Cheevers Top Midway Mod Event

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Lebanon,Mo-Colt Cheevers got back into his winning form as the hard charger from Macks Creek record a second place and third place finish to take home the $550 payday in the B-Mod event held Friday night at The Lebanon MidwaySpeedway.Thriller Graphics in Richland added extra money to the top 3 finishers.

The Energy Company Modified action sawJC Morton capturing an action packed 1st qualifying feature as 4 different leaders took a shot at the win.Fast qualifier Brian Webster would lead laps 3-7 only to see his chance end up in turn 4 as he and front running Michael Stake got together.Morton using a 602GM Crate motor kept on the top groove the entire distance with Cheevers,Tyler Brown,Eric Tinderholt and Ted Ballinger following.

The second feature was inverted with lead lap cars from feature number 1 as 3 wide action right off the bat with Bill Schaar making his first ever Modified start grabbed the opening lead with points leader Stake right behind him.Stake would check away from the field leaving great racing behind him.Eric Tinderholt got around Schaar on lap 8 after side by side racing early on to move into second place with Cheevers moving from 10th to third.Stake grabbed the victory in feature number 2 with Tinderholt,Cheevers,Brown,and Morton following.

Cheevers consistant finishes netted him the overall winner as Tinderholt and Morton completed the top 3.

Central Bank FactoryStock action would have side by side hard racing action as Modified chassis builder Scotty Allen grab the opening lead for two laps.Current speedway point leader Ben Solberg shot to the top groove on lap 3 and took the lead as Allen worked the low side of the track while Tim Jones and Tyson Troutman battled along with former champions Tim Petty and Dylan Keeper.A late race caution turn the feature around as Allen's Car seem to needed the longer green run.Solberg kept running the top side as allen turned up the heat in the final 2 laps.Solberg took home the win with Allen,Jones,Keepper and Troutman completing the top 5.

The PureStocks ran a special 30 lap event with some added money as 17 cars took the opening green as Elijah Keepper moved the Sherriff's 911 special to the early lead.With cautions counting early,The Pures had a few single car spins as Micheal Mauzey was applying pressure to the leader Keepper along with Matt Young and Shorty Doublin.After lap 15,the feature went solid grren flag racing as early continders Mauzey and Doublin both pitted on lap 16 after a restart eliminating their hopes for victory.With Keepper running the top groove,point leader Kory Barker quietly worked his way from 11th to challange Keepper.Matt young and battling early spinner Matt Pilant for posistion while 16th starter Robert Doublin was coming fast.After a 5 lap side by side battle between Keepper and Barker,Barker made the low side stick and took over the lead on lap 23.Keepper worked lapped traffic and with 2 laps to go started to reel-in the race leader.Barker withstood the late race surge and held on for the win with Keepper,Matt Pilant,16th starter Robert Doublin and early contender and pole setter Matt Young completing the top 5. 9 cars finished on the lead lap with 15 of the 17 starters finishing the distance.15 year old Justin Allen making his first ever Midway start started 17th and charged to 6th place

Monk Barker grabbed the opening lead in the Coldwell Banker StreetStock feature and was looking to record his first ever win.Rodney Yost battled beside Barker early and after whhel to wheel action,it was Yost grabbing the lead on lap 12 to capture the victory with Barker,a fast moving Trevor Ellingson,Billy Waters and last weeks winner Jack Hamer completing the top 5.

Veteran racer JC Newell overtook pacesetter Clinton Betts on lap 3 and never looked back in capturing the Rocky Ridge Construction Sportsman feature.Sam Petty again showed a strong run in this class as he finished in the runner-up spot with last weeks winner Bradley McDowell,early leader Betts and MidWest Modz point leader little JC Newel rounding out the top 5.

Joplin's Bobby Gough made the 2 hour trip to Midway worth his wild as he grabbed the opening lead and withstood a mid race caution and challange from JC Newell in the MidWest Mod feature following the lead duo to the line was last weeks winner Rich Reynolds and former FactoryStock champion James Ellis making his first start of the season.

