Lebanon,Mo.-Lampe's Eric Tinderholt has been close several times this season while competing in the LebanonMidwaySpeedway Energy Company Modifieds to grabbing a victory,but Friday Night in a highly competitive feature Tinderholt made an early 3 wide pass on lap 3 taking the top spot from Chris Tonoli and Micheal Stake and withstood a late caution to take his first ever Modified feature at the Midway Speedway Friday Night while close finishes highlighted the racing events in all classes.
The Modified feature saw Chris Tonoli and Tinderholt on the front row with points runner-up Tyler Brown and Micheal Stake in row 2.At the drop of the green, Tonoli grabbed the early lead as Tiderholt went to the low side and Stake jumped to the high groove.With Tonoli setting a fast pace,Tinderholt stayed close with Stake running up in the top groove.With Tonoli holding the middle line and Stake pulling even on the top groove,Tinderholt made a bold move to pull even with Tonoli and pulled off a 3 wide pass coming out of turn 2 to grab the lead as Stake followed up on the top side.Tinderholt and Stake ran side by side with Stake leading at the stripe on lap 6 as the duo kept this great battle as points runner-up Tyler Brown had moved into third place while point leader Wayne Graybeal had quietly moved into fith place.A lap 9 caution waved for Kolt Barker as the field bunched-up on the restart with Stake again jumping to the high-side as the battle continued up front while a fast moving Brown had Tonoli,Graybeal,JC Morton and Josh Woody all battling as Bobby Maggard Je was coming quickly.The race outcome changed on lap 18 as Stake came upon lapped traffic and spun in turn 3 ending his chance for victory.Tinderholt would withstand a 2 lap challange from Brown to take his first ever Midway feature followed by Brown,Tonoli,Graybeal and Woody in the top 5 with 13 of the of the 17 starters on the lead lap.
Central Bank FactoryStock action provided lots of action with the outcome being decided late in the race.
Point leader Tyson Troutman grabbed the early lead with 2008 track champion Tim Petty following closely along with Donnie Miller,Donnie Gennings and Mark Davis.An early yellow caught up Ben Solberg,Tim Jones,Craig Danuser in the incident.With Troutman setting a quick pace,Petty moved to the middle groove as the Midway surface provided 2-3 wide action all evening long.Troutman and Petty went side by side as Solberg the current points runner-up had rocketed from 11th to move into 3rd place by lap 6.THe three front runners battled back and forth 2 and 3 wide until Solberg split the lead duo in turn 1 and made the winning pass on lap 11 and pulled away to take his 7th feature win of the season with Troutman,Petty,Donnie Gennings and Donnie Miller completing the top 5 while a wild scramble involving several cars following.
Coldwell Banker StreetStock action again showed week in and out excellent action as Lebanon's Monk Barker grabbed the opening lead with Ava's Jack Hamer following closely along with point leader Joe Francis and Billy Waters.Barker was staying in the middle lanes as Hamer the current Springfield point leader made a smooth mooth on lap 3 to take the lead only to get loose and spin around in turn 2 giving the lead to Joe Francis as Squires driver Rodney Yost was roaring from the 11th starting spot and had moved to third place by lap 5.Francis had Barker applying pressure as Yost was moving through the pack quickly and gaining on Francis.By lap 12,Yost had caught Francis and was moving to take the lead when the caution waved.On the restart,Yost drove hard down low in turn 1 as Francis was staying in the middle groove.Yost tried several times,but Francis held off the challangs to take the win with yost,Barker a fast moving Jack Hamer and Brandon Waters following.
PureStock action saw 15 cars take the green flag with Lebanon's Brandon Knudtson taking advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the early lead with Shorty Doublin following.Knudtson a former Bomber champion kept a smooth line around the track as point leader Kory Barker was moving from his 11th starting spot and coming quickly.With Knudtson still leading ans Shorty Doublin having a solid run,Barker had moved into second place by the halfway point and was gaining on the leader. with a tight pack behind the leaders.The only caution waved on lap 10 as Json Brumley's car overheated and water came out on the track.This allowed Barker a 2 lap shootout to try and over take Knudtson.Knudtson with stood the late challanges to secure the victory with Barker,Shorty Doublin,Elijah Keepper and Adam Lowrance following at the stripe.
The MidWest Modz had a season high of entries as the field took the Green with Rich Reynolds grabbing the top spot followed by Bobby Gough and Terry Williams.With Reynolds setting a fast pace and Gough pulling even with the leader point leader JC Newell moved from 6th starting spot and moved into second place as Gough spun in turn 2.Newell and Reynolds ran side by side until lap 6 when Newell grabbed the lead as Terry Williams was mounting a challange and moved into second place the following lap.Newell withstood a late challange from Williams in securing the win with Williams,Earl Muilenburg,early leader Reynolds and Gough completing the top 5.
