Lebanon,Mo.-Mother Nature smiled on the LebanonMidwaySpeedway Friday night as 93 race teams checked into the pits on double points night with 6 new winners taking the checkered flag in 2008.
The USRA Modified feature saw Bobby Williams and defending Midway champion Eric Hudson bring the field to the green with side by side action on the start as 2005 champion Jamie Ragland made it 3 wide with Ragland grabbing the early lead with Hudson,Williams and Jimmy Willis pulling away early.Ragland and Hudson kept the crowd on there feet with side by side action as the lead duo kept swapping spots as Jimmy Willis closed quickly.On lap 9,Hudson nosed ahead of Ragland as the lead duo battled wheel to wheel as Willis and Williams closed up ground.On lap 15,Hudson was able to distance himself ahead of Ragland as Willis applied pressure for 2nd place.With the checkered flying,Hudson grabbed his first win of the season with Ragland,Willis,Williams and Wayne Graybeal completing the top 5 as Hudson became the third different winner in 3 races this season.
The FactoryStock feature took a couple of attempts,but Kris Jackson jumped to the early lead from his pole spot with Derek Brown following closely.On lap 2,point leader Ben Solberg moved into second place with Brown,Sundance Keeper and Aaron Gustin following with side by side racing behind in the pack.
On lap 6,Solberg pulled off as leader Jackson's car came to a halt while leading giving Aaron Gustin the lead with Tim Petty running second followed by Dusty Rhoads and Issac Keeper.On the restart,Gustin pulled away and withstood a late charge by I.Keeper to grab his first Midway win of the season with Issac Keeper,Tim Petty,Justin Stoufer and Derek Brown following as Gustin beacme the 3rd different winner in three races.
The popular B-Modified feature provided excellent side by side action as Derrick Peterson and Kenny Dickinson brought the field to the green with Peterson grabbing the lead with defending champion Jason Otto following closely behind.With Peterson working the top groove,Otto placed the car down low to take the lead on lap 4 with Peterson and Dickinson battling for second.On lap 7,Dickinson moved into second and pulled alongside of leader Otto as they went side by side while Peterson,Josh Woody,point leader Colt Cheevers and Mickey Burrell were swapping spots.Just as dickinson was ready to take the lead on lap 10,the caution waved as Colt Cheevers lost power on the backstretch bringing out the yellow.On the restart,Otto jumped to the top groove with Dickinson moving to the inside lane as they raced side by side with Otto nosing ahead at the stripe to grab the win with Dickinson, Josh Woody,Peterson and a fast moving Steve Muilenburg rounding out the top 5.
Veteran JC Newell and 15 year old Dwight "The Kid" Neihoff brought a 16 car field down to the green in the SuperStock Feature with Neihoff grabbing the opening lead as Newell took control on lap 2 with Clinton Betts moving into contention and Larry Pruitt close behind.On lap 5,Betts and Neihoff made contact bringing out the yellow.On the restart,JC Newell again went to the front spot with Pruitt working the top side groove with point leader Ben Newell who started 11th moving quickly into third place.The lead trio raced wheel to wheel with JC Newell holding off a late surge from Pruitt to grab his first win of the season followed by Pruitt,Ben Newell, a fast moving Bill Joiner and Travis Hill.
The Bomber feature saw 19 cars take the green with Joe Francis grabbing the early lead with Sundance Keeper and Rodney Yost following.With Francis setting a fast pace Robert High had moved from his 6th starting spot to move into second place on lap 5.Leader Francis suffered rear axel problems and started moving backwards as High took the lead with Shawn Winfrey moving into second place and challanging for the lead with point leader Brandon Knudtson moving from 11th to third.The caution waved on lap 13 setting up a last lap finish.On the restart,Winfrey went to the high side in turn 2 but went sideways while going for the lead as High became the third different winner with Knudtson,Brandon Waters,Yost and 17th starting Jack Hamer moving up to finish fifth.
The SprintCar feature saw Rusty Quick and former champion Eric Todd bringing the field to the green with Todd grabbing the early lead as J.Kinder charged to the front and challanged Todd as the duo swapped slide jobs with Kinder taking control on lap 3.The caution waved as Quick looped in bringing out the yellow.On the restart,Kinder and Todd swapped the top spot back and forth as defending champion JP Compton moving quickly after starting 11th in the feature.With Kinder moving away until the caution waved on lap 14 as Compto spun in turn 2.The final laps saw Kinder pull away with a strong battle for third as Jay Reynolds and Rusty Quick battled.At the finish,Kinder became the third different winner this season followed by Eric Todd,Quick,Reynolds and Scott Wedelstadt.
