By Roby Helm
LOXLEY, AL – William Thomas of Phenix City, AL set fast time and won the first 10-lap heat race on Friday night to earn the pole position for the 75-lap $5,000-to-win main event on Saturday night at Deep South Speedway for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series.
Thomas started out the evening by setting fast among the 34 entrants with a lap around the 4/10-mile high-banked clay oval in 17.333 seconds driving the J.W. Miller Land and Timber Scorpion. Thomas then led every lap in the first heat race to earn the inside front row seat for the big show on Saturday night.
Joining Thomas on the front row will be Jay Blair of Angie, LA in the Parish Disposal Mastersbilt. The “Angie Assassin” won the second 10-lap heat race to earn the outside front row starting spot.
Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA won the third 10-lap heat race in the Dixon Hauling and Grading Rocket and will start the feature race from the inside of the second row. Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN will start the main event from the outside of the second row in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright after winning the fourth 10-lap heat race.
The top four finishers from each of the four heat races earned the “Sweet 16” starting spots in Saturday night’s main event.
Transferring to the big show in the first heat race along with Thomas were James Ussery Jr. of Cottondale, FL in the Shores Construction GRT, Chris Hoomes of Brenton, AL in the Speedy Lube GRT, and Robert Stutts of Murfreesboro, TN in the Bob Parks Realty Barry Wright.
Joining Blair as feature race transferees in the second heat race were the defending StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS in the NeSmith Chevrolet Mastersbilt, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks.
Stephen Brantley of Monroeville, AL in the Airport Sports Center Rocket, Ricky Haugen of Pace, FL in the VISA, MasterCard, Discover Larry Shaw, and the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA in the Universal Concrete Rocket followed Rainey into the feature race in the third heat race.
The fourth heat race saw Chris Coggin of Orange Beach, AL in the Coggin Land Service Warrior, Frank Wilson of Harold, FL in the Wilson Lumber Company Rocket, and Joey Thomas of Vancleve, MS in the Thomas Motorsports Mastersbilt finished second through fourth respectively behind Buckingham to transfer into the big show.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races on Friday night will have another opportunity to race their way into the main event in one of two 12-lap B-Mains on Saturday night that will see the top three finishers in each B-Main transfer into the feature race in starting spots 17 through 22. Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 Provisional spots.
Among the StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 point drivers still on the outside looking in are third-place Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA, eighth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, ninth-place Chris Tays of Corinth, MS, and 12th-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN. Also still trying to make the show through a B-Main is National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT DEEP SOUTH SPEEDWAY IN LOXLEY, AL ON 3/16/07:
QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENG LAP 1 LAP 2 TIME
1 22w William Thomas Phenix City, AL Scorpion 604 17.333 17.360 17.333
2 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA Mastersbilt 604 17.490 17.600 17.490
3 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA Rocket 604 17.774 17.501 17.501
4 17 Chris Coggin Orange Beach, AL Warrior 604 17.867 17.567 17.567
5 99 Isaiah Day Flomaton, AL Mastersbilt 604 17.908 17.580 17.580
6 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.800 17.592 17.592
7 F9 Frank Ingram Woodstock, GA Rocket 604 18.029 17.626 17.626
8 72 Frank Wilson Harold, FL Rocket 604 17.937 17.629 17.629
9 71 James Ussery Jr. Cottondale, FL GRT 604 17.663 18.119 17.663
10 1 Johnny Stokes Columbus, MS Mastersbilt 604 18.011 17.678 17.678
11 02 Stephen Brantley Monroeville, AL Rocket 604 17.695 18.447 17.695
12 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 604 17.807 17.708 17.708
13 302 Robert Stutts – R Murfreesboro, TN Barry Wright 604 17.821 17.718 17.718
14 44t Jim Till – R Greenville, AL Trak Star 604 17.934 17.756 17.756
15 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 17.794 18.235 17.794
16 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.947 17.833 17.833
17 00 Chris Hoomes Brenton, AL GRT 604 18.069 17.851 17.851
18 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS Rocket 604 17.950 17.855 17.855
19 22g Ricky Haugen Pace, FL Larry Shaw 604 17.888 17.876 17.876
20 1t Terry Mosley - R Gilbertown, AL Rocket 604 18.312 17.881 17.881
21 38c Chip Brindle – R Chatsworth, GA GRT 604 17.948 17.899 17.899
22 L97 Randy Little Satsuma, AL GRT 604 18.911 17.922 17.922
23 58 Larry Boutwell Baker, FL TnT 604 17.929 17.956 17.929
24 27 Joey Thomas Vancleve, MS Mastersbilt 604 19.452 17.971 17.971
25 T69 Allen Taylor Saraland, AL TnT 604 17.986 18.501 17.986
26 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 604 18.145 18.314 18.145
27 97 Ryan Little Satsuma, AL GRT 604 18.158 18.408 18.158
28 10 Nathan Ingersoll Robertsdale, AL Mastersbilt 604 18.652 18.167 18.167
29 16 Brad Lowe Knoxville, TN Rocket 604 18.917 18.806 18.806
30 T5 Bill Flowers Bremen, GA Rocket 604 19.311 18.864 18.864
31 99 Joey Fields Aragon, GA Warrior 604 19.138 18.924 18.924
32 11 Larry Cifra Moss Point, MS GRT 604 19.132 19.128 19.128
33 21 Kody Barber Bogalusa, LA GRT 604 19.871 20.473 19.871
34 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 604 NT NT NT
HEAT RACES (10-Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event)
1ST HEAT: 1. W. Thomas; 2. Ussery; 3. Hoomes; 4. Stutts (R); 5. Taylor; 6. Barber; 7. Brindle (R); 8. Lowe; 9. Day.
