Henigan claims big money in Hella Shrine Classic


Saturday night Chris Henigan from Marshall, Texas, was the star of many stars of the night with 25 Summit Racing Equipment Touring Outlaw Modified Series drivers checking in at the Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, for the fourth annual Hella Shrine Classic.

In front of a packed house and with skydivers to start the night, Henigan was one of many stars to hit the track. The first heat rolled out with nine racers with Danny Caldwell, Bo Day and Chris Huckeba taking the first three spots. The second heat saw eight cars with Troy Taylor, Carl Large and Skip O’Neal. The third heat had eight cars with Bobby Ruffin, Henigan and Charlie Smith sharing the podium.

When the cars rolled out for the 25-lap feature event there were good top and bottom grooves to the track to allow some great side-by-side racing.

Colby Smith and Ruffin led the field to the green flag. After five laps there was an early caution that stacked the field up. On the restart, Day and Henigan made quick advantage from their seventh and eighth starting spots to be in the top five. After a couple of quick cautions, Colby Smith brought the field past the last caution and allowed some serious racing.

At lap 10, Day had worked himself up to the second spot with Henigan at his inside door on Colby Smith's back bumper. Henigan slipped past Day at lap 12 to nudge Smith inside quarter panel. At the midway point, Henigan got a good drive off of turn 2 to take the lead and never let is slip away.

Henigan took the checkered flag followed by Day, Colby Smith, Taylor and Ruffin.

It was a great night of racing for the benefit of the Shriner burn victim kids transportation. Henigan claimed the $1,500 top prize plus $200 from Honeycutt Sand & Gravel and topped it off with $100 for the Houck Hard Charger Award, bringing the winners share to $1,800 for the night.

The TOMS wish to thank the drivers that participated in the door panel auction that raised a lot of money for the kids, plus the Superbowl Speedway staff and Ricky Randall of Hella Shrine group for such an amazing event.

The next stop for the TOMS will be the Southern Oklahoma Speedway in Ardmore, Okla., on Saturday, Aug. 3.

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OFFICIAL RESULTS
United States Racing Association
Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series
Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS)
Superbowl Speedway, Greenville, Texas
Saturday, July 27, 2019

Showing finishing position, starting position in parentheses, car number, driver and hometown.

USRA MODIFIEDS

Heat #1:
1. (1) 81 Daniel Caldwell, Princeton, Texas
2. (3) 4 Bo Day, Greenville, Texas
3. (2) 2C Chris Huckeba, Midlothian, Texas
4. (5) 14T Triston Dycus, Maypearl, Texas
5. (6) 51 Nicholas Littlejohn, Azle, Texas
6. (4) 88 Shawn Gammage, Greenville, Texas
7. (9) 49 Shannon Hartline, Ivanhoe, Texas
8. (8) 18M Wayne Melton, Caddo Mills, Texas
9. (7) 14X Josh Landers, Princeton, Texas

Heat #2:
1. (1) 56 Troy Taylor, Midlothian, Texas
2. (2) 56C Carl Large Jr., Ovilla, Texas
3. (3) 8 Skip O'Neal, Midlothian, Texas
4. (8) 01 Colby Smith, Greenville, Texas
5. (4) 161 Billy Melton, Longview, Texas
6. (7) 34 Michael Walker, Alvarado, Texas
7. (5) 73 Jim Knight, Grand Prairie, Texas
8. (6) 28 Kyle Smith, Greenville, Texas

Heat #3:
1. (2) 8C Bobby Ruffin, Crandall, Texas
2. (3) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas
3. (5) 3C Charlie Smith, Forney, Texas
4. (8) 77 Wendall Bolden, Greenville, Texas
5. (4) 47 Jack Sartain, Terrell, Texas
6. (6) 2 Billy Brierton, Greenville, Texas
7. (1) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas
8. (7) 6 Billy Suggs, Mesquite, Texas

Feature:
1. (8) 16 Chris Henigan, Marshall, Texas
2. (7) 4 Bo Day, Greenville, Texas
3. (1) 01 Colby Smith, Greenville, Texas
4. (5) 56 Troy Taylor, Midlothian, Texas
5. (2) 8C Bobby Ruffin, Crandall, Texas
6. (12) 14T Triston Dycus, Maypearl, Texas
7. (4) 3C Charlie Smith, Forney, Texas
8. (11) 8 Skip O'Neal, Midlothian, Texas
9. (3) 81 Daniel Caldwell, Princeton, Texas
10. (9) 77 Wendall Bolden, Greenville, Texas
11. (10) 2C Chris Huckeba, Midlothian, Texas
12. (6) 56C Carl Large Jr., Ovilla, Texas
13. (14) 161 Billy Melton, Longview, Texas
14. (20) 78 Billy Jack Brutchin, Gladewater, Texas
15. (21) 73 Jim Knight, Grand Prairie, Texas
16. (16) 34 Michael Walker, Alvarado, Texas
17. (17) 88 Shawn Gammage, Greenville, Texas
18. (23) 6 Billy Suggs, Mesquite, Texas
19. (15) 47 Jack Sartain, Terrell, Texas
20. (18) 2 Billy Brierton, Greenville, Texas
21. (13) 51 Nicholas Littlejohn, Azle, Texas
22. (19) 49 Shannon Hartline, Ivanhoe, Texas
23. (24) 18M Wayne Melton, Caddo Mills, Texas
24. (22) 28 Kyle Smith, Greenville, Texas
25. (25) 14X Josh Landers, Princeton, Texas