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Morton Tops Midway Modified Main, Francis Recovers On Last
Lap For StreetStock Win
LEBANON, MO. (May 7, 2010) - Mother nature finally allowed racing action the
Lebanon Midway Speedway on Friday night and the drivers were treated to an
excellent racing surface with plenty of side by side action with 80 teams
checked into the pits.
The FactoryStock feature went Green,White and Checkered with lots of side by
side action with the 16 car starting field.Ben Solberg took advantage of his
front row starting spot and grabbed the early lead with Burl Woods and pole
setter Tim Jones following close.Solberg started to pull away as Woods was
staying close behind.Meanwhile Jones,Tim Petty,Tyson Troutman and Mark Davis
were swapping spots back and forth as point leader Donnie Miller who started
15th was charging hard.With Solberg pulling away,Woods pulled into the pits
on lap 5 leaving Troutman,Petty,Jones and a fast moving Miller to battle for
second place as Jones pulled in on lap 10 ending his night.
Solberg was in a different zone tonight as he grabbed win number 2 this
season with Troutman,Petty,Miller and Davis in the top 5.
The Modified feature saw a strong field of 21 cars took the green with JC
Morton and Micheal Stake bringing the field to the green with Morton
grabbing the lead as Stake moved to the top groove with point leader Wayne
Graybeal,Shawn Strong and Mark Simon following.Graybeal moved into the
second spot on lap 2 as he and Stake went side by side.Shawn Strong made his
presence known as he moved around Stake to take third spot on lap 4 while
Graybeal closed in on the leader Morton.With morton withstanding the
Graybeal charge it was on lap 10 that Bobby Maggard Jr was moving quickly as
he jumped into fifth place and was coming strong.Up front Morton had opened
up a lead but during the long green run,Graybeal had closed up the gap until
the caution flew on lap 15.On the last 5 lap dash,Morton pulled away to
secure his first Midway win this season with Graybeal,Mark Simon,Tyler Brown
and Shawn Strong completing the top 5 with 14 cars on the lead lap.
The StreetStock feature has some outstanding racing action as Mike Piercy
and Joe Francis brought the field to the green with side by side action from
the go.Francis the 2009 Midway champion nosed ahead of Piercy at the line to
grab the opening lead as Brandon Waters was battling Rodney Yost for the
spot while point leader Matt Pilant was moving from the 11th starting
spot.On lap 5,Piercy spun in turn 2 collecting Yost and Jack Hamer bringing
out the yellow.Piercy and Hamer would continue while Yost was done for the
evening.On lap 5 with Francis leading,Pilant had movd into second place and
was challanging when he lost a motor dumping water and oil on the track as
SpringfieldRaceway champion Robert High hit the slick spot looping the car
but kept rolling.On the restart Francis pulled away from runner-up Brandon
Waters and opened up a big lead as High and Waters battled for second place
while early victime Hamer and Piercy were coming quickly from the back of
the pack.On lap 10,High moved around Waters and started to close the ground
on Francis.On the last lap,with Francis leading and High coming
quickly,Francis spun around in turn 2 and kept going forward as High was
gaining.Francis gathered the car back up and held off High's charge to
record his 2nd points victory of the season with High,Brandon Waters,Piercy
and Billy Waters who started 19th completing the top 5.
The LateModelSportsman feature was all point leader Ben Newell as he took
the opening lap lead and withstood an opening early challange from JC Newell
in capturing his second feature win of the season as JC Newell and Larry
Prewett battled for the runner-up spot as JC held on to grab the position as
Prewett,Bennie Joiner and Tim Ballinger completed the top 5.
The PureStock feature had plent of action as point leader Grant Sharp
grabbed the opening lead with with Les Hayes and Corey Barker battling
Shorty Doublin for second place.Early contender Adam Lowrance lost an oil
line ending his strong run on the opening lap.On lap 2,Barker and Sharp went
door to door with Barker taking the lead while Danny Caffey was charging
from the 11th starting spot and into third place.On lap 3,Josh Moore rolled
his car in turn 2 and was able to walk away unhurt.On the restart,Caffey
applied pressure to Barker while Sharp was waiting in the shadows for a
chance.Barker and Caffey battled the rest of the distance as Barker took his
first win of the season with Caffey,Sharp,Brandon Knudtson and Robert
Doublin completing the top 5 with a wild last 3 laps of action all over the
track.
The MidWest Modz feature saw point leader JC Newell take the opening lead
but develope problems as on lap 7 as first time driver Tim Ballinger Jr came
charging to take the win in his first time ever in the racecar.
