Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series News Release:  Contact – ROBY HELM – (865) 207-4157

April 23, 2016

PAGE IS CHEVY SUPER SERIES WHYNOT WINNER IN HOLDING

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MERIDIAN, MS – Michael Page of Douglasville, GA won the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series 50-lap main event on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park, but the victory is unofficial until series officials receive verification from Chevrolet Performance this week on the valve springs in the Chevrolet Performance CT525 Racing Engine in Page’s T&T Trucking GRT.

The Engine Rules of the Chevy Super Series state that any replacement parts on the CT525 Engine must be the specified Chevrolet Performance replacement parts for that engine.  The appearance of the valve springs in Page’s engine was unfamiliar to series officials as specified Chevrolet Performance CT525 replacement parts.

Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series officials will pass that appearance on to Chevrolet Performance engineers in Detroit for verification.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series officials have held first-place money and awards until the report on the valve springs come back from Chevrolet Performance, and the final results of the race can be made official.

A pair of former Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series National Champions, 2013 titlist William Thomas of Phenix City, AL in the Austin Trucking GRT and the defending and two-time Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN, finished second and third respectively.  With 15 laps to go, the top three finishers were running third, fourth and eighth.

A lap 35 restart saw Tyler Crowder of Lamont, FL leading the race in the Crowder Excavating Special, and Mike Boland of Cuba, AL running second in the Boland Performance Trak-Star.  Both drivers had advanced to the top two positions using the bottom groove of Whynot Motorsports Park.  Crowder took the lead from the outside running Page on lap ten.

When the green flag came out, both Crowder and Boland planted their race cars to inside hub of the race track, while Page, Thomas and Johnson put their machines on the top shelf riding the cushion.  Page sailed around the outside of Crowder to take the lead on lap 40, and Thomas drove around the outside of Crowder on lap 42 to take the second spot.

Johnson was quick to get into the top five after the restart.  The Chattanooga Flash passed Boland for fourth on lap 44, and then got by Crowder on lap 45 for third.  Crowder hung on to finish fourth, while Boland completely wore out his tires, and pulled to the infield on lap 47.

Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, MS started 20th in the Scott’s Body Works and Towing Special and finished fifth, and the sixth spot went to Chase Washington of Houlka, MS in the 45 Race Shop Special.  Joseph Joiner of Milton, FL finished seventh in the Chase Services Special, and Ross Martin of Talladega, AL drove the Magnolia Place Special from the 24th starting spot to finish eighth.

Jake Knowles of Rome, GA was ninth in the Coosa Heating and Cooling Rocket and Tim Busha of Boaz, AL rounded out the top ten in the Kilpatrick Racing GRT.  Crowder takes over the point lead with a seven-point advantage over Knowles, while Busha is third in the points chase, 12 points behind Knowles and two points ahead of Johnson in fourth.

In preliminary action, Page was also the Fast Time Award Winner among the 27 entrants with a time of 12.943 seconds that came as the last qualifier on the last lap of time trails.  The two ten-lap B-Main Races were won by J.R. Moseley of Columbus, GA in the Moseley Auto Repair Special and Washington.

The next two races for the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series will take place at Penton Raceway in Penton, AL on May 13 with a 30-lap $2,000-to-win race.  The series will then travel to East Alabama Motor Speedway in Phenix City, AL on May 14 for the $3,000-to-win Annual Jimmy Thomas Memorial 50.

For more information about the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series visit the series web site at www.525superseries.com, or visit the series on Facebook at Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series. 

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF ROUND 3 AT WHYNOT MOTORSPORTS PARK IN MERIDIAN, MS ON 4/23/16 PENDING TECHNICAL VERIFICATION:

