Lebanon,Mo.-The 5th Annual Midway Fall Brawl brought its normal fall racing atmosphere as the feature events produced photo finishes and new champions to the speedway.
The A-Mod feature saw 2007 track champion Eric Hudson bring a talented field of open-wheeled drivers to the green as defending champion Tony Jackson Jr quickly moved to the top groove as they went side by side.2-time track champion Jamie Ragland made it 3 wide racing as he found the middle lane to his liking and would lead lap 1 with Jackson Jr following.Caution flew on lap 5 as third place running Kris Jackson pulled-up high with a flat tire bunching the field-up.On the restart,Ragland would set a fast pace as Jackson Jr pulled to the high groove.11th place starter Erik Maggard had quietly made his way forward and was in the top 5 by lap 6.With Ragland setting the pace,Jackson Jr tried several attempts to take the lead but Ragland would hold them off while Hudson,Maggard,Terry Kirk,Justin Neuman and Chad Status were battling.During the Green runs,Maggard had moved through the field and got around Jackson Jr to take over second place on lap 12 and started closing in on Ragland.Caution waved on lap 19 as Jackson looped the car in turn 2 closing-up the field.With Ragland still leading,Maggard staying to the low groove as Ragland kept up high.On the restart,Maggard kept the pressure on while Kris Jackson was coming quickly to the front.On lap 22,Maggard made the bottom groove stick as he took over the top spot from Ragland as Ragland went up high in turn 4 the following lap trying to get the lead back.A flat tire sent Ragland to the pits while Maggard found pole setter Eric Hudson on his back bumper.On the restart Maggard stayed glued to the bottom lane as Hudson tried the middle groove with Kris Jackson And Status side by side.Maggard pulled away in the last 2 laps to take home the $1,000 prize and became the 5th different Fall Brawl Modified winner with Hudson,K.Jackson,Status and a quiet moving Sam Petty completing the top 5.
The biggest surprise of the nights features would be in the B-Mods with a rookie driver upsetting a talented field of drivers.On the start,pole setter Jamie Barker and Tyler Brown went side by side on the opening lap as Brown lead lap 1.That would be short-lived as Tyler pulled up high in turn 4 the following lap with problems.Jamie Barker brought the field to the green with Jimmy VanZandt following closely and Jason Otto in tow while defending champion Colt Cheevers followed.Following a couple of cautions,rookie Micheal Stake had found a groove right-up by the wall and had moved from his 10th starting spot into third place and was in a tight battle with Colt Cheevers while back row starters Jeff Albright Jr and JC Morton were coming forward.On lap 8,with Barker leading,Stake had moved into second place and was applying pressure as 2009 point champion Mickey Burrell moved into third with Cheevers and Albright following.On lap 11,Stake made a move to the high outside of Barker and took over the lead with Burrell folowing with Cheevers coming quickly.From lap 14 till the finish on lap 20,Burrell tried seveal times to get around Stake,but the former karting track champion kept the top lane clean and took home his first ever Modified feature win as Burrell,Cheevers,Barker, and Otto grabbed the top 5 spots.
The FactoryStocks showed the crowd just how racing is with a talented field taking the green flag with Sundance Keepper grabbing the early lead from his pole spot while Doug Rich followed closely.The first yellow flew on lap 5 for debris,but Keepper slowed as he made contact with another car ending his night.Rich would take over as the leader with Ted Welschmeyer following closely and newcomer Caleb Chapman behind them.On the restart,Rich was fast but all eyes were in the middle of the pack as 2008 champion Tim Petty and 2009 champ Bob Gustin were charging from the back part of the field and were coming fast.During the long green run,Rich would pull away as Welschmeyer was looking for some bit upstairs while Tyson Troutman,Petty,Gustin,Chapman and former champion Dylan Keepper were in a dogfight for third place.Caution flew on lap 12 as Gustin and Chapman got together sending both to the back of the field.Rich again took control with Welschmeyer,Troutman,Petty and Keepper battling,On lap 15,Petty's charge ended with a rear wheel problem sending him to the pits.On the final restart,Dylan Keeper had moved into second place and was applying pressure to Rich as Troutman moved to the very bottom and joined the battle.Heading into the final lap,Rich was holding off Troutman's challanges as Keepper,Gustin,Welschmeyer and Tim Riffle all tight in a pack.Coming for the checkered flag,Rich got crossways in turn 4 went spinning as Troutman moved around the leader to grab the win as cars were crashing at the flagstand.Keepper kept it clean and went around Rich to take home second place as Welschmeyer,Riffle and Gustin completed the top 5.It was Troutman's first ever Midway win and a big payday to the Friday night regular.
