Lebanon,Mo.-Sunny Skies finally smiled for racing action at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway with over 90 cars checking in the pits and excellent racing action with several new first time winners.
Action in the USRA Modified feature saw 19 drivers take the green with defending Midway champion Eric Hudson grabbing the opening lead from his pole position with Chad Staus,Bobby Williams,Wayne Graybeal following.Hudson would set the pace as tight racing behind the leader as Jimmy Willis and Jesse Stovall joining the battles.On lap 4,Hudson slowed quickly with rearend problems as Williams,Status and Stovall went 3 wide with Stovall jumping to the outside groove coming down the front stretch and grabbing the lead.Stovall checked away from the field leaving a great battle for second as Bobby Williams held a solid run while the race for third was tight between Willis,Tony Jackson Jr,Staus,Jamie Ragland and others.Coming for the checkered Stovall made it look easy grabbing his first of the season at Midway followed by Williams,Jackson Jr,Ragland and Staus at the stripe.
The FactoryStock feature provided close racing as newcomer Chad Palmer grabbing the lead from his outside frontrow spot with Dusty Rhoads quickly moving into the second spot.Palmer and Rhoads swapped the top spot until lap 6 when Rhoads grabbed the lead while 10th place starting Issac Keeper had worked hid way to the front putting pressure on the leader Rhoads.THis battle allowed Sundance Keeper and point leader Ben Solberg along with Doug Rich to close in on the leaders.Coming for lap 13,Issac Keeper shot to the inside of Rhoads and held off a last lap surge to grab his first ever Factory feature win with Rhoads,Solberg,S.Keeper and Rich following.
The B-Mods showed close racing action as Mickey Burrell brought the field to the green with Colt Cheevers and Steve Muilenburg following with Cheevers grabbing the lead early.With Cheevers in front,Steve Muilenburg moved into second and applied heavy pressure to the leader as Cheevers held off the strong charges.During the top spot battle,Mickey Burrell,defending champion Jason Otto and Tyler Brown closed-up on the lead duo making it a tight 5 car battle.
In the closing laps,Muilenburg made several passes to grab the lead,but Cheevers held on to record his first Midway Win of 2008 with Muilenburg,Burrell,Otto and T.Brown in the top 5.
The SuperStock feature provided excellent racing throughout the pack as Bill Joiner grabbed the opening lead with Dan Newell following close behind.Bill Joiner was running a perfect high line while Larry Pruitt and JC Newell were battling hard for second place.A midrace caution for rookie driver Donny Betts stacked the field-up with Joiner still setting the pace.On the restart,Joiner would see a fast moving Ben Newell coming from his 11th starting spot along with Pruitt,JC Newell and Dwight Neihoff battling.Ben Newell would use his experience to move around Joiner on lap 10 and record his second straight victory with Pruitt,JC Newell,Neihoff and Joiner following.
The Bombers again provided plent of close racing action as the field of 17 came to the green with Bobby Mooney grabbing the early lead followed closely by Jack Hamer,Brandon Waters and Sundance Keeper.Mooney would set a quick pace until lap 6 when he went sideways in turn 3 but kept it going giving the lead to Brandon Waters with Keeper,Brandon Knutdson,shawn Winfrey and John Darnell coming quickly.THe front pack of 5 included a 6th member as point leader Shawn Strong who started 11th was charging hard as Jack Hamer who fell back earlier was moving forward again.
A late caution on lap 13 bunched the field up as Waters was looking for his first ever Bomber win brought the field to the green as Knutdson moved to the top groove and pulled even with Waters.Coming for the white flag,knutdson grabbed the lead and held off a last lap effort to grab his first ever Bomber Midway win with Waters,Keeper,winfrey and Darnell following closely behind.
The SprintCar feature had Jeremy Williams grab the early lead with defending champion JP Compton following closely and a tight pack including Galvin Galbreath,Clint Todd,J.Kinder and Rusty Quick.Williams would give the veteran Compton plenty of competition tonight as he lead the opening 11 lap before Compton grabbed control and captured the win with Williams,Quick,point leader Eric Todd and early contender Galbreath following.
Mike Scott ran down leader Danny Caffey to grab the Enduro car feature.
