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Feeback’s First Triumph on RSC Equipment Rental Race Night at
Central Missouri Speedway
by: Alan Miller - CMS Public Relations
WARRENSBURG, MO (August 28, 2010) - As the season begins to draw down to the
final races of the season and with the Labor Day and Championship weekends
of special events imminent for modified drivers in Warrensburg, the 'Chase
for the Championships' continued to bring out the best from the talented
assembly of drivers in each division. The drivers are either hanging on to
their close points leads or attempting to climb into the top spots for their
respective division crowns. This weekend the results either solidified their
positions or caused some concern for drivers in the ‘mighty’ modified, ULMA
late model, street stock and b-modified divisions at Central Missouri
Speedway
The weather hung on with its final grip of summer temperatures before
starting to cool off the fans and drivers on the ‘Fastest High-Banked Clay
Oval in the Midwest’. 87 drivers checked their racing machines into the CMS
pits to test their skills against some of the best drivers in the area.
In several divisions it was no surprise to the fans to see who visited the
Waterloo Storage Products Victory Lane to celebrate their racing victories
with crew members and families. Starting off the evening features in the
b-modifieds, Brad Smith out of Belton continues his amazing string of
triumphs and achieves his 10th feature win of the year with 21 overall wins
for the year. In the street stock class it was another strong race for Brian
Johnson of Independence making it his fifth feature win of the season.
ULMA late model drivers Jon Binning and Jason Bodenhamer began making it a
tight points race over the last few weekends and this weekend with Binning
from Warrensburg attaining his fourth feature win, the points race will
tighten even more for current leader, Bodenhamer. In a night of three repeat
winners, Harrisonville’s Luke Feebacks relishes his first feature win with a
celebration in Waterloo Storage Products Victory Lane with his crew members.
He not only takes home the $1,000 weekly modified purse winnings, but also
claims the track promoter’s $100 bounty for defeating Dustin Boney who
returned to the CMS high banks after a two week hiatus from the track.
The b-modified drivers were utilizing this weekend to try to improve their
positions in the championship points race as well as prepare for their
25-lap feature event on Friday night, September 3, $1,500-to-win prize along
with $75 to start for their seasonal special at CMS. Another robust field of
25 drivers registered to battle in three heat races with Ben Kates with his
first win, Troy Carlyle for his sixth and Paul West for his second win
taking the checkers with their heat victories which set the front row
starting line-up for the feature after a consolation feature. The last
chance B-main feature determined the final transfers with Mark Evinger from
Bates City taking the checkers with Lucas Issacs, Dean Wille, and Dalton
Kirk qualifying for the feature.
Brad Smith and Paul West led the 20 b-modified drivers to the green flag
start with Smith pushing his machine across the line first for the early
lead with West and Kates in the top three positions on the first lap. Before
the race even started Dalton Kirk who was in second place in the points
chase, tried to start the race but could not get underway unassisted
experiencing a transmission problem. He had to pull off adm call it a night
which will drop him out of second place in the points race. Early on in the
race caution flags flew on lap one and two with Ethan Issacs, Mark and Owen
Evinger, Steve Neal, and Brian McGill leaving the track with various
mechanical problems. On the following re-starts Cody Brill, Ben Kates and
Lucas Isaacs either stopped on the track or had problems and drove off into
the pits ending their night of racing. Smith pulled away on subsequent
restarts with Troy Carlyle, Rusty Trimble, Dean Wille, out of the b-main and
Jacob Ebert in the top five.
The laps counted down as Smith hangs on all the way to the finish line
taking the checkers once again for his 10th feature win at CMS. Carlyle
stayed in second, followed by Trimble for his best finish at CMS. Wille, who
started 19th finishes fourth gaining the unofficial hard charger award
followed by Nic Bennett and Paul West rounding out the top six.
The street stocks have been increasing their numbers in the later half of
the season with 17 signed in for two heat races. The heat winners tonight
were Chad Eickleberry for his sixth heat victory with Brian Ziegler gaining
his first win at CMS. The heat races using passing points determine the
staring spots for the feature with Don Danner and Ziegler starting on the
front row of the starting grid for the event.
The battle between Chad Eickleberry and Brain Johnson has continued all
season and tonight was another barn burner in the feature with Don Danner
leading the early laps of the race. Johnson as he seems to make work each
race, dove to the low-side of the track to move into the second spot by lap
two. Ziegler, Eickleberry, Clayton Cambell, and Steve Harrick worked
patiently in the top five early on. On the re-start Johnson works the low
side again to finally take away the lead from Danner on lap five. The ever
patient and consistent veteran driver, Herb Danner makes a strong move into
the seventh position from a 16th place starting spot at the tail of the
field. Eickleberry works his way into second by lap ten sneaking by Don
Danner with Ziegler and Joey Hotmer battling for fourth on lap 14. At the
end Johnson once again takes the checkers into victory lane with his fifth
win, Eickleberry looks strong with a second, Don Danner, Ziegler, Campbell
and Herb Danner in sixth from deep in the field rounding out the top six
positions.
