Springfield,Mo.The 2010 racing season kicked-off Sat night at the quick-quarter of the SpringfieldRaceway with side by side action all night long with over 70 raceteams in the pits.
Erik Maggard picked-up where he left off for the late 2009 season as Maggard led all 20 laps of the A-Modified feature.After earning the most passing points,Maggard who started on the pole moved to the top groove on the start taking the spot away from outside row starter Brian Green and never looked back as the race for second place was tight all night long between Green,Mitch Ketter,defending champion Jackie Dalton,Brandon Maggard,Steve Muilenburg and a fast moving Jody Tillman as these drivers went wheel to wheel.The only caution on lap 15 turned to a red flag situation as Rocky Berliew took a ride off turn 3 as the transmission in his car exploded and came through the car.Berliew was removed and transported to the hospital to be checked-out.On the final restart,Maggard again pulled away in grabbing the first win of the season as Green overtook Keeter at the line for the runner-up spot followed by Dalton and Brandon Maggard.
The SportMods feature had Sean Williams and Willie wilson bring the 20 car field to the green with Williams grabbing the early lead and Wilson following close behind as as Roy Maynard and Steve Muilenburg,Colt Cheevers,JC Morton and Jerry Lankton all battled.With Williams setting a fast pace on the lightning quick oval,3 wide action for positions was the norm as Wilson was holding a strong second place.The first yellow waved on lap 9 as Eric Tinderholt came to a halt in turn 4.On the double-file restart,Williams again pulled away as Wilson had his hands full for second place.On lap 11,JC Morton took a spining ride on the backstretch bringing out the last yellow.On the restart, Williams again pulled away as Roy Maynard was applying pressure to Wilson and moved into second on lap 14 as Muilenburg and Cheevers followed suit. In the final 3 laps,Maynard closed up on Williams as Seam kept in the high groove with Maynard going 1 lane higher while Cheevers was trying to make the middle lane work.As the checkered flew,Williams took the win with Maynard,Cheevers,Muilenburg and Wilson completing the top 5 in an action packed feature.
The StreetStock feature had plenty of action as Jack Hamer brought the field down to the Green flag with Bobby Maggard Sr on his outside.This duo ran wheel to wheel for the opening 2 laps and then Hamer began to pull away as Tyler Schoen moved into the second place spot as Rusty Forrest and Rex Freize battled for spots.On lap 6,Schoen closed-up on Hamer and on lap 8 a small bobble by Hamer allowed Schoen to pull even.Schoen and Hamer went wheel to wheel for the next 3 laps but by lap 13,Schoen had pulled away and went to grab the victory followed by Hamer,Tyrel Jones,Dan Wood and Matt Keethy at the stripe.
The Legends picked-up the tight action again just as they did in 2009.On the start pole setter David Bauer had his throttle cable come loose jamming up the inside row and sending Rob Watson and Gary hockman to the infield.On the restart,outside front row starter Jay Reynolds took to the high groove as Justin Comer and Park Jones stayed close while Rod Baird and Bill Cottrill were battling.The race went 20 laps solid Green as the battle for the lead was tight with Reynolds,Jones and Comer swapping spots as Reynolds stayed in the top spot as Jones and Comer kept their battle up front while trying to overtake Reynolds.As the chekered flew,Reynolds grabbed the victory with Comer nipping jones for the runner-up spot followed by Jones,Baird and Cottrill at the stripe.
In the debut of the newly formed MidWest Modz,14 year old and third generation driver JC Newell grabbed the lead on the opening lap from his second row starting spot and never looked back in recording his first ever SpringfieldRaceway victory.Bobby Gough,Mark Raymond,Gary Krebs and Earl Muilenburg followed.
Only 1 Purestock checked-in as first time ever driver Josh Pinkley was declared the winner taking home a beautiful throphy.Josh also competed with the StreetStock class and did a good job i his first race ever.
