story by Steve Hixson
Chattanooga, TN (5/20/08) – Missing a golden opportunity, with a 3rd place or better finish this past weekend, Randy THE DREAM Weaver could've tied or even held the Southern RANKINGS points lead leaving Cleveland, TN, Saturday night. Instead the # 4 ranked racer in the South region will have two (2) possible opportunities on this coming up Memorial Day Weekend to post some Top 5 finishes. Current leaders in the standings Chris Wall and Randle Chupp didn't compete in guidelined events this past weekend. Wall is on Injured Reserve an isn't expected back for over a month, while Chupp was just AWOL from the unrankable Carolina Clash twin event. Over in West Tennessee two other racers are making good in the Southern RANKINGS as both Ronny Lee Hollingsworth and Anthony Burroughs collected Southern Regional Racing series Top 5 finishes at the Milan (TN) Speedway event on Saturday. Hollingsworth has had two successful weekends, winning a week ago Saturday in Columbus, MS, before brandishing a 3rd this weekend. Fellow BAMA dirt-slinger Burroughs collected a strong runner-up to winner Dane Dacus, who was on home turf not far from his Arlington, TN residence.
Looks as though anything better than a 3rd place run this weekend with either the Battle of the Bluegrass series or with the SRRs fella's, for Weaver could very well put himself in the 'cat-birds seat' in the Southern RANKINGS. Both series are in Tennessee (not far from Weaver's Crossville home) with $5,000. to-Win events on different nights. As for RLH and Burroughs, the Duck River Speedway, Sunday show could bring either racer towards the top of the Southern RANKINGS. Unfortunately for them the Friday's West Tennessee SRRs show is only a Lite RANKINGS ($3,000. to-WIN) event. Reigning O'Reilly Southern All-Star champ Ivedent Lloyd, who's currently 3rd in Southern RANKINGS points will likely stay close to his Florida home readying possibly for some events in South Georgia that will wrap up May. Any of the Southern RANKINGS seven (7) 'wonders' could blast into the Top 5 points lead; Ice Bowl champ Bobby Mayse, former World 100 winner Dale McDowell, Shep Lucas, Stacy Boles, 2007 Southern RANKINGS champ Dennis RAMBO Franklin, Ronnie Johnson or Dacus could tie Chris Wall and Randle Chupp by collecting their second (guidelined $5,000. - $9,999) wins of the season.
Southern RANKINGS
as of 5/20/08
Driver Car # Hometown Total
1 Chris Wall 71 Springfield, LA 100
2 Randall Chupp 22 Mooresville, NC 100
3 Ivadent Lloyd 21 Ocala, FL 95
4 Randy Weaver 116 Crossville, TN 85
5 Jonathan Davenport 75 Blairesville, GA 75
6 Benji Cole 121 Toccoa, GA 65
7 Ronny Lee Hollingsworth 18 Northport, AL 65
8 Anthony Burroughs 121 Athens, AL 60
9 Bobby Mayse 22 Harrison, TN 50
10 Dale McDowell 17M Chickamauga, GA 50
11 Shep Lucas 57 McKensie, AL 50
12 Stacy Boles 11B Knoxville, TN 50
13 Dennis Franklin 2 Gaffney, SC 50
14 Ronnie Johnson 5 Chattanooga, TN 50
15 Dane Dacus 54 Arlington, TN 50
16 Rick Rogers 44 Knoxville, TN 40
17 Casey Roberts 101 Toccoa, GA 35
18 Ray Cook 53 Brasstown, NC 35
19 Tony Knowles 26 Tyrone, GA 30
20 Anthony Hill 10 Carrollton, GA 25
21 David Ashley 14 Zachary, LA 25
22 Josh Peacock 21P Dover, FL 25
23 Travis Pennington 0 1 Winston, GA 25
24 Skip Arp 97B Georgetown, TN 25
25 Jason Fitzgerald 7 Jacksonville, FL 20
26 James Ward W3 Lettsworth, LA 20
27 Tim Roszell 25 Anniston, AL 15
28 Shan Smith 17 Dade City, FL 15
29 Bub McCool 57j Vicksburg, MS 15
30 Vic Hill 1 Morristown, TN 15
31 Doug English 16 Clayton, GA 15
32 Neil Baggett 21 Shannon, MS 15
33 Anthony White 2X Clinton, TN 15
34 Byron Michael B17 Florence, AL 15
35 David Breazeale 54 Four Corners, MS 15
36 Kenny Merchant C28 West Monroe, LA 15
37 Joe Armes 77 Petross, TN 15
38 Billy Mayo 115 Cleveland, TN 10
39 Mike Boland 222 Cuba, AL 10
40 Jeff Conyers 47 Dover, FL 10
41 David Gentry 56 Lewisburg, TN 10
42 Brandon Kinzer 18 Allen, KY 10
43 Eddie Rickman 68 Columbus, MS 10
44 Tony Morris M31 Murphreesboro, TN 10
45 Brad Neat 41 Dunnville, KY 15
46 Riley Hickman R1 Ooltewah, TN 5
47 Scott Slay 6 Clinton, MS 5
48 Roger Crouse 32 Plant City, FL 5
49 Mark Clifton 11 Milton, FL 5
50 Shannon Buckingham 50 Morristown, TN 5
51 Dan Tipton 12T Knoxville, TN 5
52 Tim Busha 15 Boaz, AL 5
53 T.J. Alford OO7 Ball Play, AL 5
54 Chris Ragan C16 Corinth, MS 5
Chattanooga, TN (5/20/08) – Missing a golden opportunity, with a 3rd place or better finish this past weekend, Randy THE DREAM Weaver could've tied or even held the Southern RANKINGS points lead leaving Cleveland, TN, Saturday night. Instead the # 4 ranked racer in the South region will have two (2) possible opportunities on this coming up Memorial Day Weekend to post some Top 5 finishes. Current leaders in the standings Chris Wall and Randle Chupp didn't compete in guidelined events this past weekend. Wall is on Injured Reserve an isn't expected back for over a month, while Chupp was just AWOL from the unrankable Carolina Clash twin event. Over in West Tennessee two other racers are making good in the Southern RANKINGS as both Ronny Lee Hollingsworth and Anthony Burroughs collected Southern Regional Racing series Top 5 finishes at the Milan (TN) Speedway event on Saturday. Hollingsworth has had two successful weekends, winning a week ago Saturday in Columbus, MS, before brandishing a 3rd this weekend. Fellow BAMA dirt-slinger Burroughs collected a strong runner-up to winner Dane Dacus, who was on home turf not far from his Arlington, TN residence.
