By David Darnell
Steve Rushin took top honors in Late Models at the Malden Speedway Friday night. Rushin's win ended Billy James's eight race winning streak for 2005.
Robert Powers came through the field to take the Modified checkered. Also making it to victory lane were Greg Sparks in Hobby Stocks, Paul Reeder in Pure Street, Jeff Jarrell took E-Mods, and Kenny and Tim Doublin continued to roll on in the Cruisers.
Steve Rushin and Billy James renewed one of the oldest rivalries at the Malden Speedway. Both were coming off some impressive races, Rushin finished second in the MARS race at West Plains and James had smoked a Memphis Motorpark field August 26th. Rushin jumped to the lead from the pole and never trailed in the race. James held close early in the race, but by the midway point Rushin was starting to pull away. He continued to widen the gap the rest of the way and lead by a full straight by the checkered flag.
James was never challenged for second. Dane Dacus picked up his second top five finish in as many trips in third. Joey Mack and Steve Karnes rounded out the top five. Rushin and James won the heat races.
LATE MODELS
10 Entries - 10 Start Feature
1. 14 Jr. Steve Rushin Poplar Bluff
2. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
3. 54 Dane Dacus Arlington, TN
4. 97M Joey Mack Benton
5. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
6. 72 Ron McQuary St. Albans
7. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
8. 28 Kevin Roslen Sikeston
9. 45 Scott Bell East Prarie
10. 11X John Stephens Dexter
Point Standings
After 15 Events
1. Todd Hall 463
2. Scott Bell 443
2. John Stephens 443
4. Jeff Moss 441
5. Joey Mack 351
6. Billy James 342
7. Scott Gibbs 311
8. Steve Rushin 214
9. Gary Springs 201
10. Dwayne Kiefer 183
In an ugly Modified feature, marred by 11 caution flags, Robert Powers rode a roller coaster of emotions to the feature win. The race opened with Larry Hull grabbing the lead from the pole position. Powers took over the lead coming out of turn two on the third lap. As they headed into turn three, Hull and Powers got together and collected several other front running cars.
Dustin Billingsley, Greg King, and Dicky Jackson all had to leave to fix flats and were relegated to the rear of the field along with Powers and Hull. Jeremy Conners inherited the lead while there was furious racing behind him. Powers had moved back through the field and was running third by the fifth lap and challenged Conners a lap later. Powers first passed Conners on the back straight on lap 6 but a caution flag nullified it. A lap after the restart, Powers regained the lead for good as he overtook Conners on the front straight. Later in the race, Shane Stephens and Claudie Cook had quite a battle for the second spot. They raced side by side for two laps before Cook prevailed. Larry Hull moved back up to take fourth. Conners fell back from the lead all the way to seventh but battled back the final two laps to take fifth. Heat winners were Hull, Billingsley, and Powers.
MODIFIEDS
20 Entries - 18 Start Feature
1. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
2. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
3. 15 Shane Stephens Arlington, TN
4. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
5. 45 Jeremy Conners Essex
6. 3 Scott Burge Puxico
7. 21 Chris Sims Paragould, AR
8. I-24 Shane Moody Bernie
9. 5 Tim Webb Senath
10. 21 Dustin Billingsley Crawfordsville, AR
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Mike Francis 603 (Clinched Championship)
2. Greg King 502
3. Shane Moody 378
4. Claudie Cook 369
5. Robert Powers 359
6. Troy Fowler 346
7. Robby Arnold 337
8. Tim Webb 334
9. Larry Hull 319
10. Gene Fowler 247
Greg Sparks dove under early leader Tim Winchester on a first lap restart and led the rest of the way to win the Hobby Stock feature Friday night.
Following a lap one caution, it took three tries to get the race going again, but when the dust cleared Sparks was out in front with Winchester and Hunter Rasdon in close pursuit. The leaders encountered lapped traffic from lap 11 on, but that would not figure into the final standings as the three maintained their one-two-three positions. Scott Tracer took fourth and Johnny Houart captured fifth as he moved the very successful 34 car up from the Street Stock class. Heat winners were Jeff Greene, Winchester, and Rasdon.
