Lebanon,Mo.-Before a capacity crowd Friday night at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway,the area drivers turned up the heat with great side by side racing action as Rookie Modified driver Shawn Strong played a waiting game before passing Micheal Stake on lap 12 of the 20 lap Main Event to record his seconf feature win of the season at the Midway.
The Energy Company Modifieds rolled out with Lebanon high School graduate Stake on the pole with Charlie Gentile to his outside.Stake grabbed the early lead only to see caution waved as Jerimiah Mooney spun.On the restart Stake jumped out to the lead again while josh woody followed closely behind.A lap 2 incident sent points runner-up Tyler Brown to the pits ending his chance for a third victory.On the restart,Stake was using the high groove as Woody and Strong battled for the runner-up spot with Wes Long following.On lap 6,Strong moved around woody and began his charge to the leader Stake as a tight battle for fourth place developed in the pack.Stake was setting a quick pace as Strong slowly closed-up the gap while Woody settled in third spot with Gentile,Eric Tinderholt,Ted Ballinger and point leader Wayne Graybeal following.With Stake looking for his first win of the season,Strong was closing the gap quickly but Stake was holding on.A lap 10 caution for Kolt Barker bunched-up the field as Strong applied pressure to Stake on the restart.On lap 12,Strong made the pass coming out of turn four to grab the lead and withstood a lap 15 challange from Stake in grabbing his second win with Stake,Woody,Tinderholt and Gentile completing the top 5.
Strong who has dominated the Bomber class the last two seasons has been on a roll in the last month while collecting wins at Midway,SpringfieldRaceway,Dallas CountySpeedway and MonettSpeedway.
"After a hard crash at Springfield,we took the car to Scotty Allen to get it fixed.They found some other issues and since then it has been a rocketship"quoted the winner."It is alot different than the StreetStock cars and getting your chassis dialed-in is the key.
Central Bank FactoryStock action was tight all night long as point leader Tyson Troutman brought the field to the green with defending champion Bob Gustin following closely as points runner-up Ben Solberg jumped to the top groove.Gustin would grab the lead only to see Troutman grab it back as Craig Danuser was gaining on the lead trio.Last weeks winner Sundance Keepper who started 11th in the field was quietly picking off cars in going to the front pack.A lap 6 bobble by Gustin sent him backwards on the running order as Solberg had moved into the runner-up spot while Troutman was leading and Keepper was charging up to the third place spot.On lap 7,Solberg went from the top groove to the bottom groove as Troutman and he went door to door as Keepper and Danuser were gaining quickly.Solberg would make the low side pass stick as he took over the top spot and went on to record his sixth victory of the season while Keepper moved into the runner-up spot with Troutman,Danuser and Tim Jones completing the top 5.Solberg would gain 4 points on Troutman in the season long standings.
The StreetStock event was action packed as always as Rodney Yost would set a fast pace for the feature while Brandon Waters would settle in the runner-up spot early.Lebanon's monk Barker had his car flyin tonight as Monk battled early and moved into the second place position during the mid-race stretch.With yost checking out,Barker started to close-in until he spun on lap 10.Point lead Joe Francis quietly moved up in the field and took advantage of two late cautions to challange Yost.Yost would deny the charges and went to record his second win of the season with Francis,Brandon Waters,Matt Keeth and Terry Mizer completing the top 5.
PureStock action was wild as Shorty Doublin grabbed the early lead with Brandon Knudtson following closely and Joey Long in contention.Point lead Kory Barker was trying to move through the field but found traffic tough tonight.Up front Doublin and Knudtson battled with Brandon taking the lead.During the long green run,Barker moved through the field and grabbed the top spot with only 2 laps remaining in tking his 4th feature win of the season with Knudtson,S.Doublin,Joey Long and Matt Young completing the top 5.Early night front runner-Danny Coffey suffered problems while runnnig the dash for cash and not allowing him to compete in the feature along with points runner-up Robert McGinnis with problems.
Sportsman feature action saw Micheal Jones grab the opening lard as JC Newell moved into the runner-up spot.Jones would set the pace for 3 laps before the veteran Newell made a low groove move in rcording his second feature win of the season after withstanding a 7 lap battle with point leader Ben Newell.Following the Newell family to the line was early leader Jones,Tim Ballinger and Bradley McDowell.
The capacity crowd was entertained with a beautiful Fireworks show during the intermission break with a nice Independence Tribute also.
Action continues Friday night July 9th as the Show-Me Racin Series SuperLatemodels compete for the first time this season at Midway.Drivers such as Ken Essary,defending series champion Justin Wells,Lebanon's Brandon McCormick,Arkansas driver Larry Campbell,Chris Morelock and many others along with points action in the B-Mods,FactoryStocks,StreetStocks,PureStocks and MidWest Modz.
Gates open at 5 with racing at 8PM sharp.
