Michael Herrington tops Baton Rouge battle!

Baton Rouge, Louisiana (April 2, 2005) – The O'Reilly SUPR Sprint Cars were blessed with a solid field of race cars with 22 O’Reilly SUPR Sprinters on hand and a well-prepared multi-groove race track but the end result was familiar, Michael Herrington, Jr. was in victory lane for the 19^th time.  Herrington, the two-time defending O’Reilly SUPR Sprint Car champion is undefeated after two events this season and for three races in a row, dating back to last year’s season finale held at the same track as tonight’s races, Baton Rouge Raceway.

Herrington started the feature on the outside pole and survive a trio of restarts that first saw pole sitter David Kountz, who was sent back a row for jumping the second start, and then Lincoln Gatwood each attempt to outrun Herrington at the drop of the green but neither was able to keep Herrington from grabbing the lead.  And once Herrington had the lead, he was not intending on relinquishing it.

 Herrington was able to maintain his hold on the lead throughout the 25-lap feature as lapped traffic only aided his efforts, placing lapped cars between Herrington and Lane Whittington on restarts.  Whittington battled to second but was unable to get a clear run on Herrington to challenge for the lead and was forced to settle for second.  

Terry Vidrine would stake claim on third with Laurel , Mississippi ’s Lincoln Gatwood holding on to fourth ahead of Mobile , Alabama ’s David Kountz.  Harold Henderson finished sixth ahead of Kountz , Texas based racer Brad Stokes, with Wendell Magnon, Scottie McDonald and Seavy Clemons rounding out the top ten.

Official Results:

1.    Michael Herrington

2.    Lane Whittington

3.    Terry Vidrine

4.    Lincoln Gatwood

5.    David Kountz

6.    Harold Henderson

7.    Brad Stokes

8.    Wendell Magnon

9.    Scottie McDonald

10.  Seavy Clemmons

11.  Red Rider

12.  Billy Gunter

13.  Neil McCarl

14.  Mark Rotha

15.  Jerry Aguillard

16.  Ty Johnson

17.  Tank Brashier

18.  Shane Morgan

19.  Paul Gleber

20.  Herman Carrier

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