Magnolia State 100 News
Columbus Speedway
www.columbusspeedway.net
Columbus, Mississippi
17th Annual Magnolia State 100 Event Preview
Columbus, MS-This Friday and Saturday night, September 29th and 30th, Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS hosts the 17th running of the Premier Ford Magnolia State 100. The top Super Late Model drivers in the region as well as many of the best in the nation will once again fill the pits at "The Baddest Bullring in the South" to do wage an all-out war for a record purse including a $25,006 winner's share in the 100-lap affair.
The premier racing event in Mississippi always draws a huge field of Super Late Models and indications are no different this year with nearly 90 Super Late Model drivers already entered for the show with many more entries expected at race time. The race has quickly evolved into one of the top short track racing events in the South under the steady guidance of event promoter Dewitt Singleton.
Drivers who call Mississippi home obviously covet the prize above all others, though "The Kosciusko Kamikaze" Anthony Rushing is the only driver from the Magnolia State to enter victory lane in the 16 years of the event's history. Other area heroes expected to try to keep the money in-state include David Breazeale, plus Scott Dedwylder, Jason Smith, and local heroes Eddie and Rick Rickman, Shawn Edwards, Tombo Callahan, and Mark Stokes. Other drivers from the region include the reigning Magnolia State 100 champion of Louisiana's Chris Wall will attempt to keep the money in the southeast, along with Alabama veteran driver Mike Boland who has competed in all 16 previous events with 2 runner up finishes, plus other Columbus Speedway front runners Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, Dean Carpenter, Jay Blair, Jimbo McDuffie, Bub McCool, Scott Slay, and Neil Baggett. A small sampling of the unique mix of top regional drivers entered include Kenny Merchant, Aaron Hatton, Ronny Adams, Jeff and Peyton Taylor, Mark Mears, Jamie Elam, Kelly Hanvey, Aaron Ridley, Tony Morris, Garrett Durrett, Dane Dacus, Jay Brinkley, Rob Litton, plus a host of drivers entered representing 11 different states.
The names that adorn the Magnolia State 100 prestigious champion’s list illustrates that adding a Magnolia State 100 win to a driver's resume is no easy task. Along with last year's winner “The Intimagator” Chris Wall, drivers to take home victories in the Mississippi’s biggest short track event are Mike Marlar, Anthony Rushing, Wendell Wallace, Ronnie Johnson, Terry English, Rex Richey, Johnny Virden, and of course, the events' 7-time champion Billy Moyer.
As usual, a host of the nation's top competitors have indicated that they plan to attempt to add their name to the winner’s list this weekend. Needless to say, a stellar field of many of the nation’s premier drivers will be in attendance. Drivers such as Freddy Smith, Earl Pearson Jr, Wendell Wallace, Don O’Neal, Clint Smith, Jimmy Owens, Shane Clanton, Ray Cook, plus other nationally known professional racers have indicated they will be competing for the $25,006 top prize.
The highly entertaining format of the successful is in place for the fans. Drivers will compete in Pepsi Pole Qualifying on Friday night that is always a spectacle at "The Bullring" as it is man versus machine in a battle to see which driver can tame Johnny Stokes' high banks with a $300 Fast Time Award courtesy of Muffler Magic. Qualifying determines the lineup, with an added twist of an inversion of 4 for six heat races, which never fail to produce some of the weekend's most intense action; as drivers will race on the ragged edge trying to become one of the top 18 feature starters. Heat winners will then draw among themselves to determine the top 6 starting positions in the A-Main.
Saturday night’s line up features nearly 150 laps of Super Late Model racing action. The event employs a very unique format as those competitors who did not make the $25,006-to-win, main event through heat races on Friday night get not one, but two chances to get make the 26-car starting field. Drivers unable to transfer through one of the three frantic B-mains will have a final opportunity to make the big show in the Last Chance Dash presented by American Race Tires. And then, finally, the big one - the $25,006-to-win, 100-lap battle royal at "The Bullring" - the 17th running of the Magnolia State 100, which will roll off as the first main event of the evening.
