Ragland/Stovall Split Midway Twin Mod Features/4 New Winners Added To 2007 Victorys

LEBANON, MO (July 27) - With 85 race teams in the pits and double Modified features set to roll,the action at the Lebanon Midway Speedway was fast, close and on the edge of your seat as 4 more new winners captured there 1st Midway victories of 2007.

Action started with the 1st A-Modified feature as 18 strong took the opening green flag with Brian Brown jumping to the early lead from his outside front row starting spot with 2005 and current points leader Jamie Ragland in tow.With Brown setting a quick pace on the top groove,the yellow waved as Jimmy Willis spun on lap 4 bunching the field-up.On the restart,brown stayed on the top groove with Ragland using the bottom of the track.The action stayed close until lap 12 when Ragland took the lead from Brown as veteran Rex Merritt was charging from his 12th starting spot.On lap 14,Merritt moved around Brown and set his sights on leader Ragland.From there it was nip and tuck with the battle of Ragland and Merritt with Brown hanging to 3rd.The checkered flew with Ragland holding off a late surge by Merritt followed by Brown,Jason Hughes and Craig Wood.

The 2nd feature provided as much action as feature #1 with Jason Hughes and Merritt bringing the field to the green with Hughes grabbing the lead with Merritt,Jesse Stovall,Wayne Graybeal and Steve Muilenburg close behind.On lap 3 Merritt grabbed the top spot as Hughes and Stovall ran side by side.The battle developed into a 3 wide blanket as Stovall took the lead on lap 7 and started pulling away as Graybeal,Merritt,Hughes swapped spots.As the checked flew Stovall grabbed his 1st Midway win of the season with Merritt,hughes,Graybeal and defending champion Tony Jackson Jr in the top 5.

The FactoryStock feature kept the new winners streak alive as Bobby Ratterree jumped on the top groove to lead the opening laps with defending champion James Eliis close behind as Kris Jackson and Sundance Keepper began a surge to the front.On lap 8,Ellis found the low groove to his liking and took control as now a 4 car battle for the lead developed.With Ellis running a low groove,Ratterree kept on the top cushion to carry speed through the corners.With Ellis driving a flawless feature,Jackson and Keepper had caught Ratterree and 3 wide battles for 2nd place in a near phot finish as Eliis captured his 1st win at Midway with Ratterree,Jackson,Keepper and point leader Dylan Keeper at the finish.

The B-mod feature would produce another new winner as an opening lap accident tok the cars of point leader Jason Otto,Troy Young,Earl Muilenburg, and Jack Lancaster.On the restart,Ryan Stacye grabbed the opening lead with Jeff Albright Jr close behind along with TR Phillips.On lap 8,Albright grabbed the lead to only have Stacye take it back on lap 10 and hold on for his 1st Midway victory with Albright,Phillips,Jack Lancaster and Charlie Gentile following in a close race.

The WingedSprint Cars would also see a 1st time winner this season as Clint Todd took the opening lead with Rusty Quick following.On lap 2,2005 Rookie of the year Dustin Arnall moved into 2nd place as Todd was pulling away as point leader JP Compton was coming from his 8th starting spot using the high side.On lap 9,Compton moved into 2nd place and began his charge to the front with Eric Todd following.With Clint Todd using the middle groove,Comptom was putting his right rear tire perfect on the top groove cushion and pulled to the leader Todd on lap 17.Coming out of turn 2,Compton tried several times to take the lead but Todd would shut the door.Coming for the checkered flag,Todd stayed low as Comptom powered on the top side and nipped Todd at the line for the win capturing his 1st of the season followed by Clint Todd,Eric Todd,Arnall, and Joe Todd.

The Bomber feature saw 21 strong take the green flag with Jack Hamer taking the early lead.Contender Chris Morelock would be caught-up in an incident on lap 2 taking him out for the evening.On the restart,Hamer looking strong would be caught-up spinning along with Joe Francis and both going to the rear giving Mike Piercy the lead on lap 6.The lead would be short-lived as Dusty Rhoads came from his 12th starting spot and would hold off Piercy to take the win with Reggie Jackson,Billy Waters and Keith Cheever in the top 5.

THe SuperStock feature saw point leader Donnie Gennings grab the opening lead until lap 3 when Ben Newell took control and made it look easy in grabbing the win with Larry Pruitt,Gennings,Travis Hill and JC Newell at the strip with the feature going Green,White,checkered.

Up next week,the Show-Me Racin Series LateModels come to the Midway with point leader Lesie Essary,Ken Essary,Justin Wells,Kevin Henson,Jeremy Kelly and many more along with point races for the A-Mods,B-Mods,FactoryStocks,Bombers,WingedSprints and Legend Cars.

