by: Tim O'Brien
Columbus, Mississippi, Nov. 25
The first ever Possum Town Grand
Prix with track record 193 total
cars entered, concluded under
sunny skies after the final day
was postponed to Sunday afternoon
due to rain. The main event of the
afternoon was the Imes Cruiser
World Championship that would
culminate a weekend where
fifty-six Cruiser teams entered
for the event with $10,000 on
the line during the 30 lap main
event.
The beginning of the main event
would see the final twenty-six
teams that had earned their way
through four qualifying races
and two last chance qualifiers
take to the 3/10's mile high-banked
clay oval. The team of Jimmy and
James McAvoy would jump to an
early lead from fifth starting
position at the start of the
event and run a smooth and steady
pace avoiding the ever present
danger involved with Cruiser
racing. The McAvoy twins would go on
the take the big win as only fours
cars remained on the lead lap at the
conclusion of the 30 lap World
Championship event that went off
without any cautions or red
flags periods. The two McAvoys
hailing from Lincoln, Alabama
drove their 1985 Old Delta 88 to
the record setting $3,000 victory
and also laid claim to be the
Cruiser World Champions. The team
of Tracy Pickering and Jeremey
Holt of Shannon, Mississippi was
a strong second with the Columbus
Nissan sponsored team of Tom
Briggs and Ryan Rigdon taking home
the third place honors for the
Columbus based duo. Bob Phillips
and Donald Atkins of Columbus
came home fourth with the
Ethelsville team of Randall
Barton and Alan Jaynes rounding
out the top five.
Action got underway on Friday
night with four qualifying races
that were wild and wooly to say
the least. Qualifying race
winners in the Cruiser division
were the team of Aaron Peay and
Shane Kelley, the team of Randall
Barton and Alan Jaynes, the team
of Will and Nick House, the team
of Chad Thrash and Corey Murphee.
Cruiser finish:
1ST 18 JIMMY MCAVOY, JAMES MCAVOY
2ND 3 TRACY PICKERING,JEREMY HOLT
3RD 00 TOM BRIGGS, RYAN RIGDON
4TH 01 BOB PHILLIPS,DONALD ATKINS
5TH 6 TK KING, JOHNNY KNIGHT
6TH 2 RANDALL BARTON, ALAN JAYNES
7TH 316 RANDY RIGDON, TODD GRAHAM
8TH 24 PHILLIP GLASGOW, BRAD MAY
9TH 99 RANDY & RODNEY ICE
10TH 8 THAD COLE, JEP COLE
11TH 18 CHAD THRASH, COREY MURPHY
12TH 49 WAYNE & COREY DOYLE
13TH 17 AARON PEAY, SHANE KELLEY
14TH 55 TREVOR JOHNS,GREG SHACKLEFORD
15TH 01 JIMMY BRASFIELD,JOE FONDREN
16TH 27 BOBBY MCCAIG, WILLIE MURPHY
17TH 13 FRANK IMES, ROBERT RHETT
18TH 4 BRYAN BROCK, MATT PERKINS
19TH 5 JOSH EDWARDS, BRADY SANDERS
20TH X2 RODNEY WING, WAYNE MURPHY
21ST 2 WILL HOUSE, NICK HOUSE
22ND 4 KEN KEYS, HERMAN REYNOLDS
23RD477 JEFF WELFORD,ANDY WILLIAMSON
24TH 11X JOE WEEKS, RICK LEVERETT
25TH T9 TOMMY BARTON, TONY BARTON
26TH 77 EDWARD CAULDER, KEN SHIREY



The Super Late Model portion of
the Possum Town Grand Prix saw
fifty-one drivers enter the
event with some of the best
drivers in the South on hand
to do battle. Action got underway
Friday evening with Super Late
Model Pole Qualifying and
Anthony Rushing from Kosciusko,
Mississippi set fast time with
a 14.30-second lap. Earning
the outside front row was
Steve Russell of Pontotoc
with Little Rock, Arkansas
driver Donnie Barnhart third
and Batesville, Arkansas driver
Wendall Wallace fourth. Decatur,
Alabama driver Brandon King
rounded out the top five qualifiers.
The 50 lap main event got
underway with Steve Russell
jumping to an early lead with
Rushing second. Russell would
quickly move out front during the
mid stages of the event, as
Wallace would slip past Mike
Boland and Rushing to settle
into second place. Two drivers
made rapid movement through the
field as Monroe, Louisiana driver
Kenny Merchant had worked his way
up to sixth and Benton, Kentucky's
Terry English to seventh from
his fourteenth starting position.
As the race evolved passing was
at a premium under the sunny sky
conditions that had parched the
racing surface. The only caution
of the event flew on lap forty-
two for a spin and would bunch
the lead pack up for an eight-lap
dash for the checkers. Once
again Russell would stretch his
lead over Wallace and the field
raced nose to tail behind the
leaders. Russell would take the
lead into the final lap only
to spin in turn three while
negotiating lapped traffic.
Wallace would cruise to the win
as a guest driver in the Joe
Minga owned B&M Auto Salvage
sponsored GRT Monte Carlo.
Mike Boland was also a guest
driver in the Keith Craft owned
mount based out of Arkadelphia,
Arkansas. Rushing would come
home third with Brandon King
fourth and Kenny Merchant
crossing the stripe fifth.
Super Late Model finish:
1-Wendall Wallace
2-Mike Boland
3-Anthony Rushing
4-Brandon King
5-Kenny Merchant
6-Donnie Barnhart
7-Terry English
8-Randy Walters
9-Mike Head
10-Scott Dedwylder
11-Bill Frye
12-Scott Shepherd
13-Keith Hayes
14-Randy Little
15-Eddie Rickman
16-Mark Stokes
17-Shawn Edwards
18-Jeffrey Walker
19-Steve Russell
20-Dwight Falcon
21-Ronny Hollingsworth
22-Mark Edwards
23-John Tindal
24-Jerry Owens

Those making the show through
the B-Mains were:
B-Main #1
Scott Dedwylder
John Tindal
Dwight Falcon
B-Main #2
Mark Stokes
Jerry Owens
Mark Edwards
B-Main #3
Shawn Edwards
Eddie Rickman
Jeffrey Walker

The Mississippi Modified win went
to Falkville, Alabama invader Chad
Winkes with home town hotshoe
Jason Hollis second and Florida's
Greg Hopkins in third. Jackson
area driver Billy Collett was
fourth and Munford, Alabama
driver Michael Pickette came
home fifth after fading from
the pole position late in the
event.
The Pro Street feature was a
wild one but Detroit, Alabama's
Frank Cox continued his recent
hot streak taking the win with
Ricky Russell almost duplicating
his Magnolia State win with a
second place run. Gadsden, Alabama
driver Jeff Chumley was third with
Columbus drivers Terry Atkins and
Bobby Nickoles completing the top
five.
The Street Stock division lived up
to their reputation of providing the
best racing action week after week
with another thrilling last lap pass
for the win. Terry King took the
win with a high side charge with
Marvin Beard coming home a close
second. Cha Nickoles was third
with Danny Gable fourth and early
front runner Jonathan Edwards fifth.
A potent field of Mini Stockers was
on hand to do battle but Auburn,
Alabama driver Toby Fykes had the
field covered for the flag to flag
win. Michael Pendley was second
with ace Buddy Glover third in his
Mustang. Brad Gable and Keith
McCool rounded out the top five
in the twenty-two car field.
The Pro 4 win went to David Goins
with James and Wyman Blakney
rounding out the top three finishers
Columbus Speedway has concluded
the 2001 season with its awards
banquet to be held this Saturday
night, December 1st at the
Lavender Coliseum. Columbus
Speedway will return to action
and Saturday January 26th with the
Jay Dickens Racing Engines
Mississippi Winter Classic pay
$5,000 to win for the Super
Late Models with all local
divisions in action. For
Columbus Speedway event
information please call
662-241-5004 or visit
www.MidSouthRacing.com

