Moore Continues Greenville Mastery

Photo courtesy of Kristi Best Photography

By Bryan Wimberley
DirtonDirt.com correspondent

GREENVILLE, Miss. (May 8) — Series points leader Ray Moore of Haughton, La., continued his mastery of Greenville Speedway's quarter-mile gumbo clay oval Saturday for a $2,500 victory on the O'Reilly Southern United Professional Racing series tour.

Returning from a four-week layoff, Moore coasted to a 2.5-second victory over Rob Litton of Alexandria, La., and Kevin Sitton of Baytown, Texas, in the 50-lapper, his 11th career SUPR victory. The 11th-starting Moore patiently worked toward the front through the first half of the main event, making the winning pass on lap 23. A lap-44 caution gave Litton and Sitton one more shot at Moore to no avail.

Litton, who led briefly on lap 10 and again on lap 17, settled for the runner-up spot while Sitton, who led 20 of the first 22 laps, was third. Ninth-starting David Ashley of Zachary, La., ran as high as third before settling for fourth while Kyle Cummings of Haughton advance three spots to finish fifth.

Moore's last five visits to Greenville on the SUPR tour have yielded two victories, two runner-up finishes and a third-place finish. He also picked up two other 2009 victories at Greenville, winning the first leg of the Firecracker Four Crown last July and the 3rd annual Gumbo Nationals in November.

RACE NOTES: Moore's MasterSbilt by Mars is powered by Jay Dickens Racing Engines and sponsored by Tic Tools International, Moore Wireline, Phase II Sign Supply.com, Hoosier Tires and J&J Motorsports. ... The 37-minute feature ended at 11:43 p.m; six cautions slowed the action. ... Drivers not making the feature: Dewayne Estes, Greg Dreher, Jeff Horton, Mark McWilliams, Darin Patrick and Jason Polite. ... SUPR competitors return to the pavement on May 15 with a race at Monroe (La.) Motor Speedway, a 3/8-mile concrete oval.

O'REILLY SUPR @ GREENVILLE: (1) Ray Moore, (2) Rob Litton, (3) Kevin Sitton, (4) David Ashley, Jr, (5) Kyle Cummings, (6) Chris Brown, (7) Robbie Stuart, (8) Allen Tippen, (9) Bo Gordon, (10) Jody Prince, (11) Ronny Adams, (12) Skip O'Neal, (13) Josh Danzy, (14) Alex Ashley, (15) Jeremy Glasgow, (16) Chris Holley, (17) Jamie Elam, (18) Clay Fisher, (19) Doug Showah, (20) Ross Camponovo, (21) Jeff Chandler, (22) Chad Washington, (23) Trey Williams, (24) Paul Joyner. Heat race winners (among 30 cars): Tippen, Litton, Sitton, Chandler. Consolation winner: A. Ashley. Provisional starters: Danzy, O'Neal, Joyner, Williams.

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