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Brandon Maggard Goes Back To Back At Springfieldraceway USRA
Modifieds While Moad Grabs First SportMod Win
SPRINGFIELD, MO (August 29) - While the weather has been cool this racing
season, Brandon Maggard has been as hot as a normal racing season as the
Springfield area driver showed everyone the fast way around the
Quick-Quarter of the racy Springfield Raceway Sat night as he grabbed his
second consecutive USRA Modified feature win in a nail biter as over 80
raceteams checked into the pits.
The 20 lap Modified feature saw 17 strong drivers take the green as Arkansas
driver Todd Knight grabbed the opening lead with veteran Ron McClellan
following closely.On lap 2,McClellan shot to the lead as Jody Tillman and
Erik Maggard were coming forward.Tillman who used the top groove of the
track took the lead on lap 4 as Jim Body was working forward.The first
caution waved on lap 5 as Knight and Maggard made contact ending both their
strong runs.
On the restart,Tillman would find Jesse Stovall making his way forward the
challange as Brandon Maggard was moving up from the 10th starting spot.The
lead trio thrilled the crowd as they provided excellent side by side action
while points runner-up Mitch Keeter had powered to the forth place spot and
closing.On lap 16,Maggard running the bottom of the track made a smooth move
to the inside of leader Tillman to grab the lead as Stovall was moving both
high and low contending for the lead.On lap 18,Tillman and Stovall made
contact as Stovall went sideways in turn 3 bringing out only the second
yellow.On the restartMaggard pulled away with Mitch Keeter slipping under
Tillman to take home the runner-up spot as Tillman,Bobby Pearish and point
leader Jackie Dalton completed the top 5 as 14 of the 17 starters completed
on the lead lap.With Keeter's runner-up spot,he moved to within 1 point of
Dalton with the season championships next Sat night.
The SportMods saw yet another new face in the winners circle as the 20 car
field took the green with veteran Brad Moad taking the opening lead with Jon
Yeoman Jr following.Yeoman would retire 2 laps later with problems.Jerry
Lankton moved into the runner-up spot and applied pressure to Moad as the
lead duo pulled away from the field on the long Green flag run leaving
several to battle for third place including Jimmy VanZandt,Darrell
Jackson,Darrin Crisler,Roy Maynard and others.Up front,Lankton would grab
the lead on lap 8 only to have Moad take it back on lap 9.On lap 17,Lankton
jumped the top cushion allowing moad to pull away and become the 11th
different winner this season as Lankton recovered to hold on to the
runner-up spot as VanZandt,Jackson and B feature winner and point leader
Billy Street completed the top 5.13 of the 20 starters finished on the lead
lap as the second year class continues to provide an outstanding car count
and racing.With the 5th place finish Billy Street will capture the season
title with close battles behind.
The LateModel Season championships would be decided tonight with point
leader Jeremy Manes and Sundance Keepper bringing the field to the green
with Keepper taking the early lead with Manes and Show-Me Series leader
Justin Wells following closely.On lap 3,Wells how won last week at
Springfield made the high groove pass around Keepper took over the top spot
as Chris Morelock followed into the third place position.Caution waved on
lap 5 as Mark Penticuff,Kevin Henson,Jon Driskell and Bill McMurtrie got
together in turn 2.Only Penticuff would continue.On the restart Keepper
applied pressure to the fast moving Wells as Jordan Holloway was the fast
moving driver coming from the rear of the field.Wells started to slowly but
distance between himslef and Keepper and Morelock,Manes,Holloway were
battling.The 2nd and final caution waved on lap 16 for Randy Galloway and
Kevin Brown.Brown would retire and Galloway continued.On the restart,Keepper
picked the low lane on the double-file restart but Wells proved to strong
taking the victory with Keepper,a fast moving Holloway,Morelock and Chris
Deaton following.Jeremy Manes captured the LateModel season championship his
first in stockcar racing and it was 10 years ago to the date where Manes
took a go-karting title at Springfield.
The Bomber feature provided the crowd of a Green,White,Checkered feature as
Tyler Schoen jumped out to the early lead in commanding style with Mike
Willoughby followed.Willoughby would head to the pits on lap 3 ended his
night moving Mike Hailman into the runner-up spot.With Schoen staying on the
low groove,Hailman began his charge on the top side of the track as Tyler
Chainey was strong tonight moving into third place while point contenders
James Redus,Robert High and last weeks winner Shawn Strong were locked into
a tight battle along with Tyrel Jones.Up front Hailman caught the leader
Schoen on lap 7 and side by side action kept everyone wondering.On lap
9,Hailman made the very top of the cushion stick and captured his first
Bomber feature of the season with Schoen,Chaney,High and Strong completing
the top 5.James Redus is holding a slim 2 point lead over High with the
title to be claimed Sat night.
The Legends kept the theme of close racing and excellent finishes going as
the 14 car field took the Green with Tony Jenson grabbing the early lead and
pulling away as Paul Horton and Kaleb Copher battled.The caution waved on
lap 3 as Tyler horton and Billy Cottrill got together on the frontstretch
ending both the drivers night.On the restart,Jenson pulled away on to spin
in fornt of the eintire field in turn 4.Everyone made it by with no damage
putting Copher in the lead.On the restart,Rob Watson applied pressure to the
leader Copher as the top 7 were racing back and forth.With Copher looking
strong,Dave comer and Justin Comer moved to the middle groove and began to
close up slowly.On lap 14,Dave Comer moved around Watson for second and
began his charge to the front after starting the feature 13th.On lap
17,Comer made the middle lane stick and just edged Copher for his forth win
in a row with Copher,Watson,Dave Bauer and Justin Comer rounding out the top
5.
