Billy James made it five wins in five trips to the Malden Speedway with his quick 5 Jr. Late Model. Joining James in victory lane were Mike Francis in Modified, Claudie Cook in the 54C Hobby Stock, Jeff Beeson in Street Stock, Justin McBroom in E-Mods, and the team of Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning in Cruisers.
In a race that went all the way without caution, Billy James led all 20 laps. James jumped out from the pole and started pulling away from the field. He had pushed the lead to three seconds over Todd Hall in second by the midway point. Hall started reeling James back in and had closed the gap to a couple of car lengths by lap 15. The lead pair encountered lapped traffic on lap 19 allowing Hall to close to James' bumper, but that was as close as it would get. Steve Karnes took third in his first trip back to the Speedway since early in the season. Welcome back Steve. Jeff Moss and John Stephens rounded out the top five. James also won the Heat race.
Todd Hall took over the lead in points from Scott Bell, who was absent from the track this week. John Stephens is running third, with Jeff Moss fourth, only 26 points back.
LATE MODELS
8 Entries - 8 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
2. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
3. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
4. J2 Jeff Moss Harrisburg, AR
5. 11X John Stephens Dexter
6. 13 Dwayne Kiefer Bloomsdale
7. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
8. 11 Ron Elliott Sikeston
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Todd Hall 341
2. Scott Bell 334
3. John Stephens 333
4. Jeff Moss 315
5. Scott Gibbs 265
6. Joey Mack 222
7. Billy James 197
8. Gary Springs 180
9. Dwayne Kiefer 156
10. Steve Rushin 130
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Mike Francis took advantage of Greg King's misfortune to pick up his third Modified feature of the year. Francis took the lead from the pole with King and Claudie Cook right in tow. The trio raced both as a triangle and three wide while they were jockeying for position. On lap 7, King moved under both Francis and Cook coming out of turn two to take the lead. King started pulling away from the field at that point and had built a commanding four-second lead before caution flew on lap 17. On the restart, King drove hard into turn one trying to hold off both Francis and Cook who were suddenly right back on his bumper. King slid sideways and high in the turn but righted himself coming out, but the damage was done as the field was jammed up and two cars collected each other midpack. The caution was charged to King and he was sent to the rear of the field and had to settle for an eighth place finish. Francis inherited the lead following the caution and raced the final three laps unchallenged for the win. Cook had his hands full fighting for second with Larry Hull. The pair raced the final lap side by side until Cook took the spot coming out of turn four. Tony Anglin took fourth and Tim Webb rounded out the top five. Francis and King won the heat races.
MODIFIEDS
15 Entries - 14 Start Feature
1. 1 Mike Francis Fredericktown
2. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
3. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
4. G1 Tony Anglin Walnut Ridge, AR
5. 5 Tim Webb Senath
6. I-24 Shane Moody Bernie
7. 67 Austin Mathews Dexter
8. 1 Greg King Sikeston
9. 82 Gene Fowler Portageville
10. C4 Tim Cater Manilla, AR
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Mike Francis 424
2. Greg King 299
3. Troy Fowler 279
4. Robby Arnold 274
5. Shane Moody 244
6. Claudie Cook 242
7. Larry Hull 224
8. Tim Webb 221
9. Robert Powers 202
10. Jeff Greene 194
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Claudie Cook took advantage of teammate Tony Anglin's bad luck and parlayed it into a Hobby Stock feature win. Anglin earned the outside front row in the heat races, but was called for jumping the start and sent to the rear of the field, giving Cook the front row starting position. Cook settled in behind pole sitter Doug Moore and the duel was on. In some of the best racing of the evening, Moore and Cook raced cleanly side by side for three laps before Cook took the lead out of turn four on the fourth lap. Cook and Moore separated themselves from the pack from that point. They encountered lapped traffic on lap 11 and Cook pulled away somewhat to end Moore's challenge for the top spot. Anglin dove under Scott Tracer on lap 11 to take third but it was too late to close the gap on the leaders. Tracer held on for fourth and Greg Sparks took fifth. Moore and Anglin won the heat races.
