By Sam Stoecklin, Track Announcer
Warrensburg, MO
April 26, 2008
Opening night at CMS saw three familiar faces and one new feature winner visit the winner’s circle for KOKO Radio Race night. There were 83 cars on hand in the four divisions. With all the moisture in the area over the last week, track owner Earl Walls and his crew did all they could to keep the track race-ready for the drivers and fans in attendance. The original forecast called for even more precipitation but the skies actually cleared and the track played host to a great night of racing. The race surface was re-worked three times due to pressure ridges forming in the turn three and four; however, the 16-race program was still completed before 11 p.m.
Four ‘mighty’ modified heat races were contested for the 36 cars on hand. Heat race winners were Terry Schultz of Sedalia, MO; Dustin Boney of Tonganoxie, KS; Jake Richards of Kansas City, KS; and Aaron Marrant of Orrick, MO. Ricky Lee Stangl, Jr., of Raymore, MO grabbed the win in the b-main event. The top five from each heat race transferred on to the main event as well as the top four from the b-main. During the b-main David McVey took a tumble in turn two but walked away uninjured from the impact. For the twenty-lap main event, 24 starters took the green flag. Terry Schultz and Dustin Boney got off to a quick start at the drop of the green with Boney eventually grabbing the lead. He led through heavy lapped traffic but ultimately it was the same lapped traffic that led to an exciting three-wide lead change. Aaron Marrant made his way to the front along with Tim Karrick and both drivers made their way past Boney. While maneuvering past lapped traffic Boney actually went over the turn one embankment while running third and was ultimately done for the night, leaving Marrant and Karrick to duke it out for the win. With a thrilling green, white, checkered flag finish, it was Karrick who took his sixteenth-ever feature win at CMS. Doug Walrath made a nice charge to the front and passed Marrant at the line for second. Schultz finished fourth with Jake Richards, Donald Dannar, Chad Lyle, Don Crnkovich, Dean Wille and Tom Charles rounding out the top ten.
Only six ULMA late models were on hand for the night. Warrensburg driver Jon Binning took the lone heat race victory ahead of David Angell of Holden. These same two drivers started on the pole of the feature event. None of the drivers in attendance had ever won a late model feature victory at the track. Binning set out initially in the lead but got sideways during the event, which allowed Angell to grab the lead. With Binning re-starting near the tail end of the field for a re-start, he began his charge to the front. Angell and Binning ran side-by-side and even made a little contact before Binning ultimately re-took the lead and his first-ever CMS feature victory. Angell held on for second ahead of Randy Ainsworth, Clint Nimmo in his first appearance in a late model, Gary Billings, Jr. and Lewis Wietkamp.
For the street stocks, Marc Carter of Warrensburg and Herb Dannar of Holden picked up the two heat-race victories. The fourteen drivers on hand competed in the 15-lap feature event as Dale Atkinson and Dannar set sail from the front row. Dannar was able to lead several laps at the beginning of the race with Atkinson and John Miller battling for second. Ninth-starting Brian Johnson, who is the defending track champion, began quickly threading his way to the front and assumed the lead about midway through the event. Once out front, Johnson pulled away and grabbed the opening night feature win with Dannar in second. Carter, who elected to start in rear of the field, came up to third spot with Nick Bennett, John Miller, Tammy Korff, Roger Stone, Anthony Witham and Jerry Schmidt rounding out the top nine. Several cars were found to not be in compliance with the rules after technical inspection and were DQ’d from the race results.
Twenty-seven B-modifieds filled the pits as it took three heat races and one b-main to sort out the 20-car starting lineup. Rusty Trimble of Kansas City, KS; Scotty Martin of Independence, MO; and Bobby Raybourn of Odessa picked up the heat race victories. Young Lucas Isaacs of Bonner Springs, KS grabbed the win in the b-main. Trimble and Martin brought the field to the green flag as defending track champion Martin quickly got out to an early lead leaving Trimble to battle with Raybourn and Cliff Owings for second. For several laps, this trio battled for the second, third and fourth positions, until Trimble finally secured second position midway through the race. Twentieth starting Owen Evinger used smart driving and moved all the way into the top three by lap ten in an amazing run to the front. In the end it was Martin who raced his way to victory lane, a place he is very familiar with at CMS. Last year Martin took home 13 feature race victories on his way to the track championship. Trimble had a fantastic drive to second with Evinger holding on for third. Owings, Raybourn, Michael King, Jeremy Lile and Rookie Jacob Ebert, Gary Akers and Chris Brockway rounded out the top ten.
Don’t miss the CMS/Kenny’s Tile racing action next Saturday night for the first special event of the year. The MSCA wingless 305 Sprint Cars will be on hand for the first of two 2008 season appearances. All four regular divisions will also be racing for the checkers. Pit gates will open at 4:30 with admission gates opening at 5. Hot laps begin at 7 and racing hits the track at 7:30. General admission prices for next week increase to $15. For continuous race information and up to the minute race status call the track report line at (660) 747-2166. For complete race results, point standings, admission information, photos from John Lee’s High Fly’N Photos and much more be sure to visit the track’s Website at www.centralmissourispeedway.net. We look forward to seeing all the race fans and drivers next Saturday night at the ‘Burg!
