Lebanon,Mo.-Under a perfect evening and a lightning fast and racy track action continued Friday night with 80 raceteams in the pits along with 3 first time 2009 winners.
Lebanon's Kris Jackson has won in many different classes of racing at the Midway,but Friday night in a dominating performance he captured his first ever USRA A-Mod feature win.Starting the 15 lap event from the pole spot,Jackson jumped to the early lead with Jim Pearcy Jr running beside him on the top groove with point leader Donnie Fellers following along with Danny Atkinson.As the race stayed green,Jackson would gather even more speed as the car worked flawless pulling out to a big lead.The battle for second became tight as on lap 8,Fellers made the move on Pearcy with Rusty Dukes following behind him.With Jackson long gone,Dukes would apply pressure to Fellers,but would come up short as Fellers hwld on to grab second with Dukes,Pearcy Jr and Sam Petty completing the top 5.
The B-Mod feature provided lots of close racing as point leader Mickey burrell grabbed the opening lead from the 19 car grid.Derek Brown was giving chase along with Brian Webster and points runner-up Josh Woody.On lap 3,Woody moved into second place and gave chase to Burrell.The caution flew on lap 4 for Brian Millsap as he spun challanging for a top 5 run.on the restart,Colt Cheevers who started 12th on the grid moved into 4th place and was coming quickly along with last weeks winner JC Morton.On lap 7,Cheevers moved into second place and began his charge on the leader Burrell leaving Woody,Brown and Webster to battle.Following a lap 9 caution,Cheevers made the pass for the lead on lap 10 as Brown and Woody were swapping spots.After starting the race 19th,Tony Jackson Jr was coming on the top groove and saw his number move into a top 5 spot on lap 13 as Webster spun and Morton's strong run ended with clutch problems.On the restart,Cheevers bobbled out of turn 2 and Burrell stuck his nose under the leader as they raced side by side.Cheevers would be able to withstand several challanges from both Burrell and Derek Brown to take his 4th win of the Midway season with Brown moving into second place followed by Woody,Burrell and Jackson Jr.
The FactoryStock feature had point leader Bob Gustin grab the opening lead with defending champion Tim Petty right on his bumper.As Gustin started to open up the lead,Petty found Tyson Troutman and Sundance Keepper following.Keepper moved around Petty on lap 6 to grab second place and began a charge on Gustin.Gustin made a bobble in turn 2 the next lap and Keepper took advantage and moved into the lead.The lead duo ran door to door for 3 lap as Petty and Troutman began their charge back to the front as previous winner James Flood was coming quickly to the front pack.Keepper had opened up a 6 car lead until lap 13 when Gustin closed-up the gap as Petty began going backwards with a flat right rear tire.The final 2 laps Gustin closed in,but Keepper hung on to his third win of the season with Gustin,Troutman,Donnie Miller and Flood in the top 5.
The Bomber feature had Brandon Waters and former champion Mike Piercy go side by side on the start.Piercy who was making his first race of this season would just nip Waters at the line as the lead duo went side by side until lap 3 when Waters bobbled just a bit letting Piercy pull away.Matt Pilant then moved into second place as last weeks winner Shawn Strong was moving forward.The only caution rolled out on lap 11 for Tim Bostwick as the field bunched-up with Piercy getting a good jump with Pilant,Waters and Strong battling.Sundance Keepper made a late race surge into the top 5 as Waters began to go backwards in the field.At the checkered,Piercy showed the crowd he hasn't forgotten how to get around the Midway taking his first win of the season with Pilant holding off Strong to grab second place as Strong,Keepper and point leader Joe Francis completed the top 5.
The PureStock feature also saw a new winner as Jason Brumley jumped out to the early lead over point leader Les Hayes.Points runner-up Adam Lowrance had a rough night as problems sent him out on lap 1.On the restart,Brumley again jumped to the lead with Tom Monnahan moving to the top groove and coming quickly.The battle up front kept everyone close with Brumley driving the race of his carrer with standing monnahan's challanges as Hayes and Joey Long battled.The race with Long ended on lap 6 as the axel broke ending his night.Up front Brumley and Monnahan dueled until lap 11 as on the final lap Monnahan slowed with problems leaving Brumley to his first win of the season followed by Hayes,Robert Doublin,John McGinnis and Monnahan.
