7/1/2022
Boothill Speedway
Rowdy Day Is Top Qualifier After 2 Rounds of Heats at 2nd Annual Billy Melton Memorial
GREENWOOD, LA – The 2nd Annual Billy Melton Memorial kicked off with 2 rounds of heat races for the LED4Life Limited Modifieds, heat race action for the Granger Equipment Factory Stocks, and full shows for the FWDs and Sportster divisions. After 2 rounds of Limited Modified Heat Race Action Rowdy Day of Greenville, TX took home the Top Qualifier honors. The top 6 in passing points from Friday night are locked into Saturday evening’s $5,087 To-Win Main Event. Rounding out the top 6 were Chris Henigan, Stephen Guidry, Skeet Amason, Tracy Denby Jr., and Justin Whitehead. Those 6 drivers will redraw for their starting position in the Main Event on Saturday night.
In Factory Stock action it was Justin Whitehead who took home the top qualifier honors as he was the top passing point receiver after all the heat races were complete. The Top 12 cars are all locked into Saturday night's $1,587 Main Event, with the Top 6 redrawing for their main event starting positions. In FWDs action it was Jackson Gallagher taking home the victory and Chris White taking home the victory in the Sportsters.
LED4 Life Limited Modifieds 36 Entries
Round 1 - Heat 1 1. 7CC-Conner Williams[2]; 2. 81-Ricky Ingalls[4]; 3. 20D-Rowdy Day[7]; 4. 23-Howard Willis[3]; 5. 23JR-Coty Tupper[5]; 6. 36-Colby Mewborn[8]; 7. 25J-Jacob McRae[1]; 8. E8-Ethan Bailes[6]
Round 1 - Heat 2 1. 15-Tracy Denby Jr[1]; 2. K9-Mark Underwood Jr[3]; 3. 22-Chris Henigan[4]; 4. 92-Andrew Rossum[2]; 5. 9R-Barron Prince[5]; 6. 91-Chris Freeland[6]; 7. 12B-Bailey Dosser[7]
Round 1 - Heat 3 1. 15G-Dennie Gieber[2]; 2. 88-Justin Whitehead[3]; 3. F5-Skeet Amason[5]; 4. 00H-JD Ammons[4]; 5. 25-Josh Baucom[7]; 6. 9C-Christopher Freeland[6]; 7. C65-Casey Mooney[1]
Round 1 - Heat 4 1. K1-Stephen Guidry[2]; 2. 99X-Dustin Hyde[1]; 3. 69-Derick Grigsby[3]; 4. 18J-Jake Huckaby[4]; 5. 20-Brent Tidwell[5]; 6. 45-Jeremy Miller[7]; 7. (DNS) 21F-Jacob Fricks
Round 1 - Heat 5 1. 00M-BJ Moore[3]; 2. C12-Chris Hall[1]; 3. 36C-Connor Mewborn[4]; 4. B99-Ben Leedy[2]; 5. 3D-David Edwards[5]; 6. 55- Ricky Burk[7]; 7. 19-Ronny Freeland[6]
Round 2 - Heat 1 1. 36-Colby Mewborn[1]; 2. 9C-Christopher Freeland[3]; 3. 20-Brent Tidwell[4]; 4. 36C-Connor Mewborn[5]; 5. 12B-Bailey Dosser[2]; 6. 81-Ricky Ingalls[6]; 7. 15G-Dennie Gieber[8]; 8. K9-Mark Underwood Jr[7]; 9. 99X-Dustin Hyde[9]