The Magnolia State Championships showcase talent outside of the Super Late Model division. A spectacular field of Open-Wheel (IMCA-type) Modifieds can be expected as the division races for $2,006-to-win in the Etheridge Race Parts Magnolia State Modified Championship. The super-competitive modifieds have been responsible for some of the best racing of the season in 2006 at "The Bullring". The hard-racing Street Stocks will compete for $1,000 to win Gator Trax Boats Magnolia State Street Stock Championship and Late Model Stock/Crate Models will compete for a $1,200 prize for the Mills Morris Carquest Magnolia State Late Model Stock/Crate Model Championship.
Open practice begins Thursday night, September 28th at 7:00 PM for all divisions. Friday night is Pepsi Pole Night, as the Magnolia State 100 Super Late Models qualify and run heat races as they attempt to make the feature field. Local divisions will run on Friday night in preliminary action as well. Saturday night is "the big show", the $25,006-to-win Magnolia State 100, along with B-Mains and local division Magnolia State Championships. Full event information is listed below.
Coolers and lawn chairs are always welcome and radios can be tuned to 88.5 FM to hear the Columbus Speedway area broadcast from the tower. Fans should also note there will be a driver’s autograph session from 5:00 until 5:30pm on Saturday as well.
Join the crowd at "The Bullring" and find out what hardcore dirt track racing is all about. Experience the all-out, no guts, and no glory action at one of the South's most exciting race tracks. Join us this weekend for the 17th running of the Magnolia State 100 at "The Baddest Bullring in the South"!
Additional Magnolia State 100 information is available by the Columbus Speedway event hotline at 662-241-5004. Columbus Speedway and complete Magnolia State 100 information can be found on the Columbus Speedway website hosted at www.columbusspeedway.net .
Magnolia State 100 Event Facts:
EVENT FORMAT
Thursday Schedule:
Open Practice
3pm: Pit Gates Open
7:00pm: Practice from 7pm till 10pm
Grand Stand Admission: FREE
Pit admission: Adults-$15. Children 12 & under free
3-day pit pass $70.
Friday Schedule:
2pm: Pit gates open
4pm: Grandstands open
6:30: Driver’s meeting
7:15: Hot Laps
8pm: Pepsi Pole Night
Super Late Model Pole Qualifying and Qualifying Races plus
Local Division Qualifying Races
Stands: Adults $20. Children 12 and under free
2-day grandstand pass $40.
Pit admission: Adults $30. Children 7-12 $10. Children 6 & under free.
2-day pit pass $60.
Saturday Schedule:
2:00pm: Pit gates open
4:00pm: grandstands open
5:00pm until 5:30pm: Autograph session on souvenir row
5:45pm Driver’s meeting
6:30pm: Hot Laps
7:00pm: Racing
Magnolia State 100 Main Event Night
B-Mains plus Magnolia State Main Events
Stands: Adults $25. Children 7-12 $10. Children 6 & under free.
Pit admission: Adults $35. Children 7-12 $15. Children 6 & under free.
PURSE, PRICES, LAPS, & RACE FORMAT BASED ON 2-DAY SHOW.
Host Hotels
Comfort Inn 662-329-2422
Holiday Inn 662-327-7077
The Hampton Inn 662-328-6720
Ask for the Columbus Speedway rate
For event information call Dewitt Singleton at 601-917-1500 days or 601-635-4300 evenings. Or call Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 or the event hotline at 662-241-5004. Complete event information is available at www.columbusspeedway.net .
Corporate Sponsors and Contributors
PREMIER FORD
PEPSI
ETHERIDGE RACE PARTS
AMERICAN RACE TIRES BY BRIAN
GATOR TRAX BOATS
MILLS MORRIS CARQUEST
CUSTOM CAMS
MUFFLER MAGIC
WILKERSON CONSTRUCTION
HAYES ACCOUSTICS
STOKES EXPRESS LUBE
GLASS INCORPORATED
J & J TOBACCO MART
TIBBETT’S PLUMBING
COOLEY TRANSPORT
JAY DICKENS
PHOTO 1
SUNOCO
TUXEDO AUTO REPAIR
MRC RACING COLLECTIBLES
http://www.midsouthracing.com/
Columbus Speedway
www.columbusspeedway.net
Columbus, Mississippi
17th Annual Magnolia State 100 Event Preview
Columbus, MS-This Friday and Saturday night, September 29th and 30th, Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS hosts the 17th running of the Premier Ford Magnolia State 100. The top Super Late Model drivers in the region as well as many of the best in the nation will once again fill the pits at "The Baddest Bullring in the South" to do wage an all-out war for a record purse including a $25,006 winner's share in the 100-lap affair.
