By David Darnell
With a break in the temperature, the Malden Speedway once again topped the century mark in cars with 110 on hand for Friday night's races. The program featured double features due to the past week's rain out. Billy James made the most of this opportunity and picked up his fifth and sixth Late Model wins of the year. Bart Richardson extended his Modified point lead with a win and a third place finish. Jared Wagster won the opening Modified feature. Doug Moore dominated the first Hobby Stock feature, with Tony Anglin taking the nightcap. Johnny Houart and Chuck Tilley split the Pure Street features. Scott Austin and Darrell Ham won the Cruiser opener with Steve McChristian and Terry Magouirk won the late race.
Billy James was dominating for the night but the opening Late Model feature was impressive indeed. James jumped to the lead from the second row on the opening turn of the race and never looked back. By the end of the race, only three cars remained on the lead lap as James led second by half a lap. Todd Hall, Nathan Rettig and Scott Tracer took turns holding the second spot early in the race. Hall took the position with Rettig third. Tracer's handling went away late and he had to settle for a sixth place finish. Kent Bailey and Scott Gibbs rounded out the top five. Heat winners were Rettig and Bailey.
LATE MODELS
8-29-03 Make Up Race
14 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
2. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
3. 94 Nathan Rettig Sikeston
4. 9 Kent Bailey Advance
5. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
6. 94T Scott Tracer Rector, AR
7. 90 Bobby Prosise Neelyville
8. 91 Chris Jones Neelyville
9. 199 Gary Springs Kelso
10. 11 Ferd Jordan Jonesboro, AR
In the regular scheduled Late Model feature, James had a tougher time of it, but once again returned to Victory Lane. The win is James's fourth in a row. Scott Tracer opened the race in the lead and held it for three laps before James dove between Tracer and second running Steve Karnes coming out of turn two to take the lead. James would never trail again, even though four caution periods kept the field close. Joey Mack started slowly, but started picking off positions during the second half of the race and took second. Nathan Rettig apparently had the second spot in hand, but a lap 19 spin dropped him out of contention. Charles LaPlant had a good run to third. Karnes took fourth and Scott Gibb grabbed fifth. An oil fire on lap 16 knocked Scott Tracer out of the race after running in the top five up to that point.
Heat winners were Karnes, Tracer, and James. In the heat races, Todd Hall, pilot of the 99 car, was injured in a collision with a possible broken wrist. Hall was taken in for examination.
LATE MODELS
9-5-03 Race
19 Entries - 18 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
2. 97M Joey Mack Benton
3. 3C Charles LaPlant East Prairie
4. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
5. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
6. F4 Barry Woodard Black Rock, AR
7. 91 Chris Jones Neelyville
8. 1J Terry Johnson Sikeston
9. 44 Dennis Johnston Paragould, AR
10. 199 Gary Springs Kelso
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In one of the better races of the year, Jared Wagster topped an excellent Modified field. Wagster swapped the lead back and forth with Bart Richardson with Tony Anglin and Robert Powers right in tow. Wagster took the lead for good on the 10th lap, but never developed a comfortable cushion on the field. Anglin and Wagster got into each other on lap 17, but no harm, no foul and the race continued. Powers shot past Richardson on the back straight of the final lap to take second. Richardson took third, Larry Hull fourth, with Anglin settling for a fifth place finish. Heat winners were Brad Buck, Richardson, and Wagster.
MODIFIEDS
8-29-03 Make Up Feature
23 Entries - 17 Start Feature
1. 10 Jared Wagster Portageville
2. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
3. 1 Bart Richardson Bradford, TN
4. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
5. G1 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
6. 21 Shawn Haynes Malden
7. 8 Brad Buck Paragould, AR
8. 5B John Barnett Sikeston
9. 1 Greg King Sikeston
10. C5 Claudie Cook Portageville
In the second feature, Bart Richardson led from start to finish picking up his seventh Modified win of the year. Jeff Cone took second and hounded Richardson the final 14 laps of the race. Cone pulled even with Richardson on the back straight of lap 17, only to have Richardson hold him off through turns three and four. A final lap collision shuffled the order of finish. A lapped car spun coming out of turn three as Claudie Cook and Greg King were racing hard for the third spot. Cook got through, but King had nowhere to go and wound up in a head on crash and a disappointing 18th place finish. Neither driver was injured. Chris Hall and Tony Anglin came through to round out the top five. Heat winners were Lannie Blake, Richardson, and Anglin.
