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24 Raceway News Archives
2010 Season
CONGRATS TO THE 2010 CLASS CHAMPIONS AT 24 RACEWAY WHERE RACING IS
SET TO TAKE A BREAK THIS COMING SEASON
by Ron Lueck
24
Raceway, Moberly, MO: (December 29, 2010) -
A little late in coming but
congratulations are in order to the 2010 Season Champions who competed
in a relatively short racing year at 24 Raceway.
Moberly, MO
(September 6, 2010): The decision
has been made to close out the racing season at 24 Racway and end the
points racing with last week's USMTS show.
Rob Chase
Wins August 28th
Hornet Special
24 Raceway (August 31) - In
the Hornet Special, there were just a couple of cautions and a
race-stopping red flag early on at lap 3, as Richard Doctorian ended
up on his roof in turn 3.
Krohn
pockets Moberly money as Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores
National Championship heats up.
MOBERLY, Mo. (Aug. 28)
– Round 10 of The Hunt for
the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship presented by
Bad Boy Mowers took place at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., Saturday
night, and for 23 laps it
looked like Ryan Gustin was
well on his way to extending his points lead with a third ‘Hunt’
victory.
Mike
Van Genderen
MOBERLY, Mo. (Aug. 28)
–
Mike Van Genderen made the
400-mile round trip trek from Newton, Iowa, to Moberly, Mo., pay off
with his third Dart Iron Man Challenge triumph of the season Saturday
night at the 24 Raceway.
 MOBERLY,
Mo. (Aug. 24)
– The Dart Iron Man Challenge
will visit the southernmost speedway of the 2010 campaign this
Saturday when the tough-as-nails tour for USRA Karl Chevrolet Stock
Cars invades the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo., this Saturday, Aug. 28.
MOBERLY, MO (August 24, 2010) -
The big boys from at
least eight surrounding states will be back at Moberly this weekend
for Race #10 in their own "Hunt for the Championship" for the USMTS
season point championships in the various regional standings.
MOBERLY, MO (August 17, 2010) - Last
week was to be the end to the 2010 season points racing for a
Championship in the five classes of A & B-Modifieds, Sportsman, Hobby
Stock and 4 cylinder Hornets at 24 Raceway.
MOBERLY, MO (August 14, 2010) -The overnight and
very early Saturday rains totaled an inch at the track and by 1pm
Saturday, both the infield conditions the racetrack itself just have
not dried out in time to prepare the surface for tonight's racing
program.
MOBERLY, MO (August 13, 2010) -
This week will be the last
race for points towards the 2010 Championships in the five classes
of A & B-Modifieds, Sportsman, Hobby Stock and 4 cylinder Hornets.
MOBERLY, MO (August 9,
2010) - Once more, the green
flag will fall on the weekly racing at Moberly, and this will be the
last date for gaining points towards the 2010 Championships.
MOBERLY, MO (August 2, 2010) -
This week, August 7th, 24 Raceway will be
taking the night off, as previously scheduled. Racing returns next on August
14th with the annual All-Star Race following the five features of the
A-Modifieds, B-Modifieds, Sportsman, Hobbly Stock and 4 cylinde
Hornet classes.
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July 30 -
The Friday rains have totaled
2 and a half inches so far, and with the amount of water standing on
the infield, it pretty much ends any chance of racing on Saturday,
July 31st at 24 Raceway.
Moberly, MO (July 26) - After
a Saturday off from racing at Moberly, which actually would have
been canceled by that 6pm rain anyway last weekend, the program will
resume this coming Saturday with the annual Hornet Special.
Moberly, MO (July 20, 2010) -
With the rain pattern staying
the same for some three months now, by getting a downpour every three
days or so, the Moberly racetrack has managed to get in the last four
races as scheduled, between those rainstorms.
Moberly, MO (July 13, 2010) - Racing
at the high banks of Moberly will resume after a weekend off, and this
week it's with the annual Sportsman Special.
Moberly, MO
(July 9) - With the first
half of the 2010 season completed, the racing events at 24 Raceway
will continue, but with a revised scheduling that will still pack in
most of the planned racing specials for the summer, along with the
remainder of the mechanic's races.
Moberly, MO
(July 6) - The Firecracker
Forty came off with a half dozen cautions in a great race, but the
W.O.W. Sprint race had only a single one in some 3-wide and 4-wide
racing in the Bob Whitehead Memorial this last Saturday night at 24
Raceway this last weekend.
