Lebanon,Mo.-The only thing hotter than the weather was the racing action Friday Night at the MidwaySpeedway as 5 new winners in the 2009 racing season grabbed victories
In the Action packed FactoryStock feature paying $500 to win,Derek Brown set a quick pace from his pole position with points runner-up Ben Solberg on his outside with Brown leading the pack as Solberg,point leader Bob Gustin,Donnie Gennings and Chip Shaddux following.The first of several yellows flew on lap 4 as Shaddux got against the backstretch wall asending him to the rear.On the restart,Chris Darnell who started 9th moving up to fifth place spun in turn 1 collecting up Tommy Lewis and Tyson Troutman.With Brown holding off repeated challanges from Solberg,new faces were coming to the front quickly as James Flood,Dylan Keepper,defending champion Tim Petty and Donnie Miller were moving up in the standings.The feature seemed to be marred with several yellows as the time limit on the feature was drawing closer that on the yellow on lap 8,the field was told 2 laps to go in the event.On the restart,Solberg shot to the inside of Brown's car,but Derek got a strong bite out of turn 2 while drivers were swapping spots and still moving forward.As the checkered flew,Brown would grab his first win of the season and becoming the 4th different winner in FactoryStocks this season with Solberg hanging on to the runner-up spot followed by Gustin,Gennings and Dylan Keepper.
The Bombers provided the best feature of the evening setting the standards for the rest of the events.Kolt Barker grabbed the early lead with Jeff Brown following closely.Rodney Yost who started sixth on the grid moved around Brandon Waters to take over third place and began his move forward.Caution flew on lap 4 as Brian Warner came to a halt with a flat tire.On the restart Barker was setting a quick pace as runner-up Brown spun on lap 5 bunching up the field.On the restart,Yost started to apply pressure as Matt Pilant and point leader Joe Francis and last weeks winner Shawn Strong moved into the standings.Yost began to apply pressure to the leader Barker and on lap 11 took over the lead as Strong who was going for three in arow moved up to challange.On the final lap Strong set his sights on Yost and began to pull even with the leader as Yost was staying smooth in the middle groove.Heading out of turn 4,Strong moved to the top side and pulled even,but Yost got the better grip out of the turn to grab his first ever win with Strong,Waters,early leader Barker and JR Aitken completing the top 5.
The B-Mods had a rough start to the feature as the field bunched-up in turn 1 sending Tyler Brown,Rob White and Josh Woody to the rear of the field.On the restart,Brian Millsap grabbed the top spot early Points runner-up Jason Otto made a charge around Mickey Burrell to grab the early lead as several yellows caused the feature to go to the time limit.A five car battle up front with Otto and Burrell along with point leader Jeff albright Jr,JC Morotn and Brian Webster.In the closing laps,Otto hold hold on to record his second win of the season with Burrell a solid second followed by Morton who charged from the 8th starting spot,Albright and Webster completing the top 5 as 15 of the 19 starters were on the lead lap.
Another new first time winner was crowned in the Non-Winged Sprint feature as Lebanon driver Scotty Wedelstadt grabbed the lead on the opening lap and held off repeated charges from Steven Cross to capture the event.It was Wedelstadt's first ever feature win in his SprintCar seasons.
The HillBilly Farm Truck again provided a first time winner as Matt Shriner in only his second ever race grabbed the 4 wide start lead on the opening lap and held off several attempts from Steve Steinmark in grabbing the victory.Steinmark made several attempts in the late stages of the race but got sideways in turn 1 allowing Shriner to pull away.Willie Payne and Tim Early completed the field.