HOBBY STOCK
18 Entries - 17 Start Feature
1. 68 Greg Sparks Malden
2. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
3. R5 Hunter Rasdon Jonesboro, AR
4. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
5. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
6. 9X Jeff Greene Paragould, AR
7. 95 Bruce Sutterfield Trumann, AR
8. 25 Darrell Kelly Birch Tree
9. KZ 8 Lee Redden Steele
10. 11 Sr. Jeff Beeson Benton
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Doug Moore 566
2. Greg Sparks 562
3. Scott Tracer 521
4. Claudie Cook 513
5. Lee Redden 438
6. Tim Winchester 406
7. Tony Anglin 378
8. Jason Palmer 344
9. Darrell Kelly 333
10. Chuck Tilley 270
Paul Reeder earned the pole position and led all 15 laps to win his fifth Street Stock feature of the year, and in doing so he locked up the season point championship also. Reeder's only serious challenges came on two mid race restarts following caution periods, but this was his night. The real battle developed for second as Coot Wilson withstood a furious late challenge from Jeff Beeson. Wilson took second by inches as the pair were even coming out of turn four. Beeson had to start at the rear of the field despite an apparent win in the heat race because he failed to weigh afterwards. He weighed following the feature and passed. Chris Kelley and Mike Massie made up the rest of the top five. Heat winners were Reeder and Kelley.
STREET STOCK
15 Entries - 14 Start Feature
1. 97 Paul Reeder Malden
2. 81 Coot Wilson Portageville
3. 4 Jeff Beeson Benton
4. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
5. 98 Mike Massie Van Buren
6. B8 Allen Boone Blytheville, AR
7. 357 Jason Simpson Piggott, AR
8. L 12 Derek Lee Scott City
9. C2 Keith Cain Hoxie, AR
10. 20 Mark Sissom Thebes, IL
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Paul Reeder 616 (Clinched Championship)
2. Aaron Darby 549
3. Coot Wilson 454
4. Mike Massie 448
4. Johnny Houart 448
6. Jeff Beeson 411
7. Mike Elliott 349
8. Jason Simpson 333
9. Chris Kelley 306
10. Allen Boone 282
Jeff Jarrell grabbed the lead from the outset and never gave it up to win his first E-Mod feature of the year. Tim Prine made a race of it late as he closed to Jarrell's bumper on lap 11 and made a dive low coming out of turn four for the lead, but Jarrell held on at the line. Jim Eubanks took third, Scott Wicker and Todd Gibbs rounded out the top five. Eubanks won the heat race handily.
E-MODS
8 Entries - 8 Start Feature
1. 67B Jeff Jarrell Dexter
2. 3 T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
3. 47 Jim Eubanks Dexter
4. 29 Scott Wicker Steele
5. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
6. J2 James Fussell Jonesboro, AR
7. 25 Shane Eubanks Dexter
8. 27 Tracy Redden Clarkton
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Tim Prine 632 (Clinched Championship)
2. Jeff Jarrell 530
3. Justin McBroom 447
4. Jim Eubanks 386
4. Todd Gibbs 386
6. Jeff McGhee 345
7. Jamey Daughhotee 320
8. Tracy Redden 283
9. Roy Ward 151
10. Holbrook Mitchell 148
Kenny and Tim Doublin led all 12 laps to take their fifth Cruiser feature in a row and sixth overall. Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning ran second again.
CRUISERS
5 Entries - 5 Start Feature
1. 90W Doublin & Doublin Wappapello
2. L-13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
3. D3 Ray & Conner Broseley
4. 88J Wayne & Harbrueger Kennett
5. 111 Morgan & Ray Parma
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Doublin & Doublin 671 (Clinched Championship)
2. Wayne & Harbrueger 519
3. Null & Null 470
4. Kelley & Moore/Kelley 445
5. Malone & Rice 281
Friday September 16th marks the end of the 2005 point season for the Malden
Speedway, but the racing action will continue, culminating in the Nathan
Rettig Memorial Cotton Bowl Cup October 6-8. For more information and
complete season results and point standings check the website at
www.maldenspeedway.com
Steve Rushin took top honors in Late Models at the Malden Speedway Friday night. Rushin's win ended Billy James's eight race winning streak for 2005.
