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SPRINGFIELD, MO (August 4) - Under near perfect weather conditions the Springfield Raceway crowned their 2010 season champions on Wheeler Metals Championship night with exciting racing action all night long. The Budweiser A-Mods rolled out with current point leader Mitch Keeter and 4 time champion Jackie Dalton starting side by side as the 21 car field took the green.Keeter grabbed the early lead while Dalton,last weeks winner Erik Maggard,Jody Tillman and Brian green battling.All eyes were also on the mid and back pack as Scott Drake and Mr Excitment Terry Beckham were starting deeper in the field.The quic-Quarter was living to her nickname as Keeter was keeping his car in the middle to lower lane as Dalton and Maggard stayed side-by-side.Brian Green's strong early run saw in slide sideways in turn 3 bringing out the yellow.Dalton picked the top lane on the double-file restart as Keeter a two-time winner this season was staying glued to the middle lane and kpt the top spot.After 3 laps of battling for second,Dalton moved to the extreme high groove and swung his car to the ragged edge as Maggard,Tillman,Drake who started 9th and Jerry Lankton battled while Beckham who started 16th was coming fast.Following a lap 7 cautin for rookie Corey Weir,the race was about to change as leader Keeter brought the field to the restart as Dalton picked the top groove on the restart.The battle was on as Keeter staying in the middle groove fought Dalton who swung wide on the top side.On lap 10,Dalton took the lead from Ketter while the pack behind the lead duo including Maggard,Drake,Tillman and Beckham went wheel to wheel.Dalton trying for his 5th consecutive championship was pulling away from Keeter as Keeter moved back upstairs to ride a solid second while Drake,Maggard,beckham,Tillman and others were swaping spots.Dalton would grab his 4th win of the season as Keeter,Beckham,Drake and Maggard completed the top 5 while a hard battle in the mid pack saw Tillman,John Yeoman,Bobby Pearish,19th place starter Jason Snodgrass and Lankton complete the top 10 as 16 cars finished on the lead lap. Keeter,"The Silent Knight" took his championship victory lap and thanked all his sponsors,crew and family in taking his first ever championship."For three seasons,I have been chasing that 21 car in the points.Last season it was going to be decided who finished ahead of who.This season even though we had the lead,it is never easy here at Springfield.A lot of good cars and a good track keeps you on the wheel.We did alot of prep time in the shop and learned alot these last 2 season.This new car really helped my program this season as he were able to make different adjustments on the car."explained a very happy Keeter. With the Reliable Chevrolet SportMod title up for grabs current point leader Sean Williams and points runner-up Wayne Graybeal brought the field to the green flag.With only 7 points between the top 2,it was to be decided in the 20 lap feature.Williams took the opening lead while Graybeal moved inside on the low side while GM Crate driver JC Morton stuck his nose among the drivers and made it three wide racing.Graybeal would take the lead on lap 2 as Williams riding the top groove and Morton in the middle were right in the hunt.The chase took a different tur on lap 3 as point leader Williams slowed off the pace in turn 4 and pulled high in turn 1 with a broken suspension parts bringing out the yellow.The point leader went to the pits and never returned.On the restart,graybeal stayed down low as Morton gave chase to the top spot.On lap 8.Morton made the high groove pass around Graybeal to take the lead while Graybeal,Larry Tindle,Gary Rodocker, along with bobby Maggard Jr all battling.Morton,the hottest driver since switching to his Crate Motor would pull away to secure the victory with Graybeal,Larry Tindle in his Crate Motor,Rodocker and Maggard completing the top 5 with a fast moving Deeny Felker,Don Luna,Andy Beauchamp,Wes Long and Dallas Scott completing the top 5.With Graybeal's second place finish and