BEEBE, Arkansas — The 2008 O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models season will conclude with a huge event this weekend, September 12th – 13th as the tour invades Poinsett County Raceway in Harrisburg, Arkansas for the 2nd Annual Midsouth Dirt Track Championship.
Heading into the season’s finale, 15 events have been held in 2008 with an incredible ten drivers finding victory lane during the course of the season. Billy Moyer, Jeff Floyd, Terry Phillips, Kyle Beard, Ray Moore, Jack Sullivan, Jesse Stovall, Jeff Taylor, Dane Dacus, and Wendell Wallace have all picked up feature wins during the course of the 2008 season with Moore, Beard, and Sullivan being the only repeat winners on the tour.
Despite not finding victory lane so far in 2008 on the tour, defending O’Reilly MSRA Champion, Joey Mack, from Benton, Missouri continues to lead the point standings as he has been a model of consistency each and every race night. He maintains a 21 point advantage over Jeff Floyd from Walnut Ridge, Arkansas heading into the finale. 2008 O’Reilly MSRA/Kuntz & Company Rookie of the Year, Jon Kirby is currently third in the point standings. 2007 O’Reilly MSRA Rookie of the Year, Billy Moyer Jr. continues to maintain the fourth position in the point standings.
2007 MidSouth Dirt Track Champion Kyle Beard (Arkansas) is fifth in the latest tour standings and has picked up two feature wins with the O’
Reilly MSRA tour at Poinsett County Raceway in 2008.
A strong contingent of invading drivers will be looking for the big payday this weekend including Dewaine Hottinger (Arkansas), Jeff Sloan (Missouri), Jordan Jones (Arkansas), Randy Mitchell (Oklahoma), Charlie Cole (Arkansas), Justin Asplin (Missouri), Jessie Bailey (Tennessee), Gary Beard (Arkansas), Jeff Moss (Arkansas), Shane Stephens (Tennessee), and many more.
The unparalleled level of competition on the tour in 2008 will culminate this weekend in the $5,000 to win/$400 to start, 40 lap event at Poinsett County Raceway. Action gets underway on Friday night, September 12th with double heat race action for the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Model division. Drivers will draw a pill and run their respective heat races. Each heat race will then be completely inverted from the original starting line-up and a second set of heat races will be run.
Passing points will be in effect for each set of heat races with the top twelve point’s earners locking into Saturday night’s program.
On Saturday night, September 13th twin b-mains will be held with the top three finishers from each b-main transferring to the main event.
Starting positions nineteen and twenty will be filled by series’
provisionals. The night will be capped off by the 40 lap, Midsouth Dirt Track Championship feature, which will reward $5,000 to win the winner.
The 2008 O’Reilly MSRA Champion will be crowned as well.
A full compliment of local divisions will accompany the program each night. For more information, please visit www.PoinsettCountyRaceway.com
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.
