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Ragland Goes Back To Back In Midway USRA Mods As Carroll Tops 1st Ever Midway Factory Victory LEBANON, MO (August 22) - With 90 race teams in the pits action again was fast and furious on the Action track of the Ozarks at the Lebanon Midway Speedway as the chase for the championship got even closer in the USRA Modifieds as former Midway Champion Jamie Ragland captured his second straight Modified feature win. The field of 21 ground pounding USRA Modifieds took the green with Kris Jackson grabbing the early lead with Veteran Terry Kirk jumping to the top groove and Tony Jackson Jr diving to the low side.Kris Jackson who was trying to make Midway history by becoming the first driver to win features in 3 different classes was setting a very fast pace.The first yeoow flew as Tim Ballinger looped it in turn 4 bringing out the yellow on lap 5.On the restart,Kris Jackson was quick on the start as Tony Jackson Jr found defending Midway champion Eric Hudson glued to his bumper as they raced hard for position while last weeks winner Jamie Ragland had moved into 5th and was charging while battling Steve Martin with action all over the race track.On lap 12 the yellow waved for Jamie Petty as Kris Jackson ducked into the pits with a flat tire.It was determined that Tony Jackson had helped cause the yellow and was sent to the rear of the field giving Eric Hudson the lead position with Terry Kirk,RaglandMartin at Jason Meadors currently in the top 5.On the restart,Hudson grabbed the low groove with Ragland and Kirk battling.on lap 14,Ragland made the winning pass over Hudson to take back to back victories and put himself back into the points chase as Hudson,Kirk,Martin and Meadors completed the top 5. The FactoryStock Class would find its 12th different winner this season as the front row of Kenny Carroll and Ted Welschmeyer brought the field to the green flag with Welschmeyer jumping to the top groove while Carroll stayed down low early as the duo ran side by side.On lap 3,Carroll would start to pull away from this battle and opened-up a big lead leaving the racing for second place honors.The race for second included Welschmeyer,Donnie Miller,Dusty Rhoads,Aaron Gustin and Doug Rich as they swapped spots back and forth for the entire 15 laps.Out in front the veteran Carroll was long gone with a full straightaway lead as they encountered Midway traffic with some 3 wide racing.Again up front Carroll was able to run anywhere on the track and was heading for his first feature win of the season while Aaron Gustin finally made the pass to collect the runner-up spot followed closely by last weeks winner Dusty Rhoads who came from 11th to third as Rich and Miller completed the top 5. The Tim Parson's AutoSales SuperStock feature saw point leader Ben Newell jump to the early lead with Larry Prewett and Travis Hill close behind.With the top 3 battling last weeks winner JC Newell move from 11th into the top 5 by lap 5.The yellow waved for debris in turn 2 bunching the field up.On te restart,Ben surged ahead as Prewett and Hill battled back and forth before the duo made contact on lap 12 sending both drivers to the rear.This moved Danny Newell into second and placed JC third on the restart.Ben powered ahead from the field as things started to go crazy as JC had moved into second place and was gaining on the leader B.Newell,he pulled up high with problems as on the frontstretch on the following lap,Danny Newell and Dwight Niehoff got together as Bill Joiner and JC made contact in turn 4.This moved Clinton Betts into the runner-up spot with Travis Hill close behind.On the final restart,Hill went ahead of Betts but it was Ben Newell grabbing his 7th win of the season with T.Hill,Betts,early contender Prewett and Bradley McDowell completing the top 5. The GlassHopper Glass Repair B-Mods got back on track tonight and again provided excellent racing all evening long as the front row of Josh Woody jumps to the early lead with Kenny Dickinson jumping to the top groove.The only yellow flew after 1 lap as Dickinson spun in turn 4 bunching-up the field.On the restart,Woody again to the front with Rookie JC Morton grabbing a solid second place and gaining quickly as point leader Jason Otto moves quickly into third place followed by Mickey Burrell.Out in front,Woody was on a roll moving anywhere on the track as Oto made a move to second on lap 8 getting around Morton and was gaining on the leader while Dickinson was the fastest car coming from the back after his early spin.With 2 laps left,Otto closed to within 5 cars of Woody,but Woody would grab win number 3 on the season with Otto,Burrell,Morton and Dickinson completing the top 5. The Bomber class would see pole setter Rob White grab the opening lead with point leader Brandon Knudtson close behind with some 2-3 wide racing behind.First Knudtson tried several attempts to get around White,but White held on and then later in the Race,Shawn Strong tried to make a move to the front but White withstood