Williams 15th place finish,Graybeal would claim the hard earned season long battle as points champion. Wheeler Metals StreetStock action saw newly crowned point champion Jack Hamer and defending champion Robert High bring the field to the green flag.Robert who sold his car during the week,was driving Rex Freize's car and grabbed the early lead with Hamer,Randy High who was going for three in a row,Bob Maggard Sr and Andrew Neil close behind.Robet High kept to the top groove as little brother Randy moved to the middle lane and began to apply more pressure as Hamer,Maggard Sr and Rusty Forrest moved into the mix.Despite several attempts to take the lead,it would be Robert High grabbing the win as brother Randy fell about 2 car lengths short.Jack Hamer,Maggard Sr and Forrest completed the top 5 while the top ten would be Jesse Parton,Nick Whitehead,Neil,Rick Williams and Jim Reid rounding out the field.Hamer would claim his first ever track championship as the Auto Repair Businessman from Ava was happy. The PureStock division has been growing in car count and another new winner would see a driver come out of retirement to claim the win as Terry Beckham SR recovered from an early spin around and pulled off a dramatic closing lap win over the field.Early pace setters Chris Woodruff and Charles Woodruff set a fast pace as Beckham in the old Cloverleaf number 7 settled into third place.Beckham went from the high groove to the low groove and made contact with Austin Fletcher in turn 2 causing him to go around while Fletcher kept going.After the caution flew,the woodruff family again would battle up front.A caution on lap 5 for last weeks winner Joey Blackston would bunch the field-up again.On the restart,Beckham Sr moved around Jeremy Jones and set his sights on Fletcher.Up front the Woodruff father and son team were trying to settle the battle for the lead as Beckham Sr had moved to the low groove an was coming fast.With 1 lap to go,Both Woodruff's made contact as Beckham shot to the low side and secured the win with Chris Woodruff,Jones,Fletcher and JF Gott completing the top 5. The 3 wide action of the LegendCars would keep the fast pace as point leader Justin Comer and points runner-up Park Jones would bring the 16 car field to the green flag.Jstin comer took the opening lead with Jones,another point contender Rob Watson,Dave Comer and Dave Bauer following closely.Caution waved on lap 4 for Vance Jenkins as the field bunched again with Comer having to fight for his lead.Jones and Watson still in the championship chase were looking for a line around Comer as the field bunched tighter.Following a lap 8 aution,young lion driver Tyler Horton began his march forward and snuck into third on lap 10.With Comer fending Jones off for the lead,Horton getting geared-up for the Legend DirtCar Nations at Springfield in October was pressuring Jones for the second place spot as Dave Comer come into contention.On lap 15,Horton spun out of turn 2 bringing out the yellow.On the final restart,Jones tried go around Comer with Watson giving chase and a quiet moving Paul Horton moving up.With the final lap in,Justin Comer grabs the victory with Jones,Watson,P.Horton and D Comer the top 5 as Rodney Baird,Colt Pruente,Rick Nichols,early contender Bauer and Billy Cottrill the top 10. Justin Comer was able to also walk away with his 1st ever track championship. The Newly formed MidWest Modz have gained alot of speed and car counts this season with another night of tight racing action.Former Legends driver and young gun Kaleb Copher went into the night securing the 1st ever season title in this class and grabbed the early lead with bobby Gough giving early chase followed by JC Newell.Only 1 caution flew in the 15 lap feature when Shane Bias spun bunching the field-up.On the restart,second generation driver Trevor Drake who has captured a win this season moved into second place around Gough and gave chase while Gough,Newell,Lamar Newman and a fast moving James Redus battling. With Copher in charge,Drake started to cut down on the lead,but Copher held on to claim the win with