Ray
Moore and Danny Hebert crowned O'Reilly
SUPR Champions!
Baton Rouge, LA
(November 17, 2007) – The O’Reilly Southern
United Professional Racing Late Model and
Modified Series hosted their Annual Banquet and
crowned their 2007 Champions, Ray Moore in the
Late Model division and Danny Hebert in the
Modifieds. In addition regional champions
were crowned in the Late Model division with Ray
Moore claiming the East Texas Region, Kenny
Merchant in the Triple A Diesel ArkLaTex Region
and James Ward in the MasterVac Gulf South
Region. 2007 also marked a high point for
the O’Reilly SUPR Late Models handed out over
$44,000 in total championship payoffs with
Champion Ray Moore taking home $12,000.
Ray Moore thanked
all his sponsors Moore Wireline, Tools
International, Bayou Swabbing and J&J
Motorsports for all their support this year.
He also credited the help of Ronnie Stuckey and
Jody Prince for helping him along the path to
the championship. He also thanked fellow
competitors David Ashley and Kenny Merchant for
their knowledge and support and engine builder
Jay Dickens for producing strong reliable power.
Finally he thanked his family and his wife for
their support admitting that racing has become
an addiction for the Shreveport, Louisiana
competitor. Moore recorded 2 victories
while recording 22 top ten finishes in 31
events.
Danny Hebert, the
very first O’Reilly SUPR Modified Champion
thanked his family, his wife Krista and his kids
Madison, Ty and Talon for their love and
support. He was also thankful for the
support if his sponsors Express Trucking,
Specialty Automotive and Express Race Cars.
The Duson, Louisiana competitor was incredibly
consistent winning two races and finishing in
the top ten of all 19 events and 15 top five
finishes en route to the Championship.
Hebert received $2,500 for the Championship and
a set of Brodix Heads from Tony Barker Racing
Engines.
Howard Willis scored
a set of Brodix spec heads for the Hard Luck
award and Kyle Cummings was named the Wall 2
Wall Performance Engines Rookie of the Year.
Finally, the
O’Reilly SUPR family raised over $800 for the
Joshua Howard Recovery Fund. Howard was
injured at I-30 Speedway during the Short Track
Nationals.
O’Reilly SUPR Late
Models Top 10:
1.
Ray
Moore
2.
Allen
Tippen
3.
Kenny
Merchant
4.
Ryan
Plaisance
5.
Robbie
Stuart
6.
Jason
Ingalls
7.
Lee
Davis
8.
Howard
Willis
9.
Kyle
Cummings
10.
Rob
Litton
O’Reilly SUPR
Modifieds Top 10:
1.
Danny
Hebert
2.
Tommy
Cannon
3.
Richard Ginn
4.
Billy
Collett
5.
Kevin
Maddox
6.
Charles Sibley
7.
Shane
Hebert
8.
Michael Barfield
9.
Jerry
Cassano
10.
Michael Blount
