With a low side attack, Kyle
Beard transplants #88 Wendell Wallace for second on lap three of the CCSDS main event at Ark-La-Tex
Speedway. (Scott
Burson)
CCSDS:
SUPR Veteran Moore Crosses Series Lines for Another North Louisiana
Victory
Bryan Wimberley
VIVIAN, La. - June 25. Ray Moore of Haughton, La., continued his victory onslaught, grabbing his seventh win of
the season and his second at Ark-La-Tex Speedway, leading flag-to-flag in the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series main
event. Polestter Moore collected $2,000 for his one-second victory over Kyle Beard of Trumann, Ark., in the
35-lap shootout at the quarter-mile race track.
Moore's biggest career win came on February 26th at Ark-La-Tex Speedway, when he collected $10,000 in an
instant classic, over a talent-laden field. The scorching Moore has 11 top 3's in his last 16 events,
including seven wins.
Ray Moore warms up alongside #58 Gary Christian of Broken Bow, Okla. before
racing to yet another win at the Ark-La-Tex Speedway as the CCSDS paid its first visit to the
track. (Scott Burson)
Fifth-starting Kyle Beard rebounded from his worse Comp Cams outing of the year at Sterlington, to finish
second. B.J. Robinson of Blanchard, La., finished third, followed by Brandon Smith of Floral, Ark., in fourth
and hard charger, Jon Kirby of Russellville, Ark., went from 19th to fifth.
At the jump of the green flag, Moore led, while Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., took second from Stacy
Taylor of Jacksonville, Ark.. Moore continued to show the way, but it was Beard making the early noise, working
his way into second place on lap three.
Wallace managed to catch Beard as the pair ran side-by-side the next lap. Behind them, a three-wide battle to
get into the top five ensued, between Morgan Bagley, Curtis Cook and B.J. Robinson. A debris caution on
lap eight would allow everyone to catch their breath a minute.
B.J. Robinson looks low under veterans Stacy Taylor and #115 Brandon Smith on his
way to third place at Ark-La-Tex. (Scott
Burson)
Moore wasted no time on the restart and build his lead back up to two seconds, with ten laps in the books. As
the top five became a little spread out, a pack of cars produced great racing from sixth on back, battling on
the multi-groove surface for position. Moore began to hit lapped traffic on lap 13, as Beard ran a preferred
inside-to-middle line to close the gap on the lead.
Moore and Beard took a four-second breakaway on third-running Wendell Wallace. That built-up advantage would be
taken away when an equipment failure on Clay Fisher's car caused him to spin on lap 17.
Brandon Smith of Floral, Ark., would pull to the side of Wallace for third, but Wallace temporarily held the
position. Smith and Wallace would wage a door-to-door war for third for nine consecutive laps, with neither
giving an inch.
Allen Murray, already a 2011 winner on the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series, raced from
12th to seventh place at Ark-La-Tex. (Scott
Burson)
With ten to go, the cushion became the favorite way around the track for most of the top five drivers, but
Beard was still within striking distance of leader Ray Moore. While running fifth and on the move, Morgan
Bagley of Longview, Tex., was reeling in the side-by-side battle of Smith and Wallace.
On lap 34, Beard tried the low line to try to close the distance on Moore, who still stood atop the rim in
first. Contact with another car, would give fifth-running Bagley a flat with three laps remaining and bringing
out the race's final caution.
A good late-race restart would be key enough to propel Moore in holding off Beard for the victory. Beard was
close enough to pounce on the lead if Moore bobbled, but Moore hit his marks and went mistake-free for the win.
* The win was Moore's fourth in the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series, tying him for fifth all-time with Dusty
Johnston in the five-year old, Arkansas-based series.
*Moore has three top 5's in the last four sanctioned Late Model events held at Ark-La-Tex Speedway, dating back
to May 2007.
*Moore started dead last in a seven-car heat and raced to within lengths of catching heat winner Kyle Beard,
elevating him to pole position for the feature.
* The 21-minute feature ended at 10:24 pm and was slowed by three cautions.
* The Ark-La-Tex Speedway race marked the first sanctioned Late Model event at the facility in three
years.
*It was the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series fifth time to hold a race in the State of Louisiana and the first ever
at ArkLaTex Speedway.
* Curtis Cook of Conway, Ark., continues to lead the Kuntz & Company Rookie of the Year standings
over Shane Harris, Ian Samuels and Keith Lawson. Cook finished four positions ahead of Harris at Ark-La-Tex
(8th to 12th), expanding his ROTY points advantage.
