Alan Miller
Central Missouri Speedway
May 12, 2007
(Warrensburg) Another exciting Saturday night of dirt track racing action at Central Missouri Speedway on Comfort Inn, Warrensburg Station Race night and it was just what fans expected after 102 cars signed into the high banked track. After 21 races, Travis Johnson in the Mighty Modifieds, along with Steven Clancy with the ULMA Late Models, Nathan Himes in Street Stocks and Scotty Martin for the B-Modifieds were crowned feature winners on the smooth tacky racing surface after heavy rains subsided earlier this week. Race fans were treated to some fabulous racing action throughout the evening with 14 heat races to sift out the field into three B-Main and four A-Main feature events.
CMS Race fans voted for their Best in Show favorite cars in each class on opening night. This weekend trophies in each class were presented to Chad Staus in the Mighty Modifieds, Steven Clancy with the ULMA Late Models, Nathan Himes, in the Street Stocks and Phil Bradshaw for the B- Modifieds.
The Mighty Modifieds A-Main feature race was very special for Travis Johnson in his Dirt Works, Signs by Wild Bill, modified racing machine. This was his first-ever feature win in just his second year of racing at CMS in a class of talented drivers. He has a saying inside his car dedicated to his grandfather who introduced him to the races at a young age. And he was obviously emotional as he worked his way out of the car at the end of the race with his grandfather in mind.
He was dialed in tonight with hard chargers, Dustin Boney, Tim Karrick and Matt Johnson just behind him attempting to find a way around. Johnson held off the tough field of modifieds during numerous cautions early in the race. Richard Layne, Dean Wille, Aaron Marrant and Paul Knight were caught up in a front side pile up near the wall with all their cars in good enough shape to remain on the track after the caution.
Finally after several re-starts, the race was caution free to the end of the feature with Boney battling most of the race with Karrick for second place. Matt Johnson also had a great run from a sixteenth place start into a fourth place finish.
A scary moment occurred during the fourth modified heat race when Joey Lile of Higginsville flipped over several times over turn one before landing right side up on all four wheels. He was able to make it back out on the track for the B-main event with the fans showing their appreciation for his effort.
Heat race winners included Travis Johnson, Mike Ryan, Dustin Boney, Tim Karrick and Dean Wille.
1st Mod '"B" Feature
1-
9
Dave Meyer
Concordia
2-
40
Kyle Westerhold
Blue Springs
3-
97
Allen Henery
Emporia KS
4-
9L
Joey Lile
Higginsville
5-
90
Terry Schultz
Sedalia
2nd Mod "B" Feature
1-
03
Richard Layne
Kansas City
2-
84
Justin Johnson
Olathe KS
3-
91
Jim Reid
Clinton
4-
21k
Kevin Sloan
Kansas City KS
5-
171
Donnie Dannar
Odessa
Mighty Modified Feature
1-
25T
Travis Johnson
Independence
2-
222
Dustin Boney
DeSoto KS
3-
1k
Tim Karrick
Basehor KS
4-
5j
Matt Johnson
Archie
5-
00
Jim Moody
Odessa
6-
M51
Mike Ryun
Pleasant Valley
7-
810
Jesse Wheeler
Independence
8-
81
Tom Charles
Bonner Springs KS
9-
40
Kyle Westerhold
Blue Springs
10-
03
Richard Layne
Kansas City
11-
68
Dean Wille
Warrensburg
12-
70
Aaron Marrant
Orrick
13-
3b
Wally Bauer
Urich
14-
84
Justin Johnson
Olathe KS
15-
9
Dave Meyer
Concordia
16-
11d
Joe Walker
Harrisonville
17-
2
Jeff Busse
Meadville
18-
44
Paul Knight
Blue Springs
19-
96
Chad Lyle
Lone Jack
20-
18
Justin Boney
Leavenworth KS
21-
48
Jimmy Dowell
Marshall
22-
m00
Steve Tiedeman
East Lynne
23-
94
Charlie Ebert
Oak Grove
24-
96c
Jim Cameron
Cameron
ULMA Late Model fans anticipated a strong field of Late Model cars and were not disappointed when 16 drivers registered to race for the checkered flag in preparation for their first-ever Memorial Day weekend Duel Showdown special event at CMS in just two weeks.
Steven Clancy won his first feature of the year after battling with last weeks feature winner Brett Rollert at the front of the field. Rollert was leading this feature when he had to pull off with an untimely flat tire on lap ten. The race then heated up on lap thirteen with Jon Binning, Clancy and Jason Estes attempting to take the lead with two and three wide side by side action around the track. Clancy was able to hold them off for the win and Estes finished just behind him after some passing attempts for the lead. David Angell completed a heads up late race pass around Binning for a solid third place finish.
