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Shepard drives new ride to victory at I-35 Speedway
By: Phillip Wilson
WINSTON, MO (August 22) - 95 cars checked in for night number 14 at I-35
Speedway. With more excitement than ever it was bound to be a great night of
racing. With only 5 nights remaining in the 2009 season, some of the points
races are shaping up to be right down to the last race.
The Grand National feature as always was first on the track. For the first 5
laps the lead would be traded back and forth between Jason Anderson and
Jimmy Winkler. Anderson would find the line he needed to win his 2nd feature
of 2009. Winkler who is still searching for his first Grand National win at
I-35 this season would hold on to 2nd. Brad Whitney drove the Lakeside
Speedway/I-35 Speedway border war car to a 3rd place finish, Chad Clancy was
eligible for the border war cash if he won finished 4th and Mike Jones was
5th. Clancy did pick up the hard charger award.
29 IMCA Sport Mods were on hand tonight. Dustin Miller and Mark Hunzinger
had the front row and Hunziger would lead the first 5-6 laps before Blake
Peeler found the high side and drove to the front. Peeler would battle Jeff
Stotts for the remainder of the race. Peeler worked his way around Stotts
and would cash in on feature win number 3. Jeff Stotts held on for 2nd. Jon
Boller Jr. who has been a big help this season to the Northwest Missouri
Championship would finish 3rd. A returning Chris Wright was 4th and
Hunzinger would come home 5th. Peeler and John Fugett both gained 8 spots
but Peeler will take the hard charger because of his higher finish.
During intermission we found out that tonight may be the last race for
Matthew Lance driver of the 92.7 IMCA Hobby Stock. After the feature tonight
he may rethink that. Weeks after a violent roll Lance claimed his first
career feature win at I-35 Speedway. Lance held off 8 time feature winner
Eric Stanton for the final 2 laps. Stanton would hold on to 2nd. 3 time
feature winner Cody Cleghorn was 3rd, Greg Kuehn was 4th and Chad Shaw
driving Alexis Whitneys x9a car finished 5th. Eric Stanton gained 7 spots to
win the hard charger.
Thomas Roberts found himself in unfamiliar ground at this point of the
season. 13 races into the season he was still searching for his first win of
2009. Night number 14 proved to be his night. A 4 car battle ensued in front
of Roberts as Bennie Turner, Brad Whitney, Kevin Anderson and Jeff Dixon all
battled Roberts layed back and waited for someone to make a mistake. Finally
Roberts found his line as he finally found victory lane this season. Roberts
edged out Bennie Tuner who finished 2nd, Kevin Anderson was 3rd, Jeff Dixon
4th and Gene Stigall rallied to a 5th place finish. Roberts doubled up on
trophies as he took home the hard charger award.
Yancy Shephard returned to I-35 Speedway this week in a car he purchased off
John O’Neal and Shephard drove it like he has been in it all season.
Shephard started inside row 6 and would take the car to the front and claim
win number 2 on the season. Jim Peeler would finish 2nd, Mark Dotson driving
Steven Glenns new car finished 3rd, Zach Sanders was 4th and Rick Spriggs
5th. Dotson gained 14 spots to win the hard charger award.
5 nights left of the 2009 season. Some points battles have yet to be
decided. Next week is Coke night at I-35 Speedway home of the IMCA’s best
and the Grand National division. Check out our new website at
www.I-35Speedway.net or you can also twitter us, we are under the name
I35speedway.
Results:
Grand Nationals
1st #714 Jason Anderson
2nd #16 Jimmy Winkler
3rd #98 Brad Whitney
4th #04 Chad Clancy
5th #5 Mike Jones
6th #71 Travis Walker
7th #54 Wayne Sutton
8th #97 Chad Shaw
9th #x5 Kevin Jones
10th #77 Dean Wray
IMCA Sport Mods
1st #92 Blake Peeler
2nd #12 Jeff Stotts
3rd #20x Jon Boller Jr.
4th #66 Chris Wright
5th #H1 Mark Hunziger
6th #8 Paige Leppin
7th #33s Ben Stockton
8th #11c Courtney Burnett
9th #22H Clay Hale
10th #28 John Fugett
11th #16 Bobby Penny
12th #17x Clint Baker
13th #y20 Brad Dittemore
14th #32P Jeremy Pittsenbarger
15th #3K Dale Hess
16th #34 Mitch Ross
17th #7up Brian White
18th #52 Dustin Miller
19th #9J Brian Assel
20th #54 Lynn Starry
21st #20w Shay Woods
22nd #6m Cody Morgan
IMCA Hobby Stocks
1st #92.7 Matthew Lance
2nd #7B Eric Stanton
3rd #21zc Cody Cleghorn
4th #7 Greg Kuehn
5th #x9a Chad Shaw
6th #4 Danny Martin
7th #8s Steve Young
8th #20x Jon Boller III
9th #59 Jacob Youngs
10th #34 Mitch Ross
11th #77L Bruce Lewis Jr.
12th #77 Brandon Oliver
13th #2 Michael Brittain
14th #21H Billie Hoover (NS)
IMCA Stock Cars
1st #20x Thomas Roberts
2nd #11T Bennie Turner
3rd #417 Kevin Anderson
4th #88 Jeff Dixon
5th #20 Gene Stigall
6th #86 Gary Foxworthy
7th #86c Jake Cameron
8th #x9 Brad Whitney
9th #53m Brian Miller
10th #63 Mike Nichols
11th #7x Ryan Lundy
12th #2 John Hanson
13th #65x Gary St. Clair
14th #38J Brian Tank
15th #97 Travis Taylor (NS)
IMCA Modifieds
1st #15 Yancy Shephard
2nd #92 Jim Peeler
3rd #26 Mark Dotson
4th #69 Zach Sanders
5th #81 Rick Spriggs
6th #11 Darren Shaw
7th #22v Pat Neely
8th #56 Jeff Marriott
9th #62 Hunter Marriott
10th #12P Perry Milbourn
11th #69P Chuck Partridge
12th #46 JJ Baumli
13th #26s Steven Glenn
14th #12 Jack Stotts
15th #10 Johnny McGinnis
16th #11s Steve Starmer
17th #20x Jeremiah Asher
18th #20T Mike Tanner
19th #21d Colby Dixon
20th #17x Lee Farmer
21st #997/71 Jason Estes (DQ)
22nd #19 PJ Conger (NS)
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