Round 2 - Heat 2 1. 20D-Rowdy Day[2]; 2. 55-Ricky Burk[1]; 3. F5-Skeet Amason[4]; 4. 92-Andrew Rossum[8]; 5. 18J-Jake Huckaby[5]; 6. 23- Howard Willis[7]; 7. C65-Casey Mooney[9]; 8. 00M-BJ Moore[6]; 9. 91-Chris Freeland[3]
Round 2 - Heat 3 1. 19-Ronny Freeland[1]; 2. E8-Ethan Bailes[2]; 3. 00H-JD Ammons[4]; 4. 69-Derick Grigsby[5]; 5. 15-Tracy Denby Jr[8]; 6. B99-Ben Leedy[6]; 7. 7CC-Conner Williams[7]; 8. 9R-Barron Prince[3]; 9. (DNS) 45-Jeremy Miller
Round 2 - Heat 4 1. 22-Chris Henigan[4]; 2. 3D-David Edwards[2]; 3. K1-Stephen Guidry[6]; 4. 88-Justin Whitehead[5]; 5. 25-Josh Baucom[1]; 6. C12-Chris Hall[7]; 7. 25J-Jacob McRae[8]; 8. 23JR-Coty Tupper[3]; 9. (DNS) 21F-Jacob Fricks
Granger Equipment Factory Stocks 27 Entries
Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 36J-Justin Whitehead[8]; 2. 22H-Dustin Henigan[1]; 3. 38-Mike Wells[2]; 4. 12-Bo Perry[6]; 5. XXX-Shawn Graham[7]; 6. 88M-Joshua Martin[4]; 7. 20-Neil Kemp[9]; 8. 12S-David Smith[3]; 9. 11H-Logan Hughes[5]
Heat 2 8 Laps 1. C16-Chris Henigan[6]; 2. 13-Jeff Hammitt[4]; 3. 81-Ricky Ingalls[8]; 4. 18H-TJ Evans[9]; 5. 555-Nacey Holliday[1]; 6. 55MCody Myers[5]; 7. 12N-Derick Grigsby[2]; 8. 00V-David Vosbury[3]; 9. J27-Scotty Case[7]
Heat 3 8 Laps 1. 10X-Josh Daugherty[1]; 2. 5C-Frank Canizoro[3]; 3. 27-Dalton Faulkner[9]; 4. 51D-Daniel Lamphier[4]; 5. 3H-CJ Howell[6]; 6. 66G-Drayton Graham[2]; 7. 2K-Nicholas Kirby[7]; 8. 09-Dawson Moore[5]; 9. 41-Dylan Elasko[8]
FWDs 10 Entries
A Feature 12 Laps 1. 46-Jackson Gallagher[1]; 2. 06-Jack Dupont[2]; 3. 25-Hunter Armstrong[4]; 4. 18S-Billy Smith[3]; 5. 72K-Kayla Strom[6]; 6. 18-Chris Canterberry[5]; 7. H95-Dee Harris[9]; 8. 71K-HUNTER HOLLIS[10]; 9. (DNS) 05-Luke Dupont; 10. (DNS) 36JJosie Irvin
Heat 1 6 Laps 1. 46-Jackson Gallagher[1]; 2. 18S-Billy Smith[5]; 3. 18-Chris Canterberry[3]; 4. 72K-Kayla Strom[4]; 5. 36J-Josie Irvin[2]
Heat 2 6 Laps 1. 06-Jack Dupont[2]; 2. 25-Hunter Armstrong[1]; 3. 71K-HUNTER HOLLIS[5]; 4. (DNF) 05-Luke Dupont[3]; 5. (DNS) H95- Dee Harris
Sportsters 4 Entries
A Feature 1 12 Laps 1. 194-John McCune[2]; 2. XXX-Brittany Graham[4]; 3. 75-Michael White[3]; 4. 85-Chris White[1]
Heat 1 8 Laps 1. 85-Chris White[2]; 2. 194-John McCune[3]; 3. 75-Michael White[4]; 4. XXX-Brittany Graham[1]
Tonight at 8:00 PM the 2nd Annual Billy Melton Memorial continues with last chance and feature races for the Limited Modifieds, Factory Stocks, and a Full Race Program for the Frazier Accounting Crate Late Models, and Pro Mods. Pit Gate Opens at 5:00 PM and General Admission at 6:30 PM.
General Admission $20, Kids 6-11 $10, 5 and Under Free. $35 Pit Pass
Submitted By: Brian Frazier