Another strong driver was James Rutledge moving up through the field from the tail end after a first lap spin in turn two. He had to leave the track later with mechanical problems, but showed the crowd he could work his way up in the standings and finished in ninth.
Heat race winners were Steven Clancy and Brett Rollert.
ULMA Feature
1-
12c
Steve Clancy
Odessa
2-
58
Jason Estes
Winston
3-
27
David Angell
Holden
4-
65
Jon Binning
Warrensburg
5-
3
Jamie Wineland
Lohman
6-
7
Brett Wood
Warrensburg
7-
88
Derek Nevels
Higginsville
8-
69
Walt Imhoff
Jamestown
9-
1
James Rutledge
California
10-
93R
Brett Rollert
Smithville
11-
69x
Fred King
Independence
12-
75
A.L. Barbour
California
13-
00
Zachary Green
Higginsville
14-
4
Chad Frewaldt
Kansas City Ks
15-
45
Bob King
Independence
16-
14
Shawn Williams
Knob Noster
The Street Stocks were 18 strong once again tonight with a host of talented drivers throughout the field. Nathan Himes from Clinton started on the front row and didn't look back after passing Nic Bennet for the lead. Several cautions were thrown during this feature race with Himes hanging on to the lead with several challenges from Ray Smith, Brett Nail, Brain Johnson and Marc Carter. Carter worked his way up from a third row start mainly by passing cars on the high side. Nail was attempting to make his way to the front, but could not climb past the leaders and finished fourth.
The hard charger award goes to Chad Eickleberry with a hard fought third place finish from a fifteenth place starting position. Dale Atkinson also started in fourteenth and had another well earned fifth place finish. Early leader Nic Bennet spun in turn two on a lap three restart and was relegated to the back of the field before working his way back up into a ninth place finish. Previous feature winner Brian Johnson had mechanical problems on lap twelve and had to leave the track.
Heat race winners were Nic Bennet, Nathan Himes and Ray Smith.
Street Stock Feature
1-
11R
Nathan Himes
Lee's Summit
2-
10
Marc Carter
Warrensburg
3-
09
Chad Eickleberry
Warrensburg
4-
30
Brett Nail
Raytown
5-
21d
Dale Atkinson
Warrensburg
6-
74
Herb Dannar
Holden
7-
11
Anthony Ward
Independence
8-
16j
Ray Smith
Centertown
9-
427
Nic Bennett
Oak Grove
10-
2B
Brian Cox
Concordia
11-
pms1
Tammy Korff
Fulton
12-
03jr
Joey Hotmer
Odessa
13-
49
Chris Culbertson
Warrensburg
14-
97k
Brian Johnson
Independence
15-
17x
Craig Hayes
Blue Springs
16-
55m
John Miller
Oak Grove
17-
77b
Adam Bush
Odessa
18-
20
Trent Deadmon
Holden
Thirty B-Modifieds were on hand to race to the checkers for their feature when Scotty Martin from Independence won his third race of the year. His car looked strong again and he led the field to the green flag on row one with Phil Wright on the outside. An early caution was thrown when C.J. Lyle, driving his father’s B-Modified, spun with Gary Akers in turn two. Lyle had to leave the track with mechanical problems after the wreck. Chad Lebsock also looked strong early on, but suffered a flat tire before leaving the track.
Bubba Kline showed Martin some challenges on several cautions, but could not pass him for the lead. After some tough luck in the first few races, Kline finished a strong second in front of Phil Bradshaw and Tyler Lewis. Bradshaw started in eighth place before making several moves on the high and low side to finish in third. Lewis is a good young driver in his second year of racing at CMS and will be another driver to keep an eye on during the features this year.
A hard wreck into the front side wall caused a delay while emergency workers attended to Josh McCullough from Sedalia during the B-main race. His Modified hit the wall almost head on after a mix of cars including Charlie Palmer, Gary Lewis and Rob Littrell became tangled out of turn four. He did walk to the rescue vehicle after the incident.
Heat race winners were Scotty Martin, Phil Wright, Michael Mullins and Bubba Kline.
