Track Schedules

MOBERLY, MO (August 11) - The A-modified 2008 Champion is David Holder of Clarence! By winning ten of the 13 events that actually got to race this during this weather-hampered season, the Iceman Holder got his second consecutive A-modified championship at Moberly's fast half mile, 24 Raceway. Although the season points are still being accumulated in the other classes, it was decided at the night's drivers meeting to make this a night of double points towards the season total, due to the August 30th SpeedBowl event being a non-points special for the A-mods only. Along the way, Holder garnered a Firecracker Forty win and placed 3rd in last week's USMTS show for two of this summer's A-modified special events. Holder, starting on the outside of row 3, threaded the needle on the first lap past Gary Wilson, Terry Wilson and Mark VanWinkle to get into 2nd behind Vance Wilson, and then made his move to the lead on lap 2 and never gave it up. Kelly Smith completed the 20-lap race in 2nd with a good move of his own on the 7th lap to finish there. Brandon Lennox came in 3rd for the night and finished out the season points run as runner-up & 106 points behind Holder.

Fulton's Blake David got his 5th win of the season in the Moberly Motors B-modifieds by charging into the lead from his front row starting position. David led all the laps to make it his third win in a row, as the challenge was really for 2nd place between Tyler Lewis and Gary Wilson. Wilson used the high line to try and get ahead of the young Lewis, but always was relegated back to the 3rd spot at the line. Lewis took over 2nd from his pole position start and kept ahead of Wilson, the current season points leader, all the way to the finish of this 15-lap race.

The MFA / Break Time Sportsman race had three different lead changes in this one. Last week's winner, Chad Walter, got the pole start and led the first 3 laps. Then Pete Agee took a turn at the front, until new-comer Shane Weller, of Agency, Iowa took over for the last seven laps. It was a good selection of 18 cars that turned out for this race as Weller finished 1st, followed by Agee, then his son Derrick Agee in 3rd and Walter coming in 4th place.

Tim Dawson of Callao, got his Hobby Stock to the front from an outside start on row one and led all the laps as both he and Alan Hultz pulled away from the other 11 cars in this caution free race. It was Dawson getting his win #2 for the season, then Hultz for 2nd as pole sitter, Stuart Burton, had to battle the whole 12 laps with Tom Creed to get 3rd.

In the 4 cylinder Hornet class, points leader Rob Chase got to lead only lap one, as Moberly's Robert Winfrey led the rest of the 11 to claim the win. Brooke Hassler took over in 2nd and battled Chase for most of the race to finish there, as Chase had to settle for 3rd.

In the A-Modified mechanic's race following the night's racing program, Kirksville's Dental Williams beat Kevin Chinn and Steven Hall to the finish line, even after leaving the mandatory mid-race stop for a tire change in next-to-last position in the 6-lap race.

Thanks go out to: Burton Racing of Centralia, Lee's Fried Chicken, Proctor & Gamble, Debbie's Checkered Flag Daycare, Jacksonville's Volunteer Fire Dept. and Brandon Lennox for providing prizes used in the kid's fan club giveaways. Thanks again to Tammy Evans and Rhonda Acton for organizing of the 24 Raceway Jr. Race Fan Club. Candy Bohn of Moberly was the lucky ticket holder in the 50/50 pot and won a cool $125 for the evening.

PROMO and NOTICE of a PIT STOP for 2 WEEKS:
Last week, we (24 Raceway) have had a re-thinking in our business operation. The first half of the season is traditionally the better attended events on the schedule, by both fans as well as with driver/car participation. Our numbers for 2008 have been lower than recent history on car counts, pit admissions per car entry, and also on the fan base from the start of this season, and due to the excessive rain-outs, so has the revenue. We were 0 for April events, and then rained out half of May. The doubling up of advertising on the specials, canceled due to weather, certainly does cut into profits. Each of the last few seasons, we averaged 105 car entries for the five standard classes for the first half of the previous seasons. This year, our low number on cars has been 69 while the high was the 93 that came during the build-up to the Firecracker Forty. But the average of the 13 events has been only 80. We've had the same increases in fuel costs and operating expenses as most businesses, but this last half of July, we've been struggling with more and higher costs for payment. Expenses far exceed our income, and the easiest item to cut spending on is advertising. Our remainder of the 2008 season is currently undergoing an overall restructuring. Cutting out non-essentials is the first step in our 'survivor mode' operation and the paper publications are being suspended wholly across the board, while radio ads are being cut back drastically. Internet info should remain unaffected. The specials scheduled for Labor Day weekend August 30 as the SpeedBowl 2008; the Bob Hubert Memorial B-Modified Championship Shootout set for September 6; and the Fall 360 Classic on September 20 are still proceeding as scheduled and are not in any jeopardy. And we're currently working on an event special for September 13.

Although the current economic conditions seem to be in a downturn, we are not in any economic recession. We do hope this entire situation improves tremendously by next racing season, as well as the economy on all fronts. Thank you for your attendance so far during this 2008 season and please look to attend more racing action at 24 Raceway, resuming with the SpeedBowl 2008 as a one-day event on August 30th. Again, this is a business, and surviving during these tougher economic conditions is our main goal. As most of you in a business operation already understand, you cannot continue down the road of more outgo verses a falling income, without some sort of modification, and this Pit Stop is just one of those modification periods. More info could be presented here, but the point is we're simply suspending racing for two weeks so that we may regroup and continue through the end of the 2008 season. Watch for the promotion of all of these events and come on out to watch the remaining racing action.

