WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial
Saturday, March 15
Championship Round
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home AR
WEST PLAINS MO. Eddie Martin of Stillwell, Oklahoma bested a field of 160 Modifieds en route to winning the 4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial at the West Plains Motor Speedway. Martin pocketed $8,000 for his efforts in the 50 Lap feature race that saw five different leaders in some incredibly close racing.
Gary Clark held the pole for the championship feature event with Mark Noble to his outside. The field went three wide on the start, with Jeff Taylor joining Clark and Noble in the fray. Noble edged into the lead in turn four, while Taylor and Clark continued to duel for second. Taylor moved into the second spot in turn four on the second lap with Clark, Eric Turner, and Tommy Myer falling in behind.
Myer bested Turner for the fourth spot in turn two on lap three, then drove by Clark for third in turn four on the next lap. Martin and Randy Zimmerman bypassed Clark, and dueled for the fifth spot.
Out front, Noble and Taylor had left the pack. Kelly Shyrock moved into fifth on lap eight. Taylor pulled even with Noble, taking the lead coming out of four on lap nine. Something broke in Taylor's read end gears, locking the car up spinning Taylor in turn one. That brought out the only caution of the event. Taylor's promising night ended early, with his car riding the hook back to the pits.
Noble, Myer, Martin, and Shyrock moved into a virtual original start formation as the race restarted, racing two by two in a tight four car pack. Noble, Martin, and Myer then went three wide on lap 12, then Noble and Myer went side by side, with Martin and Shryock in a dead heat right behind them again.
Tommy Myer was able to edge into the lead at the stripe on lap 14, then Shyrock made the pass on Martin for third in turn two on lap 15. Myer, Shyrock, and Noble went back to three wide racing for the lead on lap 16, with Shyrock taking his turn at the point coming out of turn four on lap 17.
Eddie Martin moved into second spot behind Shryock, with Noble and Myer dicing side by side behind him. Martin moved into side by side formation with Shyrock on lap 19, with Shyrock on the bottom and Martin racing around the top. Those two raced side by side over the next eight laps. Martin finally was able to pull ahead of Shryock for good in turn two on lap 27.
Traffic loomed for the front runners, as Martin was dealing with back markers by lap 30. Martin pulled out to a five carlength advantage over Shryock by lap 31, and had improved his margin to ten carlenghts by lap 35. The pair cleared traffic with Martin's ten carlength lead in tact by lap 40, but then Shryock made his last charge at the lead.
Kelly Shryock closed to five carlengths by lap 43, and the top pair were nose to tail by lap 47. Shryock made his best attempt to regain the lead getting his nose all the way up to Martin's door coming out of four going to the white flag. That was as close as Shryock could come however.
Eddie Martin came home with the hotly contested win, with Kelly Shryock, Mark Noble, Randy Zimmerman, and Tommy Myer making up the top five. Tony Anglin, Mark Norris, Dan Chapman, Jack Sullivan, and Gary Clark rounded out the top ten.
Justin Stanfill Memorial Feature (50 Laps)
1) Eddie Martin, $8,000
2) Kelly Shryock, $4,000
3) Mark Noble, $2,750
4) Randy Zimmerman, $2,500
5) Tommy Myer, $2,000
6) Tony Anglin, $1,750
7) Mark Norris, $1,500
8) Dan Chapman, $1,350
9) Jack Sullivan, $1,250
10) Gary Clark, $1,150
11) Richie Tosh, $1,100
12) Eric Turner, $1,050
13) Klint Pursley, $1,025
14) Brian Mullen, $1,000
15) Brandon Smith, $980
16) Jason Sullivan, $960
17) Mike Mayfield, $940
18) Billy Street, $920
19) Ron Jones, $900
20) Randy Todd, $880
21) Mike Sorenson, $860
22) Randle Sweeney, $840
23) Larry Campbell, $820
24) Jeff Taylor, $800
WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial
Round 3 Qualifying
Saturday, March 15
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
WEST PLAINS MO. Jeff Taylor claimed the final round of qualifying for the 4th Annual Justin Stanfill Memorial at the West Plains Motor Speedway. Taylor drove past Eric Turner on lap 19 of the 25 Lap Qualifier, going the rest of the way for the win.
