By David Darnell
Wendell Wallace topped an excellent field of Late Models to maintain his lead in the MARS late model series. Joining Wallace in victory lane were Todd Clifford with his first Modified win of the year and Claudie Cook, who topped the Hobby Stocks. Johnny Houart just edged Aaron Darby for the Street Stock honors, and Chris Kelley and Brandon Moore remained perfect for the year in Cruisers.
MARS series leader Wendell Wallace led from start to finish in an exciting feature race. Wallace and Billy James quickly checked out from the rest of the field and had quite a duel for 31 laps. The lead pair was in heavy lapped traffic from the 10th lap on. James looked both high and low for an opening and pulled even with Wallace on the back straight on lap 19, but
Wallace held thru turn three. A lap 31 caution reset the field and Wallace
pulled away once the traffic was out of his way and took the checkered flag by three seconds. James held on for second. Leslie Essary came around Gary Stolba on lap 34 to take third. David Gibson rounded out the top five. Heat winners were Matt Furman, Billy James, Wendell Wallace, and Brian Maynard.
Jeff Floyd won the B-Main.
No local points were awarded for Late Models.
MARS Late Models
30 Entries - 22 Start Feature
1. 88 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR
2. 5Jr. Billy James Sikeston,
MO
3. 5 Leslie Essary Crane
4. 33 Gary Stolba Willow Springs
5. G2 David Gibson Ash Flat, AR
6. 18 Bryan Maynard Paducah, KY
7. 75 Terry Phillips Springfield
8. 54 Dane Dacus Lakeland, TN
9. 5 Jeff Taylor Pleasant
Plains, AR
10. 42 Brandon McCormick Lebanon
Point Standings
Through 5 Events
(No Local Points Earned 6-18-04)
1. 99 Todd Hall - 162
2. 97M Joey Mack - 141
3. 11 Steve Karnes - 133
4. C21 Rex Berry - 125
5. 00 Bronson Berry - 113
6. 34 Scott Gibbs - 98
7. F1 Jeff Floyd - 91
8. 5 Jr. Billy James - 80
9. 14 Jr. Steve Rushin - 71
10. 94T Scott Tracer - 70
Todd Clifford won a good three way battle for the lead and took the checkered flag in the Modified race. Greg King opened the race and threaten to run away early, but was soon joined by Jared Wagster and Clifford. The top 3 quickly pulled away from the rest of the field. Greg King had a slow restart following a lap 9 caution period and relinquished the lead to Wagster and fell behind Clifford also. On lap 18 Clifford made his move to the lead as he dove low out of turn two and outran Wagster down the back straight to grab the lead. Shawn Haynes was the best of the rest in fourth place with Ronnie Vernon fifth.
Heat winners were Mike Powers, King, and Wagster. Jess Short won the B-Main.
Ronnie Vernon holds a slim 4-point lead in the season standings in a very tight race. Only 15 points separate the top 5 positions.
MODIFIEDS
26 Entries - 20 Start Feature
1. 21T Todd Clifford Paragould, AR
2. 10 Jared Wagster Portageville
3. 1 Greg King Sikeston
4. 21 Shawn Haynes Malden
5 G3 Ronnie Vernon Friendship, TN
6. P3 Mike Powers Burlison, TN
7. 1 Bart Richardson Bradford, TN
8. 84 Randy Martin Puxico
9. 45 Jeremy Conner Essex
10. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. G3 Ronnie Vernon - 189
2. 1 Bart Richardson - 185
3. Mee 2 Claudie Cook - 183
4. 21 Shawn Haynes - 178
5. 10 Jared Wagster - 174
6. 1 Greg King - 154
7. 32 Robby Arnold - 144
8. 45 Jeremy Conner - 127
9. 10R Tim Radford - 121
10. I-24 Shane Moody - 105
Although there were only nine Hobby Stock cars, there were nine very good ones. Claudie Cook grabbed the lead from Doug Moore mid race with a sharp move coming out of turn two onto the back straight. A lap of side by side racing was needed to complete the pass. Tony Anglin took third, followed by Tim Winchester and Glenn Griffin in the top five. Griffin won the heat race.
Claudie Cook regains the point's lead by eight over Tim Winchester.
