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THOMAS
TAKES STORMPAY.COM DLMS POLE IN Thomas started out the evening by setting
fast among the 34 entrants with a lap around the 4/10-mile high-banked
clay oval in 17.333 seconds driving the Joining Thomas on the front row will be
Jay Blair of Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA won
the third 10-lap heat race in the Dixon Hauling and Grading Rocket and
will start the feature race from the inside of the second row.
Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN will start the main event
from the outside of the second row in the S&S Millwright Barry
Wright after winning the fourth 10-lap heat race. The top four finishers from each of the
four heat races earned the “Sweet 16” starting spots in Saturday
night’s main event. Transferring to the big show in the first
heat race along with Thomas were James Ussery Jr. of Cottondale, FL in
the Shores Construction GRT, Chris Hoomes of Brenton, AL in the Speedy
Lube GRT, and Robert Stutts of Murfreesboro, TN in the Bob Parks
Realty Barry Wright. Joining Blair as feature race transferees
in the second heat race were the defending StormPay.com Dirt Late
Model Series National Champion David Gentry of Lewisburg, TN in the
Dixon Plumbing Mastersbilt, Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS in the
NeSmith Chevrolet Mastersbilt, and Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA
in the Turner Excavating Hicks. Stephen Brantley of Monroeville, AL in
the Airport Sports Center Rocket, Ricky Haugen of Pace, FL in the
VISA, MasterCard, Discover Larry Shaw, and the StormPay.com Dirt Late
Model Series National Touring point leader Frank Ingram of Woodstock,
GA in the Universal Concrete Rocket followed Rainey into the feature
race in the third heat race. The fourth heat race saw Chris Coggin of
Orange Beach, AL in the Coggin Land Service Warrior, Frank Wilson of
Harold, FL in the Wilson Lumber Company Rocket, and Joey Thomas of
Vancleve, MS in the Thomas Motorsports Mastersbilt finished second
through fourth respectively behind Buckingham to transfer into the big
show. Drivers that finished fifth on back in
the four heat races on Friday night will have another opportunity to
race their way into the main event in one of two 12-lap B-Mains on
Saturday night that will see the top three finishers in each B-Main
transfer into the feature race in starting spots 17 through 22.
Starting positions 23 and 24 are StormPay.com DLMS Top 15
Provisional spots. Among the StormPay.com DLMS Top 15 point
drivers still on the outside looking in are third-place Chip Brindle
of Chatsworth, GA, eighth-place Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA, ninth-place
Chris Tays of Corinth, MS, and 12th-place Carnell Parker
III of Clarksville, TN. Also
still trying to make the show through a B-Main is National Dirt Late
Model Hall of Fame inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN. PRELIMINARY
RESULTS OF ROUND 6 AT DEEP QUALIFYING:
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