Action Continues Sat Night April 24th with points racing with the A-Mods,SportMods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and Purestocks.PitGates open at 3PM with the drivers cut-off for pill draw at 5:30.Hotlaps begin at 5:30 and Racing at 6:15.
For more information visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426 for more information.
Results
A Mods
A Ft-1)Erik Maggard-Springfield 2)Brian Green-Pierce City 3)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 4)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 5)Brandon Maggard-Springfield 6)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 7)Jody Tillman-Branson West 8)Jim Body-Diamond 9)Justin RexWinkle-Oklahoma 10)Ron McClellan-Jasper 11)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark. 12)Rocky Berliew DNS-Bobby Pearish-Oronogo
1st Ht-1)E Maggard 2)Green 3)RexWinkle 4)Pearish 5)B.Maggard 6)Berliew
2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Dalton 3)Muilenburg 4)Body 5)Tillman 6)McClellan 7)Mitchell
SportMods
A Ft-1)Sean Williams-Willard 2)Roy Maynard-Alba 3)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 4)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 5)Willie Wilson-Springfield 6)Dallas Scott-Springfield 7)Wes Long-Springfield 8)Mike Watson-Springfield 9)Corey Pope-Marshfield 10)Brad Moad-Springfield 11)Billy Dalton-Reeds 12)Chad Williams-Joplin 13)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 14)Brandon Pister-Rogersville 15)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 16)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 17)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 18)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 19)JC morton-Springfield DNS-Tom Hardesty
B ft-(top 4 to A Ft) 1)Moad 2)Watson 3)Hailman 4)Yeoman Jr 5)James Redus-Springfield 6)Nathan Cottrell 7)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 8)Sam Petty-Niangua 9)Nathan Evans-Springfield 10)Aaron Speck-Republic DQ-Rich Hert-Springfield DNS-Andy Beauchamp-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Wilson 2)Lankton 3)Morton 4)C.Williams 5)Scott 6)Dalton 7)Hailman 8)Willoughby 9)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Cheevers 2)Graybeal 3)Long 4)Pister 5)Hardesty 6)Watson 7)Evans 8)Speck 9)Hert
3rd Ht-1)Maynard 2)S.Williams 3)Tinderholt 4)Muilenburg 5)Pope 6)Moad 7)Redus 8)Cottrill 9)Beauchamp 10)Yeoman
StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 2)Jack Hamer-Ava 3)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 4)Dan Wood-Springfield 5)Matt Keethy-Springfield 6)Josh Pinkley-Springfield 7)Rusty Forrest-Springfield 8)Nick Whitehead-Springfield 9)Rex Freize-Wilard 10)Bobby Maggard Sr-Springfield 11)Josh Rupp-Sparta DQ-JR Aiken-Brighton DNS-Randy High-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Whitehead 3)Forrest 4)Keethy 5)Rupp 6)High
2nd Ht-1)Maggard Sr 2)Wood 3)Schoen 4)Aiken 5)Pinkley 6)Jones DQ-Freize
Legends
A Ft-1)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 2)Justin Comer-Joplin 3)Park Jones-Joplin 4)Rod Baird-Oldfield 5)Bill Cottrel-Joplin 6)Gary Hockman-Rolla 7)Billy Cottrel-Joplin 8)Caleb Smith-Joplin 9)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 10)Brian Boucher-Joplin 11)Rick Nichols-Joplin 12)Rob Watson-Clever 13)David Bauer-Webb City DNS-Dave Comer-Joplin
1st Ht-1)Bauer 2)J.Comer 3)Watson 4)Baird 5)Hockman 6)Billy Cottril 7)Gruenburg
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Jones 3)Bill Cottril 4)D.Comer 5)Nichols 6)Boucher 7)C.Smith
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)JC Newel-Stoutland 2)Bobby Gough-Joplin 3)Mark Raymond-Branson 4)Gary Krebs-Clever 5)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta
Ht-1)Gough 2)Krebs 3)Newell 4)Muilenburg 5)Raymond
Erik Maggard picked-up where he left off for the late 2009 season as Maggard led all 20 laps of the A-Modified feature.After earning the most passing points,Maggard who started on the pole moved to the top groove on the start taking the spot away from outside row starter Brian Green and never looked back as the race for second place was tight all night long between Green,Mitch Ketter,defending champion Jackie Dalton,Brandon Maggard,Steve Muilenburg and a fast moving Jody Tillman as these drivers went wheel to wheel.The only caution on lap 15 turned to a red flag situation as Rocky Berliew took a ride off turn 3 as the transmission in his car exploded and came through the car.Berliew was removed and transported to the hospital to be checked-out.On the final restart,Maggard again pulled away in grabbing the first win of the season as Green overtook Keeter at the line for the runner-up spot followed by Dalton and Brandon Maggard.