Billy Street held the pole for the event, with Mike Bowers to his outside. Street moved to the lead as the green flag fell, but Turner had pulled even with Street on the second lap, taking the top spot. Brandon Smith improved past Bowers for third, then got around Street for the second spot in turn two on lap three.
Jeff Taylor made his way from his sixth row starting position to 5th on lap four, then drove by Bowers for fourth in turn four on the fifth circuit. Taylor sailed past Street for third on the backstretch on lap six. Eddie Martin was fifth on lap seven, then dueled side by side with Street for fourth on lap eight. Martin took the spot in turn two.
Taylor motored past Smith for second on the backstretch on lap 10. Eric Turner had a 15 carlength advantage on Taylor when he gained second. Taylor erased that margin in five laps, catching him by lap 15. The pair were side by side on lap 16.
Eddie Martin took third from Brandon Smith in turn four on lap 18, then Taylor drove to the lead past Turner in turn four on lap 19. Taylor was pulling away from the field, and took a 10 carlength win. Eric Turner, Eddie Martin, Brandon Smith, and Dan Chapman made up the top five. Billy Street, Jason Sullivan, and Jack Sullivan picked up the final three transfer spots.
3rd Round Qualifying Feature (25 Laps, 8 transfer) 1) Jeff Taylor 2) Eric Turner 3) Eddie Martin 4) Brandon Smith 5) Dan Chapman 6) Billy Street 7) Jason Sullivan 8) Jack Sullivan 9) Mike Bowers 10) Billy Romans 11) Corey Dripps 12) John Vondenberg 13) Brian Allen 14) Dan Daniels 15) Johnny Saathoff 16) Kevin Larkins 17) Shane Stephens 18) Todd Clifford 19) Marc Robe 20) Donnie Barnhart 21) Mark Stephens 22) Jeff Greene 23) Chris Spieker 24) Mark Voight
1st Heat (15 Laps, two transfer) 1) Billy Street, Joplin MO 2) Shane Stephens, Arlington TN 3) Claudie Cook, Portageville MO 4) Jon Tesch, Watertown SD 5) Terry Kerbough, Arlington TN 6) Todd Dart, Alcoma WI 7) Jason Hollis, Ethelsville AL 8) Todd Stinehart, Waseca MN 9) Dusty Johnston, Flippin AR 10) Matt Johnson, Archie MO 11) Rick Lovelady, Amarillo TX 12) Ricky Cross, St. James MO
2nd Heat 1) Mike Bowers, North Little Rock AR 2) Dan Chapman, Clarence IA 3) Rex Merritt, Clever MO 4) Robert Test Jr., Jefferson City MO 5) Chad Lyle, Lone Jack MO 6) Jerry Thompson, Ft. Smith AR 7) Jeff Autry, Tuttle OK 8) Joe Giesler, St. Mary MO 9) Jared Wagster, Portageville MO 10) Lyle Shepard, Manhattan KS 11) Mike Powers, Burlison TN 12) Dylan Sharp, Hillsboro MO
3rd Heat 1) Eric Turner, Hermitage MO 2) Donnie Barnhart, North Little Rock AR 3) Justin Boney, Desoto KS 4) Greg Hughes, West Plains MO 5) Chuck McGinty, Conway AR 6) Shane Moody, Bernie MO 7) Andy Claiborn, Ft. Scott KS 8) Ryan Ruter, Kanawha IA 9) Phillip Murphy, Ravenden AR 10) Justin Wilbur, Bartlet TN 11) Jerry Croney, West Plains MO
4th Heat 1) Brandon Smith, Floral AR 2) John Vondenberg, Oskaloosa IA 3) Wayne Brooks, Bald Knob AR 4) Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk IA 5) Archie Conway Jr., Bald Knob AR 6) Mika Mashl, Depere WI 7) Gary Archambault, Wright City MO 8) Jay Jenkins, Clinton AR 9) Josh Hughes, West Plains MO 10) Dan Nasalroad, Lacygne KS 11) Mike Nullynski Jr., Wentzville MO
