McCOMB, MS – David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN swept the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series preliminary events on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway for the 60-lap $5,000-to-win feature race on Sunday night. Gentry drove his Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt to fast time, a heat race win, and the dash win to earn the pole position for the Sunday night main event.
Gentry earned $1,300 for his efforts on Saturday night. He won $500 from Hog Chain Racing for fast time, $100 from Triple A Diesel Service for winning the first 12-lap heat race, and $700 for winning the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lightning Quick 6-Lap Dash.
Gentry was the fast qualifier among the 36 entrants with a lap around the 3/8-mile clay oval in 18.302 seconds for an average speed of 73.762 miles per hour. The night’s racing was delayed for two hours by a late afternoon rain shower.
Curt Lipsey of Hammond, LA won the Triple A Diesel Service second 12-lap heat race and finished second in the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lighting Quick 6-lap Dash. Lipsey will start his Surrett Contracting Rocket on the outside front row for the Sunday night main event.
StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN earned the inside second row starting spot for Sunday’s race in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright. Buckingham won the Triple A Diesel Service third 12-lap heat race, and finished third in the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lightning Quick 6-Lap Dash.
Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN was the fourth-place finisher in the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lightning Quick 6-Lap Dash to earn the outside second row starting spot for the Sunday night Big Show in the Parker Racing Mastersbilt. Parker also won the Triple A Diesel Service fourth 12-lap heat race.
The top four finishers in the four Triple A Diesel Service 12-lap heat races transferred into the Sunday night 60-lap $5,000-to-win feature race.
Following Gentry in the first heat were Landon Frith of Terry, MS in the Swinging Bridge Raceway Mastersbilt, Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt, and Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA in the B&B Specialized Hauling/Kimble Shell GRT.
Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks, Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN in the H&H Powersports GRT, and Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS in the TNT Graphix Mastersbilt finished second through fourth respectively in the second heat behind Lipsey.
Davin Bates of Independence, LA in the Fralick Home Builders Rocket, Danny Joe Thomas of Robertsdale, AL in the Creel Brothers Trucking Mastersbilt, and Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA followed Buckingham home in the third heat.
Richard Guidry of Port Allen, LA in the Tony’s Custom Carburetor Barry Wright, Kevin Watts of Denham Springs, LA in the Truck and Equipment Warrior, and Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com/NeSmith Chevrolet Warrior rounded out the top four behind Parker in the fourth heat.
Drivers that finished fifth through ninth in the four Triple A Diesel Service Heat Races will have another opportunity to qualify for the feature race in one of two 15-lap B-Main races on Sunday night. The top three finishers in each B-Main will transfer to feature race to fill in starting positions 17 through 22.
The 23rd and 24th starting spot are StormPay.com Top 15 point provisional spots. The only Top 15 point drivers entered for the Pike County Speedway event that have not yet qualified for the feature race are Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA and Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN.
If they should transfer to the big show through the B-Mains, the fourth-place finishers in the B-Mains would move into the main event.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 11 AT PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY IN McCOMB, MS ON 7/29/06:
HOG CHAIN RACING QUALIFICATIONS:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENGINE
1ST LAP
2ND LAP
TIME
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
42
Curt Lipsey
Hammond, LA
Rocket
25
Michael Keener
Douglasville, GA
Rocket
75
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
44
Shannon Buckingham
Morristown, TN
Barry Wright
13
Kevin Watts
Denham Springs, LA
Warrior
27
Joe Denby
Tullahoma, TN
Mastersbilt
21
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
248
Davin Bates
Independence, LA
Rocket
00
Jeff Smith
Villanow, GA
Warrior
50
Landon Frith
Terry, MS
Mastersbilt
444
Brooks Strength
Jackson, MS
Rocket
15x
Rodney Wing
Meridian, MS
Rocket
usa1
Richard Guidry
Port Allen, LA
Barry Wright
17
Zach Nichols
Cedartown, GA
GRT
91
Donald Watson
Greenwell Springs, LA
Barry Wright
K42
Danny Joe Thomas
Robertsdale, AL
Mastersbilt
63
Eddie Kerry
Zachary, LA
Warrior
2
Ryan Gifford
Winchester, TN
GRT
77t
Mark Tice
Hollandale, MS
Mastersbilt
2
David Pellerin
Metairie, LA
Mastersbilt
15
Jeff Purvis
Clarksville, TN
Warrior
86
Nick Curole
Metairie, LA
Warrior
5
Jim Stuart
LaPlace, LA
Rayburn
E10
Tyler Pitts
Sun, LA
Mastersbilt
1t
Terry Mosley
Gilbertown, AL
GRT
C1
Scott Graham
Petal, MS
GRT
3
Mike Collins
Carter Lake, IA
Rocket
11
Michael Rodrigue Jr.
