By David Darnell
In the final points race of the season at the Malden Speedway, Todd Hall claimed both the Late Model Feature and the season championship. Joining Hall in victory lane Friday night were Robert Powers in Modified, Johnny Houart took the Hobby Stock feature, Aaron Darby won in Street Stock, Tim Prine won in E-Mods and the team of Brown & Dunning won in Cruisers.
Todd Hall led all 20 laps of the Late Model feature to pick up his third win of the year. At the checkered flag, Hall maintained a four second lead over second place finisher Scott Bell. Brian Ritchie, Bell, James Burrell and Chad Burks had quite a battle going for the second through fifth spots.
Ritchie and Bell swapped the second position back and forth early with Ritchie settling into the position. Ritchie's car broke on lap 15 eliminating him from competition. Bell then sparred with Burks and held off a late challenge from Burrell to take second. Burrell, Burks and Kevin Roslen rounded out the top five. Hall and Ritchie won the heat races.
LATE MODELS
9 Entries - 9 Start Feature
1. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
2. 45 Scott Bell East
Prairie
3. 10 James Burrell Bluford, IL
4. 7 Chad Burks Herrin, IL
5. 28 Kevin Roslen Sikeston
6. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
7. 11X John Stephens
Dexter
8. 19 Brian Ritchie Newark, AR
9. 214 Kris Lloyd Paragould
2005 Final Late Model Point Standings
1. Todd Hall 513 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Scott Bell 488
3 John Stephens 474
4. Jeff Moss 441 - 1 Feature Win
5. Joey Mack 351 - 4 Feature Wins
6. Scott Gibbs 342
6. Billy James 342 - 6 Feature Wins
8. Steve Rushin 214 - 1 Feature Win
9. Gary Springs 201
10. Dewayne Kiefer 183
Robert Powers won an early battle with Russell Bowman and led the final 19 laps to take his second Modified feature in a row. After taking the lead on the second lap, Powers pulled away and was not seriously challenged the rest of the way. The second place battle went down to the wire between Patrick Linn and Greg King. The pair raced the final four laps side by side before Linn just inched ahead of King at the wire to take the spot. Brad Buck and Scott Burge made up the rest of the top five. Heat winners were Bowman and Powers.
Mike Francis of Fredricktown won the season's point championship.
MODIFIEDS
16 Entries - 16 Start Feature
1. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
2. 26 Patrick Linn Little
Rock, AR
3. 1 Greg King Sikeston
4. 99R Brad Buck Paragould
5. 3 Scott Burge Puxico
6. 10 Troy Fowler Portageville
7. Mee 2 Steve Santie Malden
8. 82 Gene Fowler Portageville
9. I-24 Shane Moody Bernie
10. B12 Paul Betts Paragould
2005 Final Modified Point Standings
1. Mike Francis 603 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Greg King 543 - 4 Feature Wins
3. Robert Powers 409 - 3 Feature Wins
4. Shane Moody 403
5. Troy Fowler 377
6. Claudie Cook 369
7. Robby Arnold 337 - 3 Feature Wins
8. Tim Webb 334
9. Larry Hull 319
10. Gene Fowler 274
Johnny Houart, racing the 34 car in Hobby Stock for the second week, picked up the Feature win Friday night. The race opened with Greg Sparks in the lead. On the second lap, Sparks got tangled with Chuck Tilley in turn four, bringing out a caution flag and both were relegated to the rear of the field. Houart moved from third to first following the caution and never gave up the lead. Sparks made a mad dash through the field and moved into second on lap 11. He closed to Houart's bumper by lap 13 but could not mount a passing challenge. Tilley also moved through the pack and overtook Tim Winchester on the final lap to take third. Jason Pennington took fifth.
Tilley and Sparks won the heat races.
Spark's second place finish moved him into the top spot for the season as he jumped over idle Doug Moore for the championship. Moore suffered a blown engine and scored zero points the final two weeks of racing.