by: Tim O'Brien

Columbus, Mississippi-The 12th annual
running of the Pepsi Magnolia State
by Premier Ford 100 saw a familiar
face in Victory Lane as Batesville,
Arkansas driver extraordinaire
Billy Moyer took his Clements
powered Rayburn Ford Taurus to
claim the prestigious win on the
extremely racy Columbus Speedway.
Moyer would jump to an early lead
over pole sitter David Breazeale
and never relinquish the point.
Moyer was challenged in the
middle stages of the event as
Knoxville, Tennessee's Freddy
Smith closed in as Moyer
slipped the right rear tire
over the top edge of the
banking on Johnny Stokes'
fabulously prepared high
banked clay oval. Smith
could never rundown Moyer
and would cross the stripe
second in the event which
was reduced to 60 laps
after losing the first night
to a torrential rain storm
that hit during qualifying
on Friday night. The man on
the move during the evening was
Pontotoc's Steve Russell as he
charged from thirteenth
starting position to be right
on Smith's bumper as the
checkers flew. Finishing fourth
in the event was Moyer teammate
Shannon Babb from Decatur,
Illinois with Bald Knob,
Arkansas driver Walt Butler
running a steady fifth in the
truly star studded field.

The remainder of the top ten
finishers was Vossburg's Scott
Dedwylder who made a late race
pass to capture sixth place
over Ellenwood, Georgia's Mike
Head. The eighth place finish
went to Shelbyville, Tennessee
driver Jay Brinkley who was
followed by Kosciusko's
Anthony Rushing. Rounding out the
top ten finishers was
Chattanooga, Tennessee driver
Ronnie Johnson.

Action got underway Saturday
evening with a Columbus Speedway
record 83 Super Late Models
entered and 196 total race cars
in the pits before the record
crowd on hand. "The Raging Rebel"
David Breazeale of Four Corners,
Mississippi would be the fastest
driver in the field during
MidSouthRacing.com Pole
Qualifying and would capture
the $500 Pole Award courtesy
of Rick's Furniture with 14.00
second lap. The top twelve
qualifiers of the 80 drivers
that took time were locked
into the field with the
remaining drivers having to
transfer into the 24-car
starting field from four
15-lap B-Main events
transferring the top three
finishers from each.

B-Main #1 would have a lead
swapping festival as Mike
Boland, Steve Russell, and
Scott Shepherd battled for
the point. Russell would slip
back to third from the pole
yet remount a charge to take
the win with Boland a close
second. Robbie Harvey would
make a last lap pass by
Shepherd to take the final
transfer spot.

B-Main #2 featured Union,
Kentucky driver Darrell Lanigan
taking the win holding off
Ronnie Johnson. Ruston,
Louisiana's Kenny Merchant would
earn the final transfer spot.

B-Main #3 was a war with Rick
Rickman taking the win using the
top of the track with James Dean
on the bottom. Both drivers
battled for the lead throughout
the 15-lap event. The final
transfer spot for this event was
hotly contested as no less than
five drivers battled fiercely
to get into the main event.
The man that made it in was
Weir's Tombo Callahan.

The final B-Main event of the
evening went to none other than
"The Headman" Mike Head. Byron
Michael of Florence, Alabama was
second with Scott Slay making a
daring rim riding turn four pass
for the final transfer spot on
the white flag lap.
Official Magnolia State 100 Finish

1-Billy Moyer 2-Freddy Smith
3-Steve Russell 4-Shannon Babb
5-Walt Butler 6-Scott Dedwylder
7-Mike Head 8-Jay Brinkley
9-Anthony Rushing 10-Ronnie
Johnson 11-Mike Boland
12-Darrell Lanigan 13-Kenny
Merchant 14-Eddie Rickman
15-Rick Rickman 16-Tombo
Callahan 17-Byron Michael
18-Robbie Harvey 19-Jamie
Dacus 20-Billy Drake
21-David Breazeale 22-Scott Slay
23-Noland Smith 24-James Dean

The Cliburn Tank Lines Magnolia
State Modified Championship win
went to Munford, Alabama's
Jamey Wynn as he topped a
36-car field to take the hard
fought victory over Columbus
Top Gun Jason Hollis. Wynn used
the bottom side of the track
while Hollis used the rim.
Wynn would have to fend off a last
lap charge by Hollis to take home
the trophy. Mark Stephens came
home third with Randy Todd
fourth and Mike Paillou rounding
out the top five in the
field assembled from across
the MidSouth region.

The Pro Street win went to
another Columbus Speedway
non-regular as Rick Russell
picked up his first win of the
year at Columbus Speedway over
a potent 19-car field. Tupelo
driver Paul Robinson was
second with Glenn Roberts
third. Detroit, Alabama's Frank
Cox was fourth with Billy
Franklin claiming fifth in
the strong field.

The Street Stock win went to
Meridian, Mississippi's Chad
Thrash, as the out of town
domination was the order of
the night in most classes.
Thrash driving a Ford Mustang
took home the Championship
trophy and was followed by
David Honeycutt and Tim White.
The remainder of the top five
finishers out of the 22-car
field was Columbus' Terry King
and Harold Trimm.

The Mini Stock win was earned
by Vernon, Alabama frontrunner
Buddy Glover in his Ford Mustang
as he took the win over Cedar
Bluff's Scott Gable with James
Inmon coming home third in the
4cylinder powered hot rods. Tim
Ritter was fourth in his
Toyota and Ronny Wyers rounded
out the top five.
The Pro 4 win went to David
Goins with Steve Lowe second
and Track Champion James
Blakney third. Tommy Brasher
and Don Lacey completed the
top five.

The Cruiser division had
another big field on hand;
especially with the $3,000
to win Imes Racing sponsored
Cruiser World Championship as
their next event. The
winners were the team of
Josh Edwards and Brady
Sanders. The second place
team was not registered and
was only known as the #3 car.
Eric Carruth and Thad Gunter
came home third with the team
of Kenneth Roach and Craig
Murray in fourth. The fifth
place team was Brad Alexander
and Steve Holder. The Cruisers
World Championship will be
held on November 23rd and
24th as part of the 1st
Annual Possum Town Grand Prix.
The winners will take home
$3,000 out of the record
$10,000 Cruiser purse.

Sept. 8
by: Tim O'Brien

Columbus, Mississippi-"The Raging Rebel"
David Breazeale of Four Corners,
Mississippi debuted a brand new package
at Columbus Speedway including a new
Spec motor combination and continued
his high flying ways around the fast
Columbus Speedway. Breazeale would win
the 30-lap Pepsi Super Late Model
main event that was marred by a
Superspeedway style crash on the first
lap involving the majority of the
field with many participants in the 25
car-starting field receiving heavy
damage. A lengthy red flag situation
was brought out to clean up the
carnage and those drivers whose cars
were raceable rejoined the fray.
The conclusion of the event would
see Weir's Tombo Callahan run a
strong second with apparent 2001
Super Late Model Track Champion Shawn
Edwards of Louisville in third.
Toomsuba's Lucky Keeton finished
fourth in the Joe Minga owned ride
with Mark Dodson of Caledonia having
one of his better finishes of the
year in fifth. Completing the top
ten were MidSouthRacing.com Pole
Award winner Anthony Rushing, Charlie
Gardner in seventh after a lengthy
absence from racing this year, Pontotoc's
Jason Steele, young Tupelo area driver
Neil Baggett, and Hill Top Racing's
Randy Mayfield from Sulligent, Alabama.

The Pepsi Super Late Models will be
featured in the Topless Twin 20's
Saturday night the 15th for fan
appreciation night. The events will
be the Roy's Kitchen and Catering
20 and the Advance Auto Parts 20.
MRC Racing Apparel has also put up
a $500 bonus for any driver that
can win both events. Fans will be
treated to two Super Late Model
main events plus a Full Racing
Program and a driver autograph
session.

