LebanonMidway Crowns 2007 Champions With Close Racing ACtion


LEBANON, MO (Sept 14) - The Race for the 2007 championships ended Friday Night at the Lebanon Midway Speedway as 6 new drivers walked out with season titles after there names as over 80 race teams competed and 3 titles still up for grabs.

Action started with an exciting feature for the Superstocks as by starting the feature,Donnie Gennings claimed the season title.Gennings grabbed the opening lead with Ben Newell right behind him along with JC Newell and Travis Hill following.Gennings kept his car glued to the pole spot as Ben Newell went upstairs and pulled even several times then followed closely.On lap 8,JC Newell made his presence known as he found the outside groove to his liking and treated the crowd to some 3 wide racing.On lap 12,Ben Newell pulled even with Gennings coming out of turn 4 with Gennings getting the advantage back in turn 2.In the final result,Gennings would hold on to grab a 3 car length win with Ben Newell,JC Newell,Travis Hill and Clinton Betts completing the top 5.

The A-Mod feature found plenty of drama as thee title was up for grabs between 2005 champion Jamie Ragland and 2 time runner-up Eric Hudson with both drivers starting up front.On the start Ragland jumped out to the early lead with Hudson following close behind and Steve Muilenburg running 3rd.On lap 7,Hudson shot to the outside groove and moved into the top spot with Ragland running in 2nd place while a great battle for position between Danny Atkinson,Brian Brown,Don Luna and Chris Johnson as they swaped spots back and forth.On lap13,Ragland begin to slow and pulled to the infield with rearend problems giving Hudson a chance to claim the season title as Hudson had to finish 10 spots ahead to win the points.Huson put the car on cruise control and went on to grab his 6th feature win of the season and ended up tied with Ragland for the top spot in points but walked away with the title by having more feature wins.Following Hudson across the line was Steve Muilenburg,Danny Atkinson,Brian Brown, and Don Luna

The FactoryStocks provided plenty of drama also as 4 drivers could take a shot at the title.Dylan Keepper grabbed the early lead with Bobby Ratterree following closely.Sundance Keepper shot around Ratterree to grab second place with defending champion James Ellis coming quickly.On lap 5,Sundance grabbed the lead looking for his 1st win of the season as Ben Solberg was charging forward.With Sundance leading,the race for 2nd was tight as Dylan Keepper,Bobby Ratterree,James Ellis and Solberg were swapping spots.On lap 8,the trio of Keepper,Ratterree and Solberg went around in turn 1 with Greg Breedlove spinning in turn 4 send as those car to the rear of the field.This moved Donnie Miller up to the runner-up spot behind leader Sundance Keepper.Sundance wasn't to be denied in grabbing his 1st Midway win while the point battle between Ratterree and Dylan Keepper wasn't over with as positions were swapping.As the checkered flew it was Sundance grabbing the win followed by Donnie Miller,Bobby Ratterree,James Ellis and Dylan Keepper at the line with Dylan Keepper claiming the title.

The B-Mods provided plenty of excitement as newly crowned point champion Jason Otto brought the field down to the green along with Colt Cheevers however Otto looped it in turn 4 collecting Shawn Nations ending his night and bringing out a restart.On the restart,Cheevers grabbed a big lead as Jack Lancaster and Steve Muilenburg were fighting for position.Following a couple of quick yellows it was Cheevers again setting a quick pace as the battle for 2nd was tight with Lancaster and Muilenburg as Ed Wilson was coming quickly through the field.Muilenburg and Lancaster made contact sending both drivers to the rear moving Wilson to challange.On the restart Cheevers shot to the lead and grabbed the victory with Wilson,Troy Young,Jeff Albright Jr and Ted Ballinger following.

With a point title still up for grabs the WingedSprints took to the track and point leader JP Compton jumped from hid front row starting spot to take command and never looked back in grabbing his 2nd feature win of the season.Eric Todd,Joe Todd,a fast moving Rusty Quick and Dustin Arnall completed the top 5.

The Bombers took to the track 20 strong with point champion Mike Piercy grabbing the top spot quickly with Joe Francis and Jack Hamer following.With Piercy glued to the bottom of the track,several drivers started making moves forward including Brandon Waters.Waters was coming quickly through traffic and moved into second place to challange as deep field starters Issac Keepper and Steve Shaw were coming to the front quickly along with Landon Johnson.