Racing action continues Next Friday Night May 23 with The Human Cannonball and Wrold record holder Dave Smith being shot out of a cannon along with points races for the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,FactoryStocks, SuperStocks,B-Mods and 305 WingedSprints with action starting at 8PM Sharp.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Eric Hudson-Rolla 2)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 3)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 4)Bobby Williams-Shawnee,Kansas 5)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 6)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 7)Don Luna-St James 8)Jesse Stovall-Galena 9)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 10)Sam Petty-Niangua 11)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove DNS-Jamie Petty-Niangua
1st Ht-1)Ragland 2)Williams 3)Luna 4)Atkinson 5)S.Petty 6)J.Petty
2nd Ht-1)Willis 2)Stovall 3)Hudson 4)Muilenburg 5)Graybeal 6)Ballinger
B-Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jason Otto-Richland 2)Ken Dickinson 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Derrick Peterson-Lebanon 5)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 6)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 7)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 8)Doug Smith-Macks Creek 9)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 12)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 13)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 14)Greg Strong-Nixa DNS-Earl Muilenburg-Sparta,JC Morton-Springfield,Derek Cook-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Otto 2)Cheevers 3)Peterson 4)Burrell 5)Lancaster 6)Ballinger DNS-E.Muilenburg,Cook
2nd Ht-1)Wody 2)Dickinson 3)T.Brown 4)Albright Jr 5)Smith 6)Morton 7)S.Muilenburg 8)Wilson 9)Strong
SuperStocks
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Camdenton 2)Larry Pruitt-Jerome 3)Ben Newell-Stoutland 4)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 5)Travis Hill-Lebanon 6)Dwight Niehoff-Lockwood 7)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 8)Donnie Betts-Stoutland 9)Dan Newell-Stoutland 10)Bennie Joiner-Lynchburg 11)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 12)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 13)Amanda Goodwin-Lebanon 14)Myron McDowell-Eldon 15)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 16)Rick Hill-LebanonDNS- Micheal Jones-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)B.Newell 2)C.Betts 3)JC Newell 4)T.Hill 5)B.McDowell 6)J.McDowell 7)Scharr 8)Goodwin DNS-Jones
2nd Ht-1)Pruitt 2)Niehoff 3)Bennie Joiner 4)Bill Joiner 5)D Betts 6)M.McDowell 7)D.Newell 8)R.Hill
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Brandon Knutdson-Lebanon 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Rodney Yost-Squires 5)Jack Hamer-Ava 6)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 7)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 8)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 9)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 10)Dale Waters-Lynchburg 11)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 12)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 13)Randy Stark-Urbana 14)Joe Francis-Lebanon 15)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 16)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 17)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 18)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 19)Sundance Keeper-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Keeper 2)Yost 3)D.Waters 4)Lowrance 5)Cromer 6)Stark 7)Coffman
2nd Ht-1)Lewis 2)K.Cheever 3)Knutdson-Lebanon 4)Goring 5)A.Cheever 6)Hamer
3rd HT-1)Francis 2)High 3)Winfrey 4)Brandon Waters 5)Billy Waters 6)Mooney
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Aaron Gustin-Osage Beach 2)Issac Keeper-Hurley 3)Tim Petty-Niangua 4)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton 5)Derek Brown-Stoutland 6)Bill Webster-Richland 7)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 8)Tyson Troutman-Houston 9)Chad Palmer-Verona 10)Mike Teeters-Lebanon 11)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 12)Ryan Edde-Lebanon 13)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 14)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 15)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 16)Ben Solberg-Springfield 17)Richard Henson-Lebanon
1st HT-1)Solberg 2)Jackson 3)S.Keeper 4)Stoufer 5)Davis 6)Teeters 7)Troutman 8)Dismang 9)Webster
2nd Ht-1)I.Keeper 2)Gustin 3)Brown 4)Palmer 5)Rhoads 6)Petty 7)Edde 8)Henson
WingedSprints
A Ft-1)J.Kinder-Linn 2)Eric Todd-Falcon 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 5)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 6)JP Compton-Crane 7)Kyle Bellm-Nixa 8)Galvin Galbreath-Washington 9)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 10)John Wagner Jr-Lebanon 11)Clint Todd-Lynchburg
1st Ht-1)Compton 2)Reynolds 3)Quick 4)Galbreath 5)C.Todd 6)Wagner Jr
2nd Ht-1)Kinder 2)E.Todd 3)Wedelstadt 4)Breedlove 5)Bellm
The USRA Modified feature saw Bobby Williams and defending Midway champion Eric Hudson bring the field to the green with side by side action on the start as 2005 champion Jamie Ragland made it 3 wide with Ragland grabbing the early lead with Hudson,Williams and Jimmy Willis pulling away early.Ragland and Hudson kept the crowd on there feet with side by side action as the lead duo kept swapping spots as Jimmy Willis closed quickly.On lap 9,Hudson nosed ahead of Ragland as the lead duo battled wheel to wheel as Willis and Williams closed up ground.On lap 15,Hudson was able to distance himself ahead of Ragland as Willis applied pressure for 2nd place.With the checkered flying,Hudson grabbed his first win of the season with Ragland,Willis,Williams and Wayne Graybeal completing the top 5 as Hudson became the third different winner in 3 races this season.