Robert Powers came through the field to take the Modified checkered. Also making it to victory lane were Greg Sparks in Hobby Stocks, Paul Reeder in Pure Street, Jeff Jarrell took E-Mods, and Kenny and Tim Doublin continued to roll on in the Cruisers.
Steve Rushin and Billy James renewed one of the oldest rivalries at the Malden Speedway. Both were coming off some impressive races, Rushin finished second in the MARS race at West Plains and James had smoked a Memphis Motorpark field August 26th. Rushin jumped to the lead from the pole and never trailed in the race. James held close early in the race, but by the midway point Rushin was starting to pull away. He continued to widen the gap the rest of the way and lead by a full straight by the checkered flag.
James was never challenged for second. Dane Dacus picked up his second top five finish in as many trips in third. Joey Mack and Steve Karnes rounded out the top five. Rushin and James won the heat races.
LATE MODELS
10 Entries - 10 Start Feature
1. 14 Jr. Steve Rushin Poplar Bluff
2. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
3. 54 Dane Dacus Arlington, TN
4. 97M Joey Mack Benton
5. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
6. 72 Ron McQuary St. Albans
7. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
8. 28 Kevin Roslen Sikeston
9. 45 Scott Bell East Prarie
10. 11X John Stephens Dexter
Point Standings
After 15 Events
1. Todd Hall 463
2. Scott Bell 443
2. John Stephens 443
4. Jeff Moss 441
5. Joey Mack 351
6. Billy James 342
7. Scott Gibbs 311
8. Steve Rushin 214
9. Gary Springs 201
10. Dwayne Kiefer 183
In an ugly Modified feature, marred by 11 caution flags, Robert Powers rode a roller coaster of emotions to the feature win. The race opened with Larry Hull grabbing the lead from the pole position. Powers took over the lead coming out of turn two on the third lap. As they headed into turn three, Hull and Powers got together and collected several other front running cars.
Dustin Billingsley, Greg King, and Dicky Jackson all had to leave to fix flats and were relegated to the rear of the field along with Powers and Hull. Jeremy Conners inherited the lead while there was furious racing behind him. Powers had moved back through the field and was running third by the fifth lap and challenged Conners a lap later. Powers first passed Conners on the back straight on lap 6 but a caution flag nullified it. A lap after the restart, Powers regained the lead for good as he overtook Conners on the front straight. Later in the race, Shane Stephens and Claudie Cook had quite a battle for the second spot. They raced side by side for two laps before Cook prevailed. Larry Hull moved back up to take fourth. Conners fell back from the lead all the way to seventh but battled back the final two laps to take fifth. Heat winners were Hull, Billingsley, and Powers.
MODIFIEDS
20 Entries - 18 Start Feature
1. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
2. Mee 2 Claudie Cook Portageville
3. 15 Shane Stephens Arlington, TN
4. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
5. 45 Jeremy Conners Essex
6. 3 Scott Burge Puxico
7. 21 Chris Sims Paragould, AR
8. I-24 Shane Moody Bernie
9. 5 Tim Webb Senath
10. 21 Dustin Billingsley Crawfordsville, AR
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Mike Francis 603 (Clinched Championship)
2. Greg King 502
3. Shane Moody 378
4. Claudie Cook 369
5. Robert Powers 359
6. Troy Fowler 346
7. Robby Arnold 337
8. Tim Webb 334
9. Larry Hull 319
10. Gene Fowler 247
Greg Sparks dove under early leader Tim Winchester on a first lap restart and led the rest of the way to win the Hobby Stock feature Friday night.
Following a lap one caution, it took three tries to get the race going again, but when the dust cleared Sparks was out in front with Winchester and Hunter Rasdon in close pursuit. The leaders encountered lapped traffic from lap 11 on, but that would not figure into the final standings as the three maintained their one-two-three positions. Scott Tracer took fourth and Johnny Houart captured fifth as he moved the very successful 34 car up from the Street Stock class. Heat winners were Jeff Greene, Winchester, and Rasdon.
