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September 4 2004
The B-Modified Championship Shootout at 24 Raceway saw 42 B-mods register for
a try at that $1000 first place prize money. And a night of perfect weather
brought out some 1300 racefans and racecrew members to once again see and
participate in some mighty fine racing. Sponsors for this last Saturday evening
were MHC Kenworth of Columbia, along with Triple K Tractors and Equipment of
Hallsville.
This B-modified main event for the night had a custom format for determining who
would be in the feature. The top three finishers from each of the four heats
transferred directly into the feature. These 12 drivers were then joined in the
20 car feature by the top four from two consolation races, made up of the
remaining 30 cars not fortunate enough to have made it in the first time. The
first consy race had the 82 car of
Kelly Smith race his way into the feature,
followed by the newly rebuilt 61 car of Kevin Embree from Paris. The #21 of
Jimmy McKenney, out of Linnius took 3rd, followed by Ashland's Steve Roberts' in
the #002. In the second consy race, Terry Houston of Mt. Sterling, Illinois took
the checkers in his #97, followed by Milan's Hugh Eddy in the #5%, with the 99
car of Kelly O'Haver of Kirksville next, and Clarence native Teddy Collins
landing the 4th position in his #26.
The 30 lap feature for this second annual B-Modified Shootout started these 20
qualifiers with a 20 lap segment to see which ones continued onto the final
segment. The 11c of Don Cox from Holts Summit was on the pole, with the familiar
#19 of Moberly's own Brian Robinson outside in row 1. After a first lap caution
from the 11 car of Gary Wilson, the race was under way with the #24 of Kevin Probst leading most of the time until lap 8 when a spin in turn 4 by
Tony Garner
in the #20 caused the second caution. Racing resumed with Kirksville's Smith
taking over the lead from Probst on lap 9 until a front stretch wreck involved
three cars from the middle of the pack, including Garner of Macon, and the 8D
car of Gary Dryer from Quincy. After the clean-up, Smith, Robinson, the 10x of
Jim Gillenwater from Keokuk, and Embree ran in this order to complete the first
segment. The remaining six, qualifying for the final ten lap shootout were, in
no certain order: Probst; Jerry Poor of Novelty; Houston; Joe Hooper from
Carthage, Illinois; Jerry Reese of Memphis; and Cox.
With a redraw among these ten for the starting positions, Probst got to put his
#24 on the pole and Robinson drew the outside of the 1st row. Row 2 saw Embree's
#61 inside, with the 86 car of Poor next to him. Probst led the first lap of the
race, with a lap 5 turn, 2 tangle between Don Cox and the 2R of Reese causing
the first and only caution. Cox's #11c was done, with Reese pitting for
inspection. The race pretty much belonged to Smith in his #82 for the last 5
laps, with Probst running a strong 2nd. Jim Gillenwater came in 3rd with his
#10x from Keokuk, ahead of Embree's #61.
In the other night's features, the Hobby Stocks were the first class out with
the #01 of Zack Taylor from Mexico on the pole, and Alan Hultz of Madison
outside in the #51. With only one caution for the night, the #1 of Kirksville's
Bobby McCartney won the race, followed by the always strong #22 of Matt Snyder
from Green City. And another Kirksville resident,
Jerry Shoemaker in the #88s,
finished third.
Another full starting field of 20 Hornets saw Moberly residents,
David Lorton in
the 24-7 car inside, and Jeromy Milnes in #14 outside on the front row. After a
lap 1 restart caused by the 23x car, there was plenty of 3-wide, sometimes even
4-wide Hornet racing, until an inside wall, turn 1 get-together of the 22A of
Nathan Asberry, #01, #77 of
Sam Smith and the M00 car of Jake Evans. The next
race stopping red came from a front stretch pile-up with Milnes ending up on his
roof in an incident involving Asberry, the #3 of
Rob Chase and the 11 car of
Hallsville's Adam Melloway. However, no injuries came to any of the drivers. Two
Clarence drivers, Dustin Boling in the #36, and
Porter Collins in the #46 ran
first and second the rest of the way. A Sedalia driver, Lloyd Knox took third
and Lorton finished forth.
