Wendell Wallace takes the checkers for his Crowley's Ridge victory.
What won the race: Second-starting Wendell Wallace of Batesville, Ark., the all-time winningest Comp Cams Super Dirt Series driver, won his first series race of 2015, outgunning polesitter Hunter Rasdon of Jonesboro, Ark., and B.J. Robinson of Shreveport, La., for a $2,000 payday at Crowley's Ridge Raceway.
Key notes: Wallace led the first 13 laps. ... Rasdon took command on laps 14-17 before Robinson took a turn out front for laps 18-25. ... Wallace regained the top spot on lap 26 and never relinquished it over the final 10 circuits. ... The race was slowed by three cautions and a red flag for Allen Tippen, who sailed out of turn one on a lap-4 restart. ... Wallace has 19 career victories but just four in the last three seasons after notching eight victories over 2011-'12. ... Wallace's lone 2014 triumph came at Batesville Motor Speedway on April 11. ... Runner-up finisher Hunter Rasdon of Jonesboro, Ark., has two series victories on this season. ... Comp Cams competitors made only their second-ever visit to Paragould after a June 19 stop was rained out. ... The series is slated to return to Crowley's Ridge for the final time this season on Sept. 4.
On the move: Kyle Beard of Trumann, Ark., the winner of a 2014 CCSDS stop at Crowley's Ridge, rallied from 15th to finish third and picked up the Larry Shaw Race Cars Hard Charger Award.
Winner's sponsors: Wallace drives a Black Diamond Chassis powered by a Kuntz & Co. Racing Engine with sponsorship from Bennings Heat & Air, C.W. Culvert, Dan Abernathy's Custom Center, Delph, Merrill Bonding Company, Midwest Sheet Metal, New Vision Graphics, Triple A Diesel Service and Wincrest Farms.
Points chase: Entering Friday's event, fifth-place finisher Jack Sullivan of Greenbrier, Ark., topped the points standings over Beard.
Car count: 26
Polesitter: Hunter Rasdon
Heat race winners: Allen Tippen, Wendell Wallace, Hunter Rasdon, B.J. Robinson, , , ,
Consolation race winners: Kyle Beard, Mason Oberkramer, ,
Provisional starters: Chandler Petty, Tanner English, ,
Next series race: August 1, I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) $2,000