5th Heat 1) Billy Romans, West Plains MO 2) Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls IA 3) Robert Powers, Campbell MO 4) Rob Muilenburg, Sparta MO 5) Jamie Ragland, Lebanon MO 6) Ryan Meyer, Liberty IL 7) Lucas Cox, Bald Knob AR 8) Jeremy Tharp, Bald Knob AR 9) Larry Winn, Hallsville MO 10) Joe Hauck, Rolla MO
6th Heat 1) Jason Sullivan, Ragen TN 2) Brian Allen, Bartonville IL 3) Scott Drake, Webb City MO 4) Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton MO 5) Kevin Salter, Desha AR 6) Jerry Hoffman, Oronogo MO 7) Jeremy Russell, Jonesboro AR 8) Danny Scrogham, Pecuiliar MO 9) Darin Toot, Albert Lea MN 10) Jeff Beasley, St. Charles MO 11) Jim Roach, Urbana MO
7th Heat 1) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 2) Johnny Saathoff, Beatrice NE 3) Robby Arnold, Paragould AR 4) Scotty Allen, Wheatland MO 5) Darin Walker, Bowling Green MO 6) Peyton Taylor, Batesville AR 7) Curt Barnett, El Paso TX 8) Shawn Brassfield, Ada OK 9) Rich Smith, Davenport IA 10) Steve Long Jr., Warrenton MO
8th Heat 1) Eddie Martin, Stillwell OK 2) Mark Voigt, Marine IL 3) Jeremy Payne, Tuscon AZ 4) Brian Foote, Essex IA 5) Bill Suddeth, Milliport AL 6) Randy Martin, Puxico MO 7) Alan Sharpensteen, Amarillo TX 8) Jamel Korkis, Cave City AR 9) John Pafford, Germantown TN 10) Cliff Carter, West Memphis AR 11) Adam Parmeley, Cadet MO
9th Heat 1) Mark Stephens, Arlington TN 2) Chris Spieker, Massena IA 3) Jason Meadors, Fordland MO 4) Eric Scribner, Kier WI 5) Scott Weber, Festus MO 6) Eric Hickerson, Lobelville TN 7) Lee Hibner, Chillicothe MO 8) Donnie Powers, Henderson TX 9) Kevin Weaver, Gibson City IL 10) Dustin Billingsley, Crawfordsville AR
10th Heat 1) Dan Daniels, Humboldt KS 2) Kevin Larkins, Greenwood NE 3) Ronnie Vernon, Friendship TN 4) Shawn Walsh, Ash Flat AR 5) Brook Phillips, Wichita KS 6) Shane Harris, Humboldt TN 7) Jeremy Tibben, Stanton IL 8) Mike Riedle, Marshfield MO 9) Mike Wedelstadt, Hortonville WI 10) LeRoy Brenner, Aledo IL 11) Carmon Vincent, Moody MO
11th Heat 1) Jeff Taylor, Batesville AR 2) Marc Robe, Manhattan KS 3) Jason Hughes, West Plains MO 4) Greg Waugh, Batesville AR 5) Larry Hull, Old Appleton MO 6) Chris Bragg, Springtown TX 7) Richard Foster, Holts Summit MO 8) Bart Miller, Clarence IA 9) Dan Borgman, Muskegon MI 10) Adam Pratt, Hoxie AR 11) Trent Cockrum, West Plains MO
12th Heat 1) Jeff Greene, Paragould AR 2) Todd Clifford, Paragould AR 3) David Grigg, Springdale AR 4) Bill Adams, West Plains MO 5) Ben Stephens, Hattiesburg MS 6) Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake IA 7) Shawn Haynes, Malden MO 8) Mike Crader, Farmington MO 9) Danny Lorton, Moberly MO 10) Rich Whaley, Desoto MO
4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial
Saturday, March 15
Championship Round
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home AR
WEST PLAINS MO. Eddie Martin of Stillwell, Oklahoma bested a field of 160 Modifieds en route to winning the 4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial at the West Plains Motor Speedway. Martin pocketed $8,000 for his efforts in the 50 Lap feature race that saw five different leaders in some incredibly close racing.
