By Ronnie Williams
Lebanon,Mo.-As the first part of Amsoil Weekend opened up action at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway,110 race teams checked into the pits and over 80 kids enjoy the Mid-Mo coin scramble with several surprise winners claiming victory.
The SMRS Midgets made there first ever apperance to the Ozarks as the Mountain War heated up action with over 25 Midget teams in attendance.
Chad McDaniels brought the field down for the green flag with Rick Forbes to his outside.McDaniels would jump to the opening lead as most everyone went to the fastest way around on the bottom of the track.Former Hut 100 Champion Mike Hess jumped up stairs and rocketed from 4th to overtake McDaniels in the early going and never looked back while the real battle was for the runner-up spot asRick Forbes,McDaniels, and SMRS point leader Joe Boyles were swapping the spots lap after lap until Forbes finally locked into second followed by McDaniels,Boyles and Mallory Amrstrong at the stripe.The only flip of the night invlovled Al Muncie as we went over 3 times but was able to walk away unhurt.
The modified feature saw a surprise winner and many heavy top shoes in the 24 car field.With Rex Merrit jumping from his outside front row starting spot to grab the early lead with Donnie Fellers in tow along with Eric Hudson.On lap 3,Superstock point leader Tony Jackson Jr.making his first start in a Modified hooked on the bottom and powered around Fellers and Merritt to grab the lead.Merritt tried several laps to make the pass but Jackson was able to shut the door.Point leader Wayne Graybeal who started back in 20th tonight was coming through the field quickly as was young Micheal Maggard who started around mid-pack.Up frony Jackson was trying to pull away as Merritt and Hudson were battling quickly for second as Jamie Ragland and Fellers were swapping spots.After the 25 circuits were completed,Jackson found himself in the winners circle followed closely by Merritt,Hudson,Ragland and Fellers.
The Factorystock feature was a bumper to bumper finish as Todd Cook jumped to the early lead as 1 time winner Mike Hailman was coming quickly followed by Ron Myers and a fast moving Bobby Williams.Last weeks winner and point leader Randy Berry was fighting an ill-handling car trying to move forward.With Cook holding the low line around,Hailman went upstairs several times but Cook held off repeated charges to grab his first ever Midway Victory followed closely by Hailman,Myers,Williams and Bobby Ratterree at the finish.
The SuperStock feature saw point leader Tony Jackson, Jr jump to the early lead and grab yet another win as the battle for second was fast between Donnie Gennings and JC Newell as those two raced clean for position as gennings grabbed the runner-up spot followed by Newell,Mark Davis and Randy Hill.
The Bomber feature was another wild affair as 14 year old Tyler Schoen grabbed the early lead with his father Bill on his bumper as Jr Knutdson was following closely along with point leader Chad Cromer.Around lap 5,Jr Knutdson made a strong move down low and grabbed the top spot as points runner-up Missy Shaw and front running Scott Atkinson made contact sending both to the rear.On the restart,Knutdson was holding strong as Bill Schoen looked outside for a move,but Justin Stoufer was coming quickly up front.Points leader Cromer got tangled up in an incident and he went to the rear nursing an ill-handling car.On lap 12,with Knutdson in front and lapped traffic ahead,Bill Schoen went to outside as Stoufer made it 3 wide and grabbed the lead while Knutdson stayed down low.Stoufer held off a late surge by Knutdson to grab his 4th win of the season followed closely by Knutdson,B.Schoen,Aaron York, and Mike Piercey at the finish.
The Mini-stock feature was a wild event as Bobby Moore jumped out to the early lead and was puuling away from the field as Tony Moore and Bryan Deatherage and Leon Fellers were battling back behind the leader. On lap 7,Moore spun in turn 2 giving up the top spot as Tony Moore grabbed the lead as point leader Dave Williams was starting to make his move to the front after battling traffic. Tony Moore stayed strong out in front as Bryan Deatherage and Chuck Kidwell were battling for position as Williams was coming through the field. In the closing laps,Moore was able to hang on and grab his first win of the season followed by Williams,Deatherage,Kidwell, and Travis Pruitt at the stripe.
Racing action continues with tight point batles next Friday night with racing at 8PM.