* A big top ten mover, Allen Murray of San Antonio, Tex., went from 12th-to-seventh in his Victory Circle
by Stuckey race car. Murray was a first-time winner in the Comp Cams series at Beebe Speedway in April.
* Gary Christian of Broken Bow, Okla., came fresh off the UMP DIRTcar Summernationals tour in Granite
City, Ill., making the long trip down to Vivian, Louisiana. Christian recorded his best Summernational finish
on June 17th, at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wisconsin, with a 15th-place finish.
"I am glad I got to experience it, along with Eldora. It was some serious competition up there, but I
hated all those (Summernational) rainouts. I am glad to be back around home," Christian explained.
Christian's luck would not improve, as the 17-year old blew a motor in his heat. The No. 58x team went to a
backup car and took a provisional after failing to transfer from a consolation race. Christian would pull off
early in the feature to finish 19th.
* Clay Fisher of Dewiit, Ark., brought out his new MasterSbilt by Stuckey race car for just the fifth
time. Fisher looked strong, racing to a close second to Wendell Wallace in his heat. In the feature, Fisher had
a dry sump break while running near the top 10, ending his night in 18th.
* Ten drivers of the Comp Cams field, also made the feature of the $10k Pelican 100 (out of 48 total
entries) in February.
* Drivers not making the feature included, Geoff Aiken, Jay Brunson, Chad Dupont, John Klenzing, Keith
Lawson, Eric Neal, Chad Patterson and Jim Spurlock.
The Comp Cams Super Dirt Series will have a Fourth of July tripleheader next weekend. The series will first
appear on back-to-back nights, July 1st & 2nd, at West Plains (Mo.) Motor Speedway and conclude on July 3rd
at Monett (Mo.) Speedway. All three events will be co-sanctioned with the MARS DIRTcar Series.
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Scott James battles #13 Barry Doss in heat race action at Florence (Ky.) Speedway, but in the $2,000-to-win feature, the only thing anyone saw was the tail end of James' #81 car. (Roy Walker)
After plenty of trash-talking via the electronic media between Jeff Matthews and Ivedent Lloyd last week, it was #21 Lloyd who got the final word as he reeled in #33 Matthews to win Friday's LM feature at Oclala, Fla.'s Bubba Raceway Park. (R.E. Wing)
Fans at Markleysburg, Pa.'s Roaring Knob Motorsports Comlex were treated to dual LM features Saturday - one a makeup from a May 5th rainout. (Above) Tim Senic challenges eventual regular feature winner Chuck Harper, while Jared Hawkins (below) claimed the makeup race. (Tommy Micheals)
Henley, Missouri's Jason Russell leads the way to Victory Lane in the ULMS Late Model feature at Lucas Oil Speedway Saturday. (Chris Bork)
Some fierce racing action at Lucas Oil speedway. (Chris Bork)
Dalton, Ga.'s Craig Reece returned to Dixie Speedway Saturday and led all the way to win the Crate LM victory. (Steve Hixson)
Ray Guss Jr. races last week's Quad City Speedway winner, Mike Murphy, Jr. This time, it was advantage Guss. (Chris Damitz)
With a strong motor back into his mount, Veteran Lamar Scoggins claimed last Friday's Crate LM victory at Boyd's Speedway. (Steve Hixson)
Veteran racer Lance Matthees navigates Spring Lake, Minnesota's Deer Creek Speedway before taking Saturday's WISSOTA Late Model checkers. (Jason Durst)
Racing hard at mid-pack, it's the dueling 55s of Cory Mahder (inside) and Greg Nippoldt at Deer Creek. (Jason Durst)
Ryan King (above and below) swept both the Ltd. Late Model and Crate Late Model features Saturday at 411 Motor Speedway in Seymour, Tenn. (Chad Wells)
Still riding his wave in Iowa, Mike Murphy, Jr. in early action before taking the main event win at Davenport last Friday. (Chris Damitz)
Jason Jameson ran a gauntlet to finally capture another win Friday night at Moler
Raceway Park (see main page). (Roy
Walker)
After holding back a charge from Alex Ferree, Chub Frank drove home with a Friday night win at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa. (John Stivason)
Bobby Pierce, Brett Sievert, and Mike Glynn race in a tight pack in Kankakee (Ill.) Speedway's "Crosstown Cup", but (below) it was ultimately Shawn Toczek (42) here racing the high side of Mike Provenzano, who sailed to the win. (Dan Simpson)
A-Team Leaders from 1997-2011 (Click on link for complete rundown)
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