MODIFIED
23 Entries - 23 Start Feature
1. 1 Bart Richardson Bradford, TN
2. 50 Jeff Cone Benton, KY
3. C5 Claudie Cook Portageville
4. 66 Chris Hall Sikeston
5. G1 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
6. 65 Doug Moore Dexter
7. 10 Jared Wagster Portageville
8. 45 Jeremy Conner Essex
9. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
10. 21 Shawn Haynes Malden
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Doug Moore ran away and hid from the Hobby Stock field in the August 29 make up feature. Tony Anglin led through the first four laps, but Moore got a good jump on the final caution flag of the race and grabbed the lead. The final 11 laps were run under green, and Moore had built a six and a half second lead on second place finisher Anglin. Tim Winchester took third in a tight three way race with Claudie Cook and Glenn Griffin. Heat winners were Anglin, Moore, and Lee Redden.
HOBBY STOCK
8-29-03 Make Up
1. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
2. 54 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
3. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
4. 54 Claudie Cook Portageville
5. 27M Glenn Griffin Dyersburg, TN
6. 87W Mark Williams Corning, AR
7. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
8. 11 Sr. Paul Keena Dexter
9. 69R Jamie Robards Broseley
10. 6 Billy Kelm Poplar Bluff
Tony Anglin led from start to finish in the regular scheduled Hobby Stock feature. He had built a 4 second lead by lap 6, but a caution on lap 11 brought the field back to Anglin. Scott Tracer had been running second to Anglin but was collected by a spin of a lapped car to knock him out of contention. Tracer fought back to get ninth despite his hard luck night of racing. Jesse Brotherton had started 12th, but hit the right setup for the feature and moved up to second. Brotherton pulled even on the back straight of lap 13, but Anglin held him off. Doug Moore took third, followed by Claudie Cook and Tim Winchester in the top five. Heat winners were Moore, Anglin, and Gene Fowler.
HOBBY STOCK
21 Entries - 19 Start Feature
1. 54 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
2. 99 Jesse Brotherton Pomona
3. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
4. 54 Claudie Cook Portageville
5. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
6. 87W Mark Williams Corning, AR
7. 11 Sr. Paul Keena Dexter
8. 21 JP Jason Pennington Qulin
9. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
10. 20 Terry Acre Doniphan
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In the opening Pure Street feature, Johnny Houart led from start to finish. The race went green - white - checkered without caution with good racing around the track. Houart built a small cushion the first half of the race, but second running Greg Casey closed to his bumper as the leaders met lapped traffic. Traffic was an issue the rest of the way with Houart holding off Casey's challenge. Chuck Tilley was the best of the rest with Aaron Darby and Paul Reeder rounding out the top five.
Heat winners were Houart, Jimmy Cornell, and Eric Lacy. Lowell Calder won the B-Main.
PURE STREET
8-29-03 Make Up Race
26 Entries - 17 Start Feature
1. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
2. 42 Greg Casey Sikeston
3. 75 Chuck Tilley Essex
4. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
5. 97 Paul Reeder Malden
6. J3 Jimmy Cornell Qulin
7. 92 Eric Lacy Poplar Bluff
8. 606 Jim Eubanks Dexter
9. 17H Steve Henley Steele
10. 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
Chuck Tilley also led from start to finish in a caution free race to take the second Pure Street feature. Tilley had a little easier time of it, as he pushed to a seven second lead by the finish. Greg Casey was second again. Aaron Darby, Jim Hyde and Johnny Houart rounded out the top five. Heat winners were Hyde, Tilley, Casey, and Steve Henley. David Tilley and Eric Lacy won the twin B-Main's.
