Drivers Find “Five Dollar Friday” the 13th Lucky at I-70

ODESSA, MO (July 13) - Friday the 13th proved to be a lucky night for Dirt Track racing at I-70 Speedway. Four of the five feature winners where in Victory Lane for the fist time, in 2007, at the D shaped Dirt Track. It was another great night of door to door action featuring the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Stock Cars, IMCA SportMods, Sport Compacts and the Farm Trucks brought to you by Caribbean Cowboy Barbeque Sauce.

In the IMCA Modified division, you could have thrown a blanket over the top five cars for most of their Feature. Three abreast and sometime five wide racing had the crowed on their feet for twenty laps. In the end it was Yancy Shepard in his 22y Modified who took the checkered flag first, winning his first Feature Event this season at I-70. Right on Yancy’s tail was the #93s of Chad Shaw, the 20t of Mike Tanner, 19 driven by P.J. Conger, and the 58 of Terry Van Trump. Behind Van Trump was the # 26ss of Steven Glenn, #8 Jeremy Simmons, 09jr. Jeff Assel, and the 12c Merrill Crose. In a great display of sportsmanship, Ronnie Hartford loaned our points leader, Steven Glenn, his car for the Feature. Steven lost his transmission in his heat race and started at the rear of the feature, in the borrowed car.

It was another first time Feature winner in the IMCA Stock Car division as Gary Foxworthy on his # 86 bested the field. Following Gary was the #x9 of current point’s leader Brad Whitney, the 12 of Russell Walter and the 97 of Travis Taylor. Again the Stock Cars put on a great show with Whitney challenging Foxworthy for the lead on several occasions.

The #24 of David Truskett was another first timer in Victory Lane as he led the pack of IMCA SportMods to the checkered flag. Behind and challenging Truskett was the 69 of current point’s leader Matt Marrant, the 70 of David Willey and the 31z of Wade Brown.

In the Sport Compacts, a familiar was back in Victory Lane. The 62j of Jessica Clemons was first across the finish line followed by the 32 of Allen Guthrie, and first time driver, Shawn Frey in his #27. Behind Frey was the 4bt of Brad Barlow, 10 of Joe Willcoxson, the 71 of Justin Marrant and the 33 of Jason Marrant.

In the Caribbean Cowboy Barbeque Sauce “Farm Truck” class, Tyler Wachs was a first time Feature winner driving his #9 Farm Truck. Following Tyler was the 99 of Charles Ball, 911 Richard Scott and the #3 of Paul Harpham.

As an added bonus, Race fans where treated to an “Australian Pursuit Race” at the end of the evening. Matt Marrant was the victor in his SportMod followed by Chad Shaw in his Modified, Gary Foxworthy and Travis Taylor in their Stock Cars. Thanks you guys for the added fun and excitement.

The next event for the I-70 Speedway Dirt Track will be this Saturday night July 14th as the Midwest Outlaw Lighting Sprints will be the featured class on the Dirt Track during “Two for One Saturday”. For additional information, call the speedway office at: (816) 230-0080 or log on the web site at: www.i70speedway.net