Randy Martin, Bryon Allison, and Marc Carter also grab wins
Clint Brown
July 10, 2004
A great field of cars and fans were greeted with a fast, smooth track as the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series rolled off Yeager's Cycle Sales Race Night at Missouri's State Fair Speedway.
The American Compressed Steel/Ditzfield Transfer WOW 360 Sprints kicked things into high gear with California's Randy Martin rolling his Diamond Pet Foods #14 into the Winner's Circle when the checkered flag flew. Brian Brown, driving the Doogs Racing #21, jumped from outside row one for the early lead and quickly built up a 10 car length lead on the field with Brian Grimes and Randy Martin giving chase. Lap two saw the field slowed for the stalled mount of Rusty Potter and as the green flag waved Randy Martin worked his way around Grimes into the runner-up position as Brown once again opened up his advantage. Lap four became the undoing for Brown as his mount slowed with a flat left rear tire going down the backstretch. With Martin taking over the top spot he took over where Brown left off and opend up a sizeable advantage oover Grimes and third running Steve Gennetten. Martin was never headed again as he blitzed through the final half of the event and raced under the checkered flag with his second win of the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series. Following Martin accross the line were Steve Gennetten, Jon Corbin, Bryan Grimes, and Tracy Nichols for top five finishes. Heat race wins on the evening went to Bryan Grimes, Brian Brown, and Randy Martin.
Late Model competitors took to the Historic 1/2 Mile and as the green flag flew it was the duel of Marshall for the top spot as Randy McGraw, Chad Clark, and Bryon Allison began their battle for the front. When the dust finally settled and the checkered flag had dropped it was the 1a John Rector Motors/AA Muffler of Bryon Allison who found his way to the Winner's Circle. The race began with Randy McGraw pacing the field while Chad Clark and Allison battled for the second spot in a torrid battle. McGraw held his advantage through the first half of the race with Allison finally wrestling the runner up spot away from Clark on the sixth go round of the twenty lap affair. Allison was able to slightly close the gap on McGraw, but was just unable to pull up on the veteran's rear bumper to make an attempt to pass. Finally the door opened up on lap 14 as McGraw found himself pinned behind a slower car on the bottom side and Allison powering past on the top. From that point on Allison opened up a sizeable advantage and raced across the finish line with his first win of the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series. McGraw and Clark came across the line in second and third with Rick Kimberling and Larry Moon rounding out the top five. Heat race wins went to McGraw and Clark.
The dramatic finishes that have been a part of the W-K Chevrolet-Buick Modifieds continued as Concordia's Dave Meyer bided his time and made a winning move through turns 1 and 2 on the last lap for the victory. The feature got underway with Columbia's Steve Cain staking the advantage on the field after starting on the outside of row one with polesitte Dennis Walrath hot on his heels looking for the groove around. The top two battle nose to tail and side by side for the point, but at every point Cain was able to hold off the advances of Walrath. While those two waged a war at the front Meyer was silently working his way through the fild as he found himslef in fourth by lap four after having started from the inside of row four. Cain still headed the field at the halfway point with Walrath still breathing down his neck while he was attempting to retain his position from Howard Hall who had begun to apply pressure for the second spot. Meyer began his charge during the second half of the race by moving past Hall to take over third on lap thirteen and with eighteen laps in the books took over the runner up spot from Walrath. With the white flag waving Cain and Meyer charged off into turn one with Cain dropping low and Meyer working the cushion work for him as he caught the bite and shot into the lead. Cain made one last attempt as the pair ran through turns 3 & 4, but Meyer was able to hold him off and take home the victory. Following Meyer and Cain across the line were Dennis Walrath, Howard Hall, and W-K Chevrolet-Buick Modified point leader Steve Potter. Steve Cain and Dennis Walrath started on the front row of the feature by virtue of their heat race wins earlier in the evening.
The Street Stocks took the the track and when the race was completed a familiar face found his way to the Winner's Circle when Marc Carter wheeled his bright red #10 in to garner the accolades. Carter didn't have an easy go of it as when the green flag dropped Brian Mahalovich quickly bolted into the lead with Carter working nearly every spot on the track to find the way around. On several occassions it appeared that Carter might finally have found the spot he was looking for only to see the move unsuccessful and Mahalovich able to fend him off. Finally as the race hit the halfway mark Carter found what he was looking for and moved around Mahalovich and into the top spot. From there on out Carter kept his machine in front and held off all the moves of Mahalovich for the win. Bob Gustin, Gary Hemme, and Earl Sullins followed the front pair across the line to round out the top five. Brian Mahalovich earned the right to start the feature event on the pole with his heat victory earlier.
