MOBERLY'S FIRECRACKER FORTY A SPECTACULAR SHOW FOR DELONJAY IN HIS A-MOD AND ELSTON IN HIS MLRA LATEMODEL AT 24 RACEWAY
"Race Report by Pamela Hassler with promo by Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway"

MOBERLY, MO (July 5) - Celebrations for Independence Day are enjoyed by Americans in many different ways. Moberly's 24 Raceway provided a July 3rd 'Special' evening of superb racing entertainment on the high-banked dirt oval. L & J Development of Moberly presented the 3rd Annual Oscar White Memorial Firecracker Forty. A 40-lap feature offered the field of 56 A-Modifieds the opportunity to capture a $1000 prize. The 'Best in the Midwest' O'Reilly MLRA Super Late Models also appeared in the Rumble Tour which starred 36 full-bodied machines in the chase to pocket the $3000 top dollar. Plus, 28 'cars and stars' in the Hornet division pursued the victory lane spot.

THANKS TO:
Many fans enjoyed the smiles from the lovely Miller Lite girls.
The owners of a 2-seat Late Model 'Bad Boyz' (Harriet and Cowboy Chancellor) offered laps around the track to Jeff Lawrence, owner of L&J Development, and to Stan Smith, sponsor of Midwest Walnut. Both had an exciting ride!
County Bank of Moberly donated the bicycle won by 4-year-old Candon Sheley of Fulton.
Rylee Kendrick - 9 years old - who once again beautifully sang our National Anthem while track wreckers and trucks honored Oscar White by driving a lap around the 24 Raceway track during her singing.
These and others donated prizes!
Jerry and Joyce Milnes - Radio controlled Formual Race Car won by Austin Brocksmith.
KZZT Radio - Oceans of Fun tickets, T-Shirts, K.C. Royals tickets
Dominoes Pizza - pizza
O'Reilly Auto Parts - T-Shirts
Miller Lite - T-Shirts
Danny Lorton (#27 Late Model) - T-Shirts
Winner of the Branson Trip package was Duane Thornburg from Kingsville, MO (outside Kansas City)
Fans - who took a chance to cash in on the 50/50 Drawing. Lucky Tim Johnson of Ashland received $435.
Wow! The other half helps to support the racer's banquet and season point fund.

RACE RESULTS:

OSCAR WHITE MEMORIAL FIRECRACKER FORTY:
This special A-Mod race had a somewhat different format of racing to determine the line-up for the 24 car Main Feature. The winners of the 6 Heat races had a 6-lap Shootout to set up the first 3 rows. The 2nd place Heat finishers filled the 4th-6th rows. Then 3 Consy races (A,B,C) transferred the top 4 places to complete the A-Main field. There was a lot of action in the first 13 laps as Michael Long (#18 Quincy, IL) pulled away from the field, but unfortunately after a caution, Long had to retire to the pits with a broken right front tie rod. To continue the race, Henry 'Hank the Crank' Delonjay (#35 Quincy, IL) charged on and eventually took home the big bucks. Following in 2nd was hard-charger Steve Picou (#Ox High Ridge) who held off a strong field of competitors. After negotiating traffic from a 17th starting position, Curt Potter (#11P Boonville) swept into the 3rd top spot. Gary Blackburn, Jr. (#26 Fulton) had an impressive performance holding off a big group of racers to finish 4th. Vance Wilson (#1v Frankford) succeeded in earning the 5th position - his starting place - but only after he'd made some advances and then getting passed at the end. To finish out the top 6 was Scotty Roberts (#25 Columbia) who, after starting 15th, tightened up his race for a good show. Delonjay said he was retiring after this year and will probaqbly turn his car over to his son. Picou said he 'had a good car' but his 'motor didn't run right at the end'. He thought 'it was a fun track' but wishes it was 'closer to home'. Potter said that he started 'far back' and that he 'went as far as we are going to get'. This was an exciting, fast display of good racing for 40 laps.

O'REILLY MLRA SUPER LATE MODELS:
A good field of 36 Late Models completed 4 Heat races and a huge 40-lap Feature that began with a 4-wide salute to the fans. A few cautions caused brief delays just to get the show started, but when the green dropped Tommy Elston (#45 Keokuk, IA) zipped into the lead and was basically unchallenged throughout the entire race. After a caution with 5 laps to go, Elston once again took off like 'greased lightning' to accept the checkered flag. He dedicated his win to a friend who died a year ago and whose wife a week later delivered a baby. Toward the end of the race Denny Eckrich (#50E Tiffin, IA) battled to pass front runners and racked up the 2nd place. He just passed Mark Voigt (#30 Marine, IL) who finished 3rd and Chris Simpson (#32S Oxford, IA) who grabbed 4th. The Lucky Stars Reward was presented by Stan Smith (Midwest Walnut) to the driver who finished somewhere behind the 11th position. The 'Draw' this time was for the 17th spot earned by Larry Clawson (#L88 N.Kansas City) who picked up a deserved $1000! Super entertainment!

HORNETS:
Rob Chase (#3 Clark) drove into victory lane ahead of Rich Moret (#02 Cairo) and Brooke Hassler (#21 Columbia) who finished 2nd and 3rd respectively. Because of a disqualification of Moret, Hassler then accepted 2nd position and climbing to 3rd was Devin Still (#73 Anabel). There were several close battles throughout this 25 -lap race and was an exciting show to start out the evening's racing.

July 7: Coming Up on Saturday night at 24 Raceway, the rescheduled Double Points race night for each of the five regular classes of A-Modifieds, Moberly Motors B-Modifieds, the MFA Oil / Breaktime Sportsman class, Hobby Stocks and 4 cly. Hornets be taking place. Following the features will be the annual Sportsman Class Mechanic's Race. Admission will be $10 to the grandstand for adults, with kids, ages 6 to 12, set at $5 and the little ones under 6 get in free. Rates for the Family Pass are $25, and that includes admission to the grandstands for 2 adults and up to 3 children, ages 6 to 12. The grandstands will open at 4 p.m. A pit pass will now cost you $25, but watch for some increased $$ to the payouts. Hot laps start at 6:15 following a short drivers' meeting. "Dirt Track Racing at its Best" will take place again this Saturday in Moberly, starting at 7pm, east of Moberly, Missouri on U.S. Highway "24". And since this Saturday is 7/07/07, if you as a driver or car owner feel lucky and have a 7 in your regular registered car number, a BONUS of $70 is on the line for you as the winner in each of the five features at 24 Raceway.

Action photos, the results and the race report from 24 Raceway can be seen at a couple of the mid-western race websites, including www.24racewayinmoberly.com  if you simply click on the forum and chose the heading.