In the history of the Fall Brawl only 1 driver had ever defended the title,make that 2 as the Bomber feature had Shawn Strong lead all 20 laps while leaving the field to battle for second place.Rookie Kolt Barker and Mike Willoughby seemed to have something for Strong in the middle stages of the feature,but Willoughby would cut down a tire and Barker would hold off repeated challanges from Rodney Yost to take the runner-up spot as Tyler Schoen came up quickly late in the race to challange and Joe Francis completed the top 5.
In LateModelSportsman action,pole setter and point champion Ben Newell and Steve Beach battled early in the feature with Newell opening up a 4 car length lead as Mike Montague and last place starter JC Newell battled all night long.Ben Newell started to pull away from the field,but a late race caution for Bradley McDowell allowed Montague a 2 lap shot at the top spot.On the final restart,Montague pulled-up to Newell's back bumper,but Newell got the bite off turn 2 to pull away and grab the feature event and his biggest payday taking home the $500 to win event.Montague,Beach,JC Newell and Bill Joiner completed the top 5.
Jason Brumley took control late in the race and held off a last lap charge from Justin McDowell to capture the Purestock feature on Friday night.The feature had 4 different leaders Tom Monnahan,point champion Les Hayes and Tom Powers completed the top 5 in the 20 car field on Friday night action.
Brian Schutt overcam being 2 laps down and topped a wet Enduro on Sat Night.Larry Flaugher in a General Lee car had lead the opening laps in the 75 lap event.Schutt was able to get behind traffic and found the high groove in order to make-up distance and took the lead on lap 65 to ensure the win.Flaugher,Joe Francis,Steve Steinmark and Jason Brumley completed the top 5.
The final race of the Midway season will be Friday night October 2 as 5 classes of cars will compete.A-Mods,B-Mods,Bombers,FactoryStocks and PureStocks as the track will time-in the cars and run double features to determine the overall winner.Gates will open at 5 with Racing starting at 8PM Sharp.
Results
A-Mods
A Ft-1)Erik Maggard-Springfield 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 4)Chad Status-Otterville 5)Sam Petty-niangua 6)Ryan Stacye-Fair Grove 7)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 8)Tony Moore-Lebanon 9)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 10)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 11)Justin Neuman-Crocker 12)Colson Kirk-Urbana 13)Terry Kirk-Urbana 14)Mike Montague-Lebanon DNS-Jesse Stovall-West Branson
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Micheal Stake-Lebanno 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 4)Jamie Barker-Lebanon 5)Jason Otto-Richland 6)Derek Cook-Lebanon 7)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 8)Greg Strong-Nixa 9)Andy Anderson-Hermitage 10)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 11)Jimmy VanZandt-Springfield 12)Brian Myers-Lebanon 13)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 14)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 15)JC Morton-Springfield 16)Corey Pope-Clever 17)Charlie Loftis-Springfield 18)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 19)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon DNS-Gary Rodocker-Willard Rich Hert-Springfield
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Tyson Troutman-Houston 2)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 3)Ted Welschmeyer-Tibbets 4)Tim Riffle-Phillipsburg 5)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 6)Doug Rich-Macks Creek 7)Caleb Chapman-Billings 8)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 9)Micheal Kinzle-Moberly 10)Jay Flinn-Lebanon 11)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 12)James Keeran-California 13)Tim Petty-Niangua 14)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 15)Donnie Miller-Houston 16)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 17)Chris Wynn-Niangua DNS-Bill Webster-Richland
