Hudson Masters Midway Mod Main/Jeffries Grabs 1st Ever Factory Win
by: Ronnie Williams

LEBANON, Mo. (June 30, 2006) - With 80 race teams checked into the pits Friday night and a capacity crowd watching, the action at the Lebanon Midway Speedway provided foreworks on the track as well as the fireworks show during the intermission break as Energy Companies of Lebanon sponsored the funfilled evening.

Action started with the Factory Stock feature as Justin Stoufer grabbed the early lead on the opening lap with Chris Ratterree and Dusty Rhoads following close behind. The yellow flew as Ratterree and Rhoads made contact in turn 1 as several cars were involved including last weeks winner Mike Shaddy, Joe Davenport, Glen dismang and others. On the restart Stoufer who won 6 Bomber features last season headed the pack with Kyle Jeffries close behind and newcomer Kevin LaChance running 3rd.On lap 6 the yellow waved as Ratterree's car came to a stop in turn 1.On the restart, Jeffries applied pressure, but Stoufer held on.On lap 8,leader Stoufer spun in turn 2 bringing out the yellow and sending him to the rear of the field giving Jeffries the lead. Back in the pack some great 3 wide racing including Joe Davenport, Rhoads, Shaddy and newcomer Jamie Behaunek were battling for spots.Up front Jeffries was able to keep things calm as he grabbed his 1st victory ever in his career before the capacity crowd with Davenport holding off challanged from Rhoads to claim 2nd place with Shaddy recovering from a flat tire and a spin to grab 4th followed by Behaunek.

The Modified feature again provided some of the best racing of the evening. On the start veteran James Hartman jumped from his pole spot to take the early lead with Eric Hudson close behind. The top 4 including leader Hartman, Hudson defending champion Jamie Ragland and point leader Tony Jackson Jr. were swapping spots back and forth.The yellow waved on lap 5 as Jack Jones spun in turn 2 and Brian Millsap ended up in the turn 4 wall with mechanical problems. On the restart Hartman had Ragland going to the top side while Jackson moved into 3rd around Hudson as veteran Wayne Graybeal was coming quickly to join the top 4 runners. On lap 10,Jackson moved around Ragland to grab 2nd place and applied pressure to Hartman. By lap 15,Graybeal tagged to the front running 4 and joined the chase for position. On lap 16 with Jackson and leader Hartman fighting for the lead, Hudson found the top groove to his liking along with Ragland. It was on lap 18 that Hudson made the top groove work and went into the lead as Hartman and Jackson battled on the bottom.As the checkered flew,Hudson grabbed his 2nd victory of the season followed closely by Hartman, Ragland, Jackson and a fast moving Jack Jones at the stripe.

"The track announced tonight that a 20 car plus field would pay 600 to win next week and that a sponosr (C&S Towing of Lebanon) would pay an extra 200 to win with a 20 car field or better next week, so maybe winning tonight and starting 11th next week isn't smart, but to win a feature with the racing that close is fun. "quoted winner Hudson. "Hartman had the low groove dialed-in and when Jackson tried to get it, Hartman forgot about me and Ragland running the top-side. This is 2 weeks in arow that 4 cars have battled for the win and it makes it fun for us and the crowd gets a race to remember."

The Winged Sprint Car feature found point leader Clint Todd bring the field down to the start with Steve Lawrence close behind. On lap 2,Lawrence looped it in turn 2 bringing out the yellow. On the restart, Clint Todd jumped ahead, but defending champion Eric Todd started to apply pressure to little brother. After a 4 lap battle bumper to bumper, Eric Todd shot to the bottom after a small bobble by leader Clint Todd on lap 7 to take the top spot while last weeks winner Joe Todd was charging from 11th to get into the top 3 while rookie Kyle Bellm and Scott Wedelstadt were racing tight. On lap 15,Jeremy Hazel spun while running 6th bringing out the final yellow. On the restart, Joe Todd drove underneath Clint to grab the runner-up spot, but Eric Todd was on a rail pulling away while the race for 3rd was tight as Wedelstadt moved into 3rd while Mike Williams was charging hard. As the checkered flew, Eric Todd grabbed the win followed by Joe todd, Wedelstadt, Clint todd and Williams at the stripe.

The Bombers provided another close night of racing as Tyler Brown jumped into the early lead with Mike Piercey close behind.Leader Brown looped it in turn 4 on lap 2 spining to the infield as Piercey grabbed the top spot with points runner-up Jack Hamer following close behind as Chad Cromer and Missy Shaw were racing for position.While Piercey was out in fornt the racing behind was tight as Shaw finally pulled away on lap 10 to grab 3rd place leaving Chad Cromer,billy Waters,Wayne Coffman and Keith Cheever to battle.Up front,Piercey pulled away from repeated challanges from Hamer to grab his second win of the season as Hamer,Micheal Jackson(who came from nowhere),Shaw and Joe Francis grabbed the top 5.THe real fireworks happened as Cromer and a tight pack of cars battled for position as Cromer's car flippped 3 times and barrell-rolled coming for the checkered.Cromer was able to walk away from the incident.

