Stenhouse leads O'Reilly USCS Qualifying Round at Columbus Friday night

Columbus, MS - Eighteen year-old Ricky Stenhouse from Olive Branch, Mississippi gathered the most points from time trial qualifying and heat race finishes in Friday night's O'Reilly Pole Night activities at Columbus Speedway. Stenhouse set second quick time and won the Butlerbuilt Heat Two to garner 99 qualifying points for tonight's 1st Annual Battle at the Bullring at the track known as the "Baddest Bullring in the South".

O'Reilly Mid-South points leader, Mike Ward from Memphis, Tennessee set a blistering 11.99 second and new all time track record around the tacky 1/3 mile red clay oval. Ward follows Stenhouse with 98 points. Danny Martin, Jr. from Sarasota, Florida who won the FSR Third Heat also has 98 points but Ward's CnB Mushrooms fast time lap was the tie-breaker. National Sprint Tour star Jason Sides from Bartlett, Tennessee is fourth in Q points with 96 and four time O'Reilly USCS National Champion, Terry Gray also from Bartlett, TN is fifth with 94 points.

Lee Sowell from Nesbit, Mississippi tallied 93 Q points for sixth and Ryan Myers from Eaton, Ohio was seventh after the night's action with 91 points. Wade Oliver qualified eighth after also garnering 91 points for the night. Those eight drivers are locked in to the first eight positions in tonight's 40 lap O'Reilly USCS Battle at the Bullring season finale. The starting order for those eight drivers will be determined by the Draw for the K&N pole award which will invert 0, 4, 6 or 8 positions. All other drivers will start in one of the two scheduled B-Mains and race for there final Battle at the Bullring starting position.

Prior to all of that at 6:30 pm sharp will be the 10 car/10 lap Lucas Oil Super Power Dash Shootout.

The all out race pays $5000 to the winner.

CnB Mushrooms Fast Time - Mike Ward 11.99 sec. New all Time Track record.

Lucas Oil Power Dash 6 laps : Ryan Myers, Marshall Skinner, Terry Gray, Danny Martin, Doug Berryman, Tom Winegardner, Jr.

Engler Machine and Tool Heat One 10 laps: Terry Gray, Jason Sides, Mike Ward, Marshal Skinner, Raymond Stull, Buster Dickerson, Brian Bell, Henry Gustavus, Chris Hill.

Butlerbuilt Heat Two 10 laps: Ricky Stenhouse, Don Young, Wade Oliver, Lee Sowell, TJ Wininegardner, Shane Morgan, Michael Craddock, Rod Craddock, Doug Berryman.

FSR Third Heat 10 laps: Danny Martin, Jr., Derek Hagar, Lance Moss, Ronnie Howard, Ryan Myers, Shane Nelson, Andy McElhannon, Rob Hartman, Michael Miller. Buster Dickerson, Don Young,

Lucas Oil Super Power Dash semi-final: Top four transferred Jason Sides, Ricky Stenhouse, Lee Sowell, Derek Hagar, Lance Moss, Buster Dickerson, Don Young, Wade Oliver, Shane Morgan, Raymond Stull.

Top 8 cars in qualifying points after Friday night for Saturday nights season finale Battle at the Bullring are: Stenhouse, Ward, Martin, Sides, Gray, Sowell, Myers, Oliver. All others run the two B-Mains. Races were over at 10:30 pm sharp!

LUCAS OIL SUPER POWER DASH AT 6:30pm Sharp on Saturday night. .