Norco, LA
GRT
B11
Bubba Jones
Ellisville, MS
GRT
3
Jeff Danos
Mandeville, LA
Rayburn
22
Andy Robinson
Meridian, MS
GRT
07
Talbert Goldman - R
Meridian, MS
GRT
8j
Jacob Brumfield
Magnolia, MS
GRT
TRIPLE A DIESEL HEAT RACES (12 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Frith; 3. Fields; 4. Nichols; 5. Graham; 6. Danos; 7. Curole; 8. Denby; 9. Gifford.
2ND HEAT: 1. Lipsey; 2. Turner; 3. Hoge; 4. Tice; 5. Watson; 6. Strength; 7. Stuart; 8. Robinson; 9. Collins.
3RD HEAT: 1. Buckingham; 2. Bates; 3. Thomas; 4. Keener; 5. Wing; 6. Rodrigue; 7. Goldman (R); 8. Pitts; 9. Pellerin.
4TH HEAT: 1. Parker; 2. Guidry; 3. Watts; 4. Purvis; 5. Kerry; 6. Smith; 7. Mosley; 8. Jones; 9. Brumfield.
STORMPAY.COM/HOG CHAIN RACING LIGHTNING QUICK 6-LAP DASH: 1. Gentry; 2. Lipsey; 3. Buckingham; 4. Parker.
“SWEET 16” FEATURE RACE LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
56 David Gentry – 42 Curt Lipsey
ROW 2:
44 Shannon Buckingham – 75 Carnell Parker III
ROW 3:
50 Landon Frith – 10 Matthew Turner
ROW 4:
248 Davin Bates – usa1 Richard Guidry
ROW 5:
16 Jeff Fields – 21 Rusty Hoge
ROW 6:
K42 Danny Joe Thomas – 13 Kevin Watts
ROW 7:
17 Zach Nichols – 77t Mark Tice
ROW 8:
25 Michael Keener – 15 Jeff Purvis
B-MAIN LINE-UPS (15 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST B-MAIN:
C1 Scott Graham – 15x Rodney Wing
3 Jeff Danos – 11 Michael Rodrigue
86 Nick Curole – 07 Talbert Goldman
27 Joe Denby – E10 Tyler Pitts
2 Ryan Gifford – 2 David Pellerin
2ND B-MAIN:
91 Donald Watson – 63 Eddie Kerry
444 Brooks Strength – 00 Jeff Smith
5 Jim Stuart – 1t Terry Mosley
22 Andy Robinson – B11 Bubba Jones
3 Mike Collins – 8j Jacob Brumfield
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
Gentry earned $1,300 for his efforts on Saturday night. He won $500 from Hog Chain Racing for fast time, $100 from Triple A Diesel Service for winning the first 12-lap heat race, and $700 for winning the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lightning Quick 6-Lap Dash.
Gentry was the fast qualifier among the 36 entrants with a lap around the 3/8-mile clay oval in 18.302 seconds for an average speed of 73.762 miles per hour. The night’s racing was delayed for two hours by a late afternoon rain shower.
Curt Lipsey of Hammond, LA won the Triple A Diesel Service second 12-lap heat race and finished second in the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lighting Quick 6-lap Dash. Lipsey will start his Surrett Contracting Rocket on the outside front row for the Sunday night main event.
StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring point leader Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN earned the inside second row starting spot for Sunday’s race in the S&S Millwright Barry Wright. Buckingham won the Triple A Diesel Service third 12-lap heat race, and finished third in the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lightning Quick 6-Lap Dash.
Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN was the fourth-place finisher in the StormPay.com/Hog Chain Racing Lightning Quick 6-Lap Dash to earn the outside second row starting spot for the Sunday night Big Show in the Parker Racing Mastersbilt. Parker also won the Triple A Diesel Service fourth 12-lap heat race.
The top four finishers in the four Triple A Diesel Service 12-lap heat races transferred into the Sunday night 60-lap $5,000-to-win feature race.
Following Gentry in the first heat were Landon Frith of Terry, MS in the Swinging Bridge Raceway Mastersbilt, Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA in the Summerville Junkyard Mastersbilt, and Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA in the B&B Specialized Hauling/Kimble Shell GRT.
Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks, Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN in the H&H Powersports GRT, and Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS in the TNT Graphix Mastersbilt finished second through fourth respectively in the second heat behind Lipsey.
Davin Bates of Independence, LA in the Fralick Home Builders Rocket, Danny Joe Thomas of Robertsdale, AL in the Creel Brothers Trucking Mastersbilt, and Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA followed Buckingham home in the third heat.
Richard Guidry of Port Allen, LA in the Tony’s Custom Carburetor Barry Wright, Kevin Watts of Denham Springs, LA in the Truck and Equipment Warrior, and Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN in the StormPay.com/NeSmith Chevrolet Warrior rounded out the top four behind Parker in the fourth heat.
Drivers that finished fifth through ninth in the four Triple A Diesel Service Heat Races will have another opportunity to qualify for the feature race in one of two 15-lap B-Main races on Sunday night. The top three finishers in each B-Main will transfer to feature race to fill in starting positions 17 through 22.
The 23rd and 24th starting spot are StormPay.com Top 15 point provisional spots. The only Top 15 point drivers entered for the Pike County Speedway event that have not yet qualified for the feature race are Jeff Smith of Villanow, GA and Ryan Gifford of Winchester, TN.
If they should transfer to the big show through the B-Mains, the fourth-place finishers in the B-Mains would move into the main event.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 11 AT PIKE COUNTY SPEEDWAY IN McCOMB, MS ON 7/29/06:
HOG CHAIN RACING QUALIFICATIONS:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENGINE
1ST LAP
2ND LAP
TIME
1
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
18.385
18.302
18.302
2
Curt Lipsey
Hammond, LA
Rocket
604
18.926
18.335
18.335
3
Michael Keener
Douglasville, GA
Rocket
602
18.594
18.397
18.397
4
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
18.541
18.438
18.438
5
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
18.480
18.482
18.480
6
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
18.535
18.668
18.535
7
Shannon Buckingham
Morristown, TN
