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O’Reilly MSRA Returns To I-30 Speedway This Saturday
BEEBE, AR (August 25) – The stars and cars of the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late
Model tour will invade Tracy Clay’s I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas
this Saturday, August 29th for a $2,000 to win/$400 to start event.
Last weekend two events were held as the tour invaded Beebe Speedway (Beebe,
AR) and Greenville Speedway (Greenville, MS), and it was Billy Moyer and Jon
Mitchell each claiming a respective, feature win. With his win at Greenville
Speedway, Mitchell became another first time winner on the tour in 2009 to
bring the running tally to eleven different winners in sixteen events this
season. Mitchell joined a stout list of competitors, who have recorded a win
with the O’Reilly MSRA tour in 2009. The list of 2009 winners includes Billy
Moyer Jr., Kyle Beard, Wendell Wallace, Kevin Sitton, Bill Frye, Michael
Murphree, Jon Kirby, Billy Moyer, Billy James, and Eric Turner.
Billy Moyer Jr. from Batesville, Arkansas, leads the O’Reilly MSRA standings
with an 87 point lead over second place with five events remaining in the
season.
Behind the point’s leader, the battle continues to heat up for the top five
positions in the current tour standings. Kyle Beard (Arkansas), Jeff Floyd
(Arkansas), Jon Mitchell (Texas), and Jon Kirby (Arkansas) round out the top
five in the latest points as the series continues to enjoy its most
competitive season in its history.
The 2009 Kuntz & Co. Rookie of the Year standings continues to be led by
Gary Scott Christian from Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Austin Rettig (Missouri) and
Michael Murphree (Arkansas) round out the current standings in the Kuntz &
Co. RoY chase.
Over the course of this weekend the top five drivers in the current O’Reilly
MSRA standings and the Kuntz and Company Rookie of the Year candidates will
be joined by a strong contingent of competitors including Dewaine Hottinger
(Arkansas), Randy Mitchell (Oklahoma), Ray Moore (Louisiana), Clay Fisher
(Arkansas), Terry Henson (Arkansas), Eddie Provence (Arkansas), and many
more.
This Saturday night, August 29th, the O’Reilly MSRA tour invades the ¼ mile,
high banks of I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Arkansas for the second and
final time in the 2009 season. The first event, held back in April, saw
great two and three wide racing around the ¼ mile oval with Wendell Wallace
claiming the $2,000 win. Joining the O’Reilly MSRA Super Late Models on the
card will be Winged Sprint Cars, IMCA Open Wheel Modifieds, Super Stocks,
and Mini-Sprints. Adult, grandstand admission is $20 with kids 6 - 12 only
$2, when accompanied by an adult. Pit passes are $30. For more information
on I-30 Speedway, please visit www.I-30Speedway.com .
The O'Reilly MSRA is sponsored by and would like to thank primary sponsor
O'Reilly Auto Parts, their Associate Sponsors- GRT Race Cars, Hoosier Racing
Tires, COMP Cams, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Quarter Master, Kuntz & Company,
Mark Martin Auto Group, JFR Graphics, RiceTec, ASI Racewear, ROCKHARD
Powdercoat, Inc., Boomland, NEA Supergas, and MSR Mafia.com Marketing
Services; and their contingency sponsors - Suspension Spring Specialists,
BSB Manufacturing, Boston's Restaurant and Sports Bar Pizza, Five Star
Bodies, 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 .
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