With Piercy locked on the bottom,Waters tried several times,but Piercy grabbed the win along with the season title as Brandon Waters,Issac Keepper, Steve Shaw and Joe Francis completing the top 5.

Up next at the MidwaySpeedway Friday Night Sept. 21 the WingedOutLaw Warrior 360 Sprint Cars will be making there 1st ever apperance at Midway with top drivers scheduled to be competing include Randy Martin,Josh Fisher,Knoxville 410 champ Brian Brown,Eric Todd and many more.This will be the season ending event for the WOW SprintCarsAlso competing will be the 305 WingedSprints,Bombers,SuperStocks and Legend Cars in a national event qualifying race.
For more information visit the website at www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com

Results

SuperStocks
A Ft-1)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 2)Ben Newell-Stoutland 3)JC Newell-Camdenton 4)Travis Hill-Lebanon 5)Clinton Betts-Stoutland 6)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 7)Tim Ballinger-Halfway 8)Doug Yakle-Lebanon 9)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 10)Rick Hill-Lebanon 11)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 12)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Davis 2)Scharr 3)Ballinger 4)Bennie Joiner 5)R.Hill 6)Yakle
2nd Ht-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)Gennings 4)Bill Joiner 5)T.Hill 6)Betts


A-Mods
A Ft-1)Eric Hudson-Rolla 2)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 3)Danny Atkinson-Lebanon 4)Brian Brown-Lebanon 5)Don Luna-St James 6)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 7)Rustin Miller-Houston 8)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 9)Rowland Blythe-Ashland 10)Sam Petty-Niangua 11)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon DNS-Jack Jones-Lebanon Bobby Moore-Mansfield
1st Ht-1)Muilenburg 2)Miller 3)Luna 4)Atkinson 5)Blythe 6)Moore 7)Petty
2nd Ht-1)Hudson 2)Brown 3)Ragland 4)Willis 5)Jones 6)Johnson


FactoryStocks
A Ft-1)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 2)Donnie Miller-Houston 3)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 4)James Ellis-Richland 5)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 6)Ben Solberg-Springfield 7)Matt Becker-Linn 8)Joe Davenport-Graff 9)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 10)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon 11)Lonnie Henderson-Lebanon 12)Bill Webster-Richland 13)Mike Teeters-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Becker 2)Solberg 3)Miller 4)Breedlove 5)Davenport 6)Webster 7)Teeters
2nd Ht-1)Ellis 2)Ratterree 3)D.Keepper 4)S.Keepper 5)Dismang 6)Henderson


Bombers
A Ft-1)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 2)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 3)Issac Keepper-Springfield 4)Steve Shaw-Rogersville 5)Joe Francis-Lebanon 6)Jack Hamer-Ava 7)Landon Johnson-Lynchburg 8)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 9)Cody Harmon-Lebanon 10)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton 11)Donnie Jackson-Lebanon 12)Billy Waters-Lynchburg 13)Adam Lowrance-lebanon 14)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 15)Chris Cheever-Lebanon 16)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 17)Grant Sharp-Conway 18)Art Forshey-Dixon 19)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon 20)Jerry Goring-Lebanon DNS-Jennifer Crouch-Lebanon
1st Ht-1)Harmon 2)Keepper 3)Mooney 4)Shaw 5)C.Cheever 6)A.Cheever 7)Cromer 8)lowrance 9)Forshey 10)Jackson 11)Johnson
2nd Ht-1)Francis 2)Sharp 3)Brandon Waters 4)Hamer 5)K.Cheever 6)Goring 7)Piercy 8)Coffman 9)Billy Waters 10)Crouch


WingedSprints
A Ft-1)JP Compton-Crane 2)Eric Todd-Falcon 3)Joe Todd-Falcon 4)Rusty Quick-Lebanon 5)Dustin Arnall-Hartville 6)Jeremy Hazel-Lynchburg 7)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 8)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 9)Eric McMillian-Warsaw 10)Clint Todd-Lynchburg
1st Ht-1)Arnall 2)Hazel 3)Breedlove 4)Quick 5)McMillian
2nd Ht-1)C.Todd 2)Wedelstadt 3)J.Todd 4)E.Todd 5)Compton


B-Mods
A Ft-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 3)Troy Young-Lebanon 4)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 5)Ted Ballinger-halfway 6)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 7)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 8)Charlie Gentile-Sparta 9)Jamie Petty-Niangua 10)Adam Weber-Cuba 11)Jason Otto-Richland 12)greg Strong-Nixa 13)Shawn Nations-Macks Creek