Drake,Gough,Newell and Newman following.Copher would also take the 1st ever championship in this ever growing class. Next action at the SpringfieldRaceway will be on Sat Sept 18th as the Speedway will be holding the Larry Phillips Memorial featuring the Stars of the Traveling MARS and MLRA Super Latemodel Series as they battling for bragging rights.Action will also feature the Budweiser A-Mods,Reliable Chevorlet Sportmods,Wheeler Metals StreetStocks and LegendsCars as action will start at 7:15. For more information on the SpringfieldRaceway visit the website at WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.Com Results-Season Championship Night by Wheeler Metals Budweiser A-Mods A Ft-1)Jackie Dalton-Carthage 2)Mitch Keeter-Webb City 3)Terry Beckham II-Webb City 4)Scott Drake-Webb City 5)Erik Maggard-Brighton 6)Jody Tillman-Branson West 7)John Yeoman-Granby 8)Bobby Pearish-Oronogo 9)Jason Snodgrass-Mt Home,Ark. 10)Jerry Lankton-Lampe 11)Kyle Slagle-Joplin 12)Rocky Breliew-Joplin 13)Justin Moon-Sedalia 14)Darrell McWhirter-Bentonville,Ark 15)Terry Kirk-Urbana 16)Corey Weir-Nixa 17)Randy Lebow-Galena 18)Brian Green-Pierce City 19)Tammy Mitchell-Pea Ridge,Ark 20)Darrell Jackson-Cathage 21)Dairan Hendrix-Joplin 1st Ht-1)Beckham 2)Hendrix 3)Jackson 4)Snodgrass 5)Weir 6)Moon 7)Lebow 2nd Ht-1)Drake 2)Kirk 3)Yeoman 4)McWhirter 5)Slagle 6)Mitchell DNS-Breliew 3rd Ht-1)Tillman 2)Lankton 3)Dalton 4)Keeter 5)Pearish 6)Maggard 7)Green Reliable Chevrolet SportMods A Ft-1)JC Morton-Springfield 2)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 3)Larry Tindle-Springfield 4)Gary Rodocker-Willard 5)Bobby Maggard Jr-Republic 6)Denny Felker-Carl Junction 7)Don Luna-St James 8)Andy Beauchamp-Springfield 9)Wes Long-Springfield 10)Dallas Scott-Springfield 11)Mike Hailman-Reed Springs 12)Billy Dalton-Reeds 13)Terry Williams-Springfield 14)Willie Wilson-Springfield 15)Sean Williams-Willard DNS-Derek Watson-Willard 1st Ht-1)Long 2)Luna 3)Felker 4)Scott 5)Wilson 6)T.Williams 7)Hailman 8)Watson 2nd Ht-1)Maggard Jr 2)Tindle 3)Rodocker 4)S.Williams 5)Graybeal 6)Morton 7)Beauchamp 8)Dalton Wheeler Metals StreetStocks A Ft-1)Robert High-Springfield 2)Randy High-Springfield 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Bobby Maggard Sr-Springfield 5)Rusty Forrest-Nixa 6)Jesse Parton-Springfield 7)Nick Whitehead-Ozark 8)Andrew Neil-Springfield 9)Rick Williams-Springfield 10)Jim Reid-Springfield 11)Charlie Hart-Springfield 12)Kourtney Stevens-Springfield 1st HT-1)Forrest 2)Williams 3)Hart 4)Parton 5)Stevens 6)Reid 2nd Ht-1)Whitehead 2)Maggard Sr 3)Robert High 4)Randy High 5)Hamer 6)Neil Legends A Ft-1)Justin Comer-Joplin 2)Park Jones-Joplin 3)Rob Watson-Billings 4)Paul Horton-Joplin 5)Dave Comer-Joplin 6)Rodney Baird-Oldfield 7)Colt Pruente-Aurora 8)Rick Nichols-Cassville 9)Dave Bauer-Webb City 10)Billy Cottrill-Joplin 11)Tyler Horton-Joplin 12)Gary Hockman-Rolla 13)Mitch Jenkins-Joplin 14)Chuck Comer-Joplin 15)Brian Boucher-Joplin 16)Matt Gruenburg-Joplin 1st Ht-1)C.Comer 2)Pruente 3)P.Horton 4)Cottrill 5)Hockman 6)Gruenburg 7)Jenkins 8)Boucher 2nd Ht-1)Bauer 2)J.Comer 3)Watson 4)Jones 5)Nichols 6)T Horton 7)Baird 8)D.Comer MidWest Modz A Ft-1)Kaleb Copher-Webb City 2)Trevor Drake-Webb City 3)Bobby Gough-Joplin 4)JC Newell-Stoutland 5)Lamar Newman-Willard 6)James Redus-Springfield 7)David Lynch-Webb City 8)Kyle Lebow-Galena 9)Gary Krebs-Clever 10)Rich Reynolds-Mt Vernon 11)Shane Bias-Springfield 12)Danny Haase-Aurora 1st Ht-1)Redus 2)Lebow 3)Krebs 4)Reynolds 5)Newman 6)Haase 2nd Ht-1)Gough 2)Drake 3)Copher 4)Bias 5)Lynch 6)Newell PureStocks A Ft-1)Terry Beckham Sr-Webb City 2)Chris Woodruff-Springfield 3)Jeremy Jones-Springfield 4)Austin Fletcher-Springfield 5)JF Gott-Springfield 6)Charles Woodruff-Springfield 7)Tanner Sitton-Fair Grove 8)Joey Blackston-Springfield 9)Ronald Wilson-Springfield 10)Joey Long-Mansfield 11)Zac Creson-Springfield DNS-Kory Barker-Lebanon 1st Ht-1)Charles Woddruff 2)Beckham 3)Fletcher 4)Gott 5)Sitton 6)Wilson 2nd Ht-1)Chris Woodruff 2)Jones 3)Long 4)Blackston 5)Creson DQ-Barker
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