<B>AT CMS, CLINT DUKES WINS FIRST LLM FEATURE IN BIG WAY, WINS 61 COUNTRY/ LEE NEVELS MEMORIAL LIMITED LATE MODEL SHOOTOUT; KARRICK KEEPS WINS CONTAINED!
Hammons Holds 'em Back Again, Joe Chevalier Scores Second WOFC Sprint Victory!</b>
by Tom Wilson-pma
Saturday, June 21st, 2003
Warrensburg, Missouri
Young Clint Dukes from Mayview, who changed his car's number that he always held, the 44d, in memory of the passing of friend and racing foe Lee Nevels, won his first-ever LLM feature event Saturday night by taking home the top honors in the 61 County/ Lee Nevels Memorial, 6th Annual "Limited Late Model Shootout" at Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg.
Dukes, who had won many Street Stock titles in the past, moved up to the LLM division last season. However, it took added experience before he wound up winning one in an event that was the perfect one for him to do so. Points leader Kevin Coyne had to settle for second place after winning two weeks in a row. Third through fifth were Ryan Lovercamp, Jason King and Lance Elwell.
It only took four heat arces and one 'B' features to sort the mighty mods for their 20 lap, 24 car main event. Heat race winners were Steve Watkinson, Tim Karrick, Tom Charles and Dean Wille. 2001 CMS mod champ jimmy Dowell from Slater won the last chance 'B'.
With most thinking that they would not witness another exciting feature like they saw the previous week at CMS, found out it would happen even more so the very next week! The top three finishers came past the flying checkers as though set up in an overlap fashion in a car display at a 'World of Wheels' custom car show.
For Basehor, Ks' Karrick, his victory in the 20 circuit "Mighty Modified" main was his third consecutive triumph at CMS, which was also his third consecutive area win streak after the night-before win at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Ks. Most wouldn't let Karrick touch them after the finish, mainly because they were scared they would be badly burned. What's up with that? He's very, very hot right now!
Charles was the first 'over-lapper' in second with 6-time CMS mod champ Richard Layne a half car farther back in third. For the second week in a row, Jason 'trouble' Thompson had no room to try and pass so stayed in fourth with CMS multi-racer John 'the boomer' Brooks fifth.
It seemed as though Pleasant Hill's Steve 'scuba' Hammons just stepped back in his car and did it again as he easily outdistanced, for the second week in a row, the rest of the Street Stocks to the checkered flag. It was Hammons third, CMS seasonal win. Fleeing up from the starting pack's back was Clayton Campbell for second, third was copped by early leader Johnny Ebert, 'Street Stock King' Brooks, now in his 'fendered' mount, rushed up from way back in 20th to fourth while fifth was collected by sophomore standout Cole Wimmer.
Belton's Joe Chevalier had to work hard for five laps to get by Kelly Potter for his resultant second WOFC Sprint victory of the year. Kelly clamped onto second, cousin Kenny moved up to a final third, fourth was garnered by Jimmy Garner and Dan 'dad' Chevalier followed in fifth. It was the third time this year that the speedy sprints ran the entire 15 circuits with nary a yellow. But, on the first start try they did suffer a red flag when Belton's Bobby Bogue flipped his car hard in turn two. Bobby was okay, his car was badly bent.
CMS was once again proud to have 61 Country's representative, singer and songwriter Carlene Hall attending to sing the National Anthem, then later hand out the winner's hardware in the Victory Circle.
BITS FROM THE CMS PITS
What many didn't realize about 'Fast" Richard was that he had big problems with his car all night long. "We blew all of the water out of the top of the engine in the heat race," the 6-time CMS champ Layne explained. "We came out to run the feature for a lap or two then pull off, just to try and keep our points up in the top ten. But when we had a yellow flag the first time, the engine cooled right down. We'd run a while and it'd get hot again, but we always got enough yellow flag to cool it back down. The timing of everything was just right." A third place in what started to be a short night for the Hunt/ Layne team was a stroke of good luck for once.