The big news of the week is that
Lee Ray's didn't win in the Street
Stock class. Terry King of
Columbus took a hard fought
victory over a strong 27-car
starting field in the popular
class. Ray was second with Tim White
finishing as the top three finishing
drivers in the class showed the way.
Jonathan Edwards and Danny Gable
completed the top five across the stripe.

Week after week the end result
remains the same but "The Untouchable"
Jason Hollis continues to scratch
and claw his way to victory in the
Mississippi Modified class. Hollis
would have to take the lead from
"Midnight" Matt Price of Sulligent
and wage war with Brian Rickman to
take the win. The running order at
the end of the main event was
Pickensville's Hollis followed
by Price, Rickman, Brian Hollis,
and Randall Reedwood.

Mike Minor of Tuscaloosa picked up
another Mini Stock win as he took his
#22 racecar to Victory Lane with
Buddy Glover in second and Nick Deese
completing the podium. Scott Gable
was fourth with James Inmon rounding out
the top five. The Pro 4 win went to
James Blakney with Odenville, Alabama's
Tommy Brasher in second followed by
Jimmy Beachler, David Goins, and Steve
Lowe.
The Pro Street division has seen
drivers get on hot streaks and dominate
during the 2001 season. The hot dog
right now is Frank Cox of Detroit,
Alabama. Cox took home another win
Saturday night with Paul Robinson in
second and "Wild" Bill Sudduth of
Steens in third. Columbus' Ken Shirey
came home fourth and Mike Shaw
completed the top five.

The Wild Two Person Cruiser class
win went to the tandem of Trevor Johns
and Greg Shackleford as the two
drivers picked up their first win in the
exciting class. Josh Edwards and Brady
Sanders finished second and Randall
Barton and Jamie Sudduth team in
third. The team of Richard and Tommy
Barton were fourth with Eric Carruth
and Thad Hunter completing the top
five of the seventeen-car field.

Columbus Speedway will be in action
this Saturday night with the Topless
Twin 20's plus a Full Racing Program.
There will be no increase in admission
for ether pits or grandstands. Action
is slated to get under way at 7:45pm.
There will also be an open practice
on Friday night from 7pm to 10pm.
Grandstand admission for practice is
free and pit admission is only $10 for
practice. Practice will be open to all
competitors and is a good opportunity
for many drivers to test and tune for
the variety of special events on tap
as the 2001 season concludes.

Columbus Speedway will also be hosting
Church Night at the Races on Saturday
night September 22nd. Fans who bring
their church program or bulletin will
be admitted for only $5. Sunday school
classes or groups are welcome to
attend and arrangements can be made
by calling Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572
or at 662-327-3047 in the evenings.
Additional Columbus Speedway event
information is available online at
the Columbus Speedway website hosted at
www.MidSouthRacing.com or by calling
the event hotline at 662-241-5004.

by: Jannie Thrash
Meridian, MS

PURE STREET

Chad Thrash
David James
Mark Welch
Clint Logan
Jason Lawson
Ray Parker
David Belk
Danny Dunn
Jerry Ballew
Tim Culpepper
Joey Brown

MINI

Artis Bunyard
Billy Ward
Chris Stegall
Steve Bryan
Lamone Taylor

PRO STREET

Chris McElhenney
Doug Todd
John Chaney
Andy Northrup

IMCA

Timmy Batte
Greg Hollingsworth
Toby Hodge
Bill Taylor
Robert Casada
Curtis Burns

LATE MODELS

Robbie Harvey
Wiley Williams
Johnny Hughes
James Dean
Scott Dedwylder
Josh Fuller
Larry Murphy
Jamie Taylor
Roger Shirley
Roger Rolison

by Tim O'Brien
August 24,25
Columbus, Mississippi-Bill Frye of Greenbrier, Arkansas rolled into Columbus
Speedway with the M.A.R.S. point's lead and he left with a bigger point's
lead plus $8,000 in winnings as he won both nights of NAPA Columbus Chaos
for the Mid America Racing Series. Two nights of action were hosted at
Columbus Speedway in front of impressive crowds with attendees from across
the Mid South on hand. Fans were treated to fireworks, the crazy Columbus
Speedway Mascot "King Kong," M.A.R.S. driver autograph sessions, the tones
of the new sound system, wild four wide racing, and fun for the whole
family.

Bill Frye would beat out a field of 45 M.A.R.S. Super Late Model drivers on
one of the finest nights of racing ever seen at Columbus Speedway. Frye
would take the 30 lap feature win and was followed by Springfield,
Missouri's Terry Phillips, Kosciusko's Anthony Rushing, and Arkansas drivers
Mike Bowers and Jeff Floyd completing the top five.

Frye would once again take the checkers on Saturday night as he topped a 41
car field of some of the best drivers in the country on the popular 3/10's
mile high banked clay oval in front of another packed house. Frye would take
the lead from Pontotoc's Steve Russell a third of the way into the hard
fought race and go on for another win on the M.A.R.S. 2001 tour. Steve
Russell finished a strong second with Mike Bowers in third. Anthony Rushing
claimed another top five finish and Steve Rushin of Poplar Buff, Missouri
finished fifth in the 50 lap main event.

Jason Hollis of Pickensville continued his domination in the Mississippi
Modified class with another win on Saturday night, as he would make a last
lap pass on Brian Rickman for the win. Dr. Robert Eaton was third with Clay
Kendall and Greg Fore completing the top five.

Frank Cox of Detroit, Alabama continued to roll at Columbus Speedway winning
both nights after Bill Sudduth went on a tear during much of the summer.
Toby Nichols was second, followed by Tupelo's Paul Robinson and Bobby
Nichols. The Street Stock wars continued with Lee Ray winning Friday night
but Saturday night was a different story. Another Ray won the event but it
was Tim Ray, not Lee Ray for the first time in months. Lee Ray and Terry
King were battling for the lead on the last lap as King dove underneath Ray
in turns one and two for the lead, the two drivers touched and would
subsequently be caught up in mayhem on the backstretch as the two lead cars
would suffer damage. Harold Trimm would claim second place with Tim White
third. Allen Clanton was fourth with Jason Sanders in fifth place.

The Mini Stock win went to Tuscaloosa's Mike Minor on Saturday night with
Buddy Glover taking the win Friday night. Minor was followed across the
stripe by Scott Gable, Tim Ritter, Buddy Glover, and Ryan Rigdon. The Pro 4
win went to David Goins with Odenville's Tommy Brasher second and Jimmy
Beachler third. Steve Lowe and Wyman Blakney completed the remainder of the
top five.

The wild and crazy Cruisers put on another fantastic show for the fans with
the team of Tom Briggs and Charles Rigdon of Columbus visiting Victory Lane.
The team of Aaron Peay and Shane Kelley were runners up with the drivers of
the Rock n Roll Cadillac Randal Barton and Jamie Sudduth in third after
taking the win Friday night. Bryan Brock and Matt Perkins were fourth with
the team of J. Ferguson and Dillon Conn in fifth.

