Springfield,Mo-Action was fast and furious Sat Night at the Quick-Quarter of the SpringfieldRaceway as Reliable Chevrolet of Springfield presented the SportMod 20 highlighting the racing card.
Following 3 exciting heats and drivers introductions along with an outstanding 4 wide salute to the fans for the SportMods,the top 6 drivers redrew for starting positions as Jon Yeoman Jr and Springfield's JC Morton drew the front row and brought the star-studded field to the green flag with Yeoman grabbing the early lead followed by Morton,Don Luna,Larry Tindle and Wayne Graybeal as 3 wide action was the norm.Yeoman opened up a 6 car length advantage while the battle was for second and betond with Morton,Luna,graybeal and Tindle fighting it out.The first caution waved on lap 8 as Mike Barnett spun in turn 4 bunching up the field.On the double-file restart,Yeoman again powered away only to see the caution fly again as veteran Ron McClellan spun in turn 2.This caused a field to restart single file as the green flew with Yeoman setting a fast pace around the high-banked quarter-mile track.Morton,luna,Graybeal,current points leader Sean Williams,Larry Tindle and Bobby Maggard Jr were all swapping spots back and forth.With Yeoman pulling away,Luna made an extreme high groove move around Morton to take over the runner-up spot as the pace quickened.Yeoman would grab the win worth $500 as he took his second feature of the season with Luna,Morton,Graybeal and Sean Williams following.17 of the 21 starters finished on the lead lap as the action was fast and furious.Morton powered by a 602 GM Crate motor gathered an extra $150 for Reliable Chevorlet along with a $100 bonus from the Speedway for being the highest finishing Crate Motor taking home over $400.Reliable Chevrolet provides a special GM Performance program in the SportMod class of $300 each points race for the highest finishing Crate Motors.Sat night 5 drivers were powered by the 602.Larry Tindle took home an extra $100 while Billy Dalton grabbed a $50 bonus.
The Budweiser A-Mods saw Jackie Dalton and Erik Maggard bring the field to the green flag as Dalton grabbed the early lead with Maggard following closely along with Jerry Lankton running the low side of the track.Maggard and Lankton ran side by side for 3 laps as Bobby Pearish started his charge to the front runners.The yellow flew on lap 4 as Brian Grren got sideways in turn 4 bunching the field-up.Scott Drake began his move to the front pack as the veteran driver took advantage of a yellow on lap 6 for Lankton.3 cautions in a row shuffled the field while Dalton was setting the pace as Maggard,Drake and Pearish and Jody Tillman were completing the top 5..Drake's run to the front ended on lap 7 as smoke came from the car in turn 4.Debris in turn 1 brought out the final yellow flag as the field restarted single-file.Dalton would pull away taking his 3rd win of the season with Pearish,Tillman,point leader Mitch Keeter who started 11th and Maggard rebounded from a miscue earlier to complete the top 5.
The LegendCars brought 16 drivers to the feature event as Jay Reynolds grabbed the opening lead with Rick Nichols following.Caution waved quickly as Brian boucher spun bunching the field-up.On the restart,Reynol grabbed the lead again but Dave Comer had made a 3 wide pass took grab second place with Rob Watson,Colt Pruente and Rodney Baird following.With Reynolds setting a quick pace,Comer was glued to his bumper.Young gun driver Billy Cottrill's good night ended early as he pulled out on lap 5.Caution waved on lap 6 as Gary hockman and Rodney Baird spun in turn 2.Reynolds was forced to pit due to a loose bumper as the leader pitted and Dave comer also pulled in the pits with problems.This gave the lead to Rob Watson with Tyler horton now in second place followed by Dave Bauer,Pruente and 16th place starter Park Jones.On the restart Horton was right along side of Watson as Bauer was making it 3 wide action as Jones was coming strong.On lap 18,Bauer's bid for victory came to an end as he spun in turn 3 bunching the field-up.On the final restart,Watson looking for his second win of the season found Tyler horton along side of him as Jones rode the extreme top groove while Chuck Comer after starting 14 in the feature was coming strong.Watson stayed glued in the middle as horton went downstairs as jones rode the top cushion as the trio came into turn 3 on the final lap.Jones swung wide out of turn 4 and nipped Watson at the line for the victory followed by horton,Comer and Paul Horton.Point leader Justin Comer fought issues all night long and finished 13th allowing Jones and Watson to close-up the gap in the standings.
