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Maggard Headlines SpringfieldRaceway USRA Mod Main
by: Ronnie Williams
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (June 13) - On only his third night out with a new car,
Former Springfield Raceway Modified champion Erik Maggard grabbed the lead
on lap 7 and never looked back in grabbing his first feature win of the
season in the USRA Modified feature Sat night at the Quick-Quarter despite
an incident in the qualifying heat race.
The Modified feature rolled out with Arkansas driver Todd Knight grabbing
the early lead with Darrell McWhirter following closely along with Bobby
Pearish and Brian Green.Pearish moved into the runner-up spot on lap 2 and
was running down the leader Knight as Maggard was starting his charge from
the 6th starting spot.Pearish's strong run would end in turn 3 on the 6th
lap as he spun.On the restart,Knight stayed to the middle lane while Maggard
moved to the high groove and made the pass in turn 4 to take control as
Green,Mitch Keeter,last weeks winner Jody Tillman,Steve Muilenburg and Jim
Body were battling for position.On lap 13,point leader Jackie Dalton spun to
the infield area and lost a couple of laps taking him out of contention
while Maggard was sailing on the top groove.Opening up a big lead over the
pack,Maggard would take his first season win as the pack for second finally
found Green grabbing the runner-up spot followed byMitch Keeter,Jody tillman
and Muilenburg completing the top 5.
"The new car has been fast since we brought it out 3 weeks ago"quoted
Maggard."We had a second,and a third place finish while leading some laps
and lost in the closing laps,tonight even after the deal in the heat race,it
was perfect come feature time."
The SportMod feature had a rough start,but the last half of the feature
provided tight and close racing action.
Jimmy VanZandt would lead the opening lap,but a wild crash would end the
night of Chuck Bryant,Dallas Scott,Darian Hendrix and Billy Dalton.On the
restart,Jerry Lankton would set the pace,but an incident on a lap 3 restart
with Mike Hailman ended his night early with VanZandt again taking control
with Mike Watson and Andrew Smith following closely.Point leader Billy
Street would started the night 12th,patiently worked his way to the front
along with JC Morton and took over the lead on lap 9 while Sean Williams was
recovering from an early spin was working the bottom groove to contend with
the front runners.During the long green run in the last half,Williams went
to the bottom and Street stayed-up high as the duo raced cleanly for the
lead with Williams taking over on lap 18.A lap 19 caution gave Strret a last
shot at the win,but Williams would hold of the charge to grab his first win
of the season with Street,Morton,Steve Muilenburg and early leader VanZandt
completing the top 5.
The Legends provided four wide racing action all night long as second
generation driver Trevor Drake grabbed the opening lead with Paul Horton
,Tony Jensen and Caleb Copher in tow.Points runner-up david Bauer had worked
up to challange on lap 5 while young Drake was setting a fast pace.A lap
caution allowed Bauer to close-up the gap as Dave Comer was battling
also.Bauer took the lead the following lap as Drake would ;ater pull-in with
problems.Up front a 4 car battle found point leader Park Jones moving up to
join the race along with Justin Comer.Bauer would withstand the charges and
grab his 3rd win of the season followed by Dave Comer,Jones,Justin Comer and
Rob Watson.
The Bomber feature had Dan Wood lead the opening two laps with points
runner-up Robert High taking over on lap 3.High would then fight off
repeated challanges from Shawn Strong to capture his second victory of the
season with Strong,point leader James Redus,Jack Hamer and Mike Willoughby
following.
The LateModel feature found JP Compton lead the opening 4 laps and then Adam
Brown moved to the top groove and would grab his first win of the season
with Compton,Glen Yarbrough,Alan Jones and Wesley Briggs following.Track
point leader Jeremy Manes would be caught in a lap 3 incident ending his
night early.
Action continues Sat night June 20 as the ASCS SprintsCar Sooner Regional
Series rolls into town for their only apperance at the SpringfieldRaceway
this season with current regional point leader and Former world Of Outlaw
driver Danny Wood leading the pack along with Joe Wood Jr.Former regional
champion Sean McClelland,local standout Kyle Bellm and many other 360 Sprint
drivers along with Point battles in the SportMods,Bombers and the firsr
apperance of the Pro-4 LateModels.
