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June 21st, 2009
Columbus Speedway Returns To Action This Saturday
Columbus, Mississippi (6/21/09) - “The Baddest Bullring in the South”, Columbus Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi will return to action on Saturday, June 27th with a Weekly Racing Series Event.
Much excitement abounds in the Columbus, Mississippi area as the 1/3 mile highbanks of Columbus Speedway are ready to set the night on fire this Saturday night. The program will be highlighted by Super Late Models, NeSmith Weekly Crate Late Models, Open Wheel Modifieds, Late Model Stocks, Street Stocks, Mini Stocks, and Stingers.
On Saturday the pit gate opens at 3pm with the grandstand gates opening at 5pm. The driver’s meeting is slated for 6:30 pm with racing action at 7:30pm. Grandstand admission is $10 for adults, $8 for active military, seniors, and students (11-18), and children 10 & under are free, when accompanied by an adult. Pit admission is $25.
Please note that Raceceivers are mandatory for all divisions and are available for rental at the track.
For more information call 662-240-5004 or visit the Columbus Speedway website at www.ColumbusSpeedway.net .
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series News Release: Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157
April 17, 2009
ENGLISH TAKES COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS RACE
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COLUMBUS, MS – Tanner English of Benton, KY in the Garner Brothers Line Rayburn was awarded the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win in the 40-lap main event on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway after the disqualification of apparent winner Ronny Hollingsworth of Northport, AL in the Kelley Electric Mastersbilt.
The engine in Hollingsworth’s car was found to have illegal valve springs during the post-race technical inspection, and was disqualified giving English the victory. The win gave English a “clean sweep,” as he was also the McLeod Construction Fast Qualifier among the 39 entrants with a lap around the ¼-mile clay oval in 14.625 seconds.
English took the lead on lap two from Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA in the Hays Family Racing/Barto Enterprises Warrior, but lost the point to Hollingsworth after a lap 26 restart. English looked like he was going to have to settle for second after leading 27 laps of the race, but the post-race technical inspection changed things in English’s favor.
The defending NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series West Region Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS finished second in the H.E. Mosley, Inc. Trak-Star, and Rick Rickman of Columbus, MS took the third spot in the Rickman Trucking Mastersbilt. Shawn Edwards of Louisville, MS was fourth in the Montgomery Farms Trak-Star.
Jay Blair of Angie, LA finished fifth in the J&A Trucking Mastersbilt to earn the Race Car Engineering Fifth-Place Award, and Ben McCreary of Baldwyn, MS earned the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Race Award with a sixth-place finish in the Waddle Trucking Mastersbilt.
Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN extended his point lead with a seventh-place finish in the Eads Farms Warrior. Gentry now leads Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL by 22 points.
Boutwell finished 13th in the McLeod Construction Rocket after starting third. Boutwell cut down a tire early in the race, and that earned him the Dominator Race Products Hard Luck Award.
Brad Hall of Knoxville, TN took the eighth spot in the Pilot Oil Rocket, and grabbed sole possession of third-place in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point standings, four points behind Boutwell. Hall picked up the Race Car Engineering Eighth-Place Award.
Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA was ninth in the Gardner Excavating Rocket, and earned the Maximum Signs Ninth-Place Award. Chase Washington of Houlka, MS rounded out the top ten in the Jerry Inmon Race Cars GRT. Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS started 22nd and finished 11th to earn the Hard Charger of the Race Award.
Rainey took the lead from his outside front row starting spot at the start of the race followed by English, McDuffie, Greg Allen of Cherokee, AL in the J&K Leasing Mastersbilt, and Boutwell. English drove under Rainey in turn two to take the lead on lap two.
Hollingsworth passed Allen for the fourth spot on lap five, and then drove around McDuffie to take the third position on lap eight. Hollingsworth’s drive to the front of the pack took him around Rainey for second on lap ten. English began to encounter lapped traffic on lap 12, as Hollingsworth began to close a half straightaway deficit.
Rainey began to fade on lap 14, as Rickman got by him for the fifth spot on lap 14. The first of two caution flags came out on lap 18 when Mark Stokes of Steens, MS spun the Kountry Kitchen Trak-Star in turn two. English lined up for the restart with the field double-file behind him with Hollingsworth choosing the inside line, and McDuffie from third spot on the outside.
McDuffie was able to drive around Hollingsworth on the restart to reclaim the second spot. Rickman got around Allen for the fourth position on lap 20. The final caution flag came out on lap 26 when Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA spun the Turner Excavating DWB in turn two.
With English still on the point and in a row by himself for the double-file restart, second-place McDuffie chose the inside with third-place Hollingsworth on the outside. When the green flag came out for the restart, Hollingsworth powered back around McDuffie for second, and quickly reeled in English to challenge for the lead.
