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Kyle Beard Captures Second Straight COMP Cams MSRA Win At
Beebe Speedway
BEEBE, AR (June 25, 2010 ) – After a slow start to the year, Kyle Beard from
Trumann, Arkansas has turned up the wick over the past few weeks, and the
current COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model point’s leader padded his advantage
on Friday night by picking up his second straight win with the tour in a 30
lap event at Beebe Speedway in Beebe, Arkansas.
Kyle Beard was the JFR Graphics Pole Qualifier for the $2,000 to win, 30 lap
event and was flanked to his outside by Bill Frye. As the field took the
green flag on a track which was in exceptional shape, Beard bolted to the
lead with Bill Frye, Shane Stephens, Mark Stephens, and Dewaine Hottinger in
pursuit. As the field completed the first lap, the caution flag would wave
for Terry Henson, who saw a motor expire, causing him to come to a stop at
the bottom of turn one.
On the ensuing restart, Beard once again headed to the cushion as Frye
worked the low line with two and three wide battles throughout the pack
behind the lead duo. The caution flag would be displayed again on the fourth
circuit as Jon Mitchell was spun in turn three.
At the time of the caution, the top five running order continued to be
Beard, Frye, Stephens, Kirby, and Hottinger. As the green flag waved again,
Beard and Frye resumed their battle for the top spot as Jon Kirby and Joey
Mack worked their way past Dewaine Hottinger and Mark Stephens to crack the
top five.
As drivers made moves through the field, Kyle Beard set a blistering pace at
the front of the pack and by lap 13, he led the frontrunners into lapped
traffic. Over the next few laps, Beard and Frye would work lapped traffic
masterfully as Beard maintained a two car length advantage. However, the
caution would fly on lap 19 as Ian Samuals spun in turn three.
With the field lining up for the restart Kyle Beard maintained the top spot
and was followed by Frye, Kirby, Mack, and Shane Stephens. As the green flag
flew once again, Jon Kirby raced past Bill Frye for second, but Kirby’s luck
would soon take a turn for the worst as he got into the front stretch wall
on the 20th circuit, resulting in heavy damage to his mount, bringing his
night to an early end.
Once again the field lined up for the restart, and once again it was Beard
heading to the cushion as Frye continued to work the low line with Joey
Mack, Shane Stephens, and new fifth place runner, Curtis Cook, in tow.
A pivotal caution would wave on lap 27 for Ian Samuals, who once again spun
his #86s Super Late Model. With Samuals heading pitside, the field lined up
for a restart, and disaster would strike as the field made their way through
turns three and four to the green flag. Several cars would get on the
throttle a little early, which led to a pileup in turn four that collected
drivers such as Daniel Waters, Curtis Cook, Dewaine Hottinger, Wade Johnson,
and Andy Milliken. Also receiving damage from the incident was third place
runner, Joey Mack, who saw his night come to a disappointing end with a
broken drive train.
The next attempt to restart the final three laps of the event would be
successful, and Beard went on to fight off a last lap challenge from Bill
Frye to take the win by half a car length at the checkered flag. They were
followed across the finish line by Shane Stephens, Jon Mitchell (who
rebounded from his bad luck earlier in the race), and Brandon Smith.
With the win, Kyle Beard became the winningest driver in the history of the
COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model tour with seven wins.
Heat races for the twenty-two car field were won by Mark Stephens, Bill
Frye, and Kyle Beard.
Clay Fisher won the b-main after a great side-by-side battled with Curtis
Cook.
Eddie Provence was the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger after advancing
from his 20th starting spot to a 7th place finish, which was his career best
finish with the COMP Cams MSRA tour.
The Quartermaster Hard Luck Award went to Joey Mack, who saw his hopes of no
worse than a third place finish come to a screeching halt with three laps
remaining when a chain reaction melee caused heavy damage to the drive train
on his #97 Rocket.
The COMP Cams Top Performer was Kyle Beard.
The COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model tour will embark on the second night of
the weekend’s double header as they make their inaugural trip to Crawford
County Speedway in Van Buren, Arkansas on Saturday, June 26th. For more
information on the event, please visit www.MSRADirt.com and
www.CrawfordCountySpeedway.net .
The COMP Cams MSRA tour is sponsored by and would like to thank all of their
sponsors including- COMP Cams, Hoosier Racing Tires, Kuntz & Company, Larry
Shaw Race Cars, Quarter Master, GRT Race Cars, JFR Graphics, RiceTec,
ROCKHARD Powdercoat, Inc., Mark Martin Auto Group , NEA Supergas, MSR
Mafia.com Marketing Services, Tobacco Town Inc., Racing Head Service, BSB
Manufacturing, Boston's Restaurant and Sports Bar Pizza,
speedliquidators.com, Five Star Bodies, Joe Gibbs Racing Oil, Powerhouse
Products, and FSR Racing Products.
For the latest information on the COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model Series,
please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Models – June 25th, 2010
Beebe Speedway (Beebe, AR)
Feature Results
1. Kyle Beard (Trumann, AR)
2. Bill Frye (Greenbriar, AR)
3. Shane Stephens (Arlington, TN)
4. Jon Mitchell (Texarkana, TX)
5. Brandon Smith (Flora, AR)
6. Mark Stephens (Arlington, TN)
7. Eddie Provence (East End, AR)
8. Jeff Floyd (Walnut Ridge, AR)
9. Clay Fisher (Dewitt, AR)
10. Daniel Waters (Hoxie, AR)
11. Dewaine Hottinger (Russellville, AR)
12. Joey Mack (Benton, MO)
13. Curtis Cook (Conway, AR)
14. Andy Milliken (Greenwood, AR)
15. Wade Johnson (Beebe, AR)
16. Ian Samuals (Trumann, AR)
17. Jon Kirby (Russellville, AR)
18. Stormy Derryberry (Monticello, AR)
19. Charlie Cole (Wynne, AR)
20. Terry Henson (North Little Rock, AR)
DNS: Wesley Crutchfield, Bobby Derryberry
Entries: 22 (Representing Three States)
Heat Winners: Mark Stephens, Bill Frye, Kyle Beard
B-Main Winner: Clay Fisher
JFR Graphics Pole Sitter: Kyle Beard
Quarter Master Hard Luck Award: Joey Mack
Provisional: Eddie Provence, Terry Henson
Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger: Eddie Provence (20th-7th)
COMP Cams Top Performer: Kyle Beard
Cautions: 7
Red Flag: 0
Leaders: Kyle Beard (1-40)
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