Michael Herrington takes charge of O'Reilly Sprint Cars!

Baton Rouge , Louisiana ( June 13, 2003 ) – Michael Herrington took advantage of Darrell Hyde’s misfortune and then stormed off to his second O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Car victory of 2003.  Herrington watched Hyde and fellow heat race winner Terry Vidrine set the early pace but Herrington wasn’t waiting long as he moved by Vidrine for second by lap 4 when the first caution waved for a spin by Paul Gleber.  When the racing got restarted, Hyde began to pull away from the field but on lap Hyde slipped high on the exit of turn two and caught the outside wall, sending him spinning off the back stretch.  Hyde was able to continue but did so from the rear of the field. 

With the lead, Herrington was .able to set a comfortable pace out front as the race would only be slowed by one more caution, this one with just four laps to go as Terry Vidrine spun in turn two.  Vidrine and Butch David were having a great side-by-side duel for second and Vidrine finally spun in two to keep from making contact with David.  Vidrine was forced to restart at the tail end of the lead cars and he was able to move back up to seventh with just four laps, just one position behind Darrell Hyde who had returned to finish sixth despite his early spin.

Butch David survived the tussle with Vidrine and an overheating motor to finish second behind Herrington at the checkers.  Finishing third with a late charge was Lane Whittingon who finished ahead of Shane Morgan, Cassidy Lejueune, Hyde, Vidrine and the last car on the lead lap Brad Stokes.

Darrell Hyde and Terry Vidrine won the heat races.  15 O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Cars were on hand despite a forecast calling for heavy rain in the area.  Wendell Magnon unfortunately hurt his motor in his heat race and was unable to start the feature.

Official Results:

1.       Michael Herrington

2.       Butch David

3.       Lane Whittington

4.       Shane Morgan

5.       Cassidy Lejeune

6.       Darrell Hyde

7.       Terry Vidrine

8.       Brad Stokes

9.       Harold Henderson

10.   Bobby Ingram

11.   Jerry Kennedy

12.   Cary Farmer

13.   Brandon Daniel

14.   Paul Gleber

15.   Wendell Magnon - dns

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