Webster Grabs Midway Enduro Win/Hill Tops Superstock Feature
by: Ronnie Williams

LEBANON, MO. (July 28, 2006) - Despite heavy Thursday Night and Friday Morning rains,another action packed night headlined the Lebanon Midway Speedway with 114 cars in the pits and new faces grabbing victories.

The 100 lap Enduro paying $1,000 to the winner found 27 cars lined-up 3 wide and a wet track as after the regular race show,the water truck sprayed the surface giving the drivers another challange ahead.

As they took the green,Bob Anthony grabbed te opening lead with Brandon Waters a close 2nd.On lap 2,Steve Shaw grabed the top spot until lap 7 when he got tangled-up in traffic giving Bryan Webster the lead.Webster found the top side fastest on the wet surface.Webster held the top spot until lap 19 when Jed Rogers used lapped traffic and a different racing groove to take the lead and was running away.Rodgers who started 13th on the grid had lapped the entire field by lap 28.Keeping out of trouble,Rodgers waved through traffic,tires and everythingelse started to slow-up on lap 36 as runner-up Webster unlapped himslf on lap 38 and became only the 2nd car on the lead lap.

Dale Waters,Reggie Jackson,Brandon Waters,Joe Francis and others started to pick-up the pace and began climbing through the standings.Joe Francis had the crowd pointing as his hood flew-up around lap 55 and drove the rest of the distance that away.Leader Rodgers was slowing as car problems had him nursing his Buick as Webster began a charge to the front.On lap 72,Webster took over the lead as Rodgers pulled-in 1 lap later.Dale Waters and Reggie Jackson began the charge up the scoring tower and were being shown in the money spots as Webster was keeping a very steady pace.On lap 85,Waters unlapped himself and began his march to the front.

Webster had a close call on lap 91 as he was caught in a small fender bender with sheet metal rubbing the front right tire.Waters was charging hard but the rearend started smoking around lap 96 as only 2 cars were on the lead lap.Jackson was 1 lap down and Brandon Waters had just gotten 1 of his laps back.As the checkered flew,Webster grabbed the win with Dale Waters also on the lead lap recovering from being 2 laps down.Reggie Jackson finished across the line 1 lap down and Brandon Waters was 4th also 1 lap down.Joe Francis was 5th 1 lap down as Mike Marler of Rolla followed.

In Superstock action rookie Travis Hill jumped from his front row starting spot to take the early lead with JC Newell in hot pursiut along with Bill Joiner.Hill kept his car on the top groove as Donnie Gennings began his charge forward.Hill who had lost a feature 2 weeks ago had learned alot as he kept a smooth groove on the top side as Newell,Gennings and point leader Ben Newell were battling.a late race caution bunched the field-up as Gennings was on Hill's back bumper on the restart,but Hill kept the top line working strong and grabbed his 1st win ever followed closely by Gennings,JC Newell,Ben Newell and Joiner at the finish.
FactoryStock feature time sw 23 cars take the green flag as point leader James Ellis grab the opening lead with Chuck Pederson,Stan Booth and Chris Ratterree battling hard.On lap 5,Pederson grabbed the lead with Booth following.On lap 6,a 4 car collision involving Jay Flinn,Glen Dismang,Joe Davenport and newcomer Ed Wilson brought out the yellow with Flinn's night ending early.On the restart,Booth made strong move to get around Pederson as Chuck did a complete 360 and fell back to 3rd place as Booth and Chris Ratterree baattled up front.On lap 8,Jason Otto who had a top 5 run going spun in turn 3 and lost 2 laps before getting back up to power.On lap 11,Pederson made a smooth move around both Ratterree and Booth to regain the top spot and claim his 1st Midway feature win with Booth,last weeks winner Bobby Ratterree,point leader James Ellis and Mike Shaddy up from starting 13th at the finish.

In Modified action,Justin Neuman grabbed the early lead with Shawn Williams close behind.Point contender Jamie Ragland lost a rear spring and limped on the backstretch bringing out the yellow.On the restart,Williams grabbed the lead with point leader Tony Jackson Jr and Brian Schutt following close behind.Jackson grabbed the lead on lap 4 and never looked back as the race for 2nd place was tight as last weeks winner Eric Hudson was hooking on the highside to move up quickly in the pack.With Jackson puuling away,Williams,Schutt and Neuman were battling hard as Hudson moved into the top 5 on lap 9.Jackson would drive away with the victory as Williams withstood a late charge from Hudson to take 2nd place followed by Hudson,Schutt and Neuman at the stripe.Jackson who had blew the motor in hotlaps pulled the backup car out to run the event.

The Bomber feature went green,white checkered as 22 cars took as Billy Waters grabbed the opening lead with Chad Cromer close behind.On lap 4,Mike Piercey and Joe Francis were coming quickly as Piercey grabbed the lead from Waters with Francis following close behind as last weeks winner Shawn Winfrey was charging from his 11th starting spot.

