Columbus, MS-The Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series kicked off its 2004 Tour De Force with a vengeance as 52 MSCCS Super Late Models invaded the South Mississippi Speedway along with a record standing room only crowd at the ¼-mile semi banked speedplant. Action would be fierce as the very competitive talent laden field would put on a show in the 50 lap $5,000 to win main event.
Action got underway with Brown Engineering Pole Qualifying with Holden, Louisiana’s Chris Wall earning the Brown Engineering Fast Gun Award taking the pole with a 15.61-second elapsed time and would be flanked by “The Ragin’ Rebel” David Breazeale who was second quick with a 15.65-second lap. The top 8 qualifiers were locked into the field with positions 9 through 20 filled via four Cliburn Tank Lines B-Main events. Positions 21 and 22 would be determined by provisional parameters.
The four Cliburn Tank Lines B-Mains would see Dennis Duncan take the first B-Main with David Gentry taking B-Main number 2. B-Main number 3 went to James Dean with the final B-Main winner being Phillip Cooper.
The feature event would see David Breazeale take a quick lead and lead lap 1 before Chris Wall took the lead for the next 18 circuits. Jim McDuffie would cross the stripe first on circuits 20 through 22 as he and Wall contended for the point with Wall showing the way on lap 23. McDuffie would take the lead for duration on lap 24 of the 50 lapper. Completing the top five were Breazeale in second followed by Jackson’s Marty Hardy with a fine effort with Chris Wall fading to fourth and Phillip Cooper rounding out the top five. Jimbo McDuffie of Meridian drove his Jay Dickens powered Dickson Auto Sales GRT on American Race Tires to Victory Lane picking up a cool $5,000 for his efforts along with the early MSCCS points lead as the series will thunder into McDuffie’s home track of Queen City Speedway on March 20th for another 50-lap event paying $2,500 to win.
MSCCS Race Stats:
South Mississippi Speedway – March 6th
50 laps - $5,000 to win
52 Super Late Models on hand
Brown Engineering Fast Gun Award: Chris Wall 15.61
Styling Signs and Decal Hard Charger Award: Jason Cliburn
Boland Performance Top Rookie: Chris Wall
Lap Leaders: David Breazeale 1; Chris Wall 2-19, 21; Jimbo McDuffie 20-22, 24-50
Cliburn Tank Lines B-Main winners: Dennis Duncan, David Gentry, James Dean, and Phillip Cooper
Provisionals: Jason Cliburn and Rodney Wing
Official MSCCS finish:
1-Jimbo McDuffie 2-David Breazeale 3-Marty Hardy 4-Chris Wall 5-Phillip Cooper 6-Anthony Rushing 7-Keith Miller 8-Scott Slay 9-Davis Ashley 10-Jason Cliburn 11-Jimmy Cliburn 12-George Paul 13-Rodney Wing 14-Richie Cauthen 15-Dennis Duncan 16-Mike Boland 17-David Gentry 18-Johnny Barber 19-Steve Russell 20-James Dean 21-Mike Ladner 22-Gary Cooper
MSCCS Top 10 in points:
1-Jimbo McDuffie 135 2-David Breazeale 130 3-Marty Hardy 125 4-Chris Wall 120 5-Phillip Cooper 115 6-Anthony Rushing 110 7-Keith Miller 105 8-Scott Slay 100 9-Davis Ashley 95 10-Jason Cliburn 90
For more information about the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series please visit the MSCCS website at www.stateseries.com or call Charles Thrash at 601-917-2335 days or 601-482-5251 evenings.
