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Maggard Squeaks Out Springfield Raceway USRA Main-Tinderholt
Becomes 8th Different SportMod Winner
SPRINGFIELD, MO (July 18) - The action Sat night at the Quick-Quarter of the
Springfield Raceway lived well up to its name with side by side action in
all 4 classes and photo finishes all night long.
Action in the USRA Modified feature saw the Blonde Bomber Tammy Mitchell
take the opening lead from her front row starting spot.The caution waved on
lap 2 as Bobby Pearish looped the car in turn 2 and then early contender
Jody tillman went to the pits with problems.On the restart,Erik Maggard flew
to the very top side of the track to grab the lead from Mitchell.Mitchell
then had a tight battle with Mitch Keeter and Jim body for position as
current USRA point leader Jackie Dalton was working from his 10th starting
spot and moved into third by lap 8 as action was fast and all over the
track.With Maggard setting a fast pace on the top groove,the caution waved
on lap 10 as Body came to a halt in turn 2.On the double file restart,runner-up
Keeter picked the low lane putting Dalton on the outside.As action
resumed,Dalton shot to the bottom with Maggard still running the high
line.The duo ran side by side for 5 consecutive laps then Dalton went
upstairs and followed for two more laps.On lap 18,Dalton went back
downstairs with Maggard rim-riding that top groove quickly.With the white
flag out,Dalton made another last lap lunge,but Maggard kept his Shaw
Chassis on the upper line claiming the win with Dalton and his Hoffman
chassis a very close second followed by Mitch Keeter,Bobby Pearish and early
leader Mitchell.
The SportMod feature saw 21 cars take the green with Aaron Speck spinning in
turn 2 bringing out an original restart.As the green flew again side by side
racing was the call as Rookie SportMod driver Eric Tinderholt grabbed the
opening lead from his fourth starting spot as he passed pole setter Gary
Rodocker while Billy Dalton rode third.Tinderholt a former Bomber driver
from Lampe set a quick pace as Rodocker rode a solid second and Darrell
Jackson moved from 7th to take over third place.With Tinderholt ahead of the
pack,the call was side by side action with 2-3 wide racing.Tinderholt would
go on to grab the win and become the 8th different winner in this class with
Rodocker gathering his best finish in second as Darrell Jackson,Roy Maynard
in his 602 Crate motor coming from 11th to grab fourth and Mike Hailman just
nipping Dallas Scott for the top 5 spots as the race went a solid 20 laps
after the first restart.18 of the 21 starters were on the lead lap.
The Bomber/StreetStock Class again provided alot of action as Rex Freize
grabbed the opening lead.On lap 2,Tyler Chainey took over the lead.On lap
4,Chainey got crossed up alittle aa cars went all over turn 4 with Charlie
Hart getting the worst of the deal as his car slammed into the turn 4 wall
and Freize went to the pits for repairs.This put point leader Robert High in
the lead with points runner-up James Redus following.On the restart,redus
took command only to have High get the lead back as Jack Hamer and Mike
Willoughby were stagging a classic battle for third place.THe lead duo went
bumper to bumper until lap 11 when High slowed for a lapped car and Redus
got into him on the frontstretch.Redus spun sending him to the back of the
pack as Willoughby now moved into second place.On the restart,High pulled
away leaving the rest to battle and gathered his 5th win and fourth in arow
with Hamer coming back to grab the runner-up spot followed closely bya fast
moving Chainey,Willoughby and Redus at the line.
The Legends had a rough start but once going the racing again provided 3
wide action.Young Billy Cottrill grabbing the opening lead as Chuck Comer
took a ride over the banking in turn 1.Cottrill would pit under the caution
with problems ending his strong start.This put Kaleb Copher to the top spot
and after a couple of yellows early the field restarted single file.Once
they got going Rob Watson started making his charges to challange Copher as
points runner-up Jason Rayle moved quickly into third.The racing developed 3
wide action as Rayle moved to the lead on lap 10 and Justin Comer had come
charging up to third with points contender David Bauer moving into the top
5.On lap 14,Bauer who won last week had his night go bad as he caught a tire
in turn 4 ending his run.On the restart,Justin Comer went around leader
Rayle as early spinning Chuck Comer had charged from 16th up to third
place.As the checkered flew Justin Comer took the win followed closely by
Rayle,Chuck Comer,early leader Copher and Rob Watson.Point leader Park Jones
crossed in sixth allowing Ralye and Jones leaving tied in the track points.
