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Fellers Headlines Midway USRA Feature As 3 New Winners Grab Victories
by: Ronnie Williams

LEBANON, MO - (July 24) - The theme of new winners is what every racetrack wants and Friday Night action at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway that theme was strong as 3 first-time winners were crowned.

 In the USRA modified feature,Donnie Fellers grabbed the opening lead with Danny Atkinson following closely.On lap 2,point leader Justin Neuman took over the top spot with Fellers right on his bumper.Neuman looking for his first win of the season seemed to have control while Fellers was staying close behind as Rustin Miller,Atkinson and Rusty Dukes were battling.A lap 7 caution for debris sent Terry Kirk to the pits with a flat tire,but he returned at the tailend of the field.Neuman shot ahead on the restart,but on lap 9 pulled into the pits with problems sending Fellers to the lead with Rustin Miller and Rusty Dukes right behind him.Miller tried several times to get the top spot,but Fellers held on for his first ever Midway victory followed by Miller,Dukes,Danny Atkinson and Colson Kirk.

 The FactoryStocks again provided another action packed feature as defending champion Tim Petty grabbed the opening lap lead with Chip Shaddux following closely.On lap 2, Shaddux to the top spot over Petty as the red flaf flew for Donnie Miller,James Flood and Doug Rich.Miller's car ended-up on it top but Donnie was able to walk away unhurt.On the restart,Shaddux was leading over Petty as point leader Bob Gustin,last weeks winner Ben Solberg and Bill Scharr were battling.Derek Brown began to make his way forward from the 12th starting spot as Solberg moved into second on lap 8 and closed the gap.On lap 11,Solberg took over the lead as Brown moved to challange on lap 12.This duo battled until the end with Solberg grabbing his second consectutive win followed closely by Brown,Shaddux,point leader Gustin and Petty.

 The B-Mods again provided close action all night long as another new winner croosed the winner's circle.Chris Tonoli grabbed the opening lead from his 5th starting spot as pole setter Ted Ballinger followed closely.Josh Woody and defending champion Jason Otto along with Micheal Stake followed closely.With Tonoli holding off repeated challanges from Woody,the yellow flew on lap 6 for Brian Webster,Greg Strong and Ballinger who pulled in with flat tire.On the restart Woody pulled even,but Tonoli was using a middle lane path to grab the lead again.On lap 9,Jason Otto's car slowed on the backstretch bringing out the yellow and moving point leader and 12th starting Mickey Burrell into the hunt into third place.on the restart,Woody tried Tonoli again,but Tonoli was strong coming off the corners.On lap 12,Burrell moved around woody to grab second place and set his sights on Tonoli as Jack Lancaster and JC morton were moving up also.Burrell got close but tonight Tonoli grabbed the win followed by Burrell,Woody,Lancaster and another strong run by Micheal Stake.

 The Bombers were tunning up for next weeks $500 to win feature as Matt Pilant grabbed the opening lead with Keith Cheever following closely.Tim Bostwick brought out the 1st yellow and the following lap,Cheever's strong run ended with a flat tire.On the restart,pilant was looking strong with John Coates moving into the runner up spot and challanging.On lap 4,Coates took over the lead with Shawn Winfrey following and previous winner Shawn Strong moving from 11th.On lap 6,Strong stopped in turn 2 with brake problems and Winfrey went to the pits.With coates leading,point leader Joe Francis moved solid into second with Jack Hamer moving quickly up to the front.Coates opened-up a lead as Hamer and Francis battled.Coates grabbed his first ever Midway win with Francis just nipping Hamer for second with Hamer,a fast moving Sundance Keepper and Rodney yost completing the top 5.

 The PureStock feature saw Adam Lowrance take advantage of his outside front row starting spot with newcomer Scotty Jones staying close behind.A tight pack behind the lead duo provided close action as Lowrance found Jones battling hard as Joey Long had moved into third place.On lap 5,Jones night ended with overheating problems as Frank Bryson moved to the second place spot.Out front Lowrance would open up the lead as Bryson,Jason Brumley and point leader Les Hayes followed closely.As the checkered flew,Lowrance grabbed his 4th win of the season followed by Bryson with a good run,Brumley who started 10th,Hayes and last weeks winner John McGinnis.

 Action next week features a $500 to win bomber feature along with the Hillbilly Farm Truck Enduro,car Enduro and points racing for the FactoryStocks,B-Mods and LateModelSportsman.Kids 10 and under will be having Bike Races at intermission.