Columbus Speedway will host a Full Racing Program this Saturday night with
all divisions in action. Please call 662-241-5004 for event information or
visit www.MidSouthRacing.com. The next special event at Columbus Speedway
will be Fan Appreciation night on September 15th which will feature Twin 20
lap Super Late Model features plus a Full Racing Program.

by: Jannie Thrash

PURE STREET

Chad Thrash
Mark Welch
Wayne Murphy
Jerry Ballew
David Belk
T.J.Nichols
Jason Canterbery
CLint Logan
David James
Van Brooks

MINI

Artis Bunyard
Steve Bryan
Rick Long
Lamone Taylor
Billy Ward
Owen Bryan II

PRO STREET

Doug Todd
John Chaney
Jamie Parker
Chris McElhenney

IMCA

Ben Stephens
Kevin Cumbie
Robert Casada
Rusty Harrison
David Holder
Charles Reeves
Toby Hodge
Traci Hudnall
Woody Shivers

by: Steve Molnar
Meridian, MS Aug. 18
Jay Blair started on the pole and
slipped back as far as 4th place
before finding his groove to retake
the lead for good on lap 22.
Blair's Wall 2 Wall Racing Engines
powered GRT had to hold off a late
charge by a pair of drivers that
forced to work their way back to
the front after early spins. Ryan
Plaisance spun on lap 2 and
battled his way back to the front
in his brand new Wall 2 Wall
powered Warrior nearly grabbing
the lead in the waning laps but
a solid second on the night.
David Ashley was the next car to
spin on the lap 2 restart and he
too had to battle back to the
front with his Ronnie Rogers
powered Larry Shaw car. And while
Plaisance tried to keep his car
glued to the bottom, Ashley took
to the high side to charge back
to the front.
Rodney Wing battled long and
hard with Dave Siegert early on
and then Blair in the mid stages
before he slowed when his car got
stuck in gear. He was able to get
the car out of gear and he also
return at the rear on lap 38 and
he managed to snag a 6th place
finish just behind Scott Slay and
Odie Green.

Official Results:
1. Jay Blair
2. Ryan Plaisance
3. David Ashley
4. Scott Slay
5. Odie Green
6. Rodney Wing
7. Dennis Duncan
8. Bill Avant
9. Robbie Harvey
10. Randy Little
11. Phil Bradford
12. Ken Freeman
13. Larry Murphy
14. James Dean
15.Roger Shirley
16. Dave Siegert
17. Johnny Hughes
18. Gary Cooper
19. Buzz Miles
20. Marlon Wild

MSCC race at Columbus, SUPR race at Pike County, Media race at Queen City, Jackson Motor Speedway, Mississippi Motorsports Park, Hattiesburg Speedway and Woodland Raceway, all called for rain this weekend. OH WELL

LATE MODELS:
1. Steve Russel #72
2. David Breazeale #54
3. Tombo Callahan #20
4. Jerry Inmon #D7
5. Ronny Hollingsworth #4U

MODIFIED:
1. Jason Hollis #5
2. Tim Parker #37
3. Matt Price #17
4. Rickman #41

PRO STREET:
1. Frank Cox #00
2. Bill Sudduth #22
3. Paul Robinson #25

STREET STOCK:
1. Lee Ray #2
2. Andy Simmons #1
3. Jon Edwards #-1

MINI STOCK:
1. Buddy Glover #48
2. Jeff massey #007
3. Tim Ritter #16

PRO 4:
1. Steve Glasgow #15
2. Tommy Brasher #12
3. David Goins #12

2 man CRUISERS:
1. Randal Barton & Jamie Sudduth #2
2. TK King & Tom McReynolds #6
3. Chaz Brown & Nathan Mordecai #11

Meridian, MS
On a night that featured bicycle
races for the kids, local TV news
coverage and a near full house of
fans, the drivers did not let them
down, and neither did the track,
where 3 wide racing was the norm.
PURE STREET:
Chad Thrash drove his Ford Mustang
to another Queen City feature win,
holding off the efforts of the #7
car of David James.
PRO STREET:
Doug Todd in the #4 car and Jeff
Walker in the #41 car put on a
show as it went down to the wire
with Todd taking the victory. Third
place went to Chris McElhenny
in the #27 Chevy Truck.
MINI-STOCK
QCS points leader Artis Bunyard
in the #12 Mustang won another
feature to add to his list. 2nd place
went to #10 Steve Bryan.
IMCA
David Holder ran one his best
races ever at QCS as he took his
#55 car and pulled away early and
stayed ahead, holding off the
charges of Robert Casada in the
#K9. #25 Toby Hodge finished 3rd.
LATE MODELS
Stonewall Mississippi's Wiley
Williams, Corinth Mississippi's
Danny Christian and Quitman Mississippi's
Johnny Hughes made it a three car
race early as they pulled away from
the pack in the feature race.
When a broken belt sent to Christian's
#5 to the pit early it became Williams
in his #4 car and Hughes in his #11 car
battling for the lead. Williams was able
to hold on and claim the checkered flag.
Third place went to #27 Larry Murphy,
fourth to #44 Roger Rolison, fifth
to #99 Josh Fuller, sixth to #m6 Marty
Hardy and seventh to #15 Tim Rutledge.
2 MAN CRUISERS
Seven cruisers made it out to the ever
increasing in popularity division.
Mayhem ruled the night, but when
the smoke and car parts cleared
Laney Keith and ED Allen took home the win.

July 21,
The SUPR series race was called for rain at 1:00pm, we were at the track Saturday afternoon and the area was hit especially hard. We were dissapointed to see so many drivers make the long haul to Meridian only to have mother nature turn them back.

Limited
When the green flag fell the
newcomer to this class the #66
of Chris Dickinson took the lead
and lead flag to flag for his
first win in the 2001 season and
this class but when feature time
came that ugly monster got him
again taking him out of the race
before it started. The #6 of
William Burns also found that
ugly monster when his engine let
go on the back stretch. The #18 of
Chris Tays made his first visit
to the track this year and found
victory lane when the checkered
flag fell in the feature. The
#9 of Johnny Potts was continuing
his winning way when his engine
let go going into turn 1.The #63
of Joey McKinney had ignition
problems and didn't make the show.
Super Street
When the green fell the #33 of
Johnny Prince took the lead and
never looked back he went on to
win both races. The #S19 of Mark
Hollie made a hard charge from
the rear of the field to finish a
strong 2nd in the feature. The
#19 Of Scotty Peeler had a strong
run going when he got to high
and got in the marble then spun
across the track in front of the
#M1 of Brian Woodruff messing the
handling up on both cars.
Ladies
The #31 Of Barbara Burcham got
her first win of the season in
the first heat race. The CB2 of
Teresa Steele made her first
visit to the track tonight and
ran a strong fourth after breaking a
ball joint in the hot laps. The
#19 of Cathy Frank found her way
into victory lane tonight to tie the
points lead with Heather Hoard.
Outlaw
We had a great father and son
battle going in this class between
the #1 of Brent Means and the #33
of Howard Means. Brent was able
to edge his dad out in the heat
races for second place but Howard
took second in the feature, with Brent
finishing sixth. The #F44 Dwayne
Parsons took the win in all 3 races.
The #26 of Barbara Blount battled
with Howard for 2nd place for several
laps but Howard was able to hold
her off and she finished third in
the feature. Ed Stearns made his
racing debut for the first time
in several years driving the #JD3.
When the checkered flag fell
Ed found himself in fourth place
Modified Street
The # 3 of Jerry Brumley found
himself taking the win in the first
heat and leading all but 1 lap of
the second race when the #31 of
John Burcham made the pass going
into turn one on the white flag
sending Brumley back to a second place
finish in the second heat and
also in the feature.
The #19 of Brian McGowen has been
strong lately finishing second in
the first heat. Brian spun out
in the second heat and had to go
to the rear but worked his way back
to fifth place in the feature.
When the flag fell for the feature
the # 31 of John Burcham lead flag
to flag and the race went
caution free.