As the race stayed green,piercey would grab the win followed by Francis,early leader Waters,Winfrey, and Chad Cromer at the finish.
The WingedSprint Car feature had Scott Wedelstadt grab the opening lead and started to pull away as Eric Todd moved into 2nd place and gave chase.On lap 7 after Eric overtook leader Wedelstadt,the yellow waved which put Wedelstadt back in front.On the restart,Wedelstadt drove away as Eric Todd then began his charge to the front as point leader and last weeks winner Clint Todd had worked up to the front runners and set his sights on the lead duo.During the long green run,it was on lap 11 in which Eric took over the top spot from Wedelstadt as Clint todd was coming strong.On lap 18,Clint drove hard on the bottom of leader and brother Eric as the duo touched with Clint grabbing the lead and withstood a late charge from Eric in grabbing the win followed by early leader Wedelstadt,Steve Lawrence and rookie Kyle Bellm at the stripe.

Next week the speedway will host double points night along with the challange to the FactoryStocks as 20 or more cars to start the feature will pay 400 to the winner and the modified Challange is still there as 20 or more to start will pay 600 to win along with 100 to start.
 

Results
 

SuperStocks
1st Ht-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 3)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 4)Robbie Simmons-Lebanon 5)Rick Hill-Lebanon 6)Bennie Joiner-Lynchburg 7)DNS-Rick Brown
2nd ht-1)Bill Joiner-Lynchburg 2)JC Newell-Camdenton 3)Travis Hill-Lebanon 4)Randy Hill-Lebanon 5)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 6)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 7)steve Reese-Crocker
A Ft-1)T.Hill 2)Gennings 3)JC Newell 4)B.Newell 5)Bill Joiner 6)Simmons 7)Randy Hill 8)Betts 9)Davis 10)Scharr 11)Rick Hill 12)Bennie Joiner 13)Reese DNS-Brown
 

FactoryStocks
1st Ht-1)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 2)Dylan Keeper-Hurley 3)Jason Otto-Richland 4)Justin Sparks-Houston 5)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 6)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon 7)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 8)Mike Murzynski-St Roberts
2nd Ht-1)Chris Ratterree-Mt Grove 2)Kyle Jeffries-Versailles 3)James Ellis-Richland 4)Donnie Miller-Houston 5)Mike Shaddy-Lebanon 6)Joe Davenport-Groff 7)Rich Allen-Richland 8)Zack Countryman-Walnut Grove
3rd Ht-1)Chuck Pederson-Sunrise Beach 2)Stan Booth-Eldon 3)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 4)Chad Smith-Crocker 5)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 6)Mike Teeters-Lebanon 7)Jay Flinn-Versailles 8)Joe Sanford-Plato
A Ft-1)Pederson 2)Booth 3)B.Ratterree 4)Ellis 5)Shaddy 6)Miller 7)Keeper 8)Jefferies 9)Allen 10)Rhoads 11)Wilson 12)Smith 13)Davenport 14)Sparks 15)Murzynski 16)Sanford 17)C.Ratterree 18)Otto 19)Dismang 20)Teeters 21)Albright Jr 22)Breedlove 23)Flinn DNS-Countryman
 

Modifieds
1st Ht-1)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Justin Neuman-Crocker 4)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 5)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 6)Chris West-Potosi 7)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield
2nd Ht-1)Jack Jones-Lebanon 2)Sean Williams-Willard 3)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 4)Jeremy Greenwalt-Potosi 5)Jamie Petty-Niangua 6)Don Williams-Osage Beach
A Ft-1)Jackson Jr 2)Williams 3)Hudson 4)Schutt 5)Neuman 6)Greenwalt 7)Willis 8)Jones 9)Graybeal 10)West 11)Petty 12)Williams 13)Ragland
 

Bombers
1st Ht-1)Brian Goff-Jefferson City 2)Cody Harmon-Lebanon 3)Billy Waters-lynchburg 4)Pat Lubbock-Lebanon 5)Colby McClain-Conway 6)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 7)Luke Dame-Lebanon 8)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon
2nd Ht-1)Shawn Winfey-Lebanon 2)Rob White-Lebanon 3)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 4)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 5)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 6)Mike Uder-Lebanon 7)Jerry Goring-lebanon
3rd Ht-1)Mike Piercey-Lebanon 2)Joe Francis-Lebanon 3)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 4)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 5)Jack Hamer-Ava 6)Roger Young-Republic 7)Tyler Brown-Stoutland
A Ft-1)Piercey 2)Francis 3)Waters 4)Winfrey 5)Cromer 6)White 7)Hamer 8)Shaw 9)Cheever 10)Brown 11)Johnson 12)Harmon 13)Coffman 14)Dame 15)Uder 16)Goff 17)Goring 18)Lubbock 19)Lowrance 20)A.Cheever 21)McClain 22)Young
 

WingedSprints
1st Ht-1)Eric Todd-Falcon 2)John Rowland-Warsaw 3)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 4)Kyle Bellm-Nixa 5)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 6)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg DNS-Joe Todd-Falcon
2nd Ht-1)Clint Todd-Falcon 2)Mike Williams-Lynchburg 3)Steve Lawrence-Springfield 4)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 5)DNS-Erik Enneking-Waynesville,Rob Parden-Waynesville,Matt Tatro-Crocker
A Ft-1)C.Todd 2)E,Todd 3)Wedelstadt 4)Lawrence 5)Bellm 6)Rowland 7)J.Todd 8)Quick 9)Hazel 10)Williams 11)Enneking 12)Breedlove DNS-Tatro,Parden
Enduro 100-1)Bryan Webster-Richland-$1,000 2)Dale Waters-Lynchburg-$500 3)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon-$250 4)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg-$250