Point leader Ben Newell grabbed the lead from Micheal Jones after a spirited battle on lap 3 and went on to grab the Sportsman feature as JC Newell,Tim Ballinger and Jones Completing the field.
Action will find A Special event called Hot Summer Nights with 3 nights of racing action starting Wed Night with time trials for the Modifieds,FactoryStocks, and StreetStocks as a double elimination bracket challange will raced for these 3 classes.Thursday night will feature time trials and double features for all 3 classes plus a special pit crew challange event for each class in which each winning team will collect $100.Friday night will also include points action in the PureStocks,Sportsman and MidWest Modz along with qualifying heats and features for FactoryStocks,Modifieds and StreetStocks.The high point drivers from all 3 events will recieve $2000 in the FactoryStocks,$1500 for the modifieds and $1,000 for the StreetStocks.Friday Night will also feature the kids Midway Go-Karting teams racing at intermission
Grandstand admission prices will be $5 on Wed Night while Thursday Night will be $10 and Friday Night is $15.Wed Night a special grandstand band will be sold in which you can purchase for $25 to cover all 3 nights.
Midway also offers special VIP seating in which you pay your Grandstand Admission and for only $10 per seat more will place you in the Booths.
For more information visit the website at WWW.LebanonMidwaySpeedway.com or contact Jack Jones at 417-594-0594.Gates open at 5 each night with Racing around 8PM.
Results
Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Solberg-Springfield 2)Tyson Troutman-Houston 3)Tim Petty-Niangua 4)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 5)Donnie Miller-Houston 6)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 7)Craig Danuser-Montreal 8)Tim Jones-Marshfield 9)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 10)Chris Wynn-Niangua 11)Wayne Bysor-Lamar 12)Mark Davis-Grovesprings DNS-Sundance Keepper-Everton Shelby Thacker-Eldon
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Solberg 3)Keepper 4)Thacker 5)Miller 6)Bysor 7)Berry
2nd Ht-1)Gennings 2)Jones 3)Petty 4)Davis 5)Danuser 6)Wynn 7)Wilson
Sunnyview Pet Foods Dash for Cash-1)Solberg 2)Petty 3)Troutman 4)Jones
Energy Company Modifieds
A Ft-1)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 2)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 3)Chris Tonoli-Hermitage 4)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 5)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 6)JC Morton-Springfield 7)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 8)Shawn Strong-Republic 9)Charlie Gentile-Ozark 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 12)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 13)Tommy McBride-Lebanon 14)Brian Myers-Lebanon 15)Brian Cook-Lebanon 16)Wes Long-Springfield 17)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Brown 2)Tonoli 3)Woody 4)Morton 5)Gentile 6)Maggard Jr 7)Ballinger 8)McBride 9)Cook
2nd Ht-1)Stake 2)Tinderholt 3)Graybeal 4)Long 5)Myers 6)Barker 7)Ellingson 8)Strong
Coldwell Banker Streetstocks
A Ft-1)Joe Francis-Lebanon 2)Rodney Yost-Squires 3)Monk Barker-Lebanon 4)Jack Hamer-Ava 5)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 6)Ricky Brashears-Richland 7)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 8)Shawn Cox-Lebanon 9)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 10)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 11)Jerry Goring-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Yost 3)Hamer 4)Barker 5)K.Cheever 6_Brashears
2nd Ht-1)Brandon Waters 2)Bily Waters 3)A.Cheever 4)Cox 5)Goring
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Brandon Knudtson-Lebanon 2)Kory Barker-Lebanon 3)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 4)Elijah Keepper-Hurley 5)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 6)Tim Jones-Lebanon 7)Matt Young-Lebanon 8)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 9)Joey Long-Mansfield 10)Les Hayes-Camdenton 11)Stacey Burns-Lebanon 12)Samantha Grindstaff-Bolivar 13)Corey Nutt-Lebanon 14)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 15)Robert McGinnis-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Knudtson 2)S Doublin 3)Keepper 4)Long 5)R Doublin 6)Burns 7)Brumley 8)Nutt
2nd Ht-1)Lowrance 2)Young 3)Jones 4)Barker 5)Hayes 6)Grindstaff 7)McGinnis
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Stoutland 2)Terry Williams-Springfield 3)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta 4)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon 5)Bobby Gough-Joplin 6)Derrick Patton-Stoutland DNS-Teddy Ballinger-Halfway Shane Bias-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Williams 3)Muilenburg 4)Patton
2nd Ht-1)Newell 2)Gough 3)Bias 4)Ballinger
Sportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-stoutland 2)JC Newell-Decaturville 3)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 4)Micheal Jones-Lebanon
