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11-24-2017, 09:51 PM
COLUMBUS, MS – Darrell Lanigan of Union, KY drove the Club 29 “House Car” to Fast Time honors and won the first of six ten-lap heat races on Friday afternoon to earn the pole position for Saturday afternoon’s $10,000-to-win 100-lap Possum Town Grand Prix for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series at Magnolia Motor Speedway.
Lanigan toured the 3/8-mile “black ice” clay oval in 14.321 seconds in Sunoco/Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Group Qualifying to earn overall Fast Time honors over the 62 entrants. Lanigan then went on to win the first ten-lap heat race to earn the coveted inside front row starting spot for Saturday’s Big Show.
The top three finishers in each of the ten-lap heat races transferred into Saturday afternoon’s main event, making up the “Elite 18” to fill up the first nine rows. Starting positions 19 through 22 will come from the first two finishers out each of the two B-Main races that will be contested tomorrow afternoon before the 100-lap main event.
Starting positions 23 and 24 are NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Provisional spots reserved for drivers in the Top 15 of the point standings coming into the Possum Town Grand Prix, the last points race of the 2017 season.
Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, MS won the second ten-lap heat race, and will start on the outside of the front row for the Possum Town Grand Prix in the Scott’s Wrecker Service Special. Row two will feature heat three winner Rodney Martin of Cartersville, GA in the Martin’s Towing and Automotive Special on the inside, and fourth heat race winner Jamey Boland of Cuba, AL will start on the outside of row two in the Trak-Star Race Cars “House Car.”
` Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS won the fifth heat race and will start the Ellis Welding Special on the inside of the third row for the Big Show on Saturday afternoon. Grant Pearl of Anniston, AL starts on the outside of row three after driving the Tommy Pope Construction Special to a win in the sixth heat race.
Rows four, five and six will be made up of the second-place finishers in the six heat races. Matt Henderson of Loudon, TN in the Bassett Hound Motorsports GRT and Neil Baggett of Mathiston, MS in the Montgomery Farms Special will start in the row four of the main event.
The 2017 Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the m Year Grant Garrison of Walton, KY in the Darrell Lanigan Racing Special and Spencer Hughes of Meridian, MS in the Villa South Special start in row five.
Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion and National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN starts on the inside of row six for the main event in the Josh Roberts Trucking Special. Johnson will be looking for his third Possum Town Grand Prix win to go with his 2009 and 2010 wins.
Cale Finley of Athens, AL starts the Thirty-Six Racing and Fabrication Special on the outside of the sixth row. The third-place finishers in the six ten-lap heat races will make up rows seven, eight and nine for Sunday afternoon’s Possum Town Grand Prix.
Walker Arthur of Forest, VA in the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms Special starts in the inside of row seven, and Jake Knowles of Rome, GA starts on the outside of row seven in the Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Rocket.
Chad Thrash of Meridian, MS starts on the inside of row eight and the 2011 Possum Town Grand Prix Champion Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL starts the GRT “House Car” on the outside the eighth row.
The 2016 and 2017 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Cory Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) of Loudon, TN will start on the inside the ninth row in the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket, and Steve Russell of Pontotoc, MS will start on the outside of the ninth row in the Jason Steele Special.
Among the top drivers still on the outside looking in of the Possum Town Grand Prix include B-Main starters and top ten drivers in the NeSmith Late Model point standings Colton Horner of Katy, TX, Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS, T.J. Brittain of Centre, AL, and Andy Picklesimer of Ooltewah, TN.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA is not yet in the show, as is the 2015 Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series Champion Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS will start a B-Main, as will the defending Possum Town Grand Prix Champion Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN.
The gates at Magnolia Motor Speedway open at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning, with NeSmith Late Model Check-In from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drivers Meeting is set for 2 p.m. with racing scheduled for 3 p.m.
Magnolia Motor Speedway is located west of Columbus, MS at 495 U.S. Highway 45 South, Columbus, MS 39701, just south of U.S. Highway 82. For more information call 662-240-3478, or visit the track web site at www.magnoliadirt.com. You can also Like them on Facebook at Magnolia Motor Speedway, or Follow them on Twitter @TheMagSpeedway.
