Springfield,Mo.-Under perfect racing weather and a perfect racing surface action provided the fans at SpringfieldRaceway some close racing action.
The USRA modified feature rolled out with Tammy Mitchell bringing the field down to the green with Brian Green to the outside.Green would lead lap 1,but the yellow flew quickly as Mitchell and Todd Knight got together.On the restart Green again jumped to the lead with Jody Tillman and Bobby Pearish following.As the pace started to pick-up,Pearish drove to the front on lap 6 taking over the top spot as Brandon Maggard making his first start of the season in Larry Tindle's car was charging from the 11th starting spot and moving into the top 3.Maggard wheeled the car into second place on lap 7 and for the next 4 laps it was side by side action with Pearish and Maggard.Behind the lead duo was side by side racing with Tillman,early leader Green,Mitch Keeter and a fast moving Joe Duvall along with Ted VanZandt.On lap 12,Maggard started pulling away and would capture his first USRA feature win with Pearish a solid second followed by Jody Tillman,Mitch Keeter and Joe Duvall making his first start at the quick-quarter from the 12th spot.
The SportMods had extra money to win as 32 cars went to qualify for 20 spots.Current point leader Billy Street and 3rd place point driver Roy Maynard brought the field down to the green with Street grabbing the opening lead.Behind the lead dup was a tight pack including Gary Rodocker,Dallas Scott,Andy Beauchamp and Eric Tinderholt.With Street using the middle groove,Maynard in his 602 Crate motor took the high lane as they stayed close.The 1st caution waved on lap 6 for Mike Watson as he had a tire go down.On the restart,Street and Maynard pulled away again with Beauchamp holding off a fast moving Mickey Burrell and JC Morton.During the long green run,Street pulled away from Maynard and grabbed his second win of the season with aphoto finish for the runner-up spot as Burrell nipped Maynard for the spot with Morton and Mike Hailman following as 18 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap.
The Bombers provided another excellent finish as John Coates grabbed the opening lead from his front row starting spot.With Coates setting a quick pace,back row starters Shawn Strong,Mike Hailman and points runner-up Robert high were coming to the front.A scary incident on lap 8 when Mike Willoughby spun in turn 2 and Leonard Huse hit him hard in the frontend.Both drivers walked away unhurt.On the restart,Strong was applying pressure to Coates as Hailman and Dan Wood along with high were battling.Strong kept applying pressure to Coates and on lap 13,the winning move happened in turn 2 as Strong shot to the inside to grab the victory with Coates held of High for the runner-up spot followed by Hailman and Wood.
The Legends provided three wide racing almost all night.Bill Cottrell jumped to the opening lead with Gary Hockman following.Caution waved as Billy Cottrell,Jay Reynolds got together.On the restart,Bill Cottrell would find Rob Watson,Tony Jenson,and point leader Jason Rayle challanging.Watson took over the top spot on lap 5 as Dave Comer started making his charge to the front pack.Watson,Rayle and Comer were treating the fans to 3 wide racing with Watson just holding to the lead.On lap 18,Comer went to the outside groove and grabbed the lead as Watson and Rayle battled.Comer would take the victory with Watson,Rayle,Kaleb Copher and a fast moving Tyler horton in the top 5.
The LateModel feature went caution free as Larry Campbell took the lead on the opening lap with Jim Fulp in tow.Campbell was pulling away but Justin Wells was moving from his 9th starting spot.With Campbell starting to get into lapped traffic,Wells powered through to catch the leader on lap 8.Going into turn 3 Wells shot to the outside lane and pulled off a 3-wide pass to grab the lead and never looked back.Campbell would hang on to finish second with Fulp,Sindance Keepper and Phil Edmundson following.
The Pro-4's made an apperance and it was a all Schudy family event as Pat Schudy and Kory Schudy battled early with Pat pulling away on lap 6 to grab the win.Kory Schudy,Kris Schudy,Dustin Bass and Aaron Cornell followed.
Sat night Aug.29 will be kids night at the Raceway.Kids bike races and back to school kits will be given.Kids 12 and Under will be getting a chance to race on the track at intermission.
Racing action will feature the season Championships for the LateModels while regular points action will feature the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,SportMods and Legends,
For more information visit the website at WWW.Springfieldraceway.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426.Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:45 and Racing at 7:30.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Brandon Maggard-Springfield 2)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 3)Jody Tillman-Branson West 4)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 5)Joe Duvall-Chelsea,Oklahoma 6)Brian Green-Pierce City 7)Ted VanZandt-Billings 8)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 9)Ron McClellan-Jasper 10)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin 11)Jason Summers-Carthage 12)Tim Simon- 13)Craig DeMasters-Neosho 14)Jim Body-Diamond 15)Danny DeMasters II- 16)Danny DeMasters 17)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 18)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 19)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark.
