Karrick Shows The Way In Modifieds, Owens Becomes The 4th New Winner In Grand National & Superman Continues To Roll In Factory Stock

KANSAS CITY, KS (June 8) - A beautiful night greeted the fans and racers at Lakeside Speedway on Friday night and the racers took advantage of great weather. Friday night was another awesome night of racing at Lakeside Speedway.

In the Modified division, Tim Karrick returned to championship form by gaining his first feature win of 2007.

Karrick, a perennial favorite, worked his way to the front on lap 3. The McCarthy Auto Group Skyrocket chassis was fast on any groove. He would lead 22 of the 25 laps in the A main, but it wasn't that easy.

Kerry Davis made a run on Karrick for most of the feature event, while John Allen mounted runs at Davis. On lap 13, Davis went by Karrick as he bobbled coming out of turn number 2. The pass was short-lived as the yellow flag was thrown, moving Karrick back to the top spot for the restart. Once back to action Karrick would stay out front.

The only drawback to Karrick's night, he thought that he might have lost his motor on the last lap heading to the checkered flag.

Rounding out the top 5 was point leader, Allen, in 2nd spot. He edged out a hard charging Davis by inches at the line for the position. Fourth went to Tom Charles, who made a valiant effort towards the end of the feature to challenge both Allen and Davis. Nick Newton, a rookie in the modified ranks, finished in the 5th spot.

Cody Owens remembers a solid effort at Lakeside Speedway one year ago.

Owens had a great finish of 2nd spot in the feature racing the leader tough to the end. Unfortunately for Owens he took an extra lap racing with the leader and suffered a penalty putting him back of the longest line of lead lap cars. Negating his strong finish for the youngster from Missouri. Owens can forget about that now.

Last night in the Grand National A main event, Owens, looked stout as he walked away with the win. Owens becomes the 4th different winner out of 4 races at Lakeside Speedway this season.

Tim Billings was poised to get another victory at Lakeside Speedway, but he broke on lap 2. Owens grabbed the lead at this point and hung on until the end.

Scotty Martin and Jimmy Winkler waged a great battle for 2nd. Winkler, racing with a heavy heart over the loss of his mother, ran a masterful race. Winkler used a variety of lines to pass Martin on lap 17 and gave a good effort to catch Owens, but he ran out of time as the checkered flag dropped on the race.

Martin would finish 3rd, Marshall Jewett came in at 4th and Dave Powell rounded out the top 5.

Four races up and four wins for Clark Kent.... oh, I mean Tim Shields.

Shields is in a class all by himself at the moment at Lakeside Speedway. At times last night in the feature, he had a straightaway lead on the rest of the competition. Winning his fourth straight feature in the Factory Stock class is an impressive feat. A feat that has everyone wondering if he is driving with a blue suit under his driving suit with a cape and a big red S on the chest.

Mike Taylor put up a strong race also. Taylor led for a majority of the feature, but with Shields putting the heat on his back bumper it was only a matter of time. On lap 8, just after a restart, Shields motored by on the high side and sped off for the win.

Tyler Schmidt, put up a solid effort, finishing 2nd to Shields, Will Whisler finished 3rd, 4th went to Mike Taylor and rounding out the top 5 was Brian Mills.

With Mother Nature sparing everyone, all in all it was another great night of racing at Lakeside Speedway. Next week fans get a double dose of racing with the regular races being held next week on Friday night and then June 16, the World Of Outlaw Late Models will make there first ever visit to Lakeside Speedway!