HOBBY STOCK
11 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 54 C Claudie Cook Portageville
2. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
3. 54 A Tony Anglin Walnut Ridge, AR
4. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
5. 68 Greg Sparks Malden
6. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
7. KZ8 Lee Redden Steele
8. 25 Jason Pennington Qulin
9. J 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
10. 43 Mike Bonifield Bell City
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Doug Moore 404
2. Claudie Cook 380
3. Greg Sparks 367
4. Scott Tracer 351
5. Tony Anglin 297
6. Lee Redden 289
7. Tim Winchester 268
8. Chuck Tilley 231
9. Darrell Kelley 225
10. Jason Palmer 215
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Jeff Beeson picked up his second Street Stock feature in a row Friday night.
Beeson opened the race in the lead from the pole position. He held the lead until lap 4 when Kyle Berry came around the outside on turn two to take over the top spot. Berry led until lap 9 when Beeson returned the favor coming around the outside on turn four to retake the lead. Johnny Houart took over the second spot from Berry a lap later but he suffered mechanical problems and fell back to seventh place after a good run. A caution on lap11 set up a four-lap dash to the finish. On the restart, Michael Lack shot past Berry into second and he was on Beeson's tail by turn three. Lack would hound Beeson the rest of the way, and took a daring charge into the final turn of the race to try for the lead. The move almost backfired as Lack slid high in turn four, but he was able to hold onto second. Berry took third. Doug Moore charged from way back to take fourth. Greg Casey rounded out the top five. Beeson, Danny Hampton, and Casey won the heat races.
The excitement continued following the race as there was some heated discussions going on the pits. Berry lodged a protest against Beeson requesting an engine tear down. Beeson passed the inspection and retained the win.
STREET STOCK
23 Entries - 20 Start Feature
1. 4 Jeff Beeson Benton
2. 46 Michael Lack Caruthersville
3. 00 Kyle Berry Poplar Bluff
4. 3 Doug Moore Dexter
5. 42 A Greg Casey Sikeston
6. 84 Danny Hampton Sikeston
7. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
8. 26 Mike Elliott Ellsinore
9. 357 Jason Simpson Piggott, AR
10. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Paul Reeder 441
2. Aaron Darby 378
3. Coot Wilson 307
4. Mike Massie 288
5. Johnny Houart 286
6. Mike Elliott 262
7. Scott Wicker 228
8. Jason Simpson 217
9. Michael Lack 195
10. Jeff Beeson 191
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Justin McBroom survived a stiff challenge late from Tim Prine to pick up his sixth win of the year, fifth of the point season. Jeff Jarrell took the lead from the outside front row to start the race. McBroom passed him coming out off turn one on the second lap. Jarrell returned the favor a lap later, but it was nullified by a caution before the lap was finished. McBroom pulled away while Prine and Jarrell swapped the second spot back and fourth through the race. Prine took the position when Jarrell brought out the race's final caution flag with a spin in turn two on the seventh lap. McBroom and Prine dueled the rest of the way. Prine pulled a slide job pass attempt in turn two but could not make it stick coming onto the back straight. The leaders encountered lapped traffic with one to go, but McBroom found a safe path through for the win. Jarrell moved back through the field following his spin to take third. Tracy Redden and Todd Gibbs rounded out the top five.
McBroom and Jarrell won the heat races.
E-MODS
12 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 19 Justin McBroom Delaplaine, AR
2. 3 T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
3. 67 Jeff Jarrell Dexter
4. 27 Tracy Redden
Clarkton
5. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
6. 47 Jim Eubanks
Dexter
7. 80M Jeff McGhee Van
Buren
8. 62 Bubba Hicks Manilla, AR
9. U2 Jon Chandler
Blytheville, AR
10. 25 Shane Eubanks Dexter
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Tim Prine 427
2. Justin McBroom 400
3. Jeff McGhee 316
4. Jeff Jarrell 312
5. Jamie Daughhotee 216
6. Todd Gibbs 207
6. Jim Eubanks 207
8. Tracy Redden 180
9. Roy Ward 151
10. Holbrook Mitchell 148
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Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning in the Lucky 13 Cruiser led from start to finish in the Cruiser feature. With only four cars starting the race and two finishing, the Cruiser feature was not the most exciting race of the evening. Brown and Dunning also won the heat race.
