MERIDIAN, MS – Carnell Parker III of Clarksville, TN earned the pole position for Saturday night’s $5,000-to-win Coca Cola 60 for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series at Whynot Motorsports Park. Parker drove the Parker Racing Mastersbilt to victory on Friday night in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash to earn the inside front row starting spot.
Parker also won the second 12-lap heat race, and was the second-quick qualifier among the 41 entrants. Mike Boland of Cuba, AL won the third 12-lap heat race and finished second in the dash to earn the outside front row starting spot in the Ware Construction GRT.
Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA will start the Coca Cola 60 from the inside of row two in the WMF Racing Products Mastersbilt after winning the fourth 12-lap heat race and finishing third in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash. StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series point leader David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN will look for his seventh win of the season from the fourth starting spot.
Gentry was the fast qualifier with a lap around the ¼-mile clay oval in 13.920 seconds, and won the first 12-lap heat race in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt. Gentry finished fourth in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash to earn the outside row two starting position.
The top four finishers in the four 12-lap heat races on Friday night transferred into the starting field for the Saturday night main event.
Jeff Fields of Villanow, GA in the All South Racing Products Warrior, Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA in the Peach State Insurance Rocket, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks finished second through fourth respectively in the first 12-lap heat race behind Gentry.
Transferring with Parker in the second 12-lap heat race were Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN, who finished second in the H&H Powersports GRT followed by Chris Jimerson of Gilbertown, AL in the Butler Auto Parts Mastersbilt, and Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS in the TNT Graphics Mastersbilt.
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region points leader Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS finished second behind Boland in the third 12-lap heat race in the Charlotte’s Toy GRT, with third going to Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS in the Mike Goldman Customs GRT, and fourth was Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS in the Buddy’s Tune Up GRT.
Following Fields in the fourth 12-lap heat race in the second through fourth spots respectively were Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL in the Insane Racing Rocket, Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA in the All South Racing Products GRT, and Richard Guidry of Port Allen, LA in the Tony’s Custom Carburetors Barry Wright.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in their respective heat races will have one last opportunity to make the 24-car starting field for the Coca Cola 60 through one of two 15-lap B-Main races. The top three finishers in each B-Main will fill the 17th through 22nd starting spots in the Coca Cola 60.
Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Provisional starting spots reserved for drivers in the top 15 of the StormPay.com DLMS point standings. Two top 15 drivers on the outside looking in are Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN, who is second the National points, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA, who is seventh in the National points.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 15 AT WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK IN MERIDIAN, MS ON 9/1/06:
QUALIFYING:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
TIME
56
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
75
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
07
Talbert Goldman - R
Meridian, MS
GRT
16
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
00
Jeff Smith
Villanow, GA
Warrior
18
Chris Jimerson
Gilbertown, AL
Mastersbilt
27
Larry Murphy
Meridian, MS
GRT
1t
Terry Mosley
Gilbertown, AL
Rocket
25
Michael Keener
Douglasville, GA
Rocket
21
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
66k
Scott Knowles
Lanett, AL
GRT
USA1
Richard Guidry
Port Allen, LA
Barry Wright
21b
Frankie Beard - R
Hartwell, GA
Barry Wright
28
Robbie Harvey
Lake, MS
GRT
4
Mike Boland
Cuba, AL
GRT
12
Zach Nichols
Cedartown, GA
GRT
4h
J.D. Henry
Terry, MS
Rayburn
44c
Curtis Cline
Douglasville, GA
Warrior
4
Wiley Williams
Stonewall, MS
Warrior
14
Keith Talley
Biloxi, MS
Mastersbilt
44
Shannon Buckingham
Morristown, TN
Barry Wright
77t
Mark Tice
Hollandale, MS
Mastersbilt
22
Lucky Keeton
Toomsuba, MS
GRT
44
Roger Rollison
Meridian, MS
GRT
6
Jack Daughtry
Greenville, AL
Rocket
50
Landon Frith
Terry, MS
Mastersbilt
44
Jim Till
Greenville, AL
GRT
12
Owen Stockstill
Columbia, MS
GRT
10
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
1
Johnny Stokes
Columbus, MS
GRT
27
Joey Thomas
Vancleave, MS
Mastersbilt
16
James Dean
Chunky, MS
Rocket
88
Caleb Myers
Columbus, MS
GRT
2
David Pellerin
Metairie, LA
Mastersbilt
C1
Robert Cassidy
Petal, MS
GRT
1
David James
Meridian, MS
GRT
58
Larry Boutwell
Baker, FL
TnT
11
Bubba Jones
Ellisville, MS
Rocket
K9
Ben Stephens
Brandon, MS
GRT
38
Chase Washington
Houlka, MS
Larry Shaw
34
Wren Gibby
Douglasville, GA
GRT
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Smith; 3. Keener; 4. Turner; 5. Buckingham; 6. Daughtry; 7. Henry; 8. Boutwell; 9. Myers; 10. Gibby; 11. Beard (R).
2ND HEAT: 1. Parker; 2. Hoge; 3. Jimerson; 4. Tice; 5. Cline; 6. Stokes; 7. Frith; 8. Pellerin; 9. Harvey; 10. Jones.
