Locust Grove, Arkansas (7/18/08) – With 33 Super Late Models on hand, including several national and regional stars, Jack Sullivan from Greenbriar, Arkansas put on a dominating driving display to win Friday night’s O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series event at Batesville Motor Speedway in Locust Grove, Arkansas.
With a great field of cars, a good crowd, and Nextel Nascar Superstar, Mark Martin on hand to spectate, Mother Nature finally smiled upon Batesville Motor Speedway, and a great event was held. After accumulating the most points in heat race action, Jack Sullivan earned the JFR Graphics pole position for the 35 lap feature event. Justin Wells from Aurora, Missouri charged from the 8th starting position to a 2nd place finish in his heat race, which earned him the outside front row starting spot for the feature.
As the green flag waved, Sullivan assumed command of the point with third and fourth starters, Jeff Floyd and Jesse Stovall working their way past Wells for the second and third positions respectively early in the event. With side-by-side battles throughout the pack, including Floyd and Stovall’s war for the second spot, Sullivan slowly and methodically began to motor away from the field. Stovall’s run at the front, however, would come to an abrupt end when he got into the wall just past the race’s mid-point, ending his night. Fifth running, Kyle Beard, would also run into difficulties as he got turned around, while running in the 5th spot and trying to maneuver lapped traffic. Beard would rejoin the back of the pack and began a strong charge back to the front.
The race would endure several long green flags run before being slowed for the final time on lap 26 for a caution. At the time of the caution, Sullivan, Floyd, Wendell Wallace, and Bill Frye made up the top four positions in the running order. On the ensuing restart, Sullivan would once again begin to drive away from the field as Floyd’s handling started to go away. Wallace and Frye would race their way past Floyd in the closing laps, but nobody would have anything for Sullivan, who would go on to pick the $2,000 win, which was his second of the season in O’Reilly MSRA action. Wendell Wallace, Bill Frye, Duke Whiseant, and Jeff Floyd would round out the top five finishers.
The win was bitter sweet for Sullivan, who hurt the motor in his #18 Super Late Model on the white flag lap, and was putting in the back up motor after the races last night in preparation for Saturday night’s event. Point’s leader, Joey Mack picked off a few cars in the closing laps to rally from the 10th position to a 6th place finish. Kyle Beard came back from his early race mishap to score an 8th place finish. Stacey Taylor earned the Weld Wheels Hard Luck Award after his steering locked up early in the event, resulting in him being the first car out of the event. Sullivan was the recipient of the COMP Cams Winner’s Circle Bonus and Dewaine Hottinger received the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger award for advancing from the 20th starting position to a 9th place finish.
The action continues tonight at Batesville Motor Speedway as the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models and the Allstate DLRA Super Late Models square off in a $3,000 to win/$450 to start clash. For more information, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net .
The O’Reilly MSRA would like to thank O’Reilly Auto Parts, their Associate Sponsors- GRT Race Cars, Hoosier Racing Tires, COMP Cams, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Weld Racing, Kuntz & Company, JFR Graphics, RiceTec, ASI Racewear, ROCKHARD Powdercoat, Inc., MSR Mafia.com Marketing Services; and their contingency sponsors - Scott Wire, Duralite Racing Wheels, Suspension Spring Specialists, BSB Manufacturing, AP Racing, Wiles Drive Shafts, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Schaeffer Oil, & FSR Products.
For the latest information on the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
O'Reilly MSRA Results - July 18th, 2008
Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, AR)
Feature Finish
1. Jack Sullivan
2. Wendell Wallace
3. Bill Frye
4. Duke Whiseant
5. Jeff Floyd
6. Joey Mack
7. Chance Hines
8. Kyle Beard
9. Dewaine Hottinger
10. Justin Wells
11. Billy Moyer, Jr.
12. John Kirby
13. Dustin Mooneyham
14. Tony Jackson, Jr.
15. Brandon McCormick
16. Shane Diamant
17. LeRoy Johnson
18. Jeff Sloan
19. Jessie Stovall
20. Randy Mitchell
21. Steve Rushin
22. Stacey Taylor
JFR Graphics Pole Qualifier: Jack Sullivan
COMP Cams Winner’s Circle Bonus: Jack Sullivan
Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger: Dewaine Hottinger (20th to 9th)
Weld Forge Ahead Hard Luck: Stacey Taylor
DNQ- Keith Craft, Jeff Moss, Brian Ritchie, Chris Jones, Justin Asplin, Dane Dacus, Ronny Adams, Leslie Essary, Ken Essary, Dusty Johnston, Patrick Johnson
With a great field of cars, a good crowd, and Nextel Nascar Superstar, Mark Martin on hand to spectate, Mother Nature finally smiled upon Batesville Motor Speedway, and a great event was held. After accumulating the most points in heat race action, Jack Sullivan earned the JFR Graphics pole position for the 35 lap feature event. Justin Wells from Aurora, Missouri charged from the 8th starting position to a 2nd place finish in his heat race, which earned him the outside front row starting spot for the feature.
