Whynot Motorsports Park
McCool nabs MSCCS victory at Whynot
Bub McCool (57j) heads for victory at Whynot. (foto-1.net)
MERIDIAN, Miss. (March 16) — Pole-starting Bub McCool of Vicksburg, Miss., kept rolling Saturday at Whynot Motorsports Park with a victory in the Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series opener.
McCool, fresh off a $10,000 victory last weekend at ArkLaTex Speedway’s unsanctioned Pelican 100, earned $2,500 in outrunning former series champion Chris Wall of Springfield, La., who started sixth. | Slideshow
B.J. Robinson of Blanchard, La., finished third with 10th-starting Chad Thrash of Meridian and eighth-starting Rick Rickman of Columbus, Miss., rounding out the top five in the Whynot season opener that served as a tuneup for March 23's first-ever World of Outlaws Late Model Series event at Whynot.
Outside front-row starter Ronny Lee Hollingsworth of Northport, Ala., was 18th and reigning MSCCS champion Scott Dedwylder of Vossburg, Miss., was 20th in the 22-car feature field.
Notes: McCool pilots a Victory Circle Race Car from Billy Moyer’s shop with a Jay Dickens Racing Engine and sponsorship from McCool Logging, Southern Belle, Henderson Motorsports, MSR Mafia and Good Hope. ... McCool has 10 career MSCCS victories, sixth on the all-time list. ... His previous series victory came in last year's season finale at Greenville (MIss.) Speedway; he had a series-best four victories in 2012. ... Among drivers failing to make the main event: Tom Maddox, Chris Smith, Cliff Williams, Craig Turan, Monte Skinner, Kody Barber and Chris Hoomes. ... MSCCS competitors go back to action Sunday at Magnolia Motor Speedway near Columbus, Miss.
MSCC @ Whynot: (1) Bub McCool, (2) Chris Wall, (3) B.J. Robinson, (4) Chad Thrash, (5) Rick Rickman, (6) David Breazeale, (7) Eric Cooley, (8) Neil Baggett, (9) Robbie Stuart, (10) Ross Camponovo, (11) Brian Rickman, (12) Leon Henderson. (13) Greg Fore, (14) Mark Dodson, (15) Billy Moyer Jr., (16) Jeremy Broadus, (17) Henry Cooper, (18) Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, (19) Tracey Sutton, (20) Scott Dedwylder, (21) Randy Todd, (22) Dane Dacus. Fast qualifier (group qualifying among 30 cars): McCool, Hollingsworth. Consolation race winners: Camponovo, Thrash. Dash winner: McCool.
