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HOLDER GET WIN #9 FOR THE SEASON AT 24 RACEWAY IN A-MODS, AS DALE WINS HIS 6TH CONSECUTIVE SPORTSMAN RACE. Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway, Moberly, MO MOBERLY MO, (July 26) - Even with all this past week's rains and road closures in the northern Missouri area, 24 Raceway got the racing program in with an awful lot of work on Friday night through race time on Saturday. A very special "thanks" go out to those involved and those providing the equipment. The track was in great shape and, like last few weeks, had a smooth surface for the entire 80' width to allow plenty of side by side excitement. Dave Holder and Brandon Lennox were the front runners in the A-Modified race, both having won their heats, and put on a clinic on how to extend a lead. Kenny Mudd and Matt Dotson put on their own show for 3rd, as only the two cautions would tighten the field of 11 cars. And that's the way they finished, Holder, Lennox, Mudd & Dotson, with Holder leading all 20 laps for victory #9 on the 2008 season. In his heat, the only lap led by Holder was the one that counted to put him on the pole - the final one, as he took the heat race right at the finish line. Moberly's Clinton Dale now has 6 wins in a row for the MFA / Breaktime Sportsman class, and with several restarts at the beginning, he was the recipient of lady luck for coming to the front to lead lap 1 all the way to the end. Jeff Creed made his way through the pack of 14 Sportsman cars, to get into 4th on lap 10, then 2nd place for the final two laps, but could not overcome Dale. Sometimes 4-wide racing, this event provided a great race to watch, with Chad Walter getting 3rd over Rick Girard and then Casey Walter for 5th. In more 4-wide racing early on the backstretch, the Moberly Motors B-modified race saw Blake David move to the lead after a lengthy set of yellows delayed the start, coming mostly from Billy Bentley's lost driveshaft and fluid leak on the south part of the track. David led all 15 laps for this one, coming across the line side by side on lap 10 with Gary Wilson. But after that, David stretched out the lead, with Wilson in 2nd in another 10-car length distance over Gary Lewis. Then Charlie VanBoening finished about the same distance behind Lewis for 4th. David, known as the "Wild Child", picked up his win #3 for 2008. The Hobby Stock class saw front row starter, Kevin Renzelmann break for the lead out of a tight pack of 15 cars, and lead all 12 laps to get his 3rd win in as many starts. Tom Creed moved from 4th to 2nd through this race, and finished there, ahead of Darrell Nickerson. Clayton Crump got around pole sitter, Tim Dawson, late in the race to come in at 4th. Hornet driver, Adam Melloway, won his heat and led the first 9 laps from the pole position until a spin in turn 2, after a restart following a caution, took him out of contention. Brooke Hassler then took over the lead after running a strong 2nd ahead of Rob Chase. Chase could eek out a lead on the backstretch during the final 3 laps, but Hassler got to the line in a photo finish over Chase, with Devin Still coming in a close 3rd. These 3 ran as a pack ahead of a dozen other cars for the final laps in an exciting 4 cylinder Hornet race. In the B-Modified mechanic's race following the night's racing program, Kirksville's Jeff O'Haver beat Moberly local Jeffrey Kinder to the finish, after the mandatory mid-race stop for a tire change by regular drivers Kelly O'Haver and David Kinder. The # 92M car, being attended by regular driver James Maxey, provided for an interesting last lap when it climbed the outside wall near the pit entrance gate. No injuries - not even too much to the car, but an interesting end to the 6-lap race. Thanks to the night's sponsors for providing to the 24 Raceway Jr. Race Fan Club, and for the Adults' giveaways too, including : the Jacksonville Volunteer Fire Dept. and Checkered Flag Daycare of Moberly. Lonnie Roberts of Clarence had the winning 50/50 ticket worth a $91 pot. UPCOMING EVENTS: Aug. 2 - USMTS A-Modifieds race, with weekly racing program of other 4 classes Aug. 9 - A-Modifieds mechanic's race - following the weekly racing program Aug. 16 - Weekly racing program with annual back-to-school night PROMO: This coming Saturday, August 2nd, the O'Reilly Auto Parts-sponsored United States Modified Touring Series is winging its way south to Moberly from their previous race night at Bloomfield, Iowa for what is billed as the 3rd Annual Iowa - Missouri Challenge. 