Columbus, MS - The Six Crown Southern Speedweek presented by Brown Engineering had its first Mississippi stop of the weekend with race 3 on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway. 30 Super Late Model entries joined a total 112 race teams for the event which also featured a full Summer Racing Series program.

Rick Rickman would set the mark in qualifying for the Six Crown Super Late Models, lapping the highbanks at 13.93 seconds. Rickman would share the feature front row with Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, ahead of old rivals Eddie Rickman Johnny Stokes - in the Jay Dickens Racing Engines house car for the weekend - on the second row. Three B-Main events were won by Scott Dedwylder, Greg Fore, and Jim McDuffie.

The full moon seemed to be in effect as spectacular, hard-to-follow racing that sometimes reached 5-wide status clashed with a penchant for cautions in the first half of the event. Hollinsgworth, the Rickmans, Stokes, Dane Dacus, Bub McCool, and others all found themselves in contention early, but on-track events would lead to Eddie Rickman being relegated to the rear of the field after an early caution and Stokes later leaving the track and the race after suffering a flat tire. 5th-starting Dacus would work his way through it all into the lead on about lap 6 as the field shuffled madly behind him on the smooth, extremely competitive track.

With the cautionfest effectively over just before the halfway point, Dacus was able to assert himself as the man to beat and went on to take an impressive win with Bub McCool earning second place. Mike Boland, who started back in 15th, marched his way up to a third place finish. Behind the top three, intense, normally 3-wide and several rows deep action shook down with Hollingsworth leading the pack across the line to take third over 19th-starting Anthony Rushing. Chris Ragan, last week's winner Jason Sanderford, Dean Carpenter, Jim McDuffie, and Brian Rickman completed the top ten.

Dacus' win made him the 10th different Super Late Model feature winner at Columbus Speedway this season in 10 events. The streak could easily continue as the division enjoys a particularly high level of parity and competition so far in 2007, with several drivers yet to win threatening each week.

The Open Wheel Modified event was also a barn-burning affair, with even stiffer competition up front in the latter stages of the event. Brian Rickman would rocket to the front riding against teh wall to take the checkers by half a car length over Brandon Poppenheimer, followed by Lee Ray, Jeremy Shaw, and Jay Burchfield. Jamie Pickard would return to victory lane in the Stormpay.com Crate Late Model division over Jeremy Shaw, who started last after taking over the Reed Long entry for the feature. Mike Ellis, Carson Wallace, and Greg Allen rounded out the top five.

Ray Mauldin took the Late Model Stock win over Marcus Minga and Ricky Rawson. Marvin Beard continued his win streak after a heated battle with Mike Barton and extended his bounty (he was unable to start the feature last week) by collecting the Street Stock win over Trey Bright and Barton. The Minor clan monopolized the podium in the Mini Stock division as Mike Minor, Bo Minor, and Heath Minor took the top three spots in the main event.

Columbus Speedway will continue the 2007 Summer Racing Series next Saturday night July 7th with a Full Racing Program. The show includes the Rebel Challenge Weekly Racing Series Super Late Models paying at least $1,000 to win and $125 to start and all local divisions in action. Local divisions include Late Model Stock, Open Wheel Modifieds, Stormpay Late Models, Street Stocks, and Mini Stocks.

The bounty on Marvin Beard goes up to $150 this week in the Street Stock division.

The event will serve as a good time to test and tune for the upcoming Cliburn Tank Lines Lucas Oil Series James Nickoles Memorial presented by the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau SPEED TV event coming up July 14th.

Grandstand gates open at 5pm with hot laps at 7:30pm and racing at 8:00pm.

Special event admission prices apply with adult admission is $12 with children ages 10 and under admitted FREE. Seniors, active military, and ages 11-18 are admitted for only $10. Pit passes are $25. Please remember lawn chairs and coolers are welcome with the exception of no glass containers.

For more information please visit www.columbusspeedway.net or call Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 during the week.

On Saturday, please call the event hotline at 662-241-5004.

Upcoming events at Columbus Speedway:

July 7th – RCWRS SLM’s plus WRS
July 14th – Lucas Oil Series Super Late Model Series $10,000 to win!
July 28th - RCWRS SLM's, WRS, and Mini Sprints

August 3rd - 8th Annual John L Cliett Tribute Weekend Night #1 - MSCCS vs. SRRS 40 laps $2,500 to win plus local divisions
August 4th - 8th John L. Cliett Tribute Weekend Night #2. The O’Reilly Super Late Model Shootout: O’Reilly Southern All Stars vs. O’Reilly SUPR 59 laps $5,000 to win plus local divisions

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Super Late Model Feature
Fast Time: Rick Rickman 13.93
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 54 DANE DACUS
2ND 57J BUB MCCOOL
3RD 222 MIKE BOLAND
4TH 18 RONNY LEE HOLLINGSWORTH
5TH 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
6TH C16 CHRIS RAGAN
7TH 82 JASON SANDERFORD
8TH 51 DEAN CARPENTER
9TH 760 JIM MCDUFFIE
10TH 17 BRIAN RICKMAN
11TH 86 RICK RICKMAN
12TH 57 ROGER SHIRLEY
13TH 77 GREG FORE
14TH 5 SHAWN EDWARDS
15TH 25 JUSTIN MCREE
16TH 43 KURT RADOJCSICS
17TH 888 JASON CLIBURN
18TH 99 JEFF WHITE
19TH 68 EDDIE RICKMAN
20TH 151 JOEL BURROUGHS
21ST 1 JOHNNY STOKES
22ND 121 ANTHONY BURROUGHS
23RD 33 SCOTT DEDWYLDER

