Billy James returned to the Malden Speedway Friday night and returned to his familiar position on victory lane as he topped the Late Model division again. Robert Powers won his third straight Modified feature at the speedway. Claudie Cook picked up another checkered flag in the Hobby Stocks. Paul Reeder won in Street Stock. Justin McBroom won the featured E-Mod race. The team of Bob Merritt and Jimmy Cornell won in Cruisers.
It took three tries to get a good start on the Late Model feature, but that was the only thing that slowed down Billy James this week. James, who has dominated the Late Models in Malden, led all twenty laps to take the checkered flag again. There was a good battle for the next three spots with Joey Mack taking second. Kenny Rumble edged Steve Karnes at the finish line to take third. Kyle Beard finished fifth. Karnes and James won the heat races.
LATE MODELS
11 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James
Sikeston
2. 97M Joey Mack Benton
3. 47 Kenny Rumble House Springs
4. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
5. 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
6. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
7. 11X John Stephens Dexter
8. 10 Rodney Pense Fredericktown
9. 13S Tracy Wampler Bonne Terre
10. 10 James Burrell Bluford, IL
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Robert Powers has become the one to beat in the Modified class at Malden.
Powers suffered most of the season with mechanical problems, but has been trouble free the past three weeks and he has three wins to show for his efforts. Powers pulled away from the field only to be brought back by the race's only caution flag on lap 13. Chris Sims and T.J. Williams got into each other coming out of turn two. Powers was attempting to lap the pair when the collision occurred, and he veered right and scraped the wall, throwing sparks into the air. The wall brush did not hurt his car as he quickly reestablished his lead. Robby Arnold rested second place from Brad Buck on lap 15, but could never challenge Powers for the lead. A lap later Buck fell to fourth as Claudie Cook overtook him coming out of turn two.
Troy Fowler rounded out the top five. Powers and Buck won the heat races.
MODIFIEDS
17 Entries - 16 Start feature
1. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
2. 49 Robby Arnold Paragould
3. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
4. 99R Brad Buck Paragould
5. 10 Troy Fowler
Portageville
6. 15 T Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
7. 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus
8. 3 Scott Burge Puxico
9. 85 Ian Samuel
Trumann, AR
10. 81 Gary Beard Trumann, AR
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Claudie Cook returned after a couple of weeks absence in the Hobby Stocks and piloted the 54C car to victory lane. The race opened with Greg Sparks grabbing the lead. Cook closed to his bumper by lap 3 and he made his move coming out of turn 4 to take the lead. Sparks chased after Cook and came in to turn three too hard and suffered a spin bringing a caution to the track.
Cook finished the race unchallenged for the lead from that point. Sparks battled back through the field and just edged Scott Tracer at the wire for second following a full lap of side by side racing. Darrell Kelly and Chuck Tilley rounded out the top five. Sparks and Dee Kelly won the heat races.
HOBBY STOCK
11 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 54C Claudie Cook Portageville
2. 68 Greg Sparks
Malden
3. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
4. 25 Darrell Kelly Birch Tree
5. 11Sr Chuck Tilley Essex
6. 42A Greg Casey Sikeston
7. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
8. F7 Keith Getson
Paragould, AR
9. 6 Jamie Daughhotee Paragould, AR
10. 35 Dee Kelly Birch Tree
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Street Stock track champion Paul Reeder took over the top spot following a lap 11 caution and led the final four laps to pick up the feature win. The race opened with Chris Kelley taking the lead and holding it for seven laps.
Scott Wicker took the lead on the eighth lap as he outrun Kelley down the front straight. A lap 11 caution reset the field and put Reeder into position to make his winning pass. Keith Beeson finished third followed by Aaron Darby and Chuck Tilley. Kelley, Reeder and Wicker won the heat races.
STREET STOCK
18 Entries -17 Start Feature
1. 97 Paul Reeder
Malden
2. 29 Scott Wicker
Steele
3. 4 Keith Beeson
Benton
4. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
5. 2M Chuck Tilley Essex
6. 12 Eric Guthrie
Steele
7. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
8. 101 Steve Partain Trumann, AR
9. 42C Chris Cannon Sikeston
10. 20B Jacob Black Van Buren
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The E-Mods were the featured race of the night, carrying a $500 to win purse. Justin McBroom grabbed the lead on lap 11 as he dove low out of turn two to pass Burns. The race opened with Holbrook Mitchell grabbing the lead and threatening to run away and hide. Mitchell had won all three of his previous trips to the Malden Speedway and this week looked no different until trouble struck in the form of mechanical problems on lap seven. Burns took the lead and held it until McBroom took over for the win. David Hill finished third, followed by Jim Eubanks and Tim Prine. Burns and Mitchell won the heat races.
E-Mods
14 Entries - 13 Start Feature
1. 19 Justin McBroom Delaplaine, AR
2. 27 Burns
3. 41 David Hill Jonesboro,
AR
4. 47 Jim Eubanks Dexter
5. 3T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
6. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
7. 31 Jamie Daughhotee Paragould, AR
8. 3 Tracy Smith Jonesboro, AR
9. 98 Ryan Miller Bono, AR
10. 25 Shane Eubanks Dexter
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Bob Merritt and Jimmy Cornell led all 12 laps to take their first Cruiser feature at Malden. Dunning & Brown took second.
