Springfield,Mo.-Under a cool Aug night and an early morning rain shower,theaction at the SpringfieldRaceway lived up to the billing as the Quick-Quarter with an excellent racing surface and side by side action all night long.
The USRA Modified feature had pole setter Sam Petty lead the opening two laps has Erik Maggard and Bobby Pearish were right along side of the leader.Pearish who was using a 604 Crate motor this week untries was hanging on strong.On lap 3,Maggard kept glued to the high side and took over the lead with Pearish,Petty and a fast moving Jim Body following.Contact between Petty and Body on lap 5 brought out the first yellow as both drivers went to the rear.On the restart,current and defending champion Jackie Dalton and Mitch Keeter were coming quickly from there 5th row starting spots and applying pressure.The last 3 weeks it has been a Dalton and Maggard classic battle and tonight was no exception.Dalton moved to his familiar low groove with Maggard staying on the top side.On lap 9,Dalton made the move stick and took over the lead as Keeter was following.The second yellow waved on lap 11 as Micheal Maggard spun in turn 2 bunching the field up.On the double file restart,Keeter picked the high side with Dalton leading and Maggard a solid third followed by Pearish and Todd Knight.On the restart,Keeter swung upstairs with Dalton staying on the low-side as Dalton began to pull away leaving Keeter and Maggard to battle for second place.The duo swapped the runner-up spot 5 different times as Dalton grabbed his fourth win of the season followed by Keeter,Maggard in a photo finish battle,Pearish and a fast moving Todd Knight.
In LateModel action,Rick Lebow grabbed the early lead from his pole spot for the opening 3 laps before the dirt hall of fame driver Ken Essary came charging from the rear of the field to take charge on lap 7.After a strong battle early in the caution free event,Essary pulled away to grab his first SpringfieldRaceway victory of the season with Lebow,Adam Brown,point leader Jeremy Manes and Sundance Keepper in a near photo finish battle for position.
The SportMods picked-up where they left off the previous 3 weeks showing just how competitive this class is.Billy Dalton brought the 20 car feature to the green.The yellow waved quickly as Darrell Jackson spun collecting Mike Hailman with him.On the restart,Dalton grabbed the lead again with john Yeoman Jr following tightly.Battles were all over the track with 2-3 wide racing as Willie Wilson and Colt Cheevers were making up ground quickly.The Yellow waved on lap on lap 8 as Jackson who was trying to stay on the lead lap spun in turn 2 collecting-up Yeoman,point leader Billy Street,Darian Hendrix and Corey Pope.Only Street would return to action.On the restart Dalton would find Colt Cheevers on his back bumper with Wilson and 12th starting Jeff Albright Jr in the mix.Cheevers would take over the top spot at the halway point as Albright and Dalton ran side by side for 2 laps.Cheevers started to pull away,but on lap 12,Albright moved into second and applied pressure to Cheevers.Wih the lead duo battling,Wilson having his best run of the season,Dalton,Midway point leader Mickey Burrell and Mike Hailman were battling.The final yellow waved on lap 18 for Jason Wallace as he retired from the race setting-up the 2 lap shootout.On the restart,Albright picked the low groove and as the green waved moved to the inside of Cheevers.Colt used the middle lane to hold off the challanges in taking his first points race win of the season and becoming the 9th different winner in 11 races.Albright followed very closely to grab second followed by Wilson,Burrell and Hailman as 15 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap.
The Legends again provided close racing as Paul Horton jumped to the early lead with Tyler Horton following closely.With 3 wide racing action all over the oval,Dave Comer came charging to grab the lead on lap 6 and held off repeated challanges from the Horton family to take the victory with Tyler Horton following along with Paul Horton,Justin Comer and Kaleb Copher.A rough night for several top point cars as Park Jones finished 14,Dave Bauer ended on his top in an incident finishing 15th and Jason Rayle came home with a 7th place finish.
The Bomber feature saw Mike willoughby grab the opening lead for three laps until Shawn Strong made a nice move to get the top spot and never looked back in grabbing the victory with points runner-up James Redus finishing in the runner-up spot followed by early leader Willoughby,Bill Schoen and Jack Hamer.
