Michael Herrington continues to dominate O'Reilly SUPR Sprint Car Series

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (July 11, 2003) – While his nearest competitors struggled, Michael Herrington Jr. grabbed the 2003 O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Car Championship by the horns with his third victory of the season and second –in-a-row at Baton Rouge Raceway.  Herrington was the top qualifier for the event and survived a series of restarts to out duel fellow front row starter Shane Morgan for the lead.  Morgan tried his best to get by Herrington for the lead but the Prairieville, Louisiana pilot was unrelenting in his hold on the lead.  Herrington would go on to lead all 25 laps to take the win with Shane Morgan maintaining second place throughout the feature but it’s clear that Morgan is getting used to the carbureted powerplants. 

And while Herrington was scoring his third victory of the season, defending O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Car Champ Butch David’s night was ending early as he spun on lap 13 and collected the cars of Harold Henderson, Bobby Ingram and Brandon Daniel.  Only Henderson was able to continue and he soldiered on to a 4^th place finish which moved him back to third place in the 2003 point standings ahead of David.

Michael Dupuy recovered from a pair of early spin outs, the first on the start when he and Harold Henderson got together and again on lap 3, to finish in third place ahead of Harold Henderson and Terry Vidrine.  Billy Gunter returned to action and finished 6^th ahead of Paul Gleber, the last car running at the checkers.  Darrell Hyde Herman Carrier and Steve Murphy all saw their nights end early in the feature while Tank Brashier was unable to make the call for the feature.

Michael Herrington, Jr. now leads the battle for the 2003 O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Car Championship by 118 points over Terry Vidrine with 8 of 18 events complete.

Official Results:

1.     Michael Herrington, Jr.

2.     Shane Morgan

3.     Michael Dupuy

4.     Harold Henderson

5.     Terry Vidrine

6.     Billy Gunter

7.     Paul Gleber

8.     Butch David

9.     Brandon Daniel

10.   Bobby Ingram

11.   Herman Carrier

12.   Steve Murphy

13.   Darrell Hyde

14.   Tank Brashier - dns

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