Barry Wright
604
18.559
19.387
18.559
8
Kevin Watts
Denham Springs, LA
Warrior
604
18.736
18.576
18.576
9
Joe Denby
Tullahoma, TN
Mastersbilt
604
18.777
18.581
18.581
10
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
604
18.613
18.726
18.613
11
Davin Bates
Independence, LA
Rocket
604
19.074
18.640
18.640
12
Jeff Smith
Villanow, GA
Warrior
604
18.981
18.647
18.647
13
Landon Frith
Terry, MS
Mastersbilt
602
18.661
18.892
18.661
14
Brooks Strength
Jackson, MS
Rocket
604
18.701
18.674
18.674
15
Rodney Wing
Meridian, MS
Rocket
604
19.329
18.681
18.681
16
Richard Guidry
Port Allen, LA
Barry Wright
604
19.071
18.700
18.700
17
Zach Nichols
Cedartown, GA
GRT
604
18.793
18.839
18.793
18
Donald Watson
Greenwell Springs, LA
Barry Wright
604
18.877
18.806
18.806
19
Danny Joe Thomas
Robertsdale, AL
Mastersbilt
604
18.822
19.173
18.822
20
Eddie Kerry
Zachary, LA
Warrior
604
18.832
18.894
18.832
21
Ryan Gifford
Winchester, TN
GRT
604
19.417
18.850
18.850
22
Mark Tice
Hollandale, MS
Mastersbilt
604
19.468
18.901
18.901
23
David Pellerin
Metairie, LA
Mastersbilt
604
18.976
19.636
18.976
24
Jeff Purvis
Clarksville, TN
Warrior
604
19.008
20.465
19.008
25
Nick Curole
Metairie, LA
Warrior
604
19.442
19.044
19.044
26
Jim Stuart
LaPlace, LA
Rayburn
604
19.194
19.734
19.194
27
Tyler Pitts
Sun, LA
Mastersbilt
604
19.735
19.194
19.194
28
Terry Mosley
Gilbertown, AL
GRT
602
19.399
19.199
19.199
29
Scott Graham
Petal, MS
GRT
604
19.609
19.222
19.222
30
Mike Collins
Carter Lake, IA
Rocket
604
19.434
19.265
19.265
31
Michael Rodrigue Jr.
Norco, LA
GRT
604
19.877
19.432
19.432
32
Bubba Jones
Ellisville, MS
GRT
604
19.518
19.480
19.480
33
Jeff Danos
Mandeville, LA
Rayburn
604
19.560
19.482
19.482
34
Andy Robinson
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
20.199
19.691
19.691
35
Talbert Goldman - R
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
19.887
19.806
19.806
36
Jacob Brumfield
Magnolia, MS
GRT
602
20.676
20.803
20.676
TRIPLE A DIESEL HEAT RACES (12 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Frith; 3. Fields; 4. Nichols; 5. Graham; 6. Danos; 7. Curole; 8. Denby; 9. Gifford.
2ND HEAT: 1. Lipsey; 2. Turner; 3. Hoge; 4. Tice; 5. Watson; 6. Strength; 7. Stuart; 8. Robinson; 9. Collins.
3RD HEAT: 1. Buckingham; 2. Bates; 3. Thomas; 4. Keener; 5. Wing; 6. Rodrigue; 7. Goldman (R); 8. Pitts; 9. Pellerin.
4TH HEAT: 1. Parker; 2. Guidry; 3. Watts; 4. Purvis; 5. Kerry; 6. Smith; 7. Mosley; 8. Jones; 9. Brumfield.
STORMPAY.COM/HOG CHAIN RACING LIGHTNING QUICK 6-LAP DASH: 1. Gentry; 2. Lipsey; 3. Buckingham; 4. Parker.
“SWEET 16” FEATURE RACE LINE-UP:
ROW 1:
56 David Gentry – 42 Curt Lipsey
ROW 2:
44 Shannon Buckingham – 75 Carnell Parker III
ROW 3:
50 Landon Frith – 10 Matthew Turner
ROW 4:
248 Davin Bates – usa1 Richard Guidry
ROW 5:
16 Jeff Fields – 21 Rusty Hoge
ROW 6:
K42 Danny Joe Thomas – 13 Kevin Watts
ROW 7:
17 Zach Nichols – 77t Mark Tice
ROW 8:
25 Michael Keener – 15 Jeff Purvis
B-MAIN LINE-UPS (15 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Feature Race):
1ST B-MAIN:
C1 Scott Graham – 15x Rodney Wing
3 Jeff Danos – 11 Michael Rodrigue
86 Nick Curole – 07 Talbert Goldman
27 Joe Denby – E10 Tyler Pitts
2 Ryan Gifford – 2 David Pellerin
2ND B-MAIN:
91 Donald Watson – 63 Eddie Kerry
444 Brooks Strength – 00 Jeff Smith
5 Jim Stuart – 1t Terry Mosley
22 Andy Robinson – B11 Bubba Jones
3 Mike Collins – 8j Jacob Brumfield
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