As the green flag waved, Sullivan assumed command of the point with third and fourth starters, Jeff Floyd and Jesse Stovall working their way past Wells for the second and third positions respectively early in the event. With side-by-side battles throughout the pack, including Floyd and Stovall’s war for the second spot, Sullivan slowly and methodically began to motor away from the field. Stovall’s run at the front, however, would come to an abrupt end when he got into the wall just past the race’s mid-point, ending his night. Fifth running, Kyle Beard, would also run into difficulties as he got turned around, while running in the 5th spot and trying to maneuver lapped traffic. Beard would rejoin the back of the pack and began a strong charge back to the front.
The race would endure several long green flags run before being slowed for the final time on lap 26 for a caution. At the time of the caution, Sullivan, Floyd, Wendell Wallace, and Bill Frye made up the top four positions in the running order. On the ensuing restart, Sullivan would once again begin to drive away from the field as Floyd’s handling started to go away. Wallace and Frye would race their way past Floyd in the closing laps, but nobody would have anything for Sullivan, who would go on to pick the $2,000 win, which was his second of the season in O’Reilly MSRA action. Wendell Wallace, Bill Frye, Duke Whiseant, and Jeff Floyd would round out the top five finishers.
The win was bitter sweet for Sullivan, who hurt the motor in his #18 Super Late Model on the white flag lap, and was putting in the back up motor after the races last night in preparation for Saturday night’s event. Point’s leader, Joey Mack picked off a few cars in the closing laps to rally from the 10th position to a 6th place finish. Kyle Beard came back from his early race mishap to score an 8th place finish. Stacey Taylor earned the Weld Wheels Hard Luck Award after his steering locked up early in the event, resulting in him being the first car out of the event. Sullivan was the recipient of the COMP Cams Winner’s Circle Bonus and Dewaine Hottinger received the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger award for advancing from the 20th starting position to a 9th place finish.
The action continues tonight at Batesville Motor Speedway as the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models and the Allstate DLRA Super Late Models square off in a $3,000 to win/$450 to start clash. For more information, please visit www.BatesvilleMotorSpeedway.net .
The O’Reilly MSRA would like to thank O’Reilly Auto Parts, their Associate Sponsors- GRT Race Cars, Hoosier Racing Tires, COMP Cams, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Weld Racing, Kuntz & Company, JFR Graphics, RiceTec, ASI Racewear, ROCKHARD Powdercoat, Inc., MSR Mafia.com Marketing Services; and their contingency sponsors - Scott Wire, Duralite Racing Wheels, Suspension Spring Specialists, BSB Manufacturing, AP Racing, Wiles Drive Shafts, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Schaeffer Oil, & FSR Products.
For the latest information on the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
O'Reilly MSRA Results - July 18th, 2008
Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, AR)
Feature Finish
1. Jack Sullivan
2. Wendell Wallace
3. Bill Frye
4. Duke Whiseant
5. Jeff Floyd
6. Joey Mack
7. Chance Hines
8. Kyle Beard
9. Dewaine Hottinger
10. Justin Wells
11. Billy Moyer, Jr.
12. John Kirby
13. Dustin Mooneyham
14. Tony Jackson, Jr.
15. Brandon McCormick
16. Shane Diamant
17. LeRoy Johnson
18. Jeff Sloan
19. Jessie Stovall
20. Randy Mitchell
21. Steve Rushin
22. Stacey Taylor
JFR Graphics Pole Qualifier: Jack Sullivan
COMP Cams Winner’s Circle Bonus: Jack Sullivan
Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger: Dewaine Hottinger (20th to 9th)
Weld Forge Ahead Hard Luck: Stacey Taylor
DNQ- Keith Craft, Jeff Moss, Brian Ritchie, Chris Jones, Justin Asplin, Dane Dacus, Ronny Adams, Leslie Essary, Ken Essary, Dusty Johnston, Patrick Johnson
