Harris Grabs Fastrak Midway LateModel Win/Tosh Tops In Factory Warmup
by: Ronnie Williams

Lebanon, Mo. (April 14, 2006) - The 2006 chase for the championship began Friday Night at the Lebanon Midway Speedway as close to 120 race teams checked in for the points opener as Lebanon's Jared Harris put his name in the record books by grabbing the win in the Fastrak Late Model Weekly Series Racing.

The start of the Fastrak Late Model feature had Daniel Moser grab the opening lead with Harris in tow. Moser would lead until Harris pulled up to Moser's bumper and pulled around in turn 4 on lap 5 to grab the lead. With Moser, the tight battle for 3rd would see Shelby Thacker, Mike Berger, Jason Otto, and Ron Myers battle for the spot as Myers was recovering from an earlier spin. Out in front, Harris started to open up the lead over Moser as Thacker would see a flat tire take him out of the 3rd place honors as Otto started to gain ground and moved into 3rd place with Berger and Myers battling for position. As the checkered flew, Harris would take the win with Moser, Otto, Berger and Myers completing the top 5.

The FactoryStock feature saw a strong field of 28 sign-in with the upcoming Fast Factory 50 next weekend.

After 4 qualifying heats and a B feature, the field scheduled of 24 saw Chris Ratterree bring the field down to the green only to see contender Troy White lose a driveshaft restarting the field. On the restart, Ratterree would spin in turn 4 forcing the field to restart in single file. Tim Petty brought the field down and grabbed the opening lead with 3 wide racing behind leader Petty involving Dale Berry, Richie Tosh, Chuck Pederson and Bobby Ratterree. On lap 2,Tosh move the inside move to grab the lead from Petty as Chuck Pederson and Dale Berry raced for second and Pederson grabbed the spot on lap 4 and gave chase to the leader Tosh.. Back in the field, Tim Brown and Robbie Bryant began to make there presence known around lap 12 moving into the top 5.Out in fornt, Pederson was applying pressure to the leader Tosh as the battle for 3rd was tight with Berry, Brown, Bryant and Craig Mentz moving 3 wide. A caution on lap 18 would give Pederson a late shot over Tosh, but the Salado Flash out of the Batesville, Ark.area would withstand the charge in grabbing his 1st ever Midway victory followed closely by Pederson,Tim Brown,Robbie Bryant and Dale Berry in the top 5.

The Modified feature would see Mike Montague and defending track champion Jamie Ragland bring the field down for the 20 lap feature with montague grabbing the early lead as Ragland and Tony Jackson Jr battling for 2nd.With Montague setting a quick pace, Jackson would take second from Ragland, only to spin in turn 2 on lap 4.On the restart, Montagu and Ragland battled back and forth as James Hartman and Jason Russell battled for 3rd.On lap 9,ragland grabbed the lead over Montague as Russell, Jimmy Willis would get together in turn 4 bringing out the yellow. On the restart, Ragland pulled ahead as Eric Hudson would battle Hartman for 3rd place as Jackson and Russell were coming through the field. The yellow waved on lap 18 as DeWayne Mitchell spun in turn 3 setting up a late race shootout. On the restart Ragland shot ahead as Hartman, Hudson and Montague were 3 wide for the runner-up spot. As the checkered waved, ragland grabbed the win as Hartman nipped Hudson and Montague in a photo finish and Jackson completing the top 5.

The SuperStocks came in full force as Travis Hill brought the field down to the green with Josh Woody and Joe Miller following.On lap 2,Woody grabbed the top spot as Donnie Gennings moved into 2nd place as Ben Newell charged into 3rd.Woody and Gennings battled back and forth as Gennings grabbed the top spot on lap 4 with Woddy in tow.On lap 8 Ben Newell moved into second and began to apply pressure to the leader Gennnigs.On lap 11,Woody spun in turn 2 as Joe Miller's night ended with a broken axel.On the restart,Newell moved to the top groove and challanged the leader Gennnigs.As the checkered waved,Gennings withstood the challanges of Ben Newell to grab the win followed by JC Newell,Travis Hill, and Woddy charged back to 5th a the finish.