Up next at the SpringfieldRaceway will be a Thursday Night Aug 13th special as the USMTS Touring Series comes to the Quick-Quarter as part of the Hunt Championship chase along with a special non-points race for the SportMods paying $350 to win and Legends.Racing will start at 7:30 for the Special Hunt race.
For more information visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or WWW.USMTS.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 3)Erik Maggard-Springfield 4)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 5)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark. 6)Jim Body-Diamond 7)Danny DeMasters- 8)Larry Tindle-Springfield 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Sam Petty-Niangua 11)Jason Summers-Carl Junction 12)Micheal Merritt-Springfield DNS-Brian Green-Pierce City
1st Ht-1)Dalton 2)Maggard 3)DeMasters 4)Summers 5)Green 6)Petty 7)Tindle
2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Body 3)Knight 4)Graybeal 5)Merritt 6)Pearish
SportMods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 3)Willie Wilson-Springfield 4)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 5)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 6)Dallas Scott-Springfield 7)Billy Dalton-Reeds 8)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 9)JC Morton-Springfield 10)Billy Street-Joplin 11)Gary Rodocker-Willard 12)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 13)Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove 14)Mike Watson-Springfield 15)Roy Maynard-Alba 16)Jason Wallace-Joplin 17)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 18)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 19)Corey Pope-Clever 20)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin
B Ft(Top 4 To A Ft)-1)Scott 2)Watson 3)Hendrix 4)Bryant 5)Darrin Crisler-Clever 6)Lamar Neuman-Willard 7)Paul Campenelli-Springfield 8)Derek Mincks-Bolivar 9)Aaron Speck-Republic 10)Jim VanZandt-Springfield DNS-Mike Barnett-Springfield
1st Ht(Top 4 Top A) 1)Yeoman 2)Jackson 3)Street 4)Tinderholt 5)Neuman 6)Watson 7)Campanelli
2nd Ht-1)Dalton 2)Pope 3)Morton 4)Wallace 5)Scott 6)Crisler
3rd Ht-1)Wilson 2)Burrell 3)Hailman 4)Beauchamp 5)Barnett 6)VanZandt
4th Ht-1)Cheevers 2)Albright 3)Rodocker 4)Maynard 5)Bryant 6)Hendrix 7)Speck
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Tyler Horton-Joplin 3)Paul Horton-Joplin 4)Justin Comer-Joplin 5)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 6)Rob Watson-Billings 7)Jason Rayle-Springfield 8)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 9)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 10)Tony Jenson-Joplin 11)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 12)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 13)John Gornet-O'Fallon 14)Park Jones-Joplin 15)David Bauer-Webb City
1st HT-1)Jones 2)D.Comer 3)T.Horton 4)Copher 5)Bauer 6)Gornet
2nd Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Watson 3)Rayle 4)P.Horton 5)Reynolds 6)Gruenberg 7)Jenson
LateModels
A Ft-1)Ken Essary-Cape Fair 2)Rick Lebow-Galena 3)Adam Brown-Aurora 4)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 5)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 6)Chris Morelock-Springfield 7)Frank Tindle-Galena 8)Bo Chastain-Republic 9)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 10)Jordan Holloway-Monett 11)JP Compton-Crane
1st HT-1)Essary 2)Keepper 3)Manes 4)Tindle 5)Briggs 6)Holloway
2nd Ht-1)Lebow 2)Brown 3)Morelock 4)Compton 5)Chastain
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)James Redus-Springfield 3)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 4)Bill Schoen-Brighton 5)Jack Hamer-Ava 6)Matt Pilant-Springfield 7)Richard Sanders-Bolivar 8)Randy Phelps-Springfield 9)Kim Kaasa-Springfield 10)Richard Smith-Nixa 11)Ben Thomas-Webb City DNS-John Coats-Joplin Robert Jones-Springfield
1st HT-1)Schoen 2)Hamer 3)Redus 4)Coats 5)Jones 6)Phelps
2nd Ht-1)Strong 2)Willoughby 3)Smith 4)Thomas 5)Sanders 6)Kassa DQ-Pilant
