Lebanon, Mo. / Some information contributed by Ronnie Williams
For Immediate Release 7/24/2015 –

After an exciting program of NASCAR Whelen All-American Series short track action last Saturday at The “High-Banks” of The Lebanon I-44 Speedway how do you top that, easy another high level program of competition along with country recording artist Ben Bradford performing on Regional Radio KJEL Night at the races brings the evening and energy level even higher.

Ben Bradford grew up influenced by some of country’s biggest heavyweights – Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, and Kenny Chesney. After some great results in the Texaco Country Showdown a local radio station recognized his talent and called on him to open one of their shows for Colt Ford, and soon he was on his way to Nashville to pursue his dream full force. Since then, he’s had the chance to open for acts like Chris Young, Colt Ford, and Grace Potter, and is currently writing with some of Nashville’s best writers.
Last year Ben took “Tequila Makes the World Go Round” straight to the top of the charts and Saturday night during KJEL 103.7 Night at the Races will be his first live performance of his latest single “Just a Little Bit” after its Nashville release this today.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Pro Late Model point leader is 1 of 6 different Pro Late Model feature winners this season out of 6 features and is clinging to a 36 point margin over defending Missouri State NASCAR Division 1 Champion Kaleb Allison while the big mover was last week’s winner Paul Jepsen vaulting to 3rd place as the battle for 3rd through 11th is very tight and the level of talent is at an all-time high.

Budweiser Modified point leader Tim Swearengin is still looking for his 1st feature win this season, but has placed 2nd three times along with four 3rd place finishes shows front running consistency. Last week former three time champion David Bates drove to a strong feature win to capture his 2nd win
rdin 2015. The big mover was rookie Todd Lauvray climbing to 3in the standings as defending champion Stephen Counterman finally shook off a rough start with a fast runner-up finish.

Sportsman driver and opening night winner Aaron Douglas moved back into the top spot by 10 points over “The Gentle Giant” JC Newell while Little JC Newell held off a hard charging Ken Dickinson in his 1st Sportsman race of the season adding another talented driver to the highly competitive and growing class.

Lebanon’s Hoosier Street Stock driver Jordan Nisbett earned a hard fought 3rd feature win last week in a 5 car battle along with extending his point lead over Les Mallard while the battle for 3rd through 10th is very tight. Another rookie, lady driver Lauren Buhr earned her 2nd heat race win and has Zack Morgan and others in a bumper to bumper battle while Lebanon’s Chris Johnson has been fast and Nick Cherry is climbing up the ladder in the standings.

For Rolla’s Coca-Cola Charger driver Ben White it was double the pleasure, double the fun as he won both features last week making 5 wins and jumping ahead of Jimmy Poindexter by only 12 points while Nik Taylor is knocking at the door of getting his 1st feature win and Japheth Nisbett had a strong showing after a hard crash 3 weeks ago. Mark Glorfeld made his 1st race of the season with 2 top 5 finishes and Larry Hunter is starting to get the bugs worked out of his new car in the Speedway’s entry level class.

All 5 NASCAR short track racing classes will be in action with Grandstand, Fan Deck, VIP Suite & Wild Side gates opening at 4pm. NASCAR Testing through 5:40 with racing to start at 6:30 and Ben Bradford live at the Fan Deck immediately following the races. Grandstand Adult – $12, Senior and Military – $8.00, Junior ages 11-15 – $5, kids 10 and under are FREE / VIP Suite (subject to availability) $20, Fan Deck Adult – $12, Senior and Military – $8.00, Wild Side (tier parking) Adult – $15, Senior and Military – $11.00, Junior ages 11-15 – $8, kids 10 and under are FREE

NASCAR Racing and Ben Bradford live in concert at Lebanon I-44 Speedway right after the races all for the same low ticket price!

For more information visit the website at www.i44speedway.net and follow up to date information on the popular Lebanon I-44 Speedway Facebook page.
Lebanon I-44 Speedway 2015 NASCAR Point Standings
NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Pro Late Models
1 15 JC Newell 642
2 47 Kaleb Allison 606
3 44 Paul Jepsen 533
4 3 Brennon Willard 530
5 2 Kyle Donahue 528
6 67 Jimmy Vanzant 527
7 7 Kevin Donahue 517
8 35 Steve Holt 494
9 O2 Brian Brown 480
10 O7 Terry Limberopoulos 462
11 26 Payton Lucas 424
12 21 Ken Dickinson 393
13 5 Josh Woody 389
14 O8 Jake Griffin 320
15 46 Cole Williams 223
16 97 Ron Hartford 141
17 51 Mike Slone 110
18 66 Brian Woods 68
19 30 Dalton Kirk 66
20 27 Joe Ross 52
21 O8 Richard Lewis 49
22 20 Cole Rouse 15
23 42 Mark Rouse 5
NASCAR Budweiser Modifieds
1 14 Tim Swearengin 816
2 6 Richard Lewis 708
3 15 Todd Lauvray 611
4 9 Brian Lewis 604
5 7 Ricky Icenhower 593
6 25 Stephen Counterman 568
7 10 Joe Bunkers 526
8 91 David Bates 477
9 OO Chris Johnson 341
10 64 David Strode 326
11 44 Kevin Blackburn 321
12 29 Rodrick Icenhower 299
13 1 Phil Harris 298
14 97 Ron Hartford 158
15 11 Mark Riddle 156
16 21 Adam Carmichael 88
17 66 Terry Taylor 68
18 0 Chris Kerperien 10

NASCAR Sportsman
1 7 Aaron Douglas 683
2 84 James C Newell 673
3 48 Jimmy Fohn 626
4 15 JC Newell 341
5 76 Jake Piel 307
6 21 Ken Dickinson 111
7 21 Randy Besser 103
8 40 James Fohn 88
9 79 AJ Bowman 88
NASCAR Hoosier Tire Street Stocks
1 33 Jordan Nisbett 789
2 21 Les Mallard 663
3 22 Lauren Buhr 581
4 14 Zach Morgan 579
5 27 Nick Cherry 510
6 OO Chris Johnson 486
7 0 Tony Johnson 484
8 5 Rick Sharp 481
9 8 Aaron Wilke 472
10 30 David Jennings 401
11 77 David Douglas 352
12 99 Shawn Schmidt 300
13 7 Joey Auxier 175
14 14 Chris Nichols 125
15 5 Riley Sharp 98
16 90 Steve Shaw 88
17 5 Jimmy Poindexter 86
18 2 Chris Shetler 80

NASCAR Coca-Cola Chargers
1 44 Ben White 819
2 5 Jimmy Poindexter 807
3 21 Nik Taylor 731
4 22 Japheth Nisbett 692
5 55 Jesse Poindexter 645
6 25 Luke Oster 589
7 10 Jason Walls 458
8 19 Cory Nutt 401
9 43 Charles Appleby 266
10 74 Larry Hunter 250
11 40 Mark Glorfeld 188
12 95 Ethan Mathis 170
13 37 Jary Hudson 16

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