MOBERLY, MO
(June 26) - With only two
days between race nights at 24 Raceway this last week, all five of the
regular classes got a race in for the weekend of June 26th, with the
Sportsman and Hobby Stock classes each getting two feature starts on
both Thursday and Saturday.
Sportsman
14 Derrick Agee, Huntsville June 24
3C Clayton
Crump, Centralia (heat 2 winner) June 24
MOBERLY, MO (June
24) -
RACE REPORT: Finally,
a perfect race night, weather wise, as the all-fendered classes
perform at 24 Raceway.
John Anderson (Omaha, NE)
MOBERLY, MO (June 24, 2010) -
Omaha, Nebraska's John
Anderson survived a thrilling Green-White-Checkered finish with Dave
Eckrich to win the Thursday hight 30-Lap Lucas Oil MLRA Main Event at
24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri.
MOBERLY, MO (June 21)
This week at Moberly's 24
Raceway, there's not one, but TWO race nights on the agenda! Both the
regular night on Saturday and a special
Thursday
night show
will be offered to race fans in the central Missouri area.
June 12
Due to
the wet conditions at 24 Raceway from the Friday rains, the racing
program for Saturday June 12, is hereby canceled. Watch for the SMRS
Midget Event that was set for tonight to be rescheduled to a later
date in the season.
June 8, 2010
MOBERLY, MO (June 8) - Only
five cautions for the entire six races allowed for the racing program
to wrap up completely before the rains hit.
May 31, 2010
Perfect May weather plus the
Sprints brought out just over a thousand folks to 24 Raceway
following another two week layout (the second of the 2010 season) due
to Spring rains.
May 29, 2010
Taking advantage of
Jonathan Cornell’s misfortune, Austin Alumbaugh scored his second
career Winged Outlaw Warrior win at 24 Raceway Saturday night winning
the Gary Scott Memorial.
May 25,
2010
"Dirt Track Racing at its
Best" took a second weekend in a row off at 24 Raceway due to too much
wetness on the grounds, but the 2nd annual car show did take place on
Sunday.
May 22, 2010
By 1pm Saturday, there was still too much water standing on
the track's infield to have both racing AND infield parking for
tonight's race program. And the outside parking areas are simply too
much of a mushy place to allow vehicles in without getting stuck. So,
even though there's clear skys and a breeze today, it just didn't get
the place dried out with enough time left in the afternoon hours to
prep the place for racing. "Dirt
Track Racing at its Best" returns next weekend with the W.O.W. sprint
cars to Moberly, MO at 24 Raceway in the 11th annual Gary Scott
Memorial. Racing starts at 7 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 6:15,
following the a short drivers' meeting at 6pm. See the website of www.24racewayinmoberly.com for flyers
on more upcoming events or for rainout announcements.
(May 19)
- "Dirt Track Racing at its
Best" returns this weekend to Moberly, MO at 24 Raceway in a regular
race program.
MOBERLY, MO (May 15) -
The morning rains pretty much ends any chance of preparing the track
for racing on May 15 at 24 Raceway. Watch for the wingless sprint
event to be rescheduled in July.
"Dirt
Track Racing at its Best" returns next weekend to Moberly, MO at 24
Raceway. Racing starts at 7 p.m. with hot laps scheduled for 6:15,
following the a short drivers' meeting at 6pm. See the website of www.24racewayinmoberly.com for flyers
on more upcoming events or for rainout announcements.
MOBERLY, MO (May 14) -
Our schedule at
24 Raceway has changed for May 15th and 16th. The ASCT wingless sprint
cars have cancelled due to the threat of some inclimate weather, so if
the weather allows, the schedule
3 classes of A-Mods, B-Mods,
and Hornets will still race on a limited race night.
24 Raceway, Moberly, MO (May 11) - An
increase to 79 raceteams showed up for this really cold night of
racing at 24 Raceway after a two week layout due to the rains.
MOBERLY, MO (May 3) -
The weekly racing program set
for Saturday, May 8th will be followed by the first mechanic's race of
the season.
MOBERLY, MO
(May 1) - Due to Friday's
rain, the wet and the impending weather for Saturday
afternoon, racing for this Saturday, May 1st at 24 Raceway is
cancelled.