Ht-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)Ballinger 4)Jones
The Modified feature saw Chris Tonoli and Tinderholt on the front row with points runner-up Tyler Brown and Micheal Stake in row 2.At the drop of the green, Tonoli grabbed the early lead as Tiderholt went to the low side and Stake jumped to the high groove.With Tonoli setting a fast pace,Tinderholt stayed close with Stake running up in the top groove.With Tonoli holding the middle line and Stake pulling even on the top groove,Tinderholt made a bold move to pull even with Tonoli and pulled off a 3 wide pass coming out of turn 2 to grab the lead as Stake followed up on the top side.Tinderholt and Stake ran side by side with Stake leading at the stripe on lap 6 as the duo kept this great battle as points runner-up Tyler Brown had moved into third place while point leader Wayne Graybeal had quietly moved into fith place.A lap 9 caution waved for Kolt Barker as the field bunched-up on the restart with Stake again jumping to the high-side as the battle continued up front while a fast moving Brown had Tonoli,Graybeal,JC Morton and Josh Woody all battling as Bobby Maggard Je was coming quickly.The race outcome changed on lap 18 as Stake came upon lapped traffic and spun in turn 3 ending his chance for victory.Tinderholt would withstand a 2 lap challange from Brown to take his first ever Midway feature followed by Brown,Tonoli,Graybeal and Woody in the top 5 with 13 of the of the 17 starters on the lead lap.
Central Bank FactoryStock action provided lots of action with the outcome being decided late in the race.
Point leader Tyson Troutman grabbed the early lead with 2008 track champion Tim Petty following closely along with Donnie Miller,Donnie Gennings and Mark Davis.An early yellow caught up Ben Solberg,Tim Jones,Craig Danuser in the incident.With Troutman setting a quick pace,Petty moved to the middle groove as the Midway surface provided 2-3 wide action all evening long.Troutman and Petty went side by side as Solberg the current points runner-up had rocketed from 11th to move into 3rd place by lap 6.THe three front runners battled back and forth 2 and 3 wide until Solberg split the lead duo in turn 1 and made the winning pass on lap 11 and pulled away to take his 7th feature win of the season with Troutman,Petty,Donnie Gennings and Donnie Miller completing the top 5 while a wild scramble involving several cars following.
Coldwell Banker StreetStock action again showed week in and out excellent action as Lebanon's Monk Barker grabbed the opening lead with Ava's Jack Hamer following closely along with point leader Joe Francis and Billy Waters.Barker was staying in the middle lanes as Hamer the current Springfield point leader made a smooth mooth on lap 3 to take the lead only to get loose and spin around in turn 2 giving the lead to Joe Francis as Squires driver Rodney Yost was roaring from the 11th starting spot and had moved to third place by lap 5.Francis had Barker applying pressure as Yost was moving through the pack quickly and gaining on Francis.By lap 12,Yost had caught Francis and was moving to take the lead when the caution waved.On the restart,Yost drove hard down low in turn 1 as Francis was staying in the middle groove.Yost tried several times,but Francis held off the challangs to take the win with yost,Barker a fast moving Jack Hamer and Brandon Waters following.
PureStock action saw 15 cars take the green flag with Lebanon's Brandon Knudtson taking advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the early lead with Shorty Doublin following.Knudtson a former Bomber champion kept a smooth line around the track as point leader Kory Barker was moving from his 11th starting spot and coming quickly.With Knudtson still leading ans Shorty Doublin having a solid run,Barker had moved into second place by the halfway point and was gaining on the leader. with a tight pack behind the leaders.The only caution waved on lap 10 as Json Brumley's car overheated and water came out on the track.This allowed Barker a 2 lap shootout to try and over take Knudtson.Knudtson with stood the late challanges to secure the victory with Barker,Shorty Doublin,Elijah Keepper and Adam Lowrance following at the stripe.
The MidWest Modz had a season high of entries as the field took the Green with Rich Reynolds grabbing the top spot followed by Bobby Gough and Terry Williams.With Reynolds setting a fast pace and Gough pulling even with the leader point leader JC Newell moved from 6th starting spot and moved into second place as Gough spun in turn 2.Newell and Reynolds ran side by side until lap 6 when Newell grabbed the lead as Terry Williams was mounting a challange and moved into second place the following lap.Newell withstood a late challange from Williams in securing the win with Williams,Earl Muilenburg,early leader Reynolds and Gough completing the top 5.
