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August 7 2004
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Race Results ]
On this first Saturday night of August, some 95 race teams turned out
to provide an evening of action packed entertainment at 24 Raceway in Moberly,
featuring the 20 lap Hobby Stock Special and the drawing for that open wheel
modified (without the engine/transmission). While being present to win was not a
requirement, the holder of the winning raffle ticket did not report to the
booth, so the surprise will be coming to Mr. Brad Mitchell, Ashland, MO, likely
by a phone conversation, that he is now the new owner of a racecar. Hope he has
a good time building the modified car for competition racing in either of the A-
or B-modified classes held at 24 Raceway. Assistance can be found with Melloway
Racing of Hallsville, since Chuck Melloway has been the sponsor of this raffle.
A sincere thanks from 24 Raceway goes to the Melloway teams for this give-away.
In keeping with a rotating race format each week, the first class racing
this night was that of the 4 cylinder Hornet division. The #36x of Dustin Boling
was the car gaining the pole at the start, alongside the #24-7 belonging to
David Lorton of Moberly. These two, along with the #3 of Clark resident Rob
Chase, and the #46 car of Porter Collins, had just a bit more than the others
and ran out ahead until lap six. The defender in the Pepsi Challenge for this
night, Clarence's Casey Walter in his #23 car, got caught up with the #83 driven
by Linda Key of Paris in front of the grandstands. Key went on to finish 18th,
while Walter was unable to continue due to handling problems. Boling, one of the
three other Clarence drivers in the feature, led all laps and won the Hornet
race with the hard charging Lorton coming in 2nd. Chase finished 3rd, just ahead
of Collins, also from Clarence. Since the #23 was knocked out of the race and
not able to defend against the $50 bounty place on him, the Pepsi Challenge
carries over one week into the next race night and go to a winning Hornet driver
beating Walter, as long as he's on the racetrack.
Next up came the B-modifieds with what only can be described as one ugly
start. The 11w of Hallsville's Larry Winn had the pole with newcomer Kenny Mudd
of Winfield on the outside in the #07 white and orange car. The first lap saw
several cars out of the 21 starting the feature get together on the back stretch
with the 27t of Jerry Taylor becoming airborne, all being a low level flight of
about three or four feet. Once Taylor's car came back to earth, he was able to
continue around the north turns and into the pit area for an inspection. Two
other cars of Kirksville's Kelly O'Haver in the #99, and Columbia's Keith Fisher
in the #68 were not as lucky and had to be towed off the track during the red
flag. In fact, Fisher's got towed out of the infield with a leaky fuel tank
where a pan was placed to catch that high octane gas for later use. On the lap 1
restart, the 38 car of Ben Strain from Moberly got into the 29 car of Casey
Walter resulting in a spin by Walter in turn 2, causing another lap 1 restart.
The third lap 1 restart came from the #67 of Dusty Beaty from Bethany getting
together with Sturgeon's Ben Ballard in his #49 car in turns 3 and 4. With the
lap counters still stuck on 1, another restart got the remaining cars to lap 3
before the 29 car backed into the turn 3 wall, causing another stop, but
fortunately no injuries on any of these wrecks. Winn's car left the track with
some problems and did not return. The remaining cars made it to lap 5 before the
four B-mods of Gary Wilson's #11, Bob Woodrow's #3, Tony Garner's #20, and Jimmy
McKenney's #21 all got stopped together in turn 2, blocking the racetrack with
all drivers ok. The race resumed with 11 cars left and saw a strong run by
Kirksville's Kelly Smith in the #82, followed with some passing and challenges
by the #17 of Chris Leathers out of Macon. And that's the way it finished for
the two, with the #07 of Mudd also coming on strong at the end to finish 3rd.
This sets up the bonus now of a $150 Pepsi Challenge going to any other
B-modified beating Smith on the track, also the next time out.
Again this week, lots of three-wide racing took place in the Sportsman
class. But this one started out like the previous race, with the 14R of
Sturgeon's Ryan Petersheim going into the back stretch wall backwards, breaking
an axle and losing the right rear wheel and tire in the process on the 1st lap.
After the clean-up, the race restarted with plenty of action by Pete Agee in the
#14 Chevy, the 72 car driven by Harold Fox from Mexico, and the #01of Jeff
Creed. And the pole sitter, #00 Rick Girard from Columbia stayed in the mix too,
all going with the three-wide racing plan. Creed from Cairo had to come up
through the pack to do his challenging this night, but his chief rival, Agee,
had to retire on lap 10 with an engine problem. From there, Creed's car was
simply too strong for the others to run down, although Fox and Girard gave it
good tries, finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively. Creed got his fifth consecutive
win, allowing the Pepsi Challenge bounty to go to $200 for any other Sportsman
car defeating Creed on the track at the next race.
The Thunder Trucks got started once again with the familiar #3 of
Moberly's Dave Kinder on the pole and the #18 of Clark's Rick Thompson on his
right. And at the drop of the flag to start, the #16 truck of Bobby Peeler from
Fayette got a tap from the #69 of Jason Oser out of New Franklin to send his
Thunder Truck scraping the grandstand wall backwards, thereby ending his racing
for the night. On the restart, the trucks made it to lap 5 with Kinder and
Thompson doing their exciting version of side by side racing, until they came
together causing heavy metal damage to the yellow #3, but without a caution as
Kinder continued to lead. Thompson had to pit for rear tires and Kinder was
moved to the rear as an assessment of mutual blame. This put Clark's Larry
Perkins on the front with his #46 truck for a few laps until Oser came around
and was able to hold off the challenge from the always strong contender Kinder.