HOBBY STOCK
12 Entries - 12 Start Feature
1. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
2. 68 Greg Sparks Malden
3. 11 Sr. Chuck Tilley Puxico
4. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
5. JP 21 Jason Pennington Qulin
6. 88 Jason Winkle Hornersville
7. J 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
8. F7 Keith Getson Paragould, AR
9. 03 Matt Rushing
Paragould, AR
10. C 45 Jim Hunt Corning, AR
2005 Final Hobby Stock Point Standings
1. Greg Sparks 608 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Doug Moore 566 - 2 Feature Wins
3. Scott Tracer 521 - 1 Feature Win
4. Claudie Cook 513 - 5 Feature Wins
5. Tim Winchester 444 - 1 Feature Win
6. Lee Redden 438
7. Tony Anglin 378 - 2 Feature Wins
8. Jason Palmer 373
9. Darrell Kelly 333
10. Chuck Tilley 313
Aaron Darby picked up his second Street Stock feature win of the year Friday night. Darby took the lead coming out of turn four on the first lap as he outrun Jeff Beeson down the front straight. Beeson soon had his hands full with Scott Wicker, battling for the second position. The pair swapped positions back and forth before Wicker's car ran into mechanical problems, ending his night of racing. Following a lap nine caution, Darby pulled away while Beeson and Coot Wilson battled for the second spot. Beeson settled into the spot and closed the gap with Beeson by the final lap. Beeson made a diving challenge out of turn four on the final lap but got loose and nearly gave up second as he just held off Chris Kelley for the spot. Wilson settled for fourth and Steve Forsythe took home fifth. Beeson and Darby won the heat races.
Paul Reeder sat out this week's race, but had already clinched the season point title.
STREET STOCK
14 Entries - 13 Start Feature
1. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
2. 4 Jeff Beeson Benton
3. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
4. 81 Coot Wilson Portageville
5. 28 Steve Forsythe
Cooter
6. 357 Jason Simpson
Piggott, AR
7. 2M Chuck Tilley Puxico
8. 44 Willis Glass Bragg City
9. 05 Lowell Calder St. Francis,
AR
10. 65 Michael Ray Parma
2005 Final Street Stock Point Standings
1. Paul Reeder 616 - 5 Feature Wins
2. Aaron Darby 599 - 2 Feature Wins
3. Coot Wilson 493
4. Jeff Beeson 457 - 4 Feature Wins
5. Mike Massie 449
6. Johnny Houart 448 - 5 Feature Wins
7. Jason Simpson 364
8. Mike Elliott 349
9. Chris Kelley 346 - 1 Feature Win
10. Allen Boone 284
Only three of the four entered E-Mods made the call for the feature. Tim
Prine led all 12 laps to take the win and the season point title. Prine
also won the heat race.
E-MODS
4 Entries - 3 Start Feature
1. 3T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
2. 67B Jim Eubanks
Dexter
3. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
2005 Final E-Mod Point Standings
1. Tim Prine 682 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Jeff Jarrell 530 - 1 Feature Win
3. Justin McBroom 447 - 6 Feature Wins
4. Jim Eubanks 431 - 3 Feature
Wins
5. Todd Gibbs 427
6. Jeff McGhee 345
7. Jamey Daughhotee 320
8. Tracy Redden 283
9. Roy Ward 151
10. Holbrook Mitchell 148 - 3 Feature Wins
Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning grabbed the lead from the outset and never
gave it up in winning their second Cruiser feature race of the year. Track
champs Tim and Kenny Doublin took second.
CRUISERS
6 Entries - 5 Start Feature
1. L13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
2. 90W Dunning & Dunning Wappapello
3. 88J Wayne & Harbrueger Kennett
4. 6 Stephens & Stephens Chaffee
5. 14 Merritt & Cornell Broseley
2005 Final Cruiser Point Standings
1. Doublin & Doublin 715 - 6 Feature Wins
2. Wayne & Harbrueger 559
3. Null & Null 470
4. Kelley & Kelley/Moore 445 - 8 Feature Wins
5. Brown & Dunning 321 - 2 Feature Wins
6. Malone & Rice 281
7. Champlin & Champlin 264
8. Beeson & Ruff 117
9. Redden & Redden 115
10. Schoen & Schoen 85 - 1 Feature Win
Although the point season has ended, racing will continue, culminating in
the 3-day Nathan Rettig Memorial Cotton Bowl Cup on October 6-8, 2005. For
details on the Cotton Bowl Cup check the speedway's website at
www.maldenspeedway.com
In the final points race of the season at the Malden Speedway, Todd Hall claimed both the Late Model Feature and the season championship. Joining Hall in victory lane Friday night were Robert Powers in Modified, Johnny Houart took the Hobby Stock feature, Aaron Darby won in Street Stock, Tim Prine won in E-Mods and the team of Brown & Dunning won in Cruisers.