The Enduro feature provided plent of side by side racing as the 2-man Enduro car of Tommy Lewis and steve Hixson grabbed the opening lead on the 4 wide start with Matt Stephens close behind and last weeks purestock winner Danny Caffey following.With the Lewis car setting a fast pace and Stephens right beside him,Caffey began to close up the gap as Brian Schutt had problems and lost a couple of laps early.Around the lap 20 mark,Caffey had caught the lead duo and was closing to the top spot as Kris Jackson's strong run ended early as he lost a tire ending his night setting on the backstretchwall.On lap 25,Caffey moved around the leaders and pulled away to open up a 4 second lead as the Lewis team settled in with Stephens still a solid third.early contenders Joe Francis and Kolt Barker were setting a solid pace and battling for position.Joe Hatfield had a big puff of smoke come from his car and let water down on the track on lap 45 as Caffey was starting to slow some.Lewis began there charge back to the front again by lap 55 took back the lead as Caffey settled in to a solid pace.Stephens running third had lost a lap to the leaders.On lap 60,The Lewis car again with 2 drivers was starting to slow as Caffey was making up some ground.Caffey closed the gap up to half a straight-away,but couldn't get any closer as Lewis grabbed his first ever Midway win with Caffey,Stephens,Kolt Barker completing the top 4.
Action resumes Friday Night July 3rd with a special Fireworks show at intermission along with racin in the USRA Modifieds,FactoryStocks,Bombers,LateodelSportsman and Purestocks.Gates open at 5 with Racing at 8PM Sharp.
Results
FactoryStocks-1)Derek Brown-Stoutland 2)Ben Solberg-Springfield 3)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 4)Donnie Gennings-Eldrige 5)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 6)Tim Petty-Niangua 7)Donnie Miller-Houston 8)Chris Darnell-Springfield 9)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 10)Chip Shaddux-Hermitage 11)Tyson Troutman-Houston 12)John Darnell-Springfield 13)James Flood-Billings 14)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 15)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 16)Tommy Lewis-Rogers,Ark. 17)Chris Wynn-Niangua 18)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 19)Tim Brown-Stoutland 20)Mike Teeters-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Solberg 2)Gennings 3)Flood 4)Petty 5)S.Keepper 6)Miller 7)Teeters
2nd HT-1)Brown 2)Gustin 3)Troutman 4)C.Darnell 5)Scharr 6)Wynn 7)Wilson
3rd Ht-1)Shaddux 2)D.Keepper 3)J.Darnell 4)T.Brown 5)Lewis 6)Mooney
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Jason Otto-Richland 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)JC Morton-Springfield 4)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 5)Brian Webster-Richland 6)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 7)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 8)Greg Strong-Nixa 9)Rob White-Lebanon 10)Matt Hamner-Camdenton 11)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon 12)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 13)Charlie Gentile-Nixa 14)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 15)Derek Cook-Lebanon 16)Brian Myers-Lebanon 17)Brian Millsap-Lebanon 18)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon 19)Micheal Stake-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Otto 2)Webster 3)Millsap 4)Cook 5)Ted Ballinger 6)Gentile 7)Tim Ballinger
2nd Ht-1)Morton 2)White 3)Brown 4)Strong 5)Hamner 6)Myers
3rd Ht-1)Woody 2)Burrell 3)Stake 4)Albright 5)Jackson 6)Ellingson
Bombers
A Ft-1)Rodney Yost-Squires 2)Shawn Strong-Republic 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 5)JR Aitken-Brighton 6)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 7)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 8)Joe Francis-Lebanon 9)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 10)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 11)Jeff Brown-Springfield 12)Monk Barker-Lebanon 13)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 14)Josh Rupp-Sparta
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Barker 3)Lewis 4)Warner 5)Froshey 6)Pilant 7)Aitken
2nd HT-1)Waters 2)Yost 3)Brown 4)K.Barker 5)Strong 6)Rupp 7)Lowrance