Upcoming MSSCS Events:
March 20th-Queen City Speedway-$2,500 to win
March 27th-Simpson County Motorsports Park -$2,500 to win
April 10th-Jackson Motor Speedway-$2,500 to win
MSCCS 2004 corporate sponsors:
Hoosier Tire South, Jimmy Smith's American Race Tires, Cliburn Tank Lines, Brown Engineering, Boland Performance, Schaeffer's Oil, Behind the Wheel/Late Model America, Warrior Race Cars, Clausen Racing, GRT Race Cars, Styling Signs and Decals, Oval Craft, J Michael Cox, and midsouthracing.com
Action got underway with Brown Engineering Pole Qualifying with Holden, Louisiana’s Chris Wall earning the Brown Engineering Fast Gun Award taking the pole with a 15.61-second elapsed time and would be flanked by “The Ragin’ Rebel” David Breazeale who was second quick with a 15.65-second lap. The top 8 qualifiers were locked into the field with positions 9 through 20 filled via four Cliburn Tank Lines B-Main events. Positions 21 and 22 would be determined by provisional parameters.
The four Cliburn Tank Lines B-Mains would see Dennis Duncan take the first B-Main with David Gentry taking B-Main number 2. B-Main number 3 went to James Dean with the final B-Main winner being Phillip Cooper.
The feature event would see David Breazeale take a quick lead and lead lap 1 before Chris Wall took the lead for the next 18 circuits. Jim McDuffie would cross the stripe first on circuits 20 through 22 as he and Wall contended for the point with Wall showing the way on lap 23. McDuffie would take the lead for duration on lap 24 of the 50 lapper. Completing the top five were Breazeale in second followed by Jackson’s Marty Hardy with a fine effort with Chris Wall fading to fourth and Phillip Cooper rounding out the top five. Jimbo McDuffie of Meridian drove his Jay Dickens powered Dickson Auto Sales GRT on American Race Tires to Victory Lane picking up a cool $5,000 for his efforts along with the early MSCCS points lead as the series will thunder into McDuffie’s home track of Queen City Speedway on March 20th for another 50-lap event paying $2,500 to win.
MSCCS Race Stats:
South Mississippi Speedway – March 6th
50 laps - $5,000 to win
52 Super Late Models on hand
Brown Engineering Fast Gun Award: Chris Wall 15.61
Styling Signs and Decal Hard Charger Award: Jason Cliburn
Boland Performance Top Rookie: Chris Wall
Lap Leaders: David Breazeale 1; Chris Wall 2-19, 21; Jimbo McDuffie 20-22, 24-50
Cliburn Tank Lines B-Main winners: Dennis Duncan, David Gentry, James Dean, and Phillip Cooper
Provisionals: Jason Cliburn and Rodney Wing
Official MSCCS finish:
1-Jimbo McDuffie 2-David Breazeale 3-Marty Hardy 4-Chris Wall 5-Phillip Cooper 6-Anthony Rushing 7-Keith Miller 8-Scott Slay 9-Davis Ashley 10-Jason Cliburn 11-Jimmy Cliburn 12-George Paul 13-Rodney Wing 14-Richie Cauthen 15-Dennis Duncan 16-Mike Boland 17-David Gentry 18-Johnny Barber 19-Steve Russell 20-James Dean 21-Mike Ladner 22-Gary Cooper
MSCCS Top 10 in points:
1-Jimbo McDuffie 135 2-David Breazeale 130 3-Marty Hardy 125 4-Chris Wall 120 5-Phillip Cooper 115 6-Anthony Rushing 110 7-Keith Miller 105 8-Scott Slay 100 9-Davis Ashley 95 10-Jason Cliburn 90
For more information about the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series please visit the MSCCS website at www.stateseries.com or call Charles Thrash at 601-917-2335 days or 601-482-5251 evenings.
Upcoming MSSCS Events:
March 20th-Queen City Speedway-$2,500 to win
March 27th-Simpson County Motorsports Park -$2,500 to win
April 10th-Jackson Motor Speedway-$2,500 to win
MSCCS 2004 corporate sponsors:
Hoosier Tire South, Jimmy Smith's American Race Tires, Cliburn Tank Lines, Brown Engineering, Boland Performance, Schaeffer's Oil, Behind the Wheel/Late Model America, Warrior Race Cars, Clausen Racing, GRT Race Cars, Styling Signs and Decals, Oval Craft, J Michael Cox, and midsouthracing.com
