Harrison Grabs Midway Modified Madness Title

LEBANON, Mo. (April 28) -2 time UMP National Modified Champion Mike Harrison brought out the broom as he made a clean sweep of the 3rd annual Modified Madness by leading all 40 laps and withstanding a late caution in grabbing the top prize money in the weather shortened event as rain forced the event to be pushed into a 1 day event over a star-studden field.

On the start of the Modified feature,Harrison jumped to the early lead with Mike Francis right behind him.Vance Wilson brought out the 1st caution as a right front flat forced him to stop.Wilson would rebound after restarting 25th.On the restart Harrison again took control as Francis,Eric Hudson and defending champion Chad Kinder were battling for position as Hudson made the move on lap 8 to take over second place.Caution waved on lap 11 as a 5 car pile-up involving Tony Jackson Jr,Jeremy Chambers,Jim Roach,Gary Clark and Bobbye Williams would suffle the field.On the double-file restart,runner-up Hudson slipped in turn 3 giving-up second place to Kinder as Mark Dobson was making some moves along with Jared Landers who started 22nd.Harrison was setting a fast pace as lap 23 would see Mike Francis,Hudson and AJ Sharvensteen involved in turn 4 ending there nights.While attrition was taking its toll on several,Jared Landers,Payton Taylor,25th starting Jamie Ragland and Vance Wilson were cycling up through the field and cracked into the top 5.Harrison who had the smooth line all night long would see Landers close-up and get a final shot on lap 37 as Chad Wheeler spun hard in turn 4.On the restart,Landers jumped to the top cushion trying to take over the lead from Harrison,but spun sending him to the rear as Vance wilson moved into 2nd place with Ragland and Dobson along with Jackson Jr fighting for position.Harrisonwould survive the late charges to take the win followed by Wilson,Ragland,Dobson,Jackson,Landers and Brian Schutt on the lead lap.

In Support class action in the WingedSprints Austin Alumbaugh brought the field down to the green to lead the opening laps with Eric Todd hot on his heels with Clint Todd,Joe Todd and JP Compton fighting for position.With Alumbaugh and Eric Todd swapping the top spot back and forth,lap 8 would see Alumbaugh come to a stop ending his strong run in his first apperance ever at the Midway.On the rstart Eric Todd would set a blistering pace to grab his 1st Midway win of the season with Joe todd,JP Compton,Scott Wedelstadt and Jeremy Hazel completing the top 5.

The Missouri Legends Cars ran a solid Green,white,checkered 15 lap feature with good close racing with Park Jones leading all 15 lap and holding off last weeke winner Tony Hatfield from the win followed closely by Rob Watson,Paul Horton and Ron Hoffman in the top 5.

The Bomber feature saw Billy Waters jump to the early lead with Missy Shaw a solid 2nd.Last weeks winner Mike Piercy who started 11th was coming quickly thorugh the field.Leader Waters night ended with a right flat front tire as Shaw and Piercy battled for the lead with Piercy grabbing control as Shaw held a solid 2nd place as Keith Cheever and Chad Cromer were fighting for 3rd place.As the checkered waved,Piercy grabbed the win followed by Shaw,Cheever,Cromer and Wayne Coffman.

Up Next Friday Night the O'ReillyAutoParts MLRA SuperLateModels will invade the Midway with drivers such as Alan Vaughn,Terry Phillips,Bill Frye,Jack Sullivan,Defending Champion Al Purkey and many others along with SuperStocks,FactoryStocks,Modifieds,and Bombers as the points battles begin with gates opening at 5,Hotlaps at 7 and Racing at 8PM

Results
Modifieds-Top 5 To Main Event
1st Ht-1)Mike Harrison-Highland,ILL 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Jeremy Chambers-Parsons,Kansas 4)Sean Williams-Willard 5)Vance Wilson-Frankford,Mo 6)Bobbye Williams-Shawnee,Kansas 7)Brian Brown-Lebanon 8)Brian Bolin-Ft Scott,Kansas 9)Jack Jones-Lebanon