Defending Wheeler Metals StreetStock Champion Robert High of Springfield got the jump on little brother Randy High and grabbed the early lead to take control as point leader Jack Hamer followed closely.Previous winner Bob Maggard Sr. came charging from deep in the field from his 11th starting spot and moved to forth by lap 2.Up front Robert High had opened up the lead over Randy as Maggard was applying pressure for second place as Hamer and Rex Sawyer battled back and forth with Bill Schoen.Up front High would secure the feature win in a non-caution event as Randy High,Maggard Sr,a fast moving Rex Sawyer and Bill Schoen completed the top 5.
The MidwEst Modz class keeps getting strong each week with great action.Darian Hendrix brought the field to the green with Bobby Gough,Trever Drake and Earl Muilenburg following closely.Hendrix a former Show-Me Latemodel driver had the Modified smooth as young Trever Drake moved into second place.On lap 3,caution waved as Tyler Chainey,Shawn Hatcher,and Rich Reynolds got together in turn 2 ending their night.On the restart,Hendrix stayed fast as point leader Kaleb Copher came charing through the field and moved into second place on lap 5 while former Springfield Modified standout JD Kelly had the Shane Bias car into third place.Points runner-up JC Newell went out with problems early.On lap 9,Copher and Hendrix went back and forth as Copher made the pass to take the lead as Kelly and Drake battled.The final yellow waved on lap 9 as Bobby gough got sideways in turn 4 bunching the field-up again.On the restart,Kelly went around Hendrix only to see Hendrix gather the spot back the next lap as they stayed close to Copher.Copher went on to grab the victory with Hendrix,Kelly,Drake and Gary Krebs completing the top 5.
PureStock action provided a wild finish as Earl Puryear in his mini-stock jumped to a big lead in the 10 lap feature.Joey Blackston and Tyler Ruggles battled with Blackston getting the second place spot.On the final lap,Puryear's car went up in smoke and he went high in turn 4.Blackston had went in the middle of turn 3 and Ruggles drove the car fast and hard also into turn 3 as the two touched.Blackston went spinning and Ruggles was sideways as Ruggles crossed the line first with Blackston going across backwards in a wild finish.Tyler Derousse finished third.
The action continues next Sat night Aug.14 at the Quick-Quarter with the stretch drive in the championship chase with the Budweiser A-Mods,SportMods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and PureStocks.Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:15 and racing at 7:15.
The next Special event at Springfield will be the Show-Me Racin Series Latemodels presented by Race Bros.Farm And Home Supply on Sat Aug.21 along with points races in the A-Mods,SportMods,MidWest Modz and Legends
Results
Reliable Chevrolet SportMods
A Ft-1)Jon Yeoman Jr.-Granby 2)Don Luna-St James 3)JC Morton 4)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 5)Sean Williams-Willard 6)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 7)Larry Tindle-Springfield 8)Billy Dalton-Reeds 9)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 10)Wes Long-Springfield 11)Ryan Stacye-Fair Grove 12)Denny Felker Jr-Carl Junction 13)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 14)Andrew Smith-Willard 15)Ron McClellan-Jasper 16)Blake Ellis-Springfield 17)Gary Rodocker-Willard 18)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 19)Nathan Evans-Springfield 20)Mike Barnett-Springfield 21)Willie Wilson-Springfield DNS-Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek
1st Ht-1)Luna 2)Morton 3)Yeoman Jr 4)Rodocker 5)Brown 6)Smith 7)Evans 8)Ellis
2nd Ht-1)Tindle 2)Dalton 3)Williams 4)Maggard Jr 5)Stacye 6)Copher 7)Felker Jr
3rd Ht-1)Graybeal 2)Cheevers 3)McClellan 4)Beauchamp 5)Barnett 6)Long 7)Wilson
Busweiser A-Mods
A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 3)Jody Tillman-Branson West 4)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 5)Erik Maggard-Springfield 6)Brian Green-Pierce City 7)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 8)John Yeoman-Granby 9)Darrell McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark. 10)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 11)Scott Drake-Webb City