The premier racing event in Mississippi always draws a huge field of Super Late Models and indications are no different this year with nearly 90 Super Late Model drivers already entered for the show with many more entries expected at race time. The race has quickly evolved into one of the top short track racing events in the South under the steady guidance of event promoter Dewitt Singleton.
Drivers who call Mississippi home obviously covet the prize above all others, though "The Kosciusko Kamikaze" Anthony Rushing is the only driver from the Magnolia State to enter victory lane in the 16 years of the event's history. Other area heroes expected to try to keep the money in-state include David Breazeale, plus Scott Dedwylder, Jason Smith, and local heroes Eddie and Rick Rickman, Shawn Edwards, Tombo Callahan, and Mark Stokes. Other drivers from the region include the reigning Magnolia State 100 champion of Louisiana's Chris Wall will attempt to keep the money in the southeast, along with Alabama veteran driver Mike Boland who has competed in all 16 previous events with 2 runner up finishes, plus other Columbus Speedway front runners Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, Dean Carpenter, Jay Blair, Jimbo McDuffie, Bub McCool, Scott Slay, and Neil Baggett. A small sampling of the unique mix of top regional drivers entered include Kenny Merchant, Aaron Hatton, Ronny Adams, Jeff and Peyton Taylor, Mark Mears, Jamie Elam, Kelly Hanvey, Aaron Ridley, Tony Morris, Garrett Durrett, Dane Dacus, Jay Brinkley, Rob Litton, plus a host of drivers entered representing 11 different states.
The names that adorn the Magnolia State 100 prestigious champion’s list illustrates that adding a Magnolia State 100 win to a driver's resume is no easy task. Along with last year's winner “The Intimagator” Chris Wall, drivers to take home victories in the Mississippi’s biggest short track event are Mike Marlar, Anthony Rushing, Wendell Wallace, Ronnie Johnson, Terry English, Rex Richey, Johnny Virden, and of course, the events' 7-time champion Billy Moyer.
As usual, a host of the nation's top competitors have indicated that they plan to attempt to add their name to the winner’s list this weekend. Needless to say, a stellar field of many of the nation’s premier drivers will be in attendance. Drivers such as Freddy Smith, Earl Pearson Jr, Wendell Wallace, Don O’Neal, Clint Smith, Jimmy Owens, Shane Clanton, Ray Cook, plus other nationally known professional racers have indicated they will be competing for the $25,006 top prize.
The highly entertaining format of the successful is in place for the fans. Drivers will compete in Pepsi Pole Qualifying on Friday night that is always a spectacle at "The Bullring" as it is man versus machine in a battle to see which driver can tame Johnny Stokes' high banks with a $300 Fast Time Award courtesy of Muffler Magic. Qualifying determines the lineup, with an added twist of an inversion of 4 for six heat races, which never fail to produce some of the weekend's most intense action; as drivers will race on the ragged edge trying to become one of the top 18 feature starters. Heat winners will then draw among themselves to determine the top 6 starting positions in the A-Main.
Saturday night’s line up features nearly 150 laps of Super Late Model racing action. The event employs a very unique format as those competitors who did not make the $25,006-to-win, main event through heat races on Friday night get not one, but two chances to get make the 26-car starting field. Drivers unable to transfer through one of the three frantic B-mains will have a final opportunity to make the big show in the Last Chance Dash presented by American Race Tires. And then, finally, the big one - the $25,006-to-win, 100-lap battle royal at "The Bullring" - the 17th running of the Magnolia State 100, which will roll off as the first main event of the evening.