The A-modifieds started their 15 lap feature with
Ron Gough from Monroe City,
inside, and the #25 of Scottie Roberts from Columbia on the outside of row 1.
Gough and Kelly Smith, in his #0 car, touched on lap 5 and in turn 2 while
running 2nd and 3rd. Gough's #79 wound up in the wall, unable to continue. From
there, Roberts went on to secure his first win in 7 years, having spent much of
it racing at the now defunt Capital Speedway. Chris Shiflett from Winston picked
up the 1st of two Hard Charger awards for the night, sponsored by Track Force of
Kirksville.
With a full field of eight Thunder Trucks, the #3 of Moberly's Dave Kinder had
the pole position, led all laps and won the race. Plenty of spins highlighted
this race, with the first being a full 360 by the #69 of Jason Oser from New
Franklin in turn 4 to come out headed in the proper direction. Individual spins
by the #18 of Rick Thompson, the 00 truck of Dean Still, the #48 truck and the
#69 again, each provided the thrills for the crowd.
Up next, came the Sportsman race, featuring an extra prize money to first place,
courtesy of Hendrick's Communication Company. Fifteen cars started this race
with the #73 of Columbia's
Alan Bergfield on the pole, next to the #1 of Roger
Dresden, Keokuk, Iowa. The race had a pair of red flags after the #24 car of
Steve Dieckmann from Centralia hit the wall in the
front stretch and later, the
3k car being driven by Kyle Morton of Mexico, rolled over in turn 4. No
injuries, just damaged Sportsman cars unable to continue. The #14 of
Huntsville's Pete Agee went on to grab the win and an extra $300 for first
place. Pole sitter Bergfield had an interesting finish coming to the line, with
the next two place cars pushing him sideways from turn 4, then backwards across
the white line, and neither of them gaining any ground on his 8th place finish.
The 05 car, driven by David Wietholder from Liberty, Illinois, got the 2nd Hard
Charger award for the evening, getting him 10 gallons of fuel next time to 24
Raceway.
Still Towing of Macon (with Dean Still driving the #00 Thunder Truck) sponsored
the bicycle give-away for the Junior Race Fan Club, with Taylor Durham, a little
gal from Kirksville as the winner. Next week, the bicycle give-away program will
be sponsored by Brown Corporation of Moberly.
And once again, a big hearty thanks to MHC Kenworth of Columbia, and to Triple K
Tractors & Equipment from Hallsville for their sponsorship for the evening. And
thanks to those businesses donating the prizes, including: Pepsi, Jimmie Payne's
Photo Booth and Hassler's Collectibles of Columbia; and to KZZT fm 105, Daylight
Diner, Cathy Davidson, Burger King, the Funny Pages Cafe and Bloomin' Idiots,
all of Moberly; Stoney's Cafe of Macon, and Boling Backhoe & Trenching of
Clarence. Thanks again to Jarrett McCarty of Moberly, for his crowd-loving
assistance in flagging. This 7-year old is fun to watch.
Results from last Saturday, September 4 can be viewed after each Monday on the website of
www.24racewayinmoberly.com , administered by Sam Smith.
It's all happening again this Saturday at 24 Raceway, Moberly, Missouri, brought
to you in part by Best Western/Moberly Inn and Bentz GM Country of Macon. This
Saturday, September 11, all fire, police, emergency medical staff and military
personnel with a valid photo i.d., will be admitted free of charge. This is also
the sixth scheduled appearance by the Northeast Missouri Dwarf Car Association
scheduled at the track for the season. A new addition to the agenda for the
September 18 race, will be a mechanics race following the conclusion of the six
race classes' features. And a special Sunday night event will be with winged
sprint cars taking place on September 26, along with the B-modifieds and
Sportsman classes also competing (and likely one more class). This will be the
second race of this season for the W.O.W. 360 c.i. sprint cars at the
high-banked half mile of Moberly, and is a show you should thoroughly enjoy.
Dirt Track Racing at Its Best begins at 7pm. A driver's meeting, then hot laps,
start at 6pm. Seven of the best stockcar classes of any of the area tracks are
taking place again this weekend, so don't miss out! Adult ticket prices are $8
and kids are only $3 to get in. Pit passes are $20 with the pit gates opening at
4pm.
Ron Lueck - Track Spokesman
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