For more information and rules about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month. You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE POSSUM TOWN GRAND PRIX AT MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 11/24/17:
SUNOCO/KNOWLES RACE PARTS AND BODIES GROUP QUALIFYING:
GROUP 1:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 92 Rodney Martin Cartersville, GA 14.681
2 P1 Andy Picklesimer Ooltewah, TN CVR 15.006
3 79 Billy Flannagan Jr Tuscumbia, AL Warrior 15.077
4 4J Josh Banes Learned, MS Black Diamond 15.109
5 1 Grant Garrison Walton, KY Club 29 15.122
6 1C Chad Thrash Meridian, MS 15.253
7 R1 Riley Hickman Cleveland, TN CVR 15.668
8 C11 Cliff Williams Star, MS Trak Starr 15.710
9 7 Casey Hobson Sterlington, LA Camaro 16.039
10 4 Wayne Sutherland Haleyville, AL Mastersbilt 16.117
11 62B Jerry Baugh 16.137
GROUP 2:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 33 Scott Dedwylder Vossburg, MS Capital 14.653
2 66 Jake Knowles Rome, GA Rocket 14.834
3 21 Neil Baggett Mathiston, MS High Roller 14.852
4 10 Justin McRee Woodstock, AL HRRC 15.016
5 17 Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 15.140
6 64 Braden Mitchell Russellville, AL Mastersbilt 15.196
7 760 Jim McDuffie Meridian, MS Trak-Star 15.257
8 28 David Williamson Seminary, MS GRT 15.335
9 83 KI Davis III Poplarville, MS GRT 15.585
10 00 Ruben Mayfield Lenoir City, TN 15.791
11 49 Billy Green 15.805
GROUP 3:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 1s Jeremy Shaw Millport, AL GRT 14.681
2 232 Jamey Boland Cuba, AL Trak-Star 14.724
3 05 T J Brittain Centre, AL Warrior 14.871
4 65 Mathew Brocato 15.063
5 56JR Colton Horner Katy, TX Black Diamond 15.090
6 10h Jason Henry Brandon, MS 15.123
7 33 Spencer Hughes Meridian, MS Club 29 15.213
8 10c Ronnie Cooper McKenzie, TN Black Diamond 15.360
9 62 Zach Jenkins Olive Branch, MS Trak Starr 15.836
10 1m Kevin Maher McDavid, FL 16.216
GROUP 4:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY Club 29 14.321
2 12 Ashton Winger Senoia, GA Rocket 14.866
3 17 Matt Henderson Loudon, TN GRT 14.874
4 11 Cruz Skinner Oxford, AL CVR 15.004
5 19 Marcus Minga Shannon, MS Rocket 15.214
6 87 Walker Arthur Forrest, VA Longhorn 15.238
7 58 Brandon Shaw Corinth, MS Trak Starr 15.513
8 26 Mark Fields 15.570
9 4m Mitchell Holloway 15.819
10 713 David Brocato Muscle Shoals, AL Mastersbilt 16.392
GROUP 5:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 118 Randy Boyd Meridian, MS Barry Wright 14.859
2 F36 Cale Finley Athens, AL Pierce 14.916
3 1 Bryant Marsh Corinth, MS Trak Starr 15.084
4 72s Steve Russell Pontotoc, MS Barry Wright 15.124
5 4 Joe Mike Mayfield, KY CVR 15.133
6 2s Kyle Shaw Millport, AL Trak-Star 15.159
7 8 Grant Pearl Anniston, AL Longhorn 15.169
8 00M Monte Skinner Saraland, AL Capital 15.186
9 4c Aaron Cummings Columbus, MS Pierce 15.792
10 17m Morgan Lambert 15.978
GROUP 6:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 85 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Capital 14.690
2 73 Evan Ellis Plantersville, MS Club 29 14.763
3 3 Kelly Schryock Katy, TX Black Diamond 14.953
4 23 Cory Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Loudon, TN Rocket 14.959
5 6c Oakley Johns 15.033
6 16 Cameron Weaver Crossville, TN 15.198
7 98 Eric Hickerson Linden, TN Mastersbilt 15.231
8 6 Jimmy Halford Atwood, TN CVR 15.325
9 84 Randall Beckwith Kilmichael, MS Barry Wright 15.592
10 15 Jason Britton Alexander City, AL Pierce 15.951
HEAT RACES – (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Lanigan; 2. Henderson; 3. Arthur; 4. Minga; 5. Winger; 6. C. Skinner; 7. B. Shaw; 8. Fields; 9. Holloway; 10. D. Brocato.
