COLUMBUS, MS – Mike Boland of Cuba, AL, David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN, Chris Jimerson of Gilbertown, AL, and Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN won their respective ten-lap heat races Friday night for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
Those four drivers will be lining up for the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash on Saturday afternoon to determine their starting positions for the 40-lap $3,000-to-win main event on Saturday night.
The top four finishers in each heat race on Friday night transferred to the main event on Saturday night, and the fifth-place finishers on back will line up in one of two 12-lap B-Main races on Saturday night.
Boland was also the fast qualifier among the 45 entrants with a lap around the 3/8-mile dirt oval in 14.687 for an average speed of 91.918 in the Ware Construction GRT. Boland was able to take advantage of a smooth race track just after track officials had graded the surface.
Over seven inches of rain during the week left a soft track that was quick to get rough. The track conditions forced track officials to reschedule other events that were scheduled for Friday night, including the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash, to Saturday afternoon.
Following Boland in the first heat race and transferring to the big show were Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks, James Ussery of Cottondale, FL in the Shores Construction GRT, and Curtis Cline of Douglasville, GA in the J.L. Brooks Construction Warrior.
Transferring to the main out of the second heat race behind Gentry’s Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt were Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS in the TNT Graphix Mastersbilt, Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA in the All South Racing Products Warrior, and Landon Frith of Terry, MS in the Swinging Bridge Raceway Mastersbilt.
Taking second through fourth respectively behind Jimerson’s Butler Auto Parts Mastersbilt in the third heat race were Chad Thrash of Meridian, MS in the Speedway Collectibles GRT, Anthony Hill of Carrollton, GA in the Hill Racing Rocket, and 16-year-old Mitch Cobb of Edmonds, CO in the Ray Cook-prepared Majack Development Mastersbilt.
Transferring out of the fourth heat behind Johnson’s Rick Hixon-owned Austin Trucking Mastersbilt were Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN in the H&H Powersports GRT, Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the WMF Racing Products Mastersbilt, and Roger Rollison of Meridian, MS in the Best Western of Meridian GRT.
Rows one and two for the main event will be determined by the finish of the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash on Saturday afternoon. Turner and Tice will make up the third row on the grid, with Thrash and Hoge in row four. Ussery and Smith will start the big show from the fifth row, while Hill and Fields will start from the sixth row.
Row seven has Cline on the inside, and Frith on the outside. Rounding out the “Sweet 16” in row eight will be Cobb on the inside, and Rollison on the outside. The top three finishers in each of the B-Mains will transfer to the main event in the 17th through 22nd starting spots. Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 point provisionals.
Five drivers in the StormPay.com DLMS point standings are still on the outside looking in, and will either have to race their way in through a B-Main, or see if they are eligible for one of the two provisional starting spots.
Fifth-place Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA, sixth-place Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA, eighth-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN, 12th-place Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA, and 13th-place Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN will line up for B-Main competition on Saturday night.
The most spectacular incident of the evening occurred in the first heat race when a multi-car tangle send Rodney Weaver of Danville, AL upside-down in turn three. Weaver climbed out of his Weaver’s Welding and Fabrication GRT uninjured.
