Lebanon,Mo.The Super Latemodels of the MARS Racing Series will return to the LebanonMidwaySpeedway in a special Thursday night edition of racing action on Aug 4th.
The last time the LateModels competed at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway was July 10,2009 in which Eric Turner of Hermitage captured a thrilling 35 lap feature as he passed Terry Phillips on lap 26 to capture the Larry Phillips Birthday Bash.
Heading the Traveling MARS CARS to the Midway will be current point leader Brad Looney of Republic,Springfield’s Terry Phillips, Lebanon’s own Brandon McCormick and Tony Jackson Jr., Galena’s Undertaker Jesse Stovall,outstanding Rookie RC Whitwell of Arizona,Jeremy Payne,Turner,and many other top regional LateModel Drivers.
Since the MARS Series is a member of UMP DirtCar Racing,several top UMP Drivers are also looking at this event to gather those important UMP points.
Several of the Latemodel drivers have enjoyed success at the Midway including Phillips who has captured a Latemodel featrue there before,Turner who has won not only in Latemodel competition but also in FactoryStocks and Modifieds. Stovall has won features in a Modified while Jackson Jr is a 2 time Midway Point Champion in SuperStocks(2005) and Modifieds(2006) while McCormick has had several strong runs at Midway in his LateModel.
This will be the 14th stop on the MARS Tour this season as 8 different winners have graced victory lane out of 12 features this season including McCormick who won at Humboldt,Kansas earlier in the season.Midway will start the action for the MARS Series that weekend as the following night the drivers head to Tri-City Speedway in Granite City,ILL.With Midway being considered a drivers track,A strong field of drivers from different area are expected to contend.
Support classes will include B-Mods(Springfield & Monett rules) along with another class or classes to be named.
Gates are expected to open around 5:30 while Hotlaps will begin around 7:10 and Racing at 8PM.
For more information contact Randy Mooneyham at 417-224-7074 or visit the website WWW.MARSRACINGSERIES.Com or email info@marsracingseries.com