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O’CONNOR
EARNS POLE FOR NeSMITH CHEVROLET DLMS
Rusty Ellis of Brewton, AL won the second 12-lap heat race in
the L&W Insulation Trak-Star to take the outside front row
starting spot for the main event.
Frank Ingram of Woodstock, GA will start the main event from
the inside of the second row after winning the third 12-lap heat race
in the Dixon Hauling and Grading Rocket.
Derrick Rainey of Powder Springs, GA won the fourth 12-lap heat
race in the Barto Enterprises Warrior on Friday night, and will start
the Saturday night main event from the outside of the second row.
The four 12-lap heat races on Friday night transferred the top
four finishers in each heat race to the 75-lap $5,000-to-win main
event on Saturday night. Following O’Connor in heat one were
Shep Lucas of McKenzie, AL in the Signature Construction Trak-Star,
Scott Knowles of Lanett, AL in the All-Star Graphics GRT, and Stephen
Brantley of Monroeville, AL in the Airport Sports Center Mastersbilt.
They will start fifth, ninth, and 13th respectively
in the main event. Lucas was the fast qualifier among the 35
entrants with a lap around the ¼-mile dirt oval in 12.548 seconds. Trailing Ellis in the second heat to earn
the sixth, tenth, and 14th main event starting spots
respectively were Matthew Turner of Dawsonville, GA in the Turner
Excavating DWB, Jim Till of Greenville, AL in the Dafor Heavy Timber
Fabricators Trak-Star, and Bo Odom of Flomaton, AL in the Bill
Patterson Construction Trick. Larry Boutwell of Baker, FL was second in
the third heat to earn the seventh starting spot in the McLeod
Construction TNT, and was joined the by third and fourth-place
finishers, The eighth, 12th, and 16th
starting spots of the “Sweet 16” main event starting line-up were
the second, third and fourth-place finishers respectively in the
fourth heat. Chip Brindle
of Chatsworth, GA was second in the CSC Trailer Repair GRT, followed
by Lucky Keeton of Toomsuba, MS in the Boland Performance Trak-Star,
and William Thomas of Phenix City, AL in the J.W. Miller Land and
Timber Scorpion. Drivers that finished fifth on back in
each heat race will have a second opportunity to make the big show on
Saturday night through one of two 15-lap B-Main races.
Each B-Main will transfer the top three finishers into the main
event. The NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model
Series National point leader Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA is still on the
outside looking in, and will start his J&J Transport Mastersbilt
from the pole position of the first 15-lap B-main.
Taylor Hicks of American Idol fame will be at Flomaton Speedway on
Saturday night to sing the National Anthem and serve as Grand Marshall
for the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series event.
Race fans will also be bidding in a special auction for a ride
with Larry Boutwell, Shep Lucas, and Josh Huss in a two-seat dirt late
model race car to benefit the American Cancer Society. Gates open at 4 p.m., with racing
scheduled for PRELIMINARY
RESULTS OF ROUND 4 AT FLOMATON QUALIFYING:
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