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 3)Rodney Yost-Squires 4)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 5)Joe Francis 6)Melvin Smith-Buffalo 7)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 8)Bill Schoen-Brighton 9)JR Aitken-Brighton 10)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 11)Monk Barker-Lebanon 12)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 13)Jack Hamer-Ava 14)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 15)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 16)Nathan Gold-Willard 17)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon DNS-Matt Pilant-Lebanon Cody Harmon-Lebanon Zack Zeugin-Bolivar Jim Long
LateModelSportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Mike Montague-Lebanon 3)Steve Beach-Eldon 4)JC Newell-Decaturville 5)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 6)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 7)Leland Seymour-Springfield 8)Myron McDowell-Tuscumbia 9)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 10)Mike Jones-Lebanon DNS-Jeff Scroggins-Brookline
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 2)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 3)Tom Monnahan-Grovesprings 4)Les Hayes-Camdenton 5)Tom Powers-Camdenton 6)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 7)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 8)Keith Cossins-Urbana 9)Carl Lottman-Urbana 10)John McGinnis-Lebanon 11)Joey Long-Mansfield 12)Dave Meldrum-Edwards 13)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 14)Dane Bartle-Rolla 15)Danny Caffey-Conway 16)Frank Bryson-Lebanon 17)Joe Aitken-Brighton 18)Mike Scott-Rogersville 19)Scotty Jones-Lebanon 20)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon DNS-Brian Warner-Phillipsburg
Enduros
1)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 2)Larry Flaugher-Lebanon 3)Joe Francis-Lebanon 4)Steve Steinmark-Lebanon 5)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 6)Willie Payne-Lebanon 7)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 8)Tim Early-Lebanon 9)Terry Williams-Rogersville
The A-Mod feature saw 2007 track champion Eric Hudson bring a talented field of open-wheeled drivers to the green as defending champion Tony Jackson Jr quickly moved to the top groove as they went side by side.2-time track champion Jamie Ragland made it 3 wide racing as he found the middle lane to his liking and would lead lap 1 with Jackson Jr following.Caution flew on lap 5 as third place running Kris Jackson pulled-up high with a flat tire bunching the field-up.On the restart,Ragland would set a fast pace as Jackson Jr pulled to the high groove.11th place starter Erik Maggard had quietly made his way forward and was in the top 5 by lap 6.With Ragland setting the pace,Jackson Jr tried several attempts to take the lead but Ragland would hold them off while Hudson,Maggard,Terry Kirk,Justin Neuman and Chad Status were battling.During the Green runs,Maggard had moved through the field and got around Jackson Jr to take over second place on lap 12 and started closing in on Ragland.Caution waved on lap 19 as Jackson looped the car in turn 2 closing-up the field.With Ragland still leading,Maggard staying to the low groove as Ragland kept up high.On the restart,Maggard kept the pressure on while Kris Jackson was coming quickly to the front.On lap 22,Maggard made the bottom groove stick as he took over the top spot from Ragland as Ragland went up high in turn 4 the following lap trying to get the lead back.A flat tire sent Ragland to the pits while Maggard found pole setter Eric Hudson on his back bumper.On the restart Maggard stayed glued to the bottom lane as Hudson tried the middle groove with Kris Jackson And Status side by side.Maggard pulled away in the last 2 laps to take home the $1,000 prize and became the 5th different Fall Brawl Modified winner with Hudson,K.Jackson,Status and a quiet moving Sam Petty completing the top 5.