B- Main Feature
1-
j66
C.J. Lyle
Pleasant Hill
2-
44
Cliff Owings
Blue Springs
3-
06
Lucas Isaacs
Bonner Springs
4-
64
Darren Poston
Grain Valley
B- Mod Feature
1-
75
Scotty Martin
Independence
2-
3k
Bubba Kline
Kearney
3-
7b
Phillip Bradshaw
Kansas City
4-
23L
Tyler Lewis
Columbia
5-
m20
Michael Mullins
Kingsville
6-
1d
D.J. DeMotte
Basehor KS
7-
11w
John Kuecker
Concordia
8-
65
Brian Ziegler
Bates City
9-
66
Ethan Isaacs
Bonner Springs
10-
6
Wayne Stevens
Norborne
11-
94
John Ebert
Bates City
12-
71
Greg Marrant
Richmond
13-
9w
Phillip Wright
Norborne
14-
64
Darren Poston
Grain Valley
15-
44
Cliff Owings
Blue Springs
16-
85
Joshua Jacobs
Shawnee KS
17-
06
Lucas Isaacs
Bonner Springs
18-
29L
Chad Lebsock
Centralia
19-
11
Gary Akers
Lexington
20-
j66
C.J. Lyle
Pleasant Hill
Next Saturday night May 19, Central Missouri Speedway will host KMMO Night at the Races. Be on hand to see the best dirt track racing drivers in their Mighty Modifieds, ULMA Late Models, Street Stocks and B- Modifieds.
On May 26th, CMS will be racing the first of three Mighty Modified specials with a $2,000 to win 40 lap feature event along with the first-ever ULMA Late Model Duel Showdown on Memorial Day weekend. A ULMA Late Model driver will be awarded additional payout for the highest points during the weekend races ending with the special at CMS. Drivers in the Modified special must have raced twice at CMS prior to their special race to avoid paying the entry fee for this event.
You can receive the latest track information during CMS Track Talk on KOKO -1450 on Wednesday night at 5:30 and on the CMS Internet show via the Racinboys.com on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Also, on Fridays at 9:30 am on KSIS -1050 from Sedalia, you can hear the latest track results during the CMS Weekly Racing Update.
For general track information call the Track Report line at (660) 747-2166. Visit the track’s Web site at www.centralmissourispeedway.net for all the latest information about upcoming events and racing status, we'll see you next Saturday for the best dirt track racing around the area.
CMS racing results and stats are provided by track statistician Glyda Jaeger and are posted on the track’s Website.
Central Missouri Speedway
May 12, 2007
(Warrensburg) Another exciting Saturday night of dirt track racing action at Central Missouri Speedway on Comfort Inn, Warrensburg Station Race night and it was just what fans expected after 102 cars signed into the high banked track. After 21 races, Travis Johnson in the Mighty Modifieds, along with Steven Clancy with the ULMA Late Models, Nathan Himes in Street Stocks and Scotty Martin for the B-Modifieds were crowned feature winners on the smooth tacky racing surface after heavy rains subsided earlier this week. Race fans were treated to some fabulous racing action throughout the evening with 14 heat races to sift out the field into three B-Main and four A-Main feature events.
CMS Race fans voted for their Best in Show favorite cars in each class on opening night. This weekend trophies in each class were presented to Chad Staus in the Mighty Modifieds, Steven Clancy with the ULMA Late Models, Nathan Himes, in the Street Stocks and Phil Bradshaw for the B- Modifieds.
The Mighty Modifieds A-Main feature race was very special for Travis Johnson in his Dirt Works, Signs by Wild Bill, modified racing machine. This was his first-ever feature win in just his second year of racing at CMS in a class of talented drivers. He has a saying inside his car dedicated to his grandfather who introduced him to the races at a young age. And he was obviously emotional as he worked his way out of the car at the end of the race with his grandfather in mind.
He was dialed in tonight with hard chargers, Dustin Boney, Tim Karrick and Matt Johnson just behind him attempting to find a way around. Johnson held off the tough field of modifieds during numerous cautions early in the race. Richard Layne, Dean Wille, Aaron Marrant and Paul Knight were caught up in a front side pile up near the wall with all their cars in good enough shape to remain on the track after the caution.
Finally after several re-starts, the race was caution free to the end of the feature with Boney battling most of the race with Karrick for second place. Matt Johnson also had a great run from a sixteenth place start into a fourth place finish.
A scary moment occurred during the fourth modified heat race when Joey Lile of Higginsville flipped over several times over turn one before landing right side up on all four wheels. He was able to make it back out on the track for the B-main event with the fans showing their appreciation for his effort.
Heat race winners included Travis Johnson, Mike Ryan, Dustin Boney, Tim Karrick and Dean Wille.