Modifieds - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 5 1K Tim Karrick Basehor , Ks 25
2 8 98 John Allen Chanute , Ks 24
3 9 68 Kerry Davis Parkville , Mo 23
4 7 81 Tom Charles Bonner Springs, Ks 22
5 3 33 Nick Newton Kansas City, Ks 21
6 13 81J Danny Charles Bonner Springs, Ks 20
7 11 0 Joe Cobb Kansas City, Ks 19
8 10 16S Chad Lyle Lone Jack, Mo 18
9 16 3 Larry Harvey, Jr. Kansas City, Ks 17
10 19 34 Mark Schafman Edwardsville , Ks 16
11 6 42 Gene Claxton Kansas City, Mo 15
12 20 57A Randy Ainsworth Excelsior Springs, Mo 14
13 17 18R Rodney Sigg Iola , Ks 13
14 22 53 John Baker Bashor , Ks 12
15 14 810 Jesse Wheeler Independence , Mo 11
16 1 77J John Washburn Kansas Ctiy, Ks 10
17 18 28 Brian Walburn - 9
18 21 25 Scott Green - 8
19 23 45 Steve Brown Olathe , Ks 7
20 24 9G Dylan Gentry Kansas City, Ks 6
21 12 5 Scott Crystal Overland Park, Ks 5
22 15 94 Allan Lawrence Gardner , Ks 4
23 4 57 Tim Powell Lansing , Ks 3
24 25 69P Chuck Partridge Leavenworth , Ks 2
25 2 12P Jeff Herbers Holton , Ks 1

Grand National - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 32 Cody Owens Kansas City, Mo 25
2 7 16 Jimmy Winkler Parkville , Mo 24
3 6 25R Scotty Martin Independence , Ks 23
4 15 6 Marshall Jewett Gardner , Ks 22
5 5 2 Dave Powell Kearney , Mo 21
6 9 2M Jeff Miles Kansas City, Ks 20
7 11 8 Jamie Custer Kansas City, Mo 19
8 14 99 Brad Dibben Kansas City, Mo 18
9 21 44 Ron Wagner Olathe , Ks 17
10 16 9 Don Marrs Shawnee , Ks 16
11 8 52 Jim Baker Leavenworth , Ks 15
12 18 69 Steven Dibben Smithville , Mo 14
13 17 10 Mike Busby Kansas City, Mo 13
14 10 48G Dustin Gilbert Lawrence , Ks 12
15 12 53 Terry Bivins Lebo , Ks 11
16 19 33X Kevin Elam Liberty , Mo 10
17 2 25 Tim Billings Liberty , Mo 9
18 3 29S Jeff Smith Kansas City, Mo 8
19 13 30 Darren Kling Basehor , Ks 7
20 20 3B Nic Bidinger Perry , Ks 6
21 1 45 Ben Kyle Gardner , Ks 0


Factory Stock - Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 9 42T Tim Shields Kansas City, Mo 25
2 8 66T Tyler Schmidt Easton , Ks 24
3 3 46W Will Whisler Kansas City, Ks 23
4 2 11T Mike Taylor, Jr. Gladstone , Mo 22
5 1 69 Brian Mills Gladstone , Mo 21
6 6 7 Marshall Jewett Gardner , Ks 20
7 13 96 Jake Newman Kansas City, Mo 19
8 14 54 Buz Kaster Kansas Ctiy, Ks 18
9 11 49 Don Chaffin Kansas City, Mo 17
10 10 8 Jamie Custer Kansas City, Mo 16
11 7 74 Bud Wallis Baldwin City, Ks 15
12 18 47 Len Hill Kansas City, Ks 14
13 23 3 Loyd Yonts Leavenworth , Ks 13
14 25 32D Dennie Belknap Kansas City, Ks 12
15 15 73 Mike Mccullough Kansas City, Ks 11
16 12 15B Brandon Penegar Kansas City, Ks 10
17 24 25 Daniel Smith Kansas City, Ks 9
18 4 56 Joe Smith, Jr Kansas City, Ks 8
19 17 72 Matt Dibben - 7
20 16 44M Edward Meyers Mclouth , Ks 6
21 22 40 Keith Jennings Lansing , Ks 5
22 20 44 Jay Kelly Kansas City, Ks 4
23 19 52M Mike Belt Shawnee , Ks 3
24 21 55 Sean Foster Smithville , Mo 2
25 5 17 Bill Ruisinger Bonner Springs, Ks 1