Conway, Arkansas (07/01/20) – The COMP Cams Super Dirt Series (CCSDS) Super Late Models opened the inaugural Four-For-Four Firecracker Nationals on Wednesday night at Tracey Clay’s I-30 Speedway, where hometown standout, Drew Armstrong raced to his first-career series win. (Brandon Young photo)
The Alexander, Arkansas racer surged into the Top-5 in the closing laps and then inherited the lead, when race-long leader Timothy Culp broke with just three laps remaining.
“This is an incredible feeling. When I saw Culp break and realized I was the leader, I just thought to myself ‘holy crap you are the leader, don’t blow this opportunity’,” Armstrong shared in Victory Lane. I won a lot of Modified and Stock Car races here [I-30 Speedway], but this is by far the biggest.
“I want to thank everyone who helps on this car, and everyone who roots for me in the stands. This is just unbelievable.”
Former series champions, Timothy Culp and Jon Mitchell brought the field to the green flag for the 40-lap feature. Culp looked to be in charge of the caution-plagued feature, building as much as a five-second lead at points in the finale. Mitchell fell by the wayside with mechanical issues, while running second during the race’s middle stages.
COMP Cams Super Dirt Series – July 1, 2020
Four-For-Four Firecracker Nationals Round No. 1
I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, Arkansas)
Feature Finish
1)Drew Armstrong 2)Neil Baggett 3)Logan Martin 4)Rick Rickman5)Brian Rickman 6)B.J. Robinson 7)Morgan Bagley 8)Spencer Hughes 9)Timothy Culp 10)Scott Crigler 11)Kyle Beard 12)Terry Phillips 13)Jon Mitchell 14)Chandler Petty 15)Tommy Surrett 16)Jesse Stovall 17)Chad Mallett 18)David Payne 19)Joe Godsey 20)Hunter Rasdon
DNS: Billy Moyer, Robbie Starnes, Ross Farmer, Lynn Beach, Bobby Blankenship, Joseph Long, Robert Baker, Jerrell Harper, David Payne, Cole Farmer, Christian Hanger, Jeff Roth
Entries: 31
Group A Fast Qualifier (and Overall): Timothy Culp (13.471 seconds)
Group B Fast Qualifier: Jon Mitchell (13.485 seconds)r5
Integra Shocks & Springs Heat Race #1 Winner: Timothy Culp
P&W Sales Heat Race #2 Winner: Hunter Rasdon
VP Racing Fuels Heat Race #3 Winner: Jon Mitchell
Midwest Sheet Metal Heat Race #4 Winner: Kyle Beard
New Vision Graphics Pole Sitter: Timothy Culp
Keyser Manufacturing B-Main #1 Winner: Logan Martin
Dixon Road U-Pull-It B-Main #2 Winner: Tommy Surrett
COMP Cams Top Performer: Drew Armstrong
Lap Leaders: Timothy Culp (1-37), Drew Armstrong (38-40)
Contingency Awards
Mark Martin Fast Qualifier Award ($100): Timothy Culp
Midwest Sheet Metal Marked Man Award ($50): Timothy Culp
Midwest Sheet Metal Rookie of the Race Award ($50): Drew Armstrong
VP Racing Fuels 5th-Place Award ($50): Brian Rickman
Black Diamond Chassis 6th-Place Award ($50): B.J. Robinson
Bennings Heating & Air 7th-Place Award ($50): Morgan Bagley
Horns Outdoors 8th-Place Award ($50): Spencer Hughes
Keyser Manufacturing 9th-Place Award ($50): Timothy Culp
Rocket Chassis 10th-Place Award ($50): Scott Crigler
Mid-State Golf Cars 11th-Place Award ($50): Kyle Beard
ASC Warranty 12th-Place Award ($50): Terry Phillips
Midwest Automation 13th-Place Award ($50): Jon Mitchell
P&W Sales 14th-Place Award ($50): Chandler Petty
Dixon Road U-Pull-It 15th-Place Award ($50): Tommy Surrett
Delta Thunder Motorsports 16th-Place Award ($50): Jesse Stovall
Integra Shocks 17th-Place Award ($50): Chad Mallett
Elia’s Mexican Grill 18th-Place Award ($50): David Payne
Sprint Cars
Heat Races (Top 16 in Passing Points advance to the A-Feature)
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21B-Brandon Hinkle[1]; 2. 55B-Brandon Anderson[4]; 3. 1X-Tim Crawley[3]; 4. 47-Dale Howard[8]; 5. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[7]; 6. 38-Rick Pringle[2]; 7. 27J-Joseph Poe Jr[6]; 8. 6G-Dustin Gates[5]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8Z-Zach Pringel[1]; 2. G6-Cody Gardner[2]; 3. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 4. 2-Brad Bowden[7]; 5. 10L-Landon Britt[5]; 6. 31-Casey Wills[6]; 7. 17B-Shelby Brown[8]; 8. 69-Jamey Mooney[3]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 91A-Ernie Ainsworth[6]; 2. X-Charlie Louden[4]; 3. M1-Mark Smith[3]; 4. 2H-Tommy Hall[1]; 5. 30-Joseph Miller[7]; 6. 12T-Joe Young[2]; 7. 21K-Kevin Hinkle[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington[2]; 2. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[5]; 3. 88-Terry Easum[1]; 4. 99-Blake Jenkins[3]; 5. 26-Marshall Skinner[4]; 6. 17W-Harli White[7]; 7. 3-Howard Moore[6]
B-Feature (Top 4 advance)
B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 10L-Landon Britt[2]; 2. 17W-Harli White[5]; 3. 3-Howard Moore[12]; 4. 26-Marshall Skinner[4]; 5. 31-Casey Wills[6]; 6. 30-Joseph Miller[3]; 7. 17B-Shelby Brown[8]; 8. 69-Jamey Mooney[14]; 9. 2H-Tommy Hall[1]; 10. 38-Rick Pringle[9]; 11. 27J-Joseph Poe Jr[11]; 12. 12T-Joe Young[10]; 13. 6G-Dustin Gates[13]; 14. 21K-Kevin Hinkle[7]
A-Feature (25 Laps)
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 47X-Dylan Westbrook[2]; 2. 91A-Ernie Ainsworth[1]; 3. 55B-Brandon Anderson[4]; 4. M1-Mark Smith[13]; 5. 47-Dale Howard[7]; 6. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[11]; 7. 17W-Harli White[18]; 8. G6-Cody Gardner[9]; 9. 17JR-Ricky Stenhouse Jr[15]; 10. 3-Howard Moore[19]; 11. 2-Brad Bowden[8]; 12. 10L-Landon Britt[17]; 13. X-Charlie Louden[10]; 14. 88-Terry Easum[14]; 15. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 16. 8Z-Zach Pringel[6]; 17. 26-Marshall Skinner[20]; 18. 1X-Tim Crawley[12]; 19. 21B-Brandon Hinkle[5]; 20. 99-Blake Jenkins[16]