Action continues next Friday night as the Speedway will hold a special on
track autograph session where the fans get to go trackside after the heat
races and visit with the drivers.
Action will feature the
FactoryStocks,Modifieds,StreetStocks,PureStocks,LateModelSportsman and
MidWest Modz with hotlaps starting at 7:05 and racing at 8PM.
Results
Modifieds
A Ft-1)JC Morton-Springfield 2)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 3)Mark
Simon-Buffalo 4)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 5)Shawn Strong-Republic 6)Chris
Morelock-Springfield 7)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 8)Ted Ballinger-Halfway
9)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 10)Wes Long-Springfield 11)DeWayne Hobbs-Buffalo
12)Derek Cook-Lebanon 13)Greg Strong-Nixa 14)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon
15)Brian Cook-Lebanon 16)Don Thorson-St Robert 17)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic
18)Brian Myers-Lebanon 19)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 20)Lonnie Henderson-Lebanon
21)Tommy McBride-Lebanon DNS-Chris Tonoli-Hermitage Sam Petty-Marshfield
1st Ht-1)Graybeal 2)Stake 3)Maggard Jr 4)Ellingson 5)Barker 6)Thorson
7)D.Cook 8)B.Cook
2nd Ht-1)T.Brown 2)Strong 3)Long 4)Ballinger 5)Hobbs 6)McBride 7)Tonoli
DNS-Petty
3rd HT-1)Morton 2)Simon 3)Morelock 4)Strong 5)Henderson 6)Woody DNS-Myers
FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Solberg-Springfield 2)Tyson Troutman-Houston 3)Tim Petty-Niangua
4)Donnie Miller-Houston 5)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 6)Dylan Keepper-Hurley
7)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 8)Bill Scharr-St Robert 9)Matt Wilson-Mt Grove 10)Jay
Flinn-Lebanon 11)Mike Murzynski-St Robert 12)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 13)Chris
Wynn-Marshfield 14)Tim Jones-Marshfield 15)Kelly Wallander-Montreal 16)Burl
Woods-Republic DNS-Shelby Thacker-Eldon
1st Ht-1)Petty 2)Woods 3)Jones 4)Wallander 5)Murzynski 6)Wynn 7)Flinn
8)Miller
2nd Ht-1)Davis 2)Troutman 3)Solberg 4)Scharr 5)Keepper 6)Dismang 7)Wilson
8)Berry DNS-Thacker
StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Joe Francis-Lebanon 2)Robert High-Springfield 3)Brandon
Waters-Lynchburg 4)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 5)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 6)Jack
Hamer-Ava 7)Korey Barker-Lebanon 8)Matt Keeth-Springfield 9)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon
10)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 11)Richard Henson-Lebanon 12)Richard Curnutt-Richland
13)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 14)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 15)Monk Barker-Lebanon
16)Ricky Brashear 17)Matt Pilant-Lebanon 18)Rodney Yost-Squires DNS-Kevin
Forshey-Dixon
1st Ht-1)Brandon Waters 2)Hamer 3)Keeth 4)Brashears 5)High 6)Henson 7)Billy
Waters
2nd Ht-1)K.Chhever 2)Pilant 3)Forshey 4)Goring 5)K.Barker 6)A.Cheever
3rd Ht-1)Piercy 2)Francis 3)Yost 4)M.Barker 5)Curnutt 6)Lewis
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Korey Barker-Lebanon 2)Danny Caffey-Conway 3)Grant Sharp-Conway
4)Brandon Knutdson-Lebanon 5)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 6)Les Hayes-Camdenton
7)Jake Anthony-Lebanon 8)Robert McGinnis-Lebanon 9)Shorty Doublin-Lebanon
10)Joey Long-Mansfield 11)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 12)Josh Moore-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Lowrance 2)Caffey 3)Hayes 4)Anthony 5)R.Doublin 6)Moore
2nd Ht-1)S.Doublin 2)Sharp 3)Barker 4)McGinnis 5)Long 6)Knutdson
Sportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)JC Newell-Decaturville 3)Larry Prewett-Jerome
4)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon 5)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 6)Clinton Betts-Stoutland
DNS-Donnie Betts-Stoutland
Ht-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)Prewett 4)Joiner 5)Betts 6)Ballinger 7)D Betts
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)Timmy Ballinger-Fair Grove 2)JC Newell-Stoutland
Ht-1)Ballinger 2)Newell
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