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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ben Shelton (901) 335-3037 October 10th, 2009 Magnolia Motor Speedway Rained Out For Saturday, October 10th Columbus, Mississippi (10/10/09) - Due to heavy rains throughout the week, the racing program at Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi will has been rained out for Saturday night, October 10th. . McREE TAKES SECOND NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS WIN AT THE MAG FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COLUMBUS, MS – Justin McRee of Woodstock, AL picked up his second NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series win in the last ten days by driving the Century Carriers, Inc. Trak-Star to victory Sunday night in the 40-lap main event at Magnolia Motor Speedway. McRee passed early race leader Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS on lap nine, and then checked out for the win. “McDuffie slipped up just enough for me to get inside him in turn three to take the lead,” McRee said. “I used to drive a lot of Super Late Models, but I really love this series using the GM Performance engines, and we’re going to run the full series next season.” McRee’s first series win came on August 28 at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS. McRee led the final 32 laps of the race on Sunday night, and his margin of victory was almost a half a lap. Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL switched cars for the Sunday night race, and finished second in the McLeod Construction TNT, after a late-race battle with Mike Boland of Cuba, AL, who finished third in The Strength Center Trak-Star. Point leader Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS took the fourth spot in the 78 Towing and Recovery Victory Circle. Ben McCreary of Baldwyn, MS was fifth in the Waddle Trucking Mastersbilt and earned the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Race Award and the Race Car Engineering Fifth-Place Award. McCreary also took over the point lead for the Sunoco Race Fuels Rookie of the Year Award, and is ahead of Chase Washington of Houlka, MS by two points. McCreary and Washington are fifth and sixth respectively in the NeSmith Chevrolet DLMS National point standings. Washington started the Jerry Inmon Race Cars GRT in the 21st starting spot and finished 12th to earn the GM Performance Parts Hard Charger of the Race Award. >>MORE Magnolia Motor Speedway Set For NeSmith Invasion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Magnolia Motor Speedway Enjoys Most Successful Night in Facilities History Columbus, Mississippi (7/15/09).- Magnolia Motor Speedway in Columbus, Mississippi hosted its first ever invasion by the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series (LODLMS) for the Columbus Convention and Visitor’s Bureau Lucas Oil Clash on Saturday night, July 11th. A near capacity crowd, a stellar field of 47 Super Late Models, and a total car count of 130 entries were on hand. The event, which was presented by the Columbus Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CCVB) was a huge success, and James Tsismanakis from the CCVB was on hand to enjoy all of the action. In addition the Speed TV cameras were on hand to catch all of the action in the Lucas Oil Late Model Series division for a future airing, and what an exciting event they captured. The airing dates for the one hour special will be announced at a later date. The night got underway with Chris Wall from Holden, Louisiana setting fast time around the 3/8 mile oval. Wall would draw a “0” for the invert, which meant that the four Super Late Model heat races would start straight up. Billy Moyer, Jimmy Cliburn, Bub McCool, and Earl Pearson Jr. would go on to claim heat race wins with Jon Blankenship and Wendell Wallace each claiming wins in the twin b-mains. With the feature grid set, Billy Moyer and Bub McCool held down the front row for the 50 lap, $10,000 to win event. Early in the event Moyer and McCool would duel for the lead as three and four wide racing reigned supreme throughout the pack. McCool’s luck would go south early in the event after having a tire go flat via contact on a restart with Dale McDowell. Moyer would maintain himself as the man to beat at the front of the pack for the entire event, fighting off a late charge from 14th starting Chris Wall to take the win in front of the huge crowd and the national cameras. Wall, Earl Pearson Jr., Jimmy Owens, and Dan Schlieper rounded out the top five in the star-studded field. The support divisions also put on their own stellar performances as Eric Cooley used a daring pass in lapped traffic late in the race to take the lead from Mike Boland in the NeSmith Weekly Crate Late Model division, which drew 28 entries for the event. Cooley would go on to take the win over Boland and Mark Stokes. In the Late Model Stock division with 20 entries on hand, TK King outran Joey McKinney and Justin Carter to pick up the feature win. The heavy metal, Street Stock division saw Trey Bright top a thirty-five car field of competitors to beat Jamie Sudduth and Brandon Hardin to the checkers. For Immediate Release Billy Moyer Wins Clash at the Mag for the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series at Magnolia Motor Speedway; Takes Career Win Number 710 COLUMBUS, MS (July 11, 2009) - Billy Moyer of Batesville, AR took his second Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series win of 2009 as he won the Clash at the Mag on Saturday Night at Magnolia Motor Speedway. Moyer's win was the 710th of his illustrious career. Moyer fought off a mid-race challenge from Earl Pearson Jr. of Jacksonville, FL and then a hard charging Chris Wall of Holden, LA for the victory in front of a packed grandstand. Wall, who started 14th, came on strong late in the race to finish second followed by Pearson, Jimmy Owens of Newport, TN; and Steve Casebolt of Richmond, IN.Moyer and Bub McCool started on the front row on the 50 lap main event, with Moyer grabbing the early advantage over McCool from the onset. There were two cautions in the first four laps which kept the field tightly bunched on the restarts. On the lap four restart Moyer had the lead, but McCool and Pearson were closing quick on him as McCool's attempt at a slide job on Moyer resulted in contact with the leader damaging the right side of McCool's car. Moyer also suffered some left rear damage but both cars continued on as the race stayed green. MORE Crawley scores Parts Plus USCS prelim win at Magnolia Motor Speedway Columbus, MS - April 3, 2009 - Defending Parts Plus United Sprint Car Series Mid-South Thunder Tour Champion, Tim Crawley from Benton, Arkansas battled past early race-leaders, Gary Taylor fom Seattle, Washington and Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi into the lead on lap thirteen of the twenty-lap preliminary night main event at Magnolia Motor Speedway on Friday night. It was Crawley's seventh Parts Plus USCS feature win-in-a-row going back to last season when he won eleven times. Crawley bested a talented field of thirty-three sprint car drivers from ten states for the win. FULL RESULTS |
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