MOBERLY, MO (April 30) -
Due to the impending weather
conditions, the distances for some of the race teams to travel and the
Friday night cancellation of a preceding event at another track in
Illinois, the Southern
Midget Racing Series is cancelled for this Saturday at 24
Raceway on May 1st. The five regular racing classes of A-mods, B-mods, Sportsman,
Hobby Stock and the 4 cylinder Hornets are still on.
Moberly, MO: (April 29)
May 15 “ARMED FORCES NIGHT” $3 off GA with Current
Military ID (ASCT) AMERICAN SPRINT CAR TOUR Non-Wing Sprints $1500 to
Win & $250 to Start. CRATE LATE MODELS $1200 to Win & $150 to Start
Plus A-MODS, B-MODS, & HORNETS. NO Hobby Stocks or Sportsman ADULTS GA
$18 KIDS 12 & FREE With Paid Adult Pits $30
Moberly, MO: (April 27) -
After a
weekend off from racing, the program of the Southern Midget Racing
Series will visit 24 Raceway this May 1st. So, no more rain please
this Saturday night for Moberly.
Moberly, MO: (April 23) -
TOO much rain leading into
the weekend has the Saturday night racing program canceled for
this last weekend of April at 24 Raceway.
Moberly, MO:
(April 17) - Vance
Wilson returns to 24 Raceway with a vengence after missing the cut in
the previous week's USMTS, and dominates by winning the heat, and
then leading all 20 laps in the first points race for A-modifieds in
2010 on this April 17th.
4 cyl.
Hornets Feature winner Andrew Hurley, Macon
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MOBERLY, MO (April 13) -
Eleven states, from SD & MN to TX & NM were represented by the 106
cars coming into Moberly, MO to compete, 59 of which were these
A-modifieds racing in the first of two U.S. Modified Touring Series
shows sheduled for this 2010 season.
Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla.,
Photo by Danny Howk
MOBERLY, Mo.
(April 10)
–
Like a pit area full of
dozens of the best Modified drivers in America or grandstands
jam-packed with rabid race fans, one of the things you can count on
seeing at a USMTS Casey’s
General Stores National Tour event this season is seeing Jason Hughes
in victory lane.
MOBERLY, MO (April 6) -
The 2010 Saturday night
season opener on April 10 brings racing back to 24 Raceway for a 21st
seasson with the United States Modified Touring Series being the
feature presentation.
MOBERLY, MO (April 3) -
Once again, the Friday rains
have postphoned the weekend's practice session to now take place
on Easter Sunday at Moberly's 24 Raceway.
MOBERLY,
MO (March 22) - The first of
the two weekends for practice has been canceled due to the wet
conditions of the racing surface at Moberly's 24 Raceway.
MOBERLY, MO (March 9) -
Two weekends of daytime
practice are set for March 27th and 28th, and also for April 3rd and
maybe even Easter Sunday the 4th, in Moberly, MO.
January 19
2010 Rules for A-Mods, B-Mods, Stocks, Hobbys and 4-Cylinders has been posted.
2009 Season
2009 Season Points
Champs at 24
Raceway
A-mod owner Alan McCormack -- w/ drivers
David Holder of Clarence & Kevin Blackburn of Fulton
B-mod owner/driver -- Chad Lebsock of Centralia
Sportsman owner/driver -- Rick Girard of Columbia
Hobby Stock owner/driver -- Tom Creed of Cairo
4 cylinder Hornet owner/driver -- Rob Chase of Clark.
This year and last year, the points go with the car (or
team).
Congrats to all five.
January 19, 2009
2010 Rules for A-Mods, B-Mods, Stocks, Hobbys and 4-Cylinders has been posted.
December 1,
2009
MOBERLY, MO (December 1) -
From a consensus
of the drivers and owners who participated this last season at 24
Raceway, there will be an annual winter Awards Ceremony, now set for
January 16th of 2010 on a Saturday evening in Moberly.
September 22,
2009
a
late addition
to the intermission events is courtesy of Rick Girard, driver
of the Sportsman class car #00. Candy will be spread across the front
stretch and a mad dash by the kids to "GO for IT" will take place on
command. Thanks to the employees of Bob McCosh Chevrolet along with
other sponsors of the #00 for this special addition.
September 22,
2009
Sprint Car driver Jonathan Cornell carried the RacinBoys in-car camera
at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo. Click here to watch
link:
http://www.racinboys.com/racintv/video_view?video_id=1955
September 22, 2009
Vance Wilson got win
#4 for the season at 24 Raceway this past Saturday and two straight,
after returning for the 2nd half of the 2009 season races.