Looks as though anything better than a 3rd place run this weekend with either the Battle of the Bluegrass series or with the SRRs fella's, for Weaver could very well put himself in the 'cat-birds seat' in the Southern RANKINGS. Both series are in Tennessee (not far from Weaver's Crossville home) with $5,000. to-Win events on different nights. As for RLH and Burroughs, the Duck River Speedway, Sunday show could bring either racer towards the top of the Southern RANKINGS. Unfortunately for them the Friday's West Tennessee SRRs show is only a Lite RANKINGS ($3,000. to-WIN) event. Reigning O'Reilly Southern All-Star champ Ivedent Lloyd, who's currently 3rd in Southern RANKINGS points will likely stay close to his Florida home readying possibly for some events in South Georgia that will wrap up May. Any of the Southern RANKINGS seven (7) 'wonders' could blast into the Top 5 points lead; Ice Bowl champ Bobby Mayse, former World 100 winner Dale McDowell, Shep Lucas, Stacy Boles, 2007 Southern RANKINGS champ Dennis RAMBO Franklin, Ronnie Johnson or Dacus could tie Chris Wall and Randle Chupp by collecting their second (guidelined $5,000. - $9,999) wins of the season.
Southern RANKINGS
as of 5/20/08
Driver Car # Hometown Total
1 Chris Wall 71 Springfield, LA 100
2 Randall Chupp 22 Mooresville, NC 100
3 Ivadent Lloyd 21 Ocala, FL 95
4 Randy Weaver 116 Crossville, TN 85
5 Jonathan Davenport 75 Blairesville, GA 75
6 Benji Cole 121 Toccoa, GA 65
7 Ronny Lee Hollingsworth 18 Northport, AL 65
8 Anthony Burroughs 121 Athens, AL 60
9 Bobby Mayse 22 Harrison, TN 50
10 Dale McDowell 17M Chickamauga, GA 50
11 Shep Lucas 57 McKensie, AL 50
12 Stacy Boles 11B Knoxville, TN 50
13 Dennis Franklin 2 Gaffney, SC 50
14 Ronnie Johnson 5 Chattanooga, TN 50
15 Dane Dacus 54 Arlington, TN 50
16 Rick Rogers 44 Knoxville, TN 40
17 Casey Roberts 101 Toccoa, GA 35
18 Ray Cook 53 Brasstown, NC 35
19 Tony Knowles 26 Tyrone, GA 30
20 Anthony Hill 10 Carrollton, GA 25
21 David Ashley 14 Zachary, LA 25
22 Josh Peacock 21P Dover, FL 25
23 Travis Pennington 0 1 Winston, GA 25
24 Skip Arp 97B Georgetown, TN 25
25 Jason Fitzgerald 7 Jacksonville, FL 20
26 James Ward W3 Lettsworth, LA 20
27 Tim Roszell 25 Anniston, AL 15
28 Shan Smith 17 Dade City, FL 15
29 Bub McCool 57j Vicksburg, MS 15
30 Vic Hill 1 Morristown, TN 15
31 Doug English 16 Clayton, GA 15
32 Neil Baggett 21 Shannon, MS 15
33 Anthony White 2X Clinton, TN 15
34 Byron Michael B17 Florence, AL 15
35 David Breazeale 54 Four Corners, MS 15
36 Kenny Merchant C28 West Monroe, LA 15
37 Joe Armes 77 Petross, TN 15
38 Billy Mayo 115 Cleveland, TN 10
39 Mike Boland 222 Cuba, AL 10
40 Jeff Conyers 47 Dover, FL 10
41 David Gentry 56 Lewisburg, TN 10
42 Brandon Kinzer 18 Allen, KY 10
43 Eddie Rickman 68 Columbus, MS 10
44 Tony Morris M31 Murphreesboro, TN 10
45 Brad Neat 41 Dunnville, KY 15
46 Riley Hickman R1 Ooltewah, TN 5
47 Scott Slay 6 Clinton, MS 5
48 Roger Crouse 32 Plant City, FL 5
49 Mark Clifton 11 Milton, FL 5
50 Shannon Buckingham 50 Morristown, TN 5
51 Dan Tipton 12T Knoxville, TN 5
52 Tim Busha 15 Boaz, AL 5
53 T.J. Alford OO7 Ball Play, AL 5
54 Chris Ragan C16 Corinth, MS 5