 For more information visit the website at WWW.LebanonMidwaySpeedway.com or contact Jack Jones at 417-594-0594

 Results

USRA Modifieds

A Ft-1)Donnie Fellers-Wheatland 2)Rustin Miller-Houston 3)Rusty Dukes-Fair Grove 4)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 5)Colson Kirk-Urbana 6)Terry Kirk-Urbana 7)Sam Petty-Niangua 8)Barney Bauerfiend-Lamar 9)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 10)Danny Cross-Lebanon 11)Justin Neuman-Crocker 12)Dustin Vandeloecht-Fulton DNS-Jody Tillman-Branson West

1st Ht-1)T.Kirk 2)Neuman 3)Atkinson 4)Bauerfiend 5)C.Kirk 6)Cross 7)Petty

2nd Ht-1)Dukes 2)Miller 3)Fellers 4)Vandeloecht 5)Jackson DNS-Tillman

FactoryStocks

A Ft-1)Ben Solberg-Springfield 2)Derek Brown-Stoutland 3)Chip Shaddux-Hermitage 4)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 5)Tim Petty-Niangua 6)Tim Riffle-Phillipsburg 7)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 8)Doug Rich-Macks Creek 9)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 10)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon 11)Chris Wynn-Niangua 12)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 13)James Flood-Billings 14)Donnie Miller-Houston 15)Tyson Troutman-Houston 16)Dylan Keepper-Hurley DNS-Jay Flinn-Lebanon,Matt Wilson-Mt Grove

1st Ht-1)Flood 2)Petty 3)Shaddux 4)Scharr 5)Brown 6)Riffle 7)Troutman 8)Wynn 9)Wilson 10)Davis

2nd Ht-1)Gustin 2)Solberg 3)Rich 4)Miller 5)Breedlove 6)Flinn 7)S.Keepper 8)D.Keepper

B-Mods

A Ft-1)Chris Tonoli-Hermitage 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 5)Micheal Stake-Lebanon 6)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 7)Jason Otto-Richland 8)JC Morton-Springfield 9)Doug Smith-Camdenton 10)Brian Webster-Richland 11)Derek Cook-Lebanon 12)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 13)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 14)Brian Cook-Lebanon 15)Trever Ellingson-Lebanon 16)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 17)Brian Myers-Lebanon 18)Greg Strong-Nixa DNS-Rob White-Lebanon,Jerry Lankton-Lampe

1st HT-1)Tonoli 2)Otto 3)Webster 4)Lancaster 5)Ellingson 6)Cheevers DNS-Lankton

2nd Ht-1)Burrell 2)Woody 3)Ted Ballinger 4)Tim Ballinger 5)D.Cook 6)Brown DNS-White

3rd Ht-1)Stake 2)Strong 3)Smith 4)B.Cook 5)Myers 6)Morton

Bombers

A Ft-1)John Coates-Joplin 2)Joe Francis-Lebanon 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Rodney Yost-Squires 6)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 7)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 8)Monk Barker-Lebanon 9)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 10)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 11)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 12)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 13)Korey Barker-Lebanon 14)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 15)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 16)Shawn Strong-Republic 17)Tim Bostwick-Urbana 18)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon

1st Ht-1)Bostwick 2)Francis 3)Coates 4)Waters 5)Keepper 6)Joiner

2nd Ht-1)Kolt Barker 2)Pilant 3)M.Barker 4)Yost 5)Korey Barker 6)Warner

3rd HT-1)Strong 2)Cheever 3)Winfrey 4)Hamer 5)Lewis 6)Forshey

Purestocks

A Ft-1)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 2)Frank Bryson-Lebanon 3)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 4)Les Hayes-Camdenton 5)John McGinnis-Lebanon 6)Justin Grindstaff-Bolivar 7)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 8)Tom Powers-Camdenton 9)Tom Monnahan-Grovesprings 10)Jake Anthony-Lebanon 11)Joey Long-Mansfield 12)Scotty Jones-Lebanon 13)Ron Janson Jr-Lebanon

1st HT-1)McGinnis 2)Hayes 3)Long 4)Jones 5)Anthony 6)Powers 7)Janson

2nd Ht-1)Grindstaff 2)Monnahan 3)Lowrance 4)Bryson 5)Brumley 6)Doublin