Springfield,Mo.-The high-flying action of dirt-track racing will be in high gear Sat night at the Quick-Quarter of the Springfield Raceway as the Speedway will be hosting Scout night at the Races.
All Cub/Boy or Girl Scouts that come in uniform will recieve Free General Admission to what many are calling the best racing action week in and week out.
The Transport Graphics Chase For The Championship will feature the Budweiser RHS USRA A-Modifieds,Reliable Chevrolet Sportmods,Casey’s General Stores Midwest Modz,Missouri Dirt Legends,Wheeler Metals PureStocks and Pepsi StreetStocks as the point battles and wide amount of different winners keeps in hi-gear.
Currently Jackie Dalton of Carthage leads the USRA Modified class in both point standings and wins.The 4 time Track Champion has captured 2 wins this season while holding a 59 point lead over the always consistant “Mr Excitement”Terry Beckham II of Webb City.Beckham has yet to win a feature but is always a threat to win.Turkey Classic winner Jody Tillman of Branson and last weeks winner Erik Maggard of Springfield are neck to neck with Beckham II while defending champion Mitch Keeter fell to 5th place after an early exit last week.Out of 5 USRA Track point races the class has had 4 different winners so far.
The Reliable Chevrolet SportMods also have a dog-fight going on as Republic’s Bobby Maggard Jr holds a slim 2 point lead over Springfield’s Reliable GM Crate racer JC Morton as ReedSprings driver Mike Hailman is quietly up to third place only 14 points out of the lead.Gary Rodocker and defending champion Wayne Graybeal complete a very talented top 5.Bobby Maggard has recorded 3 wins so far as Don Luna,Brandon Maggard,John Yeoman Jr also have wins.
The Missouri Dirt Legends have a tight battle going on also as Joplin’s Park Jones owns a 1 point lead over Dave comer a 2 marker lead over defending Champion justin comer and a 19 point lead over Rolla’s Wayne Johnston with former champion Jason Rayle completing a strong top 5 in this always exciting class of cars.The Legends have been averaging around 20 cars each race night and aren’t afraid to go 4 wide on the High-banked Clay Oval.
4th Generation driver Trevor Drake holds a 34 point lead over Sam Petty of Niangua in the Casey’s General Stores Midwest Modz while Rusty Forrest had a bad night last weekend dropped to third place while Joplin’s “Gentleman” Randy Belk in quietly in the hunt along with Clever’s Gary Krebs.This second year class has growing quickly and is developing into a crowd favorite.
Ava’s Jack Hamer heads the PureStock points despite only 1 win so far but has been consistant in his heat races and top 5 feature finishes.Springfield’s James Redus has been a 3 time feature winner and sets second in the points while Miami Okla driver Wayne Morris has been in the hunt also.
Bryan Tillman and Tim Petty head up the StreetStock class with Tillman still undefeated in feature events.Tillman is 4-4 in StreetStock wins and also has a PureStock win to his credit so far.
Grandstand Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:15 and Racing at 7PM.
Next Sat night July 2nd the ASCS Winged 360 Sprints from the Sooner Region and the Warrior Region go to battle head to head in their only scheduled apperance of the season along with USRA Modifieds,SportMods,PureStocks, and Legends.
For more information contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426 or visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or text SPRINGFIELDRACEWAY to 368674.
Point Standings
USRA Modifieds
1-Jackie Dalton-Carthage 473
2-Terry Beckham II-Webb City 414
3-Jody Tillman-Branson  408
4-Erik Maggard-Springfield 404
5-Mitch Keeter-Webb City 384
6-Brian Green-Pierce City 358
7-Billy Dalton-Exeter     349
8-Nathan Cottrell-Nixa   329
9-Kyle Slagle-Pierce City 310
10-Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 298
SportMods
1-Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 111
2-JC Morton-Springfield    109
3-Mike Hailman-Reedsprings 97
4-Gary Rodocker-Willard 85
5-Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 81
6-Andrew Smith-Willard  61
7-Andy Beauchamp-Springfield  58
8-Larry Tindle-Springfield 57
9-Don Luna-St James      52
9-Kaleb Copher-Webb City 52
9-Brandon Maggard-Springfield 52
Midwest Modz
1-Trevor Drake-Webb City 136
2-Sam Petty-Niangua   102
3-Rusty Forrest-Ozark  92
4-Randy Belk-Joplin     85
5-Gary Krebs-Clever     80
6-Matthew Thulin-Miami,Okla 74
7-Shane Bias-Springfield  71
8-Monte Padgett-Joplin    64
8-Todd McGregor-Clever   64
8-Dakota Maggard-Republic 64
Legends
1-Park Jones-Joplin 122
2-Dave Comer-Joplin 121
3-Justin Comer-Joplin 120
4-Wayne Johnston-Rolla 103
5-Jason Rayle-Springfield 96
6-Jay Reynolds-Springfield 82
7-Clot Pruente-Aurora 71
8-Billy Cottrill-Joplin 66
9-Rick Nichols-Cassville 62
10-Dave Bauer-Webb City 57
PureStocks
1-Jack Hamer-Ava 103
2-James Redus-Springfield 67
3-Wayne Morris-Miami,Okla 66
4-Elijah Keepper-Hurley 58
5-Tanner Sitton-Bolivar  55
6-Charles Woodruff-Springfield 53
7-Chris Woodruff-Springfield 51
8-Matthew Bowen-Strafford  48
8-Jeremy Thulin-Miami,Okla 48
10-Bret Testerman-Miami,Okla 46
StreetStocks
1-Bryan Tillman-Branson 98
2-Tim Petty-Niangua 80
3-Dan Wood-Springfield 79
4-Colin Bowen-Strafford 47
5-Chris Wynn-Hartville 20
6-Bill Schoen-Brighton 19
7-Chuck Becker-Bolivar 18
7-Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 18
9-Mark Davis-Grovesprings 17
9-Sean Skaggs-Rolla      17