Up next week the Fastrak LateModel Regional Series will invade the Midway along with point races for the USRA Modifieds,B-Mods,Suprtstocks,FactoryStocks and Bombers with gates opening at 5 and Racing at 8PM Sharp.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jesse Stovall-Galena 2)Bobby Williams-Shawnee,Kansas 3)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 4)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 5)Chad Staus-Otterville 6)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 7)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 8)James Hartman-Eldridge 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 11)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 12)Dean Hensler-Springfield 13)Brian Brown-Lebanon 14)Sam Petty-Niangua 15)Jamie Petty-Niangua 16)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 17)Lonnie Evans-Houston 18)Eric Hudson-Rolla 19)Steve Cushins-Lebanon
1st HT-1)Jackson Jr 2)Ragland 3)Hartman 4)Graybeal 5)Staus 6)Atkinson 7)J.Petty 8)Ballinger 9)Evans
2nd Ht-1)Stovall 2)Williams 3)Willis 4)Hudson 5)Brown 6)Muilenburg 7)Hensler 8)Cheevers 9)S.Petty 10)Cushins
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Issac Keeper-Hurley 2)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 3)Ben Solberg-Springfield 4)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 5)Doug Rich-Camdenton 6)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 7)Brian Webster-Richland 8)Tim Petty-Niangua 9)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 10)Justin Stoufer-Macks Creek 11)Chad Palmer-Verona DNS-Richard Henson-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)S.Keepers 2)Stoufer 3)Dismang 4)Palmer 5)Webster DNS-Henson
2nd Ht-1)Solberg 2)Petty 3)Rhoads 4)Rich 5)Davis 6)I.Keeper
Bombers
A Ft-1)Brandon Knutdson-Lebanon 2)Brandon Waters-Falcon 3)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 4)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 5)John Darnell-Springfield 6)Shawn Strong-Republic 7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Billy Waters-Falcon 9)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 10)John McGinnis-Lebanon 11)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 12)Joe Francis-Lebanon 13)Rodney Yost-Squires 14)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 15)Keith Cheevers-Lebanon 16)Dale Waters-Falcon 17)Andrew Cheevers-Lebanon DNS-Jerry Goring-Lebanon
1st HT-1)Darnell 2)Knutdson 3)Strong 4)Hamer 5)Cromer 6)McGinnis
2nd Ht-1)Winfrey 2)Brandon Waters 3)Mooney 4)Francis 5)Goring 6)A.Cheever
3rd Ht-1)S.Keeper 2)Billy Waters 3)Yost 4)D Waters 5)K.Cheevers 6)Piercy
Superstocks
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Larry Pruitt-Jerome 3)JC Newell-Camdenton 4)Dwight Niehoff-Lockwood 5)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 6)Travis Hill-Lebanon 7)Bennie Joiner-Lynchburg 8)Rick Hill-Lebanon 9)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 10)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 11)Donny Betts-Stoutland 12)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 13)Mike Jones-Lebanon 14)Dan Newell-Stoutland
1st Ht-1)Niehoff 2)B.Newell 3)C.Betts 4)Pruitt 5)Bill Joiner 6)Jones 7)B.McDowell
2nd Ht-1)T.Hill 2)JC Newell 3)D.Betts 4)D.Newell 5)J.McDoewll 6)Bennie Joiner 7)R.Hill
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 3)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 4)Jason Otto-Richland 5)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 6)Jamie Barker-Lebanon 7)Ken Dickinson-Camdenton 8)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 9)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Doug Smith-Macks Creek 12)Josh Johnston-Nixa DNS-Jason Reckker-Camdenton Dereck Cook-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Dickinson 2)Brown 3)Smith 4)Ballinger 5)Barker 6)Reckker 7)Johnston
2nd Ht-1)Otto 2)Muilenburg 3)Cheevers 4)Burrell 5)Albright Jr 6)Wilson 7)Cook
WingedSprintCars
A Ft-1)JP Compton-Crane 2)Jeremy Williams-Lynchburg 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Eric ToddFalcon 5)Galvin Galbreath-Washington 6)Scott Wedestadt-Lebanon 7)Greg Breedlove-Lynchburg 8)Dennis Tomlin-Nixa 9)J.Kinder-Linn 10)Clint Todd-Lynchburg
1st Ht-1)Kinder 2)Wedelstadt 3)Breedlove 4)Quick 5)Tomlin
2nd Ht-1)E Todd 2)C.Todd 3)Galbreath 4)Compton 5)Williams
Enduro-1)Mike Scott-Rogersville 2)Robert Doublin-Lebanon
Action in the USRA Modified feature saw 19 drivers take the green with defending Midway champion Eric Hudson grabbing the opening lead from his pole position with Chad Staus,Bobby Williams,Wayne Graybeal following.Hudson would set the pace as tight racing behind the leader as Jimmy Willis and Jesse Stovall joining the battles.On lap 4,Hudson slowed quickly with rearend problems as Williams,Status and Stovall went 3 wide with Stovall jumping to the outside groove coming down the front stretch and grabbing the lead.Stovall checked away from the field leaving a great battle for second as Bobby Williams held a solid run while the race for third was tight between Willis,Tony Jackson Jr,Staus,Jamie Ragland and others.Coming for the checkered Stovall made it look easy grabbing his first of the season at Midway followed by Williams,Jackson Jr,Ragland and Staus at the stripe.
