Wray, Stanton, Woods repeat as Asher, Roberts and Simmons score first wins of 2012 at I-35 Speedway
WINSTON, MO (April 28, 2012) – 102 cars packed the pits for AAA Transmission night at I-35 Speedway. The Midwest Outlaw Vintage Racers roared into I-35 Speedway for the first time in 2012 and brought 14 cars with them.
Truman Asher of St. Joseph, Missouri picked up win number 1 on the year in the IMCA SportMods. Asher coming off a good end to the 2011 season was picked to be one of the front runners in 2012 and has had some good finishes this season. Points leader Chad Clancy of Smithville, Missouri finished second for the second straight week. Another guy who had a good 2011 season is Excelsior Springs, Missouri driver Randy Ainsworth who finished third tonight followed by last season champion Mike Tanner of Kansas City, Missouri in fourth and Brad Whitney of Trenton, Missouri was fifth. Whitney who didn’t make his heat due to fatherly prom duties gained seventeen spots to win the hard charger.
Dean Wray from Jamesport, Missouri won for the second straight week in the IMCA Stock Cars. Wray held off some hard challenges to become the second repeat winner of the class. Thomas Roberts of Kidder, Missouri finished second in only his second IMCA Stock Car start of 2012. Josh Steele of St. Joseph, Missouri finished third for the second straight week. Jeff Dixon from Jamesport, Missouri and Jake Cameron from Winston rounded off the top five. Roberts gained ten spots to win the hard charger award.
In his next race Thomas Roberts did one better, winning the Grand National feature for the first time in his career. Roberts doing double duty the last two weeks has been driving the number 44F Grand National all season for Lonnie Farley and tonight he put the old number 44F back in victory lane. Jason Anderson from Kansas City, Missouri finished second, Cameron, Missouri’s Travis Walker was third, Austin Johnson from Kansas City, Missouri got his best career finish with a strong fourth place finish and Rick Steele from St. Joseph, Missouri was fifth. Roberts doubled up on hard charger awards.
Hartford, Iowa driver Eric Stanton became the first repeat winner in the IMCA Hobby Stock class this season. Stanton led every lap to win for the second straight week. Lee Farmer from Bethany, Missouri finished second, Farmer gave chase the entire race but couldn’t find the right line to get by Stanton. Points leader Mich Ross from Maysville finished third for the second staright week, Andrew Hustead from Rutledge, Missouri rallied from an earlier spin to finish fourth and Anthony Fletchall from Grant City, Missouri was fifth. Hustead gained seven spots to win the hard charger.
Last week in the IMCA Modifieds Humeston, Iowa driver Shay Woods finished his night on his top, tonight he finished his night on top…in victory lane. Woods had a great run with Jason Estes of Winston, Missouri and Cory Wray of Jamesport, Missouri midway through the 20 lap A-Feature. Woods would eventually get by Estes on the bottom of the racetrack and pick up win number two in 2012. Estes and Wray would finished second and third followed by Darren Shaw of Lathrop, Missouri and Jim Cameron from Cameron, Missouri. JJ Baumli won his second hard charger award of the season.
Jack Simmons from Erie, Kansas driving a 1955 Chevy Bel Air won the Midwest Outlaw Vintage feature. Second went to Jason Jackson of Parsons, Kansas driving a 1937 Chevy Coupe, third went to Zac Simmons of Erie, Kansas in his 1950 Studebaker, fourth was Keith Simmons from Agency, Missouri in a 1940 Chevy Coupe and fifth was Dave Baldwin from Raymore, Missouri in his 1970 Chevy Camero.
The points races are already heating up and next week the two seat Grand National will be ready to give rides to some lucky races fans. Don’t miss any of the action at I-35 Speedway!
