6th Annual Winter Classic

[Dirt Master]

COLUMBUS SPEEDWAY

PRESENTS THE 6TH ANNUAL



MISSISSIPPI
WINTER CLASSIC



SATURDAY – JANUARY 21ST 2:00PM
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“THE WINTER CLASSIC”

FEATURING

SUPER LATE MODELS

40 LAPS * $3,000 TO WIN!



SUPER LATE MODEL PURSE:

1-$3,000 2-$1,500 3-$1,000 4-$900 5-$800 6-$700 7-$600 8-$500 9-$450 10-$400

11-$350 12-$325 13-$300 14-$275 15-$250 16-24-$200 Entry $50 at the gate.

NON TRANSFERS FROM B-MAIN RECEIVE $30



WINTER CLASSIC SUPER LATE MODEL RULES:

OPEN MOTOR 2300 LBS ANYTIME. SAS/SUPR SPEC OR ALL STEEL MOTOR 2200 LBS ANYTIME. OPEN SAS SPEC INTAKE ADD 50LBS.

GAS OR ALCOHOL OK. SPEC & BIG 10 W/12” SAS SPEC SPOILER OK.

TIRES: HOOSIER-55, 1600, OR LM 40 OR AMERICAN RACER MD-56 OK. 60 MIN. HARDNESS

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PLUS

Stormpay.com Dirt Late Model Series

Sanctioned by Crate Racin USA

40 LAPS * $2,000 TO WIN!



FOR RULES INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT www.crateracinusa.com/

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AND

OPEN WHEEL (IMCA TYPE) MODIFIEDS

20 LAPS * $1,000 TO WIN!



NO ENTRY FEE * G-60 IMCA STAMPED TIRES ONLY *

ALUMINUM HEADS: ADD 50 LBS IN FRONT OF MOTOR PLATE * MUST WEIGH 2450lbs AFTER RACE

OPEN WHEEL MODIFIED PURSE

1-$1,000 2-$600 3-$350 4-$200 5-$150 6-$125 7-$100 8-$80 9-$70 10-$60

11-$50 12-$50 13-15-$40 16-24-$30 * B-Main Non qualifiers receive $20.

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PLUS ALSO IN ACTION

Late Model Stocks

15-Laps * $500 to win!

Standard 2005/2006 Late Model Stock Motor 2400lbs. Protest only-no claim



Crate Racing USA Engine Rules apply to GM Performance Crate Engines

GM Performance 604 Crate Engine 2300lbs w/12” spoiler

GM Performance 602 Crate Engine 2200lbs w/12” spoiler



TIRES: HOOSIER-55, 1600, OR LM 40 OR AMERICAN RACER MD-56 OK. 60 MIN. HARDNESS



No entry fees. Paying all places.

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FOR EVENT INFORMATION CALL JOHNNY @ 662-574-2572

OR VISIT www.columbusspeedway.net/ OR CALL 662-241-5004 FOR TRACK PHONE.



TICKET INFORMATION:

STANDS - $20. Children 10 and under admitted free. PIT PASSES - $25



GATE INFORMATION:

Pits open at 9am. Stands open at 11am. Action at 2:00pm.

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WINTER CLASSIC PRACTICE SESSION

FRIDAY AFTERNOON - JANUARY 20TH

4PM UNTIL 7PM

PIT PASSES: $15



Host Hotels



Wingate Inn

662-327-9999



Comfort Inn

662-329-2422



Holiday Inn

662-327-7077







Special Thanks to the following contributors:



Pepsi America of Columbus – Donnie Jones

MRC Racing Collectibles – Gary Stewart

Midsouthracing.com – Ben Shelton

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Columbus Speedway News

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Columbus, Mississippi

Special Event News



The 6th Annual Carl Hogan Honda “Winter Classic” This Weekend!

Co-Headline Events in Biggest “Winter Classic” Ever!



