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Beard clinches Comp Cams title with victory
Kyle Beard and his car owners, the Upton family. (Woody Hampton)
HARRISBURG, Ark. (Sept. 9) — Series points leader Kyle Beard of Trumann, Ark., clinched the Comp Cams Super Dirt Series title and put an exclamation point on his season with a $2,500 victory in the tour’s event Saturday night at Northeast Arkansas Speedway. | Slideshow
Third-starting Dane Dacus of Lakeland, Tenn., advanced one spot to finish third while sixth-starting Clay Fisher of DeWitt, Ark., finished third. Brandon Smith of Floral, Ark., and fifth-starting Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., rounded out the race’s top five finishers.
Notes: Beard drives a Pierce Race Car for Upton Motorsports. His sponsors include Gary Beard Trucking, Samuel’s Performance Engines, D.H. Hendricks Sheet Metal, Real Racing Wheels, Team 5 Enterprises, JFR Graphics, Stealth Carburetors and D&M Power Washing. ... The series contested its first event in nearly a month; Beard also won the previous race Aug. 9 at Timberline Speedway in Corley, Texas. ... Only two events remain on the CCSDS slate. ... Comp Cams competitors head to I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark., on Sept. 14.
Comp Cams Series @ Northeast Arkansas: (1) Kyle Beard, (2) Dane Dacus, (3) Clay Fisher, (4) Brandon Smith, (5) Wendell Wallace, (6) Ashley Newman, (7) Kody Mea, (8) Chandler Petty, (9) Jamie Elam, (10) Joseph Long, (11) Robert Lovette, (12) T.J. Hughes, (13) Lynn Beach, (14) Kenneth Jackson, (15) Tim Prine, (16) Todd Hall, (17) Billy Moyer Jr., (18) Tommy Surrett, (19) Jon Kirby, (20) Gavin Landers. Heat winners (among 24 cars): Moyer, Petty, Wallace, Beard. Consolation winner: Elam.
