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Patience Key in Dycus NCRA Cowtown Victory

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Kennedale, Texas – May 23, 2010 - Patience was a key for Triston Dycus on this night as the Alvarado, Texas resident stayed within striking distance most of the race and then made his move with four laps to go to take the O'Reilly/NCRA modified south feature finale Saturday night at Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, Texas.

Pole sitter Keith Green paced the field at the start of the thirty lap feature but it was third starting Bobby Ruffin taking command down the backstretch and the early lead. Mickey Lassiter of Piedmont, Oklahoma, who came into the night as the series points leader, used the low side of the track to challenge the high flying Ruffin with Green and Justin McCoy close behind.

Ruffin kept a solid pace up front opening up to a six car length advantage by lap nine. During this time Lassiter began to have his hands full with fifth starting Clyde Dunn, Jr. as the two started their battle for the runner up position.

Dunn would take over the second spot from Lassiter on lap nine and set his sights on Ruffin. Within two laps Dunn was on the leaders bumper and began putting heavy pressure and at the races midway point, dove down low entering turns three and four underneath Ruffin but could not make the pass work

The first and only caution of the feature would fall on lap sixteen when P. J. Egbert spun in turns one and two.

The final restart was what Dunn needed as he flew around Ruffin between turns three and four to take the lead and quickly open up an eight car length lead.

Behind him, sixth starting Dycus began to make his move towards the front and on lap twenty got underneath Ruffin to take over the second position. Dycus was not done yet and cut the leaders lead down to three car lengths with just five laps to go.

Just two laps later Dycus decided to make his move and drove hard down low in turns three and four and outrace the high flying Dunn down the front stretch to take the lead.

There was no catching the leader from that point forward as Dycus, aboard the Tailor Made Counter Tops/Tim's D&D Auto Parts sponsored Wells powered Kraft Chassis went on to take the four car length victory.

"I just had to be patient and be there at the end," said an elated Dycus. "I let Bobby and Clyde battle with each other and that allowed me to get closer until it was time to make my move. I knew where I wanted to run on the track but didn't want to show my hand too early for fear somebody behind me would take the same line as me. The track started to slick off a little there and worked to my advantage."

Dunn would settle for second with twelfth starting Terry Pritchett was the races hard charger coming home to a third place finish. Ninth starting Jarod Webb came home fourth with Ruffin rounding out the top five.

The five, eight lap heat races for the 47 car field were won by Dycus, Alan Sharpensteen, Troy Taylor, Lassiter and Dunn. Webb and Pritchett wired the field in their respective fifteen lap "B" features.

The next scheduled stop for the O'Reilly/NCRA modified south division will be a double header weekend beginning on Friday night, June 11^th, at Elk City's I-40 Speedway in Elk City, Oklahoma before heading West on I-40 to Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas for the series first appearance in several years, the first for the modified south division.

The 2010 race season is the 40^th anniversary year for the O'Reilly Auto Parts National Championship Racing Association, sanctioning races for the late model, sprint car, modified north, modified south and southern modified divisions. For more information on the modified south division, contact steward Chris Smith (918) 625-6200. For information on the series including schedules, point standings, driver profiles and stats on the history of the series, check them out on the world wide web at www.ncraracing.org.

The National Championship Racing Association would like to thank the following for their contribution and involvement with the modified south division for 2010: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels,

Official 2010 Modified South Contingency Sponsors: Arizona Sports Shirts, Bassett Wheels, Belleville Motor Sports, C&E Performance, Hooker Harness, The Joie of Seating, On Another Level Designs, M&M Custom Graphics, Pro Shocks, Racing Optics, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, Schoenfeld Headers, Taylor Cable Products and Ultra-Shield Race Products.

A Feature: 1) Triston Dycus 2) Clyde Dunn, Jr. 3) Terry Pritchett 4) Jared Webb 5) Bobby Ruffin 6) Troy Taylor 7) Bobby Malchus 8) George White (10) 9) Matt French 10) P.J. Egbert (707) 11) Glen Leaschner (89) 12) Mickey Lassiter 13) Jimmy Littlejohn (87) 14) Jacob Pirkle 15) Keith Green (5g) 16) Alan Sharpensteen 17) Chris Roach 18) Eric Thomlinson (45t) 19) Jim Knight (73) 20) Sean Jones (24) 21) Joshua Hemby (04) 22) Ronny Sigman (1s) 23) Justin McCoy (187)

1^st B Feature: 1) Jarod Webb 2) Bobby Malchus 3) Eric Thomlinson 4) Jimmy Littlejohn 5) P. J. Egbert 6) Jim Knight 7) Joshua Hemby 8) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 9) Joel Hill (30) 10) Jason Hilliard 11) Thomas Blackwell (29x) 12) Gary Nabors 95) 13) Cody Smith (18s) 14) Dillon Pike (6*) 15) Shane Killingsworth (9) 16) Gene Weaver 17) Jim Pearcy DNS: Chris Needham (8x), DQ: (127) Glenn Hibbard

2^nd B Feature: 1) Terry Pritchett 2) Sean Jones 3) Jacob Pirkle 4) Glen Leaschner 5)George White 6) Chris Roach 7) John Webb 8) Chad Davis 9) Trevor Lane (17) 10) Jay Sale 11) David Bonham (66) 12) Chris Cole 13) Brad Daughtry (410) 14) Colt Goodman 15) Alan Oliva DNS: Eric Lawrence (44), Chase Allen, Danny Veal (5x)

1^st Heat: 1) Triston Dycus 2) Bobby Ruffin 3)Sean Jones 4) Jarod Webb 5) Jimmy Littlejohn 6) George White 7) Gene Weaver 8) Eric Lawrence 9) Jim Pearcy DNS: Jay Sale

2^nd Heat: 1) Alan Sharpensteen 2) Justin McCoy 3) Ronny Sigman 4) Eric Thomlinson 5) Jason Hilliard 6) Gary Nabors 7) Joel Hill 8) Dillon Pike 9) Chris Needham 10) Chase Allen

3^rd Heat: 1) Troy Taylor 2) Matt French 3) Jacob Pirkle 4) Terry Pritchett 5) David Bonham 6) Trevor Lane 7) Chad Davis 8) Colt Goodman 9) Joshua Hemby

4^th Heat: 1) Mickey Lassitor 2) Keith Green 3) Glen Leaschner 4) Jim Knight 5) Thomas Tillison, Jr. 6) Chris Cole 7) Shane Killingsworth 8) P.J. Egbert 9) Danny Veal

5^th Heat: 1) Clyde Dunn, Jr. 2) Cody Smith 3) Bobby Malchus 4) Alan Oliva 5) John Webb 6) Glen Hibbard 7) Chris Roach 8) Brad Daughtry 9)Thomas Blackwell

The Joie of Seating 2^nd Place – Dunn

Saldana Racing Products 2^nd Place – Dunn

Rod End Supply 3rd Place – Pritchett

Belleville Motor Sports 4^th Place- Webb

Hooker Harness 8^th Place - White

C&E Performance 12^th Place – Lassiter

David Smith Jr.
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