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Dalton Nips Maggard For USRA Springfield Mod Main/Wells
Charges To LateModel Win
by: Ronnie Williams
SPRINGFIELD, MO (May 30) - With over 90 race teams on hand on Fan
Apperciation night the action was fast on the Quick-Quarter of the
SpringfieldRaceway with action close and 2 new winners claiming the top
prize.
In the 20 lap USRA modified feature Arkansas driver Darrell McWhirther
grabbed the opening lead over Tommy Mitchell with former champion Erik
Maggard following.This battle lasted until lap 4 when Maggard shot to the
lead as current point leader Jackie Dalton was working from the 10th
starting spot.With Maggard setting a quick pace,McWhirther was holding off
the challanges of Dalton and Wayne Graybeal.On lap 8,Dalton went into second
place as Maggard was quick up front.Back in the pack,Jim Body who spun on
lap 1 had charged from 19th to the top 5.On lap 10,Dalton shot to the inside
of Maggard to grab the lead with Maggard searching on the track for a
quicker line on the track.On lap 12,Body moved around Maggard as the duo ran
side by side.A lap 18 caution allowed Maggard a final shot at Dalton on the
double file restart.Dalton pulled to the bottom of the track as Maggard
found the very top groove to his liking.Heading to the finish,Maggard got a
run in turn 3 as Dalton was going for his 3rd straight win.Heading to the
flagstand,Maggard swung outside and just came up 2 inches short as Dalton
grabbed his third win of the season with Maggard,Jim Body,Marvin Forrest and
Mitch Keeter following.
The LateModel feature saw Jeremy Manes take early advantge of his front row
starting spot to lead the opening 3 laps with Adam Brown staying close.On
lap 4 Brown shot to the top groove and grabbed the lead as Ken Essary,Justin
Wells and Chris Morelock were coming quickly from back in the 5th row.On lap
9 a 3 wide battle found Wells the 2 time IMCA National champion shoot to the
inside of leader Brown and split the difference with Essary to take charge
of the field and grab the 20 lap feature event with Essary taking over the
runner-up spot with Brown early leader Manes and Morelock following.
The SportMod feature had local resident JC Morton grab the opening lead over
the 20 car field and never looked back in grabbing his first win of the
season.Morotn was able to withstand a 2 lap shootout over the field as point
leader Billy Street and Mike Hailman battled hard for the runner-up spots
with Mike Watson and Darrin Crisler following close behind.
The Bomber feature provided plenty of action as the field of 19 took the
green with Jeff Brown grabbing the early lead with Nathan Gold close
behind.On lap 5 Gold took the lead as point leader Robert high was charging
from 10th to move into the top 3.On lap 6,High took the lead and was pulling
away until contact with another car on lap 13 sent the leader to the rear of
the field for helping bring out the yellow.Gold took back the lead holding
off a late charge from John Coats for the win.Coates would have some issues
in tech and was dropped in the standing giving James Redus the runner-up
spot with Wayne Graybeal,Jesse Parton and Mike Willoughby the top 5.
The Legends provided plenty of action as Justin Comer took the opening lead
over Cole Wells.Caleb Copher grabbed second place on lap 2 as point leader
Park Jones who started in Tony Jensen's car in 16th was coming through the
field.Comer and Copher were battling hard until lap 6 when Jason Rayle
climbed the frontstretch fence going airborn.He walked away uninjured.On the
restart,David Bauer joined the front battle as Jones had moved into the
top4.Lap 13 Copher went by the wayside with problems and Bauer took over the
lead with Jones slipping by also but Bauer held on for the win with
jones,early leader Justin Comer and Paul Horton and Tyler horton completing
the top 5.