1st Mod '"B" Feature
1-
9
Dave Meyer
Concordia
2-
40
Kyle Westerhold
Blue Springs
3-
97
Allen Henery
Emporia KS
4-
9L
Joey Lile
Higginsville
5-
90
Terry Schultz
Sedalia
2nd Mod "B" Feature
1-
03
Richard Layne
Kansas City
2-
84
Justin Johnson
Olathe KS
3-
91
Jim Reid
Clinton
4-
21k
Kevin Sloan
Kansas City KS
5-
171
Donnie Dannar
Odessa
Mighty Modified Feature
1-
25T
Travis Johnson
Independence
2-
222
Dustin Boney
DeSoto KS
3-
1k
Tim Karrick
Basehor KS
4-
5j
Matt Johnson
Archie
5-
00
Jim Moody
Odessa
6-
M51
Mike Ryun
Pleasant Valley
7-
810
Jesse Wheeler
Independence
8-
81
Tom Charles
Bonner Springs KS
9-
40
Kyle Westerhold
Blue Springs
10-
03
Richard Layne
Kansas City
11-
68
Dean Wille
Warrensburg
12-
70
Aaron Marrant
Orrick
13-
3b
Wally Bauer
Urich
14-
84
Justin Johnson
Olathe KS
15-
9
Dave Meyer
Concordia
16-
11d
Joe Walker
Harrisonville
17-
2
Jeff Busse
Meadville
18-
44
Paul Knight
Blue Springs
19-
96
Chad Lyle
Lone Jack
20-
18
Justin Boney
Leavenworth KS
21-
48
Jimmy Dowell
Marshall
22-
m00
Steve Tiedeman
East Lynne
23-
94
Charlie Ebert
Oak Grove
24-
96c
Jim Cameron
Cameron
ULMA Late Model fans anticipated a strong field of Late Model cars and were not disappointed when 16 drivers registered to race for the checkered flag in preparation for their first-ever Memorial Day weekend Duel Showdown special event at CMS in just two weeks.
Steven Clancy won his first feature of the year after battling with last weeks feature winner Brett Rollert at the front of the field. Rollert was leading this feature when he had to pull off with an untimely flat tire on lap ten. The race then heated up on lap thirteen with Jon Binning, Clancy and Jason Estes attempting to take the lead with two and three wide side by side action around the track. Clancy was able to hold them off for the win and Estes finished just behind him after some passing attempts for the lead. David Angell completed a heads up late race pass around Binning for a solid third place finish.
Another strong driver was James Rutledge moving up through the field from the tail end after a first lap spin in turn two. He had to leave the track later with mechanical problems, but showed the crowd he could work his way up in the standings and finished in ninth.
Heat race winners were Steven Clancy and Brett Rollert.
ULMA Feature
1-
12c
Steve Clancy
Odessa
2-
58
Jason Estes
Winston
3-
27
David Angell
Holden
4-
65
Jon Binning
Warrensburg
5-
3
Jamie Wineland
Lohman
6-
7
Brett Wood
Warrensburg
7-
88
Derek Nevels
Higginsville
8-
69
Walt Imhoff
Jamestown
9-
1
James Rutledge
California
10-
93R
Brett Rollert
Smithville
11-
69x
Fred King
Independence
12-
75
A.L. Barbour
California
13-
00
Zachary Green
Higginsville
14-
4
Chad Frewaldt
Kansas City Ks
15-
45
Bob King
Independence
16-
14
Shawn Williams
Knob Noster
The Street Stocks were 18 strong once again tonight with a host of talented drivers throughout the field. Nathan Himes from Clinton started on the front row and didn't look back after passing Nic Bennet for the lead. Several cautions were thrown during this feature race with Himes hanging on to the lead with several challenges from Ray Smith, Brett Nail, Brain Johnson and Marc Carter. Carter worked his way up from a third row start mainly by passing cars on the high side. Nail was attempting to make his way to the front, but could not climb past the leaders and finished fourth.
The hard charger award goes to Chad Eickleberry with a hard fought third place finish from a fifteenth place starting position. Dale Atkinson also started in fourteenth and had another well earned fifth place finish. Early leader Nic Bennet spun in turn two on a lap three restart and was relegated to the back of the field before working his way back up into a ninth place finish. Previous feature winner Brian Johnson had mechanical problems on lap twelve and had to leave the track.
Heat race winners were Nic Bennet, Nathan Himes and Ray Smith.