Up next at the Quick-Quarter will be the season championships on Sat Sept 5
with the champions being crowned in the USRA
Modifieds,SportMods,Bombers,Legends with an apperance by the Pro-4
LateModels.Racing will start at 7:30 with hotlaps at 6:45.
More information on the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or contacting
Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426
Results
USRA Modifieds
A Ft-1)Brandon Maggard-Springfield 2)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 3)Jody
Tillman-Branson West 4)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 5)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 6)Jim
Body-Diamond 7)Ron McClellan-Jasper 8)Brian Green-Pierce City 9)Joe Duvall-Chelsea,Okla.
10)Greg Skaggs-Bixby,Okla 11)Jesse Stovall-Galena 12)Darrell
McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark 13)Eric Clay-Clever 14)Sam Petty-Niangua 15)Tammy
Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 16)Erik Maggard-Springfield 17)Todd Knight-Harrison,Ark
1st Ht-1)Tillman 2)B.Maggard 3)Knight 4)Keeter 5)McClellan 6)Duvall 7)Clay
8)Petty
2nd Ht-1)E.Maggard 2)Stovall 3)Body 4)Skaggs 5)Dalton 6)Pearish 7)McWhirter
8)Green 9)Mitchell
LateModels
A Ft-1)Justin Wells-Aurora 2)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 3)Jordan
Holloway-Monett 4)Chris Morelock-Springfield 5)Chris Deaton-Wann,Okla
6)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 7)Randy Galloway-Rogers,Ark 8)Mark Penticuff-Springfield
9)Bo Chastain-Aurora 10)Alan jones-Oldfield 11)Kevin Brown-Crane 12)Kevin
Henson-Marionville 13)Jon Driskell-Joplin 14)Bill McMurtrie-Bartsville,Okla
1st Ht-1)Holloway 2)Henson 3)Galloway 4)Deaton 5)McMurtrie 6)Penticuff
7)Chastain
2nd Ht-1)Brown 2)Wells 3)Morelock 4)Manes 5)Keepper 6)Driskell 7)Jones
SportMods
A Ft-1)Brad Moad-Springfield 2)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 3)Jim VanZandt-Springfield
4)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 5)Billy Street-Joplin 6)Darrin Crisler-Clever
7)Roy Maynard-Alba 8)Mike Watson-Springfield 9)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe
10)Randy Belk-Joplin 11)Gary Krebs-Clever 12)Dallas Scott-Springfield
13)Gary Rodocker-Willard 14)Frank Todd-Nixa 15)Tom Gerleve-Bois D'Arc
16)Billy Dalton-Reeds 17)Mike Hailman-ReedSprings 18)Taylor Huddleston-Webb
City 19)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 20)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby
B Ft(Top 5 To A ) 1)Street 2)Beauchamp 3)Belk 4)Krebs 5)Dalton 6)Brandon
Pister-Rogersville 7)Levi Phillips-Springfield 8)Mike Barnett-Springfield
DNS-Sean Williams-Willard Aaron Speck-Republic DQ-Andrew Smith-Nixa
1st HT-1)Rodocker 2)Scott 3)Moad 4)Todd 5)Belk 6)Street 7)Barnett
2nd Ht-1)Yoeman Jr 2)VanZandt 3)Hailman 4)Crisler 5)Krebs 6)Beauchamp
7)Phillips
3rd Ht-1)Tinderholt 2)Maynard 3)Jackson 4)Huddleston 5)Dalton 6)Pister
7)Speck
4th Ht-1)Lankton 2)Watson 3)Gerleve 4)Williams 5)Smith 6)Robert High
Bombers
A Ft-1)Mike Hailman-Reedsprings 2)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 3)Tyler Chainey-Springfield
4)Robert High-Springfield 5)Shawn Strong-Republic 6)James Redus-Springfield
7)Jack Hamer-Ava 8)Terry Williams-Rogersville 9)Roscoe Harris-Springfield
10)Dan Wood-Springfield 11)Mike Willoughby-Springfield DNS-John Coates-Joplin,Nick
Whitehead-Nixa,Robert Jones-Springfield,DQ-Tyrel Jones-Bois D'Arc
1st HT-1)High 2)Hailman 3)Hamer 4)Chainey 5)Williams 6)Jones
2nd Ht-1)Redus 2)Strong 3)Harris 4)Schoen 5)Willoughby 6)Whitehead 7)Coates
Legends
A Ft-1)Dave Comer-Joplin 2)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 3)Rob Watson-Billings
4)Dave Bauer-Webb City 5)Justin Comer-Joplin 6)Park Jones-Joplin 7)Jason
Rayle-Springfield 8)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 9)Paul Horton-Joplin 10)Gary
Hockman-Rolla 11)Tony Jenson-Joplin 12)Caleb Smith-Joplin 13)Tyler
Horton-Joplin 14)Billy Cottrill-Joplin
1st HT-1)Rayle 2)Jenson 3)Watson 4)Copher 5)Hockman 6)P.Horton 7)D.Comer
2nd Ht-1)J.Comer 2)Bill Cottrill 3)Bauer 4)T.Horton 5)Smith 6)Billy Cottrill
7)Jones
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