Schutt Grabs LebanonMidway Modified Main/White Grabs 1st Ever Midway Feature
by: Ronnie Williams

LEBANON, MO. (Aug. 4, 2006) - Over 80 race temas were greeted with cooler temps and a smooth racing surface along with the tracks final double points event of the season as 2 new winners graced there 1st ever Midway feature wins.

The SuperStock feature would see points runner-up Donnie Gennings jump from his outside frnt row starting spot and head off points leader Ben Newell going into turn 1 with veteran JC Newell following closely.After a couple of yellows,Gennings and Newell were running side by side with Gennings getting the lead coming out of turn 2 with Newell trying the highside each time.Last weeks winner Travis Hill had quietly worked his way to get into the battle for the top 3 late in the race as Gennnigs and Ben Newell battled up front with JC Newell looking inside of Ben several times for position.On lap 13,Gennings would see Newell make a strong move to the outside going for the lead,but Gennings kept it strong and held off the late race surge to grab his 5th win of the season with Ben Newell,Travis Hill,JC Newell, and rookie Steve Reese completing the top 5.

The Bomber feature provided and close finish but also had the points race turning around.

On the start,Chad Cromer jumped out to the early lead with point leader Jack Hamer,Wayne Coffman and Shawn Winfrey following closely.Tyler Brown was making the top groove work and began his charge to the front pack.Cromer,looking to turn his season around was running strong on the bottom of the track had Winfrey work into second place as Brown was working the top side and into the top 3.On lap 3 the yellow flew bunching the field-up and last weeks winner Mike Piercy headed to the pits after charging from 11th place.On the restart,point leader Jack Hamer moved right behind Winfrey as this battle waged on.Tyler Brown moved into 3rd just as Winfrey grabbed the lead from Cromer and Brown moved forward to challange Winfrey as Billy Waters and Joe Francis were in the hunt.During the long green run,Winfrey and Brown were running side by side as Waters and Hamer along with Cromer were swapping spots.On lap 12,Brown made the power move up on the top side and then the yellow flew giving Winfrey back the lead.On the restart,brown jumped back to the top groove,but Winfrey who was nursing a smoking racecar stayed on the bottom lane.As the lead duo took the white flag,brown again tried to make the upper groove work,but Winfrey held on to grab the feature with Brown,Waters,Hamer and early leader Cromer at the stripe as 13 of the 19 starters finished on the lead lap.

The Modified feature had Donnie Fellers and former LateModel standout Brian Schutt bring the field down to the start as Eric Hudson and Sean Williams went 3 wide.Hudson and Fellers got together bringout an original restart with both drivers going to the back.Schutt and Sean Williams brought the field down again on the start as Schutt shot to the early lead with veteran Wayne Graybeal followed closely with Williams looking on the outside with John Fellers,JD Kelly battling as Donnie Fellers and Eric Hudson were coming to the front quickly.Point leader and last weeks winner Tony Jackson Jr was quietly moving -up and began moving into the top 5.Up front Schutt was long gone as the yellow waved on lap 9 for a single car spin.On the restart,Schutt again shot to the lead as Graybeal,Williams and now Jackson battled for 2nd place as Hudson and Fellers were coming fast along with newcomer Dirk White.Graybeal and Jackson battled hard until lap 15 when Jackson moved to the outside taking the runner-up spot and set his sights on leader Schutt with Sean Williams,Kelly,Hudson,fellers and White fighting for position.

Out front Schutt would not be denied as Graybeals night ended with a flat right rear tire.As Schutt pulled away even more,a new face would grace the winners circle as Schutt took the checkered flag followed by Jackson,Williams,Hudson and Donnie Fellers.

Another great field of FactoryStocks took the green with Chad Smith grabbing the early lead as Kyle Jeffries,Troy White,Bobby Ratterree were battling.After a couple of yellows,action resumed as Smith and Jeffries went side by side as then Troy White made it a 3 car battle.On lap 4,White shot from 3rd to 1st as Bobby Ratterree followed in contention.Some tough and tight racing back in the pack involving several drivers found a few yellow flags waving but up front White the defending LOS Track champion and veteran Bobby Ratterree were close and tight.On lap 11,Jeffries made a great save coming down the frontstretch heading for the wall and lost several spots.Up front Ratterree tried several times to move around White,but White had to much coming off the corners as Jeffries was moving back to the front pack.When the checkered flew,White would grab his 1st ever Midway feature win followed closely by Ratterree,jeffries,Joe Davenport and Dylan Keeper.The last 9 Factory Features have produced 9 different winners.

