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KEETON
EARNS POLE FOR NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS CAJUN SPRING NATIONALS
McCOMB, MS – Lucky Keeton of
Toomsuba
,
MS
earned the pole position on Friday night at
Pike
County
Speedway
for the 100-lap $10,000-to-win NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series Cajun Spring Nationals on Saturday.
Mike Boland of Cuba,
AL
will start the big show along side Keeton in row one.
The defending and two-time NeSmith
Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion outran the Best
Western Inn of McComb Fast Qualifier
Jay Blair
of Angie, LA to win the first of six 15-lap heat races in the Boland
Performance Trak-Star. Rodney
Wing of
Meridian
,
MS
drove The People’s Car GRT to a third-place finish in heat one to
also transfer to the main event.
Blair out timed the 51-car field by
touring the 3/8-mile clay oval in 17.176 seconds to win a free
night’s stay at the Best Western Inn of McComb driving a new J&A
Trucking Mastersbilt for the Best Western Inn of McComb Fast Time
Award.
Boland made it an all Trak-Star front row
by winning the second heat in The
Strength
Center
Trak-Star. William Thomas
of Phenix City, AL was second in the J.W. Miller Land and Timber
Scorpion, and Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL took the third and final
transfer spot in heat two driving the McLeod Construction TNT.
Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA won the
third heat on Friday night to earn the inside second row starting spot
for the Saturday night main event in the Dixon Hauling and Grading
Rocket. Stephen Brantley
of Monroeville, AL in the Airport Sports Center Mastersbilt and Jeff
Fortner of Vidalia, GA in the Extreme Hauling Rocket finished second
and third respectively.
Shep Lucas of McKenzie, AL was the winner
in heat four, and will star his Signature Construction Trak-Star on
the outside of the second row for the main event.
Also transferring out of heat four were second-place Scott
Knowles of
Lanett
,
AL
in the All-Star Graphics GRT and third-place Jamey Smith of
Purvis
,
MS
in the 3-D Paint and Body GRT.
Rick Rickman of
Columbus
,
MS
will start the big show from the inside of row three after winning the
fifth heat in the CarQuest Auto Parts Mastersbilt.
Hunter Peacock of Macon, GA was second in the Nasworthy
Mechanical Bullet, and Curt Lipsey of Tickfaw, LA was third in the A-O.K.
Mobile Home Movers GRT.
Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA
captured the outside third row starting spot in the Cajun Spring
National after winning heat six in the Hays Family Racing/Barto
Enterprises Warrior. Second
and third respectively were Michael Santangelo of St. Rose, LA in the
Harahan Paint and Body Trak-Star and Cliff Williams of Star, MS in the
Ware Construction GRT.
Drivers that finished fourth on back in
their respective heat races on Friday night will have another
opportunity to fill starting spots 19 through 22 for the big show in
one of two 20-lap B-Main Races on Saturday night.
Starting spots 23 and 24 are NeSmith Chevrolet Provisional
starting spots reserved for the Top 15 in the National point
standings.
Those provisional spots will be at a
premium, as seven of the top 15 drivers in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS
National point standings, including the top three, are still on the
outside looking in.
NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point
leader Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA, second-place Jeff Fields of
Aragon, GA, third-place
Chris
Tays
of Corinth, MS, sixth-place Ted Lackey of Munford, AL, seventh-place
Jason Hiett of Lincoln, AL, eighth-place Matthew Turner of
Dawsonville, GA, and 11th-place Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS
will line-up for B-Main competition on Saturday night.