HOBBY STOCK
9 Entries - 9 Start Feature
1. 54C Claudie Cook Portageville
2. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
3. 54A Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
4. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
5. 27M Glenn Griffin Rutherford, TN
6. 54B Matt Sturch
7. 96 Steven Cunningham Milan, TN
8. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
9. 82 Gene Fowler Portageville
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. 54C Claudie Cook - 240
2. 30/30 Tim Winchester - 232
3. 007 Doug Moore - 215
4. 94 Scott Tracer - 211
5. 82 Gene Fowler - 201
6. 27M Glenn Griffin - 167
7. 96 Steven Cunningham - 157
8. 54A Tony Anglin - 152
9. JP21 Jason Pennington - 88
10. N1 Dale Nelson - 82
The Street Stock was the final event of the evening and it went down to the final lap before it was decided. Aaron Darby grabbed the lead from the pole and was joined by Johnny Houart in a twelve-lap duel. From lap nine on the pair raced side by side with Houart taking his only lead just feet from the finish line to win his second feature of the year. It was a great close clean race. Eric Lacy took third, followed by Jim Hyde and Justin Rojas in the top five. Heat winners were Darby, Rojas, and Houart.
Darby maintains his commanding 111-point lead on the field with 6 top five finishes in 6 starts.
STREET STOCK
20 Entries - 18 Start Feature
1. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
2. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
3. 92 Eric Lacy Poplar Bluff
4. 98 Jim Hyde Tiptonville, TN
5. 42 Justin Rojas Malden
6. 5 Austin Mealer Dyersburg, TN
7. 33 Tony Copeland Cooter
8. C23 Billy Hopkins Caruthersville
9. 26 Mike Elliot Ellsinore
10. 60 Mike Massie Van Buren
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. 29 Aaron Darby - 285
2. 3 Pat Thompson - 174
3. 92 Eric Lacy - 140
4. 26 Mike Elliot - 139
5. 34 Johnny Houart - 134
6. 60 Mike Massie - 130
7. 98 Jim Hyde - 127
8. 20 B Jacob Black - 116
9. 42 Greg Casey - 114
10. 97 Paul Reeder - 109
Chris Kelley and Brandon Moore led from green to checkered to take their
seventh straight Cruiser victory. They also won the heat race.
CRUISERS
8 Entries - 8 Start Feature
1. 38K Kelley & Moore Portageville
2. 357 Simpson & Simpson Piggott, AR
3. 545 Stevenson & Doublin Broseley
4. Z 71 Austin & Ham Poplar Bluff
5. 90 W Doublin & Stevenson Wappapello
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. 38K Kelley & Moore/Kelley - 300
2. 357 Simpson & Simpson - 256
3. 84 Null & Null - 200
4. 90 W Doublin & Stevenson - 160
5. 57 Malone & Rice - 114
Wendell Wallace topped an excellent field of Late Models to maintain his lead in the MARS late model series. Joining Wallace in victory lane were Todd Clifford with his first Modified win of the year and Claudie Cook, who topped the Hobby Stocks. Johnny Houart just edged Aaron Darby for the Street Stock honors, and Chris Kelley and Brandon Moore remained perfect for the year in Cruisers.
MARS series leader Wendell Wallace led from start to finish in an exciting feature race. Wallace and Billy James quickly checked out from the rest of the field and had quite a duel for 31 laps. The lead pair was in heavy lapped traffic from the 10th lap on. James looked both high and low for an opening and pulled even with Wallace on the back straight on lap 19, but
Wallace held thru turn three. A lap 31 caution reset the field and Wallace
pulled away once the traffic was out of his way and took the checkered flag by three seconds. James held on for second. Leslie Essary came around Gary Stolba on lap 34 to take third. David Gibson rounded out the top five. Heat winners were Matt Furman, Billy James, Wendell Wallace, and Brian Maynard.
Jeff Floyd won the B-Main.
No local points were awarded for Late Models.
MARS Late Models
30 Entries - 22 Start Feature
1. 88 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR
2. 5Jr. Billy James Sikeston,
MO
3. 5 Leslie Essary Crane
4. 33 Gary Stolba Willow Springs
5. G2 David Gibson Ash Flat, AR
6. 18 Bryan Maynard Paducah, KY
7. 75 Terry Phillips Springfield
8. 54 Dane Dacus Lakeland, TN
9. 5 Jeff Taylor Pleasant
Plains, AR
10. 42 Brandon McCormick Lebanon
Point Standings
Through 5 Events
(No Local Points Earned 6-18-04)
1. 99 Todd Hall - 162
2. 97M Joey Mack - 141
3. 11 Steve Karnes - 133
4. C21 Rex Berry - 125
5. 00 Bronson Berry - 113
6. 34 Scott Gibbs - 98
7. F1 Jeff Floyd - 91
8. 5 Jr. Billy James - 80
9. 14 Jr. Steve Rushin - 71
10. 94T Scott Tracer - 70
Todd Clifford won a good three way battle for the lead and took the checkered flag in the Modified race. Greg King opened the race and threaten to run away early, but was soon joined by Jared Wagster and Clifford. The top 3 quickly pulled away from the rest of the field. Greg King had a slow restart following a lap 9 caution period and relinquished the lead to Wagster and fell behind Clifford also. On lap 18 Clifford made his move to the lead as he dove low out of turn two and outran Wagster down the back straight to grab the lead. Shawn Haynes was the best of the rest in fourth place with Ronnie Vernon fifth.