The SuperStock feature was all point leader Ben Newell's as he took advantage of his front row starting spot and lead all 15 laps with rookie Travis Hill grabbing the runner-up spot as Donnie Gennings spun on the last lap allow JC Newell to grab 3rd followed by Gennings and Randy Hill.

In Fastrak LateModel Action,Jason Otto grabbed the opening lead unti lap 3 when track point leader Ron Myers moved to the bottom in turn 4 to take control and never looked back as last weeks winner tony Jackson Jr battled Otto all race long and grabbed the runner-up spot followed by Otto,Wesley Briggs and Jeremey Kelley at the finish.

Next week features a special kid's night as Mid-Missouri bank will sponsor the kids 10 and under coin scramble at intermission along with the regular points program for all 6 classes.

In an announced statement a 20 car or more Modified field(20 to start) will pay the winner $800 as next week(July 7th) the Modifieds must be either on the American Racer G60 KK704 tire or the Hoosier IMCA stamped G60-No Hoosier A 40's will be allowed.

Results
FactoryStock
1st Ht-1)Chris Ratterree-Mt Grove 2)Joe Davenpoer-Graff 3(Donnie Miller-Houston 4)Mike Teeters-Lebanon 5)Kevin LaChance-Marshfield 6)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon DNS-Greg Breedlove
2nd Ht-1)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton 2)Mike Shaddy-Eldridge 3)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 4)Kyle Jeffries-Versailles 5)Joe Behaunek-Camdenton 6)Glen Dismang 7)James Ellis-Richland
A Ft-1)Jeffries 2)Davenport 3)Rhoads 4)Shaddy 5)Behaunek 6)Stoufer 7)LaChance 8)Miller 9)Teeters 10)Dismang 11)Stoufer 12)Albright Jr 13)Ratterree DNS-Breedlove

Modifieds
1st Ht-1)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)James Hartman-Eldridge 4)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 5)Jack Jones-Lebanon 6)Gearlad Mara-Lebanon
2nd Ht-1)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 2)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 3)Dareen Fulerton-Fair Grove 4)Micheal Jones-Lebanon 5)Brian Millsap-Lebanon
A Ft-1)Hudson 2)Hartman 3)Ragland 4)Jackson Jr 5)Jones 6)Fullerton 7)Ratterree 8)Graybeal 9)Mara 10)Jones 11)Millsap

WingedSprints
1st Ht-1)Steve Lawrence-Springfield 2)Clint todd-Lynchburg 3)Kyle Bellm-Nixa 4)John Rowland-Warsaw 5)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg 6)Mike Larson-Eldon 7)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg
2nd Ht-1)Eric Todd-Falcon 2)Joe Todd-Falcon 3)Matt Tatro-Crocker 4)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 5)Mike Williams-Lynchburg 6)Tony Fincher-Lebanon 7)Rob Parden-St Roberts

Energey Company Dah For Cash-Clint Todd
A Ft-1)E.Todd 2)J.Todd 3)Wedelstadt 4)C.Todd 5)Williams 6)Tatro 7)Bellm 8)Lawrence 9)Rowland 10)Larson 11)Fincher 12)Breedlove 13)Parden 14)Hazel

Bombers
1st Ht-1)Sheldon Stoufer-Camdenton 2)Shawn Winfrey-Lebanon 3)Jack Hamer-Ava 4)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 5)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 6)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 7)Joe Francis-Lebanon 8)Larry Franklin-Crocker
2nd Ht-1)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 2)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 3)Micheal Jackson-Lebanon 4)Brian Goff-Jefferson City 5)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 6)Grant Sharp-Conway 7)Adam Lawrence-Lebanon
3rd Ht-1)Mike Piercey-Lebanon 2)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 3)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 4)Mike Uder-Lebanon 5)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 6)Nichole Merrell-Marshfield 7)Chris Cheever-Lebanon
A Ft-1)Piercey 2)Hamer 3)Jackson 4)Shaw 5)Francis 6)Coffman 7)Cromer 8)Waters 9)Goring 10)K.Cheever 11)Goff 12)C.Cheever 13)Brown 14)Lawrence 15)A.Cheever 16)Uder 17)Sharp 18)Franklin 19)Stoufer 20)Merrell DNS-Winfrey,Johnson

SuperStocks
1st Ht-1)Travis Hill-Lebanon 2)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 3)JC Newell-Camdenton 4)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 5)Bill Joiner-Lynchburg 6)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 7)Bennie Joiner-Lynchburg 8)Randy Hill-Lebanon 9)Ben Newell-Stoutland
A Ft-1)B.Newell 2)T.Hill 3)JC Newell 4)Gennings 5)R.Hill 6)Scharr 7)Davis 8)Bill Joiner 9)Bennie Joiner
Fastrak LateModels
1st Ht-1)Jason Otto-Richland 2)Rustin Miller-Houston 3)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 4)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 5)Jeremey Kelley-Walnut Grove 6)Ron Myers-Lebanon
A Ft-1)Myers 2)Jackson Jr 3)Otto 4)Briggs 5)Kelley 6)Miller