Results
Superstocks
1st Ht-Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)JC Newell-Camdenton 3)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 4)Randy Hill-Lebanon
Feature-1)Jackson Jr 2)Gennings 3)Newell 4)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 5)Hill 6)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 7)Mike Treadway-Lebanon
Modifieds
1st Ht-Eric Hudson-Rolla 2)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 3)Jason Pursley-Wheatland 4)Kevin Halderman-Camdenton
2nd Ht-Ted Van Zandt-Billings 2)Donnie Fellers-Wheatland 3)Landon Clinton-Willow Springs 4)Todd McCoin-Barnett
3rd Ht-Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)Rex Merritt-Clever 3)Tony Fatino-Wheatland 4)Rick Brown-Richland
Laclede Htg& Air Dash-Ragland
A Ft-1)Jackson Jr 2)Merritt 3)Hudson 4)Ragland 5)Fellers 6)Halderman 7)Micheal Maggard-Republic 8)Van Zant 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Brown 11)Clinton 12)Pursley 13)Wayne Johnston-Nixa 14)Steve Shaw-Rogersville 15)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 16)McCoin 17)Troy Young-Lebanon 18)Clearance Story-Willow Springs 19)Dwight Reynolds-Ava 20)Micheal Jones-Lebanon 21)Fatino 22)Chris Johnson-Lebanon DNS-James Hartman-Eldridge,Nick Pence-Raymore
SMRS Midgets
1st Ht-Joe Boyles-Greenwood,Mo 2)Mike Hess-Petersburg,ILL 3)Jasiel Randolf-Tulsa,Ok. 4)Steve Stroud-St Louis
2nd Ht-Rick Forbes-Omaha,Neb 2)Mallory Armstrong-St Joe,Mo 3)Brady Bacon-Tulsa,Ok 4)Jimi Quinn-Western Springs New Zealand
3rd Ht-Chad McDaniels-Concordia,Kansas 2)Todd McVay-Kansas City 3)Greg Loecker-Kansas City 4)Cody Brewer-Choctaw,Ok.
Dash-McDaniels
A Ft-1)Hess 2)Forbes 3)McDaniels 4)Boyles 5)Armstrong 6)McVay 7)Brewer 8)Loecker 9)Quinn 10)Randolf 11)Mike Riley-St Louis,Mo 12)Stroud 13)Bacon 14)Matt Johnson-Oklahoma City,Ok 15)Mike Debert-Mechanicsburg,ILL 16)Garrett Hood-Newton,Kansas 17)Rob Simpson-St Louis 18)Bill Hess-Petersburg,ILL 19)Bill Allen-KC,Mo 20)Duane McMurty-Ok City,Ok 21)Mark Bush-Atlanta,Ga 22)Ron Kuhn-Lees Summitt,Mo 23)Al Muncie-Kansas City DNS-Rick England-Witchita,Ks LeRoy Holler-Kansas City
FactoryStocks
1st Ht-Bobby Williams-Shawnee,Ks 2)Todd Cook-Rolla 3)Ron Myers-Lebanon 4)Glen Dismang-Lebanon
2nd Ht-Tyson Troutman-Houston 2)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 3)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 4)Sam Petty-Niangua
A Ft-1)Cook 2)Hailman 3)Myers 4)Williams 5)Ratterree 6)Randy Berry-Lebanon 7)Petty 8)Travis Hill-Lebanon 9)Dismang 10)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 11)Scott Perkins-Hartville 12)Troutman 13)Rich Allen-Richland 14)Tim Ellis-Crocker 15)Robert Rydeen-Osage Beach 16)Cliff Weaver-Lebanon
Bombers
1st Ht-Bill Roberts-Strafford 2)Dusty Rhoades-Lebanon 3)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 4)Missy Shaw-Rogersville
2nd Ht-Justin Stoufer-Camdenton 2)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 3)Aaron York-Ozark 4)Tyler Brown-Richland
3rd Ht-Jr Knudtson-Lebanon 2)Bill Schoen-Brighton 3)Scott Atkinson-Conway 4)John Morgan-Lebanon
A Ft-1)Stoufer 2)Knudtson 3)B.Schoen 4)York 5)Mike Piercey-Lebanon 6)Rhoades 7)Morgan 8)Dale Rodden-Lebanon 9)Micheal Jackson-Lebanon 10)Brian Monnahan-Lebanon 11)Roberts 12)Atkinson 13)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 14)T.SChoen 15)Les Hayes-Camdenton 16)Cromer 17)Shaw 18)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 19)Aaron Brownell-Camdenton 20)T.Brown 21)Sheldon Stoufer-Camdenton 22)Danny Myers-Tunas 23)Matt Haynes-Buffalo DNS-Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon,Nick Authur-Rolla Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon
Mini-Stocks
1st Ht-Bobby Moore-Mansfield 2)Dave Williams-Springfield 3)Chuck Kidwell-Springfield 4)Leon Fellers-Pittsburg
2nd Ht-Tony Moore-Lebanon 2)Travis Pruitt-Lebanon 3)John Wagner Jr-Lebanon 4)Rick Chastian-Lebanon
A Ft-1)T.Moore 2)Williams 3)Bryan Deatherage-Conway 4)Kidwell 5)Pruitt 6)Fellers 7)B.Moore 8)Ike Moore-Hartville 9)Wagner 10)Chuck Kidwell Jr-Springfield 11)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 12)Chastian
Lebanon,Mo.-As the first part of Amsoil Weekend opened up action at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway,110 race teams checked into the pits and over 80 kids enjoy the Mid-Mo coin scramble with several surprise winners claiming victory.