2nd Ht-1)Mike Francis-Fredricktown 2)Johnny Bone Jr-Pea Ridge,Ark. 3)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 4)Chad Wheeler-Muskogee,Okla. 5)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 6)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 7)Peyton Taylor-Batesville,Ark 8)Chris Johnson-Lebanon

3rd Ht-1)Jim Roach-St Patrick,Mo 2)Brian Lennox-New London 3)Gary Clark-Walker 4)James Hartman-Eldridge 5)AJ Sharvensteen-Amirillo,Texas 6)Brian Rieck-Troy 7)Matt Dotson-Strugeon DNS-Rob Muilenburg-Highlandville

4th Ht-1)Chad Kinder-Newton,ILL 2)mark Dotson-Cameron 3)Scotty Roberts-Columbia 4)Rustin Miller-Houston 5)Brian Schutt-Lebanon 6)Jared Landers-Batesville,Ark 7)Eddie Martin-Stillwell,Okla 8)Craig Wood-El DoradoSprings

B Ft(Top 4 To Main) 1)B.Williams 2)Landers 3)Martin 4)P.Taylor 5)Dotson 6)Brown 7)Johnson 8)Wood 9)Rieck DNS-Bolin,R.Muilenburg

A Ft-1)Harrison 2)Wilson 3)Ragland 4)Dotson 5)Jackson Jr 6)Landers 7)Schutt 8)Jones 9)Wheeler 10)Muilenburg 11)Kinder 12)Hartman 13)Taylor 14)Frncis 15)Hudson 16)Roberts 17)S.Williams 18)Sharvensteen 19)B.Williams 20)Clark 21)Chambers 22)Roach 23)Lennox 24)Martin 25)Bone Jr 26)Miller


Legends
1st Ht-1)Rob Watson-Clever 2)Paul Horton-Joplin 3)Ron Hoffman-Joplin 4)Ryan Crabtree-Republic 5)Tyler Scott-Joplin 6)Larry Betts-Washburn

2nd Ht-1)Park Jones-Joplin 2)Tony Hatfield-Joplin 3)Justin Comer-Joplin 4)Tony Jensen-Joplin 5)Gary Davenport-Marshfield 6)Gary Hockamn-Rolla
Feature-1)Jones 2)Hatfield 3)Watson 4)Horton 5)Hoffman 6)Jensen 7)Scott 8)Davenport 9)Hockman 10)Betts 11)Crabtree 12)Comer


WingedSprints
1st Ht-1)Austin Alumbaugh-Higginsville 2)Eric Todd-Lynchburg 3)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 4)Joe Todd-Lynchburg 5)Mike Williams-Lynchburg 6)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg 7)Taylor Walton

2nd Ht-1)JP Compton-Crane 2)John Rowland-Warsaw 3)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 4)Matt Tatro-Crocker 5)Rob Pardun-St Roberts 6)Jeremy Williams-lynchburg 7)Micheal Brown-Kingsville

A Ft-1)E.Todd 2)J.Todd 3)Compton 4)Wedelstadt 5)Hazel 6)Tatro 7)M.Williams 8)Pardun 9)J.Williams 10)Walton
11)Alumbaugh 12)C.Todd DNS-Rowland,Brown


Bombers
1st Ht-1)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 2)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 3)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 4)Rich Allen-Richland 5)Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon 6)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 7)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon

2nd Ht-1)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 2)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 3)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 4)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 5)Lance Bahmiller-Hartville 6)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 7)Chris Cheever-Lebanon

A Ft-1)Piercy 2)Shaw 3)K.Cheever 4)Cromer 5)Coffman 6)Warner 7)Allen 8)Goring 9)Bahmiller 10)C.Cheever 11)Billy Waters 12)Brandon Waters 13)A.Cheever DNS-Crouch