Exciting Opening Night Complete At Macon Speedway
The start-of the 2015 racing season at Macon Speedway featured top notch racing with side-by-side action and furious finishes.

The first feature of the season saw Timmy Dick hold off Jeremy Nichols for the 15-lap victory. Nichols tried everything from lane switches to slide jobs but could not get or hold the lead as the crowd went into a frenzy.

Defending Street Stock champion Bobby Beiler picked up where he left off as he made short work of the 20-lap feature and first event in the Big Ten Street Stock Series. The battle was for second as Terry Reed and Nick Justice beat and banged and on the backstretch of the final lap, Justice lost a wheel and spun into the infield, unable to finish.

The broom was out in the Pro Late Model division as Tommy Sheppard, Jr. won the dash, heat and feature race. Matt Taylor was the overall fast qualifier and finished second to Sheppard in each race.

In the Billingsley Towing Modified division, TD Burger drove from an hour south of Chicago to race and win at historic Macon Speedway, and that is exactly what he did. Not even Macon Speedway co-owner and NASCAR star Ken Schrader could stop him. Burger was quick on the high groove and kept the lead despite Schrader and Rodney Standerfer coming from the bottom.

A big group of 4-cylinder Hornets competed for the checkered flag but nobody was as fast as former National Champion Adam Webb. Webb cruised to the victory circle and got his 2015 started off right at Macon Speedway.
Big shows finish off April at Macon Speedway as the POWRi Midgets and Micro Sprints headline the program next Saturday, along with the Billingsley Towing Modifieds, Street Stocks and Hornets. A special Thursday night show ends April with the St. Louis U-Pic-A-Part 100, a 100-lap extravaganza for the Lucas Oil Late Model Series.

UMP Pro Late Model – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 T6    Tommy Sheppard Jr    Berlin , Il
2 1 24    Matt Taylor    Springfield , Il
3 3 X    Bobby Beiler    Blue Mound, Il
4 4 14    Braden Johnson    Stonington , Il
5 5 15C    Kevin Crowder    Argenta , Il
6 6 V1    Victor Overlin    Decatur , Il

UMP Modified – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 32B    Td Burger    Saunemin , Il
2 3 9    Ken Schrader    Concord , Nc
3 1 28    Rodney Standerfer    Germantown , Il
4 4 17H    Rick Hamilton    Decatur , Il
5 8 10Z    Zach Rhodes    Taylorville , Il
6 7 71    Jeff Graham    Stonington , Il
7 10 57R    Thomas Riech    Springfield , Il
8 6 35    Clark Robertson    Shelbyville , Il
9 12 35S    Randy Spaugh    Decatur , Il
10 5 28S    Joe Strawkas    Buffalo , Il
11 9 16    Nick Macklin    Argenta , Il DNS
12 11 111    Zack Bunning    Decatur , Il DNS

UMP Sportsman – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 1 22    Timmy Dick    Monticello , Il
2 5 J24    Jeremy Nichols    Shelbyville , Il
3 4 57N    Doug Nevill    Springfield , Il
4 9 D98    Danny Smith    Argenta , Il
5 7 72    Tom Graham    Stonington , Il
6 2 B99    Tim Bedinger    Taylorville , Il
7 8 93    Ty Nation    Taylorville , Il DNF
8 3 84    Tyler Blankenship    Vandalia , Il DNF
9 6 7    Phil Moreland    Assumption , Il DNF

UMP Street Stock – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 3 X    Bobby Beiler    Blue Mound, Il
2 9 11    Terry Reed    Decatur , Il
3 7 8    Brian Dasenbrock    Decatur , Il
4 2 25    Greg Osman    Macon , Il
5 6 57R    Thomas Riech    Springfield , Il
6 1 26    Kyle Waters    Oreana , Il
7 5 45    Luke Force    Argenta , Il
8 12 5    Ben Medaris    Decatur , Il
9 4 36    Nick Justice    Harristown , Il
10 10 52R    Jeffery Reed Jr.    Blue Mound, Il
11 11 75    Toby Kreher    Lovington , Il
12 13 42D    Brandon Dick    Decatur , Il
13 14 58    Tharen Reno    Springfield , Il DNF
14 8 55S    Jason Scrimpsher    Decatur , Il DNF
15 16 17    Ronnie Burns    Cerro Gordo, Il DNF
16 15 11J    Dillon Justice    Harristown , Il DNF

UMP Hornet – Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown
1 2 19J    Adam Webb    Decatur , Il
2 1 G6    Thad Gee    Bloomington , Il
3 6 7    John Bright Jr    Decatur , Il
4 5 23S    Garrett Lewis    Decatur , Il
5 9 G66    Steven Stine    Stonington , Il
6 7 35W    Austin Wickline    Harristown , Il
7 15 205    Michael Gossett    Decatur , Il
8 11 4    Matthew Reed    Blue Mound, Il
9 4 WILD!    Matt Boggs     –
10 10 31C    Matthew Cottrill    Riverton , Il
11 16 50T    Gary Tooker    Mahomet , Il
12 8 66    Mike Mc Christy    Mt. Zion, Il
13 14 12    Terry Myers    Springfield , Il
14 12 44    John Lewis    Decatur , Il
15 3 44B    Brandon Buatte    Mulberry Grove, Il
16 13 50    Ben Mcchristy    Mt Zion, Il
17 17 39    Marty Sullivan    Decatur , Il DNS