Todd Hall led all 20 laps of the Late Model feature to pick up his third win of the year. At the checkered flag, Hall maintained a four second lead over second place finisher Scott Bell. Brian Ritchie, Bell, James Burrell and Chad Burks had quite a battle going for the second through fifth spots.
Ritchie and Bell swapped the second position back and forth early with Ritchie settling into the position. Ritchie's car broke on lap 15 eliminating him from competition. Bell then sparred with Burks and held off a late challenge from Burrell to take second. Burrell, Burks and Kevin Roslen rounded out the top five. Hall and Ritchie won the heat races.
LATE MODELS
9 Entries - 9 Start Feature
1. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
2. 45 Scott Bell East
Prairie
3. 10 James Burrell Bluford, IL
4. 7 Chad Burks Herrin, IL
5. 28 Kevin Roslen Sikeston
6. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
7. 11X John Stephens
Dexter
8. 19 Brian Ritchie Newark, AR
9. 214 Kris Lloyd Paragould
2005 Final Late Model Point Standings
1. Todd Hall 513 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Scott Bell 488
3 John Stephens 474
4. Jeff Moss 441 - 1 Feature Win
5. Joey Mack 351 - 4 Feature Wins
6. Scott Gibbs 342
6. Billy James 342 - 6 Feature Wins
8. Steve Rushin 214 - 1 Feature Win
9. Gary Springs 201
10. Dewayne Kiefer 183
Robert Powers won an early battle with Russell Bowman and led the final 19 laps to take his second Modified feature in a row. After taking the lead on the second lap, Powers pulled away and was not seriously challenged the rest of the way. The second place battle went down to the wire between Patrick Linn and Greg King. The pair raced the final four laps side by side before Linn just inched ahead of King at the wire to take the spot. Brad Buck and Scott Burge made up the rest of the top five. Heat winners were Bowman and Powers.
Mike Francis of Fredricktown won the season's point championship.
MODIFIEDS
16 Entries - 16 Start Feature
1. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
2. 26 Patrick Linn Little
Rock, AR
3. 1 Greg King Sikeston
4. 99R Brad Buck Paragould
5. 3 Scott Burge Puxico
6. 10 Troy Fowler Portageville
7. Mee 2 Steve Santie Malden
8. 82 Gene Fowler Portageville
9. I-24 Shane Moody Bernie
10. B12 Paul Betts Paragould
2005 Final Modified Point Standings
1. Mike Francis 603 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Greg King 543 - 4 Feature Wins
3. Robert Powers 409 - 3 Feature Wins
4. Shane Moody 403
5. Troy Fowler 377
6. Claudie Cook 369
7. Robby Arnold 337 - 3 Feature Wins
8. Tim Webb 334
9. Larry Hull 319
10. Gene Fowler 274
Johnny Houart, racing the 34 car in Hobby Stock for the second week, picked up the Feature win Friday night. The race opened with Greg Sparks in the lead. On the second lap, Sparks got tangled with Chuck Tilley in turn four, bringing out a caution flag and both were relegated to the rear of the field. Houart moved from third to first following the caution and never gave up the lead. Sparks made a mad dash through the field and moved into second on lap 11. He closed to Houart's bumper by lap 13 but could not mount a passing challenge. Tilley also moved through the pack and overtook Tim Winchester on the final lap to take third. Jason Pennington took fifth.
Tilley and Sparks won the heat races.
Spark's second place finish moved him into the top spot for the season as he jumped over idle Doug Moore for the championship. Moore suffered a blown engine and scored zero points the final two weeks of racing.