Action goes into high gear next Friday night as LateModels return to the Midway as the Show-Me Racin Series rolls into the Ozarks action track.Current Series Point leader and defending champion Justin Wells head a star-studded field of drivers such as Ken "The Flying Farmer"Essary,Lebanon's Brandon B-Mac McCormick,Former midway Champion Tony Jackson Jr,Arkansas Larry Campbell,Series points runner-up Randy Zimmerman of Fort Scott,Kaansas,Dwight Neihoff,Darrell and Dustin Mooneyham,Springfield's Chris Morelock,Midway first ever Latemodel winner Shane Essary and many more for the Larry Phillips Birthday Bash.Action will also feature points races in the Central Bank FactoryStocks,Energy Company Modifieds,Coldwell banker StreetStocks and the exciting PureStocks.

Results
Energy Company Modifieds
Time Trials-Brian Webster-Richland 15.59
1st Qualifying feature 1)JC Morton-Springfield 2)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 3)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 4)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 5)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 6)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 7)Michael Stake-Phillipsburg 8)Bill Schaar-St Roberts 9)Corey Botkins-Columbia 10)Brian Webster-Richland 11)Brian Myers-Lebanon 12)Chris Tonoli-Hermitage
2nd Ft-1)Stake 2)Tinderholt 3)Cheevers 4)Brown 5)Morton 6)Schaar 7)Manes 8)Ballinger 9)Webster 10)Botkins 11)Myers 12)Tonoli
Final Standings-1)Cheevers 2)Tinderholt 3)Morton 4)Brown 5)Stake 6)Manes 7)Ballinger 8)Schaar 9)Webster 10)Botkins 11)Myers 12)Tonoli

Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Solberg-Springfield 2)Scotty Allen-Urbana 3)Tim Jones-Marshfield 4)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 5)Tyson Troutman-Houston 6)Doug Rich-Macks Creek 7)Tim Petty-Niangua 8)Caleb Chapman-Fulton 9)Craig Danuser-Macks Creek 10)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 11)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 12)Jim Keeran-California 13)Chris Wynn-Hartville
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Allen 3)Petty 4)Keeper 5)Chapman 6)Berry 7)Keeran
2nd Ht-1)Solberg 2)Jones 3)Rich 4)Danuser 5)Davis 6)Wynn

PureStocks
A Ft-1)Kory Barker-Lebanon 2)Elijah Keepper-Hurley 3)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 4)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 5)Matt Young-Lebanon 6)Justin Allen-Urbana 7)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 8)Stacy Burns-Lebanon 9)Les Hayes-Camdenton 10)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 11)Daniel Glenn-Lebanon 12)Trevor Fitzgibson/Kathy Tonoli-Hermitage 13)Adam Brown-Aurora 14)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 15)Micheal Mauzey-Urbana 16)Robert McGinnis-Lebanon 17)Samantha Grindstaff-Bolivar DNS-Joey Long-Mansfield Danny Caffey-Conway
1st Ht-1)Young 2)Mauzey 3)Long 4)Glenn 5)Fitzgibson/Tonoli 6)Caffey 7)Allen
2nd Ht-1)Keepper 2)S.Doublin 3)Warner 4)Brown 5)Hayes 6)Grindstaff
3rd Ht-1)Barker 2)Pilant 3)Lowrance 4)McGinnis 5)Burns 6)R Doublin

Coldwell Banker StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Rodney Yost-Squires 2)Monk Barker-Lebanon 3)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon 4)Billy Waters-Nebo 5)Jack Hamer-Ava 6)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 7)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 8)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 9)Ricky Brashears-Richland 10)Joe Francis-Lebanon DNS-Keith Cheever-Lebanon Kevin Forshey-Dixon
1st Ht-1)Brandon Waters 2)Hamer 3)Barker 4)Ellingson 5)Francis 6)Cheever
2nd Ht-1)Yost 2)Billy Waters 3)Goring 4)Brashears 5)Lewis 6)Forshey

Rocky Ridge Construction Sportsman
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Decaturville 2)Sam Petty-Niangua 3)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 4)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 5)Little JC Newell-Stoutland 6)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove
Ht-1)JC Newell 2)Little Newell 3)Betts 4)Petty 5)McDowell 6)Ballinger

MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)Bobby Gough-Joplin 2)JC Newell-Stoutland 3)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon 4)James Ellis-Richland
Ht-1)Gough 2)Newell 3)Reynolds 4)Ellis
 




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