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Brandon Maggard Grabs USRA Mod Win At Springfield/Street
Takes Home SportMod $$$
by: Ronnie Williams
SPRINGFIELD, MO (August 22) - Under perfect racing weather and a perfect
racing surface action provided the fans at SpringfieldRaceway some close
racing action.
The USRA modified feature rolled out with Tammy Mitchell bringing the field
down to the green with Brian Green to the outside.Green would lead lap 1,but
the yellow flew quickly as Mitchell and Todd Knight got together.On the
restart Green again jumped to the lead with Jody Tillman and Bobby Pearish
following.As the pace started to pick-up,Pearish drove to the front on lap 6
taking over the top spot as Brandon Maggard making his first start of the
season in Larry Tindle's car was charging from the 11th starting spot and
moving into the top 3.Maggard wheeled the car into second place on lap 7 and
for the next 4 laps it was side by side action with Pearish and
Maggard.Behind the lead duo was side by side racing with Tillman,early
leader Green,Mitch Keeter and a fast moving Joe Duvall along with Ted
VanZandt.On lap 12,Maggard started pulling away and would capture his first
USRA feature win with Pearish a solid second followed by Jody Tillman,Mitch
Keeter and Joe Duvall making his first start at the quick-quarter from the
12th spot.
The SportMods had extra money to win as 32 cars went to qualify for 20
spots.Current point leader Billy Street and 3rd place point driver Roy
Maynard brought the field down to the green with Street grabbing the opening
lead.Behind the lead dup was a tight pack including Gary Rodocker,Dallas
Scott,Andy Beauchamp and Eric Tinderholt.With Street using the middle
groove,Maynard in his 602 Crate motor took the high lane as they stayed
close.The 1st caution waved on lap 6 for Mike Watson as he had a tire go
down.On the restart,Street and Maynard pulled away again with Beauchamp
holding off a fast moving Mickey Burrell and JC Morton.During the long green
run,Street pulled away from Maynard and grabbed his second win of the season
with aphoto finish for the runner-up spot as Burrell nipped Maynard for the
spot with Morton and Mike Hailman following as 18 of the 20 starters
finished on the lead lap.
The Bombers provided another excellent finish as John Coates grabbed the
opening lead from his front row starting spot.With Coates setting a quick
pace,back row starters Shawn Strong,Mike Hailman and points runner-up Robert
high were coming to the front.A scary incident on lap 8 when Mike Willoughby
spun in turn 2 and Leonard Huse hit him hard in the frontend.Both drivers
walked away unhurt.On the restart,Strong was applying pressure to Coates as
Hailman and Dan Wood along with high were battling.Strong kept applying
pressure to Coates and on lap 13,the winning move happened in turn 2 as
Strong shot to the inside to grab the victory with Coates held of High for
the runner-up spot followed by Hailman and Wood.
The Legends provided three wide racing almost all night.Bill Cottrell jumped
to the opening lead with Gary Hockman following.Caution waved as Billy
Cottrell,Jay Reynolds got together.On the restart,Bill Cottrell would find
Rob Watson,Tony Jenson,and point leader Jason Rayle challanging.Watson took
over the top spot on lap 5 as Dave Comer started making his charge to the
front pack.Watson,Rayle and Comer were treating the fans to 3 wide racing
with Watson just holding to the lead.On lap 18,Comer went to the outside
groove and grabbed the lead as Watson and Rayle battled.Comer would take the
victory with Watson,Rayle,Kaleb Copher and a fast moving Tyler horton in the
top 5.
The LateModel feature went caution free as Larry Campbell took the lead on
the opening lap with Jim Fulp in tow.Campbell was pulling away but Justin
Wells was moving from his 9th starting spot.With Campbell starting to get
into lapped traffic,Wells powered through to catch the leader on lap 8.Going
into turn 3 Wells shot to the outside lane and pulled off a 3-wide pass to
grab the lead and never looked back.Campbell would hang on to finish second
with Fulp,Sindance Keepper and Phil Edmundson following.
The Pro-4's made an apperance and it was a all Schudy family event as Pat
Schudy and Kory Schudy battled early with Pat pulling away on lap 6 to grab
the win.Kory Schudy,Kris Schudy,Dustin Bass and Aaron Cornell followed.
Sat night Aug.29 will be kids night at the Raceway.Kids bike races and back
to school kits will be given.Kids 12 and Under will be getting a chance to
race on the track at intermission.
Racing action will feature the season Championships for the LateModels while
regular points action will feature the USRA Modifieds,Bombers,SportMods and
Legends,
For more information visit the website at WWW.Springfieldraceway.com or
contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426.Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:45
and Racing at 7:30.
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Brandon Maggard-Springfield 2)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 3)Jody
Tillman-Branson West 4)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 5)Joe Duvall-Chelsea,Oklahoma
6)Brian Green-Pierce City 7)Ted VanZandt-Billings 8)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield
9)Ron McClellan-Jasper 10)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin 11)Jason Summers-Carthage
12)Tim Simon- 13)Craig DeMasters-Neosho 14)Jim Body-Diamond 15)Danny
DeMasters II- 16)Danny DeMasters 17)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 18)Tammy
Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 19)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark.
