Winner Kyle Beard (86) battles B.J. Robinson (1) at Boothill.
What won the race: Second-starting Kyle Beard of Trumann, Ark., outdueled fast qualifier and polesitter Brian Rickman and cruised to a $5,000 Comp Cams Super Dirt Series victory Saturday at Boothill Speedway.
Quotable: "Don't mess up," Beard said he told himself in the final laps. "I've been doing a good job at that lately. The car was pretty good, though. The lapped cars kinda made me nervous a little bit, but they gave me room, so we was good."
Key notes: The win elevated Beard to third all-time on the tour's win list with 18 victories. … After rain washed out the first two rounds of the tour’s planned holiday weekend tripleheader, the Comp Cams tour headed to Boothill Speedway on Saturday for a $3,000-to-win event. … Series events at I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, Ark. on Thursday and Revolution Park in Monroe, La., on Friday were rained out.
On the move: Jon Mitchell of Texarkana, Tex., started 21st and finished eighth.
Winner's sponsors: Beard’s Mann Motorsports Capital Race Car is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and sponsored by Gary Beard Trucking, Terry Phillips Racing, MSR Mafia, Velocita, Team 5 Enterprise, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil, Rage Lab, Swift Springs, Rockhard Powder Coating, Autocraft and Xteme Race Graphics.
Points chase: After Boothill: 1. Logan Martin (2,618); 2. Brian Rickman (2,614); 3. B.J. Robinson (2,571); 4. Kyle Beard (2,511); 5. Morgan Bagley (2,400).
Current weather: Few Clouds, 79°F
Car count: 21
Fast qualifier: Brian Rickman
Time: 13.628 seconds
Polesitter: Brian Rickman
Heat race winners: Brian Rickman, Kyle Beard, Logan Martin, , , , ,
Next series race: July 29, I-30 Speedway (Little Rock, AR) $5,000