing Products Rocket in turn four on lap 19 to bring out the third caution flag of the race. Rainey brought the field down for the restart with Brindle, Blair, Yates, Freeman, Mosley, Tays, Fields, Beard, and Gentry in tow. Beard got by Fields for the eighth spot on lap 20, and Tays took over the fifth spot on lap 22.
Tays was a man on a mission, as he moved up to the fourth position on lap 26 getting around Yates, and was challenging Blair for the third spot by lap 31. Lap 35 saw Yates and Mosley in a battle for the fifth spot, with Mosley passing Yates in turn two, and Yates returning the favor in turn four.
When Yates and Mosley got back to turn two on lap 36, they got together and spun to bring out the fourth caution flag. The restart saw Rainey leading followed by Brindle, Blair, Tays, Beard, Fields, Gentry, Curtis Cline of Douglasville, GA in the Pearson Construction Warrior, Clint Smith, and Freeman.
Josh Huss of Flomaton, AL spun the Charco, Inc. TNT in turn four on lap 37 to light the yellow lamp for the fifth and final time. Rainey pulled away in the final four laps of the race followed by Brindle. Tays went to the outside on the restart, to pass Blair for the third spot, while Gentry rode home in seventh to secure the championship.
The week ahead will be a busy one for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series as they travel to Tampa, FL for festivities and racing.
The Annual StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Awards Banquet will be held on Wednesday night in the Cigar City at the Embassy Suites Hotel to honor the top ten drivers in the National point standings, and the top six drivers in the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West, East and South Regions.
Then on Friday and Saturday night, it’s the 3rd Annual $10,000-to-win 100-lap StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series World Championship Race at East Bay Raceway Park. Over 100 cars are expected for the 2007 season finale for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series.
OFFICIAL FINISH OF ROUND 21 AT COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 12/1/07:
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON
1. 1 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 40 $3,000
2. 6 38c Chip Brindle (R) Chatsworth, GA 40 $1,500
3. 14 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS 40 $1,250
4. 3 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA 40 $1,100
5. 17 F21 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA 40 $1,000
6. 15 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 40 $850
7. 23 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN 40 $950
8. 12 66k Clint Smith Senoia, GA 40 $700
9. 2 14 Steve Godsey Bedford, IN 40 $650
10. 8 F1 Keith Freeman Commerce, GA 40 $600
11. 16 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA 40 $550
12. 24 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 40 $500
13. 11 5 Logan Yates Delta, AL 40 $450
14. 20 25 Josh Huss Flomaton, AL 40 $400
15. 21 17 Darrell Guess Mettleton, MS 38 $350
16. 9 1t Terry Mosley Gilbertown, AL 34 $300
17. 13 M63 Ronny Hollingsworth Northport, AL 28 $280
18. 22 31 Anthony Meadows Lanett, AL 23 $250
19. 19 00 Jeff Smith Rocky Face, GA 18 $250
20. 7 91 Donald Watson Greenwell Springs, LA 17 $250
21. 18 86 Rick Rickman Columbus, MS 12 $250
22. 4 50 Shanon Buckingham Morristown, TN 8 $250
23. 10 50f Landon Frith Terry, MS 2 $250
24. 5 5 Todd Hurst Lineville, AL 1 $250
ENTRIES: 42
FAST QUALIFIER: Rainey – 14.670 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Gentry and Turner
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAPS LED: Rainey, 1-40
NeSMITH CHEVROLET HARD CHARGER: Gentry (started 23rd and finished 7th)
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brindle
CAUTIONS: 5
QUALIFYING (Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
LAP 1
LAP 2
TIME
1
87
Derrick Rainey
Powder Springs, GA
Warrior
604
14.670
14.790
14.670
2
14
Steve Godsey
Bedford, IN
Rayburn
604
55.470
14.700
14.700
3
2x
Jay Blair
Angie, LA
Mastersbilt
604
14.740
