MARLAR SURVIVES ROUGH FINAL LAPS TO CLAIM MAGNOLIA STATE 100 AT COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY

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Ben Shelton
COLUMBUS, Miss. (September 25) - A heavily damaged race car and a stout field of competitors could not keep "The Winfield Warrior" Mike Marlar from Winfield, Tennessee from claiming the win in the 21st Annual Premier Ford Magnolia State 100 on Saturday night at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS.

Race Photos - Magnolia State 100 at Columbus Speedway

Over 180 entries, including seventy-one Super Late Models, were on hand in four divisions for the annual running of the Premier Ford Magnolia State 100 at "The Baddest Bullring in the South".

In the Super Late Model division, two-time event Champion, Shane Clanton from Locust Grove, Georgia, started on the front row alongside Four Corners, Mississippi driver, David Breazeale. As the green flag waved Clanton bolted to the lead with Breazeale with Steve Francis, Mike Marlar, Bub McCool, and Billy Moyer in tow.

During the early stages of the event Clanton would maintain the lead, but by lap ten he had caught the back markers as Breazeale and Francis closed in on the leader as the trio navigated heavy lapped traffic. Six laps later the Clanton and Breazeale would begin a heated battle for the lead as Breazeale used a slide job to take the lead exiting turn four on lap sixteen as Marlar followed him to grab second with Clanton slipping to third briefly. Clanton would quickly move back to second and as the field entered turns three and four on the next circuit, Clanton staged his own slide job for the lead, which sent Breazeale into the turn four wall ending his night.

Reverting to the previously completed lap, Marlar was awarded the lead Clanton, Francis, Clint Smith, and Bub McCool making up the balance of the top five. Marlar would maintain a comfortable lead for the next thirteen laps before disaster struck for the leaders as the lap car of Tommy Kerr slammed into the turn four wall collecting Marlar and Clanton, causing damage on the top two cars with Marlar receiving the lion's share of the body damage. Marlar was reinstated to the lead, but with half of his spoiler missing his chances at winning looked slim.

Despite the heavy damage on his entry, Marlar would stove off a late race charge from Steve Francis and Shane Clanton to claim the $25,010 win. Second place runner, Francis, saw his night end with four laps remaining as his powerplant expired. Clanton went on to finish second with Billy Moyer, Chris Madden (started 21st), Terry English, Rick Rickman, Ethan Hunter, Kyle Beard (started 26th), Dewaine Hottinger (started 24th), and Jesse Stovall rounding out the top ten.

In the $2,500 to win, NeSmith Crate Late Model feature Cliff Williams and Jeremy Shaw started on the front row for the 25 lap feature, and the duo would battle for the lead for much of the feature before Williams edged away late in the race to claim the big win with Shaw, Mike Boland, Eric Cooley, and Chris Ragan completing the top five. Forty-three entries were on hand in the NeSmith Crate Late Model division.

The $1,000 to win, Street Stock division drew a stout field of 46 competitors, and there 20 lap feature would arguably be one of the best races of the weekend as the drivers battled three and four wide around the 1/3 mile, highbanks. Tony Silvestri would power from outside the front row to take the win although it did not come easy as late race pressure from Tracy Pickering, Mike Ladner, and Trey Bright kept the crown on the edge of their seats.

The Open Wheel Modified division would be in action on Saturday night only as a $700 top prize was on the line for a field of twenty-two, Open Wheel Modifieds. After winning their heat races Mike Ladner and Luke Riddle started on the front row for the 20 lap feature. Ladner would jump to the lead at the outset of the race as Riddle slipped back a few spots on the start. Ladner would go on to lead the entire feature with Randy King, Jeff Wells Jr., Blake Koenigsberger, and Mitchell Cauley rounding out the top five.

21st Annual Premier Ford Magnolia State 100
Super Late Models
September 25, 2010

A-Main
1 36 Mike Marlar, $25,010 2 25 Shane Clanton 3 21 Billy Moyer 4 44M Chris Madden 5 96 Terry English 6 86 Rick Rickman 7 15H Ethan Hunter 8 86 Kyle Beard 9 65 Dwaine Hottinger 10 14JR Jesse Stovall 11 15 Steve Francis 12 116 Randy Weaver 13 44 Clint Smith 14 88 Wendell Wallace 15 888 James Cliburn 16 44 Clint Smith 17 26 Tony Knowles 18 212 Josh Putnam 19 57 Bub McCool 20 4T Tommy Kerr 21 21JR Billy Moyer Jr 22 D1 David Gentry 23 54 David Breazeale 24 00 Freddy Smith 25 1S Jack Sullivan 26 4BS Brooks Strength

B-Main #1 (top 3 transfer)
1 00 Freddy Smith 2 4T Tommy Kerr 3 54 Dane Dacus 4 88B Jeremy Broadus 5 1C Chad Thrash 6 20 Tom Callahan 7 86 Kyle Beard 8 05 Wade Byars 9 21 Neil Baggett 10 9L Clint Logan 11 51 Dean Carpenter 12 57M Daniel Moore  13 21T Mickey Trosclar

B-Main #2 (top 2 transfer)
1 212 Josh Putnam 2 1S Jack Sullivan 3 31C Scott Creel 4 K9 Steve Bryan 5 38 Chase Washington 6 10T Mathew Turner 7 88 Hunter Carroll 8 22 Keith House 9 F36 Cale Finley 10 5 Clint Byars 11 68 Brian Rickman 12 121 Anthony Burroughs

B-Main #3 (top 2 transfer)
1 44M Chris Madden 2 65 Dwaine Hottinger 3 70 Anthony Rushing 4 77 Greg Fore 5 32 Mark Dodson 6 10H Leon Henderson 7 43 Kurt Radojcsics 8 44 Virgil Taylor 9 33D Scott Dedwyler 10 14 April Farmer 11 3 Tony Shelton 12 F1 Keith Freeman 13 14C Henry Cooper 14 7 Jeremy Glasgow 15 17W Chad Washington 16 1B Brandon Brown

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