The USRA Modified feature had pole setter Sam Petty lead the opening two laps has Erik Maggard and Bobby Pearish were right along side of the leader.Pearish who was using a 604 Crate motor this week untries was hanging on strong.On lap 3,Maggard kept glued to the high side and took over the lead with Pearish,Petty and a fast moving Jim Body following.Contact between Petty and Body on lap 5 brought out the first yellow as both drivers went to the rear.On the restart,current and defending champion Jackie Dalton and Mitch Keeter were coming quickly from there 5th row starting spots and applying pressure.The last 3 weeks it has been a Dalton and Maggard classic battle and tonight was no exception.Dalton moved to his familiar low groove with Maggard staying on the top side.On lap 9,Dalton made the move stick and took over the lead as Keeter was following.The second yellow waved on lap 11 as Micheal Maggard spun in turn 2 bunching the field up.On the double file restart,Keeter picked the high side with Dalton leading and Maggard a solid third followed by Pearish and Todd Knight.On the restart,Keeter swung upstairs with Dalton staying on the low-side as Dalton began to pull away leaving Keeter and Maggard to battle for second place.The duo swapped the runner-up spot 5 different times as Dalton grabbed his fourth win of the season followed by Keeter,Maggard in a photo finish battle,Pearish and a fast moving Todd Knight.
In LateModel action,Rick Lebow grabbed the early lead from his pole spot for the opening 3 laps before the dirt hall of fame driver Ken Essary came charging from the rear of the field to take charge on lap 7.After a strong battle early in the caution free event,Essary pulled away to grab his first SpringfieldRaceway victory of the season with Lebow,Adam Brown,point leader Jeremy Manes and Sundance Keepper in a near photo finish battle for position.
The SportMods picked-up where they left off the previous 3 weeks showing just how competitive this class is.Billy Dalton brought the 20 car feature to the green.The yellow waved quickly as Darrell Jackson spun collecting Mike Hailman with him.On the restart,Dalton grabbed the lead again with john Yeoman Jr following tightly.Battles were all over the track with 2-3 wide racing as Willie Wilson and Colt Cheevers were making up ground quickly.The Yellow waved on lap on lap 8 as Jackson who was trying to stay on the lead lap spun in turn 2 collecting-up Yeoman,point leader Billy Street,Darian Hendrix and Corey Pope.Only Street would return to action.On the restart Dalton would find Colt Cheevers on his back bumper with Wilson and 12th starting Jeff Albright Jr in the mix.Cheevers would take over the top spot at the halway point as Albright and Dalton ran side by side for 2 laps.Cheevers started to pull away,but on lap 12,Albright moved into second and applied pressure to Cheevers.Wih the lead duo battling,Wilson having his best run of the season,Dalton,Midway point leader Mickey Burrell and Mike Hailman were battling.The final yellow waved on lap 18 for Jason Wallace as he retired from the race setting-up the 2 lap shootout.On the restart,Albright picked the low groove and as the green waved moved to the inside of Cheevers.Colt used the middle lane to hold off the challanges in taking his first points race win of the season and becoming the 9th different winner in 11 races.Albright followed very closely to grab second followed by Wilson,Burrell and Hailman as 15 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap.
The Legends again provided close racing as Paul Horton jumped to the early lead with Tyler Horton following closely.With 3 wide racing action all over the oval,Dave Comer came charging to grab the lead on lap 6 and held off repeated challanges from the Horton family to take the victory with Tyler Horton following along with Paul Horton,Justin Comer and Kaleb Copher.A rough night for several top point cars as Park Jones finished 14,Dave Bauer ended on his top in an incident finishing 15th and Jason Rayle came home with a 7th place finish.
The Bomber feature saw Mike willoughby grab the opening lead for three laps until Shawn Strong made a nice move to get the top spot and never looked back in grabbing the victory with points runner-up James Redus finishing in the runner-up spot followed by early leader Willoughby,Bill Schoen and Jack Hamer.