Those chances to win the ready-to-race WOFC sprint car are still selling well. They'll continue to have them available every race night, with the final round of selling the raffle tickets, $2 per chance or $5 for three, on Miller Lites' WOFC Sprint Car Rumble on July 12th. You get to see that sprinter you may own in every race proghram during intermission when it tours the track.
Was saddened to learn that long-time racing supporter Lyle Stafford from Lee's Summit passed away Saturday night. No one can ever forget all the things he did over the years, starting back in the late 50's driving a push jeep at Olympic and Riverside Stardiums like no one else ever did, or probably never will again. Most of the time he drove the "Herb's D-X" jeep. In fact, a lot of people always called him Herb. Lyle was always around at the right time to pitch in, and was always on the scene when someone in the racing family needed the support, and not just at the track. He frequently came by CMS on race nights the last ten or so years. Lyle, his very recognizable voice, cigars and friend 'Lord Calvert', will be sorely missed by all.
FINAL RESULTS
(All Hometowns in Missouri Unless Otherwise Shown)
Total Race Cars: 87
Events: 17
Program Length: 3 hrs. 15 mins.
(First green to final checkered.)
"Farm and Home of Warrensburg/ T-Mobile MIGHTY MODIFIEDS"
Pepsi Racing First Qualifying Heat Race-(8 laps-First 3 finishers): Steve Watkinson, Blue Springs; Bobby Layne, Smithville; John Brooks, Warrensburg.
WDAF-Am 61 Country Second Heat: Tim Karrick, Basehor, Ks; Larry Stevenson, Lee's Summit; Richard Layne, Kansas City.
D and S Automotive Machine Third Heat: Tom Charles, Bonner Springs, Ks: Terry Schultz, Sedalia; Jason Thompson, Concordia.
Patricia's IGA Fourth Heat: Dean Wille, Warrensburg; Tracy Wolf, Leeton; Charlie Evert, Red Brush.
J.C. Carter Sandblasting 'B' Feature Event #1-(10 laps-Top 4 to ‘A’-First 5 finishers): 1.) Jimmy Dowell, Slater, 2.) Alan Deatherage, Concordia, 3.) Terry Schnakenberg, Concordia, 4.) Dean Bowers, Holden, 5.) Bob King, Independence.
Farm and Home of Warrensburg/ T-Mobil ‘A’ Feature Event-(20 laps-First 10 finishers): 1.) Karrick, 2.) Charles, 3.) R. Layne, 4.) Thompson, 5.) Brooks, 6.) Stevenson, 7.) Wolf, 8.) Dowell, 9.) B. Layne, 10.) Deatherage.
"Missouri Beef Industries Council STREET STOCKS"
Game Day Trophy and Athletic First Qualifying Heat Race-(6 laps-First 3 finishers): Cole Wimmer, Oak Grove; Jesse Wheeler, Independence; Scott Dukes, Higginsville.
Kleinschmidt's Western Store Second Heat: Johnny Ebert, Bates City; Gary Akers, Lexington; Shorty Fricke, Higginsville.
Rick's Satellite Third Heat: Steve Hammons, Pleasant Hill; Herb Dannar, Holden; Clayton Campbell, Sedalia.
Missouri Beef Industries Council ‘A’ Feature Event-(15 laps-First ten finishers): 1.) Hammons, 2.) Campbell, 3.) Ebert, 4.) John Brooks, Warrensburg, 5.) Wimmer, 6.) Tammy Korff, Fulton, 7.) Wayne Stevens, Norborne, 8.) H. Dannar, 9.) Fred King, Independence, 10.) Donald Dannar, Oak Grove.
"Country Kitchen LIMITED LATE MODELS"
Warrensburg Hydraulics First Qualifying Heat Race-(6 laps-First 3 finishers): Jason King, Liberty; Kevin Coyne, Blue Springs; Buddy Blain, Kansas City, Ks.