POS       STRT    CAR #   DRIVER                             HOMETOWN                   LAPS     $ WON
1.            1             18           Michael Page                    Douglasville, GA              50           $3,000
2.            7             19           William Thomas                             Phenix City, AL                50           $1,500
3.            4             5             Ronnie Johnson                Chattanooga, TN             50           $1,000
4.            3             47c         Tyler Crowder                 Lamont, FL                       50           $850
5.            20           33           Scott Dedwylder                              Vossburg, MS                   50           $750
6.            10           38           Chase Washington           Houlka, MS                       50           $700
7.            12           10           Joseph Joiner                   Milton, FL                         50           $650
8.            24           47r         Ross Martin                      Talladega, AL                   50           $600
9.            2             66           Jake Knowles                   Rome, GA                          50           $550
10.          13           15           Tim Busha                         Boaz, AL                            49           $500
11.          22           34           Chad Wallace (R)            LaGrange, GA                  49           $475
12.          16           222        Mike Boland                     Cuba, AL                            47           $450
13.          17           03           Oliver Gentry                   Newnan, GA                      44           $425
14.          9             99           J.R. Moseley                     Columbus, GA                  34           $400
15.          14           84           Austin Smith (R)              Rome, GA                          34           $375
16.          23           J8           Jadon Frame                     Winchester, TN                33           $350
17.          15           25           Matt Larson                      Marietta, GA                    32           $325
18.          8             21           Mario Gresham                              Rome, GA                          32           $300
19.          11           47a        Adam Martin                    Talladega, AL                   20           $300
20.          5             22           Jimmy Thomas                 Phenix City, AL                20           $300
21.          21           44           Colby Kilgore (R)            Dalton, GA                        7             $300
22.          6             55           Ryan King                         Anniston, AL                     4             $300
23.          19           72           Frank Wilson                    Milton, FL                         1             $300
24.          18           73           Evan Ellis                          Plantersville, MS             0             $300

ENTRIES:  27
FAST QUALIFIER:  Page, 12.943 Seconds
PROVISIONALS:  Frame and R. Martin
LEAD CHANGES:  2
LAP LEADERS:  Page, 1-9; Crowder, 10-39; Page, 40-50
LAPS LED:  Crowder, 30; Page, 20
CRUISE WITH THE CHAMPIONS ROOKIE OF THE RACE: Wallace
GRESHAM RACE PARTS FIFTH-PLACE AWARD: Dedwylder
SCHAEFER’S OIL (presented by Chad Wallace) EIGHTH-PLACE AWARD:  R. Martin
OUT-PACE PERFORMANCE 16TH-PLACE AWARD:  Frame
CAUTIONS:  9
MARGIN OF VICTORY:  .858 Seconds
TIME OF THE RACE:  1 Hour, 8 Minutes and 18.789 Seconds
NEXT EVENT:  May 13, Penton Raceway, Penton, AL, 30 Laps$2,000-to-win
QUALIFYING (Top 8 Transfer Main Event):

B-MAIN RACES (10 Laps – Top 7 Transfer To Main Event):

               1ST B-MAIN:  1. Moseley; 2. A. Martin; 3. Busha; 4. Larson; 5. Gentry; 6. Wilson; 7. Kilgore; 8. Moran; 9. Stokes; 10. Frame.

               2ND B-MAIN:  1. Washington; 2. Joiner; 3. Smith (R); 4. Boland; 5. Ellis; 6. Dedwylder; 7. Wallace (R); 8. R. Martin; 9. Goodman (R).

CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE SUPER LATE MODEL SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 4/23/16:

1. 47c Tyler Crowder – 275
2. 66 Jake Knowles – 268
3. 15 Tim Busha – 256
4. 5 Ronnie Johnson – 254
5. J8 Jadon Frame – 232
6. 47r Ross Martin – 230
7. 47a Adam Martin – 222
7. 21 Mario Gresham – 222
9. 55 Ryan King (AL) – 220
10. 03 Oliver Gentry – 216
11. 84 Austin Smith (R) – 212
12. 34 Chad Wallace (R) – 204
13. 18 Michael Page – 196
14. 19 William Thomas – 190
15. 44 Colby Kilgore (R) – 176
16. 73 Evan Ellis – 152
17. 99 J.R. Moseley – 146
18. 22 Jimmy Thomas – 136
19. Barry Goodman (R) – 130
20. 007 Clifton Moran - 110

R – Denotes Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the Year Candidate

Chevrolet Performance Parts is the Title Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Hoosier Racing Tire is the Official Tire Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Sunoco Race Fuel is the Official Race Fuel of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Panama City Cycles is the Official ATV Provider of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Schaeffer’s Oil Presented By Chad Wallace is the Official Oil of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  AR Bodies is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Cruise With The Champions is an Official Sponsor of the Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series.  Chevrolet Performance Super Late Model Series Contingency Sponsors for 2015 are CrateInsider.Com, Gresham Racing Parts, Beyea Headers, Image Screen Printing, and Schoenfeld Headers.

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