Point leader Ben Newell grabbed the lead from Micheal Jones after a spirited battle on lap 3 and went on to grab the Sportsman feature as JC Newell,Tim Ballinger and Jones Completing the field.
Action will find A Special event called Hot Summer Nights with 3 nights of racing action starting Wed Night with time trials for the Modifieds,FactoryStocks, and StreetStocks as a double elimination bracket challange will raced for these 3 classes.Thursday night will feature time trials and double features for all 3 classes plus a special pit crew challange event for each class in which each winning team will collect $100.Friday night will also include points action in the PureStocks,Sportsman and MidWest Modz along with qualifying heats and features for FactoryStocks,Modifieds and StreetStocks.The high point drivers from all 3 events will recieve $2000 in the FactoryStocks,$1500 for the modifieds and $1,000 for the StreetStocks.Friday Night will also feature the kids Midway Go-Karting teams racing at intermission
Grandstand admission prices will be $5 on Wed Night while Thursday Night will be $10 and Friday Night is $15.Wed Night a special grandstand band will be sold in which you can purchase for $25 to cover all 3 nights.
Midway also offers special VIP seating in which you pay your Grandstand Admission and for only $10 per seat more will place you in the Booths.
For more information visit the website at WWW.LebanonMidwaySpeedway.com or contact Jack Jones at 417-594-0594.Gates open at 5 each night with Racing around 8PM.
Results
Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Solberg-Springfield 2)Tyson Troutman-Houston 3)Tim Petty-Niangua 4)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 5)Donnie Miller-Houston 6)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 7)Craig Danuser-Montreal 8)Tim Jones-Marshfield 9)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 10)Chris Wynn-Niangua 11)Wayne Bysor-Lamar 12)Mark Davis-Grovesprings DNS-Sundance Keepper-Everton Shelby Thacker-Eldon
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Solberg 3)Keepper 4)Thacker 5)Miller 6)Bysor 7)Berry
2nd Ht-1)Gennings 2)Jones 3)Petty 4)Davis 5)Danuser 6)Wynn 7)Wilson
Sunnyview Pet Foods Dash for Cash-1)Solberg 2)Petty 3)Troutman 4)Jones
Energy Company Modifieds
A Ft-1)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 2)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 3)Chris Tonoli-Hermitage 4)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 5)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 6)JC Morton-Springfield 7)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 8)Shawn Strong-Republic 9)Charlie Gentile-Ozark 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 12)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 13)Tommy McBride-Lebanon 14)Brian Myers-Lebanon 15)Brian Cook-Lebanon 16)Wes Long-Springfield 17)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Brown 2)Tonoli 3)Woody 4)Morton 5)Gentile 6)Maggard Jr 7)Ballinger 8)McBride 9)Cook
2nd Ht-1)Stake 2)Tinderholt 3)Graybeal 4)Long 5)Myers 6)Barker 7)Ellingson 8)Strong
Coldwell Banker Streetstocks
A Ft-1)Joe Francis-Lebanon 2)Rodney Yost-Squires 3)Monk Barker-Lebanon 4)Jack Hamer-Ava 5)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 6)Ricky Brashears-Richland 7)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 8)Shawn Cox-Lebanon 9)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 10)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 11)Jerry Goring-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Francis 2)Yost 3)Hamer 4)Barker 5)K.Cheever 6_Brashears
2nd Ht-1)Brandon Waters 2)Bily Waters 3)A.Cheever 4)Cox 5)Goring
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Brandon Knudtson-Lebanon 2)Kory Barker-Lebanon 3)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon 4)Elijah Keepper-Hurley 5)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 6)Tim Jones-Lebanon 7)Matt Young-Lebanon 8)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 9)Joey Long-Mansfield 10)Les Hayes-Camdenton 11)Stacey Burns-Lebanon 12)Samantha Grindstaff-Bolivar 13)Corey Nutt-Lebanon 14)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 15)Robert McGinnis-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Knudtson 2)S Doublin 3)Keepper 4)Long 5)R Doublin 6)Burns 7)Brumley 8)Nutt
2nd Ht-1)Lowrance 2)Young 3)Jones 4)Barker 5)Hayes 6)Grindstaff 7)McGinnis
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Stoutland 2)Terry Williams-Springfield 3)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta 4)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon 5)Bobby Gough-Joplin 6)Derrick Patton-Stoutland DNS-Teddy Ballinger-Halfway Shane Bias-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Williams 3)Muilenburg 4)Patton
2nd Ht-1)Newell 2)Gough 3)Bias 4)Ballinger
Sportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-stoutland 2)JC Newell-Decaturville 3)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 4)Micheal Jones-Lebanon
Ht-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)Ballinger 4)Jones
