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Fan Favorite, 'Bear' Gets Factory Stock Win, Claxton Shows
The Way In Grand Nationals & Agler Wins Going Away At Lakeside Speedway
by Larry Lowrey Jr.
Media Director Lakeside Speedway
KANSAS CITY, KS (June 18, 2010) - Friday night, June 18, 2010, will go down
as an eventful night for Lakeside Speedway. It was the 3rd straight week
that 'Mother Nature' didn't rear it's ugly head and the racing action on the
track was even more exciting then ever before. That is, if you ask Darrin
Christy, Gene Claxton and Cody Agler. These drivers were all the feature
winners at Lakeside Speedway this weekend.
Darrin Christy started off the year with some problems. It's only the 6th
race of the 2010 season and he is already on his 3rd motor. Hell, in the 2nd
night of the season he hit the implement tire in turn 4 that broke his axle
and wheel off his rear end! What a difference a few weeks can make.
"We started 8th and we just wanted to finish tonight," said Christy, "Last
week we lost a motor and we thrashed all week to get another one in and it
was kind of a break in night for the motor. It ran real good."
Run good it did. Christy moved his way up into the top 3 of the Factory
Stock main event. JR Billings had led the race from the outset, but Christy
and Marshall Jewett had made there way up to Billings and began to challenge
the leader.
A yellow flag would bunch the field up late in the race. On the restart,
Billings wouldn't come up to speed right away, due to a carburetor problem,
and this allowed the field to bunch up on him. Christy took a good run into
the restart but would lose momentum as he had to check up for Billings.
Jewett took the lead for just a moment as the yellow flag would come back
out. The field would have to restart again.
"I remembered talking to JR earlier in the night and he said he was having
carburetor problems," said Christy, "I knew he couldn't get going right
away, so I wanted to get a good jump. I was worried that I might have jumped
the start, but I got a good run down low."
Christy's good run took him to the lead. It was a lead that he wouldn't
surrender for the remainder of the race. For a driver that started the
season on a downer, he has his team back up and in contention for the points
championship.
Even having problems on the night, Billings would stay in the runner-up
spot, Nate Barnes ran to a strong 3rd place finish, Cliff Hedges Jr. took
home 4th and rounding out the top 5 was Marshall Jewett in 5th.
If Cody Agler knew what a 'Sophomore Slump' was, he might be worried. The
competition on the other hand would be happy. The 2nd year modified driver
from Emporia, KS is by no means suffering this season. Friday night he
roared through the field to win his 2nd Modified Feature of his short
career.
"It was awesome, I started 4th row inside. As soon as we took off, I knew
that I had a good car," said Agler, "Then that caution came out. From that
point on, I got a good start and I came up into 2nd and I knew that if I
just took my time and kept going and going, we would get the win."
John O'Neal Jr. took command of the race in the early going. He jumped past
Luke Driskell for the top spot, but he had some company as Aaron Marrant and
Agler were bearing down on him.
Agler would slide by Marrant and then set his sites on O'Neal. O'Neal had
seen this scenario before as Agler passed him earlier in the year to get his
1st win. Agler waited for the right moment and heading out of turn number 2
he took the lead from O'Neal.
From that point on it was whether or not Marrant would catch Agler. For the
2 consecutive weeks Marrant was the man to beat. Now he was on the other end
of the shoe, trying to make a move to get another win. It wouldn't happen.
Agler did a wonderful job navigating lapped traffic as he went on to the
win.
Marrant would settle for 2nd, 3rd went to John O'Neal Jr., Tom Charles
finished 4th, which also moved him into the points lead, and Yancy Sheppard
rebounded from a tough week last week to come in 5th.
The Grand National feature saw Gene Claxton get his 3rd win of the season.
A week ago he was plagued by engine troubles. This week he came back knowing
that his car is a good one and he is ready to go at anytime. After several
track championships and feature wins, Claxton is very familiar with the ins
and the outs of Grand National racing. Tonight's race showed the fans a good
duel between two past Grand National Champions.
Chad Clancy has been struggling with some mechanical problems of his own.
The 2009 Champion is not having the same season as he did a year ago.
Sometimes this is to be expected. At the beginning of the night Clancy felt
good about his chances. It looked as if his feelings would be validated.
Clancy raced out to the early lead. He would hold it for a few laps.
Claxton made his way up to Clancy and the battle was on. Several times
Claxton would make the dive to the bottom of turn 1 and exit two going up
the track and with the lead. Several times Clancy would drive underneath
Claxton coming out of two and would regain the lead. Both drivers battled to
the best of their abilities. In the end it would be Claxton that came out
with the lead.
Once Claxton took sole possession of the lead, he put some distance between
himself and Clancy. Late in the race it appeared that Claxton might get hung
up in lapped traffic. Clancy was able to mount a couple of minor runs at
Claxton. They would be futile as Claxton would just stretch the lead back
out on his way to the 3rd feature win of the season.
Between Claxton and his teammate, Chad Shaw, the dynamic duo has now won 5
of the 6 Grand National features on the year.
Clancy went on to finish 2nd, Brad Dibben rolled to a 3rd place finish,
enjoying his best finish of the season was Luke Nieman in 4th and Steven
Dibben rounded out the top 5.
The reality show the was filmed at Lakeside Speedway, "Heartland Thunder" is
scheduled to air on the Discovery Channel on June 21st at 9 p.m. cst.