1st Ht-1)Tillman 2)Dalton 3)VanZandt 4)Danny DeMasters II 5)C.DeMasters 6)Graybeal 7)Danny DeMasters
2nd Ht-1)Pearish 2)Brandon Maggard 3)Keeter 4)Green 5)Body 6)Hendrix 7)Summers
3rd Ht-1)Duvall 2)Mitchell 3)Knight 4)Simon 5)McClellan
SportMods
A Ft-1)Billy Street-Joplin 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)Roy Maynard-Alba 4)JC Morton-Springfield 5)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 6)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 7)Darrin Crisler-Clever 8)Corey Pope-Clever 9)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 10)Dallas Scott-Springfield 11)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 12)Mike Watson-Springfield 13)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 14)Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove 15)Brad Moad-Springfield 16)Billy Dalton-Reeds 17)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 18)Gary Rodocker-Willard 19)Frank Todd-Nixa DNS-Andrew Smith-Willard
1st B Ft(top 2 advance) 1)Lankton 2)Moad 3)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City 4)Shawn Eggeman-Willard 5)Gary Krebs-Clever 6)Mike Barnett-Springfield 7)Rich Hert-McDowell 8)Tom Gerleve-Bois D'Arc
2nd B Ft(Top 2 advance) 1)Smith 2)Watson 3)Aaron Speck-Republic 4)Rusty Adams 5)Robert High-Springfield 6)Chad Williams DNS-Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek Jim VanZandt-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Street 2)Beauchamp 3)Hailman 4)Todd 5)Eggeman 6)Moad 7)Gerleve 8)Hert
2nd Ht-1)Scott 2)Jackson 3)Bryant 4)Pope 5)Yeoman Jr 6)Watson 7)High 8)Williams
3rd Ht-1)Tinderholt 2)Morton 3)Burrell 4)Crisler 5)VanZandt 6)Huddleston 7)Krebs 8)Barnett
4th Ht-1)Maynard 2)Rodocker 3)Dalton 4)Lankton 5)Smith 6)Adams 7)Cheevers 8)Speck
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)John Coates-Joplin 3)Robert High-Springfield 4)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 5)Dan Wood-Springfield 6)James Redus-Springfield 7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Kim Kaasa-Springfield 9)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 10)Elijah Keepper-Springfield 11)Leonard Huse Jr-Aurora 12)Tyler Chainey-Springfield 13)Jeese Parton-Oak Grove 14)Ben Thomas-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Coates 2)High 3)Hamer 4)Chainey 5)Kaasa 6)Redus 7)Keepper
2nd Ht-1)Hailman 2)Wood 3)Strong 4)Willoughby 5)Parton 6)Thomas 7)Huse Jr
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Rob Watson-Clever 3)Jason Rayle-Springfield 4)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 5)Tyler Horton-Joplin 6)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 7)Tony Jenson-Joplin 8)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 9)Gary Hockman-Rolla 10)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 11)Caleb Smith-Joplin 12)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 13)Justin Comer-Joplin 14)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 15)Park Jones-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Rayle 3)D.Comer 4)Bill Cottrill 5)Billy Cottrill 6)Copher 7)Smith 8)Gruenburg
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Jones 3)Horton 4)Watson 5)Jenson 6)Hockman 7)Baird
LateModels
A Ft-1)Justin Wells-Aurora 2)Larry Campbell-Van Buren,Ark 3)Jim Fulp-Aurora 4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Phil Edmundson-Marionville 6)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 7)Randy Galloway-Rogers,Ark 8)Jon Driskell-Joplin 9)Mark Penticuff-Springfield 10)Frank Tindle-Galena 11)Ron Johnson-Goodman
1st Ht-1)Campbell 2)Wells 3)Edmundson 4)Tindle 5)Driskell 6)Penticuff
2nd Ht-1)Fulp 2)Manes 3)Keepper 4)Galloway 5)Johnson
Pro-4's
A Ft-1)Pat Schudy 2)Kory Schudy 3)Kris Schudy 4)Dustin Bass 5)Aaron Cornell 6)Darin Widener 7)Theresa Widener 8)Jeremy Teaver 9)Terry Lacy 10)Bob widener 11)Tracy Cornell
1st HT-1)P Schudy 2)K.Schudy 3)T. Widener 4)Lacey 5)Teaver 6)A Cornell
2nd Ht-1)K.Schudy 2)Bass 3)D.Widener 4)B.Widener 5)T.Cornell
The USRA modified feature rolled out with Tammy Mitchell bringing the field down to the green with Brian Green to the outside.Green would lead lap 1,but the yellow flew quickly as Mitchell and Todd Knight got together.On the restart Green again jumped to the lead with Jody Tillman and Bobby Pearish following.As the pace started to pick-up,Pearish drove to the front on lap 6 taking over the top spot as Brandon Maggard making his first start of the season in Larry Tindle's car was charging from the 11th starting spot and moving into the top 3.Maggard wheeled the car into second place on lap 7 and for the next 4 laps it was side by side action with Pearish and Maggard.Behind the lead duo was side by side racing with Tillman,early leader Green,Mitch Keeter and a fast moving Joe Duvall along with Ted VanZandt.On lap 12,Maggard started pulling away and would capture his first USRA feature win with Pearish a solid second followed by Jody Tillman,Mitch Keeter and Joe Duvall making his first start at the quick-quarter from the 12th spot.
