Columbus, MS - If you're waiting for Chris Wall's hot streak to end at The Bullring, keep waiting.
Wall had little trouble taking the victory in night 1 of the Commercial Dispatch Possum Town Grand Prix Friday night. Wall would take the lead at the start of the 30-lap main event from Randy Korte, who fought with Billy James for second place early ahead of Eddie Rickman and Justin Ratliff.
Mike Boland would charge to the front after transferring via a B-main, taking over 4th place before a lap 15 caution then racing with Ratliff, Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, and 8th-starting Don O'Neal. O'Neal would come on strong as the laps wound down, but Wall continued to hold a comfortable lead even after a handful of cautions.
James would spin in turn 4 while running 3rd with only a few of laps left to end a strong run, then a caution on the following lap set up a 2-lap dash. Wall would remain on top as the field took the checkers, followed by Korte, O'Neal, Boland, and Hollingsworth. Ratliff would lead a quickly rebounding James, Jerry Owens, Rickman, and Tombo Callahan to earn top-ten honors.
A strong field of 40 Super Late Models entered the first night's event, which paid $2,000 to the winner. Saturday night's event features a $5,000-to-win 50-lap feature with other incentives also on the line.
Other divisions would run qualifying races on Friday and Friday night. Stop by www.ColumbusSpeedway.net for Saturday/Saturday night event details.
POSSUM TOWN GRAND PRIX NIGHT 1
SUPER LATE MODEL
1ST 71 CHRIS WALL
2ND 00 RANDY KORTE
3RD 1 DON O'NEAL
4TH 222 MIKE BOLAND
5TH 18 RONNY LEE HOLLINGSWORTH
6TH 16 JUSTIN RATTLIFF
7TH 5JR BILLY JAMES
8TH M31 JERRY OWENS
9TH 68 EDDIE RICKMAN
10TH 20 TOMBO CALLAHAN
11TH 57 ROGER SHIRLEY
12TH 99 TERRY SMITH
13TH X TERRY GRAY
14TH 82 JASON SANDERFORD
15TH 43 KURT RADOJCSICS
16TH 25 JUSTIN MCREE
17TH 56 BEN MCCREARY
18TH 6 SCOTT SLAY
19TH 56 DAVID GENTRY
20TH 888 JASON CLIBURN
21ST 11 JERRY RICE
22ND 2 MARK STOKES
23RD 19 NICK HOWELL
24TH 5E MICHAEL ENGLAND
Saturday Event Lineups
MS MODIFIED MAIN (TOP 16)
ROW 1 8 BRYAN BROCK 73S ASHLEY NEWMAN
ROW 2 4 JASON BROCK 2 LEE RAY
ROW 3 1 BART RICHARDSON 94E ED LENHARDT
ROW 4 1 BART RICHARDSON 3 SHAY KNIGHT
ROW 5 12 LUCAS LEE 41 BILL SUDDUTH
ROW 6 19 JEREMY KESTER 32 SHANE HARRIS
ROW 7 00 RICKY WAGONER 17 MATT PRICE
ROW 8 P3 MIKE POWERS F5 RICHARD CLEW
STORMPAY LATE MODEL FEATURE (TOP 16)
ROW 1 56 DAVID GENTRY 20 JIMMY OWENS
ROW 2 44 SHANNON BUCKINGHAM 6 TK KING
ROW 3 00 JEFF SMITH 10 MATTHEW TURNER
ROW 4 18 MICHAEL PAGE 84 ANTHONY RUSHING
ROW 5 75 CARNELL PARKER 4 WILEY WILLIAMS
ROW 6 C66 JERRY OWENS 23 DARIN DORSEY
ROW 7 17 LANDON FRITH 17 DARRELL GUESS
ROW 8 X15 BRIAN RICKMAN 12 ZACK NICHOLS
LATE MODEL STOCK MAIN
ROW 1 911 CHRIS REED 7 JEREMY GLASGOW
ROW 2 19 MARCUS MINGA 8 JASON DOWNS
ROW 3 46 BRIAN MITCHELL 4B BRAD BANES
ROW 4 24 JODY GUEST F1 SCOTT FLURRY
ROW 5 47 JIM GRAY 7 STACY TYLER
ROW 6 55 GREG ALLEN 12 TRENT LETSON
ROW 7 33C ERIC COOLEY M14 TIM HARRIS
ROW 8 22 JAMEY BOUCHILLON 9 THOMAS MCREYNOLDS
ROW 9 22 CODY SWINK 6 CHRIS WOOD
ROW 10 35 WILLIAM BELL 85 RAY PAUL
ROW 11 6 BILL SPANN --
STREET STOCK FEATURE (TOP 18)
ROW 1 4 MIKE AINLEY 47 DANNY GABLE
ROW 2 10 DERRICK PRICE 02 MARK THRASH
ROW 3 99 ROBBY TILLEY 4 RICHARD WEST
ROW 4 7 ASHLEY HERRON 8 DUSTY ROBERTSON
ROW 5 F86 STEVE HOWARD 74 NICK STOOP
ROW 6 32 WESLEY BLAIR Q32 (YELLOW) ANDREW EARNEST
ROW 7 83 KEVIN MONAHAN X BRYAN FORTNER
ROW 8 1 BEN WILLIAMS 22 JOHNNY KELLEY
ROW 9 00 HUNTER KELLEY 26S JOHN STINSON
MINI STOCK MAIN
ROW 1 57 MICHAEL PENDLEY 25 GLENN ODOM
ROW 2 42 ALLEN GILREATH 122 HEATH MINOR
ROW 3 11 AARON PEAY 91 JAMES COOPER
ROW 4 2 MIKE MINOR 17 DONNY ANDREWS
ROW 5 02 JENNIFER SHELTON 51 GREG RUFFIN
ROW 6 13 BRIAN DODGEN 1 BO MINOR
ROW 7 10 TONY COFFMAN 22 NICK DEESE
ROW 8 12 JASON BYRD J53 JOHNNY MORRIS
ROW 9 8 BUDDY GLOVER CT74 ANDREW EARNEST
ROW 10 44 DAVID NICHOLS 89 HUGH SHAFFER
ROW 11 5 BRADLEY NICKOLES -01 RONNIE GUIN
CRUISER FEATURE
ROW 1 22 JOHN BEARD & LEE RAY 11 WAYNE & JAMIE SUDDUTH
ROW 2 8E RUSTY SHUTTLESWORTH & BOBBY ALLIE F87 BRAD & BRYAN FORTNER
ROW 3 71 KEITH & KEVIN MONAHAN 56 KEVIN MCWILLIAMS & CLIFF SWEDENBERG
ROW 4 55 ROBERT & ANTHONY SUMMERVILLE 6E ROBERT ALLIE & JOHNNY DEAN
ROW 5 888 MIKE PEARSON & SCOTT GABLE H20 NICKOLAS WILSON & NATHAN WEST
ROW 6 M57 PAUL MORRIS & LAURA MORRIS J57 WAYNE PIERCE & MARK YEATMAN
ROW 7 7 JUNIOR KENDALL & GREG KENDALL 578 SCOOTER WARE & MARK ACKER
ROW 8 65 MIKE COOPER & JOHN HODO 77 JACK & TAMMY RAYBURN
ROW 9 7 NORM & JERRY K6 TRINITY WYERS & CURT SMITH
