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SPRINGFIELD, MO (June 13) - Modified hotshoe Jesse "The Undertaker" Stovall brought his hot streak into the Quick-Quarter of the Springfield Raceway Sat night and narrowly pulled -out the feature win by grabbing the lead with only 2 laps to go in a 3 wide battle with Erk Maggard and Jody Tillman to put yet another notch in his winning streak in Missouri. A 20 car field came to the Green flag on a picture perfect racing surface with defending track champion Jackie Dalton and Shawn Nations bringing the field to the start.Dalton jumped to the early lead with Nations,Tillman and Maggard following.With Dalton using the bottom of the racetrack and trying to stretch out his lead, Nations was staying close until lap 4 when Tillman started using the high groove.All eyes were on row 6 starters Mitch Keeter and Jesse Stovall as they were trying to thread threw traffic.Caution waved on lap 4 as Bobby Pearish and Jerry Lankton got together in turn 4 bunching up the field.On the restart,Dalton looking for his first Springfield win of the season was setting a fast pace on the low groove while Tillman was riding high as opening night winner Erik Maggard was in the mix along with Brian Green. On lap 9,Tillman made the pass to overtake Dalton and control the lead as Dalton,Maggard,Nations,Green,Keeter and Stovall were battling.On lap 12,Maggard shot around Dalton to grab second place and set his sights on Tillman.On lap 13,Dalton pulled to the infield with problems ending his night while Tillman was setting a blistering pace,Maggard began to close-up the gap as Stovall moved into third place.A lap 15 caution for a single car spin bunched the field together and the fans knew it was show time.On the restart,Tillman stayed up top along with Maggard as Stovall was moving into the lower and middle grooves.2 wide action between Maggard and Stovall saw slide jobs between the duo as Tillman was still in control.On lap 17,Maggard and Stovall closed-up quickly on Tillman and Mitch Keeter was coming quickly also.On lap 18,Maggard went for a slide job on Stovall,Stovall came right back as Tillman slowed-up with the battle right in front of him.As the white was displayed,Stovall had the top spot with Tillman on his quarter panel.Magard took his car to the bottom and made a big run in the middle of turns 1&2 with Stovall holding a narrow lead and Tillman waiting for the opening.Heading to the checkered flag,Maggard was using the entire track to get around Stovall's car,but Jesse took the checkered flag and his second win of the Springfield season with Maggard,Tillman,Keeter and a fast moving Jason Pursley in the top 5 with 16 of the 20 staters on the lead lap. The Sportmod feature was all Colt Cheevers tonight as he started from the front row pole spot and never looked back in breaking his 2010 winless streak at the SpringfieldRaceway. The feature saw a few early cautions but once it got going the action behind Cheevers was tight.Jon Yeoman Jr was in the runner-up spot during most of the feature,but during the long green run fell back as Jerry Lankton and Wayne Graybeal really thrilled the crowd with side by side racing along with 11th starter Bobby Maggard Jr.Up front Cheevers had checked out from the field as the "Green Machine" had pulled away by a full straightaway leaving Lankton and Graybeal to decide the runner-up spot with Lankton getting his best finish of the season by narrowly beatting Graybeal at the line with Maggard Jr. and Yeoman completing the top 5.Larry Tindle was the top 602 GM Crate motor finisher with his 6th place finish taking home and extra $200 in the Reliable Chevrolet Bonus program while Billy Dalton drove his crate motor from 20th to 9th adancing the most spots.Early race contenders Shawn Strong and JC Morton got together in turn 4 early ending their night with problems while point leader Sean Williams had to overcome a flat tire and restarting at the rear of the field. The StreetStock feature was action packed for the entire 15 laps as Nick Whitehead grabbed the early lead with points runner-up Jack Hamer following.Whitehead was leading a tight pack including Erik Maggard,Dan Wood,The High Brothers and Rex Sawyer.On lap 3,Shawn Strong quietly moved around both Hamer and leader Whitehead to take the top spot.Back in the pack defending champion and current point lead Robert high who started 13th was moving into the battle as he closed-up on the lead Strong by lap 7.The first caution waved on lap 11 as Dan Wood's good run saw him get sideways in turn 4 sending him to the back.On the restart Strong found High glued to his back bumper as the duo raced clean and tight while Rex Sawyer was moving up in the standings.High tried several low groove passes as Strong kept in the middle lane,but Strong grabbed his second win of the season with High,Sawyer,Whitehead and Hamer completing the top 5 as Wood recovered nicely to get in the lead pack.After race tech saw issues for High as he was dropped to the bottom of the standings with no pay or points for the evening moving everyone 1 spot forward. The Legends again showed close racing action as they do every week.The 14 car field was brought to the green with Park Jones and point leader Justin Comer side by side as they took the Green.Jones would lead lap 1 with Comer taking the top spot for the next two circuits.Jones gathered the lead back on lap 4 with Comer at the stripe on lap 5.Dave Comer and Rob Watson were moving quickly to the front battle as Jones took back the lead the next lap while Justin Comer swapped on lap 7.On lap 9,third place Dave Comer fell