Show-Me Realty Night at the Races I-35 Speedway

| May 25, 2014

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WINSTON, MO (May 24, 2014) –  Tackling the 3/8 mile of dirt at I-35 Speedway first was the make-up feature from May 10, 2014 for the USRA Modifieds.  After a great prerace ceremony honoring our fallen hero’s that made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms on Memorial Day weekend, the racing action began.  Using a front row outside starting position, heat race winner Issac Dotson #67d would charge to the early lead and never look back for his second victory in as many weeks.  Point leader and other heat race winner Zach Sanders #69 would again show poise and consistency in a solid second place finish.  Trevor Hunt #99h and Dennis Elliott #29 would swap the third and fourth positions the entire race, with Hunt passing the line third and Elliott fourth.  Michael Dotson #55d would charge from the back of the pack to round out the top five.

Grand Nationals were next to the track and would not disappoint in a green to white to checkered race with heat race winner Donnie Brown #26 claiming the night’s top spot.  Brown would hold off the always fast Austin Johnson #98, as Johnson would be forced to settle for second.  Travis Walker #71, with his first appearance of the 2014 season, would race his way through the field to place a strong third.  Veteran driver Buz Kaster #54 would wheel his way to place fourth, as Houston Johnson #97 would finish fifth.  Other heat race winner was Dale Eaton #3.

USRA B-Mods were in spectacular form going green, white, checkers in their feature run.  Jim Cameron #96c would jump out to an early lead and look in fine form only to be denied the top spot as Jake Richards #7j would maneuver lap traffic to perfection and claim the victory.  Richards would dominate the late stages of the feature as Cameron would hold on to second place.  Jeremy Pittsenbarger #32p would use his high side line in route to an impressive third place finish.  The big movers of the feature were Yancy Shepard #20y and Chad Clancy #21c, as they would thread the needle through traffic with Shepard fourth and Clancy fifth.  Heat race winners included Jake Richards #7j, Tim Eaton #211, Caleb Dennis #11d, and Jeremy Pittsenbarger #32p.  B-Feature winners were Randy Ainsworth #57 and Clint Baker #17x.

Back to the track again this week was the always entertaining Midwest Lightning Sprints.  Picking up his first feature win of the 2014 racing season Mark K. Billings #51 would pass pole sitter Bobby Layne #01 and one time leader Mike Trent #49t, on his way to victory lane.  Layne and Trent would battle side by side with Trent edging Layne at the line for second leaving Layne third.  First time racer at I-35 Speedway Dusty Murray #46 would find the track to his liking and place fourth.  Luke McGee #13 would race his way through the pack to finish fifth.   Heat Race winners were Bobby Layne #01 and Mike Trent #49t.

In the USRA Stock Car class the beat goes on for the winning streak of Thomas Roberts #65x as he would pick up career victory number 72.  Roberts would start outside row one moving to the lead in turn two and would be challeneged relentlessly by #417 of Kevin Anderson.  Anderson would work low and high to gain any advantage only to be held off by Roberts, leaving him to place second.  Jake Cameron #86c was the hard charger of the race moving from back to front on his way to placing third.  Dean Wray #77 continues his consistency by challenging early for the lead but fading late to finish fourth.  John Crews #12c would power his way to another top five finish.  Heat race winners were Dean Wray #77 and Kevin Anderson #417.

In the second USRA Modified feature of the evening Zach Sanders #69 proved to be the man to beat as he would lead every lap picking up feature number three of the 2014 racing season.  Sanders would take the early advantage and would be challenged often by Steven Bowers #77 and Kerry Davis #68.  Bowers would find the high side in the latter stages of the race and close in on the leader Sanders making it a dash to the checkers as he would be forced to settle for second place.  The always impressive Kerry Davis would use the low line and race his way to third.  The big mover and shaker of the feature was Darren Shaw #11 as he would race high and low moving past cars almost at will to finish fourth.  The always consistent Dennis Elliott #29 would round out the feature’s top five.  Heat race winners were Zach Sanders #69, Steven Bowers #77, and Shane Lawson #17$.

Battling Mother Nature could not alter the great racing action at I-35 Speedway on Memorial Day Weekend.  Racing action like no other was witnessed in each and every class of cars on a perfect 3/8 mile racetrack.  We would like to thank all of our drivers for putting on one of the best nights of racing thus far in the 2014 season.  Please join us again next week for Seeburg Muffler Night at the Races as we will invite the Midwest Outlaw Vintage Racers and Non-Wing Sprint Cars to the track.  Intermission fun will include the “Three Legged Races” for some of our drivers down the front strait.  Thank you fans and see everyone next week for more “Dirt Trackin at its Best”.   See you there!