1st Ht-1)Dalton 2)Lankton 3)Pearish 4)Drake 5)Green 6)Tillman
2nd Ht-1)Maggard 2)Keeter 3)Yeoman 4)McWhirter 5)Mitchell
Legends
A Ft-1)Park Jones-Joplin 2)Rob Watson-Billings 3)Tyler Horton-Joplin 4)Chuck Comer-Joplin 5) Paul Horton-Joplin 6)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 7)Colt Pruente-Aurora 8)Rick Nichols-Cassville 9)Gary Hockman-Rolla 10)Brian boucher-Joplin 11)David Bauer-Webb City 12)Doug Wilson-Joplin 13)Justin Comer-Joplin 14)Dave Comer-Joplin 15)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 16)Billy Cottrill-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Baird 3)Nichols 4)Cottrill 5)Hockman 6)Boucher 7)Wilson 8)P.Horton
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Watson 3)D.Comer 4)Bauer 5)T.Horton 6)Pruente 7)C.Comer 8)Jones
Wheeler Metals StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Randy High-Springfield 3)Bob Maggard Sr-Springfield 4)Rex Sawyer-Ava 5)Bill Schoen-Brighton 6)Jack Hamer-Ava 7)Dan Wood-Springfield 8)Jim Reid-Springfield 9)Andrew Neil-Springfield 10)Kourtney Stephens-Springfield 11)Jesse Parton 12)Shawn Parker
1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Randy High 3)Neil 4)Schoen 5)Sawyer 6)Parker
2nd Ht-1)Robert High 2)Maggard Sr 3)Wood 4)Reid 5)Parton 6)Stevens
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)Kaelb Copher-Webb City 2)Darian Hendrix-Joplin 3)JD Kelly-Walnut Grove 4)Trevor Drake-Webb City 5)Gary Krebs-Clever 6)Kenny Scott-Willard 7)David Lynch-Webb City 8)Bobby Gough-Joplin 9)JC Newell-Stoutland 10)Tyler Chainey-Springfield 11)Shawn Hatcher-Reed Springs 12)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon DQ-Earl Muilenburg-Sparta
1st Ht-1)Hendrix 2)Drake 3)Copher 4)Kelly 5)Hatcher 6)Reynolds 7)Scott
2nd Ht-1)Gough 2)Chainey 3)Krebs 4)Newell 5)Lynch 6)Muilenburg
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Tyler Ruggles 2)Joey Blackston 3)Tyler DeRousse 4)Earl Puryear DNS-Chriswoodruff,Ronald Wilson,Steve Robertson
Ht-1)Blackston 2)Woodruff 3)DeRousse 4)Ruggles DNS-Wilson DQ-Robertson,Puryear
Following 3 exciting heats and drivers introductions along with an outstanding 4 wide salute to the fans for the SportMods,the top 6 drivers redrew for starting positions as Jon Yeoman Jr and Springfield's JC Morton drew the front row and brought the star-studded field to the green flag with Yeoman grabbing the early lead followed by Morton,Don Luna,Larry Tindle and Wayne Graybeal as 3 wide action was the norm.Yeoman opened up a 6 car length advantage while the battle was for second and betond with Morton,Luna,graybeal and Tindle fighting it out.The first caution waved on lap 8 as Mike Barnett spun in turn 4 bunching up the field.On the double-file restart,Yeoman again powered away only to see the caution fly again as veteran Ron McClellan spun in turn 2.This caused a field to restart single file as the green flew with Yeoman setting a fast pace around the high-banked quarter-mile track.Morton,luna,Graybeal,current points leader Sean Williams,Larry Tindle and Bobby Maggard Jr were all swapping spots back and forth.With Yeoman pulling away,Luna made an extreme high groove move around Morton to take over the runner-up spot as the pace quickened.Yeoman would grab the win worth $500 as he took his second feature of the season with Luna,Morton,Graybeal and Sean Williams following.17 of the 21 starters finished on the lead lap as the action was fast and furious.Morton powered by a 602 GM Crate motor gathered an extra $150 for Reliable Chevorlet along with a $100 bonus from the Speedway for being the highest finishing Crate Motor taking home over $400.Reliable Chevrolet provides a special GM Performance program in the SportMod class of $300 each points race for the highest finishing Crate Motors.Sat night 5 drivers were powered by the 602.Larry Tindle took home an extra $100 while Billy Dalton grabbed a $50 bonus.