Dyer's Performance Specialist Second Heat: Tracy Manning, Wheatland; Marc Carter, Warrensburg; Mark Evinger, Bates City.
Seeburg Mufflers Third Heat: Clint Dukes, Mayview; Steve Clancy, Odessa; Derek Nevels, Higginsville.
61 Country/ Lee Nevels Memorial "Limited Late Model Shootout" Feature Event-(20 laps-Constrained to 10 laps due to time factor-First ten finishers): 1.) Dukes, 2.) Coyne, 3.) Ryan Lovercamp, Concordia, 4.) King, 5.) Lance Elwell, Knob Noster, 6.) Kyle Judd, Knob Noster, 7.) Steve Elwell, Knob Noster, 8.) Manning, 10.) Clancy.
"Odessa Pool, Patio and Spa WOFC SPRINT CARS"
KMMO Real Radio First Qualifying Heat Race-(6 laps-First 3 finishers): Joe Chevalier, Belton; Jimmy Garner, Sedalia; Dan Chevalier, Belton.
Edit Express Second Heat: Kelly Potter, Raymore; Artie Lett, Odessa; Matt Chevalier, Belton.
Odessa Pool, Patio and Spa ’A’ Feature Event-(15 laps-First ten finishers): 1.) J. Chevalier, 2.) Kelly Potter, 3.) Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, 4.) Garner, 5.) D. Chevalier, 6.) Kevin Kearney, Odessa, 7.) Mike McMillin, Warsaw, 8.) Randy Badart, Kansas City, 9.) Will Pierce, Lee's Summit, 10.) M. Chevalier.
OFFICIAL 'TOP TEN' POINTS
Current through 6/27/03
From CMS Official Statistician: Glyda Jaeger
WOFC SPRINTS
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 12 Joe Chevalier, Belton, 841
2 44 Dan Chevalier, Belton, 808
3 28 Matt Chevalier, Belton, 802
4 76 James Garner, Sedalia, 780
5 7 Kevin Kearney, Odessa, 720
6 17 Mike McMillin, Warsaw, 651
7 55 Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, 642
8 5 Robert Bogue, Belton, 514
9 33 Kelly Potter, Raymore, 511
10 4 Artie Lett, Odessa, 462
STREET STOCKS
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 02i, Jesse Wheeler, Indep. 692
2 95 Clayton Campbell, Sedalia, 673
3 88 Cole Wimmer, Oak Grove, 654
4 12 Steve Hammons, Plsant Hill, 644
5 52., Chris Akers, Lexington, 631
6 pms1, Tammy Korff, Fulton, 572
7 53 Charles Palmer, Odessa, 568
8 15 John Ake, Clinton, 555
9 69 Fred King, Independence, 506
10 6 Wayne Stevens, Norborne, 499
LMT. LATE MODEL
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 22 Kevin Coyne, Blue Springs, 731
2 33 Bruce Curry, Clinton, 669
3 66 Daren Rapp, Clinton, 650
4 10 Marc Carter, Warrensburg, 627
5 99 Ed Martin, California, 596
6 20 Steve Elwell, Knot Noster, 589
7 10b, Garry Billings Jr., K.C. Ks, 580
8 11 Ryan Lovercamp, Concordia, 571
9 18 Owen Evinger, Bates City, 542
10 81d, David Finkemeier, Odessa, 525
MIGHTY MODIFIEDS
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 20 Jason Thompson, Concordia, 609
2 18 Alan Deatherage, Concordia, 597
3 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, 571
4 81 Tom Charles, Bnnr Spgs KS, 553
5 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, 546
6 3 Richard Layne, Kansas City, 513
7 01i, Bobby Layne, Kansas City, 492
8 94 Charlie Ebert, Oak Grove, 474
9 48 Jimmy Dowell, Slater, 465
10 1c, Charlse Laizure, Urich, 459
*Complete Points Standings Always Available @: www.centralmissourispeedway.com
Hammons Holds 'em Back Again, Joe Chevalier Scores Second WOFC Sprint Victory!</b>
by Tom Wilson-pma
Saturday, June 21st, 2003
Warrensburg, Missouri
Young Clint Dukes from Mayview, who changed his car's number that he always held, the 44d, in memory of the passing of friend and racing foe Lee Nevels, won his first-ever LLM feature event Saturday night by taking home the top honors in the 61 County/ Lee Nevels Memorial, 6th Annual "Limited Late Model Shootout" at Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg.