COLUMBUS, MS- Columbus Speedway will host the 6th Annual Carl Hogan Honda Winter Classic Saturday afternoon January 21st featuring an action packed show featuring co-headline events with a 40-lap main event for the Super Late Models along with another 40-lap main event for the Stormpay.com Dirt Late Model Series.



The Super Late Models compete in a $3,000 to win 40-lap championship along with the Stormpay.com Dirt Late Model Series in a 40-lap $2,000 to win co-main event. There will also be a $1,000 to win Open Wheel Modified Championship plus Late Model Stocks running for $500 to win. Racing is set to begin at 2:00pm for the Winter Classic. Drivers from across the Mid-South are expected to converge at Columbus Speedway for the special event.



Another stellar field of Super Late Models is expected to wage ware at “The Baddest Bullring in the South” in the Winter Classic main event with past Winter Classic Champions such as World of Outlaws racer Shane Clanton of Locust Grove GA, “The Kosciusko Kamikaze” Anthony Rushing from Kosciusko, with Lewisburg, TN’s David Earl Gentry are all expected to be in action in Winter Classic 2006.



Other fan favorite drivers expected to be competing include 2005 Mississippi State Champion David Breazeale of Four Corner’s, MS, 2005 Magnolia State 100 Champion “The Intimigator” Chris Wall from Holden, LA, and 2004 Mississippi State Champion Scott Slay from Clinton, Mississippi. Local hotshoes expected to be in action include Northport’s Ronny Lee Hollingsworth, Columbus’ Mark Stokes, Shawn Edwards from Louisville, 2005 Columbus Speedway Track Champion Tombo Callahan from Weir plus many more drivers from across the region.



The second headline event will see the Stormpay.com Dirt Late Model Series will make their first ever appearance at Columbus Speedway as there is great anticipation for the first ever show for the series event in the state of Mississippi. The Stormpay.com Series roars into Columbus Speedway riding high after Lewisburg, Tennessee’s David Gentry took the Stormpay.com National Tour opener over a record breaking car count of 78 Stormpay.com Late Models.



Frankie Beard of Hartwell, GA is also expected as he sits second in the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model National Series points chase and is the Rookie of the Year point leader. Beard finished second to Gentry in the season opener, and was also the Fast Qualifier.



Other top entries expected for the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model National Series include the defending National Champion Denny Slayton of Rossville, GA, Jimmy Kay of Taylorsville, GA, and Jeff Fields of Aragon, GA. Also expected are dirt late model veterans Mike Head of Ellenwood, GA, and National Dirt Late Model Hall of Fame inductee Jeff Purvis of Clarksville, TN.



Race fans can also watch for two drivers that have become the Hard Chargers of the StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series. Veteran and two-time Dirt Track World Champion Ronnie Johnson of Chattanooga, TN has passed a total of 34 cars in the last two main events in StormPay.com Dirt Late Model Series competition. On December 2, 2005 at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, FL, the "Chattanooga Flash" started 24th and finished seventh, and at TST, R.J. started 23rd and finished sixth.



Shannon Buckingham of Morristown, TN put on a passing clinic of his own on January 8th at Talladega Short Track. Buckingham got into the main event after starting 11th in his B-main and finishing second. He didn't stop there, as he started 22nd in the main event, and finished fifth to earn the NeSmith Chevrolet Hard Charger of the Race Award.



Also on the card are the Open Wheel Modified class that traditionally draws a strong field of competitors and this year should be no different with a 20-lap $1,000 to win main event on tap. The 2005 version of the Winter Classic drew 43 of the region’s top modified pilots. The reigning Winter Classic Modified champion is Chad Winkles. The popular Late Model Stock division will also be in action and a good field is expected to be competing for their $500 to win main event. Billy Franklin took the top honors in 2005.



Event information for the Winter Classic has pit gates opening at 9am; driver’s meeting at 12:30pm with action at 2:00pm. Adult grandstand admission is $20 with children ages 10 and under admitted free. Pit gates open at 9am and pit passes are $25. Further information can be obtained by calling Johnny Stokes at 662-574-2572 during the day or at 662-327-3047 in the evenings. Additional Columbus Speedway information can be found on the Columbus Speedway Internet home at www.columbusspeedway.net or by calling the Columbus Speedway event hotline at 662-241-5004.



