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Ben Shelton
TEXARKANA, Ark. (July 17) - Bill Frye earned his series leading, third win with the COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model tour on Saturday at 67 Speedway in Texarkana, Arkansas in the Cross Lander Summer Sizzler 40.
When the tour made their first visit to the facility in May, it was Frye, who claimed a thrilling win over Jon Mitchell, and Saturday night's event would see the pair stage another showdown for the win.
After accumulating the most points in heat race action, Frye started in the JFR Graphics Pole Position for the forty lap feature with Mitchell starting outside front row. Frye would assume control of the lead as the race got underway as Mitchell and Kyle Beard pressured him for the top spot.
The first half of the race would see the race endure a long green flag run before several cautions waved around the event's midway point including, Kyle Beard, who pulled up lame with a flat tire on lap 27. Beard would head pitside and would rejoin the field as the final car on the lead lap in the 14th position.
As the field prepared to return to green flag action, Frye held down the top spot with Mitchell and a hard-charging Brandon Smith rounding out the top three. On the restart, Smith would ride the cushion past Mitchell to take the second spot and one lap later would challenge Frye for the lead. Over the next few laps though, Mitchell would slip back to third as Frye and Mitchell resumed their battle for the lead as they worked the hub.
With the top two cars battling for the lead, the driver on the move was Kyle Beard, who found his way into the top five with five laps to go, and went on to advance two more spots to a third place finish behind event winner, Bill Frye, and Jon Mitchell. Rounding out the top five was Brandon Smith and Timothy Culp.
Heat races were won by Bill Frye, Kyle Beard, and Jon Mitchell.
Terry Henson was the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger.
The Quartermaster Hard Luck Award went to Shane Stephens, who received heavy damage in the feature, when a lap car turned him into an infield barrier.
The COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model tour will take a week off from racing before returning to action on Friday, July 30th at Malden Speedway (Malden, Missouri) and Northeast Arkansas Speedway (Harrisburg, Arkansas) on July 30th-31st. For more information, please visit www.MaldenSpeedway.com, www.NEASpeedway.com, and www.MSRADirt.com
For the latest information on the COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Model Series, please visit www.MSRADirt.com .
COMP Cams MSRA Super Late Models - July 17th, 2010
67 Speedway (Texarkana, Arkansas)
Feature Results
1. Bill Frye (Greenbrier, AR)
2. Jon Mitchell (Texarkana, TX)
3. Kyle Beard (Trumann, AR)
4. Brandon Smith (Trumann, AR)
5. Timothy Culp (West Monroe, LA)
6. BJ Robinson (Keithville, LA)
7. Dustin Hyde (Texarkana, TX)
8. Eddie Provence (East End, AR)
9. Terry Henson (North Little Rock, AR))
10. Wade Johnson (Beebe, AR)
11. Stormy Derryberry (Monticello, AR)
12. Jeff Floyd (Walnut Ridge, AR)
13. Shane Harris (Sheridan, AR)
14. Nate Jantz (McKinney, TX)
15. Wade Douglas (Forrest City, AR)
16. Jody Prince (Sibley, LA)
17. Shane Stephens (Arlington, TN)
18. Johnny Virden (Russellville, AR)
19. Wesley Crutchfield (Prattsville, AR)
20. Joseph Long (Bryant, AR)
21. Chad Patterson (Texarkana, TX)
22. Chad Williams (Monette, AR)
Entries: 22 (Representing Four States)
Heat Winners: Kyle Beard, Bill Frye, Jon Mitchell
JFR Graphics Pole Sitter: Bill Frye
Quarter Master Hard Luck Award: Shane Stephens
Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger: Terry Henson (17th-9th)
COMP Cams Top Performer: Bill Frye
Cautions: 5
Red Flag: 0
Leaders: Bill Frye (1-40)
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