Full Moon Racing At Its Finest at Southern Raceway

(MILTON, FL – July 24, 2010) — It was apparent from the start that the influence of the full moon would bring action and controversy to the Milton, Florida Speedplant.  The program got off to a late start due to the motor grader getting stuck high off the back straight, which could have been an omen for what was in store.  Fireworks flew in the  Street Stock feature  and Kosciusko, Mississippi’s David Brazeale  dominated the MSCCS  Super Late Model 50-lapper, holding off hotshoe Shep Lucas for a decisive victory.

Finish: 1. David Windham 7, 2. Calvin Cook 82, 3. Ryan Fowler 96k, 4. Billy Shaw 33, 5. Larry Faulk 18, 6. Bo Slay 2, 7. Jeffery Odom 26, 8. John Wood J99, 9. Bryan Hardy 01, 10. Mike Lane 81L, Branden Harris 2  DQ Sportsmanship, Ricky Haugen 22g DQ Sportsmanship , Gary Goodwin 23 DQ Sportsmanship

Vic Dolahite brought the Hobby field to green with Robby Messer outside. Under green it was Dolahite taking the lead with Messer second and Ira Roberts filing in at third. Lap two saw Dean Shaw move to fourth and at lap three Messer dropped from second to pit as Shaw moved to the position behind Dolahite. Lap nine saw caution when Roberts and Anthony Zachowski got together in one with Zachowski coming to rest low in two. Dolahite led Shaw back to green taking the win. Shaw crossed second.

Finish: 1. Vic Dolahite 1t, 2. Dean Shaw 29, 3. Ira Roberts 33, 4. Anthony Zackowski 77, 5. Robby Messer 94

John Melton showed the way to green for the Open-Wheel Modified feature with Greg Jones outside. With the drop of the green flag it was Melton out front with Jones second and Zach Howard third. Lap six saw Ryan Fowler move past Howard into third. Lap ten saw Jones stumble in four as Fowler advanced into second. Melton led to the checkers with Fowler second and Jones taking third.

Finish: 1. John Melton 39, 2. Ryan Fowler 6, 3. Gregg Jones 32, 4. Billy Copple 28c, 5. Chris Rutherford 18, 6. Zach Howard 38, 7. J.D. Rutherford 28, DNS Pop Booker 4

Kylan Nathey led the Vintage field to green with William Nelson outside. Nelson took the lead out of one with Nathey second and John Cody third. Lap five saw Nathey take the lead over Nelson as Cody faded and Bayhi Chris Bayhi moved to third. Lap nine saw Bayhi outside Nathey in two to take the lead. Nathey went for a spin but continued on. Nelson runs at second. Bayhi brought home the win with Nelson second and Bill Blum third.

Finish:  1. Chris Bayhi 12, 2. William Nelson 10, 3. Bill Blum J00, 4. Aaron Buscavage 17, 5. John Cody 98, 6. Kylan Nathey 68, 7. Hunter Nemi 38, 8. Don Hall 41

David Breazeale led the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series (MSCCS) Super Late Models to green with Shep Lucas on the outside of the front row. With the drop of the green flag it was Lucas out front with Breazeale second. Chad Thrash and Frank Wilson battled for second with Wilson holding the position when caution flew for Chris Hoomes stopped on pit road on lap one. Joseph Joiner runs at fifth. Lucas led back to green holding he lead as Wilson pulled to second.  Caution waved when Jason Phillips got sideways and stacked up the field. Again Lucas led the way to the lap one restart, and again the restart turned yellow for Steven Jernigan in turn two. Wilson rocketed to challenge Lucas, only to shuffle back into third for the restart. Under green again it was Lucas out front as Brazeale got the run outside to challenge for the point. Brazeale took the lead from Lucas on lap five. Caution flew on lap six when Randy Polk spun in turn four. Brazeale brought the field back to green with Lucas second and Joiner third. Thrash runs at fourth with Montana Dudley rounding out the front five. Back green Brazeale begins to check out on Lucas as Thrash pulls to third. Joiner reclaims third on lap nine. Caution waved on lap fourteen when Martin Lilland Jr came to a stop on the back straight. Dudley slowed into one under caution, moving Steve Bryan into fifth. Brazeale again led Lucas to green, again holding the lead. Joiner and Lucas duel over second with Lucas holding onto the spot. Lap twenty saw Thrash at third with Joiner and Keith Miller dueling for fourth with Joiner remaining in the position. Caution waved on lap twenty-six when Joiner came to a stop on the front straight. Brazeale leads back to green with Lucas at second, Thrash third, Miller fourth and Bryan fifth. Lucas and thrash battled into one for second with contact getting Thrash out of sorts. Caution flew on lap twenty eight for Ricky Haugen in turn one. Under caution Thrash headed up pit road. Brazeale leads back to green with Lucas second, Bryan third, Miller fourth and Phillips fifth. Brazeale pulled out front until caution waved on lap twenty eight for Haugen high in four.  Brazeale remains race leader with Lucas second, Bryan third, Miller fourth and Phillips fifth.  Brazeale continues the race domination as Lucas a distant second as Miller pulls to third over Bryan on lap twenty nine.  Caution waved on lap thirty-seven after contact between Leon Henderson and Jernigan in turn four.  Brazeale, his lead erased once again, led Lucas back to green. Caution waved on lap thirty nine for debris in turn three.  With ten laps remaining Brazeale continues to lead the way.Brazeale led to a dominant victory, leading all laps and crossing under the checkers with a straightaway lead over Lucas. Miller crossed third.