Racing continues Friday night Aug 28 as the FactoryStocks race for a $500 to win points show along with B-Mods,Bombers, and the LateModelSportsman.Enduro racing also is slated with the Cars and Hillbilly Farm Trucks.Racing will start at 8PM sharp.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 2)Donnie Fellers-Wheatland 3)Rusty Dukes-Fair Grove 4)Jim Pearcy Jr-Springfield 5)Sam Petty-Niangua 6)Nathan Vaughn-Lincoln 7)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 8)Tony Moore-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Jackson 2)Atkinson 3)Vaughn 4)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Dukes 2)Pearcy 3)Fellers 4)Moore
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 2)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 3)Tyson Troutman-Houston 4)Donnie Miller-Houston 5)James Flood-Billings 6)Ben Solberg-Springfield 7)Lonnie Henderson-Lebanon 8)Brad Gayer-Houston 9)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 10)Tim Petty-Niangua 11)Mike Murzynski-St Roberts 12)Chris Wynn-Niangua 13)Matt Menxie-Clever 14)Jay Flinn-Lebanon 15)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 16)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 17)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton
1st Ht-1)Gustin 2)Troutman 3)Miller 4)Henderson 5)D.Keepper 6)Menzie 7)Stoufer 8)Wynn 9)Murzynski
2nd Ht-1)Petty 2)S.Keepper 3)Flood 4)Solberg 5)Gayer 6)Scharr 7)Flinn 8)Piercy
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Derek Brown-Stoutland 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 5)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 6)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 7)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 8)Derek Cook-Lebanon 9)Brian Webster-Richland 10)Greg Strong-Nixa 11)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 12)Brian Myers-Lebanon 13)Micheal Stake-Lebanon 14)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon 15)Andrew Smith-Willard 16)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 17)JC Morton-Springfield 18)Corey Pope-Clever 19)Brian Millsap-Lebanon DNS-Rob White-Lebanon Brian Cook-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Morton 2)Cheevers 3)Burrell 4)Webster 5)Ted Ballinger 6)Ellingson 7)T.Brown
2nd Ht-1)D.Brown 3)Strong 3)Millsap 4)D.Cook 5)Tim Ballinger 6)B.cook 7)Jackson Jr
3rd HT-1)Stake 2)Woody 3)Pope 4)Smith 5)Lancaster 6)Myers 7)White
Bombers
A Ft-1)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 2)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 3)Shawn Strong-Republic 4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Joe Francis-Lebanon 6)Rodney Yost-Squires 7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 9)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 10)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 11)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 12)Monk Barker-Lebanon 13)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 14)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 15)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 16)Tim Bostwick-Urbana DNS-Nick Whitehead-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Waters 2)Francis 3)Yost 4)K.Cheever 5)Strong 6)Hamer 7)K.Barker 8)Lewis 9)Warner
2nd Ht-1)Piercy 2)Pilant 3)Keepper 4)Forshey 5)Bostwick 6)M.Barker 7)A.Cheever 8)Whitehead
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 2)Les Hayes-Camdenton 3)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 4)John McGinnis-Lebanon 5)Tom Monnahan-Grovesprings 6)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 7)Shorty-Doublin-Lebanon 8)Dane Bartle-Rolla 9)Frank Bryson-Lebanon 10)Jeff Delong-Lebanon 11)Joey Long-Mansfield 12)Ricky Cross-Rolla 13)Justin King-Lebanon 14)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon DNS-Josh Hazel-Lebanon Adam Williams-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Hayes 2)Monnahan 3)Long 4)R.Doublin 5)Cross 6)King 7)Hazel 8)Williams
2nd Ht-1)Brumley 2)Waters 3)Bartle 4)McGinnis 5)S.Doublin 6)Bryson 7)Delong 8)Lowrance
Lebanon's Kris Jackson has won in many different classes of racing at the Midway,but Friday night in a dominating performance he captured his first ever USRA A-Mod feature win.Starting the 15 lap event from the pole spot,Jackson jumped to the early lead with Jim Pearcy Jr running beside him on the top groove with point leader Donnie Fellers following along with Danny Atkinson.As the race stayed green,Jackson would gather even more speed as the car worked flawless pulling out to a big lead.The battle for second became tight as on lap 8,Fellers made the move on Pearcy with Rusty Dukes following behind him.With Jackson long gone,Dukes would apply pressure to Fellers,but would come up short as Fellers hwld on to grab second with Dukes,Pearcy Jr and Sam Petty completing the top 5.