The FactoryStock feature took a couple of attempts,but Kris Jackson jumped to the early lead from his pole spot with Derek Brown following closely.On lap 2,point leader Ben Solberg moved into second place with Brown,Sundance Keeper and Aaron Gustin following with side by side racing behind in the pack.
On lap 6,Solberg pulled off as leader Jackson's car came to a halt while leading giving Aaron Gustin the lead with Tim Petty running second followed by Dusty Rhoads and Issac Keeper.On the restart,Gustin pulled away and withstood a late charge by I.Keeper to grab his first Midway win of the season with Issac Keeper,Tim Petty,Justin Stoufer and Derek Brown following as Gustin beacme the 3rd different winner in three races.
The popular B-Modified feature provided excellent side by side action as Derrick Peterson and Kenny Dickinson brought the field to the green with Peterson grabbing the lead with defending champion Jason Otto following closely behind.With Peterson working the top groove,Otto placed the car down low to take the lead on lap 4 with Peterson and Dickinson battling for second.On lap 7,Dickinson moved into second and pulled alongside of leader Otto as they went side by side while Peterson,Josh Woody,point leader Colt Cheevers and Mickey Burrell were swapping spots.Just as dickinson was ready to take the lead on lap 10,the caution waved as Colt Cheevers lost power on the backstretch bringing out the yellow.On the restart,Otto jumped to the top groove with Dickinson moving to the inside lane as they raced side by side with Otto nosing ahead at the stripe to grab the win with Dickinson, Josh Woody,Peterson and a fast moving Steve Muilenburg rounding out the top 5.
Veteran JC Newell and 15 year old Dwight "The Kid" Neihoff brought a 16 car field down to the green in the SuperStock Feature with Neihoff grabbing the opening lead as Newell took control on lap 2 with Clinton Betts moving into contention and Larry Pruitt close behind.On lap 5,Betts and Neihoff made contact bringing out the yellow.On the restart,JC Newell again went to the front spot with Pruitt working the top side groove with point leader Ben Newell who started 11th moving quickly into third place.The lead trio raced wheel to wheel with JC Newell holding off a late surge from Pruitt to grab his first win of the season followed by Pruitt,Ben Newell, a fast moving Bill Joiner and Travis Hill.
The Bomber feature saw 19 cars take the green with Joe Francis grabbing the early lead with Sundance Keeper and Rodney Yost following.With Francis setting a fast pace Robert High had moved from his 6th starting spot to move into second place on lap 5.Leader Francis suffered rear axel problems and started moving backwards as High took the lead with Shawn Winfrey moving into second place and challanging for the lead with point leader Brandon Knudtson moving from 11th to third.The caution waved on lap 13 setting up a last lap finish.On the restart,Winfrey went to the high side in turn 2 but went sideways while going for the lead as High became the third different winner with Knudtson,Brandon Waters,Yost and 17th starting Jack Hamer moving up to finish fifth.
The SprintCar feature saw Rusty Quick and former champion Eric Todd bringing the field to the green with Todd grabbing the early lead as J.Kinder charged to the front and challanged Todd as the duo swapped slide jobs with Kinder taking control on lap 3.The caution waved as Quick looped in bringing out the yellow.On the restart,Kinder and Todd swapped the top spot back and forth as defending champion JP Compton moving quickly after starting 11th in the feature.With Kinder moving away until the caution waved on lap 14 as Compto spun in turn 2.The final laps saw Kinder pull away with a strong battle for third as Jay Reynolds and Rusty Quick battled.At the finish,Kinder became the third different winner this season followed by Eric Todd,Quick,Reynolds and Scott Wedelstadt.
