By Sam Stoecklin
CMS Announcer/PR
May 2, 2009
(Warrensburg, MO) Despite nearly seven inches of rain falling on the greater Warrensburg area throughout the week, Earl and Susan Walls' Central Missouri Speedway (CMS) managed to get a reprieve from the moisture long enough by week's end to host a fantastic night of racing for week number two of the CMS season. A full field of 81 drivers in the modifieds, street stocks, and b-modifieds were on hand and put on a great night of racing for the fans in the stands.
The B-modifieds kicked off the evening with Brad Smith of Belton, MO; Randy Grimmett of Lathrop, MO; and Michael King of Orrick, MO picking up the wins. Second-year driver A.J. Tice led her first-ever laps at CMS and came home with a strong third-place run in the third and final heat race. Smith and Grimmett led the 22 starters to flagman Hershel Thompson's green flag for the main event with Smith grabbing the early lead over Grimmett. Jeremy Lile, Michael King, and Tice all experienced trouble early on in the event as it took a couple of re-starts before laps were scored by official scorer Karen Darling. Brad Smith clearly had the field in check as he pulled away on several restarts to maintain his lead. Second place on back proved to be the best racing as Grimmett and Ethan Isaacs, along with Brian Ziegler and Bryan Montgomery, battled lap-after-lap inside the top five. Unfortunately, the main event was cut short due to time constraints to a 10-lap race. In the end, no one had anything for Smith as he comfortably picked up the win ahead of Grimmett, Brian Ziegler, Ethan Isaacs, Bryan Montgomery, and Jacob Ebert.
A strong field of 18 Street Stocks signed in for two heat races and a 15-lap feature with Brian Johnson of Independence, MO and Michael Mullins of Kingsville, MO winning their respective heat races. Both drivers started on the row one for the main event with Johnson gaining the early lead. After a complete restart, Johnson again stayed out front, ahead of a hard-charging Mullins and Anthony Ward in third. Last week's winner, Chad Eickleberry, battled his way to the front by lap five to make it a four-car battle. The field ran extremely close until a yellow flag flew on lap eleven and with five laps to go on the re-start, drivers once again tried to hold the low line for their spots. The street stock drivers put on a driving clinic the rest of the way doing all they could to maintain their finishing spots. Ultimately, it was Brian Johnson who finished the night off with his 17th career win at CMS. Anthony Ward and last week's winner, Chad Eickleberry crossed the line second and third. Traveler Jake Conley came home fourth, followed by Mullins, and Nic Bennett.
One of the largest weekly fields of modifieds in recent memory made their way to the speedway and competed in four heat races; all total there were 37 'mighty' modifieds on hand. Buckner driver Joshua Stephens grabbed a big win in heat race number one with front-row starting Dustin Boney of Basehor, Kansas taking heat number two. Warrensburg driver James McMillin crossed the finish line first in heat three as Concordia's Jason Thompson picked up the win in the final heat. Four cars transferred to the main event from the 10-lap b-main. Dean Wille, Jessy Willard, Jim Moody, and Ed Griggs claimed the transfers to the main event. Joshua Stephens and Dustin Boney got off to a flying start and looked to make it a two-car breakaway early in the feature event. Boney led early until Stephens made his move to get around just as Boney experienced problems and exited the race. The driver on the move early on was Jamie Ragland of Lebanon, MO. The patient driver calculated every move and picked off drivers one by one until he found himself in the lead on lap eleven. One lone caution flag flew for the a-main race and once the field went back to green-flag racing, it was all Ragland the rest of the way. Stephens maintained his growing status as one of the fiercest drivers around and held off several strong runs by Marrant and James Williams. At the finish line, Ragland claimed his first-ever feature win at CMS with Stephens in second. Defending track champion Aaron Marrant finished third, followed by McMillan, Dave Meyer, Jason Thompson, Johnny Fennewald, Tim Karrick, Daulton Greven and Iowa driver, Dennis Elliott.