By lap 27, English and Hollingsworth were racing side-by-side for the lead with English working the bottom groove, and Hollingsworth riding the cushion on the outside. Hollingsworth drove by English coming off the fourth turn on lap 29, but it was all for naught with the post-race technical infraction. MORE
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Wall and Bloomquist Take Columbus Rebel Challenge Wins
Columbus, MS-There are currently two facts about Columbus Speedway that have been validated over the weekend…the first one is that if Chris Wall is in the house he is going to be the man to beat. The second is that if Chris Wall and Scott Bloomquist are on hand they are currently the two guys to beat and they proved of the course of the 7th Annual Brown Engineering Rebel Challenge weekend at Columbus Speedway.
Wall won the $3,000 to win Rebel Rouser 40 in convincing fashion on Friday night over a strong 44-car field of Super Late Models. Chris Wall from Holden, LA decimated the field lapping up to seventh place as the Intimagator would take another big win at The Baddest Bullring in the South. Dirt racing Hall of Famer Billy Moyer was second with Tennessee’s Dane Dacus in third. Alabama’s Anthony Burroughs was fourth with Scott Slay completing the top five.
Action really picked up on Saturday night with a couple of notable additions to the field including Mooresburg, TN racing legend Scott Bloomquist plus a few others with $10,000 to win on the line.
Northport’s Ronny Lee Hollingsworth would set fast time and earn the 1st starting position during Midsouthracing.com Pole Qualifying over a strong 45-car field.
The 50-lap action packed main event would see Wall jump to the early lead on the “hammer down” high banked speedplant with furious action throughout the field with wholesale position changes. Bloomquist would slip back to seventh while Hollingsworth, Wall, Shane Clanton, Dan Schlieper from Wisconsin, and Kentucky’s Terry English all battled for positions.
Bloomquist would fight his into contention by lap 30 and do battle with Wall for the lead as the two aces battled it out like jet fighters on the exceptionally fast track. Bloomquist would make the winning move on lap 38 to take his 3rd consecutive Columbus Speedway win in his last 3 appearances at the fabled speedway. Wall would finish second with Hollingsworth 3rd, Clanton, 4th, and Wendall Wallace completing the top five.
Brasstown, NC’s Ray Cook took the Late Model Stock feature worth $2,000 to win with Eric Cooley second and Louisville’s Shawn Edwards in third. The Open Wheel Modified division saw Jeremy Shaw take the big $2,000 to win main event with Shay Knight second and Trinity Wyers in third. The Street Stock Championship went to Trey Bright with Jeremy Shaw coming up short in doubling up by one position with the always fast David Honeycutt rounding out the top three.
Next week will have both Columbus Speedway and Magnolia Speedway in action in a special doubleheader as the Nesmith National Late Model Series will be at Columbus Speedway on Friday night and Magnolia Motor Speedway on Saturday night. All divisions will be in action each night including the Super Late Models, Modifieds, Late Model Stocks, Street Stocks and Stingers.
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Rickmans Dominant at Columbus Speedway!
Columbus, MS-The 2009 Columbus Speedway and Columbus Racing Alliance Weekly Racing Series got underway Saturday night with an exciting season opener that saw great weather and a strong contingent of race teams on hand to do battle at the Johnny Stokes promoted facility.
Rick Rickman would battle Justin Mcree for a majority of the Commercial Dispatch Super Late Model main event but Mcree would incur mechanical issues leaving Columbus’ Rickman to take the big win over the very impressive 21-car field and take the $1,100 first place prize. The Rickman family dominance continued as “Fast Eddie” Rickman earned second place with Tennessee’s Chris Ragan taking third.
Jason Brock of Sulligent took the USCS Weekly Racing Series Open Wheel Modified division win with Chad Winkles second and Jimmy Hiett third.
Starkville racer Johnny Smith returned from a brief racing hiatus to visit Victory Lane on the first night out winning the Nesmith Late Model main event. Justin Carter was second with veteran racer Billy Scarborough third.
Jamie Sudduth won the always thrilling Street Stock division main event with Trey Bright second and Tony Silvestri completing the podium.
Tony Shelton won the Late Model Stock main with Jason Milam second and Randy Harmon finishing third.
The next event at Columbus Speedway will be the 7th annual Rebel Challenge this Friday and Saturday night March 13th and 14th. For more information please call Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 or the Columbus Speedway event hotline on racedays at 662-241-5004 or please visit www.columbusspeedway.net for complete event information.
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Big Month of March Scheduled for Racing in Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus, MS-The month of March will see racing action kicked off with new vigor as both Columbus Speedway and Magnolia Motor Speedway will both be in action under the guidance of promoter Johnny Stokes. There will be four big nights of racing action to begin the spring racing season at two of the more recognized and popular facilities on the south. Many positive attributes from standardization of promotion and event execution of both of the facilities should be announced in the near future.