CRUISERS
5 Entries - 4 Start Feature
1. Lucky 13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
2. 84 Null & Null Puxico
3. Lil 05 Redden & Redden Clarkton
4. 88J Wayne & Tracer Kennett
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Kelley & Kelley/Moore 445
2. Doublin & Doublin 423
3. Null & Null 359
4. Wayne & Harbrueger/Tracer 353
5. Champlin & Champlin 233
In a race that went all the way without caution, Billy James led all 20 laps. James jumped out from the pole and started pulling away from the field. He had pushed the lead to three seconds over Todd Hall in second by the midway point. Hall started reeling James back in and had closed the gap to a couple of car lengths by lap 15. The lead pair encountered lapped traffic on lap 19 allowing Hall to close to James' bumper, but that was as close as it would get. Steve Karnes took third in his first trip back to the Speedway since early in the season. Welcome back Steve. Jeff Moss and John Stephens rounded out the top five. James also won the Heat race.
Todd Hall took over the lead in points from Scott Bell, who was absent from the track this week. John Stephens is running third, with Jeff Moss fourth, only 26 points back.
LATE MODELS
8 Entries - 8 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
2. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
3. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
4. J2 Jeff Moss Harrisburg, AR
5. 11X John Stephens Dexter
6. 13 Dwayne Kiefer Bloomsdale
7. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
8. 11 Ron Elliott Sikeston
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Todd Hall 341
2. Scott Bell 334
3. John Stephens 333
4. Jeff Moss 315
5. Scott Gibbs 265
6. Joey Mack 222
7. Billy James 197
8. Gary Springs 180
9. Dwayne Kiefer 156
10. Steve Rushin 130
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Mike Francis took advantage of Greg King's misfortune to pick up his third Modified feature of the year. Francis took the lead from the pole with King and Claudie Cook right in tow. The trio raced both as a triangle and three wide while they were jockeying for position. On lap 7, King moved under both Francis and Cook coming out of turn two to take the lead. King started pulling away from the field at that point and had built a commanding four-second lead before caution flew on lap 17. On the restart, King drove hard into turn one trying to hold off both Francis and Cook who were suddenly right back on his bumper. King slid sideways and high in the turn but righted himself coming out, but the damage was done as the field was jammed up and two cars collected each other midpack. The caution was charged to King and he was sent to the rear of the field and had to settle for an eighth place finish. Francis inherited the lead following the caution and raced the final three laps unchallenged for the win. Cook had his hands full fighting for second with Larry Hull. The pair raced the final lap side by side until Cook took the spot coming out of turn four. Tony Anglin took fourth and Tim Webb rounded out the top five. Francis and King won the heat races.
MODIFIEDS
15 Entries - 14 Start Feature
1. 1 Mike Francis Fredericktown
2. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
3. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
4. G1 Tony Anglin Walnut Ridge, AR
5. 5 Tim Webb Senath
6. I-24 Shane Moody Bernie
7. 67 Austin Mathews Dexter
8. 1 Greg King Sikeston
9. 82 Gene Fowler Portageville
10. C4 Tim Cater Manilla, AR
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Mike Francis 424
2. Greg King 299
3. Troy Fowler 279
4. Robby Arnold 274
5. Shane Moody 244
6. Claudie Cook 242
7. Larry Hull 224
8. Tim Webb 221
9. Robert Powers 202
10. Jeff Greene 194
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Claudie Cook took advantage of teammate Tony Anglin's bad luck and parlayed it into a Hobby Stock feature win. Anglin earned the outside front row in the heat races, but was called for jumping the start and sent to the rear of the field, giving Cook the front row starting position. Cook settled in behind pole sitter Doug Moore and the duel was on. In some of the best racing of the evening, Moore and Cook raced cleanly side by side for three laps before Cook took the lead out of turn four on the fourth lap. Cook and Moore separated themselves from the pack from that point. They encountered lapped traffic on lap 11 and Cook pulled away somewhat to end Moore's challenge for the top spot. Anglin dove under Scott Tracer on lap 11 to take third but it was too late to close the gap on the leaders. Tracer held on for fourth and Greg Sparks took fifth. Moore and Anglin won the heat races.
HOBBY STOCK
11 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 54 C Claudie Cook Portageville
2. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
3. 54 A Tony Anglin Walnut Ridge, AR
4. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
5. 68 Greg Sparks Malden
6. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
7. KZ8 Lee Redden Steele
8. 25 Jason Pennington Qulin
9. J 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
10. 43 Mike Bonifield Bell City
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Doug Moore 404
2. Claudie Cook 380
3. Greg Sparks 367
4. Scott Tracer 351
5. Tony Anglin 297
6. Lee Redden 289
7. Tim Winchester 268
8. Chuck Tilley 231
9. Darrell Kelley 225
10. Jason Palmer 215
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Jeff Beeson picked up his second Street Stock feature in a row Friday night.
