The Angie Assassin Blair Makes Second Columbus Speedway Stormpay.com Dlms Hit

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COLUMBUS, MS – Jay Blair of Angie, LA drove the All-Star Graphics Mastersbilt to a wire-to-wire win on Friday night in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Holley Carburetors 40 Presented By NeSmith Chevrolet at Columbus Speedway. It was the second “hit” for the “Angie Assassin” at the “Baddest Bullring In The South.”

It was the second StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series win of the season for Blair at Columbus Speedway, as he also won the Winter Classic back in January. Blair was quick to express his fondness of the ¼-mile high-banked clay oval in victory lane.

“This is without a doubt my favorite race track,” Blair said. “We changed our set up from what we had in January, and it worked great tonight. I had a close call with a lapped car, and got hit in the right-rear pretty hard. I was worried about it affecting the handling, but everything was O.K.”

Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA finished second in the Universal Concrete Rocket, as he did in January. Ingram, who was tied with the defending StormPay.com DLMS National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN coming into the race, took a ten point lead in the title chase.

Anthony Rushing of Kosciusko, MS took the third spot in the American Race Tires Rocket, and Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA was fourth in the Hays Racing/Barto Enterprises Warrior. Jeff Smith of Rocky Face, GA finished fifth in the AllSouth Racing Products Warrior, and Mike Boland of Cuba, AL drove the Ware Construction Trak-Star to the sixth spot.

Gentry finished seventh in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, and was the fast-qualifier among the 44 entrants. Gentry toured Columbus Speedway in 14.590 seconds to earn the pole position for the race.

Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA was eighth in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt, and Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS finished ninth in the B&M Salvage Rayburn. Chris Tays of Corinth, MS rounded out the top ten in the Ben Coley Trucking Rocket.

There are now just 68 points separating the top four drivers in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National point standings. Ingram has the points lead with 1,496 points, followed by Gentry with 1,486 points in the second spot, Rainey in third with 1,436 points, and Blair with 1,428 points in the fourth position.

Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS started the TNT Graphix Mastersbilt in the 19th spot and finished 13th to earn the NeSmith Chevrolet Hard Charger of the Race Award. Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA finished 14th in the CSC Trailer Repair GRT to take the Rookie of the Race Award.

Polesitter Gentry and outside front row starter Blair brought the 25-car field down for the green flag, and raced side-by-side into the first turn. That’s as close as anyone got to Blair all night, as he took the lead coming off the second turn on the high side. Gentry tucked in behind Blair followed by Ingram, Rainey, and Rushing.

The battle for second went three-wide on lap two with Rainey going to the bottom of the track, Gentry in the middle, and Ingram on the outside. Ingram got a run on the outside of Gentry on lap three to take the second spot, and Rainey passed Gentry on the inside in turn two for third on lap four.

Rushing and Boland got by Gentry on lap five to move into the top five, and by lap eight, Rushing stepped to the outside to battle Rainey for the third spot, and made the pass for the position on lap nine.

Blair began lapping cars on lap 12, and as he went under Jim Till of Greenville, AL in the Dafor Heavy Timber Fabricators Trak-Star coming off the fourth turn, the two cars made contact. Both drivers regained control of their respective race cars, and continued without incident.

The first caution flag came out on lap 16 when J.J. Nye of Ballground, GA spun his C&C Grading and Hauling Rocket in turn two. Blair led Ingram, Rainey, Rushing, Boland, Gentry, Fields, Stephen Brantley of Monroeville, AL in the Airport Sports Center Rocket, Smith, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA in the Freeman Plumbing Mastersbilt down for the restart.

The second and final caution flag of the race came out on lap 17 when Till spun coming off the fourth turn. When the field went back to green, Blair pulled away from Ingram, but there was plenty of action behind the leaders for position beginning with Rainey getting by Rushing for the third spot.

Fields got around Gentry for the sixth spot on lap 19, and by the halfway point, Rushing and Boland were battling for the fourth spot. Boland dove inside Rushing in turn four on lap 20 to take fourth, but Rushing came back on lap 21 to retake the spot with an outside move coming off the second turn.

Blair caught the lapped traffic again on lap 24, and Ingram used the opportunity to close in on the leader. Blair was able to quickly slip through the traffic, putting a couple of lapped cars between himself and Ingram.

