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Wells Earns Show-Me LateModel Win as Dalton Tops USRA Mods At Springfield
Raceway Opener
Ronnie Williams
SPRINGFIELD, MO (April 24) - The 2009 season opener at the Quick Quarter at
the Springfield Raceway found over 120 raceteams ready to battle with
outstanding racing action in the 5 classes and several tight finishes.
The Show-Me Racin Series LateModels made there second Series race Sat night
as Jordan Holloway jumped from his outside front row pole spot to take the
early control with Phil Edmundson and Leslie Essary in tow.The only caution
came on lap 3 when Ken Essary got alittle low in turn 2 and came to a
halt.On the restart Holloway shot ahead with Leslie Essary,point leader
Shane Essary and 2 time IMCA Champion Justin Wells on the move.On lap 10
Wells had caught Holloway and the duo pulled away from the field working
lapped traffic.On lap 17 with Holloway and Wells battling defending Series
Champion Leslie Essary closed up quickly along with rookie Larry
Campbell,Modified standout Rex Merritt and Justin Asplin.Weaving through the
traffic Wells made a power move on the bottom side of turn 2 as Holloway
bobbled just a bit on lap 23.With Wells in control Holloway backed off and
then mounted a strong late race charge only to loop the car on lap 29 in
turn 2 while catching Essary.
Wells in his new ride with Patterson Motorsports recieved a crowd standing
ovation for his racing along with giving his trophy to one of the young
fans.Leslie Essary,Shane Essary,Campbell and Asplin completed the top 5 as
14 of the 22 starters completed the lead lap.
Defending USRA Modified champion Jackie Dalton took the lead from Steve
Muilenburg on lap 2 and then withstood several late race challanges
including a last lap effort from Mitch Keeter in grabbing the USRA Modified
feature.The race featured tight racing as Scott Drake seemed to have the
fastest car in the middle stages of the race as on lap 13 he moved from his
8th starting spot to gather second place and was closing in when a scrap
with the frontstretch wall ended his night.A lap 17 restart would find
Keeter and Muilenburg close in on leader Dalton,but Dalton pulled away in
the last lap.Keeter,Muilenburg,Jason Hughes and a fast moving Ted VanZandt
completed the top 5 as 15 of the 20 starters finished on the lead lap.
The SportMod feature provided plenty of great racing action as 32 cars
checked in and the starting field of 20 was full of talent.
Mickey Burrell grabbed the opening lead from Colt Cheevers as the duo were
side by side while Tim Belk moved into third place.On lap 6, Billy Street
who started 11th was moving into the top 5 along with Steve Muilenburg.Up
front Burrell and Cheevers kept a fast pace until lap 19 when Tyrel Jones
slowed on the frontstretch as Cheevers had nowhere to go with his car
catching damage on the right rear.on the last lap restart,Muilenburg made a
last lap effort on the leader Burrell but Burrell held on to grab the win
with Muilenburg,Street,cheevers and Belk in the top 5.
The Bombers provided a great feature as James Redus grabbed the early lead
with Robert High using the high groove while Tim Jones held third.The lead
duo went wheel to wheel until lap 12 when High made the winning pass as
Redus stayed close behind.Jones Damon Tillman who started 18th and Micheal
Warnow completed the top 5 as only 2 cautions waved during the 20 lap
feature.
The LegendCars provided close action as Jason Rayle grabbed the lead on the
opening lap only to see Dave Comer grab control on lap 2.Park Jones and Dave
Bauer gave Comer fits all night long but Comer held off repeated challanges
to take the win with Jones,Bauer,early leader Rayle and Rob Watson in the
top 5.
Action continues Sat Night May 2nd with Racing to start at 7PM with action
in the USRA Modifieds,LateModels,SportMods,Bombers and Legends.
For more information visit the website at www.SpringfieldRaceway.com
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Mitch Keeter-Joplin 3)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta
4)Jason Hughes-West Plains 5)Ted VanZandt-Billings 6)Josh Hughes-West Plains
7)Bobby Pearish-Joplin 8)Brian Green-Joplin 9)Jody Tillman-Branson West
10)Butch Leiker-Joplin 11)Erik Maggard-Springfield 12)Eric Clay-Springfield
13)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 14)Darrell McWhirther-Joplin 15)Tammy
Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 16)Scott Walton-Ft Smith,Ark. 17)Jason Summers
18)Finley Weston 19)Scott Drake-Webb City 20)Greg Hughes-West Plains
1st-1)G Hughes 2)Keeter 3)Josh Hughes 4)VanZandt 5)Tillman 6)Green 7)Summer
2nd Ht-1)Muilenburg 2)Graybeal 3)Drake 4)McWhirther 5)Clay 6)Walton
3rd Ht-1)Dalton 2)Jason Hughes 3)Pearish 4)Leiker 5)Weston 6)Mitchell
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)James Redus-Springfield 3)Tim
Jones-Marshfield 4)Damon Tillman-Branson West 5)Micheal Warnow-Mt Vernon
6)Darrin Crisler-Springfield 7)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 8)Bill Schoen-Brighton
9)Dan Wood-Springfield 10)Joe Francis-Lebanon 11)Mike Willoughby-Springfield
12)Nathan Gold-Willard 13)Eric Tinderholt-Springfield 14)Richard
Smith-Springfield 15)Brandon Bennett-Springfield 16)Jack Hamer-Ava 17)Tom
Hardesty-Springfield DNS-Darren Woody-Springfield Jeff Brown-Springfield
Leonard Huse Jr.