Topless B-Mods at 24 Raceway
Tyler Lewis
Kelly Smith
Josh Fisher wins O’Reilly Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors Sprints
feature.
September 19
Continuing his strong
September, Josh Fisher made it three wins in a row with the O’Reilly
Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warriors on Saturday night at 24 Raceway.
Bob Woodrow
wins B-Mod Championship Shootout at 24 Raceway
September 15
The 2009 B-modified
Championship Shootout at 24 Raceway saw Bobby Woodrow get his 2nd win
for the season at the track, this time over 26 other B-mod entries in
the MHC Kenworth sponsored 30 lap feature.
The new Kenworth trucks presented by MHC Kenworth to be at the
racetrack.
September 5
Just two isolated
heavy rain cells in the northern MO area, one over Moberly and the other
over the racetrack just 3 miles east of town, was all it took to wash
out the SpeedBowl 2009 for this Saturday at 24 Raceway.
September 1
A-modified driver,
Colt Mather, made the trek south from Iowa for just his 3rd race of
2009 at 24 Raceway, and got a 2nd win out of it that entry over 22
other A-mods.
A-Mod Feature winner Colt Mather - Webster, Ia
THANK YOU to everyone that made Autism Awareness night such a
success!!!! Thank you to 24 Raceway for putting it on!!! ALOT of work
was put into the night and we are VERY GREATFUL!!!! I want to thank
the fellow drivers that put the "AUTISM AWARENESS" decal on the cars.
It means ALOT to the Rash family and they looked good going around the
track! Thank you to everyone that bought a shirt and/or a hoodie! A
BIG THANK YOU goes out to S&W Motorsports, Kelly, Shelia, Donna
Collins, Abby, Royce, Faith, Cele, Joyce and her gang!!
Mady wants to say thank you to everyone and to Colt Mather for giving
her your trophy after the feature win!!
Thanks again, Jeff, Jenni, Montana, Mady and Masen
August 27
Along with the
ssautosport.com All-Star Race following the features next Saturday
August 29th, there are a few more items to promote at the Moberly dirt
track.
August 25
Saturday August
29th, the points racing season will have winners determined in all
five of the classes competing at Moberly's 24 Raceway for the season
championships.
August 18
There were 79 race teams in attendance, including the
unlimited latemodels of the MLRA, when the light rain started about
7:30 pm last Saturday at 24 Raceway.
August13
The O'Reilly MLRA
Presented by Lucas Oil Products returns to action this weekend, as The
24 Raceway in Moberly, Missouri hosts the MLRA Late Models on
Saturday, August 15th. A-Mods, B-Mods, Sportsmans, Hornets, and Hobby
Stocks will also be in action!
August 11
It took three
heats this weekend to set the starting grid for the 21 B-modifieds to
race in their feature at 24 Raceway.
Long lands long-overdue USMTS win, VanderBeek nails down Central
States Region title at Moberly
MOBERLY, Mo. (Aug. 8) –
It's been a long time
coming for Michael Long, but the 27-year-old from Quincy, Ill.,
finally notched the first USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Tour
win of his career Saturday night at the 24 Raceway in Moberly, Mo.
Zack VanderBeek -- New Sharon, IA
August 6
Saturday, August 8, 24 Raceway will play host to the United States
Modified Touring Series for the second time this season – this time to
crown the Central States Region champion and advance the final group
of drivers to compete in The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores
National Championship.
Kevin Blackburn -- Fulton, MO
The Hunt for the USMTS Casey’s General Stores National Championship
will be comprised of the final 18 races of the season, with more than
$300,000 in prize money up for grabs during the campaign. ’The Hunt’
will start on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the LA Raceway in La Monte, Mo.,
and wrap up back at the Deer Creek Speedway in Spring Valley, Minn.,
with the 11th Annual Featherlite Fall Jamboree on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Sept. 24-26, where the 2009 USMTS National Champion will be
crowned.
August 4
After a
three-wide start to the A-modified race between the three winners of
their respective heats, Porter Collins, Kevin Blackburn and David
Holder settled into running up front along with Matt Dotson and Gary
Blackburn for the first few laps.
Bob Woodrow wins August 1 B-Mod feature.
