StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series

STORMPAY.COM WEEKLY RACING SERIES ROUND UP FOR SEPTEMBER 10

CARTERSVILLE, GA – Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS has all but wrapped up his second straight StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region Championship, and while Frank Wilson of Milton, FL leads the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series South Region, there is a new challenger in James Ussery of Cottondale, FL coming on strong with three weeks remaining in the season.

There are three West Region events left on the schedule and 30 bonus points available before the season ends on September 30. Keeton has 786 points based on his top 16 finishes in 25 starts with 12 wins.

Larry Murphy of Meridian, MS picked up his first StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region win of the season on Saturday night at Whynot Motorsports Park in Meridian, MS, which moved him up to the second spot in the West Region standings with 691 points based on his top 16 finishes in 17 starts.

Brandon Keeton of Toomsuba, MS finished second at Whynot Motorsports Park on Saturday night, and he now rides in third spot in the West Region with 687 points based on his top 16 finishes in 18 starts. This could set up the possibility of a father and son finishing one-two in the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region.

Just 13 points separate second through sixth in the StormPay.com WRS West Region point standings. Just behind Murphy and Brandon Keeton are Steve Godsey of Bedford, IN, Jamie Pickard of Columbus, MS, and Terry Mosley of Gilbertown, AL. Godsey and Pickard are tied for fourth, as both drivers have 679 points in 16 starts. Mosley has 678 points based on his 16 best finishes in 17 starts.

It will all come down to who can net enough points in the remaining West Region events, and who can compile bonus points in the three StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series National Touring events at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS with two $2,500-to-win events this Friday and Saturday nights, and a $5,000-to-win show at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, IN on September 21-22.

The remaining scheduled StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region events are September 28 at Twin Cities Raceway Park, September 29 at Columbus Speedway in Columbus, MS, and September 29 at Monticello Raceway in Monticello, AR.

The four drivers rounding out the top ten in the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series West Region points outside the top six Regional Point Fund paying positions are Herman Reynolds of Laurel, MS in seventh with 664 points based on his 16 best finishes in 24 starts, Dallas Mozingo of Laurel, MS in eighth with 646 points based on his 16 best finishes in 22 starts, Wiley Williams of Stonewall, MS in ninth with 632 points in 16 starts, and Shannon Lee of Lumberton, MS in tenth with 611 points based on his 16 best finishes in 17 starts.

Wilson leads the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series South Region with 742 points based on his 16 best finishes in 40 starts and has a 35-point lead over Josh Huss of Flomaton , AL . Huss is second with 707 points based on his 16 best finishes in 25 starts, and Jonathan Joiner of Milton, FL is third with 684 points based on his 16 best finishes in 20 starts.

Donald Watson of Greenwell Springs, LA took his ninth StormPay.com WRS South Region win of the season on Saturday night at Pike County Speedway in McComb, MS, and is now tied for the fourth spot with Bobby Morrison of Milton, FL. Each driver has 664 points based on their 16 best finishes. Watson has 19 starts, and Morrison has 29 starts.

Joshua Joiner of Milton, FL is in the sixth, and final, South Regional Point Fund paying position with 661 points based on his 16 best finishes in 20 starts. Ricky Haugen of Pace, FL is seventh with 641 points based on his 16 best finishes in 17 starts, and Richard Guidry of Port Allen, LA is eighth with 636 points based on his 16 best finishes in 18 starts.

Ussery captured a pair of wins in StormPay.com WRS South Region action over the weekend to vault him into a tie for the ninth spot in the South Region standings with Scott Sessions of Milton, FL. Ussery took the win on Friday night Blackman Motor Speedway in Blackman , FL , and posted his ninth win of the season on Saturday night at Southern Raceway in Milton , FL.

Both Sessions and Ussery have 620 points. Sessions’ total is based on his 16 best finishes in 29 starts. The key to Ussery getting into the championship hunt for the South Region title is that he has earned his 620 points in just 14 starts, and he still has two events to earn full points.

