Kennedale, Texas (March 5, 2010) – The O’Reilly/National Championship Racing Association kicked off its 40th anniversary season with the series’ modified south division getting things started as they made their first ever appearance at the ‘lil quarter mile clay oval of Cowtown Speedway in Kennedale, Texas with the sanctioning of the tracks annual February Fast 50 here Friday night. After Friday nights three qualifiers were complete it was John Allen, Clyde Dunn, Jr. and Tim Clonch who took home the fifteen lap feature victories and guaranteed themselves a spot in Saturday nights $2,000 to win feature finale.

Jacob Pirkle of Venus, Texas started on the front row with Jay Sale of Edmond, Oklahoma along side as the field went green with Sale taking the early lead on the first lap. It was short lived, however, as Pirkle took over the top spot coming out of turn two on lap two. One lap later saw Allen, who started third, make his way past Sale for the third position and used the bottom side of the track to begin working his way up to challenge the leader as Pirkle found the top side to his liking. Continue reading »