The biggest surprise of the nights features would be in the B-Mods with a rookie driver upsetting a talented field of drivers.On the start,pole setter Jamie Barker and Tyler Brown went side by side on the opening lap as Brown lead lap 1.That would be short-lived as Tyler pulled up high in turn 4 the following lap with problems.Jamie Barker brought the field to the green with Jimmy VanZandt following closely and Jason Otto in tow while defending champion Colt Cheevers followed.Following a couple of cautions,rookie Micheal Stake had found a groove right-up by the wall and had moved from his 10th starting spot into third place and was in a tight battle with Colt Cheevers while back row starters Jeff Albright Jr and JC Morton were coming forward.On lap 8,with Barker leading,Stake had moved into second place and was applying pressure as 2009 point champion Mickey Burrell moved into third with Cheevers and Albright following.On lap 11,Stake made a move to the high outside of Barker and took over the lead with Burrell folowing with Cheevers coming quickly.From lap 14 till the finish on lap 20,Burrell tried seveal times to get around Stake,but the former karting track champion kept the top lane clean and took home his first ever Modified feature win as Burrell,Cheevers,Barker, and Otto grabbed the top 5 spots.
The FactoryStocks showed the crowd just how racing is with a talented field taking the green flag with Sundance Keepper grabbing the early lead from his pole spot while Doug Rich followed closely.The first yellow flew on lap 5 for debris,but Keepper slowed as he made contact with another car ending his night.Rich would take over as the leader with Ted Welschmeyer following closely and newcomer Caleb Chapman behind them.On the restart,Rich was fast but all eyes were in the middle of the pack as 2008 champion Tim Petty and 2009 champ Bob Gustin were charging from the back part of the field and were coming fast.During the long green run,Rich would pull away as Welschmeyer was looking for some bit upstairs while Tyson Troutman,Petty,Gustin,Chapman and former champion Dylan Keepper were in a dogfight for third place.Caution flew on lap 12 as Gustin and Chapman got together sending both to the back of the field.Rich again took control with Welschmeyer,Troutman,Petty and Keepper battling,On lap 15,Petty's charge ended with a rear wheel problem sending him to the pits.On the final restart,Dylan Keeper had moved into second place and was applying pressure to Rich as Troutman moved to the very bottom and joined the battle.Heading into the final lap,Rich was holding off Troutman's challanges as Keepper,Gustin,Welschmeyer and Tim Riffle all tight in a pack.Coming for the checkered flag,Rich got crossways in turn 4 went spinning as Troutman moved around the leader to grab the win as cars were crashing at the flagstand.Keepper kept it clean and went around Rich to take home second place as Welschmeyer,Riffle and Gustin completed the top 5.It was Troutman's first ever Midway win and a big payday to the Friday night regular.
In the history of the Fall Brawl only 1 driver had ever defended the title,make that 2 as the Bomber feature had Shawn Strong lead all 20 laps while leaving the field to battle for second place.Rookie Kolt Barker and Mike Willoughby seemed to have something for Strong in the middle stages of the feature,but Willoughby would cut down a tire and Barker would hold off repeated challanges from Rodney Yost to take the runner-up spot as Tyler Schoen came up quickly late in the race to challange and Joe Francis completed the top 5.
In LateModelSportsman action,pole setter and point champion Ben Newell and Steve Beach battled early in the feature with Newell opening up a 4 car length lead as Mike Montague and last place starter JC Newell battled all night long.Ben Newell started to pull away from the field,but a late race caution for Bradley McDowell allowed Montague a 2 lap shot at the top spot.On the final restart,Montague pulled-up to Newell's back bumper,but Newell got the bite off turn 2 to pull away and grab the feature event and his biggest payday taking home the $500 to win event.Montague,Beach,JC Newell and Bill Joiner completed the top 5.
Jason Brumley took control late in the race and held off a last lap charge from Justin McDowell to capture the Purestock feature on Friday night.The feature had 4 different leaders Tom Monnahan,point champion Les Hayes and Tom Powers completed the top 5 in the 20 car field on Friday night action.
