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Keeter In Right Place At Right Time At Springfield In A-Mods

SPRINGFIELD, MO (July 24) - Current Budweiser A-Mod point leader Mitch Keeter found himself in the right place at the right time for him, but not for Bobby Pearish as Keeter took over the lead on lap 16 and held on to capture his second feature win of the season as the Quick-Quarter of the Springfield Raceway despite severe rain stroms moving in the area.

 The filed took the green with Pearish earning the lead at the drop of the feature over Denny DeMasters Jr while Jody Tillman followed through.Pearish started to check out from the field whileKeeter,opening night winner Erik Maggard, and Jerry Lankton were battling hard for third place.While Pearish was smooth through the middle of the turns,Tillman hooked-up on the high-side and started his march to the front.With a long green flag run and action all over the track,Pearish was pulling away while Keeter made the low pass move around Tillman on lap 8 to grab second place with Tillman,DeMasters,Maggard and 4 time track champion Jackie Dalton batling.Dalton who had started 11th on the field was moving both high and low.

 As the leaders started going through lapped traffic on lap 10,Pearish's lead started getting smaller as Keeter was on the march forward while Tillman,Maggard,DeMastera nad Dalton along with Jerry Lankton were having a great race.Pearish kept a solid pace through the center of the track as Keeter closed-up to half a straight away lead.On lap 16,while going through traffic, a car spun in turn 3 and went down right in front of the leader Pearish collecting him and ending his run for the victory.Keeter took over the top spot after the only caution of the feature  while Jody Tillman choose the top groove on the double-file restart and Maggard running third move to the low groove.Keeter got the jump on the start and moved to the top groove as Tillman and Maggard were side by side with Dalton and Veteran Terry Kirk swapping spots.On lap 19,Maggard moved around Tillman on the low side but Tillman came back on the top groove in the race for second place.Keeter took the victory and added to his point lead over dalton as Maggard recorded a narrow runner-up spot with Tillman,Dalton and Terry Kirk.The second 5 were Jerry Lankton,Lady driver Tammy Mitchell,Brian Green who started 15 after borrowing Kyle Slagle's car,Tim simon and Danny DeMasters Jr all on the lead lap.

 Reliable Chevrolet GM Performance SportMod Competition saw Springfield's Wes Long and Bobby Maggard Jr. occupy the front row with Long leading the opening lap with point leader Wayne Graybeal,Eric Tinderholt and early season point leader Sean Williams following.Long pulled away running through the center of the track while Williams found the very top lane to run quickly.Maggard,Graybeal and JC Morton were swapping spots as Tinderholt started to slow off the pace.Maggard Jr pulled to the pits on lap 8 ending his night as Sean Williams had made the top groove move around Long to grab the lead while morton and Graybeal battled side by side.The first caution waved on lap 10 for Blake Ellis along with previous winner john Yeoman Jr and Gary Rodocker as they spun in turn 2.On the restart,Williams pulled away as Crate Motor driver Billy Dalton took advantage of his high lane spot and rocketed to move into fourth place as morton gave chase along with Graybeal.With Williams starting to check out,Long seemed secure for the runner-up spot while a great race for third involving Morton,Dalton,Mike Hailman and Larry tindle as Graybeal's car seemed to not turn through the corners.Williams rode the top groove to victory ending his month long bad luck drought as Long,Dalton,Morton and Mike Hailman completed the top 5 with Graybeal,Gary Rodocker,Yeoman Jr,Tindle and Nathan Cottrell completing the top 10.Dalton took home and extra $150 for being the top crate Motor finisher while Morton grabbed an extra $100 and Tindle $50.

 The Wheeler Metals StreetStocks were a little short of cars,but not of racing action tonight as the invert place heat race winner Bob Maggard Sr and point leader Jack Hamer in the final row at the start.Matt Keeth grabbed the opening lead over Kourtney Stevens  while Randy High followed closely and took over the lead on lap 2 with Hamer following.With Randy High riding the middle groove,Veteran Bobby Maggard sr and Hamer were side by side and closing quickly.Maggard made a nice move in turn 2 on lap 7 to grab the lead while High came right back along with hamer.Anrew Neil started closing in quickly while these 3 battle.Maggard took back the lead on lap 9 and held off both High and Hamer to secure his first win of the season in the class.High,Hamer,Neil,Keeth and Stevens completed the field.

 The Newly formed MidWest Modz saw 11 cars take the green flag with Rich Reynolds and Tyler Chainey on the front row and go door to door.Contact involving several cars sent Chainey spinning along with JC Newell and Rusty Adams and brought out the yellow.On the restart,Reynolds fell by the wayside as Bobby Gough took the opening lead as point leader Kaleb Copher came charging from the back of the field to grab second place with Reynolds and Trever Drake following closely.Copher tried several attempts to get the lead from Gough but Gough held off the challanges.Drake and Gary Krebs followed closely along with Lamar Newman but Drake's night ended with problems.On lap 5 of the 15 lap event,Copher finally made the pass stick on the highside of Gough to take the lead as Krebs stayed close as Shawn Hatcher and Newman battled.In the closing laps,Copher pulled away to grab the victory with Gough,Krebs,Newman and points runner-up JC Newell rounding out the top 5.Post race tech found problems with Krebs and Newman changing the top 5 to Copher,Gough,Newell,Hatcher and Rusty Adams.