Gates will open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:15 and Racing at 7PM sharp.Adult
Admission will be $15 in the Grandstands and pitpasses are $30.
For more information visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or
contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Erik Maggard-Republic 2)Brian Green-Pierce City 3)Mitch Keeter-Joplin
4)Jody Tillman-Branson West 5)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 6)Bobby
Pearish-Oronogo 7)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark 8)Rob Muilenburg-Sparta 9)Larry
Tindle-Springfield 10)Darrell McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark 11)Sam Petty-Niangua
12)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 13)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 14)Jim Body-Diamond
15)Shane Rees-Diamond
1st HT-1)Pearish 2)Dalton 3)S.Muilenburg 4)McWhirter 5)Rees 6)Maggard
7)Graybeal 8)Tindle
2nd Ht-1)Tillman 2)Keeter 3)Green 4)Body 5)Knight 6)R.Muilenburg 7)Petty
Legends
A Ft-1)David Bauer-Webb City 2)Dave Comer-Joplin 3)Park Jones-Joplin
4)Justin Comer-Joplin 5)Rob Watson-Billings 6)Jason Rayle-Springfield
7)Tyler Horton-Joplin 8)Tony Jenson-Joplin 9)Gary Hockman-Rolla 10)Billy
Cottrill-Joplin 11)Matt Gruenberg-Joplin 12)John Gornet-O'Fallon 13)Kaleb
Copher-Webb City 14)Paul Horton-Joplin 15)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 16)Bill
Cottrill-Joplin 17)Trever Drake-Webb City
1st Ht-1)Rayle 2)Drake 3)Jones 4)Copher 5)T.Horton 6)Hockman
2nd Ht-1)D.Comer 2)Bauer 3)P.Horton 4)Reynolds 5)Gornet 6)J.Comer
3rd Ht-1)Watson 2)Bill Cottrill 3)Jenson 4)Billy Cottrill 5)Gruenburg
SportMods
A Ft-1)Sean Williams-Willard 2)Billy Street-Joplin 3)JC Morton-Springfield
4)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 5)Jim VanZandt-Springfield 6)Roy Maynard-Alba
7)Willie Wilson-Springfield 8)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 9)Andrew
Smith-Willard 10)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 11)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield
12)Mike Watson-Springfield 13)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 14)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe
15)Darrin Crisler-Clever 16)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 17)Billy Dalton-Reeds
18)Darian Hendrix-Joplin 19)Dallas Scott-Springfield 20)Chuck Bryant-Walnut
Grove
B Ft-(Top 5 To A Main)-1)Crisler 2)Bryant 3)Beauchamp 4)Wilson 5)Jones
6)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City 7)Gary Krebs-Springfield 8)Derek Watson-Nixa
9)David Lynch-Webb City 10)Aaron Speck-Republic 11)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta
12)Rich Hert-McDowell DNS-Rob Lewis-Joplin
1st HT-1)S.Williams 2)Lankton 3)Street 4)A.Smith 5)Morton 6)Huddleston
7)Beauchamp 8)Speck 9)Lewis
2nd Ht-1)Hendrix 2)S.Muilenburg 3)Dalton 4)Watson 5)Burrell 6)Bryant 7)Jones
8)Lynch 9)E.Muilenburg
3rd Ht-1)Maynard 2)VanZandt 3)Hailman 4)Tinderholt 5)Scott 6)Crisler
7)D.Watson 8)Krebs 9)Hert 10)Wilson
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Shawn Strong-Republic 3)James Redus-Springfield
4)Jack Hamer-Ava 5)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 6)Dennis Price-Springfield
7)Dan Wood-Springfield 8)Richard Smith-Nixa
1st Ht-1)High 2)Redus 3)Strong 4)Wood 5)Hamer 6)Willoughby 7)Price 8)Smith
LateModels
A Ft-1)Adam Brown-Aurora 2)JP Compton-Crane 3)Glen Yarbrough-Joplin 4)Alan
Jones-Oldfield 5)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 6)Jon Driskell 7)Sundance
Keepper-Springfield 8)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 9)Mitch Jenkins-Aurora
1st Ht-1)Brown 2)Manes 3)Briggs 4)Driskell 5)Jenkins
2nd Ht-1)Compton 2)Yarbrough 3)Keepper 4)Jones
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