CRUISERS
6 Entries - 6 Start Feature
1. 14 Cornell & Merritt Broseley
2. L13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
3. 90W Doublin & Doublin Wappapello
4. 84 Null & Null Puxico
5. 88J Harbrueger & Wayne Kennett
6. 111 Morgan & Woods Parma
Don't forget the Nathan Rettig Memorial Cotton Bowl Cup Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday. For details check out the speedway's website at
www.maldenspeedway.com
It took three tries to get a good start on the Late Model feature, but that was the only thing that slowed down Billy James this week. James, who has dominated the Late Models in Malden, led all twenty laps to take the checkered flag again. There was a good battle for the next three spots with Joey Mack taking second. Kenny Rumble edged Steve Karnes at the finish line to take third. Kyle Beard finished fifth. Karnes and James won the heat races.
LATE MODELS
11 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James
Sikeston
2. 97M Joey Mack Benton
3. 47 Kenny Rumble House Springs
4. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
5. 86 Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
6. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
7. 11X John Stephens Dexter
8. 10 Rodney Pense Fredericktown
9. 13S Tracy Wampler Bonne Terre
10. 10 James Burrell Bluford, IL
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Robert Powers has become the one to beat in the Modified class at Malden.
Powers suffered most of the season with mechanical problems, but has been trouble free the past three weeks and he has three wins to show for his efforts. Powers pulled away from the field only to be brought back by the race's only caution flag on lap 13. Chris Sims and T.J. Williams got into each other coming out of turn two. Powers was attempting to lap the pair when the collision occurred, and he veered right and scraped the wall, throwing sparks into the air. The wall brush did not hurt his car as he quickly reestablished his lead. Robby Arnold rested second place from Brad Buck on lap 15, but could never challenge Powers for the lead. A lap later Buck fell to fourth as Claudie Cook overtook him coming out of turn two.
Troy Fowler rounded out the top five. Powers and Buck won the heat races.
MODIFIEDS
17 Entries - 16 Start feature
1. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
2. 49 Robby Arnold Paragould
3. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
4. 99R Brad Buck Paragould
5. 10 Troy Fowler
Portageville
6. 15 T Kyle Beard Trumann, AR
7. 16 Rusty Griffaw Festus
8. 3 Scott Burge Puxico
9. 85 Ian Samuel
Trumann, AR
10. 81 Gary Beard Trumann, AR
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Claudie Cook returned after a couple of weeks absence in the Hobby Stocks and piloted the 54C car to victory lane. The race opened with Greg Sparks grabbing the lead. Cook closed to his bumper by lap 3 and he made his move coming out of turn 4 to take the lead. Sparks chased after Cook and came in to turn three too hard and suffered a spin bringing a caution to the track.
Cook finished the race unchallenged for the lead from that point. Sparks battled back through the field and just edged Scott Tracer at the wire for second following a full lap of side by side racing. Darrell Kelly and Chuck Tilley rounded out the top five. Sparks and Dee Kelly won the heat races.
HOBBY STOCK
11 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 54C Claudie Cook Portageville
2. 68 Greg Sparks
Malden
3. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
4. 25 Darrell Kelly Birch Tree
5. 11Sr Chuck Tilley Essex
6. 42A Greg Casey Sikeston
7. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
8. F7 Keith Getson
Paragould, AR
9. 6 Jamie Daughhotee Paragould, AR
10. 35 Dee Kelly Birch Tree
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Street Stock track champion Paul Reeder took over the top spot following a lap 11 caution and led the final four laps to pick up the feature win. The race opened with Chris Kelley taking the lead and holding it for seven laps.
Scott Wicker took the lead on the eighth lap as he outrun Kelley down the front straight. A lap 11 caution reset the field and put Reeder into position to make his winning pass. Keith Beeson finished third followed by Aaron Darby and Chuck Tilley. Kelley, Reeder and Wicker won the heat races.
STREET STOCK
18 Entries -17 Start Feature
1. 97 Paul Reeder
Malden
2. 29 Scott Wicker
Steele
3. 4 Keith Beeson
Benton
4. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
5. 2M Chuck Tilley Essex
6. 12 Eric Guthrie
Steele
7. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
8. 101 Steve Partain Trumann, AR
9. 42C Chris Cannon Sikeston
10. 20B Jacob Black Van Buren
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The E-Mods were the featured race of the night, carrying a $500 to win purse. Justin McBroom grabbed the lead on lap 11 as he dove low out of turn two to pass Burns. The race opened with Holbrook Mitchell grabbing the lead and threatening to run away and hide. Mitchell had won all three of his previous trips to the Malden Speedway and this week looked no different until trouble struck in the form of mechanical problems on lap seven. Burns took the lead and held it until McBroom took over for the win. David Hill finished third, followed by Jim Eubanks and Tim Prine. Burns and Mitchell won the heat races.
E-Mods
14 Entries - 13 Start Feature
1. 19 Justin McBroom Delaplaine, AR
2. 27 Burns
3. 41 David Hill Jonesboro,
AR
4. 47 Jim Eubanks Dexter
5. 3T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
6. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
7. 31 Jamie Daughhotee Paragould, AR
8. 3 Tracy Smith Jonesboro, AR
9. 98 Ryan Miller Bono, AR
10. 25 Shane Eubanks Dexter
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Bob Merritt and Jimmy Cornell led all 12 laps to take their first Cruiser feature at Malden. Dunning & Brown took second.
CRUISERS
6 Entries - 6 Start Feature
1. 14 Cornell & Merritt Broseley
2. L13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
3. 90W Doublin & Doublin Wappapello
4. 84 Null & Null Puxico
5. 88J Harbrueger & Wayne Kennett
6. 111 Morgan & Woods Parma
Don't forget the Nathan Rettig Memorial Cotton Bowl Cup Thursday, Friday,
and Saturday. For details check out the speedway's website at
www.maldenspeedway.com