Gary Clark held the pole for the championship feature event with Mark Noble to his outside. The field went three wide on the start, with Jeff Taylor joining Clark and Noble in the fray. Noble edged into the lead in turn four, while Taylor and Clark continued to duel for second. Taylor moved into the second spot in turn four on the second lap with Clark, Eric Turner, and Tommy Myer falling in behind.
Myer bested Turner for the fourth spot in turn two on lap three, then drove by Clark for third in turn four on the next lap. Martin and Randy Zimmerman bypassed Clark, and dueled for the fifth spot.
Out front, Noble and Taylor had left the pack. Kelly Shyrock moved into fifth on lap eight. Taylor pulled even with Noble, taking the lead coming out of four on lap nine. Something broke in Taylor's read end gears, locking the car up spinning Taylor in turn one. That brought out the only caution of the event. Taylor's promising night ended early, with his car riding the hook back to the pits.
Noble, Myer, Martin, and Shyrock moved into a virtual original start formation as the race restarted, racing two by two in a tight four car pack. Noble, Martin, and Myer then went three wide on lap 12, then Noble and Myer went side by side, with Martin and Shryock in a dead heat right behind them again.
Tommy Myer was able to edge into the lead at the stripe on lap 14, then Shyrock made the pass on Martin for third in turn two on lap 15. Myer, Shyrock, and Noble went back to three wide racing for the lead on lap 16, with Shyrock taking his turn at the point coming out of turn four on lap 17.
Eddie Martin moved into second spot behind Shryock, with Noble and Myer dicing side by side behind him. Martin moved into side by side formation with Shyrock on lap 19, with Shyrock on the bottom and Martin racing around the top. Those two raced side by side over the next eight laps. Martin finally was able to pull ahead of Shryock for good in turn two on lap 27.
Traffic loomed for the front runners, as Martin was dealing with back markers by lap 30. Martin pulled out to a five carlength advantage over Shryock by lap 31, and had improved his margin to ten carlenghts by lap 35. The pair cleared traffic with Martin's ten carlength lead in tact by lap 40, but then Shryock made his last charge at the lead.
Kelly Shryock closed to five carlengths by lap 43, and the top pair were nose to tail by lap 47. Shryock made his best attempt to regain the lead getting his nose all the way up to Martin's door coming out of four going to the white flag. That was as close as Shryock could come however.
Eddie Martin came home with the hotly contested win, with Kelly Shryock, Mark Noble, Randy Zimmerman, and Tommy Myer making up the top five. Tony Anglin, Mark Norris, Dan Chapman, Jack Sullivan, and Gary Clark rounded out the top ten.
Justin Stanfill Memorial Feature (50 Laps)
1) Eddie Martin, $8,000
2) Kelly Shryock, $4,000
3) Mark Noble, $2,750
4) Randy Zimmerman, $2,500
5) Tommy Myer, $2,000
6) Tony Anglin, $1,750
7) Mark Norris, $1,500
8) Dan Chapman, $1,350
9) Jack Sullivan, $1,250
10) Gary Clark, $1,150
11) Richie Tosh, $1,100
12) Eric Turner, $1,050
13) Klint Pursley, $1,025
14) Brian Mullen, $1,000
15) Brandon Smith, $980
16) Jason Sullivan, $960
17) Mike Mayfield, $940
18) Billy Street, $920
19) Ron Jones, $900
20) Randy Todd, $880
21) Mike Sorenson, $860
22) Randle Sweeney, $840
23) Larry Campbell, $820
24) Jeff Taylor, $800
WEST PLAINS MOTOR SPEEDWAY
4th Annual Dirt Works Justin Stanfill Memorial
Round 3 Qualifying
Saturday, March 15
by Larry Olson; Mountain Home, AR
WEST PLAINS MO. Jeff Taylor claimed the final round of qualifying for the 4th Annual Justin Stanfill Memorial at the West Plains Motor Speedway. Taylor drove past Eric Turner on lap 19 of the 25 Lap Qualifier, going the rest of the way for the win.