1st Ht-1)Redus 2)T.Schoen 3)Crisler 4)Gold 5)Smith 6)Hardesty 7)Tillman
2nd Ht-1)Jones 2)B.Schoen 3)Willoughby 4)Brown 5)Francis 6)Hamer
3rd Ht-1)High 2)Warnow 3)Woody 4)Wood 5)Tinderholt 6)Bennett
SportMods
A Ft-1)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 2)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 3)Billy
Street-Joplin 4)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 5)Tim Belk-Joplin 6)Charlie
Gentile-Sparta 7)Darrin Crisler-Springfield 8)Mike Watson-Springfield
9)Dallas Scott-Springfield 10)Darrell Jackson- 11)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs
12)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin 13)Willie Wilson-Springfield 14)Roy Manard-Joplin
15)Gary Rodocker 16)Tyrel Jones 17)John Yeoman Jr-Joplin 18)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta
19)Jammin VanZandt 20)JC Morton-Springfield
1st B Ft-1)SCott 2)Jones 3)Heath Loney-Springfield 4)Derek
Watson-Springfield 5)Lamar Neuman-Joplin 6)Rick Williams-Springfield
DNS-Josh Woody-Buckhorn Mike Barnett-Springfield
2nd B Ft-1)Morton 2)Hailman 3)Cookie Blevins-Nixa 4)Jerry Lankton-Branson
West 5)Billy Dalton 6)Taylor Huddleston 7)Andy Beauchamp DNS-Mark Raymond
1st Ht-1)Cheevers 2)Rodecker 3)Gentile 4)E.Muilenburg 5)Barnett 6)Morton
7)Woody 8)Hailman
2nd Ht-1)Burrell 2)Belk 3)Watson 4)VanZandt 5)Loney 6)Lankton 7)D.Watson
8)B.Dalton
3rd Ht-1)Yeoman 2)Jackson 3)Street 4)Wilson 5)Jones 6)Blevins 7)Neuman
8)Huddleston
4th Ht-1)Maynars 2)Muilenburg 3)Hendrix 4)Crisler 5)Scott 6)Beachump
7)Williams DNS-Raymond
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Park Jones-Joplin 3)Dave Bauer-Joplin 4)Jason
Rayle-Joplin 5)Rob Watson-Clever 6)Tony Jensen-Joplin 7)Paul Horton-Joplin
8)Bill Cattrel-Joplin 9)John Gornet-Joplin 10)Billy Cottrell-Joplin 11)Tyler
Horton-Joplin 12)Gary Hockman-Rolla 13)Cole Wells-Aurora 14)Kaleb Copher-Joplin
15)Justin Comer-Joplin
1st Ht-1)Rayle 2)Jones 3)Bauer 4)Copher 5)T.Horton 6)Gornet 7)Bill Cottrell
8)Hockman
2nd Ht-1)D.Comer 2)J.Comer 3)Watson 4)P.Horton 5)Jensen 6)Billy Cottrell
7)Wells
Show-Me Racin Series LateModels
Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply A Feature
1. Justin Wells 98
2. Leslie Essary 5
3. Shane Essary 115
4. Larry Campbell 15C
5. Justin Asplin 77a
6. Rex Merritt 25x
7. Phil Edmondson 7e
8. Ken Essary 55
9. Bill McMurtrie 73
10. Rick Lebow 33
11. Kevin Henson 15
12. Jim Fulp 00
13. Jarrod Hilton 11
14. Randy Galloway 44
15. Chris Morelock 25b
16. Adam Brown 113
17. Chris Lapp 9L
18. Chris Deaton 1c
19. Ron Johnson 31j
20. Jordan Holloway 21
21. Kathy Tonoli 50
22. Roger Wilson 77
Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply B feature #1 (top 2 transfer)
1. Chris Lapp 9L
2. Adam Brown 113
3. Randy Galloway 44R (received points prov.)
4. Chris Morelock 25b (received points prov.)
5. Kevin Brown 76
6. JP Compton 37c
7. Alan Jones 34m
Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply B feature #2 (top 2 transfer)
1. Jim Fulp 00
2. Ron Johnson 31j
3. Wesley Briggs 28b
4. Scott Fry f7
5. Mark Penticuff 2
6. Frank Tindle 9t (head gasket)
7. Sundance Keeper 6.78 DNS
Greenlawn Funeral Homes Heat Race #1
1. Larry Campbell
2. Shane Essary
3. Jordan Holloway
4. Chris Deaton
5. Randy Galloway
6. Adam Brown
7. Scott Fry
8. Alan Jones
Morelock Racing Heat Race #2
1. Justin Wells
2. Rex Merritt
3. Phil Edmondson
4. Jarrod Hilton
5. Sundance Keeper
6. Ron Johnson
7. JP Compton
8. Jim Fulp
GRT Heat Race #3
1. Rick Lebow
2. Kathy Tonoli
3. Bill McMurtrie
4. Roger Wilson
5. Chris Lapp
6. Chris Morelock
7. Kevin Brown
Gary’s Used Engine Parts Heat Race #4
1. Ken Essary
2. Leslie Essary
3. Kevin Henson
4. Roger Wilson
5. Frank Tindle
6. Wesley Briggs
7. Mark Penticuff
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