The FactoryStock feature provided close racing as newcomer Chad Palmer grabbing the lead from his outside frontrow spot with Dusty Rhoads quickly moving into the second spot.Palmer and Rhoads swapped the top spot until lap 6 when Rhoads grabbed the lead while 10th place starting Issac Keeper had worked hid way to the front putting pressure on the leader Rhoads.THis battle allowed Sundance Keeper and point leader Ben Solberg along with Doug Rich to close in on the leaders.Coming for lap 13,Issac Keeper shot to the inside of Rhoads and held off a last lap surge to grab his first ever Factory feature win with Rhoads,Solberg,S.Keeper and Rich following.
The B-Mods showed close racing action as Mickey Burrell brought the field to the green with Colt Cheevers and Steve Muilenburg following with Cheevers grabbing the lead early.With Cheevers in front,Steve Muilenburg moved into second and applied heavy pressure to the leader as Cheevers held off the strong charges.During the top spot battle,Mickey Burrell,defending champion Jason Otto and Tyler Brown closed-up on the lead duo making it a tight 5 car battle.
In the closing laps,Muilenburg made several passes to grab the lead,but Cheevers held on to record his first Midway Win of 2008 with Muilenburg,Burrell,Otto and T.Brown in the top 5.
The SuperStock feature provided excellent racing throughout the pack as Bill Joiner grabbed the opening lead with Dan Newell following close behind.Bill Joiner was running a perfect high line while Larry Pruitt and JC Newell were battling hard for second place.A midrace caution for rookie driver Donny Betts stacked the field-up with Joiner still setting the pace.On the restart,Joiner would see a fast moving Ben Newell coming from his 11th starting spot along with Pruitt,JC Newell and Dwight Neihoff battling.Ben Newell would use his experience to move around Joiner on lap 10 and record his second straight victory with Pruitt,JC Newell,Neihoff and Joiner following.
The Bombers again provided plent of close racing action as the field of 17 came to the green with Bobby Mooney grabbing the early lead followed closely by Jack Hamer,Brandon Waters and Sundance Keeper.Mooney would set a quick pace until lap 6 when he went sideways in turn 3 but kept it going giving the lead to Brandon Waters with Keeper,Brandon Knutdson,shawn Winfrey and John Darnell coming quickly.THe front pack of 5 included a 6th member as point leader Shawn Strong who started 11th was charging hard as Jack Hamer who fell back earlier was moving forward again.
A late caution on lap 13 bunched the field up as Waters was looking for his first ever Bomber win brought the field to the green as Knutdson moved to the top groove and pulled even with Waters.Coming for the white flag,knutdson grabbed the lead and held off a last lap effort to grab his first ever Bomber Midway win with Waters,Keeper,winfrey and Darnell following closely behind.
The SprintCar feature had Jeremy Williams grab the early lead with defending champion JP Compton following closely and a tight pack including Galvin Galbreath,Clint Todd,J.Kinder and Rusty Quick.Williams would give the veteran Compton plenty of competition tonight as he lead the opening 11 lap before Compton grabbed control and captured the win with Williams,Quick,point leader Eric Todd and early contender Galbreath following.
Mike Scott ran down leader Danny Caffey to grab the Enduro car feature.