Carl Hogan Honda Winter Classic 2005 Event Details:



Friday January 20th: Open Practice 4pm – 8pm



Saturday January 21st 2:00pm: The Winter Classic



Super Late Models $3,000 to win

Stormpay.com Dirt Late Model Series $2,000 to win

Open Wheel Modifieds $1,000 to win

Late Model Stock $500 to win

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Columbus Speedway News

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Special to Columbus Speedway – Jerry Carnathan





Wall & Rushing Duel to Wild Winter Classic Finish
Ronnie Johnson Takes Stormpay.com Win by Inches

Columbus, MS - The 2006 racing year kicked off Saturday night with 147 race teams representing 10 states in the pits at Columbus Speedway with the 6th Annual Carl Hogan Honda Winter Classic. Columbus Speedway's lone daytime event of the season featured the $3,000-to-win Super Late Model Winter Classic along with the Stormpay.com Late Models racing for $2,000-to-win, Open Wheel Modifieds competing for $1,000-to-win, and Late Model Stocks with a $500-to-win event.

Vintage action at the "Baddest Bullring in the South" would be on display as the lightning-fast track offered up exciting, breakneck racing action throughout the afternoon and evening. In Super Late Model action, 2005 Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series champ David Breazeale would pull into the pits after hot laps, roll onto the track "cold turkey", and set fast time with a 13.86-second lap, placing him ahead of a rejuvenated Anthony Rushing in the first group. 2005 Magnolia State 100 winner Chris Wall would top World of Outlaws Late Model defending champion Billy Moyer in the second group. B-Mains wins would be taken by John Gill and Ross Martin, leading the group of last-chance qualifiers into the main event field.

As the 40-lap feature event field rolled under the green flag, Wall shot to the rim with Breazeale below and Rushing diving to the hub. Wall would leave Breazeale and Rushing to duel for second, with Moyer moving in on Rushing on the super fast tacky track as the first caution flew on lap 3 for Tombo Callahan. Wall would lead Breazeale, Rushing, Moyer, and Jeff White to the restart, and the running order would remain the same as a large wreck on the next lap involving Stacy Holmes collected Tony Morris, Bub McCool, Callahan, Wiley Williams, and Roger Shirley.

Rushing would assume his normal running line on the cushion of the track and go outside Wall as the race restarted, the two blasting side-by-side around the turns until Wall closed the door on the next lap. Jeff White would move into 3rd place on lap 6 as Breazeale's promising run ended and his popular #54 rolled to the infield with driveline failure. Lap 10 would bring out another caution and mark the end of the race for Scott Slay, back in action for the first time after recovering from serious injuries sustained in 2005.

White would challenge Rushing for second place on the restart as Wall soared ahead, but Rushing would hold on and leave White to battle Moyer. Moyer would go outside and take over 3rd place once again on lap 11 while the former Dirt Track World Champion Ronnie Johnson and Neil Baggett battled for 5th. Baggett would hold off Johnson and take 4th from White on lap 14 as the top three charged ahead out in front of the field, Wall reaching lapped traffic on the 16th circuit.

Rushing would close quickly on Wall as the leaders carved through the backmarkers, and Moyer would also join the fray until a lap 27 caution fell with Wall, Rushing, and Moyer holding their positions in the top three. Rushing charged the rim hard on the restart, going outside of Wall and taking the lead in classic form as he rocketed down the backstretch. As White moved back into third place, and Moyer battled Baggett for 4th, Rushing began to flash the Bullring domination of days not so long ago as he quickly pulled away from Wall until the race was broken up with cautions on laps 30 and 31, the final yellow flags of the event.