The SMRS Midgets made there first ever apperance to the Ozarks as the Mountain War heated up action with over 25 Midget teams in attendance.
Chad McDaniels brought the field down for the green flag with Rick Forbes to his outside.McDaniels would jump to the opening lead as most everyone went to the fastest way around on the bottom of the track.Former Hut 100 Champion Mike Hess jumped up stairs and rocketed from 4th to overtake McDaniels in the early going and never looked back while the real battle was for the runner-up spot asRick Forbes,McDaniels, and SMRS point leader Joe Boyles were swapping the spots lap after lap until Forbes finally locked into second followed by McDaniels,Boyles and Mallory Amrstrong at the stripe.The only flip of the night invlovled Al Muncie as we went over 3 times but was able to walk away unhurt.
The modified feature saw a surprise winner and many heavy top shoes in the 24 car field.With Rex Merrit jumping from his outside front row starting spot to grab the early lead with Donnie Fellers in tow along with Eric Hudson.On lap 3,Superstock point leader Tony Jackson Jr.making his first start in a Modified hooked on the bottom and powered around Fellers and Merritt to grab the lead.Merritt tried several laps to make the pass but Jackson was able to shut the door.Point leader Wayne Graybeal who started back in 20th tonight was coming through the field quickly as was young Micheal Maggard who started around mid-pack.Up frony Jackson was trying to pull away as Merritt and Hudson were battling quickly for second as Jamie Ragland and Fellers were swapping spots.After the 25 circuits were completed,Jackson found himself in the winners circle followed closely by Merritt,Hudson,Ragland and Fellers.
The Factorystock feature was a bumper to bumper finish as Todd Cook jumped to the early lead as 1 time winner Mike Hailman was coming quickly followed by Ron Myers and a fast moving Bobby Williams.Last weeks winner and point leader Randy Berry was fighting an ill-handling car trying to move forward.With Cook holding the low line around,Hailman went upstairs several times but Cook held off repeated charges to grab his first ever Midway Victory followed closely by Hailman,Myers,Williams and Bobby Ratterree at the finish.
The SuperStock feature saw point leader Tony Jackson, Jr jump to the early lead and grab yet another win as the battle for second was fast between Donnie Gennings and JC Newell as those two raced clean for position as gennings grabbed the runner-up spot followed by Newell,Mark Davis and Randy Hill.
The Bomber feature was another wild affair as 14 year old Tyler Schoen grabbed the early lead with his father Bill on his bumper as Jr Knutdson was following closely along with point leader Chad Cromer.Around lap 5,Jr Knutdson made a strong move down low and grabbed the top spot as points runner-up Missy Shaw and front running Scott Atkinson made contact sending both to the rear.On the restart,Knutdson was holding strong as Bill Schoen looked outside for a move,but Justin Stoufer was coming quickly up front.Points leader Cromer got tangled up in an incident and he went to the rear nursing an ill-handling car.On lap 12,with Knutdson in front and lapped traffic ahead,Bill Schoen went to outside as Stoufer made it 3 wide and grabbed the lead while Knutdson stayed down low.Stoufer held off a late surge by Knutdson to grab his 4th win of the season followed closely by Knutdson,B.Schoen,Aaron York, and Mike Piercey at the finish.
The Mini-stock feature was a wild event as Bobby Moore jumped out to the early lead and was puuling away from the field as Tony Moore and Bryan Deatherage and Leon Fellers were battling back behind the leader. On lap 7,Moore spun in turn 2 giving up the top spot as Tony Moore grabbed the lead as point leader Dave Williams was starting to make his move to the front after battling traffic. Tony Moore stayed strong out in front as Bryan Deatherage and Chuck Kidwell were battling for position as Williams was coming through the field. In the closing laps,Moore was able to hang on and grab his first win of the season followed by Williams,Deatherage,Kidwell, and Travis Pruitt at the stripe.
Racing action continues with tight point batles next Friday night with racing at 8PM.