The SportMods feature had Sean Williams and Willie wilson bring the 20 car field to the green with Williams grabbing the early lead and Wilson following close behind as as Roy Maynard and Steve Muilenburg,Colt Cheevers,JC Morton and Jerry Lankton all battled.With Williams setting a fast pace on the lightning quick oval,3 wide action for positions was the norm as Wilson was holding a strong second place.The first yellow waved on lap 9 as Eric Tinderholt came to a halt in turn 4.On the double-file restart,Williams again pulled away as Wilson had his hands full for second place.On lap 11,JC Morton took a spining ride on the backstretch bringing out the last yellow.On the restart, Williams again pulled away as Roy Maynard was applying pressure to Wilson and moved into second on lap 14 as Muilenburg and Cheevers followed suit. In the final 3 laps,Maynard closed up on Williams as Seam kept in the high groove with Maynard going 1 lane higher while Cheevers was trying to make the middle lane work.As the checkered flew,Williams took the win with Maynard,Cheevers,Muilenburg and Wilson completing the top 5 in an action packed feature.
The StreetStock feature had plenty of action as Jack Hamer brought the field down to the Green flag with Bobby Maggard Sr on his outside.This duo ran wheel to wheel for the opening 2 laps and then Hamer began to pull away as Tyler Schoen moved into the second place spot as Rusty Forrest and Rex Freize battled for spots.On lap 6,Schoen closed-up on Hamer and on lap 8 a small bobble by Hamer allowed Schoen to pull even.Schoen and Hamer went wheel to wheel for the next 3 laps but by lap 13,Schoen had pulled away and went to grab the victory followed by Hamer,Tyrel Jones,Dan Wood and Matt Keethy at the stripe.
The Legends picked-up the tight action again just as they did in 2009.On the start pole setter David Bauer had his throttle cable come loose jamming up the inside row and sending Rob Watson and Gary hockman to the infield.On the restart,outside front row starter Jay Reynolds took to the high groove as Justin Comer and Park Jones stayed close while Rod Baird and Bill Cottrill were battling.The race went 20 laps solid Green as the battle for the lead was tight with Reynolds,Jones and Comer swapping spots as Reynolds stayed in the top spot as Jones and Comer kept their battle up front while trying to overtake Reynolds.As the chekered flew,Reynolds grabbed the victory with Comer nipping jones for the runner-up spot followed by Jones,Baird and Cottrill at the stripe.
In the debut of the newly formed MidWest Modz,14 year old and third generation driver JC Newell grabbed the lead on the opening lap from his second row starting spot and never looked back in recording his first ever SpringfieldRaceway victory.Bobby Gough,Mark Raymond,Gary Krebs and Earl Muilenburg followed.
Only 1 Purestock checked-in as first time ever driver Josh Pinkley was declared the winner taking home a beautiful throphy.Josh also competed with the StreetStock class and did a good job i his first race ever.
