SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS RAINED OUT AT PEPSI SCOTLAND COUNTY SPEEDWAY
by: Jeff Nun

MEMPHIS, Mo. (Aug. 25) — The Cunningham Fertilizer Season Championships, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway, were canceled due to extremely wet conditions.

After a week of intermittent rain showers, officials still had hopes of getting Saturday’s show in. Friday morning, another band of thunderstorms was drenching communities from Missouri, through Iowa and into Illinois and Wisconsin. Most of Northern Missouri was under a flash flood watch through evening, with as much as eight inches of rain falling, the National Weather Service said. More moisture Saturday morning soaked any thoughts of getting the facility prepared for racing.

With the cancellation of the regular season finale, USRA Casey’s General Stores Weekly Racing Series track champions were declared in all classes.

Michael Long of Quincy, Ill., captured his first-ever USRA Modified track title over Ankeny, Iowa’s Martin Bennett by 66 points. Defending track champion, Ryan Meyer of Liberty, Ill., took the third spot, with Tony Fraise of Donnellson, Iowa, in fourth and Mt. Ayr, Iowa’s Dennis Elliott fifth. The rest of the final top-10 are Jody Wood, Bob Dale, Matt Greiner, David Snyder and Jerry Asher, respectively.

The USRA Stock Car track champion for 2007 is Matt Greiner of Washington, Iowa. Mark Holt of Memphis finished second with Troy Alexander of Memphis in third. Kale Foster of Quincy, Ill., was fourth and Colt Mather of Webster, Iowa, rounds out the top-5 in points. Clell Evans, Zack VanderBeek, Butch Bailey, Kyle Chinn and Doug Huls complete the top-10.

Wyatt Lantz of Bowen, Ill., locked up his first-ever USRA B-Mod track title at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway. He beat rookie Adam Birck of Canton by 159 points for the crown, with Jeff Waterman of Quincy, Ill., third. Jason Riegel of Memphis finished fourth and Keokuk, Iowa’s Jim Gillenwater settled for fifth in the final rankings. Sixth through 10th are Jared Fuller, Brian Clark, Josh Larson, Ron York and Larry Newman.

A heated title battle was in store for the USRA Hobby Stock division, where Mike Shelton of Ottumwa, Iowa, and Knoxville, Iowa’s Bill Gibson were separated by just 19 points. Shelton, however, gets the championship trophy while Gibson will settle for the runner-up spot despite six feature wins this season. Derek Kirkland of Centerville, Iowa, finished third in points, with Oskaloosa, Iowa’s Steve Allen fourth and Curtis Barnes of Greentop in fifth. Tim Kraber, Bob Lynch, Jason McDaniel, Robby Sands and Clayton Robbins round out the top-10.

Kahoka’s Jeff Soper captured the Outlaw Hobby title with just an eight-point advantage over Brandon Symmonds of Keokuk, Iowa. Rodger Dresden of Keokuk, Iowa, held off Donnellson, Iowa’s Jim Lynch for third, and defending track champion Beau Taylor of Canton claimed the fifth spot. The rest of the top-10 spots go to Josh Soper, Larry Hooper, Tim Pettibone, Justin Hamelton and Brian Howerton.

Luke Davidson of Argyle, Iowa, secured his first Hornet title over J.D. Murphy of Cincinnati, Iowa. Defending track champion Andrew Hustead of Rutledge was third, with Ethen Hustead of Rutledge and Lew Aikman of Hannibal claiming the fourth and fifth positions. Brian Lemen, Jim Garrett, Dalton McCartney, Michael Grossman and Dale Porter finished sixth through 10th, respectively.



FINAL TOP-10 POINTS
USRA MODIFIEDS
1. 18 - Michael Long … 1014
2. 99 - Martin Bennett … 948
3. 82m - Ryan Meyer … 887
4. 45 - Tony Fraise … 812
5. 29 - Dennis Elliott … 801
6. z4 - Jody Wood … 780
7. 12 - Bob Dale … 716
8. 29x - Matt Greiner … 701
9. 5s - David Snyder … 578
10. 97 - Jerry Asher … 556


USRA STOCK CARS
1. 29 - Matt Greiner … 1246
2. 11 - Mark Holt … 958
3. 7a - Troy Alexander … 929
4. 44 - Kale Foster … 697
5. 8 - Colt Mather … 667
6. 13 - Michael Browning … 623
7. 1L - Clell Evans … 404
8. 33z - Zack VanderBeek … 391
9. 111 - Butch Bailey … 337
10. 81c - Kyle Chinn … 322



USRA B-MODS
1. 22 - Wyatt Lantz … 1225
2. 12 - Adam Birck … 1066
3. 71 - Jeff Waterman … 1051
4. 19 - Jason Riegel … 961
5. 10 - Jim Gillenwater … 948
6. 77 - Jared Fuller … 852
7. 88 - Brian Clark … 780
8. 44 - Josh Larson … 731
9. 6y - Ryan York … 623
10. 20 - Larry Newman … 473



USRA HOBBY STOCKS
1. 16 - Mike Shelton … 1178
2. 38 - Bill Gibson … 1159
3. 2k - Derek Kirkland … 905
4. 3s - Steve Allen … 841
5. 21x - Curtis Barnes … 686
6. 27k - Tim Kraber … 683
7. 4j - Bob Lynch … 680
8. 85 - Jason McDaniel … 675
9. 34f - Robby Sands … 614
10. 8r - Clayton Robbins … 613



OUTLAW HOBBYS
1. 43s - Jeff Soper … 1190
2. 8 - Brandon Symmonds … 1182
3. 1 - Rodger Dresden … 1154
4. 4L - Jim Lynch … 1133
5. 2t - Beau Taylor … 1023
6. 8s - Josh Soper … 918
7. 23 - Larry Hooper … 911
8. 47 - Tim Pettibone … 771
9. 24j - Justin Hamelton … 766
10. 89 - Brian Howerton … 721



HORNETS
1. 6 - Luke Davidson … 1172
2. 77q - J.D. Murphy … 1088
3. 20 - Andrew Hustead … 1022
4. 62 - Ethan Hustead … 901
5. 66 - Lew Aikman … 454
6. 84L - Brian Lemen … 281
7. 26 - Jim Garrett … 240
8. 11d - Dalton McCartney … 239
9. 2 - Michael Grossman … 200
10. 31 - Dale Porter … 195



The final event of the 2007 season at the Pepsi Scotland County Speedway will be the 3rd Annual Memphis Fall Nationals on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 21-22, featuring Modifieds, Stock Cars, B-Mods, Hobby Stocks, Outlaw Hobbys and Hornets.

For more information, contact the RL Promotions offices at (515) 832-6000 or visit www.rlpromotions.com online. Race day info is available by calling the track hotline at (660) 465-8948. The Pepsi Scotland County Speedway is located 1.0 mile west of Memphis on US 136 to SR 15, then east (at the Scotland County Fairgrounds).