Up next week the Fastrak LateModel Regional Series will invade the Midway along with point races for the USRA Modifieds,B-Mods,Suprtstocks,FactoryStocks and Bombers with gates opening at 5 and Racing at 8PM Sharp.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jesse Stovall-Galena 2)Bobby Williams-Shawnee,Kansas 3)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 4)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 5)Chad Staus-Otterville 6)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 7)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 8)James Hartman-Eldridge 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 11)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 12)Dean Hensler-Springfield 13)Brian Brown-Lebanon 14)Sam Petty-Niangua 15)Jamie Petty-Niangua 16)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 17)Lonnie Evans-Houston 18)Eric Hudson-Rolla 19)Steve Cushins-Lebanon
1st HT-1)Jackson Jr 2)Ragland 3)Hartman 4)Graybeal 5)Staus 6)Atkinson 7)J.Petty 8)Ballinger 9)Evans
2nd Ht-1)Stovall 2)Williams 3)Willis 4)Hudson 5)Brown 6)Muilenburg 7)Hensler 8)Cheevers 9)S.Petty 10)Cushins
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Issac Keeper-Hurley 2)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 3)Ben Solberg-Springfield 4)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 5)Doug Rich-Camdenton 6)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 7)Brian Webster-Richland 8)Tim Petty-Niangua 9)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 10)Justin Stoufer-Macks Creek 11)Chad Palmer-Verona DNS-Richard Henson-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)S.Keepers 2)Stoufer 3)Dismang 4)Palmer 5)Webster DNS-Henson
2nd Ht-1)Solberg 2)Petty 3)Rhoads 4)Rich 5)Davis 6)I.Keeper
Bombers
A Ft-1)Brandon Knutdson-Lebanon 2)Brandon Waters-Falcon 3)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 4)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 5)John Darnell-Springfield 6)Shawn Strong-Republic 7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Billy Waters-Falcon 9)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 10)John McGinnis-Lebanon 11)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 12)Joe Francis-Lebanon 13)Rodney Yost-Squires 14)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 15)Keith Cheevers-Lebanon 16)Dale Waters-Falcon 17)Andrew Cheevers-Lebanon DNS-Jerry Goring-Lebanon
1st HT-1)Darnell 2)Knutdson 3)Strong 4)Hamer 5)Cromer 6)McGinnis
2nd Ht-1)Winfrey 2)Brandon Waters 3)Mooney 4)Francis 5)Goring 6)A.Cheever
3rd Ht-1)S.Keeper 2)Billy Waters 3)Yost 4)D Waters 5)K.Cheevers 6)Piercy
Superstocks
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Larry Pruitt-Jerome 3)JC Newell-Camdenton 4)Dwight Niehoff-Lockwood 5)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 6)Travis Hill-Lebanon 7)Bennie Joiner-Lynchburg 8)Rick Hill-Lebanon 9)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 10)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 11)Donny Betts-Stoutland 12)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 13)Mike Jones-Lebanon 14)Dan Newell-Stoutland
1st Ht-1)Niehoff 2)B.Newell 3)C.Betts 4)Pruitt 5)Bill Joiner 6)Jones 7)B.McDowell
2nd Ht-1)T.Hill 2)JC Newell 3)D.Betts 4)D.Newell 5)J.McDoewll 6)Bennie Joiner 7)R.Hill
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 3)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 4)Jason Otto-Richland 5)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 6)Jamie Barker-Lebanon 7)Ken Dickinson-Camdenton 8)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 9)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Doug Smith-Macks Creek 12)Josh Johnston-Nixa DNS-Jason Reckker-Camdenton Dereck Cook-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Dickinson 2)Brown 3)Smith 4)Ballinger 5)Barker 6)Reckker 7)Johnston
2nd Ht-1)Otto 2)Muilenburg 3)Cheevers 4)Burrell 5)Albright Jr 6)Wilson 7)Cook
WingedSprintCars
A Ft-1)JP Compton-Crane 2)Jeremy Williams-Lynchburg 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Eric ToddFalcon 5)Galvin Galbreath-Washington 6)Scott Wedestadt-Lebanon 7)Greg Breedlove-Lynchburg 8)Dennis Tomlin-Nixa 9)J.Kinder-Linn 10)Clint Todd-Lynchburg
1st Ht-1)Kinder 2)Wedelstadt 3)Breedlove 4)Quick 5)Tomlin
2nd Ht-1)E Todd 2)C.Todd 3)Galbreath 4)Compton 5)Williams
Enduro-1)Mike Scott-Rogersville 2)Robert Doublin-Lebanon