The Budweiser A-Mods saw Jackie Dalton and Erik Maggard bring the field to the green flag as Dalton grabbed the early lead with Maggard following closely along with Jerry Lankton running the low side of the track.Maggard and Lankton ran side by side for 3 laps as Bobby Pearish started his charge to the front runners.The yellow flew on lap 4 as Brian Grren got sideways in turn 4 bunching the field-up.Scott Drake began his move to the front pack as the veteran driver took advantage of a yellow on lap 6 for Lankton.3 cautions in a row shuffled the field while Dalton was setting the pace as Maggard,Drake and Pearish and Jody Tillman were completing the top 5..Drake's run to the front ended on lap 7 as smoke came from the car in turn 4.Debris in turn 1 brought out the final yellow flag as the field restarted single-file.Dalton would pull away taking his 3rd win of the season with Pearish,Tillman,point leader Mitch Keeter who started 11th and Maggard rebounded from a miscue earlier to complete the top 5.
The LegendCars brought 16 drivers to the feature event as Jay Reynolds grabbed the opening lead with Rick Nichols following.Caution waved quickly as Brian boucher spun bunching the field-up.On the restart,Reynol grabbed the lead again but Dave Comer had made a 3 wide pass took grab second place with Rob Watson,Colt Pruente and Rodney Baird following.With Reynolds setting a quick pace,Comer was glued to his bumper.Young gun driver Billy Cottrill's good night ended early as he pulled out on lap 5.Caution waved on lap 6 as Gary hockman and Rodney Baird spun in turn 2.Reynolds was forced to pit due to a loose bumper as the leader pitted and Dave comer also pulled in the pits with problems.This gave the lead to Rob Watson with Tyler horton now in second place followed by Dave Bauer,Pruente and 16th place starter Park Jones.On the restart Horton was right along side of Watson as Bauer was making it 3 wide action as Jones was coming strong.On lap 18,Bauer's bid for victory came to an end as he spun in turn 3 bunching the field-up.On the final restart,Watson looking for his second win of the season found Tyler horton along side of him as Jones rode the extreme top groove while Chuck Comer after starting 14 in the feature was coming strong.Watson stayed glued in the middle as horton went downstairs as jones rode the top cushion as the trio came into turn 3 on the final lap.Jones swung wide out of turn 4 and nipped Watson at the line for the victory followed by horton,Comer and Paul Horton.Point leader Justin Comer fought issues all night long and finished 13th allowing Jones and Watson to close-up the gap in the standings.
Defending Wheeler Metals StreetStock Champion Robert High of Springfield got the jump on little brother Randy High and grabbed the early lead to take control as point leader Jack Hamer followed closely.Previous winner Bob Maggard Sr. came charging from deep in the field from his 11th starting spot and moved to forth by lap 2.Up front Robert High had opened up the lead over Randy as Maggard was applying pressure for second place as Hamer and Rex Sawyer battled back and forth with Bill Schoen.Up front High would secure the feature win in a non-caution event as Randy High,Maggard Sr,a fast moving Rex Sawyer and Bill Schoen completed the top 5.
The MidwEst Modz class keeps getting strong each week with great action.Darian Hendrix brought the field to the green with Bobby Gough,Trever Drake and Earl Muilenburg following closely.Hendrix a former Show-Me Latemodel driver had the Modified smooth as young Trever Drake moved into second place.On lap 3,caution waved as Tyler Chainey,Shawn Hatcher,and Rich Reynolds got together in turn 2 ending their night.On the restart,Hendrix stayed fast as point leader Kaleb Copher came charing through the field and moved into second place on lap 5 while former Springfield Modified standout JD Kelly had the Shane Bias car into third place.Points runner-up JC Newell went out with problems early.On lap 9,Copher and Hendrix went back and forth as Copher made the pass to take the lead as Kelly and Drake battled.The final yellow waved on lap 9 as Bobby gough got sideways in turn 4 bunching the field-up again.On the restart,Kelly went around Hendrix only to see Hendrix gather the spot back the next lap as they stayed close to Copher.Copher went on to grab the victory with Hendrix,Kelly,Drake and Gary Krebs completing the top 5.
PureStock action provided a wild finish as Earl Puryear in his mini-stock jumped to a big lead in the 10 lap feature.Joey Blackston and Tyler Ruggles battled with Blackston getting the second place spot.On the final lap,Puryear's car went up in smoke and he went high in turn 4.Blackston had went in the middle of turn 3 and Ruggles drove the car fast and hard also into turn 3 as the two touched.Blackston went spinning and Ruggles was sideways as Ruggles crossed the line first with Blackston going across backwards in a wild finish.Tyler Derousse finished third.
The action continues next Sat night Aug.14 at the Quick-Quarter with the stretch drive in the championship chase with the Budweiser A-Mods,SportMods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and PureStocks.Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:15 and racing at 7:15.