Results
Energy Company Modifieds
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 5)Charlie Gentile-Ozark 6)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 7)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 8)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 9)Jerimiah Mooney-Conway 10)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 11)Brian Myers-Lebanon 12)Derek Patton-Stoutland 13)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 14)Wes Long-Springfield 15)Trever Ellingson-Lebanon 16)Nathan Cotrrill-Nixa 17)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic DNS-Earl Muilenburg-Sparta,Tommy McBride-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Strong 2)Woody 3)Maggard Jr 4)Tinderholt 5)T.Brown 6)Barker 7)Mooney
2nd Ht-1)Graybeal 2)Ballinger 3)Stake 4)Muilenburg 5)Patton DNS-McBride
3rd Ht-1)Long 2)Gentile 3)Cottrill 4)Myers 5)Ellingson 6)Lankton
Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Solberg 2)Sundance Keepper-Everton 3)Tyson Troutman-Houston 4)Craig Danuser-Montreal 5)Tim Jones-Marshfield 6)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 7)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 8)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 9)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 10)Chris Wynn-Niangua 11)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 12)Donnie Miller-Houston
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Gustin 3)Keepper 4)Gennings 5)Davis 6)Wilson
2nd Ht-1)Solberg 2)Danuser 3)Jones 4)Miller 5)Wynn 6)Berry
Coldwell Banker StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Rodney Yost-Squires 2)Joe Francis-Lebanon 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 5)Terry Mizer-Lebanon 6)Jack Hamer-Ava 7)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 8)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 9)Monk Barker-Lebanon 10)Richard Curnutt-Richland 11)Josh Lewis-Stoutland DNS-Andrew Cheever-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Brandon Waters 3)Lewis 4)Curnutt 5)Goring 6)Billy Waters
2nd Ht-1)Yost 2)Barker 3)Keeth 4)Mizer 5)Hamer 6)Cheever
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Kory Barker-Lebanon 2)Brandon Knudtson-Lebanon 3)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 4)Joey Long-Mansfield 5)Matt Young-Lebanon 6)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 7)Daniel Glenn-Lebanon 8)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 9)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 10)Corey Nutt-Lebanon 11)Sammantha Grindstaff-Bolivar 12)Les Hayes-Camdenton DNS-Danny Caffey-Conway,Robert McGinnis-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Caffey 2)S.Doublin 3)Hayes 4)R.Doublin 5)Glenn 6)Lowrance DNS-McGinnis
2nd Ht-1)Knudtson 2)Barker 3)Long 4)Young 5)Warner 6)Grindstaff 7)Nutt
Sunnyview Pet Foods Dash For Cash-1)Knudtson 2)Barker 3)S.Doublin
Sportsman
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Decaturville 2)Ben Newell-Stoutland 3)Micheal Jones-Lebanon 4)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 5)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 6)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 7)Bill Joiner-Lebanon
Ht-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)Joiner 4)McDowell 5)Betts 6)Ballinger 7)Jones
The Energy Company Modifieds rolled out with Lebanon high School graduate Stake on the pole with Charlie Gentile to his outside.Stake grabbed the early lead only to see caution waved as Jerimiah Mooney spun.On the restart Stake jumped out to the lead again while josh woody followed closely behind.A lap 2 incident sent points runner-up Tyler Brown to the pits ending his chance for a third victory.On the restart,Stake was using the high groove as Woody and Strong battled for the runner-up spot with Wes Long following.On lap 6,Strong moved around woody and began his charge to the leader Stake as a tight battle for fourth place developed in the pack.Stake was setting a quick pace as Strong slowly closed-up the gap while Woody settled in third spot with Gentile,Eric Tinderholt,Ted Ballinger and point leader Wayne Graybeal following.With Stake looking for his first win of the season,Strong was closing the gap quickly but Stake was holding on.A lap 10 caution for Kolt Barker bunched-up the field as Strong applied pressure to Stake on the restart.On lap 12,Strong made the pass coming out of turn four to grab the lead and withstood a lap 15 challange from Stake in grabbing his second win with Stake,Woody,Tinderholt and Gentile completing the top 5.
Strong who has dominated the Bomber class the last two seasons has been on a roll in the last month while collecting wins at Midway,SpringfieldRaceway,Dallas CountySpeedway and MonettSpeedway.
"After a hard crash at Springfield,we took the car to Scotty Allen to get it fixed.They found some other issues and since then it has been a rocketship"quoted the winner."It is alot different than the StreetStock cars and getting your chassis dialed-in is the key.
Central Bank FactoryStock action was tight all night long as point leader Tyson Troutman brought the field to the green with defending champion Bob Gustin following closely as points runner-up Ben Solberg jumped to the top groove.Gustin would grab the lead only to see Troutman grab it back as Craig Danuser was gaining on the lead trio.Last weeks winner Sundance Keepper who started 11th in the field was quietly picking off cars in going to the front pack.A lap 6 bobble by Gustin sent him backwards on the running order as Solberg had moved into the runner-up spot while Troutman was leading and Keepper was charging up to the third place spot.On lap 7,Solberg went from the top groove to the bottom groove as Troutman and he went door to door as Keepper and Danuser were gaining quickly.Solberg would make the low side pass stick as he took over the top spot and went on to record his sixth victory of the season while Keepper moved into the runner-up spot with Troutman,Danuser and Tim Jones completing the top 5.Solberg would gain 4 points on Troutman in the season long standings.
