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Baton Rouge, Louisiana (October 19, 2002) - Butch David clinched the first-ever O'Reilly SUPR Sprint Car Championship and he did so in fine style, snagging his second straight Louisiana State Championship in the process. David
claimed his sixth victory of the season and ended the championship point
fight 54 points in front of Michael Herrington Jr. Herrington actually
claimed more victories with 7 O'Reilly SUPR wins to his credit but it was
David's consistency that helped clinch the title.
David
felt proud to claim the O'Reilly SUPR Sprint title, "It was a tough
season between me and Mike but we both had our eyes set on that deal and
we both wanted it. I left
another organization as defending champion (Cajun Sprinter Association)
and we wanted to prove our self over here.
I had a lot of controversy on that one so I wanted to prove I could
beat Mike with any controversy. It
was nice to come back as the defending State Champion and win it
again."
David
dodged an early bullet as Kelly Angelette, the only driver to break up the
David/Herrington victory circle juggernaut, dropped out prior to the green
flag. When the field went
green, David shot to the lead but it was a 4-car battle for the lead with
Harold Henderson Jr., Cassidy Lejeune and Michael Herrington Jr. running
nose to tail. As the race wore on it would be Herrington making the charge as first Lejeune (spin), and then Carrier (motor), would fall by the wayside. Herrington, running the bottom, was able to make some ground on David and he was charge was only slowed by some untimely cautions that kept Herrington from reeling in David sooner. Herrington was also faced with holding off a late charge by Shane Morgan. Morgan made a late charge to make it a three-way battle for the lead despite a badly smoking motor. But
David was ready for that battle and held off Herrington and Morgan’s
challenge to take the win and the 2002 O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Car title.
Herrington finished second followed by Morgan, Terry Vidrine and a
rebounding Cassidy Lejeune. A
total of 18 O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Cars were on hand with Butch David
staking the pole in winning the first heat.
Harold Henderson and David Kountz took heats two and three.
Al Killebrew, who missed Friday night’s action and started on the
rear, passed 8 cars to claim the Wynn’s Hard Charger award. Official
Results: 1.
Butch David 2.
Michael Herrington Jr. 3.
Shane Morgan 4.
Terry Vidrine 5.
Harold Henderson Jr. 6.
Cassidy Lejeune 7.
David Kountz 8.
Al Killebrew 9.
Glen Clement 10.
Cary Farmer 11.
Glynn LeBlanc 12.
Mark Tate 13.
Herman Carrier 14.
Wendell Magnon 15.
Paul Gleber 16.
Tony Krites 17.
Kelly Angelette (did not start) 18.
Jody Miller (no
show)
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