Racing action continues Next Friday Night May 23 with The Human Cannonball and Wrold record holder Dave Smith being shot out of a cannon along with points races for the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,FactoryStocks, SuperStocks,B-Mods and 305 WingedSprints with action starting at 8PM Sharp.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Eric Hudson-Rolla 2)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 3)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 4)Bobby Williams-Shawnee,Kansas 5)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 6)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 7)Don Luna-St James 8)Jesse Stovall-Galena 9)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 10)Sam Petty-Niangua 11)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove DNS-Jamie Petty-Niangua
1st Ht-1)Ragland 2)Williams 3)Luna 4)Atkinson 5)S.Petty 6)J.Petty
2nd Ht-1)Willis 2)Stovall 3)Hudson 4)Muilenburg 5)Graybeal 6)Ballinger
B-Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jason Otto-Richland 2)Ken Dickinson 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Derrick Peterson-Lebanon 5)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 6)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 7)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 8)Doug Smith-Macks Creek 9)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 12)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 13)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 14)Greg Strong-Nixa DNS-Earl Muilenburg-Sparta,JC Morton-Springfield,Derek Cook-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Otto 2)Cheevers 3)Peterson 4)Burrell 5)Lancaster 6)Ballinger DNS-E.Muilenburg,Cook
2nd Ht-1)Wody 2)Dickinson 3)T.Brown 4)Albright Jr 5)Smith 6)Morton 7)S.Muilenburg 8)Wilson 9)Strong
SuperStocks
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Camdenton 2)Larry Pruitt-Jerome 3)Ben Newell-Stoutland 4)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 5)Travis Hill-Lebanon 6)Dwight Niehoff-Lockwood 7)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 8)Donnie Betts-Stoutland 9)Dan Newell-Stoutland 10)Bennie Joiner-Lynchburg 11)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 12)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 13)Amanda Goodwin-Lebanon 14)Myron McDowell-Eldon 15)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 16)Rick Hill-LebanonDNS- Micheal Jones-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)B.Newell 2)C.Betts 3)JC Newell 4)T.Hill 5)B.McDowell 6)J.McDowell 7)Scharr 8)Goodwin DNS-Jones
2nd Ht-1)Pruitt 2)Niehoff 3)Bennie Joiner 4)Bill Joiner 5)D Betts 6)M.McDowell 7)D.Newell 8)R.Hill
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Brandon Knutdson-Lebanon 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Rodney Yost-Squires 5)Jack Hamer-Ava 6)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 7)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 8)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 9)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 10)Dale Waters-Lynchburg 11)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 12)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 13)Randy Stark-Urbana 14)Joe Francis-Lebanon 15)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 16)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 17)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 18)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 19)Sundance Keeper-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Keeper 2)Yost 3)D.Waters 4)Lowrance 5)Cromer 6)Stark 7)Coffman
2nd Ht-1)Lewis 2)K.Cheever 3)Knutdson-Lebanon 4)Goring 5)A.Cheever 6)Hamer
3rd HT-1)Francis 2)High 3)Winfrey 4)Brandon Waters 5)Billy Waters 6)Mooney
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Aaron Gustin-Osage Beach 2)Issac Keeper-Hurley 3)Tim Petty-Niangua 4)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton 5)Derek Brown-Stoutland 6)Bill Webster-Richland 7)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 8)Tyson Troutman-Houston 9)Chad Palmer-Verona 10)Mike Teeters-Lebanon 11)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 12)Ryan Edde-Lebanon 13)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 14)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 15)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 16)Ben Solberg-Springfield 17)Richard Henson-Lebanon
1st HT-1)Solberg 2)Jackson 3)S.Keeper 4)Stoufer 5)Davis 6)Teeters 7)Troutman 8)Dismang 9)Webster
2nd Ht-1)I.Keeper 2)Gustin 3)Brown 4)Palmer 5)Rhoads 6)Petty 7)Edde 8)Henson
WingedSprints
A Ft-1)J.Kinder-Linn 2)Eric Todd-Falcon 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 5)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 6)JP Compton-Crane 7)Kyle Bellm-Nixa 8)Galvin Galbreath-Washington 9)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 10)John Wagner Jr-Lebanon 11)Clint Todd-Lynchburg
1st Ht-1)Compton 2)Reynolds 3)Quick 4)Galbreath 5)C.Todd 6)Wagner Jr
2nd Ht-1)Kinder 2)E.Todd 3)Wedelstadt 4)Breedlove 5)Bellm