Join us next Saturday at CMS for a special night at the track honoring Moms for Mother's Day. The first 50 moms to enter the stands on each side of the speedway will receive a free flower courtesy of the track and the Warrensburg Lowe's store. CMS is located approximately 4 miles north of Warrensburg, or 15 miles south of the Interstate 70 exit for Higginsville on Highway 13. Pit gates open at 4:30, spectator gates open at 5, hot laps start at 7, and heat-race action begins at 7:30. Adult general admission is just $10. Senior citizens, college students with student I.D., and military with military I.D. get in for $8. Kids six to twelve years of age are $6 and children five and under are free. For more information call the Track Report line at (660) 747-2166 or visit the track's official Web site at www.centralmissourispeedway.net. Results, standings, the schedule of events, and High Fly-N Photos are all readily available on the Web site. We look forward to seeing our great fans and drivers again next Saturday night at the 'Burg!
Schedule at a Glance
May 16 Armed Forces Appreciation Race Night
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL (May 22/23) (Rain Date: Sunday, May 24th)
May 22 CMS Street Stock will race for $1,500.00 to win! Modifies will qualify for Saturday starting positions.
May 23 CMS ‘Mighty’ Modified $3,000.00 to win feature event. Also running ULMA Late Models (points event) and B-Modifieds
May 30 Regular race night
Results from Saturday, May 2, 2009
B-Modifies
Heat Race # 1
1st- 99- Brad Smith, Belton
2nd- 5L- Jeremy Lile, Higginsville
3rd- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
Heat Race # 2
1st- 44g- Randy Grimmett, Lathrop
2nd- 55- Bronson Combs, Odessa
3rd- 21- Chris Martin, Lee's Summit
Heat Race # 3
1st- 36- Michael King, Orrick
2nd- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
3rd- 4- A.J. Tice, Kansas City KS
Feature
1- 99- Brad Smith, Belton
2- 44g- Randy Grimmett, Lathrop
3- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
4- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
5- 33- Bryan Montgomery, Oak Grove
6- 94- Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove
7- 21- Chris Martin, Lee's Summit
8- 36- Michael King, Orrick
9- 44- Troy Carlyle, Kearney
10- 75- Gunner Martin, Blue Springs
11- 67- Sonny Grace, Higginsville
12- 03- Chris Brockway, Warrensburg
13- 4- A.J. Tice, Kansas City KS
14- 55- Bronson Combs, Odessa
15- 71x- Greg Marrant, Richmond
16- 22H- Jeremy Huckaby, Warsaw
17- 83- Sonny Wood, Odessa
18- 7- Michael Dilday, Lee's Summitt
19- 16- Alex Bloomquist, Independence
20- 5L- Jeremy Lile, Higginsville
21- 67x- Curtis Shaner, Hardin
22- 6- Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
DNS- 48- Owen Evinger, Odessa
DNS- 14w- Paul West, Shawnee KS
DNS- 71- Ernie Walker, Sedalia
Street Stocks
Heat Race # 1
1st- 01- Michael Mullins, Kingsville
2nd- 11- Anthony Ward, Independence
3rd- 09- Chad Eickleberry, Warrensburg
Heat Race # 2
1st- 97K- Brian Johnson, Independence
2nd- 427- Nic Bennett, Grain Valley
3rd- 7a- Gary Akers, Independence
Feature
1- 97K- Brian Johnson, Independence
2- 11- Anthony Ward, Independence
3- 09- Chad Eickleberry, Warrensburg
4- 68- Jake Conley, Clearview City KS
5- 01- Michael Mullins, Kingsville
6- 427- Nic Bennett, Grain Valley
7- 74- Herb Dannar, Holden
8- 7a- Gary Akers, Independence
9- 11x- Jerry Schmidt, Independence
10- 211d- Dustin Gehlken, Sedalia
11- 9s- Rober Stone, Kansas City
12- pms1- Tammy Korff, Fulton
13- 94- John Ebert, Bates City
14- 12x- Danny White, Orrick
15- 94ss- Stacy Scherer, Blue Springs
16- 41- Clayton Campbell, Otterville
DNS- 99- Aaron Vincent, Green Ridge
Modifieds
Heat Race # 1
1st- 09- Joshua Stephens, Buckner
2nd- 70- Aaron Marrant, Orrick
3rd- 75- Scotty Martin, Independence
Heat Race # 2
1st- 22- Dustin Boney, Basehor KS
2nd- 9- Dave Meyer, Concordia
3rd- 1k- Tim Karrick, Basehor KS
Heat Race # 3
1st- 8m- James McMillin, Warrensburg
2nd- 15R- Jamie Ragland, Lebanon
3rd- 21- Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City
Heat Race # 4
1st- 20- Jason Thompson, Concordia
2nd- 92- Danny Scrogham, Peculiar