Results
Superstocks
1st Ht-Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)JC Newell-Camdenton 3)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 4)Randy Hill-Lebanon
Feature-1)Jackson Jr 2)Gennings 3)Newell 4)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 5)Hill 6)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 7)Mike Treadway-Lebanon
Modifieds
1st Ht-Eric Hudson-Rolla 2)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 3)Jason Pursley-Wheatland 4)Kevin Halderman-Camdenton
2nd Ht-Ted Van Zandt-Billings 2)Donnie Fellers-Wheatland 3)Landon Clinton-Willow Springs 4)Todd McCoin-Barnett
3rd Ht-Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)Rex Merritt-Clever 3)Tony Fatino-Wheatland 4)Rick Brown-Richland
Laclede Htg& Air Dash-Ragland
A Ft-1)Jackson Jr 2)Merritt 3)Hudson 4)Ragland 5)Fellers 6)Halderman 7)Micheal Maggard-Republic 8)Van Zant 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Brown 11)Clinton 12)Pursley 13)Wayne Johnston-Nixa 14)Steve Shaw-Rogersville 15)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 16)McCoin 17)Troy Young-Lebanon 18)Clearance Story-Willow Springs 19)Dwight Reynolds-Ava 20)Micheal Jones-Lebanon 21)Fatino 22)Chris Johnson-Lebanon DNS-James Hartman-Eldridge,Nick Pence-Raymore
SMRS Midgets
1st Ht-Joe Boyles-Greenwood,Mo 2)Mike Hess-Petersburg,ILL 3)Jasiel Randolf-Tulsa,Ok. 4)Steve Stroud-St Louis
2nd Ht-Rick Forbes-Omaha,Neb 2)Mallory Armstrong-St Joe,Mo 3)Brady Bacon-Tulsa,Ok 4)Jimi Quinn-Western Springs New Zealand
3rd Ht-Chad McDaniels-Concordia,Kansas 2)Todd McVay-Kansas City 3)Greg Loecker-Kansas City 4)Cody Brewer-Choctaw,Ok.
Dash-McDaniels
A Ft-1)Hess 2)Forbes 3)McDaniels 4)Boyles 5)Armstrong 6)McVay 7)Brewer 8)Loecker 9)Quinn 10)Randolf 11)Mike Riley-St Louis,Mo 12)Stroud 13)Bacon 14)Matt Johnson-Oklahoma City,Ok 15)Mike Debert-Mechanicsburg,ILL 16)Garrett Hood-Newton,Kansas 17)Rob Simpson-St Louis 18)Bill Hess-Petersburg,ILL 19)Bill Allen-KC,Mo 20)Duane McMurty-Ok City,Ok 21)Mark Bush-Atlanta,Ga 22)Ron Kuhn-Lees Summitt,Mo 23)Al Muncie-Kansas City DNS-Rick England-Witchita,Ks LeRoy Holler-Kansas City
FactoryStocks
1st Ht-Bobby Williams-Shawnee,Ks 2)Todd Cook-Rolla 3)Ron Myers-Lebanon 4)Glen Dismang-Lebanon
2nd Ht-Tyson Troutman-Houston 2)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 3)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 4)Sam Petty-Niangua
A Ft-1)Cook 2)Hailman 3)Myers 4)Williams 5)Ratterree 6)Randy Berry-Lebanon 7)Petty 8)Travis Hill-Lebanon 9)Dismang 10)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 11)Scott Perkins-Hartville 12)Troutman 13)Rich Allen-Richland 14)Tim Ellis-Crocker 15)Robert Rydeen-Osage Beach 16)Cliff Weaver-Lebanon
Bombers
1st Ht-Bill Roberts-Strafford 2)Dusty Rhoades-Lebanon 3)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 4)Missy Shaw-Rogersville
2nd Ht-Justin Stoufer-Camdenton 2)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 3)Aaron York-Ozark 4)Tyler Brown-Richland
3rd Ht-Jr Knudtson-Lebanon 2)Bill Schoen-Brighton 3)Scott Atkinson-Conway 4)John Morgan-Lebanon
A Ft-1)Stoufer 2)Knudtson 3)B.Schoen 4)York 5)Mike Piercey-Lebanon 6)Rhoades 7)Morgan 8)Dale Rodden-Lebanon 9)Micheal Jackson-Lebanon 10)Brian Monnahan-Lebanon 11)Roberts 12)Atkinson 13)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 14)T.SChoen 15)Les Hayes-Camdenton 16)Cromer 17)Shaw 18)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 19)Aaron Brownell-Camdenton 20)T.Brown 21)Sheldon Stoufer-Camdenton 22)Danny Myers-Tunas 23)Matt Haynes-Buffalo DNS-Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon,Nick Authur-Rolla Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon
Mini-Stocks
1st Ht-Bobby Moore-Mansfield 2)Dave Williams-Springfield 3)Chuck Kidwell-Springfield 4)Leon Fellers-Pittsburg
2nd Ht-Tony Moore-Lebanon 2)Travis Pruitt-Lebanon 3)John Wagner Jr-Lebanon 4)Rick Chastian-Lebanon
A Ft-1)T.Moore 2)Williams 3)Bryan Deatherage-Conway 4)Kidwell 5)Pruitt 6)Fellers 7)B.Moore 8)Ike Moore-Hartville 9)Wagner 10)Chuck Kidwell Jr-Springfield 11)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 12)Chastian
