Ratterree 6th Different Factory Midway Winner Before Rain Hits

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Lebanon,Mo.-Before a Capacity Crowd and an outstanding Fireworks show at Intermission action was at a fast pace Friday night at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway with 2 features getting completed before the rains came down forcing the rest of the evening to be cancelled with 2 new feature winners grabbing there 1st wins of the season.
The FactoryStock feature rolled out with points runner-up Bobby Ratterree jumping to the opening lead with Greg Breedlove staying right beside him to lead lap 2.Ratterree regained the lead on lap 3 as Ted Welschmeyer,defending champion James Ellis and Ben Solberg were coming to the front also.With Ratterree leading,Solberg pulled to his bumper as Welschmeyer and Ellis were battling.Light rain hit the track on lap 7 and the racing was still fast and close.On lap 12,Joe Davenport clipped the wall bringing out the yellow while the rain still came down.After about 5 minutes,racing resumed with Ratterree,Solberg,Welschmeyer and Ellis all going for the lead with Ratterree becoming the 6th different feature winner with Solberg,Welschmeyer,Ellis and Lonnie Henderson completing the top 5.
The Bombers came out 22 strong as Robert High brought to field down to the green with a light mist still falling and Grant Sharp following closely.High jumped to a big lead as Lebanon's Reggie Jackson moved into the 2nd place spot while making his 1st start of the season.High had checked out from the field as a light mist started coming down harder.On lap 9,High caught lapped traffic as Jackson and last weeks winner Dusty Rhoads had moved from 11th to challange.On lap 10,leader High had a right rear tire go flat taking him out of the action and giving Jackson the top spot.On the restart the rain came harder as they completed lap 11 and the yellow waved forcing the rest of the program to be called as Jackson grabbed the win with Rhoads,Brandon Waters,Tyler Schoen and Dale Waters completing the top 5.
80 Race teams checked into the pits while approx.20 Enduros were ready to compete at the end of the evening bringing the car count to 100 for the night.
Action wll pick up on Monday Night July 2nd with the O'ReillyAutoParts MLRA LateModels competing in the 1st Larry Philips Shootout Birthday Blowout with a 75 lap feature paying $7500 to win and $750 to start.
Nascar's Kenny Wallace will be on hand to sign autographs and racing his Modified in a special $1,000 to win event and the Bombers will compete along with the scheduled SuperStock feature from Friday Night.
No racing on July 6th,but regular action will pick-up back on July 13th with the Kid's Coin Scramble at Intermission.
Results
FactoryStocks
A Feature-1)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 2)Ben Solberg-Springfield 3)Ted Welschmeyer-Tebbets 4)James Ellis-Richland 5)Lonnie Henderson-Lebanon 6)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon 7)Sheldon Stoufer-Camdenton 8)Troy White-Russellville 9)Brian Webster-Richland 10)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 11)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 12)Mike Murzynski-St Roberts 13)Joe Davenport-Graff 14)Donnie Miller-Houston 15)Sundance Keepper-Springfield
1st HT-1)Welschmeyer 2)D.Keepper 3)Henderson 4)Solberg 5)Ratterree 6)Miller 7)Dismang 8)Murzynski
2nd Ht-1)Ellis 2)Stoufer 3)Davenport 4)Breedlove 5)Webster 6)S.Keepper 7)White
Bombers
A Ft-1)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon 2)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 5)Dale Waters-Lynchburg 6)Grant Sharp-Conway 7)Bill Schoen-Brighton 8)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 9)Alan Fugitt-Springfield 10)Jack Hamer-Ava 11)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 12)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 13)Joe Francis-Lebanon 14)Billy Waters-Falcon 15)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 16)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 17)Robert High-Springfield 18)Chris Cheever-Lebanon 19)Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon 20)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 21)Art Forshey-Dixon 22)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg DNS-Adam Lowrance-Lebanon Rich Allen-Richland
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Billy Waters 3)Fugitt 4)Hamer 5)Crouch 6)Forshey 7)C.Cheever 8)Piercy
2nd Ht-1)Jackson 2)High 3)T.Schoen 4)Coffman 5)Goring 6)Shaw 7)Cromer 8)K.Cheever
3rd Ht-1)Rhoads 2)Sharp 3)Brandon Waters 4)B.Schoen 5)D.Waters 6)Warner 7)Lowrance 8)Allen
A-Mods
1st Ht-1)Brian Brown-Lebanon 2)Craig Wood-ElDoradoSprings 3)David Hendrix-Buckhorn 4)Terry Belcher-Phoenix,Arz.5)Jack Jones-Lebanon 6)Jason Noll-Phoenix,Arz.7)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton
2nd Ht-1)Jessie Stovall-Crane 2)Bob Test-Jefferson City 3)Eric Hudson-Rolla 4)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 5)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 6)Bobbye Williams-Shawnee,Kansas 7)Don Luna-St James 8)Sam Petty-Niangua 9)Kevin Halderman-Montreal
Feature-Rained Out
WingedSprints
1st HT-1)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 2)JP Compton-Crane 3)Joe Todd-Falcon 4)Mike Williams-Lynchburg 5)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg 6)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon
2nd Ht-1)Eric Todd-Falcon 2)Dustin Arnall-Hartville 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Taylor Walton-Warrenburg 5)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 6)Jeremy Williams-Lynchburg
Feature-Rained Out
SuperStocks
1st Ht-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 3)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 4)Travis Hill-Lebanon 5)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 6)Larry Pruitt-Jerome
2nd Ht-1)JC Newell-Camdenton 2)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon 3)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 4)Aaron Fredrick-Camdenton 5)Bill Joiner-Lebanon
Feature-Rained Out-Reset for Monday July 2nd.
 




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