PURE STREET
33 Entries - 20 Start Feature
1. 75 Chuck Tilley Essex
2. 42 Greg Casey Sikeston
3. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
4. J7 Jim Hyde Tiptonville, TN
5. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
6. 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
7. 92 Eric Lacy Poplar Bluff
8. 97 Paul Reeder Malden
9. 17H Steve Henley Steele
10. 294 Kirk Hutchings Summersville
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Scott Austin and Darrell Ham took the lead on the final lap to win the opening Cruiser feature. Kelly and Dustin Dunning had led the whole race to that point, but had to settle for second.
Heat winners were the Dunnings and Dunlap and Faulk. William Murphy and Bobby McCaig won the B-Main.
CRUISERS
8-29-03 Make Up
16 Entries - 10 Start Feature
1. BS19 Scott Austin & Darrell Ham
Broseley
2. L-13 Kelly Dunning & Dustin Dunning
Poplar Bluff
3. F50 Gary Dunlap & Frankie Faulk
Piggott, AR
4. F14 Larry Stevenson & Dennis Larmie Poplar
Bluff
5. 23 S Steve McChristian & Terry Magouirk
Pollard, AR
Steve McChristian & Terry Magouirk took the lead mid race and went on win the Cruiser feature. It was their fifth win of the year, but first since May 9th. Gary Dunlap & Frankie Faulk took second.
The lead pair also won the heat races.
CRUISERS
14 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 23 S Steve McChristian & Terry Magouirk
Pollard, AR
2. F50 Gary Dunlap & Frankie Faulk
Piggott, AR
3. 357 Jason Simpson & Chris Simpson Piggott,
AR
4. L-13 Kelly Dunning & Dustin Dunning
Poplar Bluff
5. 32 S John Smart & Wade Smart Pollard, AR
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Racing returns this Friday with Late Models, Modifieds, Hobby Stock, Pure Street, and Cruisers on hand. The second Annual Cotton Bowl Cup plans are being finalized; details on this season finale event will be available soon on the speedway's website at www.maldenspeedway.com
The highlight of the three day event will be a $5,000 to win Late Model extravaganza.
With a break in the temperature, the Malden Speedway once again topped the century mark in cars with 110 on hand for Friday night's races. The program featured double features due to the past week's rain out. Billy James made the most of this opportunity and picked up his fifth and sixth Late Model wins of the year. Bart Richardson extended his Modified point lead with a win and a third place finish. Jared Wagster won the opening Modified feature. Doug Moore dominated the first Hobby Stock feature, with Tony Anglin taking the nightcap. Johnny Houart and Chuck Tilley split the Pure Street features. Scott Austin and Darrell Ham won the Cruiser opener with Steve McChristian and Terry Magouirk won the late race.
Billy James was dominating for the night but the opening Late Model feature was impressive indeed. James jumped to the lead from the second row on the opening turn of the race and never looked back. By the end of the race, only three cars remained on the lead lap as James led second by half a lap. Todd Hall, Nathan Rettig and Scott Tracer took turns holding the second spot early in the race. Hall took the position with Rettig third. Tracer's handling went away late and he had to settle for a sixth place finish. Kent Bailey and Scott Gibbs rounded out the top five. Heat winners were Rettig and Bailey.
LATE MODELS
8-29-03 Make Up Race
14 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
2. 99 Todd Hall Charleston
3. 94 Nathan Rettig Sikeston
4. 9 Kent Bailey Advance
5. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
6. 94T Scott Tracer Rector, AR
7. 90 Bobby Prosise Neelyville
8. 91 Chris Jones Neelyville
9. 199 Gary Springs Kelso
10. 11 Ferd Jordan Jonesboro, AR
In the regular scheduled Late Model feature, James had a tougher time of it, but once again returned to Victory Lane. The win is James's fourth in a row. Scott Tracer opened the race in the lead and held it for three laps before James dove between Tracer and second running Steve Karnes coming out of turn two to take the lead. James would never trail again, even though four caution periods kept the field close. Joey Mack started slowly, but started picking off positions during the second half of the race and took second. Nathan Rettig apparently had the second spot in hand, but a lap 19 spin dropped him out of contention. Charles LaPlant had a good run to third. Karnes took fourth and Scott Gibb grabbed fifth. An oil fire on lap 16 knocked Scott Tracer out of the race after running in the top five up to that point.
Heat winners were Karnes, Tracer, and James. In the heat races, Todd Hall, pilot of the 99 car, was injured in a collision with a possible broken wrist. Hall was taken in for examination.