Warrensburg, MO
April 26, 2008
Opening night at CMS saw three familiar faces and one new feature winner visit the winner’s circle for KOKO Radio Race night. There were 83 cars on hand in the four divisions. With all the moisture in the area over the last week, track owner Earl Walls and his crew did all they could to keep the track race-ready for the drivers and fans in attendance. The original forecast called for even more precipitation but the skies actually cleared and the track played host to a great night of racing. The race surface was re-worked three times due to pressure ridges forming in the turn three and four; however, the 16-race program was still completed before 11 p.m.
Four ‘mighty’ modified heat races were contested for the 36 cars on hand. Heat race winners were Terry Schultz of Sedalia, MO; Dustin Boney of Tonganoxie, KS; Jake Richards of Kansas City, KS; and Aaron Marrant of Orrick, MO. Ricky Lee Stangl, Jr., of Raymore, MO grabbed the win in the b-main event. The top five from each heat race transferred on to the main event as well as the top four from the b-main. During the b-main David McVey took a tumble in turn two but walked away uninjured from the impact. For the twenty-lap main event, 24 starters took the green flag. Terry Schultz and Dustin Boney got off to a quick start at the drop of the green with Boney eventually grabbing the lead. He led through heavy lapped traffic but ultimately it was the same lapped traffic that led to an exciting three-wide lead change. Aaron Marrant made his way to the front along with Tim Karrick and both drivers made their way past Boney. While maneuvering past lapped traffic Boney actually went over the turn one embankment while running third and was ultimately done for the night, leaving Marrant and Karrick to duke it out for the win. With a thrilling green, white, checkered flag finish, it was Karrick who took his sixteenth-ever feature win at CMS. Doug Walrath made a nice charge to the front and passed Marrant at the line for second. Schultz finished fourth with Jake Richards, Donald Dannar, Chad Lyle, Don Crnkovich, Dean Wille and Tom Charles rounding out the top ten.
Only six ULMA late models were on hand for the night. Warrensburg driver Jon Binning took the lone heat race victory ahead of David Angell of Holden. These same two drivers started on the pole of the feature event. None of the drivers in attendance had ever won a late model feature victory at the track. Binning set out initially in the lead but got sideways during the event, which allowed Angell to grab the lead. With Binning re-starting near the tail end of the field for a re-start, he began his charge to the front. Angell and Binning ran side-by-side and even made a little contact before Binning ultimately re-took the lead and his first-ever CMS feature victory. Angell held on for second ahead of Randy Ainsworth, Clint Nimmo in his first appearance in a late model, Gary Billings, Jr. and Lewis Wietkamp.
For the street stocks, Marc Carter of Warrensburg and Herb Dannar of Holden picked up the two heat-race victories. The fourteen drivers on hand competed in the 15-lap feature event as Dale Atkinson and Dannar set sail from the front row. Dannar was able to lead several laps at the beginning of the race with Atkinson and John Miller battling for second. Ninth-starting Brian Johnson, who is the defending track champion, began quickly threading his way to the front and assumed the lead about midway through the event. Once out front, Johnson pulled away and grabbed the opening night feature win with Dannar in second. Carter, who elected to start in rear of the field, came up to third spot with Nick Bennett, John Miller, Tammy Korff, Roger Stone, Anthony Witham and Jerry Schmidt rounding out the top nine. Several cars were found to not be in compliance with the rules after technical inspection and were DQ’d from the race results.
Twenty-seven B-modifieds filled the pits as it took three heat races and one b-main to sort out the 20-car starting lineup. Rusty Trimble of Kansas City, KS; Scotty Martin of Independence, MO; and Bobby Raybourn of Odessa picked up the heat race victories. Young Lucas Isaacs of Bonner Springs, KS grabbed the win in the b-main. Trimble and Martin brought the field to the green flag as defending track champion Martin quickly got out to an early lead leaving Trimble to battle with Raybourn and Cliff Owings for second. For several laps, this trio battled for the second, third and fourth positions, until Trimble finally secured second position midway through the race. Twentieth starting Owen Evinger used smart driving and moved all the way into the top three by lap ten in an amazing run to the front. In the end it was Martin who raced his way to victory lane, a place he is very familiar with at CMS. Last year Martin took home 13 feature race victories on his way to the track championship. Trimble had a fantastic drive to second with Evinger holding on for third. Owings, Raybourn, Michael King, Jeremy Lile and Rookie Jacob Ebert, Gary Akers and Chris Brockway rounded out the top ten.
Don’t miss the CMS/Kenny’s Tile racing action next Saturday night for the first special event of the year. The MSCA wingless 305 Sprint Cars will be on hand for the first of two 2008 season appearances. All four regular divisions will also be racing for the checkers. Pit gates will open at 4:30 with admission gates opening at 5. Hot laps begin at 7 and racing hits the track at 7:30. General admission prices for next week increase to $15. For continuous race information and up to the minute race status call the track report line at (660) 747-2166. For complete race results, point standings, admission information, photos from John Lee’s High Fly’N Photos and much more be sure to visit the track’s Website at www.centralmissourispeedway.net. We look forward to seeing all the race fans and drivers next Saturday night at the ‘Burg!