Non-WingedSprints
A Ft-1)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 2)Stephen Cross-Appleton City 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Kyle Carpenter-Marshfield 5)Erik Enniking-Waynesville DNS-Frank Brown-Marshall
Ht-1)Brown 2)Quick 3)Wedelstadt 4)Enniking 5)Cross 6)Carpenter
Trucks-1)Matt Shriner-Sparta 2)Steve Steinmark-Lebanon 3)Willie Payne-Lebanon 4)Tim Early-Lebanon
Enduro-1)Tommy Lewis-Rogers,Ark. 2)Danny Caffey-Conway 3)Matt Stephens-Stoutland 4)Kolt Barker-Lebanon
In the Action packed FactoryStock feature paying $500 to win,Derek Brown set a quick pace from his pole position with points runner-up Ben Solberg on his outside with Brown leading the pack as Solberg,point leader Bob Gustin,Donnie Gennings and Chip Shaddux following.The first of several yellows flew on lap 4 as Shaddux got against the backstretch wall asending him to the rear.On the restart,Chris Darnell who started 9th moving up to fifth place spun in turn 1 collecting up Tommy Lewis and Tyson Troutman.With Brown holding off repeated challanges from Solberg,new faces were coming to the front quickly as James Flood,Dylan Keepper,defending champion Tim Petty and Donnie Miller were moving up in the standings.The feature seemed to be marred with several yellows as the time limit on the feature was drawing closer that on the yellow on lap 8,the field was told 2 laps to go in the event.On the restart,Solberg shot to the inside of Brown's car,but Derek got a strong bite out of turn 2 while drivers were swapping spots and still moving forward.As the checkered flew,Brown would grab his first win of the season and becoming the 4th different winner in FactoryStocks this season with Solberg hanging on to the runner-up spot followed by Gustin,Gennings and Dylan Keepper.
The Bombers provided the best feature of the evening setting the standards for the rest of the events.Kolt Barker grabbed the early lead with Jeff Brown following closely.Rodney Yost who started sixth on the grid moved around Brandon Waters to take over third place and began his move forward.Caution flew on lap 4 as Brian Warner came to a halt with a flat tire.On the restart Barker was setting a quick pace as runner-up Brown spun on lap 5 bunching up the field.On the restart,Yost started to apply pressure as Matt Pilant and point leader Joe Francis and last weeks winner Shawn Strong moved into the standings.Yost began to apply pressure to the leader Barker and on lap 11 took over the lead as Strong who was going for three in arow moved up to challange.On the final lap Strong set his sights on Yost and began to pull even with the leader as Yost was staying smooth in the middle groove.Heading out of turn 4,Strong moved to the top side and pulled even,but Yost got the better grip out of the turn to grab his first ever win with Strong,Waters,early leader Barker and JR Aitken completing the top 5.
The B-Mods had a rough start to the feature as the field bunched-up in turn 1 sending Tyler Brown,Rob White and Josh Woody to the rear of the field.On the restart,Brian Millsap grabbed the top spot early Points runner-up Jason Otto made a charge around Mickey Burrell to grab the early lead as several yellows caused the feature to go to the time limit.A five car battle up front with Otto and Burrell along with point leader Jeff albright Jr,JC Morotn and Brian Webster.In the closing laps,Otto hold hold on to record his second win of the season with Burrell a solid second followed by Morton who charged from the 8th starting spot,Albright and Webster completing the top 5 as 15 of the 19 starters were on the lead lap.
Another new first time winner was crowned in the Non-Winged Sprint feature as Lebanon driver Scotty Wedelstadt grabbed the lead on the opening lap and held off repeated charges from Steven Cross to capture the event.It was Wedelstadt's first ever feature win in his SprintCar seasons.
The HillBilly Farm Truck again provided a first time winner as Matt Shriner in only his second ever race grabbed the 4 wide start lead on the opening lap and held off several attempts from Steve Steinmark in grabbing the victory.Steinmark made several attempts in the late stages of the race but got sideways in turn 1 allowing Shriner to pull away.Willie Payne and Tim Early completed the field.