Join us again next week as we count down the final few races of the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series when Pepsi Racing Night rolls onto the Historic 1/2 Mile. With only four races left the championship fights are likely to come down to the final night to determine the champions in each division. Adult admission is only $10.00 with Senior Citizens $8.00, children 6-12 $6.00 and under 6 are free. Gates open at 5:00 pm, with hot laps rolling off at 7:00 pm and heat races taking to the track at 7:30 pm.
For all of the latest news and information on Missouri's State Fair Speedway call the "Half Mile Hotline" at 660-826-RACE (7223) or visit us on the web at www.mostatefairspeedway.com.
Full Results
Yeager's Cycle Sales Race Night
July 9, 2004
American Compressed Steel/Ditzfield Transfer WOW 360 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Bryan Grimes (Slater), 2) Tommy Mikels (Marshall), 3) Kent Stolfus (Lee's Summit), 4) Frank Brown (Marshall), 5) Tony Crank (Sedalia), 6) Clinton Keeton (Warsaw), 7) Curtis Boyer (New Haven)
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1) Bryian Brown (Higginsville), 2) Jon Corbin (Carrollton), 3) Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR), 4) Tracy Nichols (Columbia), 5) Rusty Potter (Boonville), 6) David Brown (Marshall), 7) Matt Cook (Sedalia)
Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1) Randy Martin (California), 2) Steve Gennetten (Versailles), 3) Terry Hinck (Boonville), 4) Chuck Hines (Marshall), 5) Faron Crank (Sedalia), 6) Matthew Fox (Sedalia)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Randy Martin, 2) Steve Gennetten, 3) Jon Corbin, 4) Bryan Grimes, 5) Tracy Nichols, 6) Tommy Mikels, 7) Terry Hinck, 8) Frank Brown, 9) Tony Crank, 10) Ken Stolfus, 11) Faron Crank, 12) Matthew Fox, 13) Clinton Keeton, 14) Matt Cook, 15) Brian Brown, 16) Chuck Hines, 17) Ricky Logan, 18) David Brown, 19) Rusty Potter, 20) Curtis Boyer
Late Model
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Chad Clark (Marshall), 2) Bryon Allison (Marshall), 3) Kevin Kaiser (Cole Camp), 4) Jake Morris (Marshall), 5) Larry Moon (Sedalia), 6) Dave Meyer (Concordia)
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1) Randy McGraw (Marshall), 2) Reid Millard (Jefferson City), 3) Rick Kimberling (Slater), 4) Bob Cummings (Sedalia), 5) Bob Hiller (Sedalia), DNS - Mark Dyer (Warrensburg)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Bryon Allison, 2) Randy McGraw, 3) Chad Clark, 4) Rick Kimberling, 5) Larry Moon, 6) Bob Cummings, 7) Kevin Kaiser, 8) Reid Millard, 9) Bob Hiller, 10) Jake Morris, 11) Dave Meyer, DNS - Mark Dyer
W-K Chevrolet-Buick Mighty Modifieds
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Dennis Walrath (Clinton), 2) Joe Bradshaw (Knob Noster), 3) Howard Hall (Columbia), 4) Dave Meyer (Concordia), 5) Curt Potter (Boonville), 6) Rick Kimberling (Slater), 7) Shannon Frank (New Bloomfield), 8) Casey Crason (Columbia)
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1) Steve Cain (Columbia), 2) Eric Hammons (Smithton), 3) Steve Potter (Boonville), 4) Keith Davis (Columbia), 5) Roland Bythe (Ashland), 6) Danny Henderson (Sedalia), 7) Kevin Kaiser (Cole Camp)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Dave Meyer, 2) Steve Cain, 3) Dennis Walrath, 4) Howard Hall, 5) Steve Potter, 6) Curt Potter, 7) Rick Kimberling, 8) Eric Hammons, 9) Keith Davis, 10) Casey Creason, 11) Kevin Kaiser, 12) Shannon Frank, 13) Joe Bradshaw, DNS - Danny Henderson, DQ - Roland Blythe
Street Stocks
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Brian Mahalovich (Sedalia), 2) Marc Carter (Warrensburg), 3) Tim Cressley (Tipton), 4) Gary Hemme (Sedalia), 5) Bob Gustin (Osage Beach), 6) Earl Sullins (Sedalia), 7) Mike Cook (Sedalia)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Marc Carter, 2) Brian Mahalovich, 3) Bob Gustin, 4) Gary Hemme, 5) Earl Sullins, 6) Tim Cressley, 7) Mike Cook
Clint Brown
July 10, 2004
A great field of cars and fans were greeted with a fast, smooth track as the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series rolled off Yeager's Cycle Sales Race Night at Missouri's State Fair Speedway.
