Wendell Wallace Races to Victory at Batesville Motor Speedway

by Ben Shelton

Locust Grove, Arkansas (April 4, 2014)  – The COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) presented by Lucas Oil invaded Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, Arkansas) on Friday night, and hometown driver, Wendell Wallace, took advantage of his outside-front-row starting spot to wire the field in the $2,000-to-win event.

The 3/8 mile oval drew a field of twenty-five entries, and a strong run in his heat race positioned Louisiana native, Timothy Culp on the New Vision Graphics pole position for the 30 lap finale. Culp was joined on the front row by Wallace, and as the race went green it was Wallace, who shot to the lead with Culp, Tommy Surrett, Clay Fisher, and Jason Hughes in tow.

As Wallace paced the field great two and three wide battles reigned supreme throughout the pack. One driver on the move was 9th starting Jared Landers, who quickly found his way into the top five. Landers advanced to the 2nd position by the time that the checkered flag fell, but had nothing for Wallace, who led all 30 laps of the caution free finale for his all-time series leading eighteenth win. Tommy Surrett, Clay Fisher, and Kyle Beard rounded out the top five finishers.

Wendell Wallace won GRT Race Cars Heat Race #1 with Timothy Culp winning Allen Manufacturing Heat Race #2. Clay Fisher raced to victory in ROCKHARD Powder Coating Heat Race #3, while Jason Hughes won Woodco Inc. Heat Race #4.

Shane Harris raced to victory in the Boston’s Sports Bar & Restaurant b-main.

Jared Landers received the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger Award for advancing from the 9th starting spot to a 2nd place finish, while Ashley Newman was the recipient of the Keith Craft Racing Engines Hard Luck Award after engine woes in hot laps brought his night to an early end.

The COMP Cams Super Dirt Series presented by Lucas Oil will travel to Northeast Arkansas Speedway (Harrisburg, Arkansas) for a $2,000-to-win/$400-to-start event on Saturday, April 12th. For more information please visit www.NEASpeedway.com .

The COMP Cams Super Dirt Series presented by Lucas Oil is sponsored by and would like to thank all of their sponsors including- COMP Cams, Lucas Oil, Hoosier Racing Tires, Kuntz & Company, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Quarter Master, Allen Manufacturing, GRT Race Cars, Woodco, Inc., New Vision Graphics, ROCKHARD Powdercoat, Inc., Mark Martin Kia, Keith Craft Racing Engines, SRC Sampson Racing Radios, Beach Veterinary Services, Killer Coatings, MSR Mafia.com Marketing Services, Racing Head Service, BSB Manufacturing, Five Star Bodies, Boston’s Restaurant and Sports Bar Pizza, speedliquidators.com, Schoenfeld Headers, Surrett Contracting, Powerhouse Products, and FSR Racing Products.

For the latest information on the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series presented by Lucas Oil, please visit www.COMPDirt.com .

 

COMP Cams Super Dirt Series – April 11th, 2014

Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, Arkansas)

 

Feature Results

1)Wendell Wallace (Batesville, AR)

2)Jared Landers (Batesville, AR)

3)Tommy Surrett (North Little Rock, AR)

4)Clay Fisher (Dewitt, AR)

5)Kyle Beard (Trumann, AR)

6)Dane Dacus (Lakeland, TN)

7)Timothy Culp (Sheridan, AR)

8)Justin Asplin (Birch Tree, MO)

9)Brandon Smith (Floral, AR)

10)Jason Hughes (West Plains, MO)

11)Chandler Petty (Cabot, AR)

12)Shane Harris (Sheridan, AR)

13)Shannon Scott (OK)

14)Brian Ritchie (Newport, AR)

15)Josh Hughes (West Plains, MO)

16)Kody Mea (Southaven, MS)

17)Joey Smith (MO)

18)Rick Hearnsberger (Texarkana, AR)

19)Joseph Long (Bryant, AR)

20)Lynn Beach (Hensley, AR)

 

DNS: Ashley Newman, Travis Ashley, Gavin Landers, David Payne, Aaron Carr

 

Entries: 25

GRT Race Cars Heat Race #1 Winner: Wendell Wallace

Allen Manufacturing Heat Race #2 Winner: Timothy Culp

ROCKHARD Powder Coating Heat Race #3 Winner: Clay Fisher

Woodco Inc Race #4 Winner: Jason Hughes

Boston’s Sports Bar & Restaurant B-Main Winners: Shane Harris

New Vision Graphics Pole Sitter: Timothy Culp

Keith Craft Racing Engines Hard Luck Award: Ashley Newman

Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger: Jared Landers (9th-2nd)

COMP Cams Top Performer: Wendell Wallace

Leaders: Wendell Wallace (1-30)

Cautions: 0

Red Flag: 0

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