14.850
14.740
4
50
Shanon Buckingham
Morristown, TN
Barry Wright
604
14.890
14.790
14.790
5
5
Todd Hurst
Lineville, AL
Warrior
604
14.900
14.830
14.830
6
38c
Chip Brindle – R
Chatsworth, GA
GRT
604
14.900
14.920
14.900
7
91
Donald Watson
Greenwell Springs, LA
Barry Wright
604
15.060
14.960
14.960
8
F1
Keith Freeman
Commerce, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.060
14.990
14.990
9
1t
Terry Mosley – R
Gilbertown, AL
Rocket
604
15.080
NT
15.080
10
50
Landon Frith – R
Terry, MS
Barry Wright
604
15.280
15.080
15.080
11
8
Chris Tays
Corinth, MS
Rocket
604
15.170
15.090
15.090
12
66k
Clint Smith
Senoia, GA
GRT
604
15.090
15.150
15.090
13
44c
Curtis Cline
Douglasville, GA
Warrior
604
15.100
15.170
15.100
14
5
Logan Yates
Delta, AL
TSR
604
15.250
15.120
15.120
15
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.410
15.150
15.150
16
00
Jeff Smith
Rocky Face, GA
Rocket
604
15.880
15.160
15.160
17
25h
Josh Huss
Flomaton, AL
TnT
604
15.240
15.190
15.190
18
86
Rick Rickman
Columbus, MS
Mastersbilt
604
15.200
15.250
15.200
19
M63
Ronny Hollingsworth
Northport, AL
Mastersbilt
604
15.430
15.210
15.210
20
33
Justin Carter
Marietta, MS
Larry Shaw
604
15.410
15.240
15.240
21
USA1
Richard Guidry
Port Allen, LA
Barry Wright
604
15.460
15.270
15.270
22
17
Randy Hill
Dalton, GA
Warrior
604
15.480
15.290
15.290
23
97
Ryan Little
Satsuma, AL
GRT
604
15.480
15.300
15.300
24
17
Darrell Guess
Mettleton, MS
GRT
602
15.310
15.950
15.310
25
31
Anthony Meadows
Lanett, AL
GRT
604
15.350
15.340
15.340
26
F21
Frankie Beard
Hartwell, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.350
15.640
15.350
27
75
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.420
15.470
15.420
28
19
Marcus Minga
Shannon, MS
Rayburn
604
15.870
15.420
15.420
29
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.530
15.430
15.430
30
07
Jimmy Elkins Jr.
Talladega, AL
Mastersbilt
604
15.500
15.590
15.500
31
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
15.590
15.580
15.580
32
18c
Randy King
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
15.920
15.600
15.600
33
21
Jamie Pickard
Columbus, MS
Mastersbilt
602
15.750
15.670
15.670
34
10
Steve Bryan
Collinsville, MS
Mastersbilt
602
15.680
16.140
15.680
35
44t
Jim Till – R
Greenville, AL
Trak Star
604
15.840
15.790
15.790
36
38
Tony Shelton
Steens, MS
GRT
604
16.070
15.790
15.790
37
747
Shannon Lee
Lumberton, MS
GRT
602
15.970
15.900
15.900
38
3d
Dalton Alexander
Proctor, AR
GRT
604
16.160
16.060
16.060
39
3n
Nathan Brown
Marion, AR
GRT
604
16.100
16.200
16.100
40
74
Mike Carr
Lake Cormonont, MS
GRT
602
17.410
16.440
16.440
41
K9
Chad Thrash
Meridian, MS
GRT
604
NT
NT
NT
42
M42
Josh Morrow
Murphy, NC
Rayburn
604
NT
NT
NT
HEAT RACES (12 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Yates; 2. Tays; 3. Beard; 4. Huss; 5. Carter; 6. Gentry; 7. King; 8. Till (R); 9. Little; 10. Alexander; 11. Thrash DNS.
2ND HEAT: 1. C. Smith; 2. Fields; 3. Rickman; 4. Guess; 5. Shelton; 6. Elkins; 7. Pickard; 8. Brown; 9. Guidry; 10. Morrow; 11. Parker.
3RD HEAT: 1. Hollingsworth; 2. Cline; 3. J. Smith; 4. Meadows; 5. Minga; 6. Turner; 7. Hill; 8. Bryan; 9. Lee; 10. Carr.
WEEKLY RACING SERIES RACE OF CHAMPIONS (15 Laps): 1. Freeman; 2. Godsey; 3. Yates; 4. Shelton; 5. Little; 6. Lee; 7. Pickard; 8. Guidry.
WEEKLY RACING SERIES RACE OF REGIONS (15 Laps): 1. Godsey; 2. Cline; 3. Watson; 4. Mosley; 5. Yates; 6. Elkins; 7. Huss; 8. Pickard.
FINAL 2007 STORMPAY.COM DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS:
1. 56 David Gentry – 1818
2. 2x Jay Blair – 1790
3. 87 Derrick Rainey – 1772
4. 38c Chip Brindle (R) – 1692
5. 16 Jeff Fields – 1594
6. 8 Chris Tays – 1584
7. F9 Frank Ingram – 1496
8. 302 Robert Stutts – 1416
9. 10 Matthew Turner – 1412
10. 44t Jim Till (R) – 1186
11. 21 Rusty Hoge – 952
12. 44c Curtis Cline – 882
13. 06 Bill Flowers – 754
14. 1 Johnny Stokes – 642
15. 50 Shanon Buckingham – 622
16. F21 Frankie Beard – 614
17. 22 William Thomas – 572
18. 58 Larry Boutwell – 550
19. 1t Terry Mosley (R) – 438
20. 90 Jimmy Kay – 430
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