24 Raceway is this year's site for this event that brings in the likes of those "national names" of Tim Donlinger, Al Henja, Zack Vanderbeek & points leader Kelly Shryock (for both the Central States & Great Plains regions, as well as the Mo-Kan Region) among the others. See http://www.usmts.com/ for additional info, schedule and standings. Admission will be $15 to the grandstand for adults, with kids, ages 6 to 12, still only $5 to see the four regular classes of Moberly Motors B-modifieds, MFA / Breaktime Sportsman, Hobby Stocks, 4 cylinder Hornets AND this big USMTS Show. Rates for the Family Pass are $35, and that includes admission to the grandstands for 2 adults and 3 children, ages 6 to 12. Kids under 6 are always free. The grandstands will open at 4 p.m. Hot laps at 6:15 following a short drivers' meeting. "Dirt Track Racing at its Best" will take place again at 7pm at 24 Raceway, east of Moberly, Missouri on U.S. Highway 24. Come on out for what promises to be the biggest Modified show of the season. This traveling series of Pro-modifieds will give the regulars in the 24 Raceway A-mod class a very solid challenge in their feature! If you visit the USMTS website, you'll see the local names of David Holder, Michael Long, Scotty Roberts and members of the Dotson racing family, including Matt, Mark, Michael, Issac & Tim, mixed in those various standings among those big name drivers competing in O'Reilly Auto Parts' United States Modified Touring Series on a regular basis. Additional photos can be seen at: www.24racewayinmoberly.com on the forum site, with the results available at www.speednetdirect.com/results as well as below. Of 73 race team entries, the results are as follows: (all hometowns are Missouri unless otherwise noted) A-Modifieds (of 11 starters) 20 laps 1) 71 Dave Holder, Clarence (heat 1 winner) 2) 22c Brandon Lennox, New London (heat 2 winner) 3) 07 Kenny Mudd, Winfield 4) 88D Matt Dotson, Sturgeon 5) 06x Virgil Jeffries, Ashland 6) 45V Dean Vicker, Winfield 7) 35 Steven Delonjay, Quincy, IL 8) 43m, David Munoz, Columbia 9) 7s Craig Spegal, New London 10) 9 Charlie Baker, LaBelle 11) 67 Tim Dotson, Sturgeon 00) 82 Kelly Smith, Kirksville N/S Moberly Motors B-Modifieds (of 14 starters) 15 laps 1) 1 Blake David, Fulton (heat 2 winner) 2) 11 Gary R. Wilson, Holliday 3) 12L Gary Lewis, Columbia 4) 6v Charlie VanBoening, Paris 5) 10 Mark Forrester, Columbia 6) 99 Kelly O'Haver, Kirksville 7) 92M James Maxey, Holliday 8) 96 Jacob Grotewiel, Clifton Hill 9) 12 Don Randall, Washington 10) 9H Chad Hickham, Hallsville 11) 40 Dave Kinder, Moberly 12) 10RX Brian Robinson, Moberly (heat 1 winner) 13) 88 Daniel Stith, Madison 14) 4B Billy Bentley, Madison MFA / Break Time Sportsman (of 14 starters) 12 laps 1) 7 Clinton Dale, Moberly 2) 01 Jeff Creed, Cairo 3) 23 Chad Walter, Clarence 4) 00 Rick Girard, Columbia 5) 23c Casey Walter, Clarence 6) 14jr Derrick Agee, Huntsville 7) 3 Tim Eravi, Moberly (heat 1 winner) 8) 311 Lucas Galland, Moberly 9) 4 Bill Apel, Renick 10) 46 Larry Perkins, Clark 11) 88 Joni Petersheim, Sturgeon 12) 17k Michael Kinzle, Shelbina 13) 48 Randy Rindom, Moberly (heat 2 winner) 14) 24A Andrew Page, Columbia 00) 14 Pete Agee, Huntsville N/S 00) 40 William Dahl, Rush Hill N/S Hobby Stocks (of 15 starters) 12 laps 1) 41 Kevin Renzelmann, Huntsville (heat 2 winner) 2) 17 Tom Creed, Moberly 3) 32 Darrell Nickerson, Moberly 4) 3C Clayton Crump, Centralia 5) 28 Tim Dawson, Callao (heat 1 winner) 6) 9 Darren Morgan, Paris 7) 12B Chase Breid, Madison 8) 31m Marvin Kinyon, Jacksonville 9) 2C Wendall Clayton, Jr., Centralia 10) 03 Jerry Warren, Moberly 11) 11w Michael Wolfe, Madison 12) 11V Kieth Van Velzer, Kirksville 13) 77 Sam Smith, Fort Stewart, GA 14) 7B Stuart Burton, Centralia 15) 19 Aaron Prather, Cairo 4 cyl. Hornets (of 15 starters) 12 laps 1) 21 Brooke Hassler, Columbia 2) 3 Rob Chase, Clark 3) 73 Devin Still, Anabel (heat 2 winner) 4) 01 John Brown, Huntsville 5) 33 Kristi Chase, Clark 6) 6 Andrew Hurley, Macon 7) 36 Richard Doctorian, Smithville 8) 3M Cody Melloway, Centralia 9) 23x Josh Westfall, Huntsville 10) 76B Kyle Burton, Centralia 11) 37 Robert Winfrey, Moberly 12) 31 Anthony Burks, Centralia 13) 11M Adam Melloway, Clark (heat 1 winner) 14) 38 Derek Raps, Centralia 15) 2 John Doctorian, Wentzville 00) 81 Dustin Westlake, Hallsville N/S |