3rd- 34- Mark Schafman, Edwardsville KS
B" Feature
1- 40- Jessy Willard, Pleasanton KS
2- 68- Dean Wille, Warrensburg
3- 00- Jim Moody, Odessa
4- 4- Josh Poe, Drexel
5- 47- Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill
6- 5k- Terry Schultz, Sedalia
7- 07- David Ralph, Raymore
8- 80- Jimmy Ngo, Independence
9- 23- Steve Twenter, Sedalia
10- 5- Colson Kirk, Urbana
11- 91- James Reid, Clinton
12- 7z- Tommy Summers, Weston
13- 9L- Joey Lile, Higginsville
14- 35- Tyler Dowell, Boonville
DNS- 2- Larry Mayhew, Kingsville
DNS- 90- Ralph King, Marshall
DNS- 12c- Steve Clancy, Odessa
Feature
1- 15R- Jamie Ragland, Lebanon
2- 09- Joshua Stephens, Buckner
3- 70- Aaron Marrant, Orrick
4- 8m- James McMillin, Warrensburg
5- 9- Dave Meyer, Concordia
6- 20- Jason Thompson, Concordia
7- 21- Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City
8- 1k- Tim Karrick, Basehor KS
9- 42- Daulton Greven, Boliver
10- 29- Dennis Elliott, Mt.Aye IA
11- 00- Jim Moody, Odessa
12- 34- Mark Schafman, Edwardsville KS
13- 68- Dean Wille, Warrensburg
14- 92- Danny Scrogham, Peculiar
15- 5B- Buddy Thompson, Oak Grove
16- 40- Jessy Willard, Pleasanton KS
17- 16- Austin Siebert, Warrensburg
18- 4- Josh Poe, Drexel
19- k15- Jimmy Dowell, Marshall
20- 03- Richard Layne, Kansas City
21- 007- Charles Laizure, Harrisonville
22- 75- Scotty Martin, Independence
23- 3- Bubba Harvey, Kansas City KS
24- 22- Dustin Boney, Basehor KS
CMS Announcer/PR
May 2, 2009
(Warrensburg, MO) Despite nearly seven inches of rain falling on the greater Warrensburg area throughout the week, Earl and Susan Walls' Central Missouri Speedway (CMS) managed to get a reprieve from the moisture long enough by week's end to host a fantastic night of racing for week number two of the CMS season. A full field of 81 drivers in the modifieds, street stocks, and b-modifieds were on hand and put on a great night of racing for the fans in the stands.
The B-modifieds kicked off the evening with Brad Smith of Belton, MO; Randy Grimmett of Lathrop, MO; and Michael King of Orrick, MO picking up the wins. Second-year driver A.J. Tice led her first-ever laps at CMS and came home with a strong third-place run in the third and final heat race. Smith and Grimmett led the 22 starters to flagman Hershel Thompson's green flag for the main event with Smith grabbing the early lead over Grimmett. Jeremy Lile, Michael King, and Tice all experienced trouble early on in the event as it took a couple of re-starts before laps were scored by official scorer Karen Darling. Brad Smith clearly had the field in check as he pulled away on several restarts to maintain his lead. Second place on back proved to be the best racing as Grimmett and Ethan Isaacs, along with Brian Ziegler and Bryan Montgomery, battled lap-after-lap inside the top five. Unfortunately, the main event was cut short due to time constraints to a 10-lap race. In the end, no one had anything for Smith as he comfortably picked up the win ahead of Grimmett, Brian Ziegler, Ethan Isaacs, Bryan Montgomery, and Jacob Ebert.
A strong field of 18 Street Stocks signed in for two heat races and a 15-lap feature with Brian Johnson of Independence, MO and Michael Mullins of Kingsville, MO winning their respective heat races. Both drivers started on the row one for the main event with Johnson gaining the early lead. After a complete restart, Johnson again stayed out front, ahead of a hard-charging Mullins and Anthony Ward in third. Last week's winner, Chad Eickleberry, battled his way to the front by lap five to make it a four-car battle. The field ran extremely close until a yellow flag flew on lap eleven and with five laps to go on the re-start, drivers once again tried to hold the low line for their spots. The street stock drivers put on a driving clinic the rest of the way doing all they could to maintain their finishing spots. Ultimately, it was Brian Johnson who finished the night off with his 17th career win at CMS. Anthony Ward and last week's winner, Chad Eickleberry crossed the line second and third. Traveler Jake Conley came home fourth, followed by Mullins, and Nic Bennett.