Billy Street held the pole for the event, with Mike Bowers to his outside. Street moved to the lead as the green flag fell, but Turner had pulled even with Street on the second lap, taking the top spot. Brandon Smith improved past Bowers for third, then got around Street for the second spot in turn two on lap three.
Jeff Taylor made his way from his sixth row starting position to 5th on lap four, then drove by Bowers for fourth in turn four on the fifth circuit. Taylor sailed past Street for third on the backstretch on lap six. Eddie Martin was fifth on lap seven, then dueled side by side with Street for fourth on lap eight. Martin took the spot in turn two.
Taylor motored past Smith for second on the backstretch on lap 10. Eric Turner had a 15 carlength advantage on Taylor when he gained second. Taylor erased that margin in five laps, catching him by lap 15. The pair were side by side on lap 16.
Eddie Martin took third from Brandon Smith in turn four on lap 18, then Taylor drove to the lead past Turner in turn four on lap 19. Taylor was pulling away from the field, and took a 10 carlength win. Eric Turner, Eddie Martin, Brandon Smith, and Dan Chapman made up the top five. Billy Street, Jason Sullivan, and Jack Sullivan picked up the final three transfer spots.
3rd Round Qualifying Feature (25 Laps, 8 transfer) 1) Jeff Taylor 2) Eric Turner 3) Eddie Martin 4) Brandon Smith 5) Dan Chapman 6) Billy Street 7) Jason Sullivan 8) Jack Sullivan 9) Mike Bowers 10) Billy Romans 11) Corey Dripps 12) John Vondenberg 13) Brian Allen 14) Dan Daniels 15) Johnny Saathoff 16) Kevin Larkins 17) Shane Stephens 18) Todd Clifford 19) Marc Robe 20) Donnie Barnhart 21) Mark Stephens 22) Jeff Greene 23) Chris Spieker 24) Mark Voight
1st Heat (15 Laps, two transfer) 1) Billy Street, Joplin MO 2) Shane Stephens, Arlington TN 3) Claudie Cook, Portageville MO 4) Jon Tesch, Watertown SD 5) Terry Kerbough, Arlington TN 6) Todd Dart, Alcoma WI 7) Jason Hollis, Ethelsville AL 8) Todd Stinehart, Waseca MN 9) Dusty Johnston, Flippin AR 10) Matt Johnson, Archie MO 11) Rick Lovelady, Amarillo TX 12) Ricky Cross, St. James MO
2nd Heat 1) Mike Bowers, North Little Rock AR 2) Dan Chapman, Clarence IA 3) Rex Merritt, Clever MO 4) Robert Test Jr., Jefferson City MO 5) Chad Lyle, Lone Jack MO 6) Jerry Thompson, Ft. Smith AR 7) Jeff Autry, Tuttle OK 8) Joe Giesler, St. Mary MO 9) Jared Wagster, Portageville MO 10) Lyle Shepard, Manhattan KS 11) Mike Powers, Burlison TN 12) Dylan Sharp, Hillsboro MO
3rd Heat 1) Eric Turner, Hermitage MO 2) Donnie Barnhart, North Little Rock AR 3) Justin Boney, Desoto KS 4) Greg Hughes, West Plains MO 5) Chuck McGinty, Conway AR 6) Shane Moody, Bernie MO 7) Andy Claiborn, Ft. Scott KS 8) Ryan Ruter, Kanawha IA 9) Phillip Murphy, Ravenden AR 10) Justin Wilbur, Bartlet TN 11) Jerry Croney, West Plains MO
