Merchant completes hat trick at Champion Park
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By Bryan Wimberley

MINDEN, La. (Sept. 6) Series points leader Kenny Merchant of West Monroe, La., completed a tripleheader sweep at Champion Park Speedway by capturing his third O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing series race in a row.

Merchant, who won the previous two nights at Greenville (Miss.) Speedway, rolled to a six-second victory over Jon Mitchell of Nash, Texas, for his series-leading 52nd career victory. He took the lead from Rob Litton of Alexandria, La., on the fourth lap and never looked back, collecting $2,500 for the 40-lap triumph. Hometown driver Kyle Cummings rallied from back in the pack to finish third followed by Texans Kevin Sitton of Baytown and Chris Holley of Dayton.

SUPR @ Champion Park: (1) Kenny Merchant, (2) Jon Mitchell, (3) Kyle Cummings, (4) Kevin Sitton, (5) Chris Holley, (6) Jody Prince, (7) Mark Andrews, (8) Skip O'Neal, (9) Jeff Chanler, (10) Ronny Adams, (11) Josh Danzy, (12) Cody Robbins, (13) Wesley Chanler, (14) Rob Litton, (15) Waylon Morris, Jr., (16) Devane Hillman, (17) Allen Tippen, (18) Cody Chisholm, (19) Nicholas Brown, (20) Gary Christian. Heat race winners (among 28 cars): Andrews, Litton, Prince, Merchant. Consolation winner: Cummings.
 

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