The B-Mod feature provided lots of close racing as point leader Mickey burrell grabbed the opening lead from the 19 car grid.Derek Brown was giving chase along with Brian Webster and points runner-up Josh Woody.On lap 3,Woody moved into second place and gave chase to Burrell.The caution flew on lap 4 for Brian Millsap as he spun challanging for a top 5 run.on the restart,Colt Cheevers who started 12th on the grid moved into 4th place and was coming quickly along with last weeks winner JC Morton.On lap 7,Cheevers moved into second place and began his charge on the leader Burrell leaving Woody,Brown and Webster to battle.Following a lap 9 caution,Cheevers made the pass for the lead on lap 10 as Brown and Woody were swapping spots.After starting the race 19th,Tony Jackson Jr was coming on the top groove and saw his number move into a top 5 spot on lap 13 as Webster spun and Morton's strong run ended with clutch problems.On the restart,Cheevers bobbled out of turn 2 and Burrell stuck his nose under the leader as they raced side by side.Cheevers would be able to withstand several challanges from both Burrell and Derek Brown to take his 4th win of the Midway season with Brown moving into second place followed by Woody,Burrell and Jackson Jr.
The FactoryStock feature had point leader Bob Gustin grab the opening lead with defending champion Tim Petty right on his bumper.As Gustin started to open up the lead,Petty found Tyson Troutman and Sundance Keepper following.Keepper moved around Petty on lap 6 to grab second place and began a charge on Gustin.Gustin made a bobble in turn 2 the next lap and Keepper took advantage and moved into the lead.The lead duo ran door to door for 3 lap as Petty and Troutman began their charge back to the front as previous winner James Flood was coming quickly to the front pack.Keepper had opened up a 6 car lead until lap 13 when Gustin closed-up the gap as Petty began going backwards with a flat right rear tire.The final 2 laps Gustin closed in,but Keepper hung on to his third win of the season with Gustin,Troutman,Donnie Miller and Flood in the top 5.
The Bomber feature had Brandon Waters and former champion Mike Piercy go side by side on the start.Piercy who was making his first race of this season would just nip Waters at the line as the lead duo went side by side until lap 3 when Waters bobbled just a bit letting Piercy pull away.Matt Pilant then moved into second place as last weeks winner Shawn Strong was moving forward.The only caution rolled out on lap 11 for Tim Bostwick as the field bunched-up with Piercy getting a good jump with Pilant,Waters and Strong battling.Sundance Keepper made a late race surge into the top 5 as Waters began to go backwards in the field.At the checkered,Piercy showed the crowd he hasn't forgotten how to get around the Midway taking his first win of the season with Pilant holding off Strong to grab second place as Strong,Keepper and point leader Joe Francis completed the top 5.
The PureStock feature also saw a new winner as Jason Brumley jumped out to the early lead over point leader Les Hayes.Points runner-up Adam Lowrance had a rough night as problems sent him out on lap 1.On the restart,Brumley again jumped to the lead with Tom Monnahan moving to the top groove and coming quickly.The battle up front kept everyone close with Brumley driving the race of his carrer with standing monnahan's challanges as Hayes and Joey Long battled.The race with Long ended on lap 6 as the axel broke ending his night.Up front Brumley and Monnahan dueled until lap 11 as on the final lap Monnahan slowed with problems leaving Brumley to his first win of the season followed by Hayes,Robert Doublin,John McGinnis and Monnahan.
