Cook Grabs LebanonMidway Factory Special
by: Ronnie Williams

Lebanon, Mo. (April 22, 2006) - The Lebanon Midway Speedway host the 1st annual Fast Factory 50 this weekend with 50 Factory teams competing to grab the $5,000 to win show and when the dust cleared it was veteran Rolla driver Todd Cook grabbing the top prize money after grabbing the lead from pole setter Tony Jackson Jr and holding off a late charge from Richie Tosh in claiming the victory despite earlier rain that covered the track earlier in the evening.

As the field of 26 came down for the green,pole setter Jackson Jr grabbed the top spot and begin to pull away from outside front row starter Matt Collins.The FactoryStocks showed the crowd all weekend long some great side by side racing and Sat night's 50 lapper was no exception as David Hendrix and Robbie Bryant were wheel to wheel for 3rd place.

The 1st caution waved on lap 5 as Brad Friedmeyer made contact with the turn 2 wall sending him to the pits for repairs.On the restart,Jackson again powered to the front as Todd Cook was moving from his 8th starting spot to over take Bryant and then Hendrix into 3rd place.Ealry contender and 2005 Batesville champion Tommy New pulled out with problems ending his night.

After a couple of cautions for sheetmetal,Jackson would find his lead getting smaller as Cook began a charge on the outside groove and closed-up the gap around lap 19.On lap 21,Cook went to the front after a side-by-side battle with Jackson to take control as Hendrix started his move to the front moving into 2nd place.Top 10 runner Tony Anglin went by the wayside on lap 22 as Hendrix was gaining ground on the leader Cook when his transmission failed ending his night up in turn 4.Back in the pack,last chance winner Tim Brown last season's dominator had worked into the top 5 after starting 18th and Bob Gustin was working into the top 10 after starting 19th.On the restart,Cook maintained a 5 car length lead when Arkansas top runner Richie Tosh began to gain ground within the top 5.

The caution waved again around lap 28 for sheetmetal as Chuck Pederson headed to the pits with a flat tire after running in the top 6 and returned at the rear of the field.With Cook in control,Jackson and Tosh began a great battle for 2nd as Tosh made the move and gave chase to leader Cook.

On lap 32,the 8th yellow waved as Curt Turpin's night ended after breaking an axel in turn 2.Officials were beginning to wonder about fuel after 8 cautions and red flagged it for fuel only.With 16 cars on the lead lap tire wear was now on the drivers minds as Cook brought the field down to the green with Tosh on his bumper and Jackson and Brown battling for 3rd place while Modified standout Eric Turner had moved from 15th to the top 5.The race now developed a long green run as Tosh and Jackson had caught Cook and the battle was on as Brown made it a 4 car chase.

Cook had moved to the low side away from his high groove running as Tosh tried several laps on the bottom to pass as Jackson was going upstairs.A final yellow waved on lap 41 for sheetmetal as ook, Tosh, Jackson, Brown, Turner, Collins, Bryant, Claudie Cook, and Bob Gustin were battling for spots.On the restart,Tosh looked inside of Cook while Brown and Jackson were gaining on the leaders and battling for position also.Eric Turner and Collins were having there race for the top 5.

With Tosh applying pressure,Cook used his asphalt experience in keeping the car straight and smooth.With 2 to go,Tosh again tried down low with Cook running the middle groove,then protecting the bottom while Jackson and Brown were wheel to wheel.As the white flew,Coook pulled ahead by 2 cars and held off the last turn rush by Tosh in grabbing the win.

Tosh,Jackson,brown,and Turner completed the top 5,with Collins,Bryant,Claudie Cook.Gustin,and Pederson completing the top 10 with 13 drivers completing all 50 laps.

"During the fuel stop,we discovered a shock was twisted on the rear",quoted winner Cook."If wew would have tried to fix it,we would have gone to the rear,so I moved my line down as to try and help the situation."

"Last season we ran part-time at Midway and won a couple of extra paying features helping me gain ground on this season.This is our 1st race this year and it's a wonderful way to start my season."

In support Action On Sat Night,Chris Carlson made the haul down from Wisconsin worth his wild as he made a clean sweep of the Fastrak Mid-West Regional LateModel feature.After a good opening battle with Kevin Poole,Carlson was flawless in the 25 lap feature event in leading all 25 laps with Shelby Thacker,Steve Beach,Poole and Jared Harris rounding out the top 5.

In Friday Night support action Ben Newell and Donnie Gennings battled wheel to wheel until Gennings looped it in turn 4 giving Newell the lead and the victory as Gennings came charging back to grab 2nd place with Bill Joiner,Travis Hill,and Robbie Simmons completing the top 5.

Shawn Winfrey made the most of the extra paying event as he grabbed the lead from early pacesetter Aaron york and withstood a late charge from Mike Piercey in grabbing his second win of the season and also taking over the point lead as Piercey,York,Jay Flinn,and Brian Warner completed the top 5 over a 23 car field.

Regular points action on Friday night as all 6 classes will be back in action with Gates opening at 5 and Racing at 8PM.