Racing action continues again next Friday night and Saturday night at
Lakeside Speedway. The regular weekly races are on Friday and the World of
Outlaw Sprint Cars will race Saturday night.
Spectator gates will open up at 5:00 p.m. Hot laps will be at 7:00 p.m. and
the first race will go green at 7:30 p.m.
For more information visit Lakeside Speedway's web site
http://www.lakesidespeedway.net
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Modifieds - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 7 77 Cody Agler Emporia , Ks 25.00
2 8 70 Aaron Marrant Orrick , Mo 24.00
3 6 15 John O'neal, Jr. Kearney , Mo 23.00
4 5 81 Tom Charles Bonner Springs, Ks 22.00
5 15 22Y Yancy Shepard Smithville , Mo 21.00
6 2 39 Luke Driskell Stilwell , Ks 20.00
7 20 55D Nick Deal Walnut , Ia 19.00
8 10 4J Jake Richards Kansas Ctiy, Ks 18.00
9 18 22B Rick Beebe Shawnee , Ks 17.00
10 24 68 Kerry Davis Parkville , Mo 16.00
11 21 16 Austin Siebert Grandview , Mo 15.00
12 3 0 Joe Cobb Kansas City, Ks 14.00
13 4 3 Larry "bubba" Harvey, Jr. Kansas City, Ks 13.00
14 11 18X Derek Nadler Grain Valley, Mo 12.00
15 9 5 Scott Crystal Overland Park, Ks 11.00
16 22 1K Tim Karrick Basehor , Ks 10.00
17 19 66T Tyler Schmidt Easton , Ks 9.00
18 14 8 Mark Hoover Maryville , Mo 8.00
19 17 38 Matt Pugh Overland Park, Ks 7.00
20 13 3B Nic Bidinger Perry , Ks 6.00
21 12 81J Danny Charles Basehor , Ks 5.00
22 1 34 Mark Schafman Edwardsville , Ks 4.00
23 16 32 Cody Owens Kansas City, Mo 3.00
24 23 41 Joe Walker Harrisonville , Mo 2.00
Grand National - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 4 98 Gene Claxton Kansas City, Mo 25.00
2 2 04 Chad Clancy Smithville , Mo 24.00
3 11 99 Brad Dibben Kansas City, Mo 23.00
4 13 181 Luke Nieman Nortonville , Ks 22.00
5 1 69 Steven Dibben Smithville , Mo 21.00
6 14 42T Tim Shields Kansas City, Mo 20.00
7 3 28D Gary Donaldson Liberty , Mo 19.00
8 19 97 Chad Shaw Trimble , Mo 18.00
9 12 45 Ben Kyle Gardner , Ks 17.00
10 15 6 Marshall Jewett Gardner , Ks 16.00
11 21 10L Paul Lanfermann Ii Atchison , Ks 15.00
12 8 9 Don Marrs Shawnee , Ks 14.00
13 6 30 Darren Kling Basehor , Ks 13.00
14 18 1 J. Genail Atchison , Ks 12.00
15 20 29S Jeff Smith Kansas City, Mo 11.00
16 22 72 Matt Dibben Smithville , Mo 10.00
17 17 11T Mike Taylor, Jr. Gladstone , Mo 9.00
18 10 711 Bill Ruisinger Bonner Springs, Ks 8.00
19 23 52 Jim Baker Kansas City, Ks 7.00
20 9 29 Dennis Melvin, Sr. Basehor , Ks 6.00
21 5 3E Kelby Ostrander Oskaloosa , Ks 5.00
22 16 23 Michael Morse, Jr. Kansas City, Ks 4.00
23 7 25 Tim Billings Liberty , Mo 0.00
Factory Stock - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 8 3B Darrin Christy Kansas City, Ks 25.00
2 1 15B J.r. Billings Kansas City, Ks 24.00
3 4 29 Nate Barnes Kearney , Mo 23.00
4 9 30 Cliff Hedges, Jr. Kansas City, Mo 22.00
5 6 7 Marshall Jewett Gardner , Ks 21.00
6 7 54 Paul Snyder Wellsville , Ks 20.00
7 5 3C Scott Christy Stilwell , Ks 19.00
8 12 10 Mike Busby Kansas City, Mo 18.00
9 3 37 Justin Seifert Kansas City, Ks 17.00
10 14 68M Caleb Mcclellan Riverside , Mo 16.00
11 20 63 Dan Stimson Kansas City, Mo 15.00
12 17 25V Pat Neely Saint Joseph, Mo 14.00
13 13 33 Phil Snodgrass Kearney , Mo 13.00
14 23 6 Hank Thompson Kansas City, Ks 12.00
15 19 17T Kevin Mcginnis Edwardsville , Ks 11.00
16 2 12 Scotty Moore Kansas City, Ks 10.00
17 24 8 Jamie Custer Liberty , Mo 9.00
18 22 20 Gene Stigall Winston , Mo 8.00
19 10 65X Thomas Roberts Kidder , Mo 7.00
20 11 46 David Holcomb Kansas City, Ks 6.00
21 21 08 Jason Ryun Kansas City, Mo 5.00
22 16 19 Jay Barnes Kearney , Mo 4.00
23 15 51 Terry Cole Kansas Ctiy, Mo 3.00
24 18 608 Mickey Conner Kansas City, Ks 0.00
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