Point Leader Graybeal Tops First Win In Midway Mods With 2 Other New Winners

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Lebanon,Mo.-Racing action Friday Night at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway was fast and close as 3 new winners helped highlight the race event in a night were extra dollars were available for different classes.

Current Midway Modified point leader Wayne Graybeal has showed consistant finishes in the top 5 all season long but has yet to visit the winners circle.That was until Friday night when Graybeal the longtime veteran driver held off repeated challanges from young gun Micheal Stake and Eric Tinderholt in capturing his first feature win of the 2010 season.After finishing second in his heat race,the redraw put Graybeal and Stake on the front row as Stake went to the top side right off the bat while Graybeal would lead the opening lap.On lap 2,Stake took over the top spot as the duo went side by side.Graybeal grabbed the lead back on lap 3 as last weeks winner Tyler Brown had moved from 11th to the forth place spot as Tinderholt closed in on the lead duo.Caution waved on lap 7 bunching field field up .On the restart,Grabeal using the bottom of the track and Stake running the highside kept up the battle as Tinderholt,Brown and Shawn Strong closed-up quickly.On lap 13,Graybeal began to pull away as Tinderholt moved around Stake for second place and closed-up on Graybeal but Graybeal withstood the charge in taking the feature as Tinderholt,Stake,Brown and Strong completed the top 5.

StreetStock action saw extra money up for grabs as they competed in double features to determine the $400 to win prize money with another new 2010 winner taking the honors.

After timing in to set the field,Lebanon's Keith Cheever who set fast time brought the field down to the green with Rob White on the outside of the front row.Cheever powered into the lead on the start with White point leader Joe Francis and Brandon Waters following.Going into turn 3,Cheever spun the car with Richard Curnutt getting into him and Jack Hamer spinning to avoid the mishap.On the restart,Francis jumped to the lead over White and began to pull away leaving White,the Waters Brothers and Matt Keeth to battle.On lap 3,Francis turned into the pits with a rear gear problem ending his first race.Rob White took over the lead with Brandon Waters,Keeth and a fast moving Jack Hamer coming quickly.White began to stretch the lead as Hamer disposed of Keeth and was battling Waters for second place.White took the first feature with Brandon Waters,Hamer,Keeth and a fast moving monk Barker completing the top 5.

The second feature was inverted with Cheever grabbing the lead from his pole posistion with Billy Waters close behind followed by JR Aitken and Hamer.Cheever was running strong while 12th starting Joe Francis was coming through the field quickly.With Cheever in charge,Francis moved uo on lap 5 to take the lead and started pulling away leaving a good battle for second place between Cheeever,Hamer and 8th starting Rob White.Francis would take the win in feature number 2 as White,Cheever,Hamer and Brandon Waters rounded out the top 5.Rob White's finishes declared him the overall winner taking home the top money as Hamer and Brandon Waters also recieved extra money for second and third overall.

FactoryStock action also saw a new winner for the 2010 season as veteran Sundance Keepper would lead the entire 15 lap feature but not without several challanges.Point leaderTyson Troutman would follow Keepper in the feature until getting caught in a spin on lap 9 along with last weeks winner Bob Gustin sending both front runners to the rear of the field.Keepper would pull away on the restart,however Tim Jones started to close-up the gap on lap 11 and got to within 2 car lengths of the leader Keepper until Ben Solberg applied pressure to Jones for the final 2 laps.Keepper grabbed the win with a close finish for second place as Jones,Solberg,Troutman rallied to finish fourth and Mark Davis completed the top 5.

The MidWest Modz provided an outstanding feature as Mark Raymond took the opening lead as Jeremy Manes followed closely.On lap 2,Manes took the top spot as Raymond stayed close behind while Tyler Chainey and Bobby Gough battled.Manes began to open the lead over Raymond as point leader JC Newell began his move to the front pack.With Manes leading,Newell began to apply pressure on lap 6 and took over the lead on lap 9.Manes would retire two laps later with problems as Mark Raymond who had spun earlier was closing the gap on leader Newell.With 2 laps to go Raymond got close,but Newell would record the victory with Raymond,Gough and Chainey completing the top 4 and gathering extra sponsor money for the night.

