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Wendell Wallace Grabs
Victory at Batesville Motor
Speedway
Story courtesy Todd Turner
of DirtonDirt.com
BATESVILLE, Ark. (April 10) --
Hometown driver Wendell
Wallace out dueled Bill Frye of
Greenbrier, Ark., at Batesville
Motor Speedway for his first
victory on the O'Reilly Southern
United Professional Racing tour
since 1991. Wallace earned
$2,500 in the 50-lap victory.
Frye, who started fourth, jumped
into the lead at the outset to
lead the first seven laps, but
the polesitting Wallace fought
past him on the eighth lap.
Wallace extended his lead until
lapped traffic slowed his
progress, allowing Frye to close
up and make a serious bid
to regain the lead.
A lap-24 caution for Brian
Ritchie of Newport, Ark., slowed
the action, and Wallace was able
to stay ahead of the three-wide
racing behind him the rest of
the way to post his third career
O'Reilly SUPR victory. Frye
settled for second followed by
Howard Willis of Dayton, Texas.
Eric Turner of Hermitage, Mo.,
was fourth and front-row
starter Dewaine Hottinger of
Russellville, Ark., rounded out
the top five.
NOTES: Wallace's GRT Race Car
has a Gaerte powerplant and
sponsorship from Wincrest Farms.
The April 9 SUPR event at
Batesville was rained out and
won't be rescheduled. ...
Wallace's first two SUPR victories
came in 1990 in Houston and 1991
at Lone Star Speedway
in Kilgore, Texas.
O'REILLY SUPR @ BATESVILLE: (1)
Wendell Wallace, (2) Bill Frye,
(3) Howard Willis, (4) Eric
Turner, (5) Dewaine Hottinger,
(6) Jack Sullivan, (7) Stacy
Taylor, (8) Michael Murphree,
(9) Kyle Beard, (10) Jon Kirby,
(11) Kevin Sitton, (12) Jon
Mitchell, (13) David
Ashley, (14) Ray Moore, (15)
Robbie Stuart, (16) Gary Scott
Christian, (17) Allen Tippen,
(18) Kyle Cummings, (19) Eric
Neal, (20) Lee Davis, (21) Jeff
Chanler, (22) Brian Ritchie.
Heat race winners (among 25
cars):
Hottinger, Wallace, Willis.
Consolation winner: Moore.
Corporate
sponsors of
O’Reilly SUPR
include:
AFCO, Barber
Specialties
Inc., Bert
Transmission,
Brodix, BSB
Manufacturing,
Dura-Lite
Racing
Wheels, GRT
Race Cars,
Hinchman
Uniforms,
Hoosier Tire
Southwest,
J&J
Motorsports,
Keith Craft
Inc., Larry
Shaw Race
Cars, Lile's
Custom
Home's,
Master Vac,
O'Reilly
Auto Parts,
PBM
Performance
Products,
Peterson
Aluminum,
Trick Wild,
Triple A
Diesel
Service, X-Treme
Graphics and
Wall 2 Wall
Performance.
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