Comp Cams Super Dirt Series
Northeast Arkansas Speedway
September 7, 2013
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Kyle Beard Conquers COMP Cams Super Dirt Series at NEA Speedway



by Ben Shelton
Harrisburg, Arkansas (09/07/13) – The COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) Super Late Model competitors rolled into Northeast Arkansas Speedway (Harrisburg, Arkansas) on Saturday night for the third round of the Stallion Transportation Group Summer Series, and it was point's leader Kyle Beard, who left with the $2,500 winner’s check.

A great night of racing found twenty-four competitors entering the program, and action began with Billy Moyer Jr. earning the New Vision Graphics Pole Award via his performance in heat race action, and he was joined on the front row by Beard. While a pair of perennial favorites in the event brought the field to the green for the 35 lapper it would be 3rd starting Dane Dacus, who rode the low line to the lead on the first lap with Moyer Jr. and Beard in tow.

The first of two cautions in the event flew on lap 2, which grouped the field for a double file restart, and it would be Dacus again leading the way as Moyer Jr. and Beard began to work the middle and top grooves. Meanwhile great racing reigned supreme through the pack for the next ten laps before the caution flag was displayed again on lap 13 for a multi-car incident involving Tommy Surrett, Robert Lovett, and TJ Hughes.

During the caution period the complexion of the event underwent a change as Moyer Jr. retired with an overheating engine that was induced by a rock through his radiator. The ensuing restart found Dacus coming under fire from a hard-charging Beard on the high side. Dacus held Beard at bay until lap 20, when the Trumann, Arkansas driver bolted to the lead.

Beard would go on to lead the remainder of the event for his second series triumph of the 2013 season! Dacus came home second, while Clay Fisher overcame an excursion through the infield early in the race that pushed him as far back as the 11th position to rebound to a 3rd place finish. Brandon Smith and Wendell Wallace rounded out the top five finishers.

A-Main  
1 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
2 54 Dane Dacus Memphis, TN
3 99F Clay Fisher Dewitt, AR
4 115 Brandon Smith Floral, AR
5 6M Wendall Wallace Batesville, AR
6 73 Ashley Newman Ripley, TN
7 5x Kody Mea Southaven, MS
8 47 Chandler Petty Austin, AR
9 121 Jamie Elam Senatobia, MS
10 37L Joseph Long Bryant, AR
11 29 Robert Lovette Drummonds, TN
12 19JR T.J. Hughes Hernando, MS
13 6B Lynn Beach Hensley, AR
14 8 Kenneth Jackson Beebe, AR
15 3 Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
16 99H Todd Hall Charleston, MO
17 21JR Billy Moyer Jr. Batesville, AR
18 27S Tommy Surrett Little Rock, AR
19 11K Jon Kirby Russellville, AR
20 77 Gavin Landers Batesville, AR


Event Photos courtesy of Woody Hampton