What won the race: Joseph Joiner of Milton, Fla., took the lead on a lap-two restart and never looked back en route to topping Saturday's 40-lap Mississippi State Championship Challenge Series feature at Whynot Motorsports Park. Joiner earned $3,000 for his third career MSCCS victory and collected his third Super Late Model victory of the young season, increasing his race winnings to over $20,000.

Key notes: Joiner notched his second triumph of the weekend after winning Friday's $7,553 Schaeffer's Oil Spring Nationals stop at Buckshot (Ala.) Speedway. Joiner's victory also marks seven different winners in the last seven MSCCS races at the Meridian, Miss., oval. ... Neil Baggett, the 2021 series winner at Whynot, utilized the race's final restart to move into second on lap 32 and finished 0.531 of a second behind the winner. ... Jeremy Shaw led the first lap before fading to finish third. ... Brian Rickman advanced eight positions and finished fourth. ... Kyle Beard, who won the MSCCS season opener at Jackson Motor Speedway, gained five spots and finished fifth. ... Rick Rickman moved forward three positions and finished sixth. ... Dean Carpenter advanced six spots and finished ninth. ... Wayne Murphy started 20th and finished 10th. ... Defending series champion Bubba Mullins finished 11th. ... Chad Thrash ran as high as second before drawing the race's final caution with a rollover accident on lap 31; no injuries were reported. ... The second MSSCCS race of '23 was slowed by four cautions and lasted 33 minutes, with eight drivers completing 40 laps.

On the move: Brian Rickman of Columbus, Miss., started 12th and finished fourth.

Winner's sponsors: Joiner’s Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Randy Clary Race Engine and sponsored by Hunt the Front, Langenfelder Mechanical Contractors, Trading Paints, Base Racing Fuel, Penske Shocks, The Law Offices of Cole and Davis, Dirt Track Bank, DirtCarLift.com, Wehrs Machine, QA1, Jones Racing Products, XS Power Batteries, Earnhardt Technologies Group, Schoenfeld Headers, Gorsuch Performance Solutions, StopTech Brakes, MSR Mafia, ATC Bolts.

Points chase: After Whynot: 1. Kyle Beard (250); T2. Joseph Joiner (245); T2. Neil Baggett (245); T2. Brian Rickman (245); 5. Rick Rickman (210); 6. Jarret Stuckey (195); 7. Dean Carpenter (190); 8. Chad Thrash (180); 9. Bubba Mullins (170); 10. Clayton Stuckey (145).

Current weather: Clear, 64°F

Car count: 20

Fast qualifier: Jeremy Shaw

Time: 12.501 seconds

Polesitter: Joseph Joiner

Dash winner: Joseph Joiner

Consolation race winners: Rick Rickman, Kyle Beard,  ,  

Next series race: May 12, Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, MS) $5,000