One of the largest weekly fields of modifieds in recent memory made their way to the speedway and competed in four heat races; all total there were 37 'mighty' modifieds on hand. Buckner driver Joshua Stephens grabbed a big win in heat race number one with front-row starting Dustin Boney of Basehor, Kansas taking heat number two. Warrensburg driver James McMillin crossed the finish line first in heat three as Concordia's Jason Thompson picked up the win in the final heat. Four cars transferred to the main event from the 10-lap b-main. Dean Wille, Jessy Willard, Jim Moody, and Ed Griggs claimed the transfers to the main event. Joshua Stephens and Dustin Boney got off to a flying start and looked to make it a two-car breakaway early in the feature event. Boney led early until Stephens made his move to get around just as Boney experienced problems and exited the race. The driver on the move early on was Jamie Ragland of Lebanon, MO. The patient driver calculated every move and picked off drivers one by one until he found himself in the lead on lap eleven. One lone caution flag flew for the a-main race and once the field went back to green-flag racing, it was all Ragland the rest of the way. Stephens maintained his growing status as one of the fiercest drivers around and held off several strong runs by Marrant and James Williams. At the finish line, Ragland claimed his first-ever feature win at CMS with Stephens in second. Defending track champion Aaron Marrant finished third, followed by McMillan, Dave Meyer, Jason Thompson, Johnny Fennewald, Tim Karrick, Daulton Greven and Iowa driver, Dennis Elliott.
Join us next Saturday at CMS for a special night at the track honoring Moms for Mother's Day. The first 50 moms to enter the stands on each side of the speedway will receive a free flower courtesy of the track and the Warrensburg Lowe's store. CMS is located approximately 4 miles north of Warrensburg, or 15 miles south of the Interstate 70 exit for Higginsville on Highway 13. Pit gates open at 4:30, spectator gates open at 5, hot laps start at 7, and heat-race action begins at 7:30. Adult general admission is just $10. Senior citizens, college students with student I.D., and military with military I.D. get in for $8. Kids six to twelve years of age are $6 and children five and under are free. For more information call the Track Report line at (660) 747-2166 or visit the track's official Web site at www.centralmissourispeedway.net. Results, standings, the schedule of events, and High Fly-N Photos are all readily available on the Web site. We look forward to seeing our great fans and drivers again next Saturday night at the 'Burg!
Schedule at a Glance
May 16 Armed Forces Appreciation Race Night
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND SPECIAL (May 22/23) (Rain Date: Sunday, May 24th)
May 22 CMS Street Stock will race for $1,500.00 to win! Modifies will qualify for Saturday starting positions.
May 23 CMS ‘Mighty’ Modified $3,000.00 to win feature event. Also running ULMA Late Models (points event) and B-Modifieds
May 30 Regular race night
Results from Saturday, May 2, 2009
B-Modifies
Heat Race # 1
1st- 99- Brad Smith, Belton
2nd- 5L- Jeremy Lile, Higginsville
3rd- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
Heat Race # 2
1st- 44g- Randy Grimmett, Lathrop
2nd- 55- Bronson Combs, Odessa
3rd- 21- Chris Martin, Lee's Summit
Heat Race # 3
1st- 36- Michael King, Orrick
2nd- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
3rd- 4- A.J. Tice, Kansas City KS
Feature
1- 99- Brad Smith, Belton
