Track Schedules

MOBERLY, MO (May 4) - A cool Saturday night welcomed the 2008 Opening Night crowd at 24 Raceway, as 29 Hornets came to compete in the annual 4 cylinder Hornet Special. And members of the Orscheln Farm & Home Retail Support Center, enjoying their night at the races, sweetened the purse for the first 3 places, along with a random draw that came up as 13th place. That lucky finisher was Caston Jones of Belle who got an extra $25 on top of the posted prize money for his effort. After a false start and then a red light to restructure the large field of 24 cars, the race got under way and had only a single caution for the rest of this non-points special event. Rob Chase of Clark, starting on the front row, led the entire 20 laps in a strong performance by the #3, finishing ahead of Huntsville's John Brown, the pole sitter for the feature. Devin Still of Anabel not only won the Consy race to get the 19th starting slot in the feature, but then moved through the pack of the main event to finish in 3rd.

In the A-modifieds, David Holder of Clarence, driving the #71 this season, led from his front row start in a close race over the 25-car of Columbia's Scotty Roberts for 16 laps until a missing fuel cap caused Roberts to pit and not return during a caution period. The #22c of Brandon Lennox moved into 2nd, ahead of Gary Blackburn with 4 laps to go and they finished in that order of 2 & 3 behind the 2007 Track Champion, Holder.

A young Blake David from Fulton brought a new B-modified to the newly re-structured Moberly Motors B-Modified class that absolutely went off and left the others in this class. A good size class of 15 competitors showed up this first night to compete in this totally overhauled class of 360 cubic inch enigine size limits with a maximum of 9:1 compression ratio. Veteran driver Gary Wilson of Holliday led the first 3 laps until David, nicknamed "Wild Child" by announcer Doug Mealy, made his move in turns 3 and 4 to pass for the lead on the inside. He never looked back as he went on to his first ever feature win. Wilson finished 2nd and Chad Lebsock, from the Hallsville/Centralia area wound up with 3rd in a race that also saw only a single caution light.

The Hobby Stock class too has new rules for the season, running the same size engines and compression ratio as the B-mods. Some 17 drivers tried their luck in the 12 lap feature that had the biggest rollover of the night. For the first 9 laps, it was Tom Creed in the #35 leading over Kevin Renzelmann's #41 until on that lap 9, Renzelmann's rear axle must have snapped in turn 2 and the car began to barrel roll for 3 or 4 flips, luckily not catching anyone else up in the wreck. The Huntsville resident came out ok, but the cleanup took some time to complete, resulting in the 2nd red flag of the night. Creed, now of Cairo, won both the pole and the feature for the first race of this class under these new rules. Chase Breid finished in 2nd, as Nathan Stevenson grabbed 3rd.

MFA / Break Time Sportsman drivers had almost as many drivers competing as the other classes, with a veteran group of 14 turning out for their opening night 12 lap race. Moberly's Clinton Dale was followed closely by Huntsville's Pete Agee for the first 5 laps, but a spin put Agee's orange #14 Chevy to the back of the pack. Dale led all the laps in this one, with a late challenge by Matt Greiner of Washington, Iowa who took 2nd. Chad Walter of Clarence came through with a 3rd place finish.


Next weekend, May 10th, these Sportsman drivers will take their turn at a special event, the annual MFA / Break Time Sportsman Special. It will be the featured event of the night, along with the rest of the regular classes of A-modifieds, the Moberly Motors B-modifieds, Hobby Stocks and the 4 cylinder Hornets classes. First place will be paying $400 with 2nd getting $80 in the 25 lap event.

Thanks to Rhonda Acton and Tammy Evans for taking on and organizing of the 24 Raceway Jr. Race Fan Club and its associated drawings for kids door prizes. The Car Shine and Show this weekend had a little tough weather to get clear of, but the swap meet, craft show and sale did well with discussions as to becoming a monthly or every other monthly event. Thanks to all the sponsors for getting their giveaways to the previously mentioned women in charge and thanks to Orsheln Farm & Home Retail Support Center for their involvement in last week's Hornet Special.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
May 10 - MFA Oil / Breaktime Sportsman Special (25 Lap event)
May 17 - Hobby Stock Mechanic's race - following weekly racing
May 24 - 9th Annual Gary Scott Memorial w/ Winged Outlaw Warriors' 360 cubic inch Sprints

"Dirt Track Racing at its Best" begins at 7pm with a driver's meeting, followed by hot laps, starting at 6pm. Please see the website of www.24racewayinmoberly.com for additional info. The fast action will take place again on these high banks, east of Moberly, Missouri on U.S. Highway 24. Action photos from 24 Raceway can be seen at www.24racewayinmoberly.com , if you simply click on the forum and chose the heading. Adult ticket prices for the MFA / Break Time Sportsman Special are only $10, with children, ages 6 to 12, getting in for $5. Kids under 6 years old are admitted free of charge. Pit passes are $25. "Dirt Track Racing at its Best" is back with grandstands open at 4pm this Saturday, the 10th of May at the high banks of 24 Raceway, Moberly.

Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway, Moberly, MO

Of 91 race team entries, the results are as follows:
(all hometowns are Missouri unless otherwise noted)

A-Modifieds Main feature (of 15 starters) 20 laps
1) 71 Dave Holder, Clarence (heat 2 winner)
2) 22c Brandon Lennox, New London
3) 26 Gary Blackburn, Fulton (heat 1 winner)
4) 82 Kelly Smith, Kirksville
5) 15 Terry Wilson, Bowling Green
6) 1s Vance Wilson, Frankford
7) 88D Matt Dotson, Sturgeon
8) 22x Brandon Banks, Washington, IA
9) 2H Dylan Hoover, Mexico
10) 71w Jeff Waterman, Quincy, IL
11) 25 Scotty Roberts, Columbia
12) 26k Kevin Blackburn, Fulton
13) 67 Tim Dotson, Sturgeon
14) 53 Ronnie Woods, Mexico
15) 55D Michael Dotson, Sturgeon
00) 46 Porter Collins, Clarence N/S

Moberly Motors B-Modifieds (of 12 starters) 15 laps
1) 1 Blake David, Fulton
2) 11 Gary R. Wilson, Holliday (heat 1 winner)
3) 29L Chad Lebsock, Centralia
4) 6v Charlie VanBoening, Paris
5) 10 Mark Forrester, Columbia
6) 92M James Maxey, Holliday
7) 12L Gary Lewis, Columbia (heat 2 winner)
8) 18L Tyler Lewis, Columbia
9) 25 Galen Hassler, Hallsville
10) 9H Chad Hickam, Hallsville
11) 99 Kelly O'Haver, Kirksville
12) 22M Justin Morris, Harrisburg
00) 4B Billy Bentley, Madison N/S
00) 40 Dave Kinder, Moberly N/S

MFA / Break Time Sportsman (of 14 starters) 12 laps
1) 7 Clinton Dale, Moberly (heat 2 winner)
2) 29 Matt Greiner, Washington, IA
3) 23 Chad Walter, Clarence
4) 00 Rick Girard, Columbia
5) 24A Andrew Page, Columbia
6) 14jr Derrick Agee, Huntsville
7) 3 Tim Eravi, Moberly
8) 88 Jonathon Petersheim, Sturgeon
9) 14 Pete Agee, Huntsville (heat 1 winner)
10) 48 Randy Rindom, Moberly
11) 01 Jeff Creed, Cairo
12) 40 William Dahl, Rush Hill
13) 4 Billy Apel, Renick
14) 73 Alan Bergfield, Harrisburg

Hobby Stock (of 15 starters) 12 laps
1) 17 Tom Creed, Cairo (heat 1 winner)
2) 12B Chase Bried, Madison
3) 57 Nathan Stevenson, Huntsville
4) 11W Michael Wolfe, Madison (heat 2 winner)
5) BIG O, Bill O'Haver, Kirksville
6) 31M, Marvin Kinyon, Jacksonville
7) 22 Travis Redburn, Moberly
8) 33 Donnie Nickerson, Moberly
9) 31 C.J. Humphrey, Columbia
10) 65 Justin Burton, Centralia
11) 03 Jerry Warren, Moberly
12) 41 Kevin Renzelmann, Huntsville
13) 3C Clayton Crump, Centralia
14) 28 Tim Dawson, Callao
15) 7B Stewart Burton, Centralia
00) 32 Darrell Nickerson, Moberly N/S
00) 5B Mike Burks, Sturgeon N/S

4 cyl. Hornet Special (of 24 starters) 20 laps
1) 3 Rob Chase, Clark (heat 2 winner)
2) 01 John Brown, Huntsville (heat 1 winner)
3) 73 Devin Still, Anabel
4) 21 Brooke Hassler, Columbia
5) 11k Kyle Smith, Stover
6) 6 Andrew Hurley, Macon
7) 33 Kristi Chase, Clark
8) 2 John Doctorian, Wentzville
9) 02 Mike Denslow, Huntsville
10) 76x Kevin Prall, Sedalia
11) 7 Shawn Jones, Belle
12) 31 Anthony Burks, Centralia
13) 34 Caston Jones, Belle *
14) 5 Richard Curtis, Fulton
15) 16 Jamie Quinn, Columbia
16) 36 Richard Doctorian, Smithville
17) 35 Jeff Delonjay, Quincy, IL
18) 81 Dustin Westlake, Hallsville
19) 34X Larry Dickson, Sedalia
20) 11 Mike Schrader, Sedalia (heat 3 winner)
21) 3M Cody Melloway, Hallsville
22) 11M Adam Melloway, Clark
23) K2 Vince Jasper, Clarence
24) 20 Kyle Burton, Centralia
* random draw of 13th finish for bonus

Hornet B-Main consy race (of 7 starters) 12 laps
(top 6 moved to A-main)
1) 73 Devin Still, Anabel
2) K2 Vince Jasper, Clarence
3) 34 Caston Jones, Belle
4) 31 Anthony Burks, Centralia
5) 81 Dustin Westlake, Hallsville
6) 16 Jamie Quinn, Columbia
7) 14 Gregory Payne, Centralia
8) 38 Derek Raps, Centralia
9) 76 Rachael Burton, Centralia
10) 77m Sabastean Senn, Hallsville
11) 66 Lew Aikman, Hannibal