4th Heat 1) Brandon Smith, Floral AR 2) John Vondenberg, Oskaloosa IA 3) Wayne Brooks, Bald Knob AR 4) Jim Gillenwater, Keokuk IA 5) Archie Conway Jr., Bald Knob AR 6) Mika Mashl, Depere WI 7) Gary Archambault, Wright City MO 8) Jay Jenkins, Clinton AR 9) Josh Hughes, West Plains MO 10) Dan Nasalroad, Lacygne KS 11) Mike Nullynski Jr., Wentzville MO
5th Heat 1) Billy Romans, West Plains MO 2) Corey Dripps, Cedar Falls IA 3) Robert Powers, Campbell MO 4) Rob Muilenburg, Sparta MO 5) Jamie Ragland, Lebanon MO 6) Ryan Meyer, Liberty IL 7) Lucas Cox, Bald Knob AR 8) Jeremy Tharp, Bald Knob AR 9) Larry Winn, Hallsville MO 10) Joe Hauck, Rolla MO
6th Heat 1) Jason Sullivan, Ragen TN 2) Brian Allen, Bartonville IL 3) Scott Drake, Webb City MO 4) Gary Blackburn Jr., Fulton MO 5) Kevin Salter, Desha AR 6) Jerry Hoffman, Oronogo MO 7) Jeremy Russell, Jonesboro AR 8) Danny Scrogham, Pecuiliar MO 9) Darin Toot, Albert Lea MN 10) Jeff Beasley, St. Charles MO 11) Jim Roach, Urbana MO
7th Heat 1) Jack Sullivan, Greenbriar AR 2) Johnny Saathoff, Beatrice NE 3) Robby Arnold, Paragould AR 4) Scotty Allen, Wheatland MO 5) Darin Walker, Bowling Green MO 6) Peyton Taylor, Batesville AR 7) Curt Barnett, El Paso TX 8) Shawn Brassfield, Ada OK 9) Rich Smith, Davenport IA 10) Steve Long Jr., Warrenton MO
8th Heat 1) Eddie Martin, Stillwell OK 2) Mark Voigt, Marine IL 3) Jeremy Payne, Tuscon AZ 4) Brian Foote, Essex IA 5) Bill Suddeth, Milliport AL 6) Randy Martin, Puxico MO 7) Alan Sharpensteen, Amarillo TX 8) Jamel Korkis, Cave City AR 9) John Pafford, Germantown TN 10) Cliff Carter, West Memphis AR 11) Adam Parmeley, Cadet MO
9th Heat 1) Mark Stephens, Arlington TN 2) Chris Spieker, Massena IA 3) Jason Meadors, Fordland MO 4) Eric Scribner, Kier WI 5) Scott Weber, Festus MO 6) Eric Hickerson, Lobelville TN 7) Lee Hibner, Chillicothe MO 8) Donnie Powers, Henderson TX 9) Kevin Weaver, Gibson City IL 10) Dustin Billingsley, Crawfordsville AR
10th Heat 1) Dan Daniels, Humboldt KS 2) Kevin Larkins, Greenwood NE 3) Ronnie Vernon, Friendship TN 4) Shawn Walsh, Ash Flat AR 5) Brook Phillips, Wichita KS 6) Shane Harris, Humboldt TN 7) Jeremy Tibben, Stanton IL 8) Mike Riedle, Marshfield MO 9) Mike Wedelstadt, Hortonville WI 10) LeRoy Brenner, Aledo IL 11) Carmon Vincent, Moody MO
11th Heat 1) Jeff Taylor, Batesville AR 2) Marc Robe, Manhattan KS 3) Jason Hughes, West Plains MO 4) Greg Waugh, Batesville AR 5) Larry Hull, Old Appleton MO 6) Chris Bragg, Springtown TX 7) Richard Foster, Holts Summit MO 8) Bart Miller, Clarence IA 9) Dan Borgman, Muskegon MI 10) Adam Pratt, Hoxie AR 11) Trent Cockrum, West Plains MO
12th Heat 1) Jeff Greene, Paragould AR 2) Todd Clifford, Paragould AR 3) David Grigg, Springdale AR 4) Bill Adams, West Plains MO 5) Ben Stephens, Hattiesburg MS 6) Charlie McKenna, Clear Lake IA 7) Shawn Haynes, Malden MO 8) Mike Crader, Farmington MO 9) Danny Lorton, Moberly MO 10) Rich Whaley, Desoto MO
