Landan takes first feature win with WOW Sprint cars
By Dusty Luthy

LEBANON, MO. (July 29, 2006) -  The Lebanon I-44 Speedway isn't where Foster Landan intended to be Saturday night. But fate stepped in and made the speedway the place where he was supposed to be for the Winged Outlaw Warriors Sprint car feature.

"We were on our way to Little Rock and then we decided to come," Landan, of Collinsville, Okla., said, "which I'm very happy we did."

Landan won WOW first-place trophy and $1,200 in a 28-car field of 360 Winged Sprint cars.

Zack Chappel, who is also from Oklahoma, was the one to call Landan and tell him about the race, Landan said. Chappel won the race the previous night at Bolivar Speedway.

Landan, who said he normally races with the American Sprint Car Series, had neither raced at the track nor even run with the WOW, much less taken a feature win with them.

"The car was set up perfect, it was right on the money," he said. "Had plenty of side bite, it was perfect for the track. Everything was right."

The 20-car feature started out in chaos as a four-car pile up on the start red-flagged the cars. On the restart, Landan got the jump after originally starting the feature seventh.

The pile up collected Randy Martin, of California, Mo., and sent him tailback. In the past two visits to I-44 Speedway, Martin took the wins for both races.

Dustin Barks of Farmington started the feature second and that is where he finished as well. But Barks wasn't disappointed in second.

"This is the best finish for me ever," he said.

Barks is in his first season in a 360 Winged Sprint, formerly racing mini sprints. He said he has raced in about 10 WOW races this season, hitting as many as he can.

Chappel's night at the race track was a struggle. Coming off the win at Bolivar, Chappel failed to qualify to the feature through the heat races, but won the B feature to start near the back of the field.

Position changes after the pile up on lap one put Chappel up several spots. After taking the high groove on the track during the feature, Chappel secured a fourth-place finish.

Eric Shrock of Lake Ozark took third and Mike Trent of Marshall took fifth.

It was double the Winged Sprint car action with the 305 Sprints in appearance as well.

Jonathan Cornell of Sedalia took home the win. Cornell also took the win in the previous 305 Sprint car appearance. Cornell started the feature on the pole and led the race flag-to-flag.

The race appeared to be one of attrition with 14 cars starting the feature and only six making it to the final lap.

The Factory Stock feature saw points-leader Lake Mooneyham of Republic take another win. David Hendrix of Buckhorn followed close behind, often going side-by-side with Mooneyham in the corners, but Mooneyham was able to hold him off.

The Bomber race provided 12 competitive laps of feature racing with Jason Huey coming out the winner.

Huey started the feature ninth and by the second lap, had worked his way to third with Joe Francis coming close behind. On the fifth lap, Huey went high to take the lead from Dennis Harmon. Two laps later, Francis went high to take second.

Francis and Huey continued their battle, going side-by-side in the turns. On lap 10, Francis got a little too high in turn four, allowing Huey a clean victory.

In the Rookie class, J.C. Morton was declared the winner after Brian Miller was found in violation of a tech rule. Morton and Miller raced clean and side-by-side for nearly the entire feature until Morton bobbled slightly allowing Miller to edge him out.

Up next: Racing returns to the speedway Saturday night with a full racing card. Late Models, Modified and Super Stocks will return for a regular points race, in addition to the street stock cars.





RESULTS

Winged Outlaw Warriors

Feature

1. 11f Foster Landan
2. 22x Dustin Barks
3. 86s Eric Shrock
4. 92 Zack Chappel
5. 71 Mike Trent
6. 72x Sherman Davis
7. 94 Cody Branchcone
8. 23 Eric Jobe
9. 14 Randy Martin
10. 23f Matthew Fox
11. 19 Tracy Nichols
12. 26 Rafe Essary
13. 59 Dex Eaton
14. 3p Rusty Potter
15. 35 Brad Best
16. 61a Toby Brown
17. 04 Brad Graham
18. 73 Ed Wagner
19. 16 Mark Knapp
20. 43 Frank Brown



305 Winged Sprints

Heat 1

1. 28 Jonathan Cornell
2. 1 Joe Todd
3. 49 John Rowland
4. Mike Williams
5. 15 Jeremy Hazel
6. 10 Clint Todd
7. 9 Eric Enneking
8. 29 J.P. Compton



Heat 2

1. 88 Jay Kinder
2. 11 Doug Rose
3. 14 Kyle Bellm
4. 7 Scott Weddlestadt
5. 59 Rod Pardun
6. 8 Keith Breedlove
7. 21 Eric Todd



Feature

1. Jonathan Cornell
2. 88 Jay Kinder
3. 49 John Rowland
4. 11 Doug Rose
5. 5 Mike Williams
6. 59 Rod Pardun
7. 1 Joe Todd
8. 14 Kyle Bellm
9. 7 Scott Weddlestadt
10. 8 Keith Breedlove
11. 29 J.P. Compton
12. 9 Eric Enneking
13. 15 Jeremy Hazel
14. 10 Clint Todd

DNS 21 Eric Todd



Factory Stock

Heat 1

1. 54 David Hendrix
2. 72 Ben Solberg
3. 37p Derrick Peterson
4. 25cs Chad Smith
5. 37c Todd Cook



Heat 2

1. 5 Lake Mooneyham
2. 76 Lonnie Henderson
3. 68 Brian Monnahan
4. 14p Bud Pursley

DNS 25ms Mike Smith



Feature

1. 5 Lake Mooneyham
2. 54 David Hendrix
3. 72 Ben Solberg
4. 68 Brian Monnahan
5. 76 Lonnie Henderson
6. 37p Derrick Peterson
7. 25cs Chad Smith
8. 14p Bud Pursley
9. 37tc Todd Cook
10. 25ms Mike Smith



Bomber

Heat 1

1. 23 Jason Huey
2. 44 Dennis Harmon
3. 63 Pat Lubbock
4. 47 Lance Bahnmiller
5. 21 Landen Johnson

DNS 42 Donnie Jackson



Heat 2

1. t10 Tyler Brown
2. 32 Joe Francis
3. 7p Brandon Pister
4. 67 Kevin Morrison
5. 5 Robert White
6. 70 John West



Feature

1. 23 Jason Huey
2. 32 Joe Francis
3. 44 Dennis Harmon
4. 7p Brandon Pister
5. 63 Pat Lubbock
6. 67 Kevin Morrison
7. t10 Tyler Brown
8. 47 Lance Bahnmiller
9. 21 Landen Johnson
10. 5 Robert White

DNS 70 John West, 42 Donnie Jackson



Rookie

Heat 1

1. 17 Jeff Brown
2. 6 J.C. Morton
3. 7r Rich Reynolds
4. t10 Brian Miller
5. 07 Tim Hall
6. 63d Justin Dame
7. 7L Josh Lewis



Feature

1. 6 J.C. Morton
2. 7r Rich Reynolds
3. 07 Tim Hall
4. 7L Josh Lewis
5. 17 Jeff Brown
6. 63d Justin Dame

DQ t10 Brian Miller