Please also note a link to the master schedule listing events for both tracks has been added to the schedule page on each respective track’s website.
Action gets started on Saturday night March 7th at 7pm with the traditional season opener at Columbus Speedway that will also serve as a great test and tune session for the 8th Annual Rebel Challenge. The season opener will consist of all divisions in action including at least $1,000 to win 25-lap main event for the Super Late Models along with heats and features in the Nesmith Late Models, Open Wheel Modifieds, Late Model Stock, Street Stocks, and new Stinger division. There will also be a practice on Friday night March 6th at Columbus Speedway.
The next week on March 13th and 14th will see the 8th running of the Brown Engineering Rebel Challenge with proceeds benefitting the Bobby Brown Scholarship fund. The big event will see handsome purses in all divisions as another huge car count is expected for the top shelf racing event.
The Super Late Model division will see a slight format change for 2009 as Friday night’s card will see twin 25-lap main events for the division with a new twist…the field will be split in half with half the racers participating in the first $1,200 to win main event and the other half of the racers participating in the second $1,200 to win main event. Event promoter Robert Brown is presenting this format insuring more racers get to run a main event and subsequently get paid as well. Fans get to see plenty of action as well.
The Saturday night portion of the event will see the Super Late Models in another complete show gunning for $7,000 to win and $400 to start in the prestigious 50-lap Rebel Challenge main event.
Rebel Challenge local division championships will feature big purses as well including Crate Model Stocks gunning for $2,000 to win plus Open Wheel Modifieds vying for $2,000 to win as well, with the Heavy Metal Street Stocks racing for $1,000 to win. Local divisions will compete in heat races on Friday evening March 13th and B-Mains and Main events on Saturday night March 14th.
Please make your plans now to be part of the first Mississippi Mega Event of the season.
The following weekend action moves across the river to the immaculate Magnolia Motor Speedway with an open practice session on Saturday night March 21st.
Then action gets underway in earnest at the Magnolia Motor Speedway with the season opener on Saturday evening March 28th. The program will consist of a Full Racing Program for all divisions including Super Late Models, Nesmith Late Models, Open Wheel Modifieds, Late Model Stocks, Street Stocks, and Stingers. There will also be a practice session on Friday night the 27th as well.
Please note some of immediate changes Johnny Stokes is providing for the fans at Magnolia Motor Speedway including that grandstand admission has been reduced from $15 down to $10 for Weekly Racing Series event at MMS this season plus the introduction of military, student, and seniors admission of only $8 with kids ages 10 and under admitted free. There will also be no additional charge for non reserved Speedzone trackside parking as well. These are some of the initiatives to make it more affordable for fans to attend MMS events this season.
Fans and drivers should note that there will be some moisture returning the racing surface at The Mag after last season’s “drought.” Stokes is committed to providing a quality racing surface at MMS that will please both competitors and fans alike.
For more information about upcoming events at Columbus Speedway or Magnolia Motor Speedway please contact Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572.
Columbus, Mississippi Racing March Schedule
March 6th – COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY
Open Practice 7pm until 9pm.
March 7th – COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY
Season Opener – Full Racing Program
SLM’s at least $1,000 to win. Nesmith Late Modes at least $500 to win.*
Open Wheel Modifieds at least $500 to win. Late Model Stocks at least $400 to win.
Street Stocks at least $300 to win. Plus Stingers.
*Nesmith license and registration not required since this is not a NWRS points event.
March 13th – COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY
8th Annual Brown Engineering Rebel Challenge Night #1
Twin SLM 25-lap $1,200 to win mains plus local division heat races
March 14th – COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY
8th Annual Brown Engineering Rebel Challenge Night #2
Super Late Models $7,000 to win and $400 to start (Qualifying, B-Mains, Main event)
Local division B-Mains and Main Events
Crate Model Stocks $2,000 to win and $100 to start – no entry fee
Open Wheel Modifieds $2,000 to win and $100 to start – no entry fee
Street Stocks $1,000 to win and $50 to start– no entry fee
March 21st – MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Open Practice from 7pm until 10pm
March 27th – MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Open Practice from 7pm until 10pm
March 28th – MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY
Season Opener – Full Racing Program
SLM’s at least $1,000 to win. Nesmith Late Modes at least $500 to win.*
Open Wheel Modifieds at least $500 to win. Late Model Stocks at least $400 to win.
Street Stocks at least $300 to win. Plus Stingers.
*Nesmith license and registration not required since this is not a NWRS points event.
Plus note:
Raceceivers are required.
Points will be combined between the two tracks.
For more information please call Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 or visit the tracks’ respective websites to see upcoming event flyers.
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