ArkLaTex Speedway
Wallace tops 44 Comp Cams entries at ArkLaTex
Wendell Wallace reaches victory lane at ArkLaTex Speedway. (Woody Hampton)
VIVIAN, La. (May 4) — Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., extended his lead as the winningest series driver Saturday with a $2,000 Comp Cams Super Dirt Series victory at ArkLaTex Speedway. Wallace, who started third, used a late-race charge to take the checkers on a night when the Arkansas-based tour drew a series-record 44 cars. | Slideshow
Ross Camponovo of Clarksdale, Miss., finished second, duplicating his series performance the previous night at Timberline Speedway in Corley, Texas. Pole-starting Tommy Surrett of North Little Rock, Ark., was third followed by Ray Moore of Haughton, La., and Billy Moyer Jr. of Batesville, Ark. Hall of Famer Billy Moyer of Batesville, the fifth-place finisher’s father, came from his 13th starting spot to finish sixth.
Surrett led Camponovo, Wallace, Ronny Adams and Jon Mitchell at the outset before the race's only caution flew on lap eight for Timothy Culp of West Monroe, La., who spun in the middle of turns one and two.
Surrett led the field to green, but Camponovo shot into the lead near the midway point before Wallace worked his way past on the 31st of 35 laps. Wallace notched his 16th career Comp Cams victory but first since last season’s finale at Riverside International Speedway in West Memphis, Ark.
Notes: Wallace’s Barry Wright Race Car is powered by a Russell Baker Engine and sponsored by Triple A Diesel, Wincrest Farms, New Vision Graphics and Delph Communications. ... The victory was Wallace’s first of 2013 in seven starts. ... Timothy Culp's caution was the first in a 2013 feature for the series. ... Robert Baker of Bryant, Ark., who won Friday’s CCSDS race at Timberline, was 18th. ... Jack Sullivan's 15th-to-ninth charge gave him Larry Shaw Hard Charger honors. ... Drew Armstrong received the Quarter Master Hard Luck award after his car was damaged in a heat race collision. ... Among drivers failing to make the feature lineup: Robbie Stuart, Chris Huckabay, Allen Tippen, Eric Turner, Nicholas Brown, Trey Beene, Joseph Long, Keith Craft, Keith Lawson, Shane Harris, Heath Culp and Jeff Sloan. ... The series takes a few weeks off before heading to Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee, Okla., on May 31 and Crawford County Speedway in Van Buren, Ark., on June 1.
Comp Cams @ ArkLaTex: (1) Wendell Wallace, (2) Ross Camponovo, (3) Tommy Surrett, (4) Ray Moore, (5) Billy Moyer Jr., (6) Billy Moyer, (7) Kyle Beard, (8) Ronny Adams, (9) Jack Sullivan, (10) B.J. Robinson, (11) Timothy Culp, (12) Jon Mitchell, (13) Gary Christian, (14) Jon Kirby, (15) Ashley Newman, (16) Chandler Petty, (17) Clay Fisher, (18) Robert Baker, (19) Brandon Smith, (20) Odie Green, (21) Allen Murray, (22) Brett Frazier. Heat race winners (among 44 cars): Adams, Mitchell, Moore, Robinson, Green. Consolation winners: Sullivan, Christian, Frazier. Provisional starters: Newman, Smith.