The American Compressed Steel/Ditzfield Transfer WOW 360 Sprints kicked things into high gear with California's Randy Martin rolling his Diamond Pet Foods #14 into the Winner's Circle when the checkered flag flew. Brian Brown, driving the Doogs Racing #21, jumped from outside row one for the early lead and quickly built up a 10 car length lead on the field with Brian Grimes and Randy Martin giving chase. Lap two saw the field slowed for the stalled mount of Rusty Potter and as the green flag waved Randy Martin worked his way around Grimes into the runner-up position as Brown once again opened up his advantage. Lap four became the undoing for Brown as his mount slowed with a flat left rear tire going down the backstretch. With Martin taking over the top spot he took over where Brown left off and opend up a sizeable advantage oover Grimes and third running Steve Gennetten. Martin was never headed again as he blitzed through the final half of the event and raced under the checkered flag with his second win of the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series. Following Martin accross the line were Steve Gennetten, Jon Corbin, Bryan Grimes, and Tracy Nichols for top five finishes. Heat race wins on the evening went to Bryan Grimes, Brian Brown, and Randy Martin.
Late Model competitors took to the Historic 1/2 Mile and as the green flag flew it was the duel of Marshall for the top spot as Randy McGraw, Chad Clark, and Bryon Allison began their battle for the front. When the dust finally settled and the checkered flag had dropped it was the 1a John Rector Motors/AA Muffler of Bryon Allison who found his way to the Winner's Circle. The race began with Randy McGraw pacing the field while Chad Clark and Allison battled for the second spot in a torrid battle. McGraw held his advantage through the first half of the race with Allison finally wrestling the runner up spot away from Clark on the sixth go round of the twenty lap affair. Allison was able to slightly close the gap on McGraw, but was just unable to pull up on the veteran's rear bumper to make an attempt to pass. Finally the door opened up on lap 14 as McGraw found himself pinned behind a slower car on the bottom side and Allison powering past on the top. From that point on Allison opened up a sizeable advantage and raced across the finish line with his first win of the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series. McGraw and Clark came across the line in second and third with Rick Kimberling and Larry Moon rounding out the top five. Heat race wins went to McGraw and Clark.
The dramatic finishes that have been a part of the W-K Chevrolet-Buick Modifieds continued as Concordia's Dave Meyer bided his time and made a winning move through turns 1 and 2 on the last lap for the victory. The feature got underway with Columbia's Steve Cain staking the advantage on the field after starting on the outside of row one with polesitte Dennis Walrath hot on his heels looking for the groove around. The top two battle nose to tail and side by side for the point, but at every point Cain was able to hold off the advances of Walrath. While those two waged a war at the front Meyer was silently working his way through the fild as he found himslef in fourth by lap four after having started from the inside of row four. Cain still headed the field at the halfway point with Walrath still breathing down his neck while he was attempting to retain his position from Howard Hall who had begun to apply pressure for the second spot. Meyer began his charge during the second half of the race by moving past Hall to take over third on lap thirteen and with eighteen laps in the books took over the runner up spot from Walrath. With the white flag waving Cain and Meyer charged off into turn one with Cain dropping low and Meyer working the cushion work for him as he caught the bite and shot into the lead. Cain made one last attempt as the pair ran through turns 3 & 4, but Meyer was able to hold him off and take home the victory. Following Meyer and Cain across the line were Dennis Walrath, Howard Hall, and W-K Chevrolet-Buick Modified point leader Steve Potter. Steve Cain and Dennis Walrath started on the front row of the feature by virtue of their heat race wins earlier in the evening.
The Street Stocks took the the track and when the race was completed a familiar face found his way to the Winner's Circle when Marc Carter wheeled his bright red #10 in to garner the accolades. Carter didn't have an easy go of it as when the green flag dropped Brian Mahalovich quickly bolted into the lead with Carter working nearly every spot on the track to find the way around. On several occassions it appeared that Carter might finally have found the spot he was looking for only to see the move unsuccessful and Mahalovich able to fend him off. Finally as the race hit the halfway mark Carter found what he was looking for and moved around Mahalovich and into the top spot. From there on out Carter kept his machine in front and held off all the moves of Mahalovich for the win. Bob Gustin, Gary Hemme, and Earl Sullins followed the front pair across the line to round out the top five. Brian Mahalovich earned the right to start the feature event on the pole with his heat victory earlier.