The ULMA late model drivers had several new faces at the speedway with
another track not racing late models on Saturday. The top six drivers in
overall ULMA points race were checked into the pits setting the scene for an
exciting late model feature. The three heats were very competitive for the
18 drivers signed into the pits. The heat races turned into some close
action on the track with Jon Binning for his sixth, Bob Test with his fourth
and Brett Wood for his fifth taking the victories to settle the starting
front row of Binning and Test. As the green flag flew it was Binning from
the very beginning leading the early laps of the race. Woods and Test were
just behind him for the second and third positions. Tommy Cordray making his
first visit to CMS this year moved into fourth place on lap five before Lane
Ehlert moves into fourth past Cordray a lap later. A caution flag comes out
on lap seven when Dave Mosley departed the track in turn four. Then on the
restart Brain Pipes stopped his machine on the back stretch finishing his
night. The field was bunched up again for the double wide restart. Binning
then leads Woods and Test into turn one with Cordray in the hunt on the high
side for the top four cars.
Test and Binning started to pull away from the rest of the cars at the half
way point of the race with Ehlert moving into third. Lapped traffic made it
interesting late in the race with Test now pressuring Binning on lap
sixteen. A late race caution for Dave Mosely on lap seventeen may have
provided a break for Binning as it appeared Test was starting to push
Binning for the lead. Binning finally stays out front with Test settling
into the second spot. Unfortunately for Ehlert who was in third at the time
suffered a late race flat tire after the re-start and had to pull off the
track on lap 19.
Finally as the 20-lap feature wound down it was Binning crossing the line
for his third consecutive win in front of Test, Wood finishes third, Cordray
fourth, Bodenhamer moves up into fifth and Coyne finishes sixth.
The modified drivers never seem to disappoint the race fans at CMS and this
weekend was no exception with 27 drivers working their final preparations
for their $3,000-to-win special along with $250 to start Labor Day weekend
racing events . Inside row qualifying and a 20-lap scramble will start on
Friday evening, September, 3 then conclude on Saturday evening, September 4
with their 40-lap special feature event.
If this Saturday evenings race was any indication of the action on the track
next weekend then look out for the best modified action of the season. The
three heats last evening were action packed as Luke Feeback takes his second
heat win, Nic Bidinger taking his first and Jason Thompson for his seventh
grabbing the heat victories. The two drivers with the highest number of
passing points, Feeback and Boney sat on the front row pacing the 26-car
starting line-up to the begin the feature. Feeback dives into the low side
for the early lead with Boney and Thompson closing in for the lead in the
top three spots. Meanwhile Aaron Marrant and Rick Beebe are in a race for
fourth and fifth. James Eaton pulled off the track early on the race into
the in-field but the race continued on. Boney then got lose in turn four as
he chased Feeback and lost several spots on lap 10. The first caution flag
flew in the feature on lap 11 with Ralph King and Jason Bodenhamer leaving
the track with flat tires and mechanical problems.
At the mid-race restart, Feeback has two strong drivers, Thompson and
Marrant stalking behind him for the top spot. Feeback later commented, “ I
didn’t know where Boney was and just wanted to protect my position on the
restarts“. On this restart, Thompson tries to stick his nose on the low
side, but Feeback maintains his position and the lead. Late in the race with
the dust flying, Ron Keith and Josh Everhart pull off with just a few laps
remaining.
Meanwhile as the laps counted to the end of the 20-lap feature and Feeback
does a great job hanging tough in front of some talented drivers and crosses
the finish line with the double checkers flying for his first ever CMS
feature win. The points leader Thompson takes the second spot, Marrant stays
tough with a third place finish, Rick Beebe finishes fourth after claiming
the two previous feature wins, with Boney recovering for fifth, and Moody
completing the top six.
Join us again next weekend for the two night Labor Day Specials. For more
information call the track report line at 660-747-2166 or visit us on the
web at
www.centralmissourispeedway.net .
Remaining CMS Schedule
*Annual Labor Day Weekend Special*
Sept 3 (Friday) - $1,500-to-win B-Modifieds plus Night 1 Modified Qualifying
and Street Stocks! Sept 4 (Saturday) - $3,000-to-Win Modifieds plus ULMA
Late Models and Street Stocks
Sept 10: (Friday) ASCS and WoW Sprint Cars with 600cc Micro Midgets- Jesse
Hockett tribute and B-Mods!