Fast Factory 50-Sat Results

A Main-1)Todd Cook-Rolla 2)Richie Tosh-Batesville,Ark 3)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 4)Tim Brown-Stoutland 5)Eric Turner-Hermitage 6)Matt Collins-South Coffeyville,Okla 7)Robbie Bryant-Willard 8)Claudie Cook-Portagville 9)Bob Gustin-Osage Beach 10)Chuck Pederson-Sunrise Beach 11)Bobby Edwards-South Coffeyville,Okla 12)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 13)Craig Mentz-Humboldt,Kansas 14)Troy White-Russellville 15)Kenny Carroll-Camdenton 16)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 17)Tim Turpin-Holts Summitt 18)Bob Ketterer-Mexico 19)Curt Turpin-Holts Summitt 20)Brad Friedmeyer-California 21)Jimmy Ellis-Richland 22)Bobby Ratteree-Mt Grove 23)Randy Berry-Lebanon 24)David Hendrix-Buckhorn 25)Tony Anglin-Walnut Ridge,Ark 26)Tommy New-Russellville,Ark

1st Ht-1)Turner 2)Chad Smith-Crocker 3)White 4)Edwards 5)Tim Petty-Niangua 6)Joe Davenport-Graff 7)Kyle Jeffries-Versailles 8)Jeff Duncan-Millersburg

2nd Ht-1)New 2)T.Brown 3)Gustin 4)Jerry Schmidt-Independance 5)T.Turpin 6)Steve Wright-Bartesville,Okla 7)Vic Sanders-O'Fallon 8)Brad Gayer-Houston

3rd Ht-1)Ellis 2)Kelly Wallander-Montreal 3)Chris Ratterree-Mt Grove 4)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 5)Dismang 6)C.Turpin 7)Berry

Last Chance Feature(Top 7 To Main)1)T.Brown 2)Gustin 3)White 4)C.Turpin 5)Edwards 6)Carroll 7)T.Turpin 8)Petty 9)Smith 10)Davenport 11)C.Ratterree 12)Jeffries 13)Schmidt 14)Jackson 15)Gayer 16)Wallander DNS-Duncan,Sanders,Wright

Fastrak LateModels

1st Ht-Chris Carlson-Greenfield,Wisc.2)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 3)Jason Otto-Richland 4)Brad Murphy-Marion,ILL 5)Shelby Thacker-Eldon 6)Mat Dusablon-Carmi-ILL 7)Steve Beach-Eldon

2nd Ht-Kevin Poole-Paducah,Kent. 2)Nick Lyons-Centralia,ILL 3)Mike Berger-Lake Ozark 4)Jared Harris-Lebanon 5)Jim Wheat-Eldon 6)Ron Myers-lebanon

A Ft-1)Carlson 2)Thacker 3)Beach 4)Poole 5)Harris 6)Myers 7)Briggs 8)Berger 9)Otto 10)Lyons 11)Murphy 12)Wheat 13)Dusablon

Friday Results

FactoryStocks
1st Ht-1)B.Ratterree 2)C.Cook 3)K.Jackson 4)Ferrell Mansfield-Flat 5)Schmidt 6)E.Turner 7)Tony McClain-Conway 8)T.Brown

2nd Ht-1)Bryant 2)Anglin 3)Tosh 4)Eddie Brown-Lebanon 5)Dismang 6)Sanders 7)New 8)Sam Evans-Pleasant Hope

3rd Ht-1)Hendrix 2)Ellis 3)D.Berry 4)Wright 5)Gustin 6)Duncan 7)Petty 8)Mike Lucas-Holts Summitt

4th Ht-1)Jackson Jr 2)Ketterer 3)T.Cook 4 )C.Ratterree 5)C.Smith 6)Edwards 7)Wallander 8)Johhny Houart-Gideon,Mo

5th Ht-1)Pederson 2)David Gemes-Warsaw 3)Freidmeyer 4)White 5)Davenport 6)Nathan Himes-Clinton 7)C.Turpin 8)Gayer

6th Ht-1)Collins 2)Jerry Buck-Paragold,Ark 3)Mentz 4)T.Turpin 5)Jared Wagster-Scott City 6)Clinton Bettes-Stoutland 7)Jeffries 8)Mark Carter-Warrensburg

Qualifying A(top 8 To Main)1)Anglin 2)T.Cook 3)C.Cook 4)Tosh 5)D.Berry 6)Ketterer 7)Mentz 8)Friedmeyer 9)Wite 10)Gemes 11)Ellis 12)Wright 13)C.Ratterree 14)E.Brown 15)Mansfield 16)Turpin 17)K.Jackson 18-DNS-Buck

SuperStocks
1st Ht-Ben Newell-stoutland 2)Donnie Gennnigs-Eldridge 3)Bill Joiner-Lynchburg 4)Randy Hill-Lebanon 5)Robbie Simmons-Lebanon 6)Bud Pursley-crocker

2nd Ht-JC Newell-Camdenton 2)Travis Hill-Lebanon 3)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 4)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 5)Mike Chism-Walnut Grove

A Ft-1)B.Newell 2)Gennings 3)Joiner 4)T.Hill 5)Simmons 6)Pursely 7)R.Hill 8)Scharr 9)Chism 10)JC Newell 11)Davis 12)Tom Smith-Springfield

Bombers
1st Ht-1)Joe Francis-Lebanon 2)Shaen Winfrey-Lebanon 3)Billy Watters-Lynchburg 4)Jay Flinn-Versailles

2nd Ht-Keith Cheever-Lebanon 2)Aaron York-Highlandville 3)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 4)Jack Hamer-Ava

3rd Ht-Brian Warner-Lebanon 2)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 3)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 40Mike Piercey-Lebanon

A Ft-1)Winfrey 2)Piercey 3)York 4)Flinn 5)Warner 6)Shaw 7)Watters 8)Hamer 9)Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon 10)Derek Brown-Stoutland 11)Joe Gregory-Falcon 12)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 13)Brian Goff-Jefferson City 14)Linda Eidson-Lebanon 15)Cody Crabtree-Lynchburg 16)Jerimiah Mooney-Conway 17)Goring 18)A.Cheever 19)Adam Lawrence-Lebanon 20)K.Chever 21)Francis DNS-Chris Johnson-Lebanon,Chad Cromer-Lebanon