The SportMods had extra money to win as 32 cars went to qualify for 20 spots.Current point leader Billy Street and 3rd place point driver Roy Maynard brought the field down to the green with Street grabbing the opening lead.Behind the lead dup was a tight pack including Gary Rodocker,Dallas Scott,Andy Beauchamp and Eric Tinderholt.With Street using the middle groove,Maynard in his 602 Crate motor took the high lane as they stayed close.The 1st caution waved on lap 6 for Mike Watson as he had a tire go down.On the restart,Street and Maynard pulled away again with Beauchamp holding off a fast moving Mickey Burrell and JC Morton.During the long green run,Street pulled away from Maynard and grabbed his second win of the season with aphoto finish for the runner-up spot as Burrell nipped Maynard for the spot with Morton and Mike Hailman following as 18 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap.
The Bombers provided another excellent finish as John Coates grabbed the opening lead from his front row starting spot.With Coates setting a quick pace,back row starters Shawn Strong,Mike Hailman and points runner-up Robert high were coming to the front.A scary incident on lap 8 when Mike Willoughby spun in turn 2 and Leonard Huse hit him hard in the frontend.Both drivers walked away unhurt.On the restart,Strong was applying pressure to Coates as Hailman and Dan Wood along with high were battling.Strong kept applying pressure to Coates and on lap 13,the winning move happened in turn 2 as Strong shot to the inside to grab the victory with Coates held of High for the runner-up spot followed by Hailman and Wood.
The Legends provided three wide racing almost all night.Bill Cottrell jumped to the opening lead with Gary Hockman following.Caution waved as Billy Cottrell,Jay Reynolds got together.On the restart,Bill Cottrell would find Rob Watson,Tony Jenson,and point leader Jason Rayle challanging.Watson took over the top spot on lap 5 as Dave Comer started making his charge to the front pack.Watson,Rayle and Comer were treating the fans to 3 wide racing with Watson just holding to the lead.On lap 18,Comer went to the outside groove and grabbed the lead as Watson and Rayle battled.Comer would take the victory with Watson,Rayle,Kaleb Copher and a fast moving Tyler horton in the top 5.
The LateModel feature went caution free as Larry Campbell took the lead on the opening lap with Jim Fulp in tow.Campbell was pulling away but Justin Wells was moving from his 9th starting spot.With Campbell starting to get into lapped traffic,Wells powered through to catch the leader on lap 8.Going into turn 3 Wells shot to the outside lane and pulled off a 3-wide pass to grab the lead and never looked back.Campbell would hang on to finish second with Fulp,Sindance Keepper and Phil Edmundson following.
The Pro-4's made an apperance and it was a all Schudy family event as Pat Schudy and Kory Schudy battled early with Pat pulling away on lap 6 to grab the win.Kory Schudy,Kris Schudy,Dustin Bass and Aaron Cornell followed.
Sat night Aug.29 will be kids night at the Raceway.Kids bike races and back to school kits will be given.Kids 12 and Under will be getting a chance to race on the track at intermission.
Racing action will feature the season Championships for the LateModels while regular points action will feature the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,SportMods and Legends,
For more information visit the website at WWW.Springfieldraceway.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426.Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:45 and Racing at 7:30.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Brandon Maggard-Springfield 2)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 3)Jody Tillman-Branson West 4)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 5)Joe Duvall-Chelsea,Oklahoma 6)Brian Green-Pierce City 7)Ted VanZandt-Billings 8)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 9)Ron McClellan-Jasper 10)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin 11)Jason Summers-Carthage 12)Tim Simon- 13)Craig DeMasters-Neosho 14)Jim Body-Diamond 15)Danny DeMasters II- 16)Danny DeMasters 17)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 18)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 19)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark.