2ND HEAT: 1. Dedwylder; 2. Baggett; 3. Knowles; 4. Brindle; 5. Green; 6. McDuffie; 7. Mitchell; 8. Davis; 9. Williamson; 10. Mayfield; 11. McRee.
3RD HEAT: 1. Martin; 2. Garrison (R); 3. Thrash; 4. Banes; 5. Williams; 6. Hickman; 7. Picklesimer (R); 8. Baugh; 9. Flannagan; 10. Hobson; 11. Sutherland.
4TH HEAT: 1. Boland; 2. Hughes; 3. J. Shaw; 4. Horner (R); 5. Brittain (R); 6. Henry; 7. Cooper; 8. M. Brocato; 9. Maher; 10. Jenkins.
5TH HEAT: 1. Ellis; 2. Johnson; 3. Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word); 4. Schryock; 5. Beckwith; 6. Hickerson; 7. Johns; 8. Halford; 9. Britton; 10. Weaver.
6TH HEAT: 1. Pearl; 2. Finley; 3. Russell; 4. Marsh; 5. M. Skinner; 6. Mike; 7. Boyd; 8. Lambert; 9. Cummings; 10. K. Shaw.
Lanigan toured the 3/8-mile “black ice” clay oval in 14.321 seconds in Sunoco/Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Group Qualifying to earn overall Fast Time honors over the 62 entrants. Lanigan then went on to win the first ten-lap heat race to earn the coveted inside front row starting spot for Saturday’s Big Show.
The top three finishers in each of the ten-lap heat races transferred into Saturday afternoon’s main event, making up the “Elite 18” to fill up the first nine rows. Starting positions 19 through 22 will come from the first two finishers out each of the two B-Main races that will be contested tomorrow afternoon before the 100-lap main event.
Starting positions 23 and 24 are NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Provisional spots reserved for drivers in the Top 15 of the point standings coming into the Possum Town Grand Prix, the last points race of the 2017 season.
Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, MS won the second ten-lap heat race, and will start on the outside of the front row for the Possum Town Grand Prix in the Scott’s Wrecker Service Special. Row two will feature heat three winner Rodney Martin of Cartersville, GA in the Martin’s Towing and Automotive Special on the inside, and fourth heat race winner Jamey Boland of Cuba, AL will start on the outside of row two in the Trak-Star Race Cars “House Car.”
` Evan Ellis of Plantersville, MS won the fifth heat race and will start the Ellis Welding Special on the inside of the third row for the Big Show on Saturday afternoon. Grant Pearl of Anniston, AL starts on the outside of row three after driving the Tommy Pope Construction Special to a win in the sixth heat race.
Rows four, five and six will be made up of the second-place finishers in the six heat races. Matt Henderson of Loudon, TN in the Bassett Hound Motorsports GRT and Neil Baggett of Mathiston, MS in the Montgomery Farms Special will start in the row four of the main event.
The 2017 Cruise With The Champions Rookie of the m Year Grant Garrison of Walton, KY in the Darrell Lanigan Racing Special and Spencer Hughes of Meridian, MS in the Villa South Special start in row five.
Three-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion and National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN starts on the inside of row six for the main event in the Josh Roberts Trucking Special. Johnson will be looking for his third Possum Town Grand Prix win to go with his 2009 and 2010 wins.
Cale Finley of Athens, AL starts the Thirty-Six Racing and Fabrication Special on the outside of the sixth row. The third-place finishers in the six ten-lap heat races will make up rows seven, eight and nine for Sunday afternoon’s Possum Town Grand Prix.
