COLUMBUS, Miss. – Wil Herrington not only picked up his fifth Newsome Raceway Parts Crate Racin’ USA Dirt Late Model Series win of the season on Friday night at Magnolia Motor Speedway, but he also clinched the $10,000 National Championship.
Herrington’s win, combined with a 17th-place finish for Corey Dunn, gave Herrington a 200-point lead in the point standings. If Herrington could not run the last two races of the season, and Dunn earned 200 points with a pair of wins, Herrington would win the tiebreaker with five wins to three wins over Dunn in that scenario.
“We have had a great season with this being our 17th win with five in this series, and this is also my fourth race here, and we’ve won all four races,” Herrington said. “We’ll be back here again tomorrow night and try to stay perfect. We haven’t worried much about the points and have been racing for wins, which will make the points take care of themselves. We have been blessed this year.”
Evan Ellis made a late-race charge to finish second in the Ellis Specialty Welding Rocket and Randall Beckwith took the third spot in the Beckwith Forestry Service Rocket. Cliff Ross drove the Ross Racing Special to a fourth-place finish and Cameron Weaver was fifth in the Weaver Racing CVR.
The finish:
Wil Herrington, Evan Ellis, Randall Beckwith, Cliff Ross, Cameron Weaver, Jeremy Shaw, Oakley Johns, Matthew Brocato, Buddy George, Jody Knowles, Jason Markewitz, Wayne Harbin, T.J. Brittain, Josh Huss, Tyler Wood, Tim Dees, Corey Dunn, Grant Pearl, Marcus Minga, Troy Dixon, Donald Johns, Joey Mullenix, Justin McRee, Jamie Pickard.