Action continues Next Sat night at SpringfieldRaceway as Wheeler Metals will
be sponsoring a $300 to win Bomber feature points race along with action in
the USRA Modifieds,LateModels,Sportmods and Legends.Gates open at 5 with
hotlaps at 6:15 and Racing at 7PM sharp.For more information visit the
website at www.SpringfieldRaceway.com
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Erik Maggard-Springfield 3)Jim Body-Diamond
4)Marvin Forrest-Shell Knob 5)Mitch Keeter-Joplin 6)Darrell
McWhirther-Bentonville,Ark 7)Ron McClellan-Joplin 8)Keith
Branson-Springfield 9)Brian Green-Pierce City 10)Billy Dalton-Reeds 11)Sam
Petty-Niangua 12)David Kirkland-Branson 13)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 14)Darrell
Jackson-Carthage 15)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 16)Tammy Mitchell-Pea
Ridge,Ark. 17)Weston Finley-Nixa 18)Jody Tillman-Branson West 19)Eric
Clay-Springfield
1st Ht-1)J.Dalton 2)Maggard 3)Body 4)Forrest 5)Tillman 6)Finley 7)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Green 3)McWhirther 4)Kirkland 5)Jackson 6)Billy Dalton
3rd Ht-1)Pearish 2)Graybeal 3)McClellan 4)Mitchell 5)Branson 6)Clay
LateModels
A Ft-1)Justin Wells-Aurora 2)Ken Essary-Cape Fair 3)Adam Brown-Aurora
4)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 5)Chris Morelock-Springfield 6)Phil Edmundson-Marionville
7)Kevin Brown-Crane 8)Jim Fulp-Aurora 9)Jarrod Hilton-Crane 10)Rick LeBow-Galena
11)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 12)Scott Fry-Exeter 13)JP Compton-Crane
14)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 15)Alan Jones-Oldfield
1st Ht-1)A.Brown 2)Wells 3)Morelock 4)LeBow 5)Edmundson 6)Briggs 7)Compton
2nd Ht-1)Essary 2)Manes 3)K.Brown 4)Fulp 5)Hilton 6)Keeper 7)Jones 8)Fry
SportMods
A Ft-1)JC Morton-Springfield 2)Billy Street-Joplin 3)Mike
Hailman-ReedSprings 4)Mike Watson-Springfield 5)Darrin Crisler-Springfield
6)Roy Maynard-Alba 7)Sean Williams-Willard 8)Rob Lewis-Springfield 9)Willie
Wilson-Springfield 10)Chuck Bryant-Willard 11)Darrell Jackson-Carthage
12)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 13)Billy Dalton-Reeds 14)Derek
Watson-Springfield 15)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 16)Randy Belk-Joplin 17)Dallas
Scott-Springfield 18)JJ Yeoman-Granby 19)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc DNS-Jimmy
VanZandt-Springfield
B Ft(Top 5 To A ) 1)Scott 2)Bryant 3)Lewis 4)Dalton 5)Jones 6)Eric
Tinderholt-Lampe 7)Lamar Newman-Willard 8)Frank Todd-Nixa 9)Mike
Barnett-Springfield
1st HT-1)Beauchamp 2)Maynard 3)Williams 4)Street 5)Crisler 6)Tinderholt
7)Newman 8)Dalton
2nd Ht-1)Morton 2)D.Watson 3)Jackson 4)Yeoman 5)Belk 6)Jones 7)Scott 8)Todd
3rd Ht-1)VanZandt 2)Wilson 3)M.Watson 4)Lankton 5)Hailman 6)Bryant 7)Lewis
8)Barnett
Bombers
A Ft-1)Nathan Gold-Willard 2)James Redus-Springfield 3)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield
4)Jesse Parton-Springfield 5)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 6)Jack Hamer-Ava
7)Brian Brown-Galena 8)Shawn Strong-Republic 9)Alan Fugitt-Walnut Grove
10)Tim Jones-Marshfield 11)Jeff Brown-Willard 12)Terry Williams-Rogersville
13)Robert High-Springfield 14)Dan Wood-Springfield 15)Mark Asbell-Springfield
16)Micheal Warnow-Mt Vernon DQ-John Coats-Joplin Damon Tillman-Branson West
Rex Frieze-Springfield
1st HT-1)Strong 2)Jones 3)Hamer 4)Parton
2nd Ht-1)High 2)Willoughby 3)Brown 4)Asbell 5)Fugitt
3rd HT-1)Redus 2)Gold 3)Graybeal 4)Wood 5)Brown 6)Williams 7)Warnow
Legends
A Ft-1)David Bauer-Webb Cirt 2)Park Jones-Joplin 3)Justin Comer-Joplin
4)Paul Horton-Joplin 5)Tyler Horton-Joplin 6)Gary Hockman-Rolla 7)Bill
Cottrill-Joplin 8)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 9)John Gornet-St Louis 10)Trever
Drake-Webb City 11)Cole Wells-Aurora 12)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 13)Dave
Comer-Joplin 14)Jason Rayle-Springfield 15)Tony Jensen-Joplin 16)Rob
Watson-Billings
1st Ht-1)D.Comer 2)J.Comer 3)Watson 4)Jensen 5)Wells 6)Drake 7)Jones
8))P.Horton
2nd Ht-1)Bauer 2)Copher 3)Bill Cottrill 4)T.Horton 5)Hockman 6)Rayle
7)Gornet 8)Billy Cottrill
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