Montgomery, Shepard, Blair and Chilton crowned Champions at SFCR!

jdearing

Administrator
Staff member
The Annual Awards banquet for the St Francois County Raceway was held on Saturday Night at the Elks Club in Potosi. A nice crowd was on hand to honor the Champions of 2009.

Leading off in the Sprint Division. Joey Montgomery, Fredericktown, MO, returned to the top of the heap. Montgomery took advantage of the field by running in the top 5 14 times and 15 times in the top ten. He scored his only feature win of the season on May 9th. He also finished 2nd 7 times this season.

Drivers Joey Montgomery, Jimmy Hurley, Tommy Worley, Casey Barnhouse, Jerrod Hull, and Robbie Standridge all won feature events this season.

Final Top 10 in the Sprint Division are as follows: 1. Joey Montgomery, Fredericktown, MO. 2. Jimmy Hurley, Springfield, IL. 3. Tommy Worley, Jr. Doe Run, MO. 4. Keith Burch, Farmington, MO. 5. Casey Barnhouse, Farmington, MO. 6. Steve Short, Farmington, MO. 7. Joey Boyd, Farmington, MO. 8. Tom Dickerman, Cedar Hill, MO. 9. Tim Montgomery, Fredericktown, MO. 10. Kent Buckley, Farmington, MO.

Ryan Kempin of Catawissa, MO claimed Rookie of the Year Honors.

Modified Division was tough as always. However, David Shepard held on to win his first championship at St Francois County Raceway. Shepard had a strong start to his season that at one point winning five feature events in a row. Ending up the season with 6 feature wins, 13 Top 5, and 16 Top 10 finishes to secure the championship over runner-up Brent Thompson.

Thompson was making a bid to become a back-to-back-to-back-to-back four time champion just missed. Thompson ended with 6 feature wins, 14 top fives and 16 topo tens.

Drivers David Shepard, Brent Thompson, Jeremy Greenwalt, Matt Eaton, Billy Smith, Rusty Griffaw and Kenny Rumble all won features this season.

B Type Modifieds also ran four times and produced four different winners. They are Brian Richards, Kyle Stolzer, Randy Forster, and Brad McKennon. The B Modifieds will become a regular class for 2010 replacing the 600 cc Multi’s.

Final Top 10 points in the Modified Division. 1. David Shepard, DeSoto, MO. 2. Brent Thompson, Park Hills, MO. 3. Jeremy Greenwalt, Potosi, MO. 4. Matt Eaton, Park Hills, MO. 5. Billy Smith, Bonne Terre, MO. 6. Shannon Blair, Potosi, MO. 7. Jim Black, Bonne Terre, MO. 8. Jeff Asher, Irondale, MO. 9. Kasey Nations, Farmington, MO. 10. Kenny Kennedy, Farmington, MO.

Jeff Asher, Irondale, MO takes home the honors of Rookie of the Year in the Modified Division.

Brian Blair, Cadet, MO, put on a clinic as he ran away with the Championship in the Pure Street Division. Winning a total of 8 feature events, 15 times a top 5 runner, and 16 times in the top 10. Out of the 15 top fivers, 11 were either first or second.

Brian Blair, Shane Blair, Chris Boyd, Mike Savage, and Charlie Savage were the only feature winners in 2009.

Final Top 10 in points for the Pure Streets are: 1. Brian, Blair, Cadet, MO. 2. Shane Blair, Potosi, MO. 3. Chris Boyd, Park Hills, MO. 4. Mike Savage, Annapolis, MO. 5. Jimmy Farris, Mineral Point, MO. 6. Eric Sarakas, Fredericktown, MO. 7. Eddie Gross, Park Hills, MO. 8. C J Wright, Park Hills, MO. 9. Robbie Wells, Bellview, MO. 10. Dave Wofford, Caledonia, MO.

Rookie of the Year Honors goes to C J Wright.

The 600 Multi Division as mentioned before will not be a regular class for 2010. The possibility of one or two special shows are in the works.

Having a stellar season, Dave Chilton, had it all to himself. Following up on his 2008 Championship run at Doe Run Raceway. Chilton added the 2009 Multi Championship at St Francois County Raceway to his resume. Only winning on feature along the way, he also amassed 12 top five finishes and 15 top ten runs on the season.

Along with Chilton, Kyle Amerson, Jason Daugherty, Austin Brown, Derek King, Andy Malpocker, Chris Myers, Ryan Kemp[in, Cody Cleeves, Brandon Nixon and JoeB Miller all had at least on win.

Final Top 10 points for Multi Division. 1. Dave Chilton, Farmington, MO. 2. Kyle Amerson, Wildwood, MO. 3. Jason Daugherty, DeSoto, MO. 4. Lynda Blanke, Festus, MO. 5. Brian Keen, Desloge, MO. 6. Paul Bourbon, Potosi, MO. 7. JoeB Miller, Millersvile, MO. 8. Brandon Nixon, Mineral Point, MO. 9. Garrett Worley, Doe Run, MO. 10. Scott Smith, Farmington, MO.

Kyle Amerson also picked up the Rookie of the Year Honors and the POWRi Track Championship Award.

Closing out the recognition of Winners for 2009 Keith Buckley won a special event for the Mini Stocks and Lee Stuppy twice for the Kids Caged Karts.

The 2010 race season is just around the corner. The Annual Car Show and Play Day is scheduled for the last Saturday in March. The first Races of 2010 will be the first Saturday in April, as of the writing. Please check our tracks website (www.sfcr-online.com) for further information.
 




Back
Top