Columbus, MS - The prestigious 15th Annual NAPA Auto Parts James King Memorial was finaly made up Saturday night following an early-season rainout. The Southern Regional Racing Series as well as top regional Super Late Model talent would be on hand for the 64-lap, $5,000-to-win event held as always at the Baddest Bullring in the South.

Chris Wall and Rick Rickman would share the front row for the start of the James King Memorial main event. Eric Hickerson, Anthony Rushing, and Jerry Inmon would take B-Main wins in Super Late Model preliminary action.

Rickman would rocket into the lead at the start of the feature race, beating Wall off the line with Jimbo McDuffie in tow. McDuffie would hold off Wall, Billy Moyer, and Byron Michael in the first turn, then shake off Wall to remain in the runner-up spot as Moyer moved in to unsuccessfully challenge Wall before the first caution fell on lap 3 for Bub McCool.

Rickman would restart the race ahead of McDuffie, Wall, Moyer, Michael, and Dane Dacus, fending off a deep-dive from Wall on the restart before wall fell back to third behind McDuffie. Moyer would begin to hound Wall as the drivers blasted primarily around the rim of the track in "old-school" Columbus fashion. Rickman, clearly dominant particularly early on in the #1 Jay Dickens Racing Engines House Car, would quickly stretch out to a lead over McDuffie, who also built a cushion over Wall.

Rickman reached lap traffic by lap 13 with nearly a straightaway lead, still pulling away as McDuffie battled Wall then pulled away once again before a lap 22 caution for Jerry Inmon. Moyer would then retire from the race, his machine being pushed off the track under caution as the field realigned with Rickman leading McDuffie, Wall, Michael, and Tony Knowles. A third caution fell the following lap with no change in the top five.

Wall would get a good look at first place on the restart but Rickman once again motored away on the back stretch with McDuffie putting the #71 back to third. Knowles would make a quick bid for third place, then fall back leaving McDuffie, Wall, and Michael to trail Rickman, who beagan his second trip through lapped traffic on lap 32. Dane Dacus would bring out a caution on lap 37, with action resuming in the much the same manner until Anthony Rushing broke into the top five on lap 42.

McDuffie survived a serious challenge by Wall on lap 44, then chased down the runaway Rickman before breaking and bringing out caution on lap 48 ending a strong run. After a false start, Rickman led Wall, Michael, Knowles, and the charging David Breazeale to the last green flag of the night.

Rickman, Wall, and Michael would stay in close order ahead of Knowles, with Wall looking beneath Rickman each lap. Rickman would survive passing attempts on lap 53, 57, 58, and 60, then built a small, short-lived cushion until Wall pulled back close to the leader on lap 63 just before the white flag waved.

Once again, drama unfolded at The Bullring when Wall drove hard into turns 1 and 2 under Rickman in a last-ditch effort gone horribly wrong. The #71 machine drove into the left side of the #1 and both cars spun in turn 2 with third-place Byron Michael capitalizing, going on to take the win. Breazeale would pass Knowles in turn 4 to take what became second place, and Rickman amazingly rebounded to limp across the finish line in 4th (Wall did not complete the lap).

Fifth place went to Tony Morris, with Mike Boland, Inmon, Dean Carpenter, Hickerson, and Billy Mayo completing the top ten.

Blake Koenigsberger would take the Mini Stock win over Matt Price and Jeremy Shaw. Mark Stokes would beat Chris Reed and Jamie Pickard to the line in Stormapay.com Crate Late Model action, while Eric Cooley took Late Model Stock honors over Jeremy Glasgow and Ray Paul. Dusty Robertson took the Street Stock win, and Mike Minor took the Mini Stock checkered flag.

Action returns to Columbus Speedway on September 14-15 with the Stormpay Late Model National Series in action as well as other local divisions. Visit www.ColumbusSpeedway.net for details.