Gentry will clinch the 2006 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship by starting the main event on Saturday night, as the second-place driver in points, Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN, was a no-show at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Buckingham’s absence has also set up a three-way battle for the second spot with Smith and Fields closing in.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 17 AT MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 10/20/06:
QUALIFYING:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
1ST LAP
2ND LAP
TIME
4
Mike Boland
Cuba, AL
GRT
T1
Terry Mosley
Gilbertown, AL
Trac Star
18
Chris Jimerson
Gilbertown, AL
Mastersbilt
16
Ronnie Johnson
Chattanooga, TN
Mastersbilt
00
Terry Kelley
Moundville, AL
GRT
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
K9
Chad Thrash
Meridian, MS
GRT
21
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
77t
Mark Tice
Hollandale, MS
Mastersbilt
30
Pat Green
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
44c
Curtis Cline
Douglasville, GA
Warrior
36
James Young
Richland, MS
GRT
23
Darin Dorsey
Brandon, MS
GRT
44
Roger Rollison
Meridian, MS
GRT
71
James Ussery
Cottondale, FL
GRT
21b
Frankie Beard - R
Hartwell, GA
Barry Wright
84
Matt Wilson
Shelbyville, TN
Mastersbilt
C66
Jerry Owens
Florence, AL
TnT
5
Rodney Weaver
Danville, AL
GRT
50
Landon Frith
Terry, MS
Mastersbilt
11
Anthony Hill
Carrollton, GA
Rocket
25
Michael Keener
Douglasville, GA
Rocket
38
Tony Shelton
Steens, MS
GRT
7
Mike Shirley
Meridian, MS
GRT
6
T.K. King
Columbus, MS
GRT
17
Darrell Guess
Mettleton, MS
GRT
87
Derrick Rainey
Powder Springs, GA
Rocket
00
Jeff Smith
Villanow, GA
Warrior
75j
John Maxey
Smithville, MS
GRT
12
Zach Nichols
Cedartown, GA
GRT
3m
Mike Pickard
Steens, MS
GRT
18
Chase Washington
Houlka, MS
Larry Shaw
21
Jamie Pickard
Steens, MS
GRT
75
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
t11
Joe Denby
Tullahoma, TN
Mastersbilt
27
Reed Long
Columbus, MS
GRT
98
Mitch Cobb
Edmonds, CO
Mastersbilt
22
Cody Swink
Columbus, MS
GRT
9
Thomas McReynolds
Millport, AL
Mastersbilt
27r
Roy Newsome
Shelbyville, TN
Mastersbilt
2
Ryan Gifford
Winchester, TN
GRT
NT
NT
NT
13
Michael Leal
Omaha, NE
GRT
NT
NT
NT
n27
B.J. Denby
Tullahoma, TN
Mastersbilt
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; 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.
Those four drivers will be lining up for the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash on Saturday afternoon to determine their starting positions for the 40-lap $3,000-to-win main event on Saturday night.
The top four finishers in each heat race on Friday night transferred to the main event on Saturday night, and the fifth-place finishers on back will line up in one of two 12-lap B-Main races on Saturday night.
Boland was also the fast qualifier among the 45 entrants with a lap around the 3/8-mile dirt oval in 14.687 for an average speed of 91.918 in the Ware Construction GRT. Boland was able to take advantage of a smooth race track just after track officials had graded the surface.
Over seven inches of rain during the week left a soft track that was quick to get rough. The track conditions forced track officials to reschedule other events that were scheduled for Friday night, including the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash, to Saturday afternoon.
Following Boland in the first heat race and transferring to the big show were Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks, James Ussery of Cottondale, FL in the Shores Construction GRT, and Curtis Cline of Douglasville, GA in the J.L. Brooks Construction Warrior.
Transferring to the main out of the second heat race behind Gentry’s Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt were Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS in the TNT Graphix Mastersbilt, Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA in the All South Racing Products Warrior, and Landon Frith of Terry, MS in the Swinging Bridge Raceway Mastersbilt.
Taking second through fourth respectively behind Jimerson’s Butler Auto Parts Mastersbilt in the third heat race were Chad Thrash of Meridian, MS in the Speedway Collectibles GRT, Anthony Hill of Carrollton, GA in the Hill Racing Rocket, and 16-year-old Mitch Cobb of Edmonds, CO in the Ray Cook-prepared Majack Development Mastersbilt.
Transferring out of the fourth heat behind Johnson’s Rick Hixon-owned Austin Trucking Mastersbilt were Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN in the H&H Powersports GRT, Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the WMF Racing Products Mastersbilt, and Roger Rollison of Meridian, MS in the Best Western of Meridian GRT.
Rows one and two for the main event will be determined by the finish of the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash on Saturday afternoon. Turner and Tice will make up the third row on the grid, with Thrash and Hoge in row four. Ussery and Smith will start the big show from the fifth row, while Hill and Fields will start from the sixth row.
Row seven has Cline on the inside, and Frith on the outside. Rounding out the “Sweet 16” in row eight will be Cobb on the inside, and Rollison on the outside. The top three finishers in each of the B-Mains will transfer to the main event in the 17th through 22nd starting spots. Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 point provisionals.
Five drivers in the StormPay.com DLMS point standings are still on the outside looking in, and will either have to race their way in through a B-Main, or see if they are eligible for one of the two provisional starting spots.
Fifth-place Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA, sixth-place Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA, eighth-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN, 12th-place Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA, and 13th-place Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN will line up for B-Main competition on Saturday night.