the challanges until Strong had a rearend lock-up ending his charge.In the closing laps,last weeks winner Brandon Waters slowly made his way to the front to secure the runner-up spot on the last lap with Knudtson,a fast moving Jack Hamer and Dale Waters completing the top 5. In the WingedSprint Cars former Champion Clint Todd took advantage of his front row starting spot and held off repeated challanges from current point leader and defending champion JP Compton in grabbing the feature win with Compton,Rusty Quick,Scott Wedelstadt and Galvin Galbreath completing the top 5. Racing action will resume on Friday Sept 5 at the Midway with a regular points show featuring the USRA Modifieds,FactoryStocks,SuperStocks,B-Mods and a special paying $500 to win feature for the Bombers. Results USRA Modifieds A Ft-1)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Terry Kirk-Urbana 4)Steve Martin-Ozark 5)Jason Meadors-Fordland 6)David Hendrix-Laquey 7)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 8)Larry Tindle-Springfield 9)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 10)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 11)James Hartman-Eldridge 12)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 13)Don Luna-St James 14)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 15)Jack Jones-Lebanon 16)Chad Staus-Otterville 17)Sam Petty-Niangua 18)Jamie Petty-Niangua 19)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 20)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 21)Justin Neuman-Crocker 1st Ht-1)K.Jackson 2)Meadors 3)Hartman 4)Ragland 5)Ballinger 6)Willis 7)Hendrix 2nd Ht-1)Kirk 2)Martin 3)Tindle 4)Gennings 5)Graybeal 6)Luna 7)J.Petty 3rd Ht-1)Jackson Jr 2)Hudson 3)Neuman 4)Atkinson 5)S.Petty 6)Staus 7)Jones FactoryStocks A Ft-1)Kenny Carroll-Camdenton 2)Aaron Gustin-Osage Beach 3)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 4)Doug Rich-Camdenton 5)Donnie Miller-Houston 6)Ted Welschmeyer-Tibbets 7)Tim Petty-niangua 8)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 9)Mike Teeters-Lebanon 10)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 11)Larry Stanley-Camdenton DNS-Mark Davis-Grovesprings,Craig Danuser-Macks Creek Ben Solberg-Springfield,Sheldon Stoufer-Camdenton 1st Ht-1)Carroll 2)Rich 3)Rhoads 4)Miller 5)Dismang 6)Stanley 7)Teeters 8)Scharr 2nd Ht-1)Welschmeyer 2)Gustin 3)Davis 4)Danuser 5)Solberg 6)Petty DNS-Stoufer GlassHopper B-Mods A Ft-1)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 2)Jason Otto-Richland 3)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 4)JC Morton-Springfield 5)Kenny Dickinson-Camdenton 6)Brian Millsap-Lebanon 7)Brian Monnahan-Lebanon 8)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 9)Corey Pope-Branson 10)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 11)Jeremiah Mooney-Lebanon 12)Jason Reckker-Camdenton 13)Greg Strong-Nixa 14)Derek Cook-Lebanon 15)Luke Stephens-Stoutland DNS-Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 1st Ht-1)Woody 2)Morton 3)Burrell 4)Millsap 5)Pope 6)Strong 7)Monnahan 8)Cook 2nd Ht-1)Dickinson 2)Otto 3)Mooney 4)Stephens 5)Reckker 6)Ballinger 7)Cheevers 8)Albright Jr Bombers A Ft-1)Rob White-Lebanon 2)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 3)Brandon Knudtson-Lebanon 4)Jack Hamer-Ava 5)Dale Waters-Lynchburg 6)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 7)Rodney Yost-Squires 8)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 9)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 10)Joe Francis-Lebanon 11)Shawn Strong-Republic 12)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 13)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 14)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 15)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 16)John McGinnis-Lebanon 1st HT-1)White 2)D.Waters 3)Coffman 4)Hamer 5)Yost 6)Lewis 7)McGinnis 8)Piercy 2nd HT-1)Knudtson 2)Francis 3)Brandon Waters 4)Strong 5)Forshey 6)Lowrance 7)Billy Waters 8)Mooney Tim Parsons AutoSales SuperStocks A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Travis Hill-Lebanon 3)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 4)Larry Prewett-Jerome 5)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 6)Rick Hill-Lebanon 7)Amanda Goodwin-Lebanon 8)JC Newell-Decatureville 9)Danny Newell-Stoutland 10)Dwight Niehoff-Lockwood 11)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 12)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon 13)Donny Betts-Stoutland 1st Ht-1)Prewett 2)JC Newell 3)Bill Joiner 4)T.Hill 5)Niehoff 6)Bennie Joiner 7)D.Betts 2nd Ht-1)B.Newell 2)D.Newell 3)C.Betts 4)McDowell 5)R.Hill 6)Goodwin WingedSprints A Ft-1)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 2)JP Compton-Crane 3)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 4)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 5)Galvin Galbreath-Washington 6)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 7)Kyle Carpenter-Marshfield 1st Ht-1)Todd 2)Compton 3)Quick 4)Galbreath 5)Breedlove 6)Wedelstadt 7)Carpenter |