2- 44g- Randy Grimmett, Lathrop
3- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
4- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
5- 33- Bryan Montgomery, Oak Grove
6- 94- Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove
7- 21- Chris Martin, Lee's Summit
8- 36- Michael King, Orrick
9- 44- Troy Carlyle, Kearney
10- 75- Gunner Martin, Blue Springs
11- 67- Sonny Grace, Higginsville
12- 03- Chris Brockway, Warrensburg
13- 4- A.J. Tice, Kansas City KS
14- 55- Bronson Combs, Odessa
15- 71x- Greg Marrant, Richmond
16- 22H- Jeremy Huckaby, Warsaw
17- 83- Sonny Wood, Odessa
18- 7- Michael Dilday, Lee's Summitt
19- 16- Alex Bloomquist, Independence
20- 5L- Jeremy Lile, Higginsville
21- 67x- Curtis Shaner, Hardin
22- 6- Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
DNS- 48- Owen Evinger, Odessa
DNS- 14w- Paul West, Shawnee KS
DNS- 71- Ernie Walker, Sedalia
Street Stocks
Heat Race # 1
1st- 01- Michael Mullins, Kingsville
2nd- 11- Anthony Ward, Independence
3rd- 09- Chad Eickleberry, Warrensburg
Heat Race # 2
1st- 97K- Brian Johnson, Independence
2nd- 427- Nic Bennett, Grain Valley
3rd- 7a- Gary Akers, Independence
Feature
1- 97K- Brian Johnson, Independence
2- 11- Anthony Ward, Independence
3- 09- Chad Eickleberry, Warrensburg
4- 68- Jake Conley, Clearview City KS
5- 01- Michael Mullins, Kingsville
6- 427- Nic Bennett, Grain Valley
7- 74- Herb Dannar, Holden
8- 7a- Gary Akers, Independence
9- 11x- Jerry Schmidt, Independence
10- 211d- Dustin Gehlken, Sedalia
11- 9s- Rober Stone, Kansas City
12- pms1- Tammy Korff, Fulton
13- 94- John Ebert, Bates City
14- 12x- Danny White, Orrick
15- 94ss- Stacy Scherer, Blue Springs
16- 41- Clayton Campbell, Otterville
DNS- 99- Aaron Vincent, Green Ridge
Modifieds
Heat Race # 1
1st- 09- Joshua Stephens, Buckner
2nd- 70- Aaron Marrant, Orrick
3rd- 75- Scotty Martin, Independence
Heat Race # 2
1st- 22- Dustin Boney, Basehor KS
2nd- 9- Dave Meyer, Concordia
3rd- 1k- Tim Karrick, Basehor KS
Heat Race # 3
1st- 8m- James McMillin, Warrensburg
2nd- 15R- Jamie Ragland, Lebanon
3rd- 21- Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City
Heat Race # 4
1st- 20- Jason Thompson, Concordia
2nd- 92- Danny Scrogham, Peculiar
3rd- 34- Mark Schafman, Edwardsville KS
B" Feature
1- 40- Jessy Willard, Pleasanton KS
2- 68- Dean Wille, Warrensburg
3- 00- Jim Moody, Odessa
4- 4- Josh Poe, Drexel
5- 47- Ed Griggs, Pleasant Hill
6- 5k- Terry Schultz, Sedalia
7- 07- David Ralph, Raymore
8- 80- Jimmy Ngo, Independence
9- 23- Steve Twenter, Sedalia
10- 5- Colson Kirk, Urbana
11- 91- James Reid, Clinton
12- 7z- Tommy Summers, Weston
13- 9L- Joey Lile, Higginsville
14- 35- Tyler Dowell, Boonville
DNS- 2- Larry Mayhew, Kingsville
DNS- 90- Ralph King, Marshall
DNS- 12c- Steve Clancy, Odessa
Feature
1- 15R- Jamie Ragland, Lebanon
2- 09- Joshua Stephens, Buckner
3- 70- Aaron Marrant, Orrick
4- 8m- James McMillin, Warrensburg
5- 9- Dave Meyer, Concordia
6- 20- Jason Thompson, Concordia
7- 21- Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City
8- 1k- Tim Karrick, Basehor KS
9- 42- Daulton Greven, Boliver
10- 29- Dennis Elliott, Mt.Aye IA
11- 00- Jim Moody, Odessa
12- 34- Mark Schafman, Edwardsville KS
13- 68- Dean Wille, Warrensburg
14- 92- Danny Scrogham, Peculiar
15- 5B- Buddy Thompson, Oak Grove
16- 40- Jessy Willard, Pleasanton KS
17- 16- Austin Siebert, Warrensburg
18- 4- Josh Poe, Drexel
19- k15- Jimmy Dowell, Marshall
20- 03- Richard Layne, Kansas City
21- 007- Charles Laizure, Harrisonville
22- 75- Scotty Martin, Independence
23- 3- Bubba Harvey, Kansas City KS
24- 22- Dustin Boney, Basehor KS