The most spectacular incident of the evening occurred in the first heat race when a multi-car tangle send Rodney Weaver of Danville, AL upside-down in turn three. Weaver climbed out of his Weaver’s Welding and Fabrication GRT uninjured.
Gentry will clinch the 2006 StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Championship by starting the main event on Saturday night, as the second-place driver in points, Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN, was a no-show at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Buckingham’s absence has also set up a three-way battle for the second spot with Smith and Fields closing in.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 17 AT MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 10/20/06:
QUALIFYING:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
1ST LAP
2ND LAP
TIME
1
Mike Boland
Cuba, AL
GRT
604
14.767
14.687
14.687
2
Terry Mosley
Gilbertown, AL
Trac Star
604
14.794
14.814
14.794
3
Chris Jimerson
Gilbertown, AL
Mastersbilt
602
14.819
14.882
14.819
4
Ronnie Johnson
Chattanooga, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.108
14.866
14.866
5
Terry Kelley
Moundville, AL
GRT
604
15.017
15.366
15.017
6
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.225
15.324
15.225
7
Chad Thrash
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
15.531
15.241
15.241
8
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
604
15.275
15.324
15.275
9
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
15.742
15.368
15.368
10
Mark Tice
Hollandale, MS
Mastersbilt
604
15.518
15.398
15.398
11
Pat Green
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.695
15.433
15.433
12
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
15.461
15.550
15.461
13
Curtis Cline
Douglasville, GA
Warrior
604
15.693
15.466
15.466
14
James Young
Richland, MS
GRT
602
15.472
15.618
15.472
15
Darin Dorsey
Brandon, MS
GRT
602
15.637
15.518
15.518
16
Roger Rollison
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
15.748
15.521
15.521
17
James Ussery
Cottondale, FL
GRT
604
15.772
15.564
15.564
18
Frankie Beard - R
Hartwell, GA
Barry Wright
604
16.041
15.711
15.711
19
Matt Wilson
Shelbyville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
15.777
15.724
15.724
20
Jerry Owens
Florence, AL
TnT
604
15.823
15.724
15.724
21
Rodney Weaver
Danville, AL
GRT
604
16.000
15.741
15.741
22
Landon Frith
Terry, MS
Mastersbilt
602
15.745
15.970
15.745
23
Anthony Hill
Carrollton, GA
Rocket
602
15.879
15.835
15.835
24
Michael Keener
Douglasville, GA
Rocket
604
16.389
15.960
15.960
25
Tony Shelton
Steens, MS
GRT
604
16.136
16.025
16.025
26
Mike Shirley
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
16.026
16.054
16.026
27
T.K. King
Columbus, MS
GRT
604
16.668
16.041
16.041
28
Darrell Guess
Mettleton, MS
GRT
602
16.468
16.074
16.074
29
Derrick Rainey
Powder Springs, GA
Rocket
604
16.106
16.148
16.106
30
Jeff Smith
Villanow, GA
Warrior
604
16.114
16.382
16.114
31
John Maxey
Smithville, MS
GRT
602
16.250
16.181
16.181
32
Zach Nichols
Cedartown, GA
GRT
604
16.188
16.427
16.188
33
Mike Pickard
Steens, MS
GRT
602
16.382
16.192
16.192
34
Chase Washington
Houlka, MS
Larry Shaw
604
16.197
16.419
16.197
35
Jamie Pickard
Steens, MS
GRT
604
16.524
16.239
16.239
36
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
16.345
16.239
16.239
37
Joe Denby
Tullahoma, TN
Mastersbilt
604
16.419
16.263
16.263
38
Reed Long
Columbus, MS
GRT
602
16.384
16.317
16.317
39
Mitch Cobb
Edmonds, CO
Mastersbilt
604
16.902
16.317
16.317
40
Cody Swink
Columbus, MS
GRT
602
16.530
16.394
16.394
41
Thomas McReynolds
Millport, AL
Mastersbilt
604
16.613
16.487
16.487
42
Roy Newsome
Shelbyville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
17.439
16.898
16.898
43
Ryan Gifford
Winchester, TN
GRT
604
NT
NT
44
Michael Leal
Omaha, NE
GRT
602
NT
NT
45
B.J. Denby
Tullahoma, TN
Mastersbilt
604
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; 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.