Racing action continues Next Sat night July 25th with Coors night at the
Races as the USRA Modified feature will pay $600 to the winner.USRA Track
and National points will be awarded and the A-Mod drivers will draw for
heats and use passing points to set the line-ups.Action will also feature
the Bomber/StreetStocks,SportMods,Legends and LateModels return to
action.PitGates open at 4 with the drivers meeting at 6:30,Hotlaps at 6:45
and Racing at 7:30.Grandstand gates open at 5 with Adult Admission only
$10,kids 6-12 are $5 and under 6 Free.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-Springfield 2)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 3)Mitch Keeter-Webb
City 4)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 5)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 6)Td VanZandt-Billings
7)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark. 8)Brian Green-Pierce City 9)Darrell
McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark 10)Jim Body-Diamond 11)Jody Tillman-Branson West
DNS-Wayne Graybeal-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Tillman 2)Maggard 3)Dalton 4)Graybeal 5)VanZandt 6)McWhirter
2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Knight 3)Pearish 4)Body 5)Mitchell 6)Green
Bombers
A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Jack Hamer-Ava 3)Tyler Chainey-Springfield
4)Mike Willoughby-Springfield 5)James Redus-Springfield 6)Rex Frieze-Willard
7)Richard Smith-Nixa 8)Chris Riggs-Springfield 9)Kim Kaasa-Springfield
10)Dan Wood-Springfield 11)Charlie Hart-Springfield 12)Bill
Lawson-Springfield
1st HT-1)High 2)Freize 3)Hart 4)Chainey 5)Willoughby 6)Lawson
2nd Ht-1)Redus 2)Wood 3)Hamer 4)Smith 5)Riggs 6)Kaasa
SportMods
A Ft-1)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 2)Gary Rodocker-Willard 3)Darrell
Jackson-Carthage 4)Roy Maynard-Alba 5)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 6)Dallas
Scott-Springfield 7)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 8)Randy Belk-Joplin 9)Darrin Crisler-Clever
10)Billy Dalton-Reeds 11)Billy Street-Joplin 12)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove
13)Andrew Smith-Willard 14)JC Morton-Springfield 15)Jason Wallace-Joplin
16)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City 17)Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc 18)Chuck
Bryant-Walnut Grove 19)Dusty Martin-Springfield 20)Gary Krebs-Clever
21)Aaron Speck-Republic DNS-Jim VanZandt-Springfield Kenny
Shelton-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Street 2)Scott 3)Burrell 4)Smith 5)Wallace 6)Bryant
2nd Ht-1)Lankton 2)Rodocker 3)Crisler 4)Hailman 5)Huddleston 6)Martin
3rd Ht-1)Maynard 2)Tinderholt 3)Jackson 4)Krebs 5)Jones 6)Shelton
4th Ht-1)Belk 2)Morton 3)Dalton 4)Speck 5)VanZandt
Legends
A Ft-1)Justin Comer-Joplin 2)Jason Rayle-Springfield 3)Chuck Comer-Joplin
4)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 5)Rob Watson-Billings 6)Park Jones-Joplin 7)Dave
Comer-Joplin 8)Jay Reynolds-Springfield 9)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 10)Tyler
Horton-Joplin 11)Tony Jesen-Joplin 12)Gary Hockman-Rolla 13)Rod Baird-Oldfield
14)David Bauer-Webb City 15)Paul Horton-Joplin 16)Billy Cottrill-Joplin
1st Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Copher 3)Jones 4)Billy Cottrill 5)C.Comer
2nd Ht-1)Rayle 2)Watson 3)T.Horton 4)Hockman 5)Jensen
3rd HT-1)Bauer 2)J.Comer 3)P.Horton 4)C.Comer 5)Bill Cottrill 6)Baird
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