Walker Arthur of Forest, VA in the Cecil B. Arthur Beef Farms Special starts in the inside of row seven, and Jake Knowles of Rome, GA starts on the outside of row seven in the Knowles Race Parts and Bodies Rocket.
Chad Thrash of Meridian, MS starts on the inside of row eight and the 2011 Possum Town Grand Prix Champion Jeremy Shaw of Millport, AL starts the GRT “House Car” on the outside the eighth row.
The 2016 and 2017 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Cory Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) of Loudon, TN will start on the inside the ninth row in the Eagle Racing Engines Rocket, and Steve Russell of Pontotoc, MS will start on the outside of the ninth row in the Jason Steele Special.
Among the top drivers still on the outside looking in of the Possum Town Grand Prix include B-Main starters and top ten drivers in the NeSmith Late Model point standings Colton Horner of Katy, TX, Marcus Minga of Shannon, MS, T.J. Brittain of Centre, AL, and Andy Picklesimer of Ooltewah, TN.
The 2008 NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series National Champion Chip Brindle of Chatsworth, GA is not yet in the show, as is the 2015 Sunoco Young Guns Challenge Series Champion Cruz Skinner of Oxford, AL. Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Weekly Racing Series Champion Jim McDuffie of Meridian, MS will start a B-Main, as will the defending Possum Town Grand Prix Champion Riley Hickman of Cleveland, TN.
The gates at Magnolia Motor Speedway open at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning, with NeSmith Late Model Check-In from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drivers Meeting is set for 2 p.m. with racing scheduled for 3 p.m.
Magnolia Motor Speedway is located west of Columbus, MS at 495 U.S. Highway 45 South, Columbus, MS 39701, just south of U.S. Highway 82. For more information call 662-240-3478, or visit the track web site at www.magnoliadirt.com. You can also Like them on Facebook at Magnolia Motor Speedway, or Follow them on Twitter @TheMagSpeedway.
For more information and rules about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series, visit the series web site at www.nesmithracing.com, or visit the series on Facebook at NeSmith Racing. Becoming a fan of the NeSmith Racing Facebook page will make you eligible for special prizes that will be given away each month. You can follow us on Twitter @NeSmithRacing.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE POSSUM TOWN GRAND PRIX AT MAGNOLIA MOTOR SPEEDWAY IN COLUMBUS, MS ON 11/24/17:
SUNOCO/KNOWLES RACE PARTS AND BODIES GROUP QUALIFYING:
GROUP 1:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 92 Rodney Martin Cartersville, GA 14.681
2 P1 Andy Picklesimer Ooltewah, TN CVR 15.006
3 79 Billy Flannagan Jr Tuscumbia, AL Warrior 15.077
4 4J Josh Banes Learned, MS Black Diamond 15.109
5 1 Grant Garrison Walton, KY Club 29 15.122
6 1C Chad Thrash Meridian, MS 15.253
7 R1 Riley Hickman Cleveland, TN CVR 15.668
8 C11 Cliff Williams Star, MS Trak Starr 15.710
9 7 Casey Hobson Sterlington, LA Camaro 16.039
10 4 Wayne Sutherland Haleyville, AL Mastersbilt 16.117
11 62B Jerry Baugh 16.137
GROUP 2:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 33 Scott Dedwylder Vossburg, MS Capital 14.653
2 66 Jake Knowles Rome, GA Rocket 14.834
3 21 Neil Baggett Mathiston, MS High Roller 14.852