If Ussery can pull off two wins with a field of 14 cars in his next two starts, he can earn 100 more points. Wilson, and the rest of the drivers in the top ten of the StormPay.com WRS South Region point standings have reached the 16-start mark, and are now netting points, or replacing their worst finish of the season with a higher point finishing position.

Wilson’s three lowest point totals among his 16 best finishes are three 42s, which means he has to finish fourth or better in events with a car count of over 14 in order to net any more points. Ussery’s lowest point total in his 14 starts is a 34.

If Ussery can win again with a high car count after his 17^th start, he could net another 16 points, and if Wilson finishes outside the top four, Ussery could move to within six points of Wilson . Ussery’s next two lowest point totals are a pair of 40s, so there is a possibility he could net another 20 points.

The StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series East Region was not in action over the weekend, as Talladega Short Track in Eastaboga , AL is the only track in the region still running. Talladega Short Track will be running tonight with a Monday night special event, and the results will be posted in next week’s StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series Round Up.

For a complete rundown of the StormPay.com Weekly Racing Series point standings in the South, West, and East Regions, visit the Points page on the series web site at www.stormpayracing.com.

STORMPAY.COM WEEKLY RACING SERIES POINT STANDINGS THROUGH 9/8/07 :

WEST REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	TOTAL	RACES
1	22	Lucky Keeton	786	25
2	27	Larry Murphy	691	17
3	34	Brandon Keeton	687	18
4	14	Steve Godsey	679	16
5	21	Jamie Pickard	679	16
6	1t	Terry Mosley	678	17
7	9	Herman Reynolds	664	24
8	12	Dallas Mozingo	646	22
9	4	Wiley Williams	632	16
10	47	Shannon Lee	611	17
11	77t	Mark Tice	604	16
12	38	Tony Shelton	593	18
13	1	Jim Moon	589	15
14	44	Roger Rolison	583	17
15	K1	Brad Barrow	555	13
16	7	Mike Shirley	545	18
17	x15	Roman Ponds	538	16
18	w4	Scott Ladner	505	15
19	911	Chris Reed	498	12
20	22	Jamey Smith	480	12

SOUTH REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	TOTAL	RACES
1	72	Frank Wilson	742	40
2	25	Josh Huss	707	25
3	56	Jonathan Joiner	684	20
4	52	Bobby Morrison	664	29
5	91	Donald Watson	664	19
6	24	Joshua Joiner	661	20
7	22g	Ricky Haugen	641	17
8	USA1	Richard Guidry	636	18
9	53	Scott Sessions	620	29
10	71	James Ussery	620	14
11	77	Michael Santangelo	609	19
12	17	Chris Coggin	596	15
13	97	Ryan Little	591	17
14	27	Danny Joe Thomas	588	15
15	18	Will Henderson	574	17
16	10	Nathan Ingersoll	560	16
17	17	Silas Martin	559	15
18	11	Larry Cifra	556	15
19	21	Mickey Trosclair Jr.	555	15
20	30	Bert Tompkins	540	14

EAST REGION:

POS	CAR #	DRIVER	TOTAL	RACES
1	5	Logan Yates	770	16
2	07	Jimmy Elkins Jr.	693	25
3	34	Chad Wallace	686	20
4	47	Adam Martin	683	16
5	44c	Curtis Cline	637	16
6	247	Dustin Stewart	631	16
7	52	Marc Gooden	597	16
8	12	Darel Owenby	592	14
9	55	Parrish Duncan	582	15
10	k17	Corey Korreckt	578	16
11	F1	Keith Freeman	505	13
12	44	Doug Kilgore	488	12
13	18	Landon Sims	470	15
14	51	Brandon Haley	468	12
15	90	Jimmy Kay	416	10
16	41	Steve Kirk	413	13
17	32	Calvin Gardner	412	11
18	75	Chris Blackburn	409	13
19	41	Allen Green	409	11
20	11	Michael White