1st Ht-1)Tillman 2)Dalton 3)VanZandt 4)Danny DeMasters II 5)C.DeMasters
6)Graybeal 7)Danny DeMasters
2nd Ht-1)Pearish 2)Brandon Maggard 3)Keeter 4)Green 5)Body 6)Hendrix
7)Summers
3rd Ht-1)Duvall 2)Mitchell 3)Knight 4)Simon 5)McClellan
SportMods
A Ft-1)Billy Street-Joplin 2)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 3)Roy Maynard-Alba
4)JC Morton-Springfield 5)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 6)Andy
Beauchamp-Springfield 7)Darrin Crisler-Clever 8)Corey Pope-Clever 9)Darrell
Jackson-Carthage 10)Dallas Scott-Springfield 11)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 12)Mike
Watson-Springfield 13)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 14)Chuck Bryant-Walnut Grove
15)Brad Moad-Springfield 16)Billy Dalton-Reeds 17)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe
18)Gary Rodocker-Willard 19)Frank Todd-Nixa DNS-Andrew Smith-Willard
1st B Ft(top 2 advance) 1)Lankton 2)Moad 3)Taylor Huddleston-Webb City
4)Shawn Eggeman-Willard 5)Gary Krebs-Clever 6)Mike Barnett-Springfield
7)Rich Hert-McDowell 8)Tom Gerleve-Bois D'Arc
2nd B Ft(Top 2 advance) 1)Smith 2)Watson 3)Aaron Speck-Republic 4)Rusty
Adams 5)Robert High-Springfield 6)Chad Williams DNS-Colt Cheevers-Macks
Creek Jim VanZandt-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Street 2)Beauchamp 3)Hailman 4)Todd 5)Eggeman 6)Moad 7)Gerleve
8)Hert
2nd Ht-1)Scott 2)Jackson 3)Bryant 4)Pope 5)Yeoman Jr 6)Watson 7)High
8)Williams
3rd Ht-1)Tinderholt 2)Morton 3)Burrell 4)Crisler 5)VanZandt 6)Huddleston
7)Krebs 8)Barnett
4th Ht-1)Maynard 2)Rodocker 3)Dalton 4)Lankton 5)Smith 6)Adams 7)Cheevers
8)Speck
Bombers
A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)John Coates-Joplin 3)Robert High-Springfield
4)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 5)Dan Wood-Springfield 6)James Redus-Springfield
7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Kim Kaasa-Springfield 9)Mike Willoughby-Springfield
10)Elijah Keepper-Springfield 11)Leonard Huse Jr-Aurora 12)Tyler Chainey-Springfield
13)Jeese Parton-Oak Grove 14)Ben Thomas-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Coates 2)High 3)Hamer 4)Chainey 5)Kaasa 6)Redus 7)Keepper
2nd Ht-1)Hailman 2)Wood 3)Strong 4)Willoughby 5)Parton 6)Thomas 7)Huse Jr
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Rob Watson-Clever 3)Jason Rayle-Springfield
4)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 5)Tyler Horton-Joplin 6)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 7)Tony
Jenson-Joplin 8)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 9)Gary Hockman-Rolla 10)Billy Cottrill-Joplin
11)Caleb Smith-Joplin 12)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 13)Justin Comer-Joplin 14)Jay
Reynolds-Springfield 15)Park Jones-Joplin
1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Rayle 3)D.Comer 4)Bill Cottrill 5)Billy Cottrill 6)Copher
7)Smith 8)Gruenburg
2nd Ht-1)Reynolds 2)Jones 3)Horton 4)Watson 5)Jenson 6)Hockman 7)Baird
LateModels
A Ft-1)Justin Wells-Aurora 2)Larry Campbell-Van Buren,Ark 3)Jim Fulp-Aurora
4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Phil Edmundson-Marionville 6)Jeremy
Manes-Nixa 7)Randy Galloway-Rogers,Ark 8)Jon Driskell-Joplin 9)Mark
Penticuff-Springfield 10)Frank Tindle-Galena 11)Ron Johnson-Goodman
1st Ht-1)Campbell 2)Wells 3)Edmundson 4)Tindle 5)Driskell 6)Penticuff
2nd Ht-1)Fulp 2)Manes 3)Keepper 4)Galloway 5)Johnson
Pro-4's
A Ft-1)Pat Schudy 2)Kory Schudy 3)Kris Schudy 4)Dustin Bass 5)Aaron Cornell
6)Darin Widener 7)Theresa Widener 8)Jeremy Teaver 9)Terry Lacy 10)Bob
widener 11)Tracy Cornell
1st HT-1)P Schudy 2)K.Schudy 3)T. Widener 4)Lacey 5)Teaver 6)A Cornell
2nd Ht-1)K.Schudy 2)Bass 3)D.Widener 4)B.Widener 5)T.Cornell
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