Defending Sprint Car Champion Eric Todd showed his last season's form as Eric jumped from his front row starting spot and ranaway from the field in grabbing the 20 lap feature event as the race ran caution free.Joe Todd,point leader and last weeks winner Clint Todd,Rookie Kyle Bellm(who had just put a new motor in before the races)and Rookie Jeremy Hazel completed the top 5.

LateModel point leader Ron Myers grabbed the lead early and never looked back in grabbing the Fastrak lateModel feature as Rustin Miller,Tony Jackson Jr,Jason Otto and Wesley Briggs completed the top 5.

Next week the Show-Me Racin Series LateModels will invade the Midway in a special LateModel event along with regular points show for Modifieds,WingedSprint Cars,Bombers,SuperStocks and the popular FactoryStocks as the gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 7 and Racing to start at 8PM.Admission will be $12 for adults this coming Friday night Kids 11-15 are $5 and kids and under are always Free.PitPasses will be $30 for this event.

Results

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

Bombers
1st Ht-1)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 2)Joe Francis-Lebanon 3)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 4)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 5)Billy Smith-Seymour 6)Mike Scott-Rogersville 7)Brian Goff-Jefferson City
2nd Ht-1)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 2)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 3)Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon 4)Justin Dame-Lebanon 5)Colby McClain-Conway 6)Pat Lubbock-Lebanon 7)DNS-Mark Eagleburger-Waynesville
3rd Ht-1)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 2)Jack Hamer-Ava 3)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 4)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 5)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 6)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 7)Roger Young-Republic
A Ft-1)Winfrey 2)T.Brown 3)Waters 4)Hamer 5)Cromer 6)Francis 7)Shaw 8)Coffman 9)McClain 10)Goring 11)Crouch 12)Scott 13)Cheever 14)Piercy 15)Dame 16)Goff 17)Smith 18)Lubbock 19)Young DNS-Lowrance,Eagleburger

FactoryStocks
1st Ht-1)Chad Smith-Crocker 2)Kyle Jeffries-Versailles 3)Troy White-Russellville 4)James Ellis-Richland 5)Joe Davenport-Graff 6)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 7)Trent Harrison-Crocker 8)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 9)Mike Murzynski-St Roberts
2nd Ht-1)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 2)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 3)Chris Ratterree-Mt Grove 4)Dylan Keeper-Hurley 5)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 6)Mike Shaddy-Lebanon 7)Jay Flinn-Versailles 8)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon
A Ft-1)White 2)B.Ratterree 3)Jeffries 4)Davenport 5)D.Keeper 6)S.Keeper 7)Dismang 8)Flinn 9)Ellis 10)Albright 11)Shaddy 12)Murzynski 13)C.Smith 14)Harrison 15)Breedlove 16)C.Ratterree 17)Wilson

Modifieds
1st Ht-1)Donnie Fellers-Wheatland 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Sean Williams-Willard 4)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 5)John Fellers-Flemington 6)Dirk White-Willow Springs 7)Corky Waters-Osage Beach DNS-Derrick Eagleburger-Walnut Grove
2nd Ht-1)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 3)JD Kelley-Walnut Grove 4)Jack Jones-Lebanon 5)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 6)Don Williams-Osage Beach 7)Brian Millsap-Lebanon
A Ft-1)Schutt 2)Jackson Jr 3)S.Williams 4)Hudson 5)D.Fellers 6)White 7)Kelley 8)Johnson 9)J.Fellers 10)D.Williams 11)Waters 12)Graybeal 13)Jones 14)Millsap DNS-Eagleburger

WingedSprints
1st Ht-1)Eric Todd-Falcon 2)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 3)Joe todd-Falcon 4)Steve Lawrence-Springfield 5)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 6)Rusty Quick-Lebanon
2nd Ht-1)Kyle Bellm-Nixa 2)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg 3)Rob Parden-Waynesville 4)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 5)Mike Larson-Eldon
A Ft-1)E.Todd 2)J.Todd 3)C.Todd 4)Bellm 5)Hazel 6)Lawrence 7)Wedelstadt 8)Larson 9)Parden 10)Breedlove 11)Quick

Fastrak LateModels
1st Ht-1)Rustin Miller-Houston 2)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 3)Jason Otto-Richland 4)Ron Myers-Lebanon 5)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg
A&C Construction Dash-1)Myers 2)Jackson 3)Miller
A Ft-1)Myers 2)Miller 3)Jackson 4)Otto 5)Briggs