Dukes, who had won many Street Stock titles in the past, moved up to the LLM division last season. However, it took added experience before he wound up winning one in an event that was the perfect one for him to do so. Points leader Kevin Coyne had to settle for second place after winning two weeks in a row. Third through fifth were Ryan Lovercamp, Jason King and Lance Elwell.
It only took four heat arces and one 'B' features to sort the mighty mods for their 20 lap, 24 car main event. Heat race winners were Steve Watkinson, Tim Karrick, Tom Charles and Dean Wille. 2001 CMS mod champ jimmy Dowell from Slater won the last chance 'B'.
With most thinking that they would not witness another exciting feature like they saw the previous week at CMS, found out it would happen even more so the very next week! The top three finishers came past the flying checkers as though set up in an overlap fashion in a car display at a 'World of Wheels' custom car show.
For Basehor, Ks' Karrick, his victory in the 20 circuit "Mighty Modified" main was his third consecutive triumph at CMS, which was also his third consecutive area win streak after the night-before win at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Ks. Most wouldn't let Karrick touch them after the finish, mainly because they were scared they would be badly burned. What's up with that? He's very, very hot right now!
Charles was the first 'over-lapper' in second with 6-time CMS mod champ Richard Layne a half car farther back in third. For the second week in a row, Jason 'trouble' Thompson had no room to try and pass so stayed in fourth with CMS multi-racer John 'the boomer' Brooks fifth.
It seemed as though Pleasant Hill's Steve 'scuba' Hammons just stepped back in his car and did it again as he easily outdistanced, for the second week in a row, the rest of the Street Stocks to the checkered flag. It was Hammons third, CMS seasonal win. Fleeing up from the starting pack's back was Clayton Campbell for second, third was copped by early leader Johnny Ebert, 'Street Stock King' Brooks, now in his 'fendered' mount, rushed up from way back in 20th to fourth while fifth was collected by sophomore standout Cole Wimmer.
Belton's Joe Chevalier had to work hard for five laps to get by Kelly Potter for his resultant second WOFC Sprint victory of the year. Kelly clamped onto second, cousin Kenny moved up to a final third, fourth was garnered by Jimmy Garner and Dan 'dad' Chevalier followed in fifth. It was the third time this year that the speedy sprints ran the entire 15 circuits with nary a yellow. But, on the first start try they did suffer a red flag when Belton's Bobby Bogue flipped his car hard in turn two. Bobby was okay, his car was badly bent.
CMS was once again proud to have 61 Country's representative, singer and songwriter Carlene Hall attending to sing the National Anthem, then later hand out the winner's hardware in the Victory Circle.
BITS FROM THE CMS PITS
What many didn't realize about 'Fast" Richard was that he had big problems with his car all night long. "We blew all of the water out of the top of the engine in the heat race," the 6-time CMS champ Layne explained. "We came out to run the feature for a lap or two then pull off, just to try and keep our points up in the top ten. But when we had a yellow flag the first time, the engine cooled right down. We'd run a while and it'd get hot again, but we always got enough yellow flag to cool it back down. The timing of everything was just right." A third place in what started to be a short night for the Hunt/ Layne team was a stroke of good luck for once.