out with problems leaving jones and Justin Comer to battle it out as Watson and a fast moving Paul Horton were battling.Jones and Justin comer went wheel to wheel on the high-banked quarter mile dirttrack.Comer tried several times to make a move on jones,but the "MotorMan" from Hatfield Engines wasn't to be denied his first win of the season.Comer was a close second with Watson,Bill Cottrill and Dave Bauer in the top 5. The newly formed MidWest modz class had an excellent car count and continues to grow. Jeremy Manes took the early lead with Joplin's Kelly gough following closely behind.With Manes setting a fast pace and Gough looking for his first win of the season,14 year old JC Newell moved into the third spot and stayed close to the leaders.A lap 3 caution waved for Tyler Chaney,Rusty Adams and Shane bias.On the restart Manes and Newell went wheel to wheel for the next 4 laps until Newell grabbed the top spot to take the lead over Manes while gough and a quiet moving David Lynch were battling.Newell and Manes continued the tight battle until the last lap when Manes spun in turn 4 heading to the checkered flag as Newell took his third win of the season with Lynch moving into second place followed by point leader Kaleb Copher who suffered sheet metal repair early in the feature,Gough and Manes. Ty Jackson took the early lead from Josh Pinkley to grab the PureStock victory with TJ Thulin and Joey blackstone following. Action continues Sat Night June 19th with Bass-Pro Night at the races and Action in the A-Mods,SportMods,StreetStocks,Legends,MidWest Modz and PureStocks with racing at 7PM. Sat June 26th is the much awaited Andy's Frozen Custard/John Kuntz Memorial with the firsr ever Southwest Missouri Meeting of the MARS and MLRa Super LateModels on the Quick-Quarter. More information on WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426. Results Budweiser A-Mods A Ft-1)Jesse Stovall-Branson West 2)Erik Maggard-Springfield 3)Jody Tillman-Branson West 4)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 5)Jason Pursley-Wheatland 6)Brian Green-Pierce City 7)Shawn Nations-Macks Creek 8)Rocky Breliew-Joplin 9)John Yeoman-Granby 10)Chance Bishop-Branson West 11)Darrell Jackson-Carthage 12)Eric Lampe-Springfield 13)Scott Chism-Stockton 14)David Kirkland-Branson 15)Darrell McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark. 16)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 17)Kyle Slagle 18)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 19)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 20)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo DNS-Matt Brookshire-Jerome 1st Ht-1)Stovall 2)Maggard 3)Yeoman 4)Breliew 5)Kirkland 6)Jackson 7)Mitchell 2nd Ht-1)Tillman 2)Dalton 3)Green 4)Pursley 5)Lankton 6)Bishop 7)Slagle 3rd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Nations 3)Pearish 4)Brookshire 5)McWhirter 6)Chism 7)Lampe
Reliable Chevorlet GM SportMods A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 3)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 4)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 5)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 6)Larry Tindle-Springfield 7)Sean Williams-Willard 8)Charle Gentile-Nixa 9)Billy Dalton-Reeds 10)Gary Rodocker-Willard 11)Andrew Smith-Willard 12)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 13)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe 14)Brad Moad-Springfield 15)Nathan Cottrell-Nixa 16)JC Morton-Springfield 17)Aaron Speck-Republic 18)Shawn Strong-Republic 19)Mickey Burrell-Fair Grove 20)Nathan Evans-Springfield DNS-Don Luna-St James 1st Ht-1)Williams 2)Maggard Jr 3)Graybeal 4)Beauchamp 5)Moad 6)Gentile 7)Cottrell 2nd Ht-1)Lankton 2)Yoeman Jr 3)Strong 4)Ballinger 5)Rodocker 6)Evans DNS-Luna 3rd Ht-1)Cheevers 2)Morton 3)Tindle 4)Tinderholt 5)Smith 6)Speck 7)Dalton
Wheeler Metals StreetStocks A Ft-1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Rex Sawyer-Ava 3)Nick Whitehead-Springfield 4)Jack Hamer-Ava 5)Dan Wood-Springfield 6)Randy High-Springfield 7)Rusty Forrest-Ozark 8)Andrew Neil-Springfield 9)Zack Zeugin-Bolivar 10)Bill Schoen-Brighton 11)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 12)Erik Maggard-Springfield DQ-Richard Sanders-Bolivar Robert High-Springfield DNS-John Gamble-Marshfield 1st Ht-1)Hamer 2)Forrest 3)Whitehead 4)Wood 5)Randy High 6)Keeth 7)Neil DQ Sanders 2nd Ht-1)Maggard 2)Strong 3)Sawyer 4)Zeugin 5)Schoen 6)Gamble DQ(From Ft) Robert High
Legends A Ft-1)Park Jones-Joplin 2)Justin Comer-Joplin 3)Rob Watson-Billings 4)Bill Cottrill-Joplin 5)David Bauer-Webb City 6)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 7)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 8)Rick Nichols-Cassville 9)Matt Gruenberg-Joplin 10)Brian Boucher-Joplin 11)Paul Horton-Joplin 12)Dave Comer-Joplin 13)Tyler Horton-Joplin 14)Colt Pruente-Joplin 1st Ht-1)Bauer 2)DComer 3)Jones 4)Watson 5)Bill Cottrill 6)Boucher 7)T.Horton 2nd Ht-1)Baird 2)J.Comer 3)P.Horton 4)Billy Cottrill 5)Nichols 6)Gruenberg 7)Pruente
MidWest Modz A Ft-1)JC Newell-Stoutland 2)David Lynch-Webb City 3)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 4)Kelly Gough-Joplin 5)Jeremy Manes-Nixa 6)Terry Williams-Springfield 7)Rusty Adams-Springfield 8)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta 9)Tyler Chaney-Springfield 10)Shane Bias-Springfield 1st Ht-1)Gough 2)Manes 3)Newell 4)Williams 5)Chaney 2nd Ht-1)Copher 2)Muilenburg 3)Lynch 4)Bias 5)Adams
PureStocks A Ft-1)Ty Jackson 2)Josh Pinkley 3)TJ Thulin 4)Joey Blackstone Ht-1)Jackson 2)Pinkley 3)Thurlin 4)Blackstone
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