First Five Dollar Friday Now In The Record Books

ODESSA, MO (April 20, 2007) The first night of weekly IMCA action at I-70 Speedway is now in the record books. “The track could not have been better for an opening night”, was the comment from IMCA Regional Director, Allen Langdale. “You have to start somewhere and I think you guys at I-70 Speedway are off to a great start”, added Langdale.

Opening night registrations delayed hot laps by about 15 minutes but heat racing began on schedule at 8:00 pm and the final checker flag of the evening fell two hours later, at 10:00 pm. “I was pretty happy with the car count tonight, considering we are starting something new in the area by sanctioning with IMCA”, commented Brad McDonald, I-70 Promoter. “There was some great racing and we even had a past IMCA National Champion competing in the Stock Car class tonight”, Brad added, speaking of Mike Nichols, who drove all the way down from Harlan, Iowa. Mike commented, “It is quite a haul but I think I have found my new Friday night track”.

Ten Stock Cars took the track for a 20 lap A Feature, finishing like this; 1. 20s, Gene Stigall, 2. 9x, Brad Whitney, 3. 20x, John Boller Jr., 4. 65, Thomas Roberts, 5. 12, Russell Walter, 6. 97, Travis Taylor, 7. 86, Gary Foxworthy, 8. 63, Mike Nichols, 9. 50, Curtis Morrison, 10. 22A, Alvie Christofferson.

The new SportMod class had two drivers, #20x, John Boller Jr., lead #69, Matt Marrent across Victory Lane in the First IMCA SportMod feature of the season

Two driver also competed in the new IMCA Sport Compact division with #4, Shawn Box beating #62, Jessie Clemons to the finish line.

Ten IMCA Modifieds battled for 20 laps with the finishing order of; 1. 26ss, Steven Glenn, 2. 20T, Mike Tanner, 3. 44, Randy Grimmett, 4. 93, Chad Shaw, 5. 56, Jeff Merriott, 6. 22, Yancey Shepard, 7. 37, Jeremiah Asher, 8. 58 Terry Van Trump, 9. 8b, Andy Benedict, 10. 12c, Merrill Crose.

Worth mentioning is that Modified driver Jeff Merriott is a former standout from the University if Missouri who also played several seasons for the Patriots, Rams, Jaguars and the Panther, in the NFL. Jeff also gets the farthest distance traveled award as he calls Dallas, Texas home.

Action returns to the Dirt Track at I-70 Speedway this Saturday night as the Sprint Cars tackle the new dirt oval. Also on the dirt will be hot lap sessions for the Midwest Outlaw Lighting Sprints. All of this, for one ticket price, in conjunction with “Americas Fastest Weekly Racing”, on the I-70 Speedway, Asphalt Track.
Admission prices for this Saturday night are; $12.00 for adults - $5.00 for children – children 5 and under are admitted for free.

For further information call the I-70 Speedway office at: (816) 230-0080 or log on at: www.i70speedway.net