Super Late Model
Fast Time: Chris Wall 14.02
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST B17 BYRON MICHAEL
2ND 54 DAVID BREAZEALE
3RD 66 TONY KNOWLES
4TH 1 RICK RICKMAN
5TH M31 TONY MORRIS
6TH 222 MIKE BOLAND
7TH D7 JERRY INMON
8TH 51 DEAN CARPENTER
9TH 98 ERIC HICKERSON
10TH 115 BILLY MAYO
11TH 71 CHRIS WALL
12TH 70 MIKE LUNA
13TH 5 SHAWN EDWARDS
14TH 22 KEITH HOUSE
15TH 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
16TH 760 JIM MCDUFFIE
17TH 54 DANE DACUS
18TH 68 EDDIE RICKMAN
19TH 21 BILLY MOYER
20TH 20 TOMBO CALLAHAN
21ST 121 ANTHONY BURROUGHS
22ND 12 JAMIE ELAM
23RD 17 BRIAN RICKMAN
24TH 57J BUB MCCOOL

B Main 1
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
TRANSFER 98 ERIC HICKERSON
TRANSFER M31 TONY MORRIS
TRANSFER 115 BILLY MAYO
TRANSFER 121 ANTHONY BURROUGHS
5TH 25 JUSTIN MCREE
TRANSFER 51 DEAN CARPENTER
7TH 95 JIMMY TUCKER
8TH 01 BEN KITTRELL

B Main 2
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
TRANSFER 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
TRANSFER 54 DAVID BREAZEALE
TRANSFER 20 TOMBO CALLAHAN
4TH 10 DANIEL BROWN
5TH 82 JASON SANDERFORD
TRANSFER 70 MIKE LUNA
7TH 57 ROGER SHIRLEY

B Main 3
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
TRANSFER D7 JERRY INMON
TRANSFER 5 SHAWN EDWARDS
TRANSFER 22 KEITH HOUSE
4TH 5 MARTY HOLTMAN
5TH 54X SCOTT CREEL
DNS 5 GREG ALDRIDGE
DNS 8 RONNY LEE HOLLINGSWORTH

Open Wheel Modified
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 31 BLAKE KOENIGSBERGER
2ND 17 MATT PRICE
3RD 1S JEREMY SHAW
4TH 25 JAY BURCHFIELD
5TH 7 TODD GRAY
6TH 2 LEE RAY
7TH XJR DEVAN WYERS
8TH 04 RODNEY ETHERIDGE
9TH P4 JOSEPH PATILLA
10TH 97 HAROLD TRIMM
11TH CB1 ERIC HUGHES
12TH X WESSIE GRAY
13TH 2S JACOB STAPP
14TH 25 PAUL ROBINSON
15TH X TRINITY WYERS
16TH 29 KALI DELOACH
17TH 77 STEVE SMITH
DNS 29 RANDY BUSH

Late Model Stock
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 33C ERIC COOLEY
2ND 7 JEREMY GLASGOW
3RD 75 RAY PAUL
4TH 12 TIM DAVIS
5TH K6 TK KING
6TH 8 JACKSON MCCOOL
7TH 8 BILLY TEDFORD
8TH 9 RAY MAULDIN
9TH 88 JASON MICHAV
10TH 6 CHRIS WOOD
11TH 82 JASON MILAM
12TH 66 JEREMY CASH

Street Stock
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 81 DUSTY ROBERTSON
2ND 3S MARVIN BEARD
3RD 47 DANNY GABLE
4TH 27 MIKE BARTON
5TH K24 TONY SILVESTRI
6TH 48 CRAIG BARHAM
7TH 22 JOHN BEARD
8TH 06 BO HELTON
9TH 1 BEN WILLIAMS
10TH 83 KEVIN MONAHAN
11TH 56 CLIFF SWEDENBURG
12TH Q32 QUITERIO AREVALOS
13TH 67 KEVIN MCWILLIAMS
14TH F86 TOMMY MCAFFERY
15TH 71 KEITH MONAHAN
16TH D5 HEATH BEARD
DNS CT74 ANDREW EARNEST
DNS 19 JAMES SOLAR
DNS 26 DOUG DODD
DNS 8 JAMIE NELSON

Mini Stock
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 2 MIKE MINOR
2ND 22 NICK DEESE
3RD 7 DAVID CRAWFORD
4TH 6 STANLEY BUSBIN
5TH X GREGG RUFFIN
6TH -01 RONNIE GUIN

Crate Late Model
FINISHING POSITION CAR #/DRIVER NAME
1ST 2 MARK STOKES
2ND 911 CHRIS REED
3RD 21 JAMIE PICKARD
4TH 7 MIKE SHIRLEY
5TH 33 JUSTIN CARTER
6TH 00 TERRY KELLEY
7TH X15 ROMAN PONDS
8TH 75J JOHN MAXEY
9TH 0 CODY SWINK
10TH 42 ALLEN GILREATH
11TH 27 REED LONG
12TH 50 ALLEN SIMMONS
13TH 38 TONY SHELTON
DNS C1 COREY DOYLE