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Brown And Gustin Top Midway Features As Close Finishes Set
The Trend
LEBANON, MO (June 19) - Stoutland's Tyler Brown started the season with what
could go wrong did go wrong as early season set backs had him on the trailer
early. Talk about turning the season around as the second generation driver
withstood several challanges from Lebanon's Jamie Barker to take home his
second feature win of the season and closed-up the gap in the chase for the
championship.
The Energy Company Modifieds rolled out with rolled out for the 20 lap
feature with Barker and Brown on the front row with heat winners Mark Simon
and Micheal Stake in row two.As the green dropped,Brown and Barker went side
by side until they got into turn 3 where Brown using the middle lane to take
the lead with Barker,Stake and Simon following.Eric Tinderholt made an
inside pass to grab third from Stake and closed-up on the lead duo.The
yellow waved on lap 3 as Stake pulled up high with a flat tire and restarted
at the rear.On the restart Brown puled ahead as Barker stayed close behind
as Tinderholt began his forward movement to challange the leaders while
Brian Webster was coming quickly and moved into forth spot.With Brown
setting a fast pace,Barker made several attempts for the lead but Brown was
faster coming off the corners.Back in the pack,point leader Wayne Graybeal
had moved into the top five battling with Simon's car as Stake who restarted
17th was moving through the field.In the latter stages of the feature,Brown
began to pull away but Barker would closed-up the gap but only got within 2
car lengths as Brown grabbed his second feature with Barker having another
good run to finish second with Tinderholt,Webster and a fast moving Micheal
Stake in the top 5.
The Central Bank FactoryStocks displayed an outstanding feature with side by
side racing all night long.2009 Champion bob Gustin grabbed the opening lead
with current point leader Tyson Troutman following close behind as Doug rich
and Donnie Gennings followed.On lap 3 Gennnigs spun in turn 3 bringing out
the yellow.Last weeks winner Ben Solberg who started 11th began his charge
to the front and by lap 5 was up to third place as Sundance Keepper was
using the high side to his liking and moved into challange.On lap 7,Troutman
moved to the lead with Gustin right along side of the leader with Solberg
and Keepper running side by side as these 4 cars swapped spots went two wide
and sometimes three deep putting on a race worth the price of admission..On
lap 11,Gustin got the top spot back from Troutman as Solberg began to show
signs of problems with smoke trailing the rear end.A lap 12 caution for
sheetmetal stacked-up the field as Gustin set the pace with Troutman and
Keepper wheel to wheel and a fast moving Donnie Gennings working the
traffic.Gustin would hold on to grab his second feature win with
Troutman,Keepper,Gennnigs and Jones completing the top5.
StreetStock feature action had rookie Matt Keeth jump to the early lead with
Rodney Yost who was trying for the clean sweep by winning his heat and the
dash for cash following.Keeth was setting a fast pace as Yost was being
patient in the second place spot with Jack Hamer and current point leader
Joe Francis following.On lap 6,Yost took advantage of a small bobble by
Keeth and grabbed the top spot as Francis and Hamer continued a tight
battle.The yellow waved on lap 7 as Keeth spun in turn 3 bunching the field-up.Yost
would lead on the restart as Francis had come from the 11th starting spot to
pull on the outside of leader Yost as the duo went door to door for several
laps.Caution waved on lap 12 as the Waters Brothers Billy and Brandon got
together with Billy's car getting the worst of the battle ending his strong
run tonight.On the restart,Yost saw Francis pull to the outside but yost
would lead at the flagstand.On the last lap,Yost was going for the win until
a small misfire in the ignition caused the car to slow going down the
backstretch.Francis took advantage of this mishap and went to narrowly beat
yost for his 6th feature of the season with Yost,Hamer and fast moving Keith
Cheever and Monk Barker in the top 5.
The Pure Stocks continue to impress the crowd with strong car counts and
great racing. Adam Lowrance took the early lead in this 12 lap event with 3
wide action behind the leader involving DeWayne Applegate, Les Hayes, Danny
Caffey and many others. Lowrance had opened-up the lead as point leader Kory
Barker had moved into second place on lap 4 and began his charge to the
front.As the feature went caution free,Barker had slowly moved in on the
leader Lowrance as three wide battles were going on behind the lead duo.By
lap ten,Barker had caught the fast moving Lowrance and began to apply
pressure while Grant Sharp,Applegate and Caffey were swapping spots.As the
leaders took the white flag, Lowrance was holding a slim lead as Barker
pulled to the insude lane. Out of turn 2,Barker and Lowrance were even as
Barker moved to the top spot in turn 3 and held on to grab his third feature
win of the season with Lowrance, Sharp, Caffey and Applegate completing the
top 5.