White drove under Wall, who raced underneath Rushing as the leaders fanned out three wide in turns 1 and 2 on the final restart, but Rushing would sail ahead down the backstretch as Wall fought off White for second place. Wall would then do what only a short while seemed improbable and slowly reeled Rushing back in as Moyer drove outside White to once again pick up the battle for third place, reclaiming the position for the final time on lap 36.

As Moyer settled into third place, Wall would drive to the hub below the cushion-pushing Rushing. For the last three laps, the two would go side-by-side in both the turns and the straightaways, dashing under the white flag virtually even at the flagstand. Nothing changed until the final turn as Rushing jumped the cushion at the exit in a final valiant effort aimed at putting the deep-diving Wall behind him. Wall would fly off the bottom exiting turn 4 to take the checkers as Rushing survived a brush with the front stretch wall and quickly recovered to a second-place finish. Moyer would lead White and Johnson across the line to round out the top five, with Joey McKinney, Baggett, Todd Hall, Ross Martin, and Roger Shirley fighting their way across the line in a pack to earn top-ten honors.

The Stormpay.com Crate Late Model series would follow the Super Late Model event on the track, with many familiar names on the roster of participants for the fast-growing class. David Gentry would race door-to-door with Ronnie Johnson in the early laps, with Gentry taking the lead on the second lap as the pair drove into turn 3. Gentry continued to hold on following a lap 3 caution, but as the pair navigated lapped traffic Johnson would switch lines and move outside to pass Gentry and take over the lead on lap 10 of the 40-lap event.

The leaders would make their way through heavy traffic until lap 13 caution halted the action with Johnson, Gentry, Jeff Smith, Matthew Turner and Frankie Beard making up the top five just ahead of dirt racing legends Jeff Purvis and Mike Head. Johnson would stretch his legs a bit on the restart, and Gentry would separate himself from the pack led by third-place Smith. The leaders once again reached lapped traffic on lap 18, with Gentry closing on Johnson just before cautions on lap 26 and 29 sorted the field back out. Johnson would again run ahead of Gentry on an open track as the race resumed for the final time.

Gentry would claw his way back up to make one last attempt to wrestle the lead from Johnson as the last laps ticked away, going to the inside on lap 38. Door-to-door the two raced for the last two laps, and Gentry stuck a slidejob exiting turn four that gave him the lead heading to the checkers. Not to be denied, Johnson throttled hard back under Gentry, and the two crossed the finish line in what appeared to be a dead heat. Johnson would take the win by mere inches, with Gentry, Smith, Beard, and Head in the top five.

Jeremy Shaw would take the lead of the 20-lap Modified feature event from Ben Stephens on the first lap and hold on through a rapid series of cautions as Stephen and Shane Harris swapped second place back during the short dashes between yellow flags. On lap 11, the race found solid ground and went all the way to finish as Shaw built a hefty lead despite fighting broken suspension components.

Todd Bates would move around Stephens into second place on lap 14 and showed some strength as he pulled away from the rest of the pack and chased the leader, but he would be afforded no chance to see if he could handle "The Shawtown Flyer" as Shaw drove on to the win. Bates led Stephens, Lee Ray, and brothers Bryan and Jason Brock across the line in the top five.

Danny Christian would lead every lap of the Late Model Stock event, holding off Shawn Edwards in the first half of the 20-lap event on after contender Ruble Maxey planted his machine in the turn 1 wall during the early going. Christian took the win with Richard West moving up to claim second place over hard-charging TK King. Tony Shelton and Mike Shirley completed the top five.

Columbus Speedway returns to action with opening on March 5th with the annual $1,500 to win Golden Triangle 30 featuring the Rebel Challenge Super Late Models and Columbus Speedway Weekly Racing Series. Then March 10th and 11th marks the 5th Annual Brown Engineering Rebel Challenge featuring Super Late Models racing for $2,000-to-win on Friday night (MSCCS) and $8,000-to-win on Saturday night plus local division championships. Stop by www.ColumbusSpeedway.net for details as well as the full 2006 racing schedule or call the event hotline at 662-241-5004.