LATE MODELS
9-5-03 Race
19 Entries - 18 Start Feature
1. 5 Jr. Billy James Sikeston
2. 97M Joey Mack Benton
3. 3C Charles LaPlant East Prairie
4. 11 Steve Karnes Marion, IL
5. 34 Scott Gibbs Bloomfield
6. F4 Barry Woodard Black Rock, AR
7. 91 Chris Jones Neelyville
8. 1J Terry Johnson Sikeston
9. 44 Dennis Johnston Paragould, AR
10. 199 Gary Springs Kelso
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In one of the better races of the year, Jared Wagster topped an excellent Modified field. Wagster swapped the lead back and forth with Bart Richardson with Tony Anglin and Robert Powers right in tow. Wagster took the lead for good on the 10th lap, but never developed a comfortable cushion on the field. Anglin and Wagster got into each other on lap 17, but no harm, no foul and the race continued. Powers shot past Richardson on the back straight of the final lap to take second. Richardson took third, Larry Hull fourth, with Anglin settling for a fifth place finish. Heat winners were Brad Buck, Richardson, and Wagster.
MODIFIEDS
8-29-03 Make Up Feature
23 Entries - 17 Start Feature
1. 10 Jared Wagster Portageville
2. 02 Robert Powers Campbell
3. 1 Bart Richardson Bradford, TN
4. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
5. G1 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
6. 21 Shawn Haynes Malden
7. 8 Brad Buck Paragould, AR
8. 5B John Barnett Sikeston
9. 1 Greg King Sikeston
10. C5 Claudie Cook Portageville
In the second feature, Bart Richardson led from start to finish picking up his seventh Modified win of the year. Jeff Cone took second and hounded Richardson the final 14 laps of the race. Cone pulled even with Richardson on the back straight of lap 17, only to have Richardson hold him off through turns three and four. A final lap collision shuffled the order of finish. A lapped car spun coming out of turn three as Claudie Cook and Greg King were racing hard for the third spot. Cook got through, but King had nowhere to go and wound up in a head on crash and a disappointing 18th place finish. Neither driver was injured. Chris Hall and Tony Anglin came through to round out the top five. Heat winners were Lannie Blake, Richardson, and Anglin.
MODIFIED
23 Entries - 23 Start Feature
1. 1 Bart Richardson Bradford, TN
2. 50 Jeff Cone Benton, KY
3. C5 Claudie Cook Portageville
4. 66 Chris Hall Sikeston
5. G1 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
6. 65 Doug Moore Dexter
7. 10 Jared Wagster Portageville
8. 45 Jeremy Conner Essex
9. 78 Larry Hull Old Appleton
10. 21 Shawn Haynes Malden
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Doug Moore ran away and hid from the Hobby Stock field in the August 29 make up feature. Tony Anglin led through the first four laps, but Moore got a good jump on the final caution flag of the race and grabbed the lead. The final 11 laps were run under green, and Moore had built a six and a half second lead on second place finisher Anglin. Tim Winchester took third in a tight three way race with Claudie Cook and Glenn Griffin. Heat winners were Anglin, Moore, and Lee Redden.
HOBBY STOCK
8-29-03 Make Up
1. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
2. 54 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
3. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
4. 54 Claudie Cook Portageville
5. 27M Glenn Griffin Dyersburg, TN
6. 87W Mark Williams Corning, AR
7. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
8. 11 Sr. Paul Keena Dexter
9. 69R Jamie Robards Broseley
10. 6 Billy Kelm Poplar Bluff
Tony Anglin led from start to finish in the regular scheduled Hobby Stock feature. He had built a 4 second lead by lap 6, but a caution on lap 11 brought the field back to Anglin. Scott Tracer had been running second to Anglin but was collected by a spin of a lapped car to knock him out of contention. Tracer fought back to get ninth despite his hard luck night of racing. Jesse Brotherton had started 12th, but hit the right setup for the feature and moved up to second. Brotherton pulled even on the back straight of lap 13, but Anglin held him off. Doug Moore took third, followed by Claudie Cook and Tim Winchester in the top five. Heat winners were Moore, Anglin, and Gene Fowler.