Finish: 1. David Brazeale 54, 2. Shep Lucas 57, 3. Keith Miller 291,  4. Steve Bryan K9, 5. Jason Phillips 327, 6. Shannon Lee 47, 7. John Melton 39, 8. John Wright 0, 9. Steven Jernigan 24, 10. Martin Lilland Jr 7, 11. Leon Henderson 10, 12. Ricky Haugen 18, 13. Chad Thrash 1c, 14. Joseph Joiner 10, 15. Todd Jones 82, 16. Russell Flynn 7x, 17. Montana Dudley 55, 18. Frank Wilson 72, 19. Randy Polk 2r, 20. Chris Hoomes 00

Josh Benton led the Bomber field to green with Terry Mayhair outside. With the green in the air it was Mayhair taking the lead over Benton with Greg Burton moving into third. Caution flew on lap four for 29 stopped in turn two. To the yellow Mayhair got sideways, dropping from the lead. Benton led to the caution with Mayhair second and William Arnett third.  Benton pulled high in two and caution waved on lap six with Arnett leading Mayhair and Jason Barnes third. Caution flew at lap eight for Justin Adams stopping on the front straight after several cars got together and kept going. Arnett leads Mayhair with Barnes at third, Bobby Smith fourth and Chris Polk fifth.  At halfway it was still Arnett leading with Mayhair second and Barnes at third. Caution flew on lap thirteen when Hunter Ward lost a wheel out of four. Out  in front Arnett continued leading Mayhair, with Barnes at third. Arnett led to the checkers with Mayhair second and Barnes claiming third.

Finish: 1. William Arnett 27, 2. Terry Mayhair 94t, 3. Jason Barnes 58, 4. Bobby Smith 201, 5. Victor Sanford 342, 6. Derick Johnson 50, 7. Joshua Benton 12.5, 8. Heather Pecjak 5, 9. Blake Merritt 12, 10. Greg Burton 2, 11. Chris Polk 07p, 12. Earl Salter 16, 13. Robert Balkum 52, 14. Jerry Simmons 1, 15. Hunter Ward 4, 16. Steven Fretwell 24f, 17. Justin Adams 0, 18. Russell Dunlap 29

Harry Beatty brought the Stinger field around for the last feature of the night. Outside at second is John Upshaw. With the green flying Upshaw took to the lead with Beatty second and Phil Duby third. Caution waved on lap two when Kaitlyn Rickman got off the track in turn two up into the bushes. Lap three saw Duby pull to second over Beatty as Upshaw remained at the point. Duby slowed at lap six passing the second spot back to Beatty with Johnny Jackson moving to third. Caution flew on lap sixteen when Michael Watson came to a stop on pit road. Upshaw remains out front for the restart with Beatty second and Jackson third. April Ray runs fourth with Russell Estain III at fifth. On the restart Estain pulls to second  with Jackson third. Upshaw remains out front. Upshaw claimed the victory with Estain second and Jackson third.

Finish: 1. John Upshaw 22, 2. Russell Estain III 03, 3. Johnny Jackson 3, 4. Harry Beatty 07, 5. April Ray 92, 6. Wilder Kersey 13, 7. Robert Garrett 96, 8. James McGuffin 51, 9. Michael Watson 24, 10. Dylan Kersey 8, 11. Adam Licko 54, 12. Phil Duby 47, 13. Tom Lowery 27, 14. Kaitlyn Rickman 13k, 15. Bob Tarrant Jr. 77, DNS Brandon Rogers 44