UMP
4$ - Kalif Sellier, Pass Christian MS
98 - Ron Tubbs, Gulfport MS
6h - Mark Herbert, Monticello MS
11 - Nick Sellier, Pass Christian MS
6c - Chase Cooper
DIXIE & LATE MODEL
K99 - Rusty Cooper
81 - Jeff Cooper, Kiln MS
D1 - Mike Ladner, Biloxi MS
23 - Al Fox, Woolmarket MS
2P - Punkin Taylor, Pearl River LA
PURE STOCK
22 - Greg Williams, Saucier MS
8 - Bubba Dye, Saucier MS
33 - Red Miller, Mobile AL
John II - Johnny Willis
62 - James Dean, Bay St. Louis MS
STREET STOCK DOUBLE PURSE
94 - Lonnie Scarborough, Saucier MS
49 - Shannon Lee, Lumberton MS
5 - Ernie Parker
39 - Rodney Barber, Saucier MS
60 - Billy Stewart, Picayune MS
Note: #21 Sal Herbert Jr. Rolled and the fans collected $121.03 for the roll over fund !
PRO STOCK
K88 - Ronnie Roberts
11s - Steve Mauldin, Seminary MS
11L - Larry Cifra, Moss Point MS
44 - Steve Pate, Ocean Springs MS
MT2 - Punkin Taylor, Pearl River LA

July 6, The MSCC race #9 finally happened Friday night in Hattiesburg after an oil line postponed it's originally scheduled July 3 race.
Meridian area drivers dominated the event, as old familiar #222 took the checkered flag. #222 driven by Mike Boland of Cuba Alabama was followed by Chunky Mississippi's James Dean in the #16 car, third place went to last weeks MSCC winner Rodney Wing of Meridian in the #10 car.
Rounding out the top five were #6 Scott Slay and #L97, Randy Little.
Others events included:

IMCA Modifieds:
88 - Darrell Blount
K9 - Robert Casada
50 - Nathan Bynum
25 - Jamie Gowers
34 - Ben Stephens

Mini-Stocks:
721- Steve Underwood
03 - Roy Chisolm
20 - Steve Bryan
1 - Chris Stegall
9 - Terry Welch


Pro Stock:
12 - Dallas Mozingo
2B - Greg Harris
7 - Brock Webster
28 - Kenneth Patterson
58 - Rocky Dilliard


Street Stock:
48 - Bubba Trotter
34 - Noah Daspit
R7 - Rodney Barber
49 - Shannon Lee
316- Ray Windham

by: Cynthia Byrd Douglas
Pass Christian, MS - Sept. 29

Late Models continued timing in
this week for the start of their
$1,000 to win guaranteed feature.
20 Timmy LaFontaine of Pass
Christian MS started on the
pole of the heat race, and held
the lead for four laps until
he spun in turn four, sending
him to the rear. This gave
second place runner D65
Dwight Falcon of Walker LA
opening to take the lead to
the finish, his first heat
win (trophy dash) at MMP.
15 Kurt Talley of Woolmarket
MS rallied from fourth to second.
Greg Cooper of Guflport MS
debuted his new late model the
K3 and finished third. R2
Rickey Hankins of Purvis MS
started on the pole for the
feature with a time of 15:31
again (consistency!).
71 Chris Wall of Holden LA
started outside pole with a
time of 16:16.
R2 Hankins quickly took the
lead only to get caught up in
lap traffic, when 23 Al Fox
from Woolmarket MS spun out
piling up 20 LaFontaine
and R2 Hankins, and R2
Hankins had to retire to the
pits. This left the lead and
the win to second place runner
71 Wall. D65 Dwight Falcon was
running fourth, until third
place runner 14 Talley had
to retire to the pits with
mechanical problems, leaving
D65 second for the finish.
K3 Cooper finished third,
23 Fox fourth, and 20
LaFontaine rounds out the
top 5.
MrB Thomas Bryant of Gulfport
MS started on the pole for
the Street Stock heat race,
with 5 Robert Hopkins of
Saucier MS outside pole.
Third place started 55 Bobby
Busby of Saucier MS quickly
took the lead and stayed
there for the win. 47jr
Bubba Trotter of Biloxi MS
fell into second and stayed
there for the finish. This
left 94 Bryan Cuervas of
Saucier MS to settle for third.
47jr Trotter took the feature
win from flag to flag, with
94 Cuervas taking second from
MrB Thomas with 4 laps to go,
leaving MrB Thomas to settle
for third, 5 Hopkins fourth,
and 21 Sal Herbert Jr
rounded out the top five.
The Pure Stock heat was
dominated again by 02
Norman Trotter of Gulfport MS.
07 Earl Woods Jr. of Biloxi MS
held second place until lap
5 when he spun and the
caution sent him to the
rear. This left second to
00 Kevin Lizana of Saucier
MS for the finish, and 01
Dustin Ladner of Lizana MS
to finish third. The Pure
Stock feature started with
02 Trotter on the pole,
and 00 Lizana outside pole.
The win was 02 Trotter all
the way. 00 Lizana held on
to second until lap 8 when
he got up on the birm in
turn 1, and the caution sent
him to the rear. This left
second open to 07 Woods,
third to 01 Ladner, 00
Lizana fourth, and 149 Eddie
Ladnier of Vancleave MS
to round out the top five.
The UMP heat started with
11 Nick Sellier of Delisle
MS on the pole, and 98
Ron Tubbs of Gulfport MS
outside pole. 98 Tubbs
took the lead and never
looked back, 11 Sellier
held second to the end, and
6 Chase Cooper of Gulfport
MS finished third. The UMP
feature was much the same,
with 98 Tubbs first, 11
Sellier second, 6 Cooper
third, and 1K Kendall
Owens of Carriere MS fourth.
Some Go-Karts joined us for
the evening and put on a show
for a few laps, and they
were very cool!
R25-Tim Bowler of Prairieville LA
09-Timmy Thrash of Gulfport MS
22-Clint Duplessis of French Settlement LA
99-Jeremy Allen of Gulport MS
911-Norman Allen of Gulfport MS
11-Alan Kanouse of French Settlement LA
27-Brian Wells of Long Beach MS, and
31-Paul Burns of Prairieville LA