Heat winners were Mike Powers, King, and Wagster. Jess Short won the B-Main.
Ronnie Vernon holds a slim 4-point lead in the season standings in a very tight race. Only 15 points separate the top 5 positions.
MODIFIEDS
26 Entries - 20 Start Feature
1. 21T Todd Clifford Paragould, AR
2. 10 Jared Wagster Portageville
3. 1 Greg King Sikeston
4. 21 Shawn Haynes Malden
5 G3 Ronnie Vernon Friendship, TN
6. P3 Mike Powers Burlison, TN
7. 1 Bart Richardson Bradford, TN
8. 84 Randy Martin Puxico
9. 45 Jeremy Conner Essex
10. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. G3 Ronnie Vernon - 189
2. 1 Bart Richardson - 185
3. Mee 2 Claudie Cook - 183
4. 21 Shawn Haynes - 178
5. 10 Jared Wagster - 174
6. 1 Greg King - 154
7. 32 Robby Arnold - 144
8. 45 Jeremy Conner - 127
9. 10R Tim Radford - 121
10. I-24 Shane Moody - 105
Although there were only nine Hobby Stock cars, there were nine very good ones. Claudie Cook grabbed the lead from Doug Moore mid race with a sharp move coming out of turn two onto the back straight. A lap of side by side racing was needed to complete the pass. Tony Anglin took third, followed by Tim Winchester and Glenn Griffin in the top five. Griffin won the heat race.
Claudie Cook regains the point's lead by eight over Tim Winchester.
HOBBY STOCK
9 Entries - 9 Start Feature
1. 54C Claudie Cook Portageville
2. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
3. 54A Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
4. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
5. 27M Glenn Griffin Rutherford, TN
6. 54B Matt Sturch
7. 96 Steven Cunningham Milan, TN
8. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
9. 82 Gene Fowler Portageville
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. 54C Claudie Cook - 240
2. 30/30 Tim Winchester - 232
3. 007 Doug Moore - 215
4. 94 Scott Tracer - 211
5. 82 Gene Fowler - 201
6. 27M Glenn Griffin - 167
7. 96 Steven Cunningham - 157
8. 54A Tony Anglin - 152
9. JP21 Jason Pennington - 88
10. N1 Dale Nelson - 82
The Street Stock was the final event of the evening and it went down to the final lap before it was decided. Aaron Darby grabbed the lead from the pole and was joined by Johnny Houart in a twelve-lap duel. From lap nine on the pair raced side by side with Houart taking his only lead just feet from the finish line to win his second feature of the year. It was a great close clean race. Eric Lacy took third, followed by Jim Hyde and Justin Rojas in the top five. Heat winners were Darby, Rojas, and Houart.
Darby maintains his commanding 111-point lead on the field with 6 top five finishes in 6 starts.
STREET STOCK
20 Entries - 18 Start Feature
1. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
2. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
3. 92 Eric Lacy Poplar Bluff
4. 98 Jim Hyde Tiptonville, TN
5. 42 Justin Rojas Malden
6. 5 Austin Mealer Dyersburg, TN
7. 33 Tony Copeland Cooter
8. C23 Billy Hopkins Caruthersville
9. 26 Mike Elliot Ellsinore
10. 60 Mike Massie Van Buren
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. 29 Aaron Darby - 285
2. 3 Pat Thompson - 174
3. 92 Eric Lacy - 140
4. 26 Mike Elliot - 139
5. 34 Johnny Houart - 134
6. 60 Mike Massie - 130
7. 98 Jim Hyde - 127
8. 20 B Jacob Black - 116
9. 42 Greg Casey - 114
10. 97 Paul Reeder - 109
Chris Kelley and Brandon Moore led from green to checkered to take their
seventh straight Cruiser victory. They also won the heat race.
CRUISERS
8 Entries - 8 Start Feature
1. 38K Kelley & Moore Portageville
2. 357 Simpson & Simpson Piggott, AR
3. 545 Stevenson & Doublin Broseley
4. Z 71 Austin & Ham Poplar Bluff
5. 90 W Doublin & Stevenson Wappapello
Point Standings
Through 6 Events
1. 38K Kelley & Moore/Kelley - 300
2. 357 Simpson & Simpson - 256
3. 84 Null & Null - 200
4. 90 W Doublin & Stevenson - 160
5. 57 Malone & Rice - 114