The Sportman feature also saw the upset of the night as Bennie Joiner jumped
to the early lead on the opening lap with a smooth 3 wide pass.Point leader
Ben Newell had charged into the second spot with Clinton Betts
following.Bennie Joiner was trying to end his bad luck streak and found the
3 time champion Newell applying pressure. Joiner would lead the opening 9
laps looking for his first ever feature win.On lap 10,Ben Newell beat himto
the line but Joiner came back to lead on lap 11 and 12.Ben Newell was able
to use lapped traffic to take over the lead as Joiner came right back but
Newell withstood the last lap challanges to take his 6th feature win of the
season with Jonier, Clinto Betts,JC Newell and Justin Crawford completing
the top 5.
14 Year old point leader JC Newell withstood a spirited battle from Tyler
Brown to take his 5th feature win of the season.
Next Friday Night-Street Stocks will battle for a $400 to win special event
with added money also for second and third place with added money also in
the MidWest Modz with $200 to be divided among the top 4 finishers and a
special Dash for cash in the Modifieds. Point races for the Factory Stocks,
Modifieds, Sportman, Mid West Modz and an Enduro event to top off the
evening.
Time Trials for the StreetStocks start around 7:50 with racing slated to
start at 8PM.
Results
Central Bank FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 2)Tyson Troutman-Houston 3)Sundance Keepper-Everton
4)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 5)Tim Jones-Marshfield 6)Donnie Miller-Houston
7)Chris Wynn-Niangua 8)Kyle Jefferies-Versailles 9)Doug Rich-Macks Creek
10)Ben Solberg-Springfield 11)Mark Davis-Grovesprings DNS-Kelly
Wallander-Motreal
1st Ht-1)Troutman 2)Rich 3)Jefferies 4)Wynn 5)Wallander 6)Davis
2nd Ht-1)Gustin 2)Gennings 3)Solberg 4)Jones 5)Keepper 6)Miller
Energy Company Modifieds
A Ft-1)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 2)Jamie Barker-Lebanon 3)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe
4)Brian Webster-Richland 5)Micheal Stake-Phillipsburg 6)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield
7)Maark Simon-Buffalo 8)JC Morton-Springfield 9)Ted Ballinger-Halfway
10)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 11)Don Thorson-St Robert 12 12)Brian Myers-Lebanon
13)Shawn Strong-Republic 14)Trevor Ellingson-Lebanon 15)Ryan Edde-Urbana
16)Tommy McBride-Lebanon 17)Mike Green
1st Ht-1)Simon 2)J.Barker 3)Tinderholt 4)Webster 5)Graybeal 6)Morton
7)K.Barker 8)Strong
2nd Ht-1)Stake 2)T.Brown 3)Ballinger 4)Edde 5)Ellingson 6)MBride 7)Myers
8)Green DNS-Thorson
Coldwell Banker StreetStocks
A Ft-1)Joe Francis-Lebanon 2)Rodney Yost-Squires 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Keith
Cheever-Lebanon 5)Monk Barker-Lebanon 6)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 7)Ricky
Brashears-Richland 8)Richard Curnutt-Richland 9)Billy Waters-Lynchburg
10)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 11)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 12)JR Aitken-Brighton
DNS-Kevin Forshey-Dixon
1st Ht-1)Yost 2)Francis 3)Keeth 4)Forshey 5)Barker 6)Brashears 7)A.Cheever
2nd Ht-1)Hamer 2)Aitken 3)Brandon Waters 4)Curnutt 5)Billy Waters
DQ-K.Cheever
Sunnyview Pet Foods Dash For Cash 1)Yost 2)Francis 3)Hamer
PureStocks
A Ft-1)Kory Barker-Lebanon 2)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 3)Grant Sharp-Conway
4)Danny Caffey-Conway 5)DeWayne Applegate-Bolivar 6)Robert McGinnis-Lebanon
7)Brandon Knutdson-Lebanon 8)Frank Bryson-Lebanon 9)Les Hayes-Camdenton
10)Matt Young-Lebanon 11)Jerry Jones-Lebanon 12)Richard Henson-Lebanon
13)Joe Aitken-Brighton 14)Joey Long-Mansfield 15)Robert Doublin-Lebanon
16)Joel Cochran-Richland
1st Ht-1)Knutdson 2)Applegate 3)Lowrance 4)Sharp 5)Doublin 6)Young 7)Bryson
8)Aitken
2nd Ht-1)Barker 2)McGinnis 3)Caffey 4)Hayes 5)Jones 6)Long 7)Cochran
8)Henson
Sportsman
A Ft-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon 3)Clinton Betts-Stoutland
4)JC Newell-Decaturville 5)Justin Crawford 6)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove
7)Leland Seymour-Springfield DNS-Donny Betts-Stoutland
Ht-1)B.Newell 2)C.Betts 3)Seymour 4)Crawford 5)JC Newell 6)D.Betts 7)Joiner
8)Ballinger
MidWest Modz
A Ft-1)JC Newell-Stoutland 2)Tyler Brown-Stoutland
Ht-1)Newell 2)Brown
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