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Moore Captures O'Reilly SUPR
Finale At Baton Rouge
Story & photo courtesy of Steve
Molnar
BAKER, La.
(Oct. 18) —
Starting
outside the
front row,
Ray Moore of
Shreveport,
La., jumped
into the
lead at
Baton Rouge
Raceway and
held off a
late charge
from Kevin
Sitton to
capture the
Floyd
Clausen
Memorial
Louisiana
State
Championships
at Baton
Rouge
Raceway.
Moore, last
year's
series
champion,
earned
$2,500 for
his second
series
victory of
the season
and ninth of
his career.
Moore
outjumped
polesitter
Kyle
Cummings of
Minden, La.,
at the
outset and
led Allen
Tippen of
Minden in
the early
laps while
Robbie
Stuart of
DeRidder,
La., held
the third
spot as
Cummings
slipped back
after
getting too
high in turn
two on the
first lap.
The top
three ran
the high
groove with
Moore firmly
in control.
As the
feature
entered the
late stages,
the
eighth-starting
Sitton, the
2008 SUPR
Rookie of
the Year
from
Baytown,
Texas,
started
making up
ground in
the low
groove. The
Texan
slipped
under Stuart
and Tippen
on the same
lap and
began
closing on
Moore, who
moved down
to the lower
groove
himself in
the waning
laps. Moore
was able to
fend of
Sitton's
charge for
the victory
while Kenny
Merchant of
West Monroe,
La., was
third in
putting the
finishing
touches on
his series
championship
season.
Merchant
added the
title to his
2003 SUPR
crown.
Stuart got
past Tippen
to finish
fourth while
Tippen
rounded out
the top
five.
Cummings
ended up
eighth.
Notes:
Moore's
MasterSbilt
Race Car is
sponsored by
Moore
Wireline,
Tools
International,
Bayou
Swabbing and
Stuckey
Enterprises.
... Moore
advance to a
front-row
starting
spot because
three-time
SUPR
champion
David Ashley
of Zachary,
La.,
scratched
from the
event.
Ashley left
the track to
join his son
at a nearby
hospital
after Alex
Ashley
suffered an
unspecified
injury in a
flipping
accident in
the limited
modified
division
O'Reilly
SUPR @ Baton
Rouge: (1)
Ray Moore,
(2) Kevin
Sitton, (3)
Kenny
Merchant,
(4) Robbie
Stuart, (5)
Allen Tippen,
(6) Donald
Watson, (7)
Jon
Mitchell,
(8) Kyle
Cummings,
(9) Corey
Herberger,
(10) Mickey
Trosclair,
(11) Michael
Santangelo,
(12) Jason
Polite, (13)
Marlon Wild,
(14) Joyce
Chelton,
(15) Rob
Litton.
Scratched:
David
Ashley,
Kennith
Crowe.
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sponsors of
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include:
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Specialties
Inc., Bert
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Race Cars,
Hinchman
Uniforms,
Hoosier Tire
Southwest,
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Motorsports,
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Shaw Race
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