USRA Modified Feature 1:

  1. 67d  Issac Dotson (Heat Race Winner)
  2. 69  Zach Sanders (Heat Race Winner)
  3. 99h  Trevor Hunt
  4. 29  Dennis Elliott
  5. 55d  Michael Dotson
  6. 71  Jim Hopkins
  7. 2h  John Hanson
  8. 4d  Shawn Lee
  9. 92  Tyler Grooms
  10. 0  Richard Layne
  11. 82  David Wood
  12. 26  Randy Smith
  13. 26s  Steven Glenn

USRA Modified Feature 2:

  1. 69  Zach Sanders (Heat Race Winner)
  2. 77  Steven Bowers (Heat Race Winner)
  3. 68  Kerry Davis
  4. 11 Darren Shaw
  5. 29  Dennis Elliott
  6. 56  Jeff Marriott
  7. 75  Bud Wilson
  8. 4  Josh Poe
  9. 71  Jim Hopkins
  10. 99  Martin Bennett
  11. 55d  Michael Dotson
  12. 5d  Shane Bailey
  13. 41  Shane Florence
  14. 4d  Shawn Lee
  15. 67d  Issac Dotson
  16. 17$  Shane Lawson (Heat Race Winner)
  17. 2h  John Hanson
  18. 99h  Trevor Hunt
  19. 12p  Perry Milbourn Jr.
  20.  92  Tyler Grooms
  21. 0  Richard Layne

Grand National:

  1. 26  Donnie Brown (Heat Race Winner)
  2. 98  Austin Johnson
  3. 71  Travis Walker
  4. 54  Buz Kaster
  5. 97  Houston Johnson
  6. 9  Don Marrs
  7. 3  Dale Eaton (Heat Race Winner)
  8. 46  Dave Petty Jr.
  9. 9p  Marty Powell

USRA B-Mod:

  1. 7j  Jake Richards (Heat Race Winner)
  2. 96c  Jim Cameron
  3. 32p  Jeremy Pittsenbarger (Heat Race Winner)
  4. 20y  Yancy Shepard
  5. 21c  Chad Clancy
  6. 15b  Wes Bestgen
  7. 7k  Doug Keller
  8. 3d  Matt Dorssom
  9. 57  Randy Ainsworth
  10. 17x  Clint Baker
  11. 27c  Jordan Clemons
  12. 11d  Caleb Dennis (Heat Race Winner)
  13. 33s  Ben Stockton
  14. 01  Jacob Hobscheidt
  15. 95  Mike Nelson
  16. 211  Tim Eaton (Heat Race Winner)
  17. 125  Luke Maddox
  18. 20j  Jayden Bears
  19. 54  Lynn Starry
  20. 11c  Chad Feather
  21. 31  David Coates
  22. 319  Daniel Harris
  23. 18  Danan Knott
  24. 8  Coleman Browning
  25. 60  Brady Sensenich
  26. 7  Bobby Russell
  27. 22b  Mitch Booher
  28. 09  Derrick Mahoney
  29. 52j  Josh Barnes
  30. 9h  Nic Hanes
  31. 76  Ronnie Miller
  32. 52r  Richard Biggs
  33. 89  Dusty Smithee

USRA Stock Car:

  1. 65x  Thomas Roberts
  2. 417  Kevin Anderson (Heat Race Winner)
  3. 86c  Jake Cameron
  4. 77  Dean Wray (Heat Race Winner)
  5. 12c  John Crews
  6. 18  Richard Moulton
  7. 21h  Billie Hoover
  8. 4  Darrel Whitt
  9. 75  Tracy Summers
  10. 36s  Holden Schultz
  11. 88  Jeff Dixon
  12. 83  Gary Ainsworth

Midwest Lightning Sprints:

  1. 51  Mark K. Billings
  2. 49t  Mike Trent (Heat Race Winner)
  3. 01  Bobby Layne (Heat Race Winner)
  4. 46m  Dusty Murray
  5. 13  Luke McGee
  6. 81  A.J. Tice
  7. 71  Tony Layne
  8. 09w  Willie Wilkerson
  9. 53  Greg Black
  10. 99c  Chet Yates
  11. 19  Paden Moreland

 

 

Category: I-35 Raceway, Missouri

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