Racing continues Friday night Aug 28 as the FactoryStocks race for a $500 to win points show along with B-Mods,Bombers, and the LateModelSportsman.Enduro racing also is slated with the Cars and Hillbilly Farm Trucks.Racing will start at 8PM sharp.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 2)Donnie Fellers-Wheatland 3)Rusty Dukes-Fair Grove 4)Jim Pearcy Jr-Springfield 5)Sam Petty-Niangua 6)Nathan Vaughn-Lincoln 7)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 8)Tony Moore-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Jackson 2)Atkinson 3)Vaughn 4)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Dukes 2)Pearcy 3)Fellers 4)Moore
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 2)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 3)Tyson Troutman-Houston 4)Donnie Miller-Houston 5)James Flood-Billings 6)Ben Solberg-Springfield 7)Lonnie Henderson-Lebanon 8)Brad Gayer-Houston 9)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 10)Tim Petty-Niangua 11)Mike Murzynski-St Roberts 12)Chris Wynn-Niangua 13)Matt Menxie-Clever 14)Jay Flinn-Lebanon 15)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 16)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 17)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton
1st Ht-1)Gustin 2)Troutman 3)Miller 4)Henderson 5)D.Keepper 6)Menzie 7)Stoufer 8)Wynn 9)Murzynski
2nd Ht-1)Petty 2)S.Keepper 3)Flood 4)Solberg 5)Gayer 6)Scharr 7)Flinn 8)Piercy
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Derek Brown-Stoutland 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 5)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 6)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 7)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 8)Derek Cook-Lebanon 9)Brian Webster-Richland 10)Greg Strong-Nixa 11)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 12)Brian Myers-Lebanon 13)Micheal Stake-Lebanon 14)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon 15)Andrew Smith-Willard 16)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 17)JC Morton-Springfield 18)Corey Pope-Clever 19)Brian Millsap-Lebanon DNS-Rob White-Lebanon Brian Cook-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Morton 2)Cheevers 3)Burrell 4)Webster 5)Ted Ballinger 6)Ellingson 7)T.Brown
2nd Ht-1)D.Brown 3)Strong 3)Millsap 4)D.Cook 5)Tim Ballinger 6)B.cook 7)Jackson Jr
3rd HT-1)Stake 2)Woody 3)Pope 4)Smith 5)Lancaster 6)Myers 7)White
Bombers
A Ft-1)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 2)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 3)Shawn Strong-Republic 4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Joe Francis-Lebanon 6)Rodney Yost-Squires 7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 9)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 10)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 11)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 12)Monk Barker-Lebanon 13)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 14)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 15)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 16)Tim Bostwick-Urbana DNS-Nick Whitehead-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Waters 2)Francis 3)Yost 4)K.Cheever 5)Strong 6)Hamer 7)K.Barker 8)Lewis 9)Warner
2nd Ht-1)Piercy 2)Pilant 3)Keepper 4)Forshey 5)Bostwick 6)M.Barker 7)A.Cheever 8)Whitehead
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 2)Les Hayes-Camdenton 3)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 4)John McGinnis-Lebanon 5)Tom Monnahan-Grovesprings 6)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 7)Shorty-Doublin-Lebanon 8)Dane Bartle-Rolla 9)Frank Bryson-Lebanon 10)Jeff Delong-Lebanon 11)Joey Long-Mansfield 12)Ricky Cross-Rolla 13)Justin King-Lebanon 14)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon DNS-Josh Hazel-Lebanon Adam Williams-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Hayes 2)Monnahan 3)Long 4)R.Doublin 5)Cross 6)King 7)Hazel 8)Williams
2nd Ht-1)Brumley 2)Waters 3)Bartle 4)McGinnis 5)S.Doublin 6)Bryson 7)Delong 8)Lowrance