The Magnolia State Championships showcase talent outside of the Super Late Model division. A spectacular field of Open-Wheel (IMCA-type) Modifieds can be expected as the division races for $2,006-to-win in the Etheridge Race Parts Magnolia State Modified Championship. The super-competitive modifieds have been responsible for some of the best racing of the season in 2006 at "The Bullring". The hard-racing Street Stocks will compete for $1,000 to win Gator Trax Boats Magnolia State Street Stock Championship and Late Model Stock/Crate Models will compete for a $1,200 prize for the Mills Morris Carquest Magnolia State Late Model Stock/Crate Model Championship.
Open practice begins Thursday night, September 28th at 7:00 PM for all divisions. Friday night is Pepsi Pole Night, as the Magnolia State 100 Super Late Models qualify and run heat races as they attempt to make the feature field. Local divisions will run on Friday night in preliminary action as well. Saturday night is "the big show", the $25,006-to-win Magnolia State 100, along with B-Mains and local division Magnolia State Championships. Full event information is listed below.
Coolers and lawn chairs are always welcome and radios can be tuned to 88.5 FM to hear the Columbus Speedway area broadcast from the tower. Fans should also note there will be a driver’s autograph session from 5:00 until 5:30pm on Saturday as well.
Join the crowd at "The Bullring" and find out what hardcore dirt track racing is all about. Experience the all-out, no guts, and no glory action at one of the South's most exciting race tracks. Join us this weekend for the 17th running of the Magnolia State 100 at "The Baddest Bullring in the South"!
Additional Magnolia State 100 information is available by the Columbus Speedway event hotline at 662-241-5004. Columbus Speedway and complete Magnolia State 100 information can be found on the Columbus Speedway website hosted at www.columbusspeedway.net .
Magnolia State 100 Event Facts:
EVENT FORMAT
Thursday Schedule:
Open Practice
3pm: Pit Gates Open
7:00pm: Practice from 7pm till 10pm
Grand Stand Admission: FREE
Pit admission: Adults-$15. Children 12 & under free
3-day pit pass $70.
Friday Schedule:
2pm: Pit gates open
4pm: Grandstands open
6:30: Driver’s meeting
7:15: Hot Laps
8pm: Pepsi Pole Night
Super Late Model Pole Qualifying and Qualifying Races plus
Local Division Qualifying Races
Stands: Adults $20. Children 12 and under free
2-day grandstand pass $40.
Pit admission: Adults $30. Children 7-12 $10. Children 6 & under free.
2-day pit pass $60.
Saturday Schedule:
2:00pm: Pit gates open
4:00pm: grandstands open
5:00pm until 5:30pm: Autograph session on souvenir row
5:45pm Driver’s meeting
6:30pm: Hot Laps
7:00pm: Racing
Magnolia State 100 Main Event Night
B-Mains plus Magnolia State Main Events
Stands: Adults $25. Children 7-12 $10. Children 6 & under free.
Pit admission: Adults $35. Children 7-12 $15. Children 6 & under free.
PURSE, PRICES, LAPS, & RACE FORMAT BASED ON 2-DAY SHOW.
Host Hotels
Comfort Inn 662-329-2422
Holiday Inn 662-327-7077
The Hampton Inn 662-328-6720
Ask for the Columbus Speedway rate
For event information call Dewitt Singleton at 601-917-1500 days or 601-635-4300 evenings. Or call Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 or the event hotline at 662-241-5004. Complete event information is available at www.columbusspeedway.net .
Corporate Sponsors and Contributors
PREMIER FORD
PEPSI
ETHERIDGE RACE PARTS
AMERICAN RACE TIRES BY BRIAN
GATOR TRAX BOATS
MILLS MORRIS CARQUEST
CUSTOM CAMS
MUFFLER MAGIC
WILKERSON CONSTRUCTION
HAYES ACCOUSTICS
STOKES EXPRESS LUBE
GLASS INCORPORATED
J & J TOBACCO MART
TIBBETT’S PLUMBING
COOLEY TRANSPORT
JAY DICKENS
PHOTO 1
SUNOCO
TUXEDO AUTO REPAIR
MRC RACING COLLECTIBLES
http://www.midsouthracing.com/
