Spencer Hughes Completes COMP Cams Super Dirt Series Weekend Sweep With Win At The Mag

Story By: BEN SHELTON / COMP CAMS SUPER DIRT SERIES – COLUMBUS, MI – Inheriting the lead when Ethan Dotson suffered mechanical woes, Spencer Hughes led the final 12 laps to complete the weekend of the Clash at the Mag with the COMP Cams Super Dirt Series Super Late Models.

The Saturday night triumph was worth $12,000 at Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Miss.) and paired with his Saturday night victory pushed his weekend take to over $17,000.

“I knew we wasn’t bad right there, I just wasn’t very good on the cushion,” Hughes said in Victory Lane. “We really just needed some green flag laps, so once this (track) cleaned up, you could race all over it. It’s awesome seeing all these fans out here, I seen so many new t-shirts walking around too, I appreciate all y’all supporting us and glad finally able to come back here in front of a packed house and put on a good show.”

NewVisionCustomShirts.com Pole Sitter John Henderson brought the field to the green flag with Kaden Honeycutt starting to his outside.

For the first time in his career Honeycutt grabbed the lead as the feature started, and paced the first 26 circuits before the third-starting Ethan Dotson took control. Dotson stayed out front until bad luck bit him for the second-straight night. A mechanical failure on the 38th circuit caused him to stop, bringing out the race’s sixth-and-final caution.

Hughes assumed the point and paced the final 12 circuits on his way to his second win in as many nights, and the fourth series triumph of his career.

Fifth-starting Josh Putnam finished second with Chad Thrash, 12th-starting Clay Stuckey, and 13th-starting Sam Seawright completed the Top-5 finishers.

Logan Martin was the MD3 Bodies Hard Charger, advancing 14 spots to finish eighth.

On the heels of his weekend performances, Logan Martin existed the weekend as the Midwest Sheet Metal Marked Man with a 15-point advantage over Morgan Bagley atop the series standings.

The tour continues the 2024 season July 26 at Texarkana (Ark.) 67 Speedway with the $5,555-to-win Kenneth Mitchell Memorial before invading Batesville Motor Speedway (Locust Grove, Ark.) on Saturday, July 27 for the $5,000-to-win Hillbilly.

COMP Cams Super Dirt Series – June 15, 2024
Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Miss.)

COMP CAMS A Feature 1 (50 Laps): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[4]; 2. 212-Josh Putnam[5]; 3. 1C-Chad Thrash[6]; 4. 15S-Clayton Stuckey[12]; 5. 16S-Sam Seawright[13]; 6. 54-David Breazeale[16]; 7. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[2]; 8. 36-Logan Martin[22]; 9. 2X-John Henderson[1]; 10. 1-BJ Robinson[23]; 11. 5M-Jon Mitchell[24]; 12. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[20]; 13. 11-Jon Kirby[26]; 14. 90R-Brian Rickman[8]; 15. 34-Noah Daspit[19]; 16. 12-Scott Crigler[14]; 17. 2-Charlie Cole[25]; 18. 116-Cameron Weaver[7]; 19. 17-Jarret Stuckey[21]; 20. 86B-Kyle Beard[11]; 21. 14M-Morgan Bagley[18]; 22. 174-Ethan Dotson[3]; 23. F1-Payton Freeman[9]; 24. C6-Oakley Johns[10]; 25. 18-Ross Camponovo[15]; 26. 1S-Jeremy Shaw[17]

DELTA THUNDER MOTORSPORTS B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. 1S-Jeremy Shaw[1]; 2. 34-Noah Daspit[2]; 3. 17-Jarret Stuckey[3]; 4. 99-JR Moseley[5]; 5. 38-Dillon Tidmore[6]; 6. 5-Austin Vincent[9]; 7. 78-Matthew Brocato[7]; 8. 7JR-Shane Stephens[4]; 9. 11-Jon Kirby[12]; 10. B17-Brandon Ball[11]; 11. 2-Charlie Cole[10]; 12. 74-Mike Carr[15]; 13. 7-David Payne[16]; 14. USA1A-Devon Andrews[14]; 15. 5M-Jon Mitchell[8]; 16. (DNS) 12W-Ashton Winger