 The LegendCars again provided three-wide race as Rodney Baird and Rob Watson brought the field to the Green with Watson taking the early lead as Dave Bauer and Chuck Comer followed.With Watson setting a quick pace,point leader Justin Comer made a move into the top 3 and began is charge to the front as Park Jones,Paul Horton,Baird and a fast moving Tyler Horton were swapping back and forth.A late race caution closed-up the field even more as Justin comer was able to get around Watson on lap 12 and hold off repeated challanges by Bauer to secure the win followed by Tyler Horton,early leader Watson, and Park Jones.10 of the 13 starters completed all 20 laps and only previous winner Dave Comer did not start the feature.

 Chris Woodruff took the opening lead in the PureStock class and never looked back in grabbing his first win of the season over Tyler Ruggles and Joey blackstone

 Up next Sat July 31st will be the 1st ever Ozark Empire Nationals presented by State Farm Insurance featuring the ASCS Lucas Oil Sooner Regional And WOW 360 Winged Sprint Cars along with points action with the Budweiser A-Mods,Reliable Chevrolet GM Performance SportMods,MidWest Modz and Legends with added money in all classes.

 Grandstand Admission will be $17 for Adults and a special $2 off coupon when you buy an Andy's Frozen Custard in the Springfield Locations while supplies last.

 Grandstand gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:15 and Racing at 7:15.Pitgates will open at 3PM with pitpasses at $30.

 For more information contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426 or visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.Com

 Results

Budweiser A-Mods

A Ft-1)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 2)Erik Maggard-Springfield 3)Jody Tillman-Branson West 4)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 5)Terry Kirk-Urbana 6)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 7)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark. 8)Brian Green-Pierce City 9)Tim Simon-Joplin 10)Danny DeMasters Jr-Neosho 11)Danny DeMasters-Neosho 12)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 13)Craig DeMasters-Neosho 14)Corey Weir-Nixa 15)John Yeoman-Granby DNS-Kyle Slagle-Joplin

1st Ht-1)Dalton 2)Lankton 3)Tillman 4)Craig DeMasters 5)Kirk 6)Simon 7)Yeoman DNS-Green

2nd Ht-1)Keeter 2)Maggard 3)Danny DeMasters Jr 4)Pearish 5)Mitchell 6)Weir 7)Slagle 8)Danny DeMasters

Reliable Chevrolet GM Performance SportMods

A Ft-1)Sean Williams-Willard 2)Wes Long-Springfield 3)Billy Dalton-Reeds 4)JC Morton-Springfield 5)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 6)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 7)Gary Rodocker-Willard 8)Jon Yeoman Jr-Granby 9)Larry Tindle-Springfield 10)Nathan Cottrell-Nixa 11)Blake Ellis-Springfield 12)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 13)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 14)Eric Tinderholt-Lampe

1st Ht-1)Morton 2)Long 3)Tinderholt 4)Maggard Jr 5)Ellis 6)Tindle 7)Beauchamp

2nd Ht-1)Yeoman Jr 2)Williams 3)Graybeal 4)Rodocker 5)Hailman 6)Cottrell 7)Dalton

Wheeler Metals StreetStocks

A Ft-1)Bob Maggard Sr. 2)Randy High-Springfield 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Andrew Neil-Springfield 5)Matt Keeth-Marshfield 6_Kourtney Stevens-Springfield

Ht-1)Maggard Sr 2)Hamer 3)Neil 4)High 5)Keeth 6)Stevens

Legends

A Ft-1)Justin Comer-Joplin 2)Dave Bauer-Webb City 3)Tyler Horton-Joplin 4)Rob Watson-Billings 5)Park Jones-Joplin 6)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 7)Rick Nichols-Cassville 8)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 9)Colt Pruente-Aurora 10)Vance Jenkins-Springfield 11)Brian Boucher-Joplin 12)Paul Horton-Joplin 13)Chuck Comer-Joplin DNS-Dave Comer-Joplin

1st Ht-1)J.Comer 2)C.Comer 3)Baird 4)Nichols 5)P Horton 6)Boucher 7)Pruente

2nd Ht-1)Jones 2)Bauer 3)Watson 4)T Horton 5)Cottrill 6)Jenkins 7)D Comer

MidWest Modz

A Ft-1)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 2)Bobby Gough-Joplin 3)JC Newell-Stoutland 4)Shawn Hatcher-Reed Springs 5)Rusty Adams-Joplin 6)Shane Bias-Springfield 7)Trevor Drake-Webb City 8)Tyler Chainey-Springfield 9)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon DQ-Lamar Newman,Gary Krebs

1st Ht-1)Hatcher 2)Drake 3)Reynolds 4)Newman 5)Adams 6)Copher

2nd Ht-1)Newell 2)Gough 3)Chainey 4)Krebs 5)Bias

PureStocks

A Ft-1)Chris Woodruff-Springfield 2)Tyler Ruggles-Springfield 3)Joey Blackston-Mt Vernon

Ht-1)Woodruff 2)Blackstone 3)Ruggles