UPCOMING EVENTS:
Aug. 16& 23 - Mid-Season Pit Stop (a 2 week suspension of the weekly racing program)
Aug 30 - revamped SpeedBowl 2008 - 35 laps for A-mods & Double Points night for 4 classes.
Sept 6 - Bob Hubert Memorial B-modified Championship Shootout
sponsered by MHC Kenworth of Columbia (along with the other 4 classes from the weekly racing program)

Admission for Saturday, August 30 is $15 to the grandstand for adults, with kids, ages 6 to 12, still only $5 to see SpeedBowl 2008 and all five classes race, with extended laps for the A-modifieds. Rates for the popular Family Pass will be $35, which 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 begin at 6:15 following a short drivers' meeting. "Dirt Track Racing at its Best" will take place again, August 30th at 7pm at 24 Raceway, east of Moberly, Missouri on U.S. Highway 24 with all the classes of A-Modifieds, Moberly Motors B-Modifieds, the MFA Oil / Breaktime Sportsman class, Hobby Stocks and 4 cly. Hornets. 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.

Ron Lueck - 24 Raceway, Moberly, MO

Of 81 race team entries, the results are as follows:
(all hometowns are Missouri unless otherwise noted)

A-Modifieds (of 20 starters) 20 laps
1) 71 Dave Holder, Clarence
2) 82 Kelly Smith, Kirksville
3) 22c Brandon Lennox, New London
4) 1s Vance Wilson, Frankford (heat 1 winner)
5) 07 Kenny Mudd, Winfield
6) 15 Terry Wilson, Bowling Green
7) 22L Wyatt Lantz, Augusta, IL
8) 43m, David Munoz, Columbia
9) 8 Darin Boling, Clarence
10) 7s Craig Spegal, New London
11) 9A Austin Jones, Columbia
12) 06x Virgil Jeffries, Ashland
13) 7x Kyle Chinn, Clarence
14) 24v Mark VanWinkle, Hannibal
15) 66w Gary Wilson, Frankford (heat 2 winner)
16) 5M Chad Parsons, New London
17) 5$ David Snyder, Greentop
18) 03 Bill Baker, Hannibal
19) 99M Randy Mauzey, Madison
20) 11 Aura Griffith, New London
00) 9J Darrell Jones, Columbia N/S

Moberly Motors B-Modifieds (of 13 starters) 15 laps
1) 1 Blake David, Fulton (heat 2 winner)
2) 12LL Tyler Lewis, Columbia (heat 1 winner)
3) 11 Gary R. Wilson, Holliday
4) 10R Steve Robinson, Moberly
5) 10 Mark Forrester, Columbia
6) 96 Jacob Grotewiel, Clifton Hill
7) 92M James Maxey, Holliday
8) 6V Charlie VanBoening, Paris
9) 40 Dave Kinder, Moberly
10) 24C Josh Calvert, Hallsville
11) 25 Galen Hassler, Hallsville
12) 88 Daniel Stith, Madison
13) 9H Chad Hickam, Hallsville

MFA / Break Time Sportsman (of 17 starters) 12 laps
1) 20DUB Shane Weller, Agency, IA
2) 48A Pete Agee, Huntsville
3) 14jr Derrick Agee, Huntsville
4) 23 Chad Walter, Clarence (heat 1 winner)
5) 3 Tim Eravi, Moberly
6) 111 Butch Bailey, Novelty
7) 7 Clinton Dale, Moberly (heat 2 winner)
8) 01i Mike Harward, Floris, IA
9) 01 Jeff Creed, Cairo
10) 00 Rick Girard, Columbia
11) 23C Casey Walter, Clarence
12) 88 Joni Petersheim, Sturgeon
13) 17k Michael Kinzle, Shelbina
14) 24A Andrew Page, Columbia
15) 40 William Dahl, Rush Hill
16) 42R Jason Rindom, Moberly
17) 73m Tyler McClure, Mt. Pleasant, IA
00) 311 Lucas Galland, Moberly N/S

Hobby Stocks (of 13 starters) 12 laps
1) 28 Tim Dawson, Callao
2) 51 Alan Hultz, Madison (heat 2 winner)
3) 7B Stuart Burton (heat 1 winner)
4) 17 Tom Creed, Moberly
5) 03 Jerry Warren, Moberly
6) P3C Phil Crump, Centralia
7) 12BB David Breid, Madison
8) 31m Marvin Kinyon, Jacksonville
9) 2C Wendell Clayton, Jr. Centralia
10) BIG01 Justin O'Haver, Kirksville
11) 0W David Collins, Centerville, IA
12) 19 Aaron Prather, Cairo
13) 41 Kevin Renzelmann, Huntsville

4 cyl. Hornets (of 13 starters) 12 laps
1) 37 Robert Winfrey, Moberly (heat 2 winner)
2) 21 Brooke Hassler, Columbia
3) 3 Rob Chase, Clark (heat 1 winner)
4) 2 John Doctorian, Wentzville
5) 36 Richard Doctorian, Kansas City
6) 02 Mike Denslow, Huntsville
7) 16 Jamie Quinn, Columbia
8) 57 Cody Reno, Hallsville
9) 6 Andrew Hurley, Macon
10) 20 Kyle Burton, Centralia
11) 3M Cody Melloway, Centralia
12) 33 Kristi Chase, Clark
13) 76 Racheal Burton, Centralia
00) 38 Derek Raps, Centralia N/S
00) 0 Rich Moret, Cairo N/S
00) 10T Taylor Lebsock, Centralia N/S
00) 01 John Brown, Huntsville N/S