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MSRA Media
HARRISBURG, Ark. (August 9) - After bad luck on Friday night, Kyle Beard bounced back in a big way on Saturday night at Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas by picking up the win in the $2,000 to win event.
Twenty-eight Super Late Models, representing five states, signed in for the event as the largest crowd of the year jammed into the grandstand at Poinsett County Raceway. Friday night's feature winner at Malden Speedway, Jesse Stovall, once again put on a masterful driving display in heat race action and earned the JFR Graphics pole position for the 40 lap feature event. Billy Moyer Jr. from Batesville, Arkansas earned the outside front row starting position for the main event.
With inclement weather in the area and sprinkles starting to fall, the capacity crowd came to its feet as the field took the green flag with Stovall bolting to the lead with Dewaine Hottinger, Billy Moyer Jr., Joey Mack, and Gary Beard in tow. As Stovall built a four car length advantage over the field by lap two, sixth starting, Kyle Beard, was on the move racing around his Dad, Gary, for the fifth position. Lap three would see Beard blasting the high side of the track to rocket past Moyer Jr. and Hottinger to move into the second spot on the third circuit, and ultimately driving past Stovall on the high side on lap four to take over the top spot.
The caution flag flew on lap 6 for Randy Mitchell, who had rolled to a stop. At the time of the caution, the top five running order consisted of Kyle Beard, Jesse Stovall, Billy Moyer Jr., Dewaine Hottinger, and 7th starting, Joey Mack. On the ensuing restart, Beard drove away from the field as Stovall, Moyer Jr., and Hottinger flared three wide for the top spot exiting turn two. Stovall would take sole possession of the third position back as the trio navigated the backstretch.
By lap eight, Joey Mack and Billy Moyer Jr. began to battle side by side for the 3rd spot as Steve Rushin joined the fray. Mack would ultimately take the third position with Moyer Jr. in pursuit. Lap 20 found the leaders in lapped traffic and on the 23rd circuit, Mack raced past Stovall for the second position. Disaster struck for Stovall two hours later as contact with the lapped car of Randy Mitchell brought Stovall's night to an end.
As the field lined up for the final restart of the night, the top five running order consisted of Kyle Beard, Mack, Moyer Jr., Jon Kirby (who started 13th), and Steve Rushin. On the restart, Kirby blasted from his fourth position to the second spot with Mack driving back around him two laps later for the runner up spot. As the laps wound down in the feature, the leaders once again caught lapped traffic, and this allowed Mack to reduce Beard's lead to a few car lengths by the time that the white flag waived. Mack chased Beard down the backstretch and tried a move on the high side exiting turn four, but Beard used a strong run on the bottom to pick up the win. Joey Mack, Jon Kirby, Billy Moyer Jr., and Jeff Floyd rounded out the top five.
The victory marked Beard's third triumph on the tour in 2008, and puts him in sole possession of the COMP Cams Winner's Circle Bonus Program.
The four heat races were won by Charlie Cole, Kyle Beard, Billy Moyer Jr. and Jessie Bialey. The twin b-mains were topped by Shane Stepens and Jeff Moss.
Jon Kirby received the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charge Award for advancing from his 13th starting position to a 3rd place finish. Charlie Cole received the Weld Racing Wheels Forge Ahead Award after having to switch to a back-up car after he won his heat race due to mechanical woes. Due to switching cars, Cole had to start at the back of the feature. Kyle Beard earned the COMP Cams Winner's Circle Bonus.
The O'Reilly MSRA Super Late Models will return to action with a $2,000 to win/$400 to start event on Saturday, August 23rd at Tracey Clay's I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas.
The O'Reilly MSRA would like to thank O'Reilly Auto Parts, their Associate Sponsors- GRT Race Cars, Hoosier Racing Tires, COMP Cams, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Weld Racing, Kuntz & Company, JFR Graphics, RiceTec, ASI Racewear, ROCKHARD Powdercoat, Inc., MSR Mafia.com Marketing Services; and their contingency sponsors - Scott Wire, Duralite Racing Wheels, Suspension Spring Specialists, BSB Manufacturing, AP Racing, Wiles Drive Shafts, Boston's Restaurant and Sports Bar Pizza, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Schaeffer Oil, & FSR Products.
For the latest information on the O'Reilly MSRA Super Late Model Series, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
O'Reilly MSRA Results - August 9th, 2008
Poinsett County Raceway (Harrisburg, Arkansas)
A-Feature
1. Kyle Beard
2. Joey Mack
3. Jon Kirby
4. Billy Moyer Jr.
5. Jeff Floyd
6. Jessie Bailey
7. Dewaine Hottinger
8. Steve Rushin
9. Chris Jones
10. Shane Stephens
11. Robert Lovette
12. Joe Long
13. Jeff Moss
14. Mike Carr
15. Charlie Cole
16. Jeff Sloan
17. Justin Asplin
18. Randy Mitchell
19. Jesse Stovall
20. Gary Beard
DNQ: Bobby Procise, Ricky Vandergriff, Carl Thomas, Enik Sanders, John Hill, Ben Reed, Danny Gentry, Jeremy Ball
Entries: 28 (Representing 5 States)
Cautions: 2
Red Flags: 0
Leaders: Jesse Stovall (1-4), Kyle Beard (5-40)
Heat Winners: Charlie Cole, Billy Moyer Jr., Kyle Beard, Dewaine Hottinger
B-Main Transfers: Shane Stephens, Mike Carr, Jeff Sloan, Jeff Moss, Randy Mitchell, Joe Long
Provisionals: None
Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger: Jon Kirby (13th to 3rd)
Weld Racing Wheels Forge Ahead Award: Charlie Cole
JFR Graphics Pole Qualifier: Jesse Stovall
COMP Cams Winner's Circle Bonus: Kyle Beard
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