Gates open at 5 with hotlaps at 6:45 and Racing at 8PM.

Results
A-Mods
1st Ft-1)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 2)Rex Merritt-Billings 3)Brian Brown-Lebanon 4)Jason Hughes-West Plains 5)Craig Wood-EldoradoSprings 6)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 7)Jessie Stovall-Galena 8)Steve Martin-Nixa 9)Jack Jones-Lebanon 10)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 11)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 12)Eric Hudson-Rolla 13)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 14)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 15)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 16)Josh Hughes-West Plains 17)Larry Tindle-Springfield 18)Sam Petty-Niangua
2nd Ft-1)Stovall 2)Merritt 3)Jason Hughes 4)Graybeal 5)Jackson Jr 6)Josh Hughes 7)Willis 8)Hudson 9)Wood 10)C.Johnson 11)Tindle 12)Brown 13)Jones 14)Petty 15)Muilenburg 16)Ragland 17)Martin 18)Atkinson
1st Ht-1)Stovall 2)Ragland 3)Jason Hughes 4)Jones 5)Josh Hughes 6)Jackson 7)Martin 8)Johnson 9)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Merritt 2)Graybeal 3)Muilenburg 4)Brown 5)Wood 6)Willis 7)Atkinson 8)DNS-Tindle,Hudson


SuperStocks
A Ft-1)Ben Newll-Stoutland 2)Larry Pruitt-Jerome 3)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 4)Travis Hill-Lebanon 5)JC Newell-Camdenton 6)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon 7)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 8)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 9)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 10)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 11)Steve Reese-Crocker
1st Ht-1)Gennings 2)Pruitt 3)Hill 4)Bennie Joiner 5)Bill Joiner 6)Scharr
2nd Ht-1)JC Newell 2)Ben Newell 3)Betts 4)Reese 5)Davis


WingedSprints
A Ft-1)JP Compton-Crane 2)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 3)Eric Todd-Falcon 4)Dustin Arnall-Hartville 5)Joe Todd-Falcon 6)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 7)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 8)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 9)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg DNS-Mike Williams-Lynchburg
1st HT-1)E.Todd 2)J.Todd 3)C.Todd 4)Breedlove 5)Williams
2nd Ht-1)Arnall 2)Quick 3)Wedelstadt 4)Compton 5)Hazel


FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)James Ellis-Richland 2)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 3)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 4)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 5)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 6)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon 7)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 8)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 9)Chad Smith-Crocker 10)Ben Solberg-Springfield 11)Randy Morris-Richland DNS-Troy White-Russellville
1st HT-1)Ellis 2)Todd 3)S.Keepper 4)Dismang 5)Morris 6)Smith
2nd Ht-1)Solberg 2)Ratterree 3)K.Jackson 4)D.Keepper 5)Breedlove DNS-white


B-Mods
A Ft-1)Ryan Stacye-Springfield 2)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 3)TR Phillips-Nixa 4)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 5)Charlie Gentile-Sparta 6)Earl Muilenburg-Sparta 7)Jamie Petty-Niangua 8)Jerimiah Mooney-Lebanon 9)Greg Strong-Nixa 10)Luke Stephens-Stoutland 11)Troy Young-Lebanon 12)Tom Littleton-St Roberts 13)Jason Otto-Richland
1st Ht-1)Otto 2)Lancaster 3)Stacye 4)Young 5)Stephens 6)Phillips 7)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Muilenburg 2)Littleton 3)Gentile 4)Strong 5)Albright 6)Mooney


Bombers
A Ft-1)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 2)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 3)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon 4)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 5)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 6)Grant Sharp-Conway 7)Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon 8)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 9)Chris Cheever-Lebanon 10)Brian Warner-Phillipsburg 11)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 12)Jack Hamer-Ava 13)Missy Shaw-Rogersville 14)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 15)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 16)Joe Francis-Lebanon 17)Jerry Goring-Lebanon 18)Blake Muilenburg-Sparta 19)Josh Rupp-Sparta 20)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 21)Chris Morelock-Springfield
1st Ht-1)Rhoads 2)Francis 3)Coffman 4)Shaw 5)Billy Waters 6)Brandon Waters 7)Crouch 8)Mooney 9)Rupp 10)Forshey 11)Lowrance
2nd Ht-1)Piercy 2)Morelock 3)Jackson 4)Hamer 5)Sharp 6)K.Cheever 7)Warner 8)Goring 9)Muilenburg 10)C.Cheever