4 10 Justin McRee Woodstock, AL HRRC 15.016
5 17 Chip Brindle Chatsworth, GA 15.140
6 64 Braden Mitchell Russellville, AL Mastersbilt 15.196
7 760 Jim McDuffie Meridian, MS Trak-Star 15.257
8 28 David Williamson Seminary, MS GRT 15.335
9 83 KI Davis III Poplarville, MS GRT 15.585
10 00 Ruben Mayfield Lenoir City, TN 15.791
11 49 Billy Green 15.805
GROUP 3:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 1s Jeremy Shaw Millport, AL GRT 14.681
2 232 Jamey Boland Cuba, AL Trak-Star 14.724
3 05 T J Brittain Centre, AL Warrior 14.871
4 65 Mathew Brocato 15.063
5 56JR Colton Horner Katy, TX Black Diamond 15.090
6 10h Jason Henry Brandon, MS 15.123
7 33 Spencer Hughes Meridian, MS Club 29 15.213
8 10c Ronnie Cooper McKenzie, TN Black Diamond 15.360
9 62 Zach Jenkins Olive Branch, MS Trak Starr 15.836
10 1m Kevin Maher McDavid, FL 16.216
GROUP 4:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 29 Darrell Lanigan Union, KY Club 29 14.321
2 12 Ashton Winger Senoia, GA Rocket 14.866
3 17 Matt Henderson Loudon, TN GRT 14.874
4 11 Cruz Skinner Oxford, AL CVR 15.004
5 19 Marcus Minga Shannon, MS Rocket 15.214
6 87 Walker Arthur Forrest, VA Longhorn 15.238
7 58 Brandon Shaw Corinth, MS Trak Starr 15.513
8 26 Mark Fields 15.570
9 4m Mitchell Holloway 15.819
10 713 David Brocato Muscle Shoals, AL Mastersbilt 16.392
GROUP 5:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 118 Randy Boyd Meridian, MS Barry Wright 14.859
2 F36 Cale Finley Athens, AL Pierce 14.916
3 1 Bryant Marsh Corinth, MS Trak Starr 15.084
4 72s Steve Russell Pontotoc, MS Barry Wright 15.124
5 4 Joe Mike Mayfield, KY CVR 15.133
6 2s Kyle Shaw Millport, AL Trak-Star 15.159
7 8 Grant Pearl Anniston, AL Longhorn 15.169
8 00M Monte Skinner Saraland, AL Capital 15.186
9 4c Aaron Cummings Columbus, MS Pierce 15.792
10 17m Morgan Lambert 15.978
GROUP 6:
POS CAR # DRIVER HOMETOWN CHASSIS TIME
1 85 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN Capital 14.690
2 73 Evan Ellis Plantersville, MS Club 29 14.763
3 3 Kelly Schryock Katy, TX Black Diamond 14.953
4 23 Cory Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) Loudon, TN Rocket 14.959
5 6c Oakley Johns 15.033
6 16 Cameron Weaver Crossville, TN 15.198
7 98 Eric Hickerson Linden, TN Mastersbilt 15.231
8 6 Jimmy Halford Atwood, TN CVR 15.325
9 84 Randall Beckwith Kilmichael, MS Barry Wright 15.592
10 15 Jason Britton Alexander City, AL Pierce 15.951
HEAT RACES – (10 Laps – Top 3 Transfer To Main Event):
1ST HEAT: 1. Lanigan; 2. Henderson; 3. Arthur; 4. Minga; 5. Winger; 6. C. Skinner; 7. B. Shaw; 8. Fields; 9. Holloway; 10. D. Brocato.
2ND HEAT: 1. Dedwylder; 2. Baggett; 3. Knowles; 4. Brindle; 5. Green; 6. McDuffie; 7. Mitchell; 8. Davis; 9. Williamson; 10. Mayfield; 11. McRee.
3RD HEAT: 1. Martin; 2. Garrison (R); 3. Thrash; 4. Banes; 5. Williams; 6. Hickman; 7. Picklesimer (R); 8. Baugh; 9. Flannagan; 10. Hobson; 11. Sutherland.
4TH HEAT: 1. Boland; 2. Hughes; 3. J. Shaw; 4. Horner (R); 5. Brittain (R); 6. Henry; 7. Cooper; 8. M. Brocato; 9. Maher; 10. Jenkins.
5TH HEAT: 1. Ellis; 2. Johnson; 3. Hedge(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word); 4. Schryock; 5. Beckwith; 6. Hickerson; 7. Johns; 8. Halford; 9. Britton; 10. Weaver.
6TH HEAT: 1. Pearl; 2. Finley; 3. Russell; 4. Marsh; 5. M. Skinner; 6. Mike; 7. Boyd; 8. Lambert; 9. Cummings; 10. K. Shaw.