PW SALES B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 14M-Morgan Bagley[2]; 2. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[1]; 3. 36-Logan Martin[9]; 4. 12E-Jamie Elam[6]; 5. 86R-Rick Rickman[5]; 6. 2S-Stormy Scott[8]; 7. 1-BJ Robinson[12]; 8. C11JR-Chase Williams[10]; 9. 25W-Chase Walls[14]; 10. 88-Chance Mann[7]; 11. 25-Mikey Kile[3]; 12. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[4]; 13. (DNS) 24-Jake Elam; 14. (DNS) 27-Lynn Irwin; 15. (DNS) 955-Talan Willis

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Mark Martin Automotive Group A & Overall Fast Qualifier (and overall): John Henderson (13.959 sec.)
Mark Martin Automotive Group B Fast Qualifier: Talan Willis (14.283 sec.)
Tommy Surrett Trucking Heat Race #1 Winner: Spencer Hughes
Dixon Road U-Pull-It Heat Race #2 Winner: Ethan Dotson
MI Truck Center Heat Race #3 Winner: Kaden Honeycutt
PW Sales Heat Race #4 Winner: Spencer Hughes
Lap Leaders: Kaden Honeycutt (1-26), Ethan Dotson (27-38), Spencer Hughes (39-50)
NewVisionCustomShirts.com Pole Sitter: John Henderson
MD3 Five Star Bodies Hard Charger: Logan Martin (22nd-to-eighth)
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13: Jon Kirby
Series Provisionals: B.J. Robinson, Jon Mitchell, Charlie Cole, Jon Kirby
COMP Cams Top Performer: Spencer Hughes
Midwest Sheet Metal Marked Man: Logan Martin
Midwest Sheet Metal Rookie: Brandon Ball

Hughes Snares COMP Cams Super Dirt Series Clash at The Mag Opener

Topping a mid-race battle with Ethan Dotson for the lead, Spencer Hughes went on to bank the $5,000 COMP Cams Super Dirt Series Super Late Model win on Friday night at Johnny Stokes’ Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Miss.) during the opening round of the 2024 edition of the Clash at the Mag.

“I’ll have to go back and watch that one, I can only imagine what all was going on behind me there,” Hughes said. “We got the lead there and it was really good, but just more of that lapped traffic and stuff that we really didn’t know where to be (on the track). I just kept down there watching (crewman) Caleb (Todd) and I think at times I needed to be up higher.”

California’s Dotson led the first 8 laps from the outside front row before the fourth-starting Hughes jumped to the lead on the ninth circuit. Hughes led the way until lap 14 when Dotson inched ahead to once again lead. However, Hughes wouldn’t be denied, taking the lead back on the 15th circuit en route to his third-career CCSDS win.

Dotson saw his bid for the win come to an end after a slider from Ashton Winger resulted in heavy damage to his nose. Dotson retired on lap 17 to a 23rd-place finish.

Ninth-starting Ashton Winger finished second 0.747 seconds back with the eighth-starting Freeman in fourth, sixth-starting Chad Thrash in fourth, and 10th-starting Stormy Scott rounding out the Top 5.

Jon Kirby earned the MD3 Hard Charger Award for advancing from 25th-to-15th.

Next on tap is Saturday’s program, which is headlined by a complete $12,000-to-win CCSDS Super Late Model program. Also in action are Street Stocks ($1,000-to-win), Factory Stocks ($500-to-win), Crate Racin’ USA 604 Late Models ($1,000-to-win), and 602 Late Model Sportsman ($600-to-win).The driver’s meeting is at 6 p.m. with on-track action at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday grandstand admission is $30 (ages 11-and-up) with children (ages 6-10) $5 and kids (ages 5-and-under) free. Saturday pit admission (ages 11-and-up) is $40 with children (ages 6-10) $30 and kids (ages 5-and-under) free.

Weekend 4-wheeler, ATV, dirt bike, etc passes are $25.

COMP Cams Super Dirt Series – June 14, 2024
Magnolia Motor Speedway (Columbus, Miss.)