Action Continues Sat Night April 24th with points racing with the A-Mods,SportMods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and Purestocks.PitGates open at 3PM with the drivers cut-off for pill draw at 5:30.Hotlaps begin at 5:30 and Racing at 6:15.
For more information visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426 for more information.
Results
A Mods
A Ft-1)Erik Maggard-Springfield 2)Brian Green-Pierce City 3)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 4)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 5)Brandon Maggard-Springfield 6)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 7)Jody Tillman-Branson West 8)Jim Body-Diamond 9)Justin RexWinkle-Oklahoma 10)Ron McClellan-Jasper 11)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark. 12)Rocky Berliew DNS-Bobby Pearish-Oronogo
1st Ht-1)E Maggard 2)Green 3)RexWinkle 4)Pearish 5)B.Maggard 6)Berliew
2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Dalton 3)Muilenburg 4)Body 5)Tillman 6)McClellan 7)Mitchell
SportMods
A Ft-1)Sean Williams-Willard 2)Roy Maynard-Alba 3)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 4)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 5)Willie Wilson-Springfield 6)Dallas Scott-Springfield 7)Wes Long-Springfield 8)Mike Watson-Springfield 9)Corey Pope-Marshfield 10)Brad Moad-Springfield 11)Billy Dalton-Reeds 12)Chad Williams-Joplin 13)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 14)Brandon Pister-Rogersville 15)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 16)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 17)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 18)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 19)JC morton-Springfield DNS-Tom Hardesty
B ft-(top 4 to A Ft) 1)Moad 2)Watson 3)Hailman 4)Yeoman Jr 5)James Redus-Springfield 6)Nathan Cottrell 7)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 8)Sam Petty-Niangua 9)Nathan Evans-Springfield 10)Aaron Speck-Republic DQ-Rich Hert-Springfield DNS-Andy Beauchamp-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Wilson 2)Lankton 3)Morton 4)C.Williams 5)Scott 6)Dalton 7)Hailman 8)Willoughby 9)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Cheevers 2)Graybeal 3)Long 4)Pister 5)Hardesty 6)Watson 7)Evans 8)Speck 9)Hert
3rd Ht-1)Maynard 2)S.Williams 3)Tinderholt 4)Muilenburg 5)Pope 6)Moad 7)Redus 8)Cottrill 9)Beauchamp 10)Yeoman
StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 2)Jack Hamer-Ava 3)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 4)Dan Wood-Springfield 5)Matt Keethy-Springfield 6)Josh Pinkley-Springfield 7)Rusty Forrest-Springfield 8)Nick Whitehead-Springfield 9)Rex Freize-Wilard 10)Bobby Maggard Sr-Springfield 11)Josh Rupp-Sparta DQ-JR Aiken-Brighton DNS-Randy High-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Whitehead 3)Forrest 4)Keethy 5)Rupp 6)High
2nd Ht-1)Maggard Sr 2)Wood 3)Schoen 4)Aiken 5)Pinkley 6)Jones DQ-Freize
Legends
A Ft-1)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 2)Justin Comer-Joplin 3)Park Jones-Joplin 4)Rod Baird-Oldfield 5)Bill Cottrel-Joplin 6)Gary Hockman-Rolla 7)Billy Cottrel-Joplin 8)Caleb Smith-Joplin 9)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 10)Brian Boucher-Joplin 11)Rick Nichols-Joplin 12)Rob Watson-Clever 13)David Bauer-Webb City DNS-Dave Comer-Joplin
1st Ht-1)Bauer 2)J.Comer 3)Watson 4)Baird 5)Hockman 6)Billy Cottril 7)Gruenburg
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Jones 3)Bill Cottril 4)D.Comer 5)Nichols 6)Boucher 7)C.Smith
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)JC Newel-Stoutland 2)Bobby Gough-Joplin 3)Mark Raymond-Branson 4)Gary Krebs-Clever 5)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta
Ht-1)Gough 2)Krebs 3)Newell 4)Muilenburg 5)Raymond