Those chances to win the ready-to-race WOFC sprint car are still selling well. They'll continue to have them available every race night, with the final round of selling the raffle tickets, $2 per chance or $5 for three, on Miller Lites' WOFC Sprint Car Rumble on July 12th. You get to see that sprinter you may own in every race proghram during intermission when it tours the track.
Was saddened to learn that long-time racing supporter Lyle Stafford from Lee's Summit passed away Saturday night. No one can ever forget all the things he did over the years, starting back in the late 50's driving a push jeep at Olympic and Riverside Stardiums like no one else ever did, or probably never will again. Most of the time he drove the "Herb's D-X" jeep. In fact, a lot of people always called him Herb. Lyle was always around at the right time to pitch in, and was always on the scene when someone in the racing family needed the support, and not just at the track. He frequently came by CMS on race nights the last ten or so years. Lyle, his very recognizable voice, cigars and friend 'Lord Calvert', will be sorely missed by all.
FINAL RESULTS
(All Hometowns in Missouri Unless Otherwise Shown)
Total Race Cars: 87
Events: 17
Program Length: 3 hrs. 15 mins.
(First green to final checkered.)
"Farm and Home of Warrensburg/ T-Mobile MIGHTY MODIFIEDS"
Pepsi Racing First Qualifying Heat Race-(8 laps-First 3 finishers): Steve Watkinson, Blue Springs; Bobby Layne, Smithville; John Brooks, Warrensburg.
WDAF-Am 61 Country Second Heat: Tim Karrick, Basehor, Ks; Larry Stevenson, Lee's Summit; Richard Layne, Kansas City.
D and S Automotive Machine Third Heat: Tom Charles, Bonner Springs, Ks: Terry Schultz, Sedalia; Jason Thompson, Concordia.
Patricia's IGA Fourth Heat: Dean Wille, Warrensburg; Tracy Wolf, Leeton; Charlie Evert, Red Brush.
J.C. Carter Sandblasting 'B' Feature Event #1-(10 laps-Top 4 to ‘A’-First 5 finishers): 1.) Jimmy Dowell, Slater, 2.) Alan Deatherage, Concordia, 3.) Terry Schnakenberg, Concordia, 4.) Dean Bowers, Holden, 5.) Bob King, Independence.
Farm and Home of Warrensburg/ T-Mobil ‘A’ Feature Event-(20 laps-First 10 finishers): 1.) Karrick, 2.) Charles, 3.) R. Layne, 4.) Thompson, 5.) Brooks, 6.) Stevenson, 7.) Wolf, 8.) Dowell, 9.) B. Layne, 10.) Deatherage.
"Missouri Beef Industries Council STREET STOCKS"
Game Day Trophy and Athletic First Qualifying Heat Race-(6 laps-First 3 finishers): Cole Wimmer, Oak Grove; Jesse Wheeler, Independence; Scott Dukes, Higginsville.
Kleinschmidt's Western Store Second Heat: Johnny Ebert, Bates City; Gary Akers, Lexington; Shorty Fricke, Higginsville.
Rick's Satellite Third Heat: Steve Hammons, Pleasant Hill; Herb Dannar, Holden; Clayton Campbell, Sedalia.
Missouri Beef Industries Council ‘A’ Feature Event-(15 laps-First ten finishers): 1.) Hammons, 2.) Campbell, 3.) Ebert, 4.) John Brooks, Warrensburg, 5.) Wimmer, 6.) Tammy Korff, Fulton, 7.) Wayne Stevens, Norborne, 8.) H. Dannar, 9.) Fred King, Independence, 10.) Donald Dannar, Oak Grove.
"Country Kitchen LIMITED LATE MODELS"
Warrensburg Hydraulics First Qualifying Heat Race-(6 laps-First 3 finishers): Jason King, Liberty; Kevin Coyne, Blue Springs; Buddy Blain, Kansas City, Ks.
Dyer's Performance Specialist Second Heat: Tracy Manning, Wheatland; Marc Carter, Warrensburg; Mark Evinger, Bates City.