Street Stock Feature
1-
11R
Nathan Himes
Lee's Summit
2-
10
Marc Carter
Warrensburg
3-
09
Chad Eickleberry
Warrensburg
4-
30
Brett Nail
Raytown
5-
21d
Dale Atkinson
Warrensburg
6-
74
Herb Dannar
Holden
7-
11
Anthony Ward
Independence
8-
16j
Ray Smith
Centertown
9-
427
Nic Bennett
Oak Grove
10-
2B
Brian Cox
Concordia
11-
pms1
Tammy Korff
Fulton
12-
03jr
Joey Hotmer
Odessa
13-
49
Chris Culbertson
Warrensburg
14-
97k
Brian Johnson
Independence
15-
17x
Craig Hayes
Blue Springs
16-
55m
John Miller
Oak Grove
17-
77b
Adam Bush
Odessa
18-
20
Trent Deadmon
Holden
Thirty B-Modifieds were on hand to race to the checkers for their feature when Scotty Martin from Independence won his third race of the year. His car looked strong again and he led the field to the green flag on row one with Phil Wright on the outside. An early caution was thrown when C.J. Lyle, driving his father’s B-Modified, spun with Gary Akers in turn two. Lyle had to leave the track with mechanical problems after the wreck. Chad Lebsock also looked strong early on, but suffered a flat tire before leaving the track.
Bubba Kline showed Martin some challenges on several cautions, but could not pass him for the lead. After some tough luck in the first few races, Kline finished a strong second in front of Phil Bradshaw and Tyler Lewis. Bradshaw started in eighth place before making several moves on the high and low side to finish in third. Lewis is a good young driver in his second year of racing at CMS and will be another driver to keep an eye on during the features this year.
A hard wreck into the front side wall caused a delay while emergency workers attended to Josh McCullough from Sedalia during the B-main race. His Modified hit the wall almost head on after a mix of cars including Charlie Palmer, Gary Lewis and Rob Littrell became tangled out of turn four. He did walk to the rescue vehicle after the incident.
Heat race winners were Scotty Martin, Phil Wright, Michael Mullins and Bubba Kline.
B- Main Feature
1-
j66
C.J. Lyle
Pleasant Hill
2-
44
Cliff Owings
Blue Springs
3-
06
Lucas Isaacs
Bonner Springs
4-
64
Darren Poston
Grain Valley
B- Mod Feature
1-
75
Scotty Martin
Independence
2-
3k
Bubba Kline
Kearney
3-
7b
Phillip Bradshaw
Kansas City
4-
23L
Tyler Lewis
Columbia
5-
m20
Michael Mullins
Kingsville
6-
1d
D.J. DeMotte
Basehor KS
7-
11w
John Kuecker
Concordia
8-
65
Brian Ziegler
Bates City
9-
66
Ethan Isaacs
Bonner Springs
10-
6
Wayne Stevens
Norborne
11-
94
John Ebert
Bates City
12-
71
Greg Marrant
Richmond
13-
9w
Phillip Wright
Norborne
14-
64
Darren Poston
Grain Valley
15-
44
Cliff Owings
Blue Springs
16-
85
Joshua Jacobs
Shawnee KS
17-
06
Lucas Isaacs
Bonner Springs
18-
29L
Chad Lebsock
Centralia
19-
11
Gary Akers
Lexington
20-
j66
C.J. Lyle
Pleasant Hill
Next Saturday night May 19, Central Missouri Speedway will host KMMO Night at the Races. Be on hand to see the best dirt track racing drivers in their Mighty Modifieds, ULMA Late Models, Street Stocks and B- Modifieds.
On May 26th, CMS will be racing the first of three Mighty Modified specials with a $2,000 to win 40 lap feature event along with the first-ever ULMA Late Model Duel Showdown on Memorial Day weekend. A ULMA Late Model driver will be awarded additional payout for the highest points during the weekend races ending with the special at CMS. Drivers in the Modified special must have raced twice at CMS prior to their special race to avoid paying the entry fee for this event.
You can receive the latest track information during CMS Track Talk on KOKO -1450 on Wednesday night at 5:30 and on the CMS Internet show via the Racinboys.com on Thursday evening at 7 p.m. Also, on Fridays at 9:30 am on KSIS -1050 from Sedalia, you can hear the latest track results during the CMS Weekly Racing Update.
For general track information call the Track Report line at (660) 747-2166. Visit the track’s Web site at www.centralmissourispeedway.net for all the latest information about upcoming events and racing status, we'll see you next Saturday for the best dirt track racing around the area.
CMS racing results and stats are provided by track statistician Glyda Jaeger and are posted on the track’s Website.