1st Ht-1)Tillman 2)Dalton 3)VanZandt 4)Danny DeMasters II 5)C.DeMasters 6)Graybeal 7)Danny DeMasters
2nd Ht-1)Pearish 2)Brandon Maggard 3)Keeter 4)Green 5)Body 6)Hendrix 7)Summers
3rd Ht-1)Duvall 2)Mitchell 3)Knight 4)Simon 5)McClellan
SportMods
A Ft-1)Billy Street-Joplin 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)Roy Maynard-Alba 4)JC Morton-Springfield 5)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 6)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 7)Darrin Crisler-Clever 8)Corey Pope-Clever 9)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 10)Dallas Scott-Springfield 11)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 12)Mike Watson-Springfield 13)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 14)Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove 15)Brad Moad-Springfield 16)Billy Dalton-Reeds 17)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 18)Gary Rodocker-Willard 19)Frank Todd-Nixa DNS-Andrew Smith-Willard
1st B Ft(top 2 advance) 1)Lankton 2)Moad 3)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City 4)Shawn Eggeman-Willard 5)Gary Krebs-Clever 6)Mike Barnett-Springfield 7)Rich Hert-McDowell 8)Tom Gerleve-Bois D'Arc
2nd B Ft(Top 2 advance) 1)Smith 2)Watson 3)Aaron Speck-Republic 4)Rusty Adams 5)Robert High-Springfield 6)Chad Williams DNS-Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek Jim VanZandt-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Street 2)Beauchamp 3)Hailman 4)Todd 5)Eggeman 6)Moad 7)Gerleve 8)Hert
2nd Ht-1)Scott 2)Jackson 3)Bryant 4)Pope 5)Yeoman Jr 6)Watson 7)High 8)Williams
3rd Ht-1)Tinderholt 2)Morton 3)Burrell 4)Crisler 5)VanZandt 6)Huddleston 7)Krebs 8)Barnett
4th Ht-1)Maynard 2)Rodocker 3)Dalton 4)Lankton 5)Smith 6)Adams 7)Cheevers 8)Speck
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)John Coates-Joplin 3)Robert High-Springfield 4)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 5)Dan Wood-Springfield 6)James Redus-Springfield 7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Kim Kaasa-Springfield 9)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 10)Elijah Keepper-Springfield 11)Leonard Huse Jr-Aurora 12)Tyler Chainey-Springfield 13)Jeese Parton-Oak Grove 14)Ben Thomas-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Coates 2)High 3)Hamer 4)Chainey 5)Kaasa 6)Redus 7)Keepper
2nd Ht-1)Hailman 2)Wood 3)Strong 4)Willoughby 5)Parton 6)Thomas 7)Huse Jr
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Rob Watson-Clever 3)Jason Rayle-Springfield 4)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 5)Tyler Horton-Joplin 6)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 7)Tony Jenson-Joplin 8)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 9)Gary Hockman-Rolla 10)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 11)Caleb Smith-Joplin 12)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 13)Justin Comer-Joplin 14)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 15)Park Jones-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Rayle 3)D.Comer 4)Bill Cottrill 5)Billy Cottrill 6)Copher 7)Smith 8)Gruenburg
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Jones 3)Horton 4)Watson 5)Jenson 6)Hockman 7)Baird
LateModels
A Ft-1)Justin Wells-Aurora 2)Larry Campbell-Van Buren,Ark 3)Jim Fulp-Aurora 4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Phil Edmundson-Marionville 6)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 7)Randy Galloway-Rogers,Ark 8)Jon Driskell-Joplin 9)Mark Penticuff-Springfield 10)Frank Tindle-Galena 11)Ron Johnson-Goodman
1st Ht-1)Campbell 2)Wells 3)Edmundson 4)Tindle 5)Driskell 6)Penticuff
2nd Ht-1)Fulp 2)Manes 3)Keepper 4)Galloway 5)Johnson
Pro-4's
A Ft-1)Pat Schudy 2)Kory Schudy 3)Kris Schudy 4)Dustin Bass 5)Aaron Cornell 6)Darin Widener 7)Theresa Widener 8)Jeremy Teaver 9)Terry Lacy 10)Bob widener 11)Tracy Cornell
1st HT-1)P Schudy 2)K.Schudy 3)T. Widener 4)Lacey 5)Teaver 6)A Cornell
2nd Ht-1)K.Schudy 2)Bass 3)D.Widener 4)B.Widener 5)T.Cornell