In WingedSprintCar Action Defending track champion Eric Todd grabed the lead from early pacesetters Steve Lawrence and Scott Wedelstadt and drove away in grabbing the feature win over the 18 car field.Contenders Scott Wedestadt and John Rowland got together on lap 8 ending Wedelstadt's night early.While Todd drove away,Joe Todd grabbed the runner-up spot with Clint Todd grabbing third followed by Lawrence and Matt Tatro at the finish.

In the Bomber feature, a wild finish over the 24 car field would have pole setter Jack Hamer grab the lead with Bryan Webster following. Hamer looking for his 1st ever Midway win would set a fast pace followed early by Mike Piercey. After a tight battle, Piercey grabbed the lead on lap 5 with Hamer giving pressure as Donnie Jackson, Dusty Rhoades, and Shawn Winfrey were battling for position. On lap 10,Rhoades grabbed the lead as Piercey took it back over the following lap. Lap 12 would have Rhoades grabbing the lead back as Billy Watters brought out the yellow on lap 13 setting up a shootout. On the restart, Winfrey shot around Piercey and gave chase to the leader Rhoades, but Rhoades hung on to take the win followed closely by Winfrey, early leader Piercey, Hamer and Donnie Jackson.

Action continues next weekend with a double-header as the track will host the 1st ever Fast Factory 50 as Friday night action will include SuperStocks, Bombers running a full show with extra money in the purse and bonus points along with Qualifying heats for the FactoryStocks, a pole dash and a qualifying feature.

Sat Night action will feature the Fastrak Midwest Regional Late Models along with last chance events for the Factory Stocks followed by the 50 lapper. Friday action at 8PM with Sat Racing at 7:30.

Results
Fastrak Latemodels
1st Ht-Shelby Thacker-Eldon 2)Jared Harris-Lebanon 3)Daniel Moser-New Haven 4)Jason Otto-Richland 5)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg

2nd Ht-Steve Beach-Eldon 2)Mike Berger-Lake Ozark 3)Ron Myers-Lebanon 4)Todd McCoin-Barnett 5)Jim Wheat-Eldon
A Ft-1)Harris 2)Mosier 3)Otto 4)Berger 5)Myers 6)Briggs 7)McCoin 8)Thacker 9)Beach 10)Wheat

SuperStocks
1st Ht-Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 2)Joe Miller-Russellville 3)Josh Woody-Laquey 4)Travis Hill-Lebanon 5)Randy Hill-Lebanon 6)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon

2nd Ht-Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)JC Newell-Camdenton 3)Jamie Petty-Niangua 4)Robbie Simmons-Lebanon 5)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 6)Mike Chism-Walnut Grove

A Ft-1)Gennnigs 2)B.Newell 3)JC Newell 4)T.Hill 5)Woody 6)R.Hill 7)Scharr 8)Simmons 9)Petty 10)Chism 11)Miller 12)Joiner

FactoryStocks
1st Ht-Boby Ratterree-Mt Grove 2)Chris Ratterree-Mt Grove 3)Joe Davenport-Graff 4)Rustin Miller-Houston 5)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 6)Aaron Gustin-Osage Beach 7)James Ellis-Richland

2nd Ht-Chuck Pederson-Sunrise Beach 2)Tim Petty-Niangua 3)Sam Evans-Pleasant Hope 4)Craig Mentz-Humboldt,Kansas 5)Mike Murzynski-St Roberts 6)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 7)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon

3rd Ht-Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 2)Troy White-Russellville 3)Tim Brown-Stoutland 4)Robbie Bryant-Willard 5)Eddie Brown-Lebanon 6)Donnie Miller-Houston 7)Kris Jackson-Lebanon

4th Ht-Richie Tosh-Batesville,Ark 2)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 3)Bill Watters-Barnett 4)Dale Senters-Exeter 5)Chad Smith-Crocker 6)Tim Ellis-Richland 7)Tony McClain-Conway

B Ft-1)J. Ellis 2)Miller 3)jackson 4)McClain 5)Albright Jr 6)Breedlove DNS-T Ellis,Gustin,