Join us again next week as we count down the final few races of the 2004 Miller Lite Summer Shootout Series when Pepsi Racing Night rolls onto the Historic 1/2 Mile. With only four races left the championship fights are likely to come down to the final night to determine the champions in each division. Adult admission is only $10.00 with Senior Citizens $8.00, children 6-12 $6.00 and under 6 are free. Gates open at 5:00 pm, with hot laps rolling off at 7:00 pm and heat races taking to the track at 7:30 pm.
For all of the latest news and information on Missouri's State Fair Speedway call the "Half Mile Hotline" at 660-826-RACE (7223) or visit us on the web at www.mostatefairspeedway.com.
Full Results
Yeager's Cycle Sales Race Night
July 9, 2004
American Compressed Steel/Ditzfield Transfer WOW 360 Sprints
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Bryan Grimes (Slater), 2) Tommy Mikels (Marshall), 3) Kent Stolfus (Lee's Summit), 4) Frank Brown (Marshall), 5) Tony Crank (Sedalia), 6) Clinton Keeton (Warsaw), 7) Curtis Boyer (New Haven)
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1) Bryian Brown (Higginsville), 2) Jon Corbin (Carrollton), 3) Ricky Logan (Little Rock, AR), 4) Tracy Nichols (Columbia), 5) Rusty Potter (Boonville), 6) David Brown (Marshall), 7) Matt Cook (Sedalia)
Heat 3 (8 Laps) 1) Randy Martin (California), 2) Steve Gennetten (Versailles), 3) Terry Hinck (Boonville), 4) Chuck Hines (Marshall), 5) Faron Crank (Sedalia), 6) Matthew Fox (Sedalia)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Randy Martin, 2) Steve Gennetten, 3) Jon Corbin, 4) Bryan Grimes, 5) Tracy Nichols, 6) Tommy Mikels, 7) Terry Hinck, 8) Frank Brown, 9) Tony Crank, 10) Ken Stolfus, 11) Faron Crank, 12) Matthew Fox, 13) Clinton Keeton, 14) Matt Cook, 15) Brian Brown, 16) Chuck Hines, 17) Ricky Logan, 18) David Brown, 19) Rusty Potter, 20) Curtis Boyer
Late Model
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Chad Clark (Marshall), 2) Bryon Allison (Marshall), 3) Kevin Kaiser (Cole Camp), 4) Jake Morris (Marshall), 5) Larry Moon (Sedalia), 6) Dave Meyer (Concordia)
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1) Randy McGraw (Marshall), 2) Reid Millard (Jefferson City), 3) Rick Kimberling (Slater), 4) Bob Cummings (Sedalia), 5) Bob Hiller (Sedalia), DNS - Mark Dyer (Warrensburg)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Bryon Allison, 2) Randy McGraw, 3) Chad Clark, 4) Rick Kimberling, 5) Larry Moon, 6) Bob Cummings, 7) Kevin Kaiser, 8) Reid Millard, 9) Bob Hiller, 10) Jake Morris, 11) Dave Meyer, DNS - Mark Dyer
W-K Chevrolet-Buick Mighty Modifieds
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Dennis Walrath (Clinton), 2) Joe Bradshaw (Knob Noster), 3) Howard Hall (Columbia), 4) Dave Meyer (Concordia), 5) Curt Potter (Boonville), 6) Rick Kimberling (Slater), 7) Shannon Frank (New Bloomfield), 8) Casey Crason (Columbia)
Heat 2 (8 Laps) 1) Steve Cain (Columbia), 2) Eric Hammons (Smithton), 3) Steve Potter (Boonville), 4) Keith Davis (Columbia), 5) Roland Bythe (Ashland), 6) Danny Henderson (Sedalia), 7) Kevin Kaiser (Cole Camp)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Dave Meyer, 2) Steve Cain, 3) Dennis Walrath, 4) Howard Hall, 5) Steve Potter, 6) Curt Potter, 7) Rick Kimberling, 8) Eric Hammons, 9) Keith Davis, 10) Casey Creason, 11) Kevin Kaiser, 12) Shannon Frank, 13) Joe Bradshaw, DNS - Danny Henderson, DQ - Roland Blythe
Street Stocks
Heat 1 (8 Laps) 1) Brian Mahalovich (Sedalia), 2) Marc Carter (Warrensburg), 3) Tim Cressley (Tipton), 4) Gary Hemme (Sedalia), 5) Bob Gustin (Osage Beach), 6) Earl Sullins (Sedalia), 7) Mike Cook (Sedalia)
Yeager's Cycle Sales A Feature (20 Laps) 1) Marc Carter, 2) Brian Mahalovich, 3) Bob Gustin, 4) Gary Hemme, 5) Earl Sullins, 6) Tim Cressley, 7) Mike Cook
