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ELSEN, WALTER, CRUMP, WINFREY ALL DOMINATE IN THEIR CLASSES
AT 24 RACEWAY
by Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway
MOBERLY, MO (May 31) - Perfect May weather plus the Sprints brought out just
over a thousand folks to 24 Raceway following another two week layout (the
second of the 2010 season) due to Spring rains.
RACE REPORT: The B-modifieds kicked off the evening's racing program with
18 cars and with Tom Elsen coming out strong from the start of the feature
race. Elsen won his heat, got the pole position and led all but one lap of
the 15. On lap 9, it was Chad Lebsock grabing a lead for that solitary
lap. Elsen had the car to beat and grabbed the lead back on lap 10 to take
it to the finish and in front of the other front row starter, Mark Botts.
Chad Hickam came in 3rd, Billy Bentley finished 4th, and Jacob Grotewiel
followed to round out the top 5.
Chad Walter put his Chevy Sportsman racecar into the lead, both before and
following the only caution of the 12-lap Sportsman race. Jeff Creed took
the low lane for the entire race, most of it in 2nd, as Walter ran up high
on the track. Creed got to the front for the white flag lap, but Walter led
the final lap and the important one. Derrick Agee came in 3rd in front of
Butch Bailey and then Cody Agee completed the top 5 in this Sportsman
competion.
Clayton Crump now has all four victories in the 2010 season for the Hobby
Stock class. Jerry Warren won the heat to garner the pole position, but
faded to the rear late in this caution-free race. Justin Bevill finished in
2nd, with new-comer, Jim Brown grabbing 3rd place.
In a race with plenty of early cautions, the Hornet class saw Robert Winfrey
and Devin Still run one-two for this one. John Baker finished ahead of Rob
Chase for 3rd & 4th, respectively, and John Doctorian moved up into 5th to
take that spot.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
June 5 - weekly racing series + Sportsman's mechanic's race
June 12 - rescheduled Southern MIdget Racing Series (20 Lap event) +
weekly racing series
June 18&19 - Moberly's Fan Fest with bands, concessions, plenty of
General Lee cars on display, a few of the Duke's show characters on site,
and even an actual General "jump!" (no racing set for this weekend)
June 24 - MLRA + Sportsman + Hobby Stock classes in an all-fendered
racing Thursday show
June 26 - Hobby Stock Special + weekly racing series
July 3 - Whitehead Memorial Firecracker Forty for the A-mods, and w/ the
return of the W.O.W. sprints
Complete results from the four classes noted below the W.O.W. sprints will
be available at www.speednetdirect.com/results later in the week. You can
navigate to 24 Raceway's results listing by clicking on the "home" page for
Speednet, find 24 Raceway at the 3rd listing down, and following directions
from there.
PROMO:
The next weekend of June 5th will be a regular race program as "Dirt Track
Racing at its Best" returns to Moberly, MO at 24 Raceway. This Saturday
night, the first one of June, the A-modifieds, the B-modifieds, Sportsman,
Hobby Stock and the 4 cylinder Hornets will be racing at 24 Raceway and
competing for their respective season points. Following the features, will
be a Sportsman mechanic's race. After the races are final, mechanics for
the Sportsman class will get to turn the steering wheel instead of the
wrenches, in a six lap shoot out. Sometime during the race, the car's
regular driver may be required to do a tire change on the front stretch.
The action will take place again on these high banks, east of Moberly,
Missouri on U.S. Highway 24 with adult ticket prices for the grandstand at
$10, and children, 12 and under, admitted free. Racing starts at 7 p.m.
with hot laps scheduled for 6:15, following the a short drivers' meeting at
6pm. See the website of www.24racewayinmoberly.com for flyers for the
upcoming June Specials on the 12th, 24th & 26th.
Of 66 race team entries, the Top 5 results are as follows:
(all hometowns are Missouri unless otherwise noted)
W.O.W. 360 Sprints (of 17 entries) 20 laps
1) 33A Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville
2) 9M John Corbin, Carrollton
3) 3P Rusty Potter, Boonville (heat 1 winner)
4) 88 Jay Kinder, Iberia
5) 18w Chris Walker, Oak Grove
B-Modifieds (of 17 entries) 15 laps
1) 0 Tom Elsen, Clarence (heat 1 winner)
2) 23B Mark Botts, Meadville (heat 2 winner)
3) 9H Chad Hilickam, Hallsville
4) 4B Billy Bentley, Madison
5) 96 Jacob Grotewiel, Clifton Hill
Sportsman (of 11 entries) 12 laps
1) 23 Chad Walter, Clarence (heat 2 winner)
2) 01 Jeff Creed, Cairo (heat 1 winner)
3) 14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville
4) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty
5) 25 Cody Agee, Huntsville
Hobby Stocks (of 5 entries) 12 laps
1) 3C Clayton Crump, Centralia
2) 11 Justin Bevill, Bethel
3) 83 Jim Brown,
4) 03 Jerry Warren, Moberly (heat winner)
5) 56 Jamie Bevill, Bethel N/S
4 cyl. Hornets (of 18 entries) 12 laps
1) 37 Robert Winfrey, Moberly (heat 1 winner)
2) 73 Devin Still, Anabel
3) 44 John Baker, Moberly (heat 2 winner)
4) 3 Rob Chase, Clark
5) 2 John Doctorian, Wentzville
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