Up next at the SpringfieldRaceway will be a Thursday Night Aug 13th special as the USMTS Touring Series comes to the Quick-Quarter as part of the Hunt Championship chase along with a special non-points race for the SportMods paying $350 to win and Legends.Racing will start at 7:30 for the Special Hunt race.
For more information visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or WWW.USMTS.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 3)Erik Maggard-Springfield 4)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 5)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark. 6)Jim Body-Diamond 7)Danny DeMasters- 8)Larry Tindle-Springfield 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Sam Petty-Niangua 11)Jason Summers-Carl Junction 12)Micheal Merritt-Springfield DNS-Brian Green-Pierce City
1st Ht-1)Dalton 2)Maggard 3)DeMasters 4)Summers 5)Green 6)Petty 7)Tindle
2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Body 3)Knight 4)Graybeal 5)Merritt 6)Pearish
SportMods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 3)Willie Wilson-Springfield 4)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 5)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 6)Dallas Scott-Springfield 7)Billy Dalton-Reeds 8)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 9)JC Morton-Springfield 10)Billy Street-Joplin 11)Gary Rodocker-Willard 12)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 13)Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove 14)Mike Watson-Springfield 15)Roy Maynard-Alba 16)Jason Wallace-Joplin 17)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 18)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 19)Corey Pope-Clever 20)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin
B Ft(Top 4 To A Ft)-1)Scott 2)Watson 3)Hendrix 4)Bryant 5)Darrin Crisler-Clever 6)Lamar Neuman-Willard 7)Paul Campenelli-Springfield 8)Derek Mincks-Bolivar 9)Aaron Speck-Republic 10)Jim VanZandt-Springfield DNS-Mike Barnett-Springfield
1st Ht(Top 4 Top A) 1)Yeoman 2)Jackson 3)Street 4)Tinderholt 5)Neuman 6)Watson 7)Campanelli
2nd Ht-1)Dalton 2)Pope 3)Morton 4)Wallace 5)Scott 6)Crisler
3rd Ht-1)Wilson 2)Burrell 3)Hailman 4)Beauchamp 5)Barnett 6)VanZandt
4th Ht-1)Cheevers 2)Albright 3)Rodocker 4)Maynard 5)Bryant 6)Hendrix 7)Speck
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Tyler Horton-Joplin 3)Paul Horton-Joplin 4)Justin Comer-Joplin 5)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 6)Rob Watson-Billings 7)Jason Rayle-Springfield 8)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 9)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 10)Tony Jenson-Joplin 11)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 12)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 13)John Gornet-O'Fallon 14)Park Jones-Joplin 15)David Bauer-Webb City
1st HT-1)Jones 2)D.Comer 3)T.Horton 4)Copher 5)Bauer 6)Gornet
2nd Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Watson 3)Rayle 4)P.Horton 5)Reynolds 6)Gruenberg 7)Jenson
LateModels
A Ft-1)Ken Essary-Cape Fair 2)Rick Lebow-Galena 3)Adam Brown-Aurora 4)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 5)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 6)Chris Morelock-Springfield 7)Frank Tindle-Galena 8)Bo Chastain-Republic 9)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 10)Jordan Holloway-Monett 11)JP Compton-Crane
1st HT-1)Essary 2)Keepper 3)Manes 4)Tindle 5)Briggs 6)Holloway
2nd Ht-1)Lebow 2)Brown 3)Morelock 4)Compton 5)Chastain
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)James Redus-Springfield 3)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 4)Bill Schoen-Brighton 5)Jack Hamer-Ava 6)Matt Pilant-Springfield 7)Richard Sanders-Bolivar 8)Randy Phelps-Springfield 9)Kim Kaasa-Springfield 10)Richard Smith-Nixa 11)Ben Thomas-Webb City DNS-John Coats-Joplin Robert Jones-Springfield
1st HT-1)Schoen 2)Hamer 3)Redus 4)Coats 5)Jones 6)Phelps
2nd Ht-1)Strong 2)Willoughby 3)Smith 4)Thomas 5)Sanders 6)Kassa DQ-Pilant
