Columbus, MS - Billy Drake is a true survivor.
No one but a true survivor could have taken on and tamed Magnolia Motor Speedway this past weekend. With an uncharacteristically rough track surface due to heavy rains during the week, only the toughest drivers and equipment - with luck on thier side, to boot - could weather the punishment dished out by The Mag.
77 Super Late Models had come to compete in the $15,000-to-win 3rd Annual Cotton Pickin' 100. Track workers fought an uphill battle all weekend as they attempted to smooth the surface and bring out the usual "black ice" at the 3/8-mile venue, going so far as postponing Super Late Model heat races until Saturday afternoon. Little headway was made, but the show went on.
Drake would take the lead of the 100-lap main event with just 6 laps remaining as David Breazeale, who had led and battled with Drake since lap 58, jumped a rut in turn 2, knocking a sizeable chunk out of his radiator but able to continue. Drake would go on to win as Billy Moyer, Jr. worked his way around the rebounding Breazeale, whose Jay Dickens powerplant held on during the final laps despite essentially being out of water.
Chris Wall and Derrick Rainey would round out the top five in a race that saw plenty of wild action, with Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, Terrance Nowell, Billy Moyer, and Jamie Elam all leading at some point in the event. Nowell would lead the rest of the top ten to the line, followed by Mike Boland, Chris McElhenney, Anthony Rushing, and Ray Cook.
Rains which had threatened all night with occasional light sprinkles finally set in after the Super Late Model main event as the Stormpay.com Crate Late Models prepared to run thier feature race. The Crate Late Models as well as the Modifieds and Late Model Stocks will return to complete thier respective main events on Sunday.
Coors Light Cotton Pickin' 100
Super Late Models - 100 Laps - $15,000-to-win
77 Entries
1ST 9 BILLY DRAKE
2ND 21JR BILLY MOYER, JR
3RD 54 DAVID BREAZEALE
4TH 71 CHRIS WALL
5TH 87 DERRICK RAINEY
6TH 55 TERRANCE NOWELL
7TH 222 MIKE BOLAND
8TH 27 CHRIS MCELHENNEY
9TH 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
10TH 53 RAY COOK
11TH 6X ROB LITTON
12TH 18 RONNY LEE HOLLINGSWORTH
13TH 5 RONNIE JOHNSON
14TH 12 JAMIE ELAM
15TH 21 BILLY MOYER
16TH 18 JACK SULLIVAN
17TH 888 JASON CLIBURN
18TH 1 JOHNNY STOKES
19TH 66 BILL FRYE
20TH 71 DON O'NEAL
21ST 25 SHANE CLANTON
22ND 1 DAVID GENTRY
23RD F1 JEFF FLOYD
24TH 58C GARRETT DURRETT
Sunday Event Lineups
OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED MAIN
ROW 1 15 SHANE STEPHENS 3 SHAY KNIGHT
ROW 2 9 CHRIS COLLUMS 51 RODNEY WING
ROW 3 90 BRIAN RICKMAN 66 BILL FRYE
ROW 4 115 DANNY GENRTY 2 LEE RAY
ROW 5 8 BRYAN BROCK 25 JAY BURCHFIELD
ROW 6 06 JARED LANDERS 34 NOAH DASPIT
ROW 7 55 JIMMY HIETT 6D RICK DUKE
ROW 8 10 KELLY MCDANIEL 20 ROBBIE MCCLAIN
ROW 9 4 JASON BROCK G1 TONY ANGLIN
ROW 10 99 BRANDON POPPHEIMER 8M MIKE MURPHREE
ROW 11 17 MATT PRICE 31 BILLY COLLETT
ROW 12 6X KYLE PLEASANT 11 JASON HIETT
STORMPAY.COM CRATE LATE MODEL MAIN
(See Stormpay.com official press release)
LATE MODEL STOCK MAIN
ROW 1 10 CHUCKIE GIPSON 19 MARCUS MINGA
ROW 2 7 JEREMY GLASGOW 21 BEN MCCREARY
ROW 3 M14 TIM HARRIS 65 BILLY FRANKLIN
ROW 4 33C ERIC COOLEY 327J JAMIE TOLLISON
ROW 5 7 STACY TYLER 73 MIKE ELLIS
ROW 6 12 DALLA MOZINGO 82 JASON SANDERFORD
ROW 7 65 JOEY MCKINNEY 5 SCOTT FULGHAM
ROW 8 75M RUBLE MAXEY 2 THOMAS LANGLEY
ROW 9 H1 JERRY LUCAS F1 SCOTT FLURRY
ROW 10 911 CHRIS REED K10 KEITH CASTLE
ROW 11 12 TRENT ELTSON 4 RICHARD WEST