HOBBY STOCK
12 Entries - 12 Start Feature
1. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
2. 68 Greg Sparks Malden
3. 11 Sr. Chuck Tilley Puxico
4. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
5. JP 21 Jason Pennington Qulin
6. 88 Jason Winkle Hornersville
7. J 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
8. F7 Keith Getson Paragould, AR
9. 03 Matt Rushing
Paragould, AR
10. C 45 Jim Hunt Corning, AR
2005 Final Hobby Stock Point Standings
1. Greg Sparks 608 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Doug Moore 566 - 2 Feature Wins
3. Scott Tracer 521 - 1 Feature Win
4. Claudie Cook 513 - 5 Feature Wins
5. Tim Winchester 444 - 1 Feature Win
6. Lee Redden 438
7. Tony Anglin 378 - 2 Feature Wins
8. Jason Palmer 373
9. Darrell Kelly 333
10. Chuck Tilley 313
Aaron Darby picked up his second Street Stock feature win of the year Friday night. Darby took the lead coming out of turn four on the first lap as he outrun Jeff Beeson down the front straight. Beeson soon had his hands full with Scott Wicker, battling for the second position. The pair swapped positions back and forth before Wicker's car ran into mechanical problems, ending his night of racing. Following a lap nine caution, Darby pulled away while Beeson and Coot Wilson battled for the second spot. Beeson settled into the spot and closed the gap with Beeson by the final lap. Beeson made a diving challenge out of turn four on the final lap but got loose and nearly gave up second as he just held off Chris Kelley for the spot. Wilson settled for fourth and Steve Forsythe took home fifth. Beeson and Darby won the heat races.
Paul Reeder sat out this week's race, but had already clinched the season point title.
STREET STOCK
14 Entries - 13 Start Feature
1. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
2. 4 Jeff Beeson Benton
3. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
4. 81 Coot Wilson Portageville
5. 28 Steve Forsythe
Cooter
6. 357 Jason Simpson
Piggott, AR
7. 2M Chuck Tilley Puxico
8. 44 Willis Glass Bragg City
9. 05 Lowell Calder St. Francis,
AR
10. 65 Michael Ray Parma
2005 Final Street Stock Point Standings
1. Paul Reeder 616 - 5 Feature Wins
2. Aaron Darby 599 - 2 Feature Wins
3. Coot Wilson 493
4. Jeff Beeson 457 - 4 Feature Wins
5. Mike Massie 449
6. Johnny Houart 448 - 5 Feature Wins
7. Jason Simpson 364
8. Mike Elliott 349
9. Chris Kelley 346 - 1 Feature Win
10. Allen Boone 284
Only three of the four entered E-Mods made the call for the feature. Tim
Prine led all 12 laps to take the win and the season point title. Prine
also won the heat race.
E-MODS
4 Entries - 3 Start Feature
1. 3T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
2. 67B Jim Eubanks
Dexter
3. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
2005 Final E-Mod Point Standings
1. Tim Prine 682 - 3 Feature Wins
2. Jeff Jarrell 530 - 1 Feature Win
3. Justin McBroom 447 - 6 Feature Wins
4. Jim Eubanks 431 - 3 Feature
Wins
5. Todd Gibbs 427
6. Jeff McGhee 345
7. Jamey Daughhotee 320
8. Tracy Redden 283
9. Roy Ward 151
10. Holbrook Mitchell 148 - 3 Feature Wins
Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning grabbed the lead from the outset and never
gave it up in winning their second Cruiser feature race of the year. Track
champs Tim and Kenny Doublin took second.
CRUISERS
6 Entries - 5 Start Feature
1. L13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
2. 90W Dunning & Dunning Wappapello
3. 88J Wayne & Harbrueger Kennett
4. 6 Stephens & Stephens Chaffee
5. 14 Merritt & Cornell Broseley
2005 Final Cruiser Point Standings
1. Doublin & Doublin 715 - 6 Feature Wins
2. Wayne & Harbrueger 559
3. Null & Null 470
4. Kelley & Kelley/Moore 445 - 8 Feature Wins
5. Brown & Dunning 321 - 2 Feature Wins
6. Malone & Rice 281
7. Champlin & Champlin 264
8. Beeson & Ruff 117
9. Redden & Redden 115
10. Schoen & Schoen 85 - 1 Feature Win
Although the point season has ended, racing will continue, culminating in
the 3-day Nathan Rettig Memorial Cotton Bowl Cup on October 6-8, 2005. For
details on the Cotton Bowl Cup check the speedway's website at
www.maldenspeedway.com