HOBBY STOCK
18 Entries - 17 Start Feature
1. 68 Greg Sparks Malden
2. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
3. R5 Hunter Rasdon Jonesboro, AR
4. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
5. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
6. 9X Jeff Greene Paragould, AR
7. 95 Bruce Sutterfield Trumann, AR
8. 25 Darrell Kelly Birch Tree
9. KZ 8 Lee Redden Steele
10. 11 Sr. Jeff Beeson Benton
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Doug Moore 566
2. Greg Sparks 562
3. Scott Tracer 521
4. Claudie Cook 513
5. Lee Redden 438
6. Tim Winchester 406
7. Tony Anglin 378
8. Jason Palmer 344
9. Darrell Kelly 333
10. Chuck Tilley 270
Paul Reeder earned the pole position and led all 15 laps to win his fifth Street Stock feature of the year, and in doing so he locked up the season point championship also. Reeder's only serious challenges came on two mid race restarts following caution periods, but this was his night. The real battle developed for second as Coot Wilson withstood a furious late challenge from Jeff Beeson. Wilson took second by inches as the pair were even coming out of turn four. Beeson had to start at the rear of the field despite an apparent win in the heat race because he failed to weigh afterwards. He weighed following the feature and passed. Chris Kelley and Mike Massie made up the rest of the top five. Heat winners were Reeder and Kelley.
STREET STOCK
15 Entries - 14 Start Feature
1. 97 Paul Reeder Malden
2. 81 Coot Wilson Portageville
3. 4 Jeff Beeson Benton
4. 38K Chris Kelley Portageville
5. 98 Mike Massie Van Buren
6. B8 Allen Boone Blytheville, AR
7. 357 Jason Simpson Piggott, AR
8. L 12 Derek Lee Scott City
9. C2 Keith Cain Hoxie, AR
10. 20 Mark Sissom Thebes, IL
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Paul Reeder 616 (Clinched Championship)
2. Aaron Darby 549
3. Coot Wilson 454
4. Mike Massie 448
4. Johnny Houart 448
6. Jeff Beeson 411
7. Mike Elliott 349
8. Jason Simpson 333
9. Chris Kelley 306
10. Allen Boone 282
Jeff Jarrell grabbed the lead from the outset and never gave it up to win his first E-Mod feature of the year. Tim Prine made a race of it late as he closed to Jarrell's bumper on lap 11 and made a dive low coming out of turn four for the lead, but Jarrell held on at the line. Jim Eubanks took third, Scott Wicker and Todd Gibbs rounded out the top five. Eubanks won the heat race handily.
E-MODS
8 Entries - 8 Start Feature
1. 67B Jeff Jarrell Dexter
2. 3 T Tim Prine Jonesboro, AR
3. 47 Jim Eubanks Dexter
4. 29 Scott Wicker Steele
5. 34 Todd Gibbs Bloomfield
6. J2 James Fussell Jonesboro, AR
7. 25 Shane Eubanks Dexter
8. 27 Tracy Redden Clarkton
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Tim Prine 632 (Clinched Championship)
2. Jeff Jarrell 530
3. Justin McBroom 447
4. Jim Eubanks 386
4. Todd Gibbs 386
6. Jeff McGhee 345
7. Jamey Daughhotee 320
8. Tracy Redden 283
9. Roy Ward 151
10. Holbrook Mitchell 148
Kenny and Tim Doublin led all 12 laps to take their fifth Cruiser feature in a row and sixth overall. Adam Brown and Dustin Dunning ran second again.
CRUISERS
5 Entries - 5 Start Feature
1. 90W Doublin & Doublin Wappapello
2. L-13 Brown & Dunning Broseley
3. D3 Ray & Conner Broseley
4. 88J Wayne & Harbrueger Kennett
5. 111 Morgan & Ray Parma
POINT STANDINGS
After 16 Events
1. Doublin & Doublin 671 (Clinched Championship)
2. Wayne & Harbrueger 519
3. Null & Null 470
4. Kelley & Moore/Kelley 445
5. Malone & Rice 281
Friday September 16th marks the end of the 2005 point season for the Malden
Speedway, but the racing action will continue, culminating in the Nathan
Rettig Memorial Cotton Bowl Cup October 6-8. For more information and
complete season results and point standings check the website at
www.maldenspeedway.com