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 19M-Spencer Hughes[4]; 2. 12W-Ashton Winger[9]; 3. F1-Payton Freeman[8]; 4. 1C-Chad Thrash[6]; 5. 2S-Stormy Scott[10]; 6. 212-Josh Putnam[7]; 7. 16S-Sam Seawright[3]; 8. 54-David Breazeale[16]; 9. 86B-Kyle Beard[18]; 10. 1S-Jeremy Shaw[5]; 11. 36-Logan Martin[15]; 12. C6-Oakley Johns[19]; 13. 1-BJ Robinson[13]; 14. 11K-Austin Kirkpatrick[12]; 15. 11-Jon Kirby[25]; 16. 2X-John Henderson[1]; 17. 14M-Morgan Bagley[21]; 18. 7JR-Shane Stephens[17]; 19. 5M-Jon Mitchell[14]; 20. 12C-Scott Crigler[24]; 21. 99-JR Moseley[22]; 22. 38-Dillon Tidmore[11]; 23. 74X-Ethan Dotson[2]; 24. 34-Noah Daspit[20]; 25. 15-Clayton Stuckey[23]; 26. B17-Brandon Ball[26]

MISSISSIPPI POLICE SUPPLY B Feature 1 (10 Laps): 1. C6-Oakley Johns[1]; 2. 14M-Morgan Bagley[2]; 3. 90R-Brian Rickman[6]; 4. 10-Kaden Honeycutt[3]; 5. 00M-Monte Skinner[5]; 6. 25K-Mikey Kile[7]; 7. 232-Jamey Boland[4]; 8. USA1A-Devon Andrews[10]; 9. 116-Cameron Weaver[8]; 10. 25-Chase Walls[13]; 11. 24-Jake Elam[11]; 12. (DNF) C11JR-Chase Williams[16]; 13. (DNF) 88-Chance Mann[14]; 14. (DNF) B17-Brandon Ball[9]; 15. (DNS) 27-Lynn Irwin; 16. (DNS) 955-Talan Willis

ADVANCED POWDERCOATING B Feature 2 (10 Laps): 1. 34-Noah Daspit[1]; 2. 99-JR Moseley[4]; 3. 51B-Brandon Carpenter[3]; 4. 5-Austin Vincent[6]; 5. 74-Mike Carr[5]; 6. 12-Jamie Elam[2]; 7. 11-Jon Kirby[9]; 8. 18-Ross Camponovo[8]; 9. 86R-Rick Rickman[11]; 10. 15-Clayton Stuckey[7]; 11. 17-Jarret Stuckey[10]; 12. 2-Charlie Cole[13]; 13. 12C-Scott Crigler[12]; 14. 7-David Payne[14]; 15. (DNS) M2-Caden Mullinax

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Mark Martin Automotive Group A & Overall Fast Qualifier (and overall): John Henderson (14.419 sec.)
Mark Martin Automotive Group B Fast Qualifier: Ethan Dotson (14.838 sec.)
Delta Thunder Motorsports Heat Race #1 Winner: John Henderson
Black Diamond Chassis Heat Race #2 Winner: Sam Seawright
Weiland Heat Race #3 Winner: Dillon Tidmore
Comprehensive Motorsports Heat Race #4 Winner: Ethan Dotson
Farmers Tree Service Heat Race #5 Winner: Spencer Hughes
Dixon Road U-Pull-It Heat Race #6 Winner: Chad Thrash
Lap Leaders: Ethan Dotson (1-8, 14); Spencer Hughes (9-13, 15-30)
NewVisionCustomShirts.com Pole Sitter: John Henderson
MD3 Five Star Bodies Hard Charger: Jon Kirby (25th to 10th)
Deatherage Opticians Lucky 13: B.J. Robinson
Series Provisionals: Clay Stuckey, Scott Crigler, Jon Kirby, Brandon Ball
COMP Cams Top Performer: Spencer Hughes
Midwest Sheet Metal Marked Man: Morgan Bagley
Midwest Sheet Metal Rookie: Brandon Ball