Columbus, MS - Chris Wall returned to dominating form with the final race of the Mississippi State Championship Challenge series at Magnolia Motor Speedway. The $2,500-to-win Bud 50 brought 39 Super Late Models to The Mag Saturday night as well as a healthy dose of competitors in all divisions.
Following a complete restart, Garrett Durrett would take the early lead from polesitter Jay Blair - an all-Louisiana front row - as Rick Rickman charged in on the high side to challenge Jason Smith for third place. Rickman would fall back to go three-wide with Ronny Lee Hollingsworth and the quickly advancing Wall, who started 10th after transferring from a B-Main. Wall would win the battle to move into 4th on lap 2 as Durrett charged ahead, building a big lead.
Smith would overtake Blair for second on lap 4, and Wall would move into 4th on lap 5 and chase down Smith. The two began racing hard for position, all the while reeling in Durrett as Hollingsworth also picked his way up to 4th behind them. Wall would take second place on lap 9 as he and Smith pulled up to Durrett's bumper. Wall's bid for the lead began on lap 12 and ended on lap 13 as he took over the point on the frontstretch.
The leaders began to move into lapped traffic on the following circuit, with Smith moving around Durrett. A lap 20 caution - the only scored yellow flag of the event - would come out for the stopped machine of Shawn Edwards with Wall, Smith, Durrett, Hollingsworth, and David Ashley in the top five.
Hollingsworth dispatched Durrett on the restart and went after Smith for second place as Wall began to move out in the lead. Smith would hold on, and a hard 4th-place battle ensued between Durrett, Jay Blair, and Mike Boland. The field then began to settle, with Wall, Smith, Hollingsworth, and Durrett all running far ahead of the competition and far apart from each other for the last 20 laps.
Wall went on to take the win over Smith, Hollingsworth, and Durrett. Scott Dedwylder moved up to complete the top five, with Boland, Blair, Ashley, Johnny Stokes, and Billy Peden following in the top ten.
Jason Brock would top the field of Open-Wheel Modified competitors in a caution-free feature race. Bryan Brock would serve as the runner-up to his brother, with Jason Hollis, Brian Rickman, and Brandon Poppenheimer rounding out the top five.
Mark Tice captured the Stormpay.com Crate Late Model win over Chad Thrash, Jamie Pickard, Doug Todd, and Trey Scott. Ruble Maxey bested Billy Franklin, Jamie Tollison, Jeremy Glasgow, and Jason Sanderford in the Late Model Stock division.
Trinity Wyers would beat out Mark West and Dusty Robertson to take the Street Stock feature win with a last-corner pass. Bo Minor came out on top of Mike Minor and Nick Deese in the Mini Stock main event.
Next Saturday night action returns to Columbus Speedway with the $2,000-to-win Hurricane 30 for the Commercial Dispatch Super Late Models along with all local divisions in Weekly Racing Series action. The Hurricane 30 serves as a final tune-up for the fast-approaching $25,006-to-win Magnolia State 100. Stop by www.ColumbusSpeedway.net for details.
Super Late Models
Bud 50
1ST 71 CHRIS WALL
2ND 12 JASON SMITH
3RD 18 RONNY LEE HOLLINGSWORTH
4TH 58C GARRETT DURRETT
5TH 33 SCOTT DEDWYLDER
6TH 222 MIKE BOLAND
7TH 2X JAY BLAIR
8TH 14 DAVID ASHLEY
9TH 1 JOHNNY STOKES
10TH 121 BILLY PEDEN
11TH 51 DEAN CARPENTER
12TH 15 JAMIE DACUS
13TH 86 RICK RICKMAN
14TH D7 (WHITE) RAY MOTTZ
15TH 99 JEFF WHITE
16TH 5 SHAWN EDWARDS
17TH 17 CHAD GUY
18TH D65 DWIGHT FALCON
19TH 760 JIM MCDUFFIE
20TH 21 NEIL BAGGETT
21ST 6 SCOTT SLAY
22ND 57J BUB MCCOOL
Open Wheel Modified
Top 10
1ST 4 JASON BROCK
2ND 8 BRYAN BROCK
3RD 5 (BLACK) JASON HOLLIS
4TH 90 BRIAN RICKMAN
5TH 99 BRANDON POPPENHEIMER
6TH 15 SHANE STEPHENS
7TH 1S JEREMY SHAW
8TH 3 SHAY KNIGHT
9TH 9 DUSTIN PELVINS
10TH 40 TODD GRAY
Stormpay.com Crate Late Model
Top 10
1ST 77T MARK TICE
2ND K9 CHAD THRASH
3RD 21 JAMIE PICKARD
4TH 4 DOUG TODD
5TH 4 TREY SCOTT
6TH 6 TERRY KING
7TH 7 MIKE SHIRLEY
8TH K14 CODY BARBER
9TH 3M MIKE PICKARD
10TH X15 ROMAN PONDS
Late Model Stock
Top 5
1ST 75M RUBLE MAXEY
2ND 65 BILLY FRANKLIN
3RD 327J JAMIE TOLLISON
4TH 7 JEREMY GLASGOW
5TH 82 JASON SANDERFORD
Street Stock
Top 5
1ST D1 TRINITY WYERS
2ND 7 MARK WEST
3RD 8 DUSTY ROBERTSON
4TH K24 TONY SILVESTRI
5TH 47 DANNY GABLE
Mini Stock
Top 5
1ST 1 BO MINOR
2ND 2 MIKE MINOR
3RD 22 NICK DEESE
4TH 11 AARON PEAY
5TH 51 GREG RUFFIN