FULL RESULTS
147 Total Entries

Super Late Models
The Winter Classic
38 Entries
40 Laps

Pos. ## Driver
1ST 71 CHRIS WALL
2ND 70 1/2 ANTHONY RUSHING
3RD 21 BILLY MOYER
4TH 99 JEFF WHITE
5TH 5 RONNIE JOHNSON
6TH 63 JOEY MCKINNEY
7TH 21 NEIL BAGGETT
8TH 99 TODD HALL
9TH 47 ROSS MARTIN
10TH 57 ROGER SHIRLEY
11TH 20 TOMBO CALLAHAN
12TH 4 WILEY WILLIAMS
13TH 98 ERIC HICKERSON
14TH 56 DAVID GENTRY
15TH 27 JOE DENBY
16TH C11 CLIFF WILLIAMS
17TH 57J BUB MCCOOL
18TH 12 JASON SMITH
19TH 75 JOHN GILL
20TH M31 TONY MORRIS
21ST 11 KEITH FLURRY
22ND 6 SCOTT SLAY
23RD 54 DAVID BREAZEALE
24TH H2 STACY HOLMES

Stormpay.com Crate Late Models
42 Entries
40 Laps

1ST 5 RONNIE JOHNSON
2ND 1 DAVID GENTRY
3RD 00 JEFF SMITH
4TH 1 FRANKIE BEARD
5TH 54 MIKE HEAD
6TH 13 SCOTT COOK
7TH 75 CARNELL PARKER, III
8TH 44 SHANNON BUCKINGHAM
9TH 19 MICHAEL PAGE
10TH 77 TRACY WATSON
11TH 16 JEFF FIELDS
12TH 99S DENNY SLAYTON
13TH 10 MATTHEW TURNER
14TH 44 CURTIS CLINE
15TH J28 JEFF JONES
16TH 3 SHANNAN DODSON
17TH 90 JIMMY KAY
18TH 99B MATT BASSETT
19TH 17 ZACK NICHOLS
20TH 15 JEFF PURVIS
21ST 17 CHAD SMITH
22ND 24 BUSTER GOSS
23RD 16 TIM STAPLES
24TH 25 MICHAEL KEENER

Open Wheel Modifieds
52 Entries
20 Laps

1ST 1S JEREMY SHAW
2ND B25 TODD BATES
3RD 34 BEN STEPHENS
4TH 2 LEE RAY
5TH 8 BRYAN BROCK
6TH 4 JASON BROCK
7TH 93 EDDIE RHINEHART
8TH 99 BRANDON POPPENHEIMER
9TH F5 LAMAR FURR
10TH 98 ERIC HICKERSON
11TH 17 MATT PRICE
12TH 7 TODD GRAY
13TH 07 BEN REED
14TH 10 JASON HENRY
15TH 1$ TRINITY WYERS
16TH 008 GREGG HOLLINGSWORTH
17TH 32 SHANE HARRIS
18TH 35 TONY GRAY
19TH 77 STEVE SMITH
20TH 55 JIMMY HIETT
21ST R EDDIE RICKMAN
22ND B5 GREGG BROWN
23RD 11 JASON HIETT
24TH 5 JASON HOLLIS

Late Model Stocks
15 Entries
20 Laps

1ST 5 DANNY CHRISTIAN
2ND 4 RICHARD WEST
3RD 14 TK KING
4TH 38 TONY SHELTON
5TH 7 MIKE SHIRLEY
6TH 7 JEREMY GLASGOW
7TH 17 SHAWN EDWARDS
8TH 7 STACY TYLER
9TH 21 PHILLIP GIBSON
10TH 27J JASON POOLE
11TH 8 JACKSON MCCOOL
12TH 8 WESLEY GREEN
13TH 75M RUBLE MAXEY
14TH 68 BRIAN RICKMAN
15TH 60 ALAN JAYNES

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Made my first trip to Columbus for the Winter Classic....
GREAT RACING....