by: Chris Cooper
Sept. 15
Jackson, MS - As our country began
to attempt to return to some
semblance of normalcy, some people
still needed the often elusive
"closure" that books, therapists,
and commentators so often discuss.
With the decision by Jackson
Motor Speedway to have racing as
usual this weekend, plans were
made to give those in attendance
an opportunity to achieve this
closure. During the pre race
national anthem and prayer,
the entire street stock class
and other members of the JMS
family took to the infield to
unfurl and display for the
fans a 40 foot by 60 foot
American flag provided by the
# 19 street stock team of
Gerald Smith. As the anthem
played to a totally silent
gallery, the flag shimmered
proudly and boldly as an
example of the resilience of
the American people.
American Medical Response,
Capitol Body Shop, and the
Hinds County Volunteer Fire
Department vehicles toured
the racing surface with lights
blazing, and in silence as a
gesture of support for their
fellow rescue workers still
working against the odds in
both New York and Washington.
Thunderous support for the
nation, it's citizens, and
the flag rose towards the
heavens to again show why the
racing family is the greatest
group of people on the planet.
Another full field of cars in
all 4 classes turned out for
the night, with 78 cars on hand.
With 23 late models and 23 street
stocks, these two classes
combined to put on some rather
interesting examples of on track
graphics and body panel
relocation. David Molpus scored
another win in the southern
modified class over a 13 car
field. Molpus took the early lead
over Kevin Cessna, until Cessna
was plowed by the # 68 of Donnie
Brisendine off turn two.
Brisendine and Cessna were done
for the night, moving the # 99 of
Wayne Curtis to second. Molpus
again began to pull away, until
losing control and spinning to
the infield all by himself at
halfway. Molpus spun it around
and came back on in 4th position,
almost a full straight behind new
leader Curtis. Curtis turned up
the wick trying to make the laps
go by faster and claim the feature
win. Molpus slowly and
methodically gained position,
moving into second with 5 to go.
Curtis pushed as hard as he could,
only to see Molpus drive by off
turn four coming to the checkered
to take the win. Curtis, Steve
Bynum, Bo Black, and Roger Lyell
completed the top 5. Molpus and
Cessna took the earlier heat
race wins.
Matt Shaw, winner of the last
Superior Auto Sales street
stock event took the early
lead this week, and tried to
pull away from the 4 row
double file throng of cars
behind him. Mike "Skates"
Mitchell began to show some
strength, rapidly picking off
cars ahead of him to move into
the lead after a bobble in
turn four by Shaw. Mitchell
gained a little breathing room,
with Shaw motoring along in
second. Greg Harris and Gerald
Smith raced side by side for
several laps before the
caution flew for the spinning
# 45 of Jim Morris. Mitchell
again pulled away, rolling
through the high side to again
pull away to a slight advantage.
Gerald Smith used the double
file restart to jump into
second, with Jimmy Lantrip,
Greg Harris, and Dave Easterling,
using the entire track to battle
for fourth behind Shaw, in third.
Despite several spinning cars,
the race finished relatively
cleanly, with Mitchell taking
the win over Shaw, Harris,
Easterling, and Lantrip.
Smith was bumped from behind
on the next to last lap,
spinning to the infield and
credited with a 13th place
finish despite his protests.
Smith, Shaw, and Harris took
the earlier heat wins.
Lindsey Sims put the # 22
Rental Service Corp / Tony
Barker GRT atop the first
late model heat over Jason
Cliburn and Richey Cauthen.
Don Cliburn claimed heat
# 2 in the # 8 Cliburn Tank
Lines / Mac Tools / Tony Barker
GRT over Joel McRaney and Ken
Freeman. A familiar face took
heat three, with George Paul
putting the # 57 Paul's Body
Shop GRT atop the leader board
over Darin Dorsey and Danny
Alford.
The late model feature was, to
be polite, an example of door
rubbing action gone awry.
Gorge Paul quickly jumped to
the lead on the initial start,
as Don & Jason Cliburn both
dove to the inside of Lindsey
Sims entering turn one. Paul
hooked a rut on corner entry,
momentarily slowing him down
enough that one of the three
wide tangle just behind booted
him to the infield. A complete
restart followed, with Paul
again surging to the lead.
Darin Dorsey made a daring move
down the backstretch to put
the # 23 SCMP Auto Sales /
Steel Builders Supply / Tony
Barker Warrior into third from
6th, before lap one was
completed. Someone rode the #
888 of Jason Cliburn into the
wall just short of the flag
stand, bringing the youngest
Cliburn to a grinding halt.
Anthony May's # 77 had nowhere
to go, slamming into the stopped
GRT of Cliburn. Pat Nichols
spun into the group backwards,
but was able to continue.
Both Cliburn and May were done
for the night, as both cars
appeared to be severely damaged.
Both drivers walked away safely.
Dorsey again launched an assault
on the cars in front as Paul
again pulled away, as now Don
Cliburn found the wall under
the flag stand and rode to a stop.
Cliburn was able to refire his
machine and drive off under his
own power, and nearly every
car in the field stopped under
the caution to have sheet metal
rearranged. Dorsey sailed into
2nd as the track once again went
green, and drove to the high
side of Paul in turn one. Paul
powered ahead down the chute,
as many began to notice the
forward progress of the # 582
S & O Paint Co / Brown
Engineering / GRT of Sidney
Overby Jr. Moving from 20th to
10th in 4 laps, Overby rode
the ruts in the track while
others tried to go around
them, enabling a forward march
that included some bumping and
tire smoke, but entertaining
none the less. Paul began to
pull away until the caution
again flew for the spinning #
1F Fletcher's Tire & Auto /
Trick machine of Stanley Fletcher.
Again under green, Richey Cauthen
and Lindsey Sims battled for
third, as Dorsey again tried to
make a move for the lead. Paul
held on until the finish to
take the win and add to his
already mammoth points lead.
Dorsey cruised home in second
over Cauthen, Overby, Vic
Dolohite, and Sims.
Mike McCool took the mini
stock feature in the McDowell
Rd Pawn Brokers #2m, after
a competitive race with Terry
Welch and Allen Parfait. "Marbles"
Whitty came home 4th over Gerald
Shook and Anthony Kennedy.
Parfait and Jughead Brewer took
the heat wins.
Join us next weekend at
Jackson Motor Speedway for
the finest in dirt racing action.
JMS has also announced the
Rick's Super Late Model event that
was recently rained out has been
set for October 20th, with
double points for local classes.
On September 30th, the third
annual "Street Stock Thunder",
presented by Superior Auto
Sales and Touch of Class Paint
& Body will be the featured
event. Paying $1000 to the
winner and $50 to start, expect
a full field of hobby and
street stock type cars for
the event. For more details,
call Frann Monk at 601-932-3885.