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July 28
In an unusual set of
circumstances, all five classes last Saturday saw the
feature winner at 24 Raceway simply hook up to the track and run away
with the win.
Dave Holder - Amod July 25th Feature Winner
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July 20
What a night,
with a good car count, good size crowd enjoying the great weather and
great racing action, and a celebration of the Whitehead family and
friends at 24 Raceway in the 3rd version of the Bob Whitehead Memorial
at 24 Raceway this past Saturday.
Rick Girard won in the Stock Division
on a cool July 18th evening.
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July 18
Taking control on lap
five, Rusty Potter went on to his second career O’Reilly Auto Parts
Winged Outlaw Warriors win at 24 Raceway Saturday night.
July 14
In the A-modified
segment of the 2009 version of the Firecracker Forty, driver Vance
Wilson reunited with team owner Donnie Charleton and
made their return to 24 Raceway an impressive one.
Vince Wilson
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The Oscar White Memorial Firecracker 40
was won by Vince Wilson.
Here's John Anderson in his black and
purple MasterSbilt chassis powered by a Jay Dickens Racing Engine.
John Finished the night out by winning 3 grand at 24 Raceway.
MOBERLY, MO (July 11)
Omaha, Nebraska's John
Anderson took the lead on lap #3 and never looked back as he claimed
the Oscar White Memorial Feature win at the 24 Raceway in Moberly,
Missouri on Saturday night, July 11th.
July 10
This just added to the
5th annual Oscar White Memorial on Saturday the 11th: A
LateModel simulator will be on hand at 24 Raceway in the grandstand
area for folks to try their skills at some
fast
racecar driving.
BUCKNER, MO (July 7)
The O'Reilly
MLRA Presented by Lucas Oil Products looks to regroup this weekend
after enduring a long and wet Independence Day weekend which resulted
in two out of the three Freedom Tour races being postponed by rain.
July 7
The Oscar White Memorial
is back for a 5th year with the A-modifieds and the MLRA in the annual
Firecracker Forty show, sponsored this year by Lucas Oil Products this
Saturday, July 11th.
Tom Creed winner of the
Hobby Stock Special.
Pictured with Tom from Moberly is Andie Wiesner winner of the Daisy
Duke contest.
Photo by Ric Wilborn of
PhotoGliff
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June 30
In the A-modifieds, it was David Holder getting back in
front to lead five of the 1st six laps for the first
time since leaving the 71-car team just a few weeks ago.
June 23
Once again there was a great track surface
preped for race night at 24 Raceway on June 20th, but
the rain took over at 3pm and forced events to be
postponed to this Saturday June 27th.
June 20
Rains that were hitting all
around, finally got to the Moberly racetrack at 3pm,
forcing a postponement of tonight's activities. So next
week on June 27, it will be a full show at 24 Raceway
with all of this week's Daisy Duke Look-alike contest
brought to you by Clear 99, the Dukes show cars and
skit, the Smokie & the Bandit, and Andy of Mayberry
skits by the Prather family will now take place on June
27. This will also be the annual Hobby Stock Special and
the scheduled Sportsman mechanic's race. All of this for
only a $10 admission with kids 12 & under admitted free.
A heck of a deal!
June 16, 2009
On one
of the best & fastest track surfaces yet this season at
24 Raceway, and in his first win of the season in the
A-modified class, Hannibal's Mark VanWinkle
finally found the way back to the winner's circle after
a couple of years.
Kevin Blackburn of Fulton came
back to the high banks of 24 Raceway in the A-Modified
owned by Alan McCormick, after having a not-too-good
showing on opening night here, back on April 11. Photo by Gary
Evans
June 9, 2009
The rescheduled Hornet Special took place
at 24 Raceway after being rained out five weeks earlier, and
for the 3rd week, Rob Chase had the Hornet to beat.
June 6, 2009
The
rescheduled Hornet Special took place at 24 Raceway after
being rained out five weeks earlier, and for the 3rd week,
Rob Chase had the Hornet to beat.
May 30, 2009
The
A-modified race started out with Mark VanWinkle leading the
first lap, but after that it was all Colt Mather from
Webster, IA on this night.
May 23, 2009
Driving a
dominant race, Josh Fisher scored his fifth career O’Reilly
Auto Parts Winged Outlaw Warrior win Saturday night at 24
Raceway in the 10th Annual Gary Scott Memorial.
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