Beeson opened the race in the lead from the pole position. He held the lead until lap 4 when Kyle Berry came around the outside on turn two to take over the top spot. Berry led until lap 9 when Beeson returned the favor coming around the outside on turn four to retake the lead. Johnny Houart took over the second spot from Berry a lap later but he suffered mechanical problems and fell back to seventh place after a good run. A caution on lap11 set up a four-lap dash to the finish. On the restart, Michael Lack shot past Berry into second and he was on Beeson's tail by turn three. Lack would hound Beeson the rest of the way, and took a daring charge into the final turn of the race to try for the lead. The move almost backfired as Lack slid high in turn four, but he was able to hold onto second. Berry took third. Doug Moore charged from way back to take fourth. Greg Casey rounded out the top five. Beeson, Danny Hampton, and Casey won the heat races.
The excitement continued following the race as there was some heated discussions going on the pits. Berry lodged a protest against Beeson requesting an engine tear down. Beeson passed the inspection and retained the win.
STREET STOCK
23 Entries - 20 Start Feature
1. 4 Jeff Beeson Benton
2. 46 Michael Lack Caruthersville
3. 00 Kyle Berry Poplar Bluff
4. 3 Doug Moore Dexter
5. 42 A Greg Casey Sikeston
6. 84 Danny Hampton Sikeston
7. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
8. 26 Mike Elliott Ellsinore
9. 357 Jason Simpson Piggott, AR
10. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Paul Reeder 441
2. Aaron Darby 378
3. Coot Wilson 307
4. Mike Massie 288
5. Johnny Houart 286
6. Mike Elliott 262
7. Scott Wicker 228
8. Jason Simpson 217
9. Michael Lack 195
10. Jeff Beeson 191
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Justin McBroom survived a stiff challenge late from Tim Prine to pick up his sixth win of the year, fifth of the point season. Jeff Jarrell took the lead from the outside front row to start the race. McBroom passed him coming out off turn one on the second lap. Jarrell returned the favor a lap later, but it was nullified by a caution before the lap was finished. McBroom pulled away while Prine and Jarrell swapped the second spot back and fourth through the race. Prine took the position when Jarrell brought out the race's final caution flag with a spin in turn two on the seventh lap. McBroom and Prine dueled the rest of the way. Prine pulled a slide job pass attempt in turn two but could not make it stick coming onto the back straight. The leaders encountered lapped traffic with one to go, but McBroom found a safe path through for the win. Jarrell moved back through the field following his spin to take third. Tracy Redden and Todd Gibbs rounded out the top five.
McBroom and Jarrell won the heat races.
E-MODS
12 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 19 Justin McBroom Delaplaine, AR
2. 3 T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
3. 67 Jeff Jarrell Dexter
4. 27 Tracy Redden
Clarkton
5. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
6. 47 Jim Eubanks
Dexter
7. 80M Jeff McGhee Van
Buren
8. 62 Bubba Hicks Manilla, AR
9. U2 Jon Chandler
Blytheville, AR
10. 25 Shane Eubanks Dexter
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Tim Prine 427
2. Justin McBroom 400
3. Jeff McGhee 316
4. Jeff Jarrell 312
5. Jamie Daughhotee 216
6. Todd Gibbs 207
6. Jim Eubanks 207
8. Tracy Redden 180
9. Roy Ward 151
10. Holbrook Mitchell 148
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Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning in the Lucky 13 Cruiser led from start to finish in the Cruiser feature. With only four cars starting the race and two finishing, the Cruiser feature was not the most exciting race of the evening. Brown and Dunning also won the heat race.
CRUISERS
5 Entries - 4 Start Feature
1. Lucky 13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
2. 84 Null & Null Puxico
3. Lil 05 Redden & Redden Clarkton
4. 88J Wayne & Tracer Kennett
Point Standings
Through 11 Races
1. Kelley & Kelley/Moore 445
2. Doublin & Doublin 423
3. Null & Null 359
4. Wayne & Harbrueger/Tracer 353
5. Champlin & Champlin 233