Oser won and picked up an extra $50 on his victory over the 2nd place finishing
Kinder through the Pepsi Challenge.
And now came the featured event for the Hobby Stocks with 20 laps ahead
of the 17 starters. Matt Snyder from Green City had his strong running #22 car
on the pole, next to the equally strong #28 of Callao's Tim Dawson, both good
bets on the $400 1st place prize money. Lap 7 saw the first caution from a rear
bumper falling off, and with Snyder heading into the pits. The #38 of Jeremy
Jaspering also had to leave the track to remove a flapping rear bumper from the
car from Perry. By lap 13, Dawson was ahead of the 21D of Jacksonville's Robbie
Dodge and the 75 of Brandon Bouzek from Trenton, but not by much, when the 15
car of Moberly's Jason Rindom got into the back wall and the 5x of Bruce Bailey,
also of Moberly, bringing out the 2nd caution. More hard racing followed with
the cars of Dawson and Dodge trading some paint and leads. On lap 16, the #2 of
Huntsville's Lucas Galland spun and took out the #66 of Centralia's David Piehl,
with a third caution flag. On the restart, Jaspering spun in turn 2 after
charging hard to try and make up the time lost from bumper removal. In the end,
it was Robbie Dodge pulling out his first victory ever in what was a great race
for the fans to view, over 2nd place Dawson and with Snyder bringing his #22 in
a close 3rd. Even the 4th place finisher of Terry Coonfield's #10c from Moberly
was close in the mix, coming in ahead of the young Bouzek who placed 5th. A good
payout was had by these five, but the first win was visibly overwhelming as the
first for the 19 year-old Dodge.
This brought up the final feature for the night, the A-modifieds,
featuring the 7 car of David Holder on the pole. Holder's car rolled over while
avoiding a collision at the end of a race the night before, so whatever this
driver from Clarence did for repairs seemed to work rather well for him. That is
until he ended his night early with some additional damage while avoiding yet
another incident on a race night, this time with the #23 car of David Kinder.
Outside of Holder at the start was the returning Darin Walker from Bowling
Green, coming back to Moberly for the first time this season. Walker has been a
consist winner on the dirt in past years with his #24 car and it was a welcomed
return. After that caution, the 22c of Terry Cox moved out front and stayed
there, leaving a tight battle for 2nd between Walker, the # 0 car of
Kirksville's Kelly Smith and the # 79 car of Ronnie Gough from Monroe City. And
this was a great show for the fans with Walker coming in 4th behind the hard
charging Gough and the third finishing Smith. Congratulations go to Cox, who got
his first win of the season to go with his four 3rd place finishes (three out of
the last four races) and a 2nd back on June 19. With that record, he knew he was
due to win one soon.
It should be noted that last week, all fans coming in the gate received
free coolie cups, some with Jeff Gordon's # and signature, courtesy of the #99
B-modified driver Kelly O'Haver, and car owner David Easley, both of Kirksville,
and a thanks to them. Again this evening, a special thanks goes out to David
Kinder for the use of his new Hummer that led the six features to the green flag
starts. And a repeat of thanks to Nikky McCarty for her assistance with the
night's trophy presentations. A little guy from Kirksville, Blaine DeVolld, won
the new bicycle as the winner from the Junior Race Fan Club this evening. This
week's thanks goes to Moberly's Kinder Machine Shop (with Dave Kinder racing the
#3 in the Thunder Truck class) for his sponsoring of the bicycle give-away
program. Next week's sponsor for the bike program will be Fuemmeler Tax and
Accounting Services, Moberly, featuring Pam Fuemmeler as an Enrolled Agent. And
thanks to all the sponsors for their numerous prize donations won by both adults
and kids alike. These include: Both Hassler's Collectibles and Pepsi of
Columbia; the push truck driver Oscar White for the caps; and Burger King, Danny
Lorton of Lorton Racing, Daylight Diner, the Funny Pages Cafe and Bloomin'
Idiots, all of Moberly. The 50/50 ticket winner for the grandstand pot of $255
was held by Darren Reddick from Moberly, who immediately did the correct gesture
of turning the cash over to wife Patty for safekeeping. These two, together with
Darren's father who was celebrating a belated birthday from July, are regular
Saturday night visitors to 24 Raceway, and now won back more than one of their
admissions cost for the entire season. Next week could be you.
Next week, a Racer Appreciation Car Show takes place at the Can Am Quick
Stop and Car Wash on South Morley in Moberly. It will be Saturday, the 14th of
August from 11am to 4pm, with lots of door prizes throughout the day. The #8
replicar of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will be on display from 2pm to 4pm. And for the
race connection, CanAm Quick Stop has seeded the Thunder Truck purse on this
night at 24 Raceway with and additional $300 !!! So, come to the car show and
vote for the car of your choice, then later, come to the racetrack to enjoy the
night's extended events. CanAm is the sponsor of the #18 Thunder Truck driven by
Rick Thompson.
The results, as well the list of season points accumulated by the
drivers, can be viewed after each Monday on our website of
www.24racewayinmoberly.com, administered by Sam Smith. It all happens at 24
Raceway, Moberly, Missouri, brought to you in part by Best Western/Moberly Inn
and Bentz GM Country of Macon. Pit gates open at 4pm.
Dirt Track Racing at Its Best begins at 7pm. A driver's meeting, then hot
laps, start at 6pm. Six strong and enjoyable stockcar classes, with three now
having that Pepsi Challenge Bounty in effect. Kids ticket prices are only $3 to
get in and adults are $8. Pit passes are $20.
www.24racewayinmoberly.com Ron Lueck - Track Spokesman
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