The Enduro feature provided plent of side by side racing as the 2-man Enduro car of Tommy Lewis and steve Hixson grabbed the opening lead on the 4 wide start with Matt Stephens close behind and last weeks purestock winner Danny Caffey following.With the Lewis car setting a fast pace and Stephens right beside him,Caffey began to close up the gap as Brian Schutt had problems and lost a couple of laps early.Around the lap 20 mark,Caffey had caught the lead duo and was closing to the top spot as Kris Jackson's strong run ended early as he lost a tire ending his night setting on the backstretchwall.On lap 25,Caffey moved around the leaders and pulled away to open up a 4 second lead as the Lewis team settled in with Stephens still a solid third.early contenders Joe Francis and Kolt Barker were setting a solid pace and battling for position.Joe Hatfield had a big puff of smoke come from his car and let water down on the track on lap 45 as Caffey was starting to slow some.Lewis began there charge back to the front again by lap 55 took back the lead as Caffey settled in to a solid pace.Stephens running third had lost a lap to the leaders.On lap 60,The Lewis car again with 2 drivers was starting to slow as Caffey was making up some ground.Caffey closed the gap up to half a straight-away,but couldn't get any closer as Lewis grabbed his first ever Midway win with Caffey,Stephens,Kolt Barker completing the top 4.
Action resumes Friday Night July 3rd with a special Fireworks show at intermission along with racin in the USRA Modifieds,FactoryStocks,Bombers,LateodelSportsman and Purestocks.Gates open at 5 with Racing at 8PM Sharp.
Results
FactoryStocks-1)Derek Brown-Stoutland 2)Ben Solberg-Springfield 3)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 4)Donnie Gennings-Eldrige 5)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 6)Tim Petty-Niangua 7)Donnie Miller-Houston 8)Chris Darnell-Springfield 9)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 10)Chip Shaddux-Hermitage 11)Tyson Troutman-Houston 12)John Darnell-Springfield 13)James Flood-Billings 14)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 15)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 16)Tommy Lewis-Rogers,Ark. 17)Chris Wynn-Niangua 18)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 19)Tim Brown-Stoutland 20)Mike Teeters-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Solberg 2)Gennings 3)Flood 4)Petty 5)S.Keepper 6)Miller 7)Teeters
2nd HT-1)Brown 2)Gustin 3)Troutman 4)C.Darnell 5)Scharr 6)Wynn 7)Wilson
3rd Ht-1)Shaddux 2)D.Keepper 3)J.Darnell 4)T.Brown 5)Lewis 6)Mooney
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Jason Otto-Richland 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)JC Morton-Springfield 4)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 5)Brian Webster-Richland 6)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 7)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 8)Greg Strong-Nixa 9)Rob White-Lebanon 10)Matt Hamner-Camdenton 11)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon 12)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 13)Charlie Gentile-Nixa 14)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 15)Derek Cook-Lebanon 16)Brian Myers-Lebanon 17)Brian Millsap-Lebanon 18)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon 19)Micheal Stake-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Otto 2)Webster 3)Millsap 4)Cook 5)Ted Ballinger 6)Gentile 7)Tim Ballinger
2nd Ht-1)Morton 2)White 3)Brown 4)Strong 5)Hamner 6)Myers
3rd Ht-1)Woody 2)Burrell 3)Stake 4)Albright 5)Jackson 6)Ellingson
Bombers
A Ft-1)Rodney Yost-Squires 2)Shawn Strong-Republic 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 5)JR Aitken-Brighton 6)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 7)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 8)Joe Francis-Lebanon 9)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 10)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 11)Jeff Brown-Springfield 12)Monk Barker-Lebanon 13)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 14)Josh Rupp-Sparta
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Barker 3)Lewis 4)Warner 5)Froshey 6)Pilant 7)Aitken
2nd HT-1)Waters 2)Yost 3)Brown 4)K.Barker 5)Strong 6)Rupp 7)Lowrance
Non-WingedSprints
A Ft-1)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 2)Stephen Cross-Appleton City 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Kyle Carpenter-Marshfield 5)Erik Enniking-Waynesville DNS-Frank Brown-Marshall
Ht-1)Brown 2)Quick 3)Wedelstadt 4)Enniking 5)Cross 6)Carpenter
Trucks-1)Matt Shriner-Sparta 2)Steve Steinmark-Lebanon 3)Willie Payne-Lebanon 4)Tim Early-Lebanon
Enduro-1)Tommy Lewis-Rogers,Ark. 2)Danny Caffey-Conway 3)Matt Stephens-Stoutland 4)Kolt Barker-Lebanon
