Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL won the 40-lap NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series main event Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway. It was McRee’s third win of the season. Photo by Richardson Photography
Justin McRee of Cottondale, AL overcame a series of tough luck to win the 40-lap NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series main event on Friday night at Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR, driving the High Roller Race Cars Special. McRee and his crew overcame a wreck in hot laps to comeback for his third win of the season.
“We wrecked the car in hot laps and had to replace the radiator and a lot of other pieces, but we overcame that to win the race, so I’ve got to thank my crew for this one,” McRee said. “This track was awesome tonight and we could race just about everywhere we wanted to. I hope we put on a good show for the fans so we can come back here.”
McRee did use all of the race track to run down early race leader Kyle Bronson of Brandon, FL, and like the name of his race car, J-Mac was a High Roller as he stepped to the outside to pass Bronson for the lead on lap nine. Bronson caught McRee late in the race in heavy lapped traffic, but that went away with a lap 36 caution flag.
Bronson had to settle for second in the Brandon Ford Warrior and the Rookie of the Race was busy in the five-lap dash to the finish trying to hold off Tait Davenport of Benton, KY, who finished third in the Murtco, Inc. Special.
Two-time NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series Champion Eric Cooley of Fulton, MS started 10th and finished fourth in the B&M Salvage Rocket to earn the Hedman Husler of the Race Award. National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame Inductee Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN padded his point lead with a fifth-place finish in the NeSmith Chevrolet Special.
With four races left in the 2013 season, Johnson now holds an 82-point lead over Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, AL, who finished 22nd in the Sparks Motorsports Special. With his second-place finish on Friday night, Bronson moved to within two points of Hollingsworth.
Wendell Wallace of Batesville, AR took the sixth spot in the Swafford Service GRT, and Eric Hughes of West Plains, MO drove the Gary’s Tire and Automotive Rocket to a seventh-place finish. Chris O’Connor of Cantonment, FL finished eighth in the Gas Money Garage Special, and Brent Barrett of Cleveland, MS was ninth in the Custom Spraying, Inc. GRT.
Johnny Stokes of Columbus, MS rounded out the top ten in the Bassett Hound Motorsports GRT, and won the first ten-lap B-Main Race. Michael Blount of Sumrall, MS won the second ten-lap B-Main Race driving the Lamar Auto Salvage GRT. Bronson out-timed the 30-car field with a lap around 4/10-mile clay oval in 15.221 second.
Bronson took the lead from the pole position at the start of the race followed by Hollingsworth, McRee, Johnson and Hughes. Hollingsworth stepped to the outside going into turn one on lap two, and just when it looked like he had a run on the leader, something broke on his race car which cut down a tire, and he slowed off the pace.
Hollingsworth was done for the night and earned the Dominator Race Products Hard Luck Award. Bronson had McRee, Johnson, Hughes, Davenport, Wallace, Cooley, Robby Moore of Brosley, MO in the Custom Race Cars Trak-Star, Stokes and Blount doubled up behind him for the restart.
Hughes got by Johnson on the restart for the third spot, and business picked at the front of the pack. McRee was putting pressure on Bronson for the lead, and Hughes made it a three-car dance by lap four. On lap six, Bronson, McRee, and Hughes went into the third turn three-wide.
Hughes jumped the cushion and almost sailed out of the ballpark coming off turn four, but he recovered and settled back into the seventh spot. Bronson and McRee carried on the battle for the lead, and J-Mac got an outside run on the leader on lap nine. The lead duo raced side-by-side for the lap, with McRee grabbing the lead coming off the fourth turn.
Davenport was marching to the front of the pack, as he went to the inside to take on Johnson door-to-door for the third spot on lap ten. Davenport cleared the Chattanooga Flash for third on lap 11, and then set his sights on Bronson. Chandler Petty of Austin, AR cut down a tire on lap 14 to bring out the second caution flag of the race.
McRee had Bronson, Davenport, Johnson, Cooley, Wallace, Hughes, Stokes, O’Connor, and Moore doubled up behind him for the restart. Cooley got an outside run on Johnson to take the fourth spot on lap 15. By the halfway point in the race on lap 20, McRee had a half-straightaway lead on Bronson, but that would change in the second half of the race.
McRee caught the cars on the tail end of the lead lap by lap 26, and with ten laps to go, he was in heavy lapped traffic. Bronson and Davenport were gaining fast, as McRee pulled up to lap Gavin Landers of Batesville, AR in the Mark Martin Automotive Rocket. Landers was battling with Travis Ashley of Batesville, AR in the Bad Boy Mowers GRT for position.
While McRee was trying to pick a spot to get by Landers and Ashley, Bronson and Davenport had pulled to within a car-length of the leader. McRee went to the inside of Landers to lap him, while Landers went to the inside of Ashley. Contact was made and Landers spun in front of McRee, who just cleared him.
That brought out the third and final caution flag and set up a five-lap dash to the finish. McRee led Bronson, Davenport, Cooley, Johnson, Wallace, Hughes, O’Connor, Stokes, and Barrett down to the green flag. With clear race track in front of him, McRee pulled away, but Davenport was all over Bronson in the battle for second.
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For more information about the NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series visit the series web site at nesmithracing.com.
NeSmith Chevrolet Dirt Late Model Series
Batesville Motor Speedway in Batesville, AR
Race Results – Aug. 30, 2013
POS STRT CAR # DRIVER
1. 4 25 Justin McRee Cottondale, AL 40 $2,000
2. 1 40b Kyle Bronson (R) Brandon, FL 40 $1,000
3. 7 18d Tait Davenport Benton, KY 40 $700
4. 10 19c Eric Cooley Fulton, MS 40 $650
5. 3 5 Ronnie Johnson Chattanooga, TN 40 $500
6. 5 14 Wendell Wallace Batesville, AR 40 $425
7. 6 6 Eric Hughes West Plains, MO 40 $375
8. 13 00 Chris O’Connor Cantonment, FL 40 $350
9. 14 110 Brent Barrett (R) Cleveland, TN 40 $325
10. 11 1 Johnny Stokes Columbus, MS 40 $300
11. 8 47 Chandler Petty Austin, AR 40 $275
12. 9 66 Robby Moore Brosley, MO 40 $250
13. 12 121 Michael Blount Sumrall, MS 40 $225
14. 15 19 Josh Adkins (R) Talladega, AL 40 $200
15. 17 23 Travis Ashley Batesville, AR 40 $175
16. 16 6 Troy English Calvert City, KY 39 $150
17. 22 19m Marcus Minga Shannon, MS 39 $140
18. 21 77 Gavin Landers Batesville, AR 37 $125
19. 24 1s Joey Smith
20. 18 18w Roger Witt Batesville, AR 17 $125
21. 20 17k Cody Kierre Beebe, AR 13 $125
22. 2 18 Ronny Hollingsworth Northport, AL 1 $125
23. 19 55 Bobby Skinner Moody, MO 1 $125
24. 23 23F Joe Forman Mountain View, AR 0 DNS
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