3RD HEAT: 1. Boland; 2. Keeton; 3. Goldman (R); 4. Murphy; 5. Cassidy; 6. Thomas; 7. Till; 8. Williams; 9. Stephens; 10. Knowles.
4TH HEAT: 1. Fields; 2. Mosley; 3. Nichols; 4. Guidry; 5. Talley; 6. Dean; 7. Rollison; 8. James; 9. Washington; 10. Stockstill.
STORMPAY.COM LIGHTNING QUICK 6-LAP DASH: 1. Parker; 2. Boland; 3. Fields; 4. Gentry.
“SWEET 16” MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE UP:
ROW 1:
75 Carnell Parker III – 4 Mike Boland
ROW 2:
16 Jeff Fields – 56 David Gentry
ROW 3:
00 Jeff Smith – 21 Rusty Hoge
ROW 4:
22 Lucky Keeton – 1t Terry Mosley
ROW 5:
25 Michael Keener – 18 Chris Jimerson
ROW 6:
07 Talbert Goldman – 12 Zach Nichols
ROW 7:
10 Matthew Turner – 77t Mark Tice
ROW 8:
27 Larry Murphy – USA1 Richard Guidry
B-MAIN LINE-UPS (12 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
44 Shannon Buckingham – C1 Robert Cassidy
6 Jack Daughtry – 27 Joey Thomas
4h J.D. Henry – 44t Jim Till
58 Larry Boutwell – 4w Wiley Williams
88 Caleb Myers – K9 Ben Stephens
34 Wren Gibby – 66k Scott Knowles
21b Frankie Beard
2ND B-MAIN:
44c Curtis Cline – 14 Keith Talley
1s Johnny Stokes – 16d James Dean
50 Landon Frith – 44r Roger Rollison
2 David Pellerin – 1j David James
28 Robbie Harvey – 38 Chase Washington
11 Bubba Jones – 12s Owen Stockstill
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
Parker also won the second 12-lap heat race, and was the second-quick qualifier among the 41 entrants. Mike Boland of Cuba, AL won the third 12-lap heat race and finished second in the dash to earn the outside front row starting spot in the Ware Construction GRT.
Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA will start the Coca Cola 60 from the inside of row two in the WMF Racing Products Mastersbilt after winning the fourth 12-lap heat race and finishing third in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash. StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series point leader David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN will look for his seventh win of the season from the fourth starting spot.
Gentry was the fast qualifier with a lap around the ¼-mile clay oval in 13.920 seconds, and won the first 12-lap heat race in the Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt. Gentry finished fourth in the StormPay.com Lightning Quick 6 Dash to earn the outside row two starting position.
The top four finishers in the four 12-lap heat races on Friday night transferred into the starting field for the Saturday night main event.
Jeff Fields of Villanow, GA in the All South Racing Products Warrior, Michael Keener of Douglasville, GA in the Peach State Insurance Rocket, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner Excavating Hicks finished second through fourth respectively in the first 12-lap heat race behind Gentry.
Transferring with Parker in the second 12-lap heat race were Rusty Hoge of Ooltewah, TN, who finished second in the H&H Powersports GRT followed by Chris Jimerson of Gilbertown, AL in the Butler Auto Parts Mastersbilt, and Mark Tice of Hollandale, MS in the TNT Graphics Mastersbilt.
StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region points leader Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS finished second behind Boland in the third 12-lap heat race in the Charlotte’s Toy GRT, with third going to Talbert Goldman of Meridian, MS in the Mike Goldman Customs GRT, and fourth was Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS in the Buddy’s Tune Up GRT.
Following Fields in the fourth 12-lap heat race in the second through fourth spots respectively were Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL in the Insane Racing Rocket, Zach Nichols of Cedartown, GA in the All South Racing Products GRT, and Richard Guidry of Port Allen, LA in the Tony’s Custom Carburetors Barry Wright.
Drivers that finished fifth on back in their respective heat races will have one last opportunity to make the 24-car starting field for the Coca Cola 60 through one of two 15-lap B-Main races. The top three finishers in each B-Main will fill the 17th through 22nd starting spots in the Coca Cola 60.
Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series Provisional starting spots reserved for drivers in the top 15 of the StormPay.com DLMS point standings. Two top 15 drivers on the outside looking in are Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN, who is second the National points, and Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA, who is seventh in the National points.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF ROUND 15 AT WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK IN MERIDIAN, MS ON 9/1/06:
QUALIFYING:
POS
CAR #
DRIVER
HOMETOWN
CHASSIS
ENG
TIME
1
David Gentry
Lewisburg, TN
Mastersbilt
604
13.920
2
Carnell Parker III
Clarksville, TN
Mastersbilt
604
14.007
3
Talbert Goldman - R
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
14.066
4
Jeff Fields
Aragon, GA
Mastersbilt
604
14.097
5
Jeff Smith
Villanow, GA
Warrior
604
14.103
6
Chris Jimerson
Gilbertown, AL
Mastersbilt
602
14.124
7
Larry Murphy
Meridian, MS
GRT
604
14.130
8
Terry Mosley
Gilbertown, AL
Rocket
604
14.207
9
Michael Keener
Douglasville, GA
Rocket
604
14.248
10
Rusty Hoge
Ooltewah, TN
GRT
604
14.258
11
Scott Knowles
Lanett, AL
GRT
604
14.275
12
Richard Guidry
Port Allen, LA
Barry Wright
604
14.348
13
Frankie Beard - R
Hartwell, GA
Barry Wright
604
14.354
14
Robbie Harvey
Lake, MS
GRT
604
14.358
15
Mike Boland
Cuba, AL
GRT
604
14.365
16
Zach Nichols
Cedartown, GA
GRT
604
14.377
17
J.D. Henry
Terry, MS
Rayburn
604
14.379
18
Curtis Cline
Douglasville, GA
Warrior
604
14.381
19
Wiley Williams
Stonewall, MS
Warrior
602
14.417
20
Keith Talley
Biloxi, MS
Mastersbilt
604
14.432
21
Shannon Buckingham
Morristown, TN
Barry Wright
604
14.440
22
Mark Tice
Hollandale, MS
Mastersbilt
604
14.445
23
Lucky Keeton
Toomsuba, MS
GRT
604
14.451
24
Roger Rollison
Meridian, MS
GRT
602
14.492
25
Jack Daughtry
Greenville, AL
Rocket
604
14.494
26
Landon Frith
Terry, MS
Mastersbilt
602
14.501
27
Jim Till
Greenville, AL
GRT
604
14.524
28
Owen Stockstill
Columbia, MS
GRT
604
14.534
29
Matthew Turner
Dawsonville, GA
Hicks
604
14.562
30
Johnny Stokes
Columbus, MS
GRT
604
14.576
31
Joey Thomas
Vancleave, MS
Mastersbilt
604
14.630
32
James Dean
Chunky, MS
Rocket
602
14.707
33
Caleb Myers
Columbus, MS
GRT
602
14.768
34
David Pellerin
Metairie, LA
Mastersbilt
604
14.786
35
Robert Cassidy
Petal, MS
GRT
604
14.813
36
David James
Meridian, MS
GRT
604
14.814
37
Larry Boutwell
Baker, FL
TnT
604
14.863
38
Bubba Jones
Ellisville, MS
Rocket
604
14.942
39
Ben Stephens
Brandon, MS
GRT
602
14.968
40
Chase Washington
Houlka, MS
Larry Shaw
604
15.060
41
Wren Gibby
Douglasville, GA
GRT
604
15.452
HEAT RACES (10 Laps – Top 4 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Gentry; 2. Smith; 3. Keener; 4. Turner; 5. Buckingham; 6. Daughtry; 7. Henry; 8. Boutwell; 9. Myers; 10. Gibby; 11. Beard (R).
2ND HEAT: 1. Parker; 2. Hoge; 3. Jimerson; 4. Tice; 5. Cline; 6. Stokes; 7. Frith; 8. Pellerin; 9. Harvey; 10. Jones.
3RD HEAT: 1. Boland; 2. Keeton; 3. Goldman (R); 4. Murphy; 5. Cassidy; 6. Thomas; 7. Till; 8. Williams; 9. Stephens; 10. Knowles.
4TH HEAT: 1. Fields; 2. Mosley; 3. Nichols; 4. Guidry; 5. Talley; 6. Dean; 7. Rollison; 8. James; 9. Washington; 10. Stockstill.
STORMPAY.COM LIGHTNING QUICK 6-LAP DASH: 1. Parker; 2. Boland; 3. Fields; 4. Gentry.
“SWEET 16” MAIN EVENT STARTING LINE UP:
ROW 1:
75 Carnell Parker III – 4 Mike Boland
ROW 2:
16 Jeff Fields – 56 David Gentry
ROW 3:
00 Jeff Smith – 21 Rusty Hoge
ROW 4:
22 Lucky Keeton – 1t Terry Mosley
ROW 5:
25 Michael Keener – 18 Chris Jimerson
ROW 6:
07 Talbert Goldman – 12 Zach Nichols
ROW 7:
10 Matthew Turner – 77t Mark Tice
ROW 8:
27 Larry Murphy – USA1 Richard Guidry
B-MAIN LINE-UPS (12 Laps – Top 3 Finishers Transfer To Main Event):
1ST B-MAIN:
44 Shannon Buckingham – C1 Robert Cassidy
6 Jack Daughtry – 27 Joey Thomas
4h J.D. Henry – 44t Jim Till
58 Larry Boutwell – 4w Wiley Williams
88 Caleb Myers – K9 Ben Stephens
34 Wren Gibby – 66k Scott Knowles
21b Frankie Beard
2ND B-MAIN:
44c Curtis Cline – 14 Keith Talley
1s Johnny Stokes – 16d James Dean
50 Landon Frith – 44r Roger Rollison
2 David Pellerin – 1j David James
28 Robbie Harvey – 38 Chase Washington
11 Bubba Jones – 12s Owen Stockstill
R – Denotes Rookie of the Year Candidate