Sept 11: (Saturday) Waterloo Storage Products Night at the Races, Season
Championships in All Divisions
Business partners at Central Missouri Speedway for the 2010 season include,
Waterloo Storage Products, KOKO AM 1450 Radio, Comfort Inn Warrensburg
Station, KMMO Radio, LJS Graphics, the Missouri Coalition for Roadway
Safety, 98.5 FM The Bar, RSC Equipment Rental, Heartland Waste, KDKD FM
95.3, Bad Boy Mowers, and Midwest Coating.
CMS Results
8/28/2010
B-MODFIED
Heat Race # 1
1st- 23k- Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, KS
2nd- 99- Brad Smith, Belton
3rd- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs, KS
Heat Race # 2
1st- 44- Troy Carlyle, Kearney
2nd- 94- Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove
3rd- 18- Darin Claxton, Warrensburg
Heat Race # 3
1st- 14w- Paul West, Shawnee, KS
2nd- 96- Cody Brill, Harrisonville
3rd- 38- Nic Bennett, Grain Valley
B" Feature
1- 15- Mark Evinger, Bates City
2- 6- Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
3- 67- Dean Wille, Warrensburg
4- 30k- Dalton Kirk, Gardner, KS
5- 07- Gary Fain, Lone Jack
6- 00- Chris Whalen, Kansas City, KS
7- 5L- Jeremy Lile, Higginsville
8- 0d- Trent Deadmon, Kansas City, MO
Feature
1- 99- Brad Smith, Belton
2- 44- Troy Carlyle, Kearney
3- 5- Rusty Trimble, Kansas City KS
4- 67- Dean Wille, Warrensburg
5- 38- Nic Bennett, Grain Valley
6- 14w- Paul West, Shawnee, KS
7- 18- Darin Claxton, Warrensburg
8- 55- Bronson Combs, Shawnee, KS
9- 4- A.J. Tice, Kansas City KS
10- 96- Cody Brill, Harrisonville
11- 94- Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove
12- 1- Curtis Shaner, Hardin
13- 6- Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Springs KS
14- 23k- Ben Kates, Tonganoxie, KS
15- 48- Owen Evinger, Odessa
16- 90nn- Steven Neal, Odessa
17- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs, KS
18- 15- Mark Evinger, Bates City
19- 5m- Brian McGill, Orrick
DNS- 30k- Dalton Kirk, Gardner, KS
STREET STOCKS
Heat Race # 1
1st- 09- Chad Eickleberry, Warrensburg
2nd- 174- Donald Dannar, Odessa
3rd- 03- Clayton Campbell, Otterville
Heat Race # 2
1st- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
2nd- 97k- Brian Johnson, Independence
3rd- 5k- Steve Herrick, Shawnee, KS
Feature
1- 97k- Brian Johnson, Independence
2- 09- Chad Eickleberry, Warrensburg
3- 174- Donald Dannar, Odessa
4- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
5- 03- Clayton Campbell, Otterville
6- 74- Herb Dannar, Holden
7- 42- Bryce McMillin, Warrensburg
8- 5k- Steve Herrick, Shawnee, KS
9- 03jr- Joey Hotmer, Odessa
10- 9d- Bryant Moyer, Lone Jack
11- 76- Adam Parris, Kansas City, KS
12- 2b- Brian Cox, Concordia
13- 68- Fred Frede, Lee's Summit
14- 6o- Ron Ohrenberg, Lawson
15- 15- T.J. Faulkenberry, Urich
16- 38dd- Justin Shelton, Kansas City, KS
17- 37- Justin Seifert, Kansas City, KS
ULMA LATE MODELS
Heat Race # 1
1st- 65- Jon Binning, Warrensburg
2nd- 28- Brian Pipes, Lone Jack
3rd- 42- Lane Ehlert, Foristell
Heat Race # 2
1st- 1- Bob Test, Jefferson City
2nd- 22- Kevin Coyne, Kingsville
3rd- 5- Tommy Cordray, Kansas City
Heat Race # 3
1st- 7- Brett Wood, Warrensburg
2nd- 18R- Shawn Rayfield, O'Fallon
3rd- 3a- Jason Bodenhamer, Centerview
Feature
1- 65- Jon Binning, Warrensburg
2- 1- Bob Test, Jefferson City
3- 7- Brett Wood, Warrensburg
4- 5- Tommy Cordray, Kansas City
5- 3a- Jason Bodenhamer, Centerview
6- 22- Kevin Coyne, Kingsville
7- 18R- Shawn Rayfield, O'Fallon
8- 12c- Steve Clancy, Odessa
9- B1- Vance Wilson, Frankford
10- 45- Bob King, Independence
11- 22m- Danny Monroe, Jamestown
12- 1m- Tom Makings Jr., Odessa
13- 68- John Pipes, Oak Grove
14- 42- Lane Ehlert, Foristell
15- 54- Jimmy Jobe, Odessa
16- 10- Dave Mosby, Sedalia
17- 28- Brian Pipes, Lone Jack
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