by: Cindy Byrd Douglas
MISSISSIPPI MOTORSPORTS PARK 08/25/01
The Pro Stock heat one was "Biloxi Boys"
show, with #06 Jessie Underwood on pole,
D1jr Mike Ladner starting outside pole,
and #88 Jeremy Broadus starting 3rd in
the line up. They started the fight for
the Pro Stock feature in the first Pro
Stock heat race.
#06 Underwood found himself third from
the start, with #D1jr Ladner quickly
taking the lead, and #88 Broadus right
up his tail! It was a hard fight from
start to finish, but #D1jr Ladner held
off #88 Broadus for the win, leaving
#06 Underwood to settle for third.
In the second Pro Stock heat, #22 Rodney
Barber of Saucier MS started pole, and
stayed there from flag to flag, leaving
#D5 David Hough of Gulfport MS who
started outside pole to settle for second.
#74 Auvel Glover of Mobile Alabama started
dead last and moved up to finish third.
The Pro Stock feature was awesome from
start to finish.
#D1jr Ladner started on the pole, with
#22 Barber outside pole, and #88 Broadus
starting third. After the completion of
the first lap, #88 Broadus was leading
the pack, leaving #D1jr Ladner rooting
on his rear. Ladner tried high, and he
tried low, but #D1jr Ladner didn't have
enough to get by #88 Broadus. #06
Underwood started sixth, but quickly
made it to third, after #22 Barber had
technical difficulties that sent him to
the pits. #06 Underwood blew up and
still coasted across the finish line to
finish third, leaving a trail of oil around
the track! This left last week's winner
#K88 Baragar fourth, and #D5 Hough fifth.
The Pure Stock's heat was a preview of
their feature to come. #17 David Martin of
Wiggins MS started on the pole, but spun
in turn 4 on the first lap, sending him
to the rear.
#02 Norman Trotter of Gulfport MS started
fifth, but was in the lead by the completion
of the first lap, and he carried #8 Bubba
Dye of Saucier who started sixth to the
front with him.
The order would remain the same to the
finish. #88 Wesley Fletcher of Perkinston
MS who hit the wall last week, started
third, and held it until the two to go
signal, where he parked his #88 in the
infield coming out of turn 2, this left
an opening for #07 Earl Woods Jr. who
started third to reclaim it. The Pure
Stock feature was more of the same. With
#02 Trotter starting on the pole, and
#8 Dye outside pole, and #01 Dustin
Ladner of Lizana MS in third. The
leaders remained the same from flag to
flag. The real fight was #62 James Dean
of Bay St. Louis MS, and #01 Ladner for
third. They were back and forth until the
two to go signal, where #62 Dean was
holding third, and dropped his driveshaft on
the front straightaway, leaving #01 Ladner
the third position in the finish!
The first Street Stock heat saw #T2 Terry
Cuervas of Kiln MS starting on the pole,
and #49 Shannon Lee of Lumberton MS
outside pole. After the completion
of the first lap, #49 Lee had taken #T2
Cuervas for the lead, and stayed there
for the finish. #T2 Cuervas held second
until lap five, when #55 Bobby Busby
of Saucier MS took over second, leaving
#T2 Cuervas for third, until the white
flag lap, where #47jr of Bubba Trotter
making his debut starting out in fifth,
and taking third from #T2 Cuervas.
Pole position for the second heat in
Street Stock was #14 Andrew Hays of
Hurley MS, who found himself third
upon completion of the first lap,
as #47 Billy Riels of Wiggins MS
quickly took the lead, with #W7 of
Willie Marin who started fourth stealing
second. When the pack crossed the line
for the second lap #R7 Rodney Barber
of Saucier MS quickly moved into the
third position sending #14 Hays to
fourth for the finish. The Street Stock
feature had the pole positions switched,
and the second row switched by the time
the pack crossed the line on the first
lap. #49 Lee started pole and finished
second, with #47 Riels quickly taking
the lead and holding on to the finish.
#W7 Marin started fourth and quickly
took third from #55 Busby. #47jr
Trotter who started fifth moved up to
take fourth, until a flat sent him to
the pits in lap seven leaving fourth
to #55 Busby, until the white flag, where
#R7 Barber slid into fourth sending #55
Busby to fifth for the finish. It was a
real battle between these cars from
start to finish.
Pole sitter #6 Chase Cooper of Gulfport
MS led for the first lap until he left
his driveshaft on the front straightaway,
sending him to the pits, no fear, the
pit crew fixed him up before the feature!
This left the outside pole sitter 4$
Kalif Sellier of Pass Christian MS the
lead, with #98 Ron Tubbs of Gulfport
MS right on his heals! It was a tough
battle between the two, #98 Tubbs
tried high and low, but could not get
around 4$ Sellier. #94 Dow Hillhouse
of Angie LA spun in turn #3 sending
him to the rear, but he quickly fought
back up the third for the finish. The UMP
feature saw 4$ Sellier on the pole, but
not for long, by the completion of the
first lap, outside pole sitter #98
Tubbs stole the lead, and took with him
#94 Hillhouse, sending 4$ Sellier to
third. #6 Cooper who started dead last
holding fourth. Lap four came and 4$
Sellier made his move around #94
Hillhouse and took second, and was
fighting #98 Tubbs all the way to
the checkers! This time 4$ Sellier
tried high and low, but #98 Tubbs
would never leave an opening for
4$ Sellier. #94 Hillhouse held on to
third all the way, with #11 Nicholas
Sellier of Pass Christian MS finishing
fourth, after getting around #6
Cooper for the finish.
The Sportsman heat had #12 Jim O'Neal
of Seminary MS on the pole, but
technical difficulties in hot laps
left him in the pits, this left #D1
Mike Ladner on the pole, with #27
Rusty Cooper outside pole. And the
race was on, the two battled but
the finish was the same as the
line up! #3 Joey Pilgrim of
Gulfport MS started dead last and
came up to take third, leaving
#K99 Jim Yelverton of Gulfport MS
fourth, and #15 Mark Pritchett
also of Gulfport MS fifth. The
Sportsman feature finished the same
way they started their lineup. #D1
Ladner on the pole finished in the
winners column, with #3 Pilgrim
outside pole finishing second, and
#27 Cooper starting third and
finishing third. This was more
exciting than it sounds, as all
three battled hard to move up,
but no one opened the door!
Late Model action started with #291
Keith Miller of Sumrall MS who drew
a three chip started on the pole,
with #R2 Ricky Hankins of Purvis MS
who drew a five chip starting outside
pole, #2P Punkin Taylor of Pearl River
LA who drew a six chip starting third,
and #85 Mike Ladner of Biloxi MS
starting outside second row drawing a
number eight in all of his classes
for all of his cars!! Coming to the
finish line on the first lap of the
heat saw #R2 Hankins in the lead,
with #291 Miller chasing him, leaving
third to #2P Taylor and fourth to #85
Ladner.
With two to go, #R2 Hankins and #291
Miller tie up in turn 4 sending #291
Miller to the rear. This left the second
spot open for #2P Taylor who tried #R2
Hankins, but just didn't have the
opening to get by him. #291 Miller
made his way back up to fourth for
the finish.
With #R2 Hankins starting on the pole
for the feature, and #2P Taylor outside
pole, #85 Ladner third, and #291 Miller
starting fourth, the chase was on.
#R2 Hankins held the lead without
incident from flag to flag. #2P Taylor
held second until he got loose coming
out of turn 2 on lap 8 and left the
door open for #291 Miller to slide in
second. #2P Taylor tried #291 Miller
on every lap, but #291 Miller would
never give him a hole. Leaving the
finish #R2 Hankins, #291 Miller, #2P
Taylor, top three respectively. #85
Ladner finished fourth, and #23 Al
Fox of Woolmarket MS rounding out
the top five.
The Gulf Coast Mini Sprints put on a
good show for the fans Saturday night,
as both of their heat races were
caution free. The first heat saw #23
Kent Wood of Ocean Springs MS
taking the lead and staying there
to the finish. #1 Danny Jones
started sixth and held second
throughout the heat race.
#62 Jimmy Olsen started dead last
and worked his way up to finish
third. Their second heat race had
#83 Brian Rouse of Biloxi MS
taking the win from flag to flag,
with #38 Mike Holley of Biloxi MS
coming up from sixth to second
for the finish. And #99 Doug Smith
started dead last and came up
through the pack to finish third.
Their feature race only had one
caution that sent outside pole
sitter #83 Rouse to the rear,
only to have him pick off the
field one by one to finish the
feature in second. Pole sitter
#23 Wood led the race from
flag to flag. #1 Jones started
third and finished third,
leaving fourth to #38 Holley,
with #20 Kevin Brosh of Biloxi
MS rounding out the top five.
Last week the Ladies Race was
accidently omitted, so we wanted
to make mention of the winners
this week. In the Pure Stock
Ladies Race we saw pole sitter
#01 Emma Ladner of Lizana MS
lead the race until the half
way mark, where she thought
the flagman was giving her the
move over flag, she moved over,
giving the win to #07
Terry Graham of Ocean Springs
MS, who had started sixth and
moved up to second.
Third was won by #25 Sharon
Ladner of Biloxi MS who had
started fifth, and fourth
was won by #39 Mia Elias of
New Orleans LA, leaving #H70
Ashley Middleton of Saucier
to round out the top five.
The Street Stock Ladies Race
was won by pole sitter #55
Laura Busby of Saucier MS,
with #39 Terrie Lasalle of Pass
Christian MS starting dead
last and finishing second.
Leaving #49 Sandy Lee of Wiggins
MS settling for third.
This week be sure to join us
for our Labor Day Blowout, two
days of racing! Saturday night
Sept. 1st will be our regular
classes, plus our DEMOLITION
DERBY presented by Jim Talley
and the kids bicycle races.
Sunday Sept. 2nd $2,000 to win
40 lap Late Model race, along
with Pure Stock, Street Stock,
Pro Stock and 4 cylinder Mini
Stocks! Saturday nights gates
open at 4, racing starts at
7:30, Sunday gates open at 2pm,
with feature races starting at
7:30pm. For more information log
on to www.speed-demons.com click
Mississippi Motorsports Park!
Come join our holiday fun!