PRELIMINARY
RESULTS OF ROUND 5 AT PIKE
COUNTY
SPEEDWAY
IN
McCOMB
,
MS
ON
4/25/08
:
BEST
WESTERN OF McCOMB QUALIFYING:
|
POS
|
CAR
#
|
DRIVER
|
HOMETOWN
|
CHASSIS
|
ENG
|
LAP
1
|
LAP
2
|
TIME
|
|
1
|
2x
|
Jay Blair
|
Angie
,
LA
|
Mastersbilt
|
604
|
17.488
|
17.176
|
17.176
|
|
2
|
22
|
William
Thomas
|
Phenix City
,
AL
|
Scorpion
|
604
|
17.249
|
17.767
|
17.249
|
|
3
|
F9
|
Frank
Ingram
|
Woodstock
,
GA
|
Rocket
|
604
|
17.859
|
17.444
|
17.444
|
|
4
|
57
|
Shep
Lucas
|
McKenzie
,
AL
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
17.998
|
17.501
|
17.501
|
|
5
|
21
|
Royce
Bray
|
Hull
,
GA
|
Warrior
|
604
|
18.615
|
17.504
|
17.504
|
|
6
|
87
|
Derrick
Rainey
|
Powder Springs
,
GA
|
Warrior
|
604
|
17.546
|
17.518
|
17.518
|
|
7
|
22
|
Lucky
Keeton
|
Toomsuba
,
MS
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
17.817
|
17.539
|
17.539
|
|
8
|
222
|
Mike
Boland
|
Cuba
,
AL
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
17.553
|
17.603
|
17.553
|
|
9
|
02
|
Stephen
Brantley
|
Monroeville
,
AL
|
Mastersbilt
|
604
|
18.188
|
17.571
|
17.571
|
|
10
|
38c
|
Chip
Brindle
|
Chatsworth
,
GA
|
GRT
|
604
|
17.660
|
17.576
|
17.576
|
|
11
|
12
|
Hunter
Peacock - R
|
Macon
,
GA
|
Bullet
|
604
|
18.017
|
17.609
|
17.609
|
|
12
|
4
|
Cliff
Williams
|
Star,
MS
|
GRT
|
604
|
17.810
|
17.618
|
17.618
|
|
13
|
44
|
Rodney
Wing
|
Meridian
,
MS
|
GRT
|
604
|
17.619
|
17.670
|
17.619
|
|
14
|
58
|
Larry
Boutwell
|
Baker,
FL
|
TnT
|
604
|
17.636
|
17.681
|
17.636
|
|
15
|
16
|
Jeff
Fields
|
Aragon,
GA
|
Mastersbilt
|
604
|
17.672
|
17.653
|
17.653
|
|
16
|
66k
|
Scott
Knowles - R
|
Lanett
,
AL
|
GRT
|
604
|
17.689
|
17.657
|
17.657
|
|
17
|
86
|
Rick
Rickman
|
Columbus
,
MS
|
Mastersbilt
|
604
|
18.026
|
17.663
|
17.663
|
|
18
|
8
|
Chris Tays
|
Corinth
,
MS
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
17.817
|
17.702
|
17.702
|
|
19
|
43
|
Marcus
Fricsh
|
Eros,
LA
|
GRT
|
604
|
18.166
|
17.780
|
17.780
|
|
20
|
5e
|
Shawn
Edwards
|
Louisville
,
MS
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
17.882
|
17.797
|
17.797
|
|
21
|
55
|
Kyle
Anderson
|
Magnolia,
TX
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
18.062
|
17.802
|
17.802
|
|
22
|
V8
|
Kerry
Vicknair
|
Denham Springs
,
LA
|
Larry
Shaw
|
604
|
18.424
|
17.817
|
17.817
|
|
23
|
1h
|
Jason
Hiett - R
|
Lincoln
,
AL
|
GRT
|
604
|
18.151
|
17.828
|
17.828
|
|
24
|
77
|
Michael
Santangelo
|
St. Rose
,
LA
|
Trak
Star
|
604
|
18.905
|
17.878
|
17.878
|
|
25
|
50
|
Landon
Frith
|
Terry
,
LA
|
Barry
Wright
|
604
|
18.120
|
17.884
|
17.884
|
|
26
|
2t
|
Tootie
Arnold
|
Meadville
,
MS
|
GRT
|
604
|
18.024
|
17.890
|
17.890
|
|
27
|
27
|
Jeff
Fortner
|
Vidalia
,
GA
|
Rocket
|
604
|
17.915
|
17.902
|
17.902
|
|
28
|
33c
|
Eric
Cooley - R
|
Fulton
,
MS
|
Mastersbilt
|
604
|
18.179
|
17.904
|
17.904
|
|
29
|
112
|
Jason
Warner
|
Franklinton
,
LA
|
Mastersbilt
|
604
|
17.915
|
18.740
|
17.915
|
|
30
|
39
|
Michael
Sibley
|
Livingston
,
LA
|
GRT
|
604
|
17.951
|
17.937
|
17.937
|
|
31
|
J5
|
Jim
Bryant
|
Leesville
,
LA
|
Rayburn
|
604
|
18.072
|
17.938
|
17.938
|
|
32
|
17
|
Chris
O'Connor
|
Cantonment,
FL
|
Warrior
|
604
|
17.962
|
18.023
|
17.962
|
|
33
|
C15
|
Corie
Herberger
|
Mandeville
,
LA
|
GRT
|
604
|
18.202
|
18.034
|
18.034
|
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