HOBBY STOCK
21 Entries - 19 Start Feature
1. 54 Tony Anglin Hoxie, AR
2. 99 Jesse Brotherton Pomona
3. 007 Doug Moore Dexter
4. 54 Claudie Cook Portageville
5. 30/30 Tim Winchester Gideon
6. 87W Mark Williams Corning, AR
7. 11 Sr. Paul Keena Dexter
8. 21 JP Jason Pennington Qulin
9. 94 Scott Tracer Rector, AR
10. 20 Terry Acre Doniphan
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In the opening Pure Street feature, Johnny Houart led from start to finish. The race went green - white - checkered without caution with good racing around the track. Houart built a small cushion the first half of the race, but second running Greg Casey closed to his bumper as the leaders met lapped traffic. Traffic was an issue the rest of the way with Houart holding off Casey's challenge. Chuck Tilley was the best of the rest with Aaron Darby and Paul Reeder rounding out the top five.
Heat winners were Houart, Jimmy Cornell, and Eric Lacy. Lowell Calder won the B-Main.
PURE STREET
8-29-03 Make Up Race
26 Entries - 17 Start Feature
1. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
2. 42 Greg Casey Sikeston
3. 75 Chuck Tilley Essex
4. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
5. 97 Paul Reeder Malden
6. J3 Jimmy Cornell Qulin
7. 92 Eric Lacy Poplar Bluff
8. 606 Jim Eubanks Dexter
9. 17H Steve Henley Steele
10. 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
Chuck Tilley also led from start to finish in a caution free race to take the second Pure Street feature. Tilley had a little easier time of it, as he pushed to a seven second lead by the finish. Greg Casey was second again. Aaron Darby, Jim Hyde and Johnny Houart rounded out the top five. Heat winners were Hyde, Tilley, Casey, and Steve Henley. David Tilley and Eric Lacy won the twin B-Main's.
PURE STREET
33 Entries - 20 Start Feature
1. 75 Chuck Tilley Essex
2. 42 Greg Casey Sikeston
3. 29 Aaron Darby Portageville
4. J7 Jim Hyde Tiptonville, TN
5. 34 Johnny Houart Gideon
6. 19 Jason Palmer Bernie
7. 92 Eric Lacy Poplar Bluff
8. 97 Paul Reeder Malden
9. 17H Steve Henley Steele
10. 294 Kirk Hutchings Summersville
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Scott Austin and Darrell Ham took the lead on the final lap to win the opening Cruiser feature. Kelly and Dustin Dunning had led the whole race to that point, but had to settle for second.
Heat winners were the Dunnings and Dunlap and Faulk. William Murphy and Bobby McCaig won the B-Main.
CRUISERS
8-29-03 Make Up
16 Entries - 10 Start Feature
1. BS19 Scott Austin & Darrell Ham
Broseley
2. L-13 Kelly Dunning & Dustin Dunning
Poplar Bluff
3. F50 Gary Dunlap & Frankie Faulk
Piggott, AR
4. F14 Larry Stevenson & Dennis Larmie Poplar
Bluff
5. 23 S Steve McChristian & Terry Magouirk
Pollard, AR
Steve McChristian & Terry Magouirk took the lead mid race and went on win the Cruiser feature. It was their fifth win of the year, but first since May 9th. Gary Dunlap & Frankie Faulk took second.
The lead pair also won the heat races.
CRUISERS
14 Entries - 11 Start Feature
1. 23 S Steve McChristian & Terry Magouirk
Pollard, AR
2. F50 Gary Dunlap & Frankie Faulk
Piggott, AR
3. 357 Jason Simpson & Chris Simpson Piggott,
AR
4. L-13 Kelly Dunning & Dustin Dunning
Poplar Bluff
5. 32 S John Smart & Wade Smart Pollard, AR
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Racing returns this Friday with Late Models, Modifieds, Hobby Stock, Pure Street, and Cruisers on hand. The second Annual Cotton Bowl Cup plans are being finalized; details on this season finale event will be available soon on the speedway's website at www.maldenspeedway.com
The highlight of the three day event will be a $5,000 to win Late Model extravaganza.