by: Chris Cooper
Aug. 18, 01
Jackson, MS - A near capcity crowd on
hand for the USCS "Outlaw Thunder" Tour
event at Jackson Motor Speedway found
not only the sprints, but also the rest
of the classes to be quite entertaining
as well. Things started off very
promising, as track announcer J.T.
Williamson found himself with time to
interview several drivers before the
start of the action, in keeping with the
new policy JMS has adopted to get the
drivers more accessible to the fans.
As the first heat rolled out, the
Superior Auto Sales street stocks sat
primed to give the fans a show, and did
not disappoint. Early leader Mark
Triplett had the # 49 Ford powered T-bird
running strong, and appeared to have
things under control, until Greg Harris
drove the # 2b Camaro into the top spot
on the last lap to finish off a spirited
charge from his last row starting
position. In heat # 2, Skates Mitchell
put the # 3 Camaro out front at the green,
and ran away with the win. The race,
however, was for second, with Davey
Easterling's # 711 battling with the
# 19 of Gerald Smith for most of the
race, with the # H1 of Chris Sawyer
just behind. Easterling finally secured
the spot with two to go, to finish behind
Mitchell and just in front of Smith.
Heat # 3 was just as exciting, as
rookie Josh Steverson put the #215
Budwesier sponsored Camaro out front to
lead every lap and win in only his 4th
time in a race car. Jimmy Lantrip
continued the rookie uprising, finishing
second, with defending track champion
Michael Fuller's Dodge in third.
Just as the fans caught their collective
breath, the USCS boys rolled out to
start their action for the evening.
Local driver "Blockhead" Bryant drove
the # 33x Watson Quality Ford machine
to the win in heat one, with 7 time
USCS champ Tony Gray lapping most of
the field in heat two from his last row
starting spot.
Mike McCool took mini stock heat
number one over Kenneth Ellis and Mike
Whitty. Adam Strength won heat # 2 in
his first race of the season in a new
car. Claude Brewer Jr and Jerry Martin
followed.
Despite the action, the fans were
still in store for some interesting
on-track happenings, as the southern
modified class had yet to pull out on
the track. While street stock sometimes
provides some bumper relocation
opportunities, southern modified has
become a body man's nightmare of late.
This night proved to be no exception,
as early leader Billy Ray Renfrow spun
in turn two on lap two, and was black
flagged for pulling out onto the track
to draw a caution. The # 99 of Wayne
Curtis assumed the lead as the track
went back green, with David Molpus
eventually putting the # 14 car where
it's been most of the season, "on the
point". Moplus led until getting loose
off turn 4 on the final lap and spun,
collecting Curtis, Brad Rose, and himself.
Kevin Cessna, who had pitted earlier
under caution, snuck through the carnage
and took the win. Don Brisendine took
the win in an uneventful second heat,
over Holland McRae and Marvin Rose.
Terry Gray easily won the USCS feature,
lapping into the top 5 by the finish.
Marshall Skinner mounted a serious charge
through the field to finish second,
followed by Chris Rodgers and Kelly
Angellette, who also came from
the rear of the field to score a top
five finish, and the TimberWolf Hard
Charger Award.
The Superior Auto Sales Street Stocks
took to the track for the first feature
of the night, with Greg Harris storming
to the lead at the green. With the
pack behind him snarling and bumping
for racing room, Harris tried to pull
away before an early caution for the
# 17 of Jay Mitchell. On the double
file restart, Brock Wester came from
nowhere on the outside to rocket into
4th place, joining the battle ahead of
him between Skates Mitchell and Davey
Easterling for second behind Harris.
On the next lap, Mitchell got a run
on Harris entering turn one, only to
hit the mud on the very bottom of the
track and push up into Easterling.
The contact caused both to check up, and
find Wester jammed into the brakes and
spinning to the infield. Wester later
said his motor mount broke causing the
accelerator to stick at the same time.
Easterling got the jump on Mitchell for
second on the restart, and immediately
went to work on Harris, who was now
trailing smoke. Easterling and Harris
fought for the spot door to door for
the next several laps, before the
orange # 711 pulled ahead for good.
Chris Sawyer followed suit, taking
second from Harris the same lap. Harris
held on for third over Mitchell and
Matt Shaw.
Mike McCool took the lead of the
mini feature at the start, and held on for
the win over point leader Claude Brewer
Jr, Mike Brewer, Rocky Dillard, and
Terry Welch, who survived an early
incident with the front stretch wall.
Jerry Martin's # LA17 was next, followed
by "Marbles" Whitty and Kenneth
Ellis.
Don Brisendine assumed the Southern
modified lead on lap one, only to break a
transmission and be pushed from the
speedway. David Molpus made use of his
inherited lead, fighting off Kevin
Cessna and Brad Rose for the spot, until
Cessna broke and Holland McRae took
second from Rose. Molpus inched away as
McRae and Rose battled for second,
until McRae took it for good. Bo Black
and Billy Ray Renfrow completed the top 5.

Aug. 18, Booneville, MS
For the second straight week the
schedule at Woodland Raceway had to
be cancelled due to mother nature.
Better Luck Next Week!

After 4 of the 24 late models on hand qualified the Rick's officials called off the Rick's Super Late Models Series on account of rain. The event will be rescheduled.

Boonville, MS
I would like to invite everyone out
for the bicycle race at intermission
on 8-4-01.

Limited
When the green flag fell the #9 of
Johnny Potts took the lead and never
looked back. He also won the feature
race leading flag to flag. The
newcomer to this class the #66 of
Chris Dickinson ran a close 2nd to
Potts but wasnt able to get within
striking distance and had to settle
for 2nd in both races. Kurt
Radojcsics driver of the # 43 and
Eddie Houston driver of the # 38 had
some great side by side racing with
Radojcsics edging Houston out for 3rd.

Super Street
The unstoppable Johnny Prince driver
of the #33 continued his winning streak
flag to flag in both races.
The #19 of Scotty Peeler had a
tremendous run going finishing 2nd
in both races. Richard Boyer driver
of the #06 has only been at the track
a couple of times this year. Richard
had a strong 3rd place run looking to
move into 2nd but found himself
finishing 3rd.

Ladies
Cathy Frank driver of the #19 took
a wild ride when her and the #2 car
driven by Jody Davis were battling
for position and Jody pushed high
putting Cathy in the loose marbles
and into the tires at the top of
turn 1 and 2. The car was badly
damaged but Cathy was ok. The #47 of
Heather Hoard lead several laps
only to spin on the white flag lap
and finish 5th in the 1st heat.
Rachel Hall driver of the #SR3
had a strong run finishing 2nd
in the feature. The #31 of Barbara
Burcham had a bit of bad luck when
she climb the back straight a-way
wall and almost flipped she was
ok but didnt make it back for
her other 2 races.
Outlaw
This class was full of cautions
in the first heat with a total
of 7 cautions. The #65 of Brad
Blackard and the #33 of Mark
Gant got together in turn 2 with
Brad ending up in the tires in
turn 2 both cars are ok. The #26
of Barbara Blount had her 2nd
dnf of the year when she rolled
the right rear down but came
back and ran a strong 3rd in the
feature. The #f44 Dwayne Parsons
continued his hot streak taking
the win in all 3 races. Howard
Means driver of the # 33 came
back to run a strong 2nd in the
feature after coming off the track
in the first heat. Brent Means
driver of the #1 blew and engine
in the feature after hold off a
hard charge from his dad for
most of the race.
Modified Street
Eric Hughes driver of the #CB
takes the lead on the second
lap and goes on to take the win
in the first heat. Eric found
himself in second in the 2nd
heat and 4th in the feature
when the checkered flag fell.
Tim Ragan driver of the #64 has
really been on a roll lately
he won the 2nd heat and feature.
The #3 of Tori Smith started
in the 12th spot only to work
her way to the 3rd spot when
the checkered flag fell in all
3 races. The #19 of Brian McGowen
started 13th and worked his way
up toward the front only for him
and the #2 of Ray Moore to get
together but Brian was able to
continue. Brian was able to work
his way into 6th by the time
the checkered flag fell. Jerry
Brumley driver of the # 3 made
a strong come back after being
disqualified last weekend.
Jerry finished 2nd

Meridian - July 7.
Late Model
760 - Jimbo McDuffie
44 - Roger Rolison
27 - Larry Murphy
2 - Phil Bradford
99 - Josh Fuller
IMCA
34 - Ben Stephens
25 - Jamie Gowers
25 - Toby Hodge
55 - David Holder
24 - Timmy Batte
Pro Street
51 - Jeffery Walker
4 - Doug Todd
12 - Edmond Jenkins
3 - DeWayne Robinson
Mini
10 - Steve Bryan
6 - Brian CHaney
121 - Rick Long
12 - Artis Bunyard
20 - Owen Bryan II
Pure Street
1 - David James
21 - Terry Mosley
44 - Danny Dunn
41 - Joey Brown
00 - Tim Culpepper