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May 13, 2014
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Ashley Newman Wins at Clayhill; Podium for Kyle Beard at Ark-La-Tex

by Ben Shelton
MERCER, Tennessee (May 13) – Upton Motorsports drivers, Ashley Newman and Kyle Beard, each enjoyed a great weekend as Newman raced to victory, while Beard extended his advantage atop the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) standings with a podium finish.

Ashley Newman traveled to Clayhill Motorsports Park (Atwood, Tennessee) on Saturday night for a NeSmith Weekly Racing Series program in his #73 Upton Motorsports/Greg's Sawmill Crate Late Model entry. After winning his heat race Newman topped the field in the feature for his sixth victory of the 2014 season over Tait Davenport, Chandler Petty, Ronnie Cooper, Bronson Berry. Full results from the event are available at www.ClayhillMotorsports.com

Kyle Beard set out to enter a pair of COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) events over the weekend in his #86 Upton Motorsports/Bob Pierce/Jay Dickens Racing Engine Super Late Model. Unfortunately it was cut to a single day after Friday night's program at Timberline Speedway (Corley, Texas) was washed out by Mother Nature.

Saturday night took the team to Ark-La-Tex Speedway (Vivian, Louisiana) for a $2,000-to-win event with the tour. Kyle drew the second starting spot for the third heat race and went on to finish second, earning him the sixth starting spot for the feature. During the course of the 40 lap main event Beard made his way into the top five and battled at the front of the pack for much of the event. When the checkered flag dropped on the affair Beard registered a solid third place finish behind race winner, Ray Moore, and Bub McCool. Tommy Surrett and Timothy Culp rounded out the top five finishers.

Kyle continues to lead the current CCSDS point standings. Full results and the latest series' standings are available at www.COMPDirt.com.

Newman is currently unsure of his plans for the upcoming weekend, while Beard will return to Timberline Speedway (Corley, Texas) for a pair of $2,000-to-win events with the CCSDS. For more information on the events please visit www.TimberlineSpeedway.com .

Upton Motorsports would like to thank all of their sponsors including Greg's Sawmill, 45 Race Shop, Best One Tire & Service, Gary Beard Trucking, Bob Pierce Race Cars, Schoenfeld Headers, Real Racing Wheels, Ace Sign Company, Team 5 Enterprise, and MSRMafia.com Marketing Services.

For more information on Upton Motorsports, please visit www.UptonMotorsports.com .