Brian Schutt overcam being 2 laps down and topped a wet Enduro on Sat Night.Larry Flaugher in a General Lee car had lead the opening laps in the 75 lap event.Schutt was able to get behind traffic and found the high groove in order to make-up distance and took the lead on lap 65 to ensure the win.Flaugher,Joe Francis,Steve Steinmark and Jason Brumley completed the top 5.
The final race of the Midway season will be Friday night October 2 as 5 classes of cars will compete.A-Mods,B-Mods,Bombers,FactoryStocks and PureStocks as the track will time-in the cars and run double features to determine the overall winner.Gates will open at 5 with Racing starting at 8PM Sharp.
Results
A-Mods
A Ft-1)Erik Maggard-Springfield 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 4)Chad Status-Otterville 5)Sam Petty-niangua 6)Ryan Stacye-Fair Grove 7)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 8)Tony Moore-Lebanon 9)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 10)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 11)Justin Neuman-Crocker 12)Colson Kirk-Urbana 13)Terry Kirk-Urbana 14)Mike Montague-Lebanon DNS-Jesse Stovall-West Branson
B-Mods
A Ft-1)Micheal Stake-Lebanno 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 4)Jamie Barker-Lebanon 5)Jason Otto-Richland 6)Derek Cook-Lebanon 7)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 8)Greg Strong-Nixa 9)Andy Anderson-Hermitage 10)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 11)Jimmy VanZandt-Springfield 12)Brian Myers-Lebanon 13)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 14)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 15)JC Morton-Springfield 16)Corey Pope-Clever 17)Charlie Loftis-Springfield 18)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 19)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon DNS-Gary Rodocker-Willard Rich Hert-Springfield
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Tyson Troutman-Houston 2)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 3)Ted Welschmeyer-Tibbets 4)Tim Riffle-Phillipsburg 5)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 6)Doug Rich-Macks Creek 7)Caleb Chapman-Billings 8)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 9)Micheal Kinzle-Moberly 10)Jay Flinn-Lebanon 11)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 12)James Keeran-California 13)Tim Petty-Niangua 14)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 15)Donnie Miller-Houston 16)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 17)Chris Wynn-Niangua DNS-Bill Webster-Richland
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 3)Rodney Yost-Squires 4)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 5)Joe Francis 6)Melvin Smith-Buffalo 7)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 8)Bill Schoen-Brighton 9)JR Aitken-Brighton 10)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 11)Monk Barker-Lebanon 12)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 13)Jack Hamer-Ava 14)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 15)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 16)Nathan Gold-Willard 17)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon DNS-Matt Pilant-Lebanon Cody Harmon-Lebanon Zack Zeugin-Bolivar Jim Long
LateModelSportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Mike Montague-Lebanon 3)Steve Beach-Eldon 4)JC Newell-Decaturville 5)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 6)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 7)Leland Seymour-Springfield 8)Myron McDowell-Tuscumbia 9)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 10)Mike Jones-Lebanon DNS-Jeff Scroggins-Brookline
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 2)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 3)Tom Monnahan-Grovesprings 4)Les Hayes-Camdenton 5)Tom Powers-Camdenton 6)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 7)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 8)Keith Cossins-Urbana 9)Carl Lottman-Urbana 10)John McGinnis-Lebanon 11)Joey Long-Mansfield 12)Dave Meldrum-Edwards 13)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 14)Dane Bartle-Rolla 15)Danny Caffey-Conway 16)Frank Bryson-Lebanon 17)Joe Aitken-Brighton 18)Mike Scott-Rogersville 19)Scotty Jones-Lebanon 20)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon DNS-Brian Warner-Phillipsburg
Enduros
1)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 2)Larry Flaugher-Lebanon 3)Joe Francis-Lebanon 4)Steve Steinmark-Lebanon 5)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 6)Willie Payne-Lebanon 7)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 8)Tim Early-Lebanon 9)Terry Williams-Rogersville