Super Late Model B Main 1
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
TRANSFER 33 SCOTT DEDWYLDER
TRANSFER 888 JASON CLIBURN
TRANSFER 222 MIKE BOLAND
TRANSFER 25 JUSTIN MCREE
TRANSFER 51 DEAN CARPENTER
TRANSFER 43 KURT RADOJCSICS
7TH D7 JERRY INMON
DNS 5 TERRELL STRIPLING

Super Late Model B Main 2
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
TRANSFER 77 GREG FORE
TRANSFER 5 SHAWN EDWARDS
TRANSFER 57 ROGER SHIRLEY
TRANSFER 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
5TH 32 MARK DODSON
6TH 10 DANIEL BROWN
7TH 28 BRADLEY PRICE

Super Late Model B Main 3
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
TRANSFER 760 JIM MCDUFFIE
TRANSFER 82 JASON SANDERFORD
TRANSFER 17 BRIAN RICKMAN
TRANSFER 99 JEFF WHITE
5TH 6 JACK DAUGHTRY
TRANSFER 151 JOEL BURROUGHS
7TH 21 BEN MCCREARY

Open Wheel Modified Feature
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 90 BRIAN RICKMAN
2ND 99 BRANDON POPPENHEIMER
3RD 2 LEE RAY
4TH 1S JEREMY SHAW
5TH 25 JAY BURCHFIELD
6TH 7 TODD GRAY
7TH 12 LUCAS LEE
8TH 55 MICHAEL LEE
9TH X TRINITY WYERS
10TH 35 TONY GRAY
11TH 31 BLAKE KOENIGSBERGER
12TH 04 RODNEY ETHERIDGE
13TH 9 CHRIS COLLUMS
14TH WFO JASON MARKEWITZ
15TH 97 HAROLD TRIMM
16TH 29 KALI DELOACH
17TH 2S JACOB STAPP
18TH 17X DEVAN WYERS
19TH USA1 JEROME SHEPHERD

Late Model Stock Feature
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 9 RAY MAULDIN
2ND 19 MARCUS MINGA
3RD 88 RICKY RAWSON
4TH K6 TK KING
5TH 8 JASON DOWNS
6TH 75 RAY PAUL
7TH 14 CHANCE INMON
8TH 33C ERIC COOLEY
9TH 8 MIKE SHAW
10TH 95 WESLEY GREENE
11TH 12 TIM DAVIS
12TH 22 JAMEY BOUCHILLON
13TH SUPER 6 BILL SPANN
14TH 8 BRADLEY NICKOLES
15TH 35 WILLIAM BELL

Street Stock Feature
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 3S MARVIN BEARD
2ND 82 TREY BRIGHT
3RD 27 MIKE BARTON
4TH 28 LUKE RIDDLE
5TH 47 DANNY GABLE
6TH 06 CRAIG BARHAM
7TH 32 WESLEY BLAIR
8TH 02 MARK THRASH
9TH 22 JOHN BEARD
10TH 17JR RICKY RUSSELL
11TH D5 HEATH BEARD
12TH 8 BLAINE DAVIS
13TH 83 KEVIN MONAHAN
14TH KB9 SCOTT THRASH
15TH 3R RUSTY CAMP
16TH 71 KEITH MONAHAN
17TH 25 DUSTIN LONG
18TH 67 KEVIN MCWILLIAMS
19TH 88 1/2 SCOTT LEACH
20TH K24 TONY SILVESTRI
21ST 63 TREY WRIGHT
22ND 3 BRENT MITCHELL
23RD 20 GARRETT ANTHONY
24TH F86 TOMMY MCCAFFERY
25TH 1 BEN WILLIAMS
26TH 4 TONY TIDWELL
DNS 28 BRYAN FORTNER

Mini Stock Feature
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 2 MIKE MINOR
2ND 1 BO MINOR
3RD 21 HEATH MINOR
4TH 22 NICK DEESE
5TH LITTLE 17 DONNY ANDREWS
6TH 2 DAVID CRAWFORD
7TH 10W JESSIE WHITE
8TH -01 RONNIE GUIN
9TH 2 1/2 RANDY GUIN

Crate Late Model Feature
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 21 JAMIE PICKARD
2ND 27 JEREMY SHAW
3RD 73 MIKE ELLIS
4TH W2 CARSON WALLACE
5TH 55 GREG ALLEN
6TH 18C RANDY HARMON
7TH C1 COREY DOYLE
8TH X15 ROMAN PONDS
9TH 7 MIKE SHIRLEY
10TH 75J JOHN MAXEY
11TH 38 TONY SHELTON
12TH 1T TERRY MOSLEY