The next Special event at Springfield will be the Show-Me Racin Series Latemodels presented by Race Bros.Farm And Home Supply on Sat Aug.21 along with points races in the A-Mods,SportMods,MidWest Modz and Legends
Results
Reliable Chevrolet SportMods
A Ft-1)Jon Yeoman Jr.-Granby 2)Don Luna-St James 3)JC Morton 4)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 5)Sean Williams-Willard 6)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 7)Larry Tindle-Springfield 8)Billy Dalton-Reeds 9)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 10)Wes Long-Springfield 11)Ryan Stacye-Fair Grove 12)Denny Felker Jr-Carl Junction 13)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 14)Andrew Smith-Willard 15)Ron McClellan-Jasper 16)Blake Ellis-Springfield 17)Gary Rodocker-Willard 18)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 19)Nathan Evans-Springfield 20)Mike Barnett-Springfield 21)Willie Wilson-Springfield DNS-Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek
1st Ht-1)Luna 2)Morton 3)Yeoman Jr 4)Rodocker 5)Brown 6)Smith 7)Evans 8)Ellis
2nd Ht-1)Tindle 2)Dalton 3)Williams 4)Maggard Jr 5)Stacye 6)Copher 7)Felker Jr
3rd Ht-1)Graybeal 2)Cheevers 3)McClellan 4)Beauchamp 5)Barnett 6)Long 7)Wilson
Busweiser A-Mods
A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 3)Jody Tillman-Branson West 4)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 5)Erik Maggard-Springfield 6)Brian Green-Pierce City 7)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 8)John Yeoman-Granby 9)Darrell McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark. 10)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 11)Scott Drake-Webb City
1st Ht-1)Dalton 2)Lankton 3)Pearish 4)Drake 5)Green 6)Tillman
2nd Ht-1)Maggard 2)Keeter 3)Yeoman 4)McWhirter 5)Mitchell
Legends
A Ft-1)Park Jones-Joplin 2)Rob Watson-Billings 3)Tyler Horton-Joplin 4)Chuck Comer-Joplin 5) Paul Horton-Joplin 6)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 7)Colt Pruente-Aurora 8)Rick Nichols-Cassville 9)Gary Hockman-Rolla 10)Brian boucher-Joplin 11)David Bauer-Webb City 12)Doug Wilson-Joplin 13)Justin Comer-Joplin 14)Dave Comer-Joplin 15)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 16)Billy Cottrill-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Baird 3)Nichols 4)Cottrill 5)Hockman 6)Boucher 7)Wilson 8)P.Horton
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Watson 3)D.Comer 4)Bauer 5)T.Horton 6)Pruente 7)C.Comer 8)Jones
Wheeler Metals StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Randy High-Springfield 3)Bob Maggard Sr-Springfield 4)Rex Sawyer-Ava 5)Bill Schoen-Brighton 6)Jack Hamer-Ava 7)Dan Wood-Springfield 8)Jim Reid-Springfield 9)Andrew Neil-Springfield 10)Kourtney Stephens-Springfield 11)Jesse Parton 12)Shawn Parker
1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Randy High 3)Neil 4)Schoen 5)Sawyer 6)Parker
2nd Ht-1)Robert High 2)Maggard Sr 3)Wood 4)Reid 5)Parton 6)Stevens
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)Kaelb Copher-Webb City 2)Darian Hendrix-Joplin 3)JD Kelly-Walnut Grove 4)Trevor Drake-Webb City 5)Gary Krebs-Clever 6)Kenny Scott-Willard 7)David Lynch-Webb City 8)Bobby Gough-Joplin 9)JC Newell-Stoutland 10)Tyler Chainey-Springfield 11)Shawn Hatcher-Reed Springs 12)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon DQ-Earl Muilenburg-Sparta
1st Ht-1)Hendrix 2)Drake 3)Copher 4)Kelly 5)Hatcher 6)Reynolds 7)Scott
2nd Ht-1)Gough 2)Chainey 3)Krebs 4)Newell 5)Lynch 6)Muilenburg
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Tyler Ruggles 2)Joey Blackston 3)Tyler DeRousse 4)Earl Puryear DNS-Chriswoodruff,Ronald Wilson,Steve Robertson
Ht-1)Blackston 2)Woodruff 3)DeRousse 4)Ruggles DNS-Wilson DQ-Robertson,Puryear