Seeburg Mufflers Third Heat: Clint Dukes, Mayview; Steve Clancy, Odessa; Derek Nevels, Higginsville.
61 Country/ Lee Nevels Memorial "Limited Late Model Shootout" Feature Event-(20 laps-Constrained to 10 laps due to time factor-First ten finishers): 1.) Dukes, 2.) Coyne, 3.) Ryan Lovercamp, Concordia, 4.) King, 5.) Lance Elwell, Knob Noster, 6.) Kyle Judd, Knob Noster, 7.) Steve Elwell, Knob Noster, 8.) Manning, 10.) Clancy.
"Odessa Pool, Patio and Spa WOFC SPRINT CARS"
KMMO Real Radio First Qualifying Heat Race-(6 laps-First 3 finishers): Joe Chevalier, Belton; Jimmy Garner, Sedalia; Dan Chevalier, Belton.
Edit Express Second Heat: Kelly Potter, Raymore; Artie Lett, Odessa; Matt Chevalier, Belton.
Odessa Pool, Patio and Spa ’A’ Feature Event-(15 laps-First ten finishers): 1.) J. Chevalier, 2.) Kelly Potter, 3.) Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, 4.) Garner, 5.) D. Chevalier, 6.) Kevin Kearney, Odessa, 7.) Mike McMillin, Warsaw, 8.) Randy Badart, Kansas City, 9.) Will Pierce, Lee's Summit, 10.) M. Chevalier.
OFFICIAL 'TOP TEN' POINTS
Current through 6/27/03
From CMS Official Statistician: Glyda Jaeger
WOFC SPRINTS
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 12 Joe Chevalier, Belton, 841
2 44 Dan Chevalier, Belton, 808
3 28 Matt Chevalier, Belton, 802
4 76 James Garner, Sedalia, 780
5 7 Kevin Kearney, Odessa, 720
6 17 Mike McMillin, Warsaw, 651
7 55 Kenny Potter, Harrisonville, 642
8 5 Robert Bogue, Belton, 514
9 33 Kelly Potter, Raymore, 511
10 4 Artie Lett, Odessa, 462
STREET STOCKS
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 02i, Jesse Wheeler, Indep. 692
2 95 Clayton Campbell, Sedalia, 673
3 88 Cole Wimmer, Oak Grove, 654
4 12 Steve Hammons, Plsant Hill, 644
5 52., Chris Akers, Lexington, 631
6 pms1, Tammy Korff, Fulton, 572
7 53 Charles Palmer, Odessa, 568
8 15 John Ake, Clinton, 555
9 69 Fred King, Independence, 506
10 6 Wayne Stevens, Norborne, 499
LMT. LATE MODEL
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 22 Kevin Coyne, Blue Springs, 731
2 33 Bruce Curry, Clinton, 669
3 66 Daren Rapp, Clinton, 650
4 10 Marc Carter, Warrensburg, 627
5 99 Ed Martin, California, 596
6 20 Steve Elwell, Knot Noster, 589
7 10b, Garry Billings Jr., K.C. Ks, 580
8 11 Ryan Lovercamp, Concordia, 571
9 18 Owen Evinger, Bates City, 542
10 81d, David Finkemeier, Odessa, 525
MIGHTY MODIFIEDS
CAR TOTAL
Pos NO. NAME & HOMETOWN POINTS
1 20 Jason Thompson, Concordia, 609
2 18 Alan Deatherage, Concordia, 597
3 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, 571
4 81 Tom Charles, Bnnr Spgs KS, 553
5 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, 546
6 3 Richard Layne, Kansas City, 513
7 01i, Bobby Layne, Kansas City, 492
8 94 Charlie Ebert, Oak Grove, 474
9 48 Jimmy Dowell, Slater, 465
10 1c, Charlse Laizure, Urich, 459
*Complete Points Standings Always Available @: www.centralmissourispeedway.com