Sportsman feature action saw a spirited battle early between leader JC Newell and Mike Jones.JC Newell would lead the first 7 laps of the feature until point leader Ben Newell made a high groove pass to grab his 7th feature win of the season as JC Newell,Jones,Clinton Betts and Tim Ballinger completed the top 5.

Kory Barker decided to compete in the Enduro division tonight and that decision paid off as he grabbed the opening lead and never looked back.Behind the winner was a great race between Les Hayes,Daniel Glenn,Steve Steinmark and Willie Payne.Early contender Joe Francis fell out on lap 3 with a flat tire and young lady driver Sammantha Grindstaff completed all the laps.Following Barker to the finish was Les Hayes with Glenn,Steinmark,Payne in the top 5.

A special attraction Friday night July 2nd with see the Speedway host a Special Fireworks show during intermission along with points racing in the FactoryStocks,Modifieds,StreetStocks,PureStocks and Sportsman.Racing will start at 8PM sharp with Admission prices set $12 for adults with 11-15 $7 and 10 and under Free.July 9th will see action as the Show-Me Racin Series heads to the Midway for the first time in 2010 along with FactoryStocks,Modifieds,StreetStocks,PureStocks and MidWest Modz.

For more information visit the website at WWW.LebanonMidwaySpeedway.com or contact Jack Jones at 417-594-0594.

Results
Energy Company Modifieds
A Ft-1)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 2)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 3)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 4)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 5)Shawn Strong-Republic 6)Don Luna-St James 7)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 8)Brian Webster-Richland 9)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 10)Brian Myers-Lebanon 11)Tommy McBride-Lebanon DNS-Mike Green-Springfield Jerry Lankton-Lampe
1st Ht-1)Tinderholt 2)Graybeal 3)Strong 4)Myers 5)McBride 6)Barker 7)Lankton
2nd Ht-1)T.Brown 2)Webster 3)Stake 4)Ballinger 5)Luna 6)Green
Sunnyview Pet Foods Dash For Cash-1)Brown

Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Sundance Keepper-Everton 2)Tim Jones-Marshfield 3)Ben Solberg-Springfield 4)Tyson Troutman-Houston 5)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 6)Craig Danuser-Linn Creek 7)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 8)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 9)Chris Wynn-Niangua 10)Tim Stone 11)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Jones 3)Solberg 4)Danuser 5)Wynn 6)Stone
2nd Ht-1)Keepper 2)Gustin 3)Davis 4)Wilson 5)Berry

StreetStocks
1st Ft-1)Rob White-Lebanon 2)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 5)Monk Barker-Lebanon 6)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 7)JR Aitken-Brighton 8)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 9)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 10)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 11)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 12)Joe Francis-Lebanon 13)Richard Curnutt-Richland DNS-Rodney Yost-Squires
2nd Ft-1)Francis 2)White 3)Cheever 4)Hamer 5)Brandon Waters 6)Billy Waters 7)Lewis 8)Goring 9)Aitken 10)Barker 11)Keeth 12)Curnutt 13)Lowrance DNS-Yost
Overall Finsh-1)White 2)Hamer 3)Brandon Waters 4)Cheever 5)Billy Waters 6)Francis 7)Barker 8)Keeth 9)Lewis 10)Aitken 11)Goring 12)Lowrance 13)Curnutt
Fast Qualifier-Cheever 17.25 seconds

MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Stoutland 2)Mark Raymond-Branson 3)Bobby Gough-Joplin 4)Tyler Chainey-Springfield 5)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 6)Jeremy Manes-Nixa
Ht-1)Chainey 2)Manes 3)Raymond 4)Brown 5)Newell 6)Gough

Sportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)JC Newell-Decaturville 3)Micheal Jones-Lebanon 4)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 5)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 6)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 7)Justin Crawford DNS-Bennie Joiner-Lebanon
Ht-1)Jones 2)B.newell 3)JC Newell 4)Bill Joiner 5)Betts 6)Ballinger 7)Crawford 8)Bennie Joiner

Enduro-1)Kory Barker-Lebanon 2)Les Hayes-Camdenton 3)Daniel Glenn-Lebanon 4)Steve Steinmark-Lebanon 5)Willie Payne-Lebanon 6)Sammantha Grindstaff-Bolivar 7)Joe Francis-Lebanon 8)Corey Nutt-Lebanon
 




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