Show-Me Racin Series Heading To The Midway
by :Ronnie Williams

LEBANON, MO. (Aug. 7, 2006) - The stars and Cars of the Traveling Show-Me Racin Series Late Models will tackle the Lebanon Midway Speedway this Friday Night. This will be the 1st true ever visit for the series as they have ran non-sanctioned shows before.

In the last visit, rookie of the year contender Chad Smith looked to be heading to his 1st LateModel feature win as the Arkansas driver was holding off repeated challanges from Hall Of Fame Driver Ken Essary and Leslie Essary until a flat tire took him out of contention. From there,Leslie Essary made a smooth move on the bottom to get around Ken to claim the winning trophy on Kenny Wallace night. Several other Show-Me Drivers have had excellent runs at the Midway including opening Series winner Chris Hawkins. Hawkins won a regular show at the Midway this season holding off repeated challanges from Rick LeBow. Mike Hailmam who broke Tim Brown's winning FactoryStock winning streak last season also has adapted to the track very well. Other drivers expected include Nevada winner Jarrod Hilton, Conner Ward, Kevin Henson, Jeremey Kelley, Roger Wilson, Jimmy Greenway and many others.

Absent this weekend will be the "Flyin Farmer" Ken Essary. Essary will be inducted into the Dirt Racing Hall Of Fame this weekend. Essary who has won at the Midway last season in the special Show-Me Vs Fastrak Challange and also sat on the outside front row for the June MLRA Race also.

Racing also on the card will be the Modifieds(20 cars or more pays 600 to win,100 to start),FactoryStocks(20 or more cars pays 400 to win), SuperStocks, Winged Sprints, and Bombers. These will be regular track point races.

Admission will be $12.00 for adults this weekend in the Grandstand with kids 11-15 only $5 and 10 and under Free while pit passes are $30 for adults.
For more information contact Harold Armstrong in the evenings at 417-532-6254 or visit the website at www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com or information on the Show-Me Series www.show-meracinseries.com