2ND HEAT: 1. Blair; 2. Gentry; 3. Stokes; 4. Turner; 5. Ra. Little; 6. Till (R); 7. Tays; 8. Flowers.
3RD HEAT: 1. Rainey; 2. Brantley; 3. Haugen; 4. Ingram; 5. Boutwell; 6. Je. Fields; 7. Ry. Little; 8. Jo. Fields.
4TH HEAT: 1. Buckingham; 2. Coggin; 3. Wilson; 4. J. Thomas; 5. Parker; 6. Johnson; 7. Ingersoll; 8. Cifra; 9. Mosley (R).
FEATURE RACE “SWEET 16” 75-LAP MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE-UP:
22 William Thomas – 2x Jay Blair
87 Derrick Rainey – 44 Shannon Buckingham
71 James Ussery Jr. – 56 David Gentry
02 Steven Brantley – 17 Chris Coggin
00 Chris Hoomes – 1 Johnny Stokes
22g Ricky Haugen – 72 Frank Wilson
302 Robert Stutts (R) – 10 Matthew Turner
F9 Frank Ingram – 27 Joey Thomas
B-MAIN STARTING LINE-UPS (12 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
T69 Allen Taylor – L97 Randy Little
21x Kody Barber – 44t Jim Till (R)
38c Chip Brindle (R) – 8 Chris Tays
16L Brad Lowe – T5 Bill Flowers
99D Isaiah Day
2ND B-MAIN:
58 Larry Boutwell – 75 Carnell Parker III
16 Jeff Fields – 5 Ronnie Johnson
97 Ryan Little – 10 Nathan Ingersoll
99 Joey Fields – 11 Larry Cifra
1T Terry Mosley (R)
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
LOXLEY, AL – William Thomas of Phenix City, AL set fast time and won the first 10-lap heat race on Friday night to earn the pole position for the 75-lap $5,000-to-win main event on Saturday night at Deep South Speedway for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series.
Thomas started out the evening by setting fast among the 34 entrants with a lap around the 4/10-mile high-banked clay oval in 17.333 seconds driving the J.W. Miller Land and Timber Scorpion. Thomas then led every lap in the first heat race to earn the inside front row seat for the big show on Saturday night.
Joining Thomas on the front row will be Jay Blair of Angie, LA in the Parish Disposal Mastersbilt. The “Angie Assassin” won the second 10-lap heat race to earn the outside front row starting spot.
Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA won the third 10-lap heat race in the Dixon Hauling and Grading Rocket and will start the feature race from the inside of the second row. Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN will start the main event from the outside of the second row in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright after winning the fourth 10-lap heat race.
The top four finishers from each of the four heat races earned the “Sweet 16” starting spots in Saturday night’s main event.
Transferring to the big show in the first heat race along with Thomas were James Ussery Jr. of Cottondale, FL in the Shores Construction GRT, Chris Hoomes of Brenton, AL in the Speedy Lube GRT, and Robert Stutts of Murfreesboro, TN in the Bob Parks Realty Barry Wright.
Joining Blair as feature race transferees in the second heat race were the defending StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS in the NeSmith Chevrolet Mastersbilt, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks.
Stephen Brantley of Monroeville, AL in the Airport Sports Center Rocket, Ricky Haugen of Pace, FL in the VISA, MasterCard, Discover Larry Shaw, and the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA in the Universal Concrete Rocket followed Rainey into the feature race in the third heat race.
The fourth heat race saw Chris Coggin of Orange Beach, AL in the Coggin Land Service Warrior, Frank Wilson of Harold, FL in the Wilson Lumber Company Rocket, and Joey Thomas of Vancleve, MS in the Thomas Motorsports Mastersbilt finished second through fourth respectively behind Buckingham to transfer into the big show.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in the four heat races on Friday night will have another opportunity to race their way into the main event in one of two 12-lap B-Mains on Saturday night that will see the top three finishers in each B-Main transfer into the feature race in starting spots 17 through 22. Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 Provisional spots.