The StreetStock event was action packed as always as Rodney Yost would set a fast pace for the feature while Brandon Waters would settle in the runner-up spot early.Lebanon's monk Barker had his car flyin tonight as Monk battled early and moved into the second place position during the mid-race stretch.With yost checking out,Barker started to close-in until he spun on lap 10.Point lead Joe Francis quietly moved up in the field and took advantage of two late cautions to challange Yost.Yost would deny the charges and went to record his second win of the season with Francis,Brandon Waters,Matt Keeth and Terry Mizer completing the top 5.
PureStock action was wild as Shorty Doublin grabbed the early lead with Brandon Knudtson following closely and Joey Long in contention.Point lead Kory Barker was trying to move through the field but found traffic tough tonight.Up front Doublin and Knudtson battled with Brandon taking the lead.During the long green run,Barker moved through the field and grabbed the top spot with only 2 laps remaining in tking his 4th feature win of the season with Knudtson,S.Doublin,Joey Long and Matt Young completing the top 5.Early night front runner-Danny Coffey suffered problems while runnnig the dash for cash and not allowing him to compete in the feature along with points runner-up Robert McGinnis with problems.
Sportsman feature action saw Micheal Jones grab the opening lard as JC Newell moved into the runner-up spot.Jones would set the pace for 3 laps before the veteran Newell made a low groove move in rcording his second feature win of the season after withstanding a 7 lap battle with point leader Ben Newell.Following the Newell family to the line was early leader Jones,Tim Ballinger and Bradley McDowell.
The capacity crowd was entertained with a beautiful Fireworks show during the intermission break with a nice Independence Tribute also.
Action continues Friday night July 9th as the Show-Me Racin Series SuperLatemodels compete for the first time this season at Midway.Drivers such as Ken Essary,defending series champion Justin Wells,Lebanon's Brandon McCormick,Arkansas driver Larry Campbell,Chris Morelock and many others along with points action in the B-Mods,FactoryStocks,StreetStocks,PureStocks and MidWest Modz.
Gates open at 5 with racing at 8PM sharp.
Results
Energy Company Modifieds
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 5)Charlie Gentile-Ozark 6)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 7)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 8)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 9)Jerimiah Mooney-Conway 10)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 11)Brian Myers-Lebanon 12)Derek Patton-Stoutland 13)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 14)Wes Long-Springfield 15)Trever Ellingson-Lebanon 16)Nathan Cotrrill-Nixa 17)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic DNS-Earl Muilenburg-Sparta,Tommy McBride-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Strong 2)Woody 3)Maggard Jr 4)Tinderholt 5)T.Brown 6)Barker 7)Mooney
2nd Ht-1)Graybeal 2)Ballinger 3)Stake 4)Muilenburg 5)Patton DNS-McBride
3rd Ht-1)Long 2)Gentile 3)Cottrill 4)Myers 5)Ellingson 6)Lankton
Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Solberg 2)Sundance Keepper-Everton 3)Tyson Troutman-Houston 4)Craig Danuser-Montreal 5)Tim Jones-Marshfield 6)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 7)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 8)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 9)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 10)Chris Wynn-Niangua 11)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 12)Donnie Miller-Houston
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Gustin 3)Keepper 4)Gennings 5)Davis 6)Wilson
2nd Ht-1)Solberg 2)Danuser 3)Jones 4)Miller 5)Wynn 6)Berry
Coldwell Banker StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Rodney Yost-Squires 2)Joe Francis-Lebanon 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 5)Terry Mizer-Lebanon 6)Jack Hamer-Ava 7)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 8)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 9)Monk Barker-Lebanon 10)Richard Curnutt-Richland 11)Josh Lewis-Stoutland DNS-Andrew Cheever-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Brandon Waters 3)Lewis 4)Curnutt 5)Goring 6)Billy Waters
2nd Ht-1)Yost 2)Barker 3)Keeth 4)Mizer 5)Hamer 6)Cheever
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Kory Barker-Lebanon 2)Brandon Knudtson-Lebanon 3)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 4)Joey Long-Mansfield 5)Matt Young-Lebanon 6)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 7)Daniel Glenn-Lebanon 8)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 9)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 10)Corey Nutt-Lebanon 11)Sammantha Grindstaff-Bolivar 12)Les Hayes-Camdenton DNS-Danny Caffey-Conway,Robert McGinnis-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Caffey 2)S.Doublin 3)Hayes 4)R.Doublin 5)Glenn 6)Lowrance DNS-McGinnis
2nd Ht-1)Knudtson 2)Barker 3)Long 4)Young 5)Warner 6)Grindstaff 7)Nutt
Sunnyview Pet Foods Dash For Cash-1)Knudtson 2)Barker 3)S.Doublin
Sportsman
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Decaturville 2)Ben Newell-Stoutland 3)Micheal Jones-Lebanon 4)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 5)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 6)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 7)Bill Joiner-Lebanon
Ht-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)Joiner 4)McDowell 5)Betts 6)Ballinger 7)Jones