A Ft-1)Tosh 2)Perderson 3)T.Brown 4)Bryant 5)D.Berry 6)Mentz 7)Petty 8)Dismang 9)J.Ellis 10)Davenport 11)Murzynski 12)Smith 13)Miller 14)B.Ratterree 15)Watters 16)R.Miller 17)C.Ratterree 18)Jackson 19)Evans 20)E,Brown 21)White 22)Betts DNS-Settes,McClain

Modifieds
1st Ht-Jason Russell-Henley 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Mike Montague-Lebanon 4)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 5)Brian Brown-Lebanon 6)Chuck Fers-Fair Grove

2nd Ht-Sean Williams-Willard 2)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 3)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 4)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 5)Gerald Smith-Lebanon 6)Bill Glawson-Tuscumbia

3rd Ht-James Hartman-Eldridge 2)Jack Jones-Lebanon 3)DeWayne Mitchell-Gravois Mills 4)Troy Young-Lebanon 5)Brian Millsap-Lebanon 6)Eric Foster-Fordland 7)Jamie Petty-Ninangua

A Ft-1)Ragland 2)Hartman 3)Hudson 4)Montague 5)Jackson Jr 6)Brown 7)Russell 8)Willis 9)Johnson 10)Millsap 11)Fers 12)Smith 13)Mitchell 14)Jones 15)Petty 16)Williams 17)Glawson DNS-Young,Foster

WingedSprints
1st Ht-Clint Todd-Lynchburg 2)John Rowland-Warsaw 3)Chad Johnston-Neosho 4)Mike Williams-Lynchburg 5)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg 6)Keith Breedlove-lynchburg

2nd Ht-Eric Todd-Falcon 2)Steve Lawrence-Springfield 3)Mike Larson-Eldon 4)Kyle Bellm-Nixa 5)Bradley Roberts-Cole Camp 6)John Rowland Jr-Warsaw

3rd Ht-Joe Todd-Falcon 2)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 3)Matt Tatro-Crocker 4)Tim Belt-Neosho 5)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 6)Jeremy Williams-Lynchburg

A Ft-1)E.Todd 2)J.Todd 3)C.Todd 4)Lawrence 5)Tatro 6)C.Johnston 7)Larson 8)Roberts 9)Bellm 10)Quick 11)J.Hazel 12)Breedlove 13)Rowland 14)Wedelstadt 15)Belt 16)J.Williams 17)Rowland Jr 18)M.Williams

Bombers
1st Ht-Dusty Rhoades-Lebanon 2)Jack Hamer-Ava 3)Joe Francis-Lebanon 4)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 5)Brian Goff-Jefferson City 6)Ben Young-houston,Texas 7)Matt Stephens-Stoutland 8)Lee Sing-Lebanon

2nd Ht-Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 2)Brian Webster-richland 3)Greg Wall-Buffalo 4)Aaron York-Highlandville 5)Joe Gregory-Falcon 6)Grant Sharp-Conway 7)Randy Johnson-Lebanon 8)Jay Flinn-Versailles

3rd Ht-Mike Piercey-Lebanon 2)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 3)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 4)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 5)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 6)Derek Brown-Stoutland 7)Brian Warner-Lebanon 8)Kelly Hodges-Lebanon

4th Ht-Donnie Jackson-Lebanon 2)Landon Johnson-Lynchburg 3)Kyle Crabtree-Lynchburg 4)Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon 5)Billy Watters-Lynchburg 6)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 7)Dwayne Hough-Lebanon

B Ft-1)Warner 2)Flinn 3)Cheever 4)Grant 5)Payne 6)Brown DNS-Stephens,Hough,Sing,Hodges, R.Johnson,

A Ft-1)Rhoades 2)Winfrey 3)Piercey 4)Hamer 5)Jackson 6)York 7)L.Johnson 8)Francis 9)Shaw 10)Coffman 11)Webster 12)Flinn 13)K.Cheever 14)Gregory 15)Crabtree 16)Crouch 17)Warner 18)Wall 19)Goff 20)Watters 21)Grant 22)Cromer 23)A.Cheever 24)Goring