Among the StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 point drivers still on the outside looking in are third-place Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA, eighth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, ninth-place Chris Tays of Corinth, MS, and 12th-place Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN. Also still trying to make the show through a B-Main is National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT DEEP SOUTH SPEEDWAY IN LOXLEY, AL ON 3/16/07:
QUALIFYING:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS ENG LAP 1 LAP 2 TIME
1 22w William Thomas Phenix City, AL Scorpion 604 17.333 17.360 17.333
2 2x Jay Blair Angie, LA Mastersbilt 604 17.490 17.600 17.490
3 87 Derrick Rainey Powder Springs, GA Rocket 604 17.774 17.501 17.501
4 17 Chris Coggin Orange Beach, AL Warrior 604 17.867 17.567 17.567
5 99 Isaiah Day Flomaton, AL Mastersbilt 604 17.908 17.580 17.580
6 56 David Gentry Lewisburg, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.800 17.592 17.592
7 F9 Frank Ingram Woodstock, GA Rocket 604 18.029 17.626 17.626
8 72 Frank Wilson Harold, FL Rocket 604 17.937 17.629 17.629
9 71 James Ussery Jr. Cottondale, FL GRT 604 17.663 18.119 17.663
10 1 Johnny Stokes Columbus, MS Mastersbilt 604 18.011 17.678 17.678
11 02 Stephen Brantley Monroeville, AL Rocket 604 17.695 18.447 17.695
12 44 Shannon Buckingham Morristown, TN Barry Wright 604 17.807 17.708 17.708
13 302 Robert Stutts – R Murfreesboro, TN Barry Wright 604 17.821 17.718 17.718
14 44t Jim Till – R Greenville, AL Trak Star 604 17.934 17.756 17.756
15 16 Jeff Fields Aragon, GA Mastersbilt 604 17.794 18.235 17.794
16 75 Carnell Parker III Clarksville, TN Mastersbilt 604 17.947 17.833 17.833
17 00 Chris Hoomes Brenton, AL GRT 604 18.069 17.851 17.851
18 8 Chris Tays Corinth, MS Rocket 604 17.950 17.855 17.855
19 22g Ricky Haugen Pace, FL Larry Shaw 604 17.888 17.876 17.876
20 1t Terry Mosley - R Gilbertown, AL Rocket 604 18.312 17.881 17.881
21 38c Chip Brindle – R Chatsworth, GA GRT 604 17.948 17.899 17.899
22 L97 Randy Little Satsuma, AL GRT 604 18.911 17.922 17.922
23 58 Larry Boutwell Baker, FL TnT 604 17.929 17.956 17.929
24 27 Joey Thomas Vancleve, MS Mastersbilt 604 19.452 17.971 17.971
25 T69 Allen Taylor Saraland, AL TnT 604 17.986 18.501 17.986
26 10 Matthew Turner Dawsonville, GA Hicks 604 18.145 18.314 18.145
27 97 Ryan Little Satsuma, AL GRT 604 18.158 18.408 18.158
28 10 Nathan Ingersoll Robertsdale, AL Mastersbilt 604 18.652 18.167 18.167
29 16 Brad Lowe Knoxville, TN Rocket 604 18.917 18.806 18.806
30 T5 Bill Flowers Bremen, GA Rocket 604 19.311 18.864 18.864
31 99 Joey Fields Aragon, GA Warrior 604 19.138 18.924 18.924
32 11 Larry Cifra Moss Point, MS GRT 604 19.132 19.128 19.128
33 21 Kody Barber Bogalusa, LA GRT 604 19.871 20.473 19.871
34 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Warrior 604 NT NT NT
HEAT RACES (10-Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event)
1ST HEAT: 1. W. Thomas; 2. Ussery; 3. Hoomes; 4. Stutts (R); 5. Taylor; 6. Barber; 7. Brindle (R); 8. Lowe; 9. Day.
2ND HEAT: 1. Blair; 2. Gentry; 3. Stokes; 4. Turner; 5. Ra. Little; 6. Till (R); 7. Tays; 8. Flowers.
3RD HEAT: 1. Rainey; 2. Brantley; 3. Haugen; 4. Ingram; 5. Boutwell; 6. Je. Fields; 7. Ry. Little; 8. Jo. Fields.
4TH HEAT: 1. Buckingham; 2. Coggin; 3. Wilson; 4. J. Thomas; 5. Parker; 6. Johnson; 7. Ingersoll; 8. Cifra; 9. Mosley (R).
FEATURE RACE “SWEET 16” 75-LAP MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE-UP:
22 William Thomas – 2x Jay Blair
87 Derrick Rainey – 44 Shannon Buckingham
71 James Ussery Jr. – 56 David Gentry
02 Steven Brantley – 17 Chris Coggin
00 Chris Hoomes – 1 Johnny Stokes
22g Ricky Haugen – 72 Frank Wilson
302 Robert Stutts (R) – 10 Matthew Turner
F9 Frank Ingram – 27 Joey Thomas
B-MAIN STARTING LINE-UPS (12 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
T69 Allen Taylor – L97 Randy Little
21x Kody Barber – 44t Jim Till (R)
38c Chip Brindle (R) – 8 Chris Tays
16L Brad Lowe – T5 Bill Flowers
99D Isaiah Day
2ND B-MAIN:
58 Larry Boutwell – 75 Carnell Parker III
16 Jeff Fields – 5 Ronnie Johnson
97 Ryan Little – 10 Nathan Ingersoll
99 Joey Fields – 11 Larry Cifra
1T Terry Mosley (R)
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