Results:
IMCA Stock Cars – A Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 3 77 Dean Wray Jamesport , Mo 40.00
2 12 65X Thomas Roberts Kidder , Mo 39.00
3 9 94X Josh Steele St. Joseph, Mo 38.00
4 13 88 Jeff Dixon Jamesport , Mo 37.00
5 2 86C Jake Cameron Winston , Mo 36.00
6 4 11T Bennie Turner Ii Smithville , Mo 35.00
7 6 6X Greg Keuhn Trenton , Mo 34.00
8 5 07T Tyler Corkins Saint Joseph, Mo 33.00
9 14 14X Jon Boller Iii St. Joseph, Mo 32.00
10 8 20X Jon Boller Jr Saint Joseph, Mo 31.00
11 10 25V Pat Neely Saint Joseph, Mo 30.00
12 7 44 Bruce Fair Trenton , Mo 29.00
13 11 64 Aaron Parmer Humston , Ia 28.00
14 15 12C John Crews Polo , Mo 27.00 DNS
15 1 31X Mathew West Kellerton , Ia 0.00 DQ
IMCA Modifieds – A Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 5 20W Shay Woods Humeston , Ia 40.00
2 3 99.7 Jason Estes Winston , Mo 39.00
3 6 69N Cory Wray Jamesport , Mo 38.00
4 11 11 Darren Shaw Lathrop , Mo 37.00
5 1 96C Jim Cameron Cameron , Mo 36.00
6 14 292 Blake Peeler Trimble , Mo 35.00
7 20 46 Jj Baumli Lathrop , Mo 34.00
8 4 37 Jeremiah Asher St. Joseph, Mo 33.00
9 7 81T Levi Trimble Excelsior Springs, Mo 32.00
10 13 42 Sam Florence Kansas City, Mo 31.00
11 19 23B Mark Botts Meadville , Mo 30.00
12 18 10 Johnny Mcginnis Hardin , Mo 29.00
13 17 56 Jeff Marriott Platte City, Mo 28.00
14 15 17$ Shane Lawson Stewartsville , Mo 27.00
15 16 92 Jim Peeler Milan , Mo 26.00 DNF
16 10 26S Steven Glenn Hamilton , Mo 25.00 DNF
17 9 81 Richard Spriggs Savannah , Mo 24.00 DNF
18 2 71H Jim Hopkins Rayville , Mo 23.00 DNF
19 12 62 Hunter Marriott Brookfield , Mo 22.00 DNF
20 8 1W Todd Wilson Spickard , Mo 21.00 DNS
IMCA Sport Mods – A Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 11 73 Truman Asher St. Joseph, Mo 40.00
2 12 21C Chad Clancy Smithville , Mo 39.00
3 6 57 Randy Ainsworth Excelsior Springs, Mo 38.00
4 14 20T Mike Tanner Kansas City, Mo 37.00
5 22 X3 Brad Whitney Trenton , Mo 36.00
6 17 8S Brett Shields Mt. Ayr, Ia 35.00
7 1 76 Ron Miller Trenton , Mo 34.00
8 23 25X Chris Shiflett Meadville , Mo 33.00
9 5 32P Jeremy Pittsenbarger Cameron , Mo 32.00
10 2 22A Alvie Christofferson St. Joseph, Mo 31.00
11 13 25 Scotty Grenier Cameron , Mo 30.00
12 24 54 Lynn Starry Excelsior Springs, Mo 29.00
13 18 11 Caleb Dennis Meadville , Mo 28.00
14 20 92 Tyler Grooms Trenton , Mo 27.00
15 8 9H Nic Hanes Trenton , Mo 26.00 DNF
16 4 16 Bobby Penney Excelsior Springs, Mo 25.00 DNF
17 19 8 Paige Shaw Lathrop , Mo 24.00 DNF
18 7 22H Clay Hale Cameron , Mo 23.00 DNF
19 16 74 Justin Asher St. Joseph, Mo 22.00 DNF
20 10 12 Jeff Stotts Trenton , Mo 21.00 DNF
21 15 31 David Coates Bethany , Mo 20.00 DNF
22 21 37 Anthony Asher St. Joseph, Mo 19.00 DNF
23 3 12X Matthew Lance Savannah , Mo 0.00 DQ
24 9 44H Huey Jacobs Stewartsville , Mo 0.00 DQ
Grand Nationals – A Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 4 44F Thomas Roberts Kidder , Mo 50.00
2 5 714 Jason Anderson Kansas City, Mo 48.00
3 6 71 Travis Walker Cameron , Mo 46.00
4 1 98 Austin Johnson Kansas City, Mo 44.00
5 2 94X Rick Steele St. Joseph, Mo 42.00
6 3 9 Don Marrs Shawnee , Ks 40.00
7 7 97 Bud Wilson Trenton , Mo 38.00
8 9 X Jim Peeler Milan , Mo 36.00
9 8 99 Chris Kline Kearney , Mo 34.00
IMCA Hobby Stock – A Feature
Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Points
1 1 7B Eric Stanton Hartford , Ia 40.00
2 3 17F Lee Farmer Bethany , Mo 39.00
3 4 34 Mich Ross Maysville , Mo 38.00
4 11 20 Andrew Hustead Rutledge , Mo 37.00
5 2 29 Anthony Fletchall Grant City, Mo 36.00
6 6 55A Alex Anderson , Mo 35.00
7 7 55L Jeremy Turner Pattonsburg , Mo 34.00
8 12 9T9 Scott Treadwell Trenton , Mo 33.00
9 8 54B Darrin Christy Kansas City, Ks 32.00
10 10 12 Desmond Theel Belton , Mo 31.00
11 5 83 David Truskett Cowgill , Mo 30.00 DNF
12 9 59 Mike Youngs Coffey , Mo 29.00 DNS
13 13 21H Billie Hoover Stewartsville , Mo 0.00 DNS