Smith went to the high side of the track on lap 25, and a three-car battle for the sixth spot developed among Fields, Gentry, and Smith. Rushing also went to the high side of the track and passed Rainey for the third spot coming off the second turn on lap 28.

Smith climbed into the top five when he passed Fields and Gentry for the sixth spot on lap 30, and then got around Boland to take the fifth position on lap 37. Blair was able to pull away in the late laps of the race went Ingram got caught in lapped traffic.

The StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Speedway returns to action at Columbus Speedway on Saturday night for the $2,500-to-win Trak-Star Race Cars 40 Presented By NeSmith Chevrolet.

OFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 17 AT COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 9/14/07:

POS STRT CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN LAPS $ WON
1. 2 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA 40 $2,500
2. 4 F9 Frank Ingram Woodstock, GA 40 $1,250
3. 5 70-1/2 Anthony Rushing Kosciusko, MS 40 $850
4. 3 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA 40 $700
5. 7 00 Jeff Smith Rocky Face, GA 40 $650
6. 8 4 Mike Boland Cuba, AL 40 $550
7. 1 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN 40 $600
8. 6 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA 40 $450
9. 9 19 Marcus Minga Shannon, MS 40 $375
10. 12 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS 40 $350
11. 10 02 Stephen Brantley Monroeville, AL 40 $300
12. 17 F1 Keith Freeman Commerce, GA 40 $280
13. 19 77t Mark Tice Hollandale, MS 40 $260
14. 15 38c Chip Brindle (R) Chatsworth, GA 40 $250
15. 20 G33 Greg Dedwylder Vossburg, MS 40 $240
16. 18 34 Brandon Keeton Toomsuba, MS 39 $220
17. 16 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA 39 $200
18. 11 F21 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA 39 $200
19. 14 00h Chris Hoomes Brenton, AL 39 $200
20. 21 m6 Marty Hardy Terry, MS 38 $200
21. 23 302 Robert Stutts (R) Murfreesboro, TN 38 $200
22. 24 44t Jim Till (R) Greenville, AL 38 $200
23. 25 21 Jamie Pickard Columbus, MS 30 $200
24. 22 55 J.J. Nye Ballground, GA 15 $200
25. 13 58 Larry Boutwell Baker, FL 10 $200

ENTRIES: 44
FAST QUALIFIER: Gentry, 14.590 Seconds
PROVISIONALS: Stutts and Till
TRACK PROVISIONAL: Pickard
LEAD CHANGES: None
LAP LEADER: Blair, 1-40
NeSMITH CHEVROLET HARD CHARGER: Tice (started 19th and finished 13th)
ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Brindle
CAUTIONS: 2

QUALIFYING (Top 10 Transfer To Main Event):

POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENG LAP 1 LAP 2 TIME
1 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 14.670 14.590 14.590
2 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA Mastersbilt 604 14.800 14.660 14.660
3 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA Warrior 604 14.960 14.680 14.680
4 F9 Frank Ingram Woodstock, GA Rocket 604 14.840 14.730 14.730
5 70-1/2 Anthony Rushing Kosciusko, MS Rocket 602 14.930 14.790 14.790
6 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 14.920 14.850 14.850
7 00 Jeff Smith Rocky Face, GA Warrior 604 14.870 14.990 14.870
8 4 Mike Boland Cuba, AL Trak Star 604 15.270 14.990 14.990
9 19 Marcus Minga Shannon, MS Rayburn 604 15.130 14.990 14.990
10 02 Stephen Brantley Monroeville, AL Rocket 604 15.040 15.190 15.040
11 F21 Frankie Beard Hartwell, GA Mastersbilt 604 15.050 15.640 15.050
12 38c Chip Brindle - R Chatsworth, GA GRT 604 15.120 15.250 15.120
13 58 Larry Boutwell Baker, FL TnT 604 15.130 15.120 15.120
14 18 Michael Page Douglasville, GA Mastersbilt 604 15.130 15.180 15.130
15 311 Stormy Derryberry Monticello, AR Rocket 602 15.930 15.230 15.230
16 77t Mark Tice - R Hollandale, MS Mastersbilt 604 36.360 15.230 15.230
17 1 Johnny Stokes Columbus, MS Mastersbilt 604 15.290 15.290 15.290
18 34 Brandon Keeton Toomsuba, MS GRT 604 15.300 19.750 15.300
19 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 604 15.320 15.300 15.300
20 2 Mark Stokes Steens, MS GRT 604 15.400 15.310 15.310
21 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS Rocket 604 15.810 15.320 15.320
22 18 Steve Godsey Bedford, IN Rayburn 604 18.560 15.330 15.330
23 00 Chris Hoomes Brenton, AL GRT 604 15.380 15.330 15.330
24 22t Terry Mosley - R Gilbertown, AL GRT 604 15.730 15.360 15.360
25 55 J.J. Nye Ballground, GA Rocket 604 15.390 15.360 15.360
26 00k Terry Kelley Moundville, AL GRT 604 15.370 15.370 15.370
27 m6 Marty Hardy Terry, MS GRT 604 15.530 15.390 15.390
28 302 Robert Stutts - R Murfreesboro, TN Rocket 604 15.390 15.420 15.390
29 17 Mark Page Douglasville, GA Rocket 604 15.480 15.450 15.450
30 55 Greg Allen Cherokee, AL Mastersbilt 604 15.560 15.460 15.460
31 21 Jamie Pickard Columbus, MS Mastersbilt 602 15.660 15.510 15.510
32 44t Jim Till - R Greenville, AL Trak Star 604 15.510 15.600 15.510
33 44c Curtis Cline Douglasville, GA Warrior 604 15.660 15.530 15.530
34 06 Bill Flowers Bremen, GA Rocket 604 15.540 15.730 15.540
35 G33 Greg Dedwylder Vossburg, MS Trak Star 602 15.570 15.560 15.560
36 21 Rusty Hoge Ooltewah, TN GRT 604 15.590 15.620 15.590
37 17 Darrell Guess Mettleton, MS GRT 602 15.680 15.980 15.680
38 27 Jeremy Shaw Millport, AL GRT 602 16.160 15.760 15.760
39 38 Tony Shelton Steens, MS GRT 604 16.050 15.810 15.810
40 911 Chris Reed Sturgis, MS Mastersbilt 604 16.000 16.030 16.000
41 38 Chase Washington Houlka, MS GRT 604 16.060 16.190 16.060
42 x15 Roman Ponds Columbus, MS GRT 604 16.880 16.310 16.310
43 13 Michael Leal Rossville, TN GRT 602 17.220 17.090 17.090
44 F1 Keith Freeman Commerce, GA Mastersbilt 604 NT NT NT

HEAT RACES (12 Laps – Top 4 Transfer To Main Event):

1ST HEAT: 1. Beard; 2. Hoomes; 3. Freeman; 4. Dedwylder; 5. Mi. Page; 6. Till (R); 7. Kelley; 8. M. Stokes; 9. Ma. Page; 10. Shaw; 11. Washington; 12. J. Stokes DNS.

2ND HEAT: 1. Tays; 2. Brindle (R); 3. Keeton; 4. Hardy; 5. Mosley (R); 6. Cline; 7. Hoge; 8. Allen; 9. Derryberry; 10. Ponds; 11. Shelton.

3RD HEAT: 1. Boutwell; 2. Turner; 3. Tice; 4. Nye; 5. Pickard; 6. Flowers; 7. Godsey; 8. Stutts (R); 9. Reed; 10. Guess; 11. Leal.

STORMPAY.COM DIRT LATE MODEL SERIES NATIONAL POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/14/07:

1. F9 Frank Ingram – 1496
2. 56 David Gentry – 1486
3. 87 Derrick Rainey – 1436
4. 2x Jay Blair – 1428
5. 38c Chip Brindle (R) – 1314
6. 16 Jeff Fields – 1268
7. 8 Chris Tays – 1252
8. 302 Robert Stutts (R) – 1190
9. 10 Matthew Turner – 1126
10. 44t Jim Till (R) – 1022
11. 21 Rusty Hoge – 830
12. 06 Bill Flowers – 694
13. 44c Curtis Cline – 654
14. 22 William Thomas – 572
15. 44 Shanon Buckingham – 566
16. 1 Johnny Stokes – 450
17. 21x Kody Barber – 416
18. 58 Larry Boutwell – 406
19. 90 Jimmy Kay – 400
20. 75 Carnell Parker III - 396

R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
 




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