Leslie Essary Only Repeat Winner At Midway Fall Brawl

LEBANON, MO (Oct 6) - The racing season came to a close with the running of the 3rd Annual Coca-Cola Fall Brawl At the LebanonMidway Speedway with 195 Race Cars total during the 2 day event and perfect track conditions on both nights as New Champions were crowned.

The Show-Me Racin Series LateModels Provided another outstanding show and field of drivers as 22 took the opening green as Kevin Patrick grabbed the opening lead from his pole spot with Justin Asplin right behind him.On lap 2 teammate Rick Wallis grabbed the lead going to the top side as Asplin and Patrick battled side by side.A red flag flew on lap 5 as it looked as if Patrick and Jeremy Kelley were going to go around but both drivers kept it straight and kept there positions.On the restart,Wallis moved to the low groove as Kelley had found the high groove and was coming quickly as the duo battled side by side with Kelley grabbing the lead on lap 9.With Kelley in control,Jim Fulp began his charge forward and moved into the runner-up spot on lap 10 with point leader Leslie Essary following through followed closely by early leader Wallis,Conner Ward and Ken Essary with Roger Wilson close behind.During the long green run,Midway traffic became a factor as leader Kelley and Fulp were quick on the highside,but Leslie Essary was making up ground on the bottom.On lap 22,Leslie moved around Fulp to grab 2nd place and set his sights on Kelley who was looking for his 1st ever Show-Me LateModel win.On lap 24,Leslie moved around Kelley in lapped traffic to grab the lead while cars were going high and low both.On lap 28 Kelley caught Leslie Essary and made a last lap effort to take over the lead but fell 2 car lengths short.Following the lead duo to the line were Jim Fulp,Ken Essary and Conner Ward as 13 cars finished on the lead lap.Leslie Essary was able to defend his Fall Brawl Championship pocketing $1500 for the win."Mr.Armstrong provided us with another outstanding track tonight and I hope the fans enjoyed the race.Coming from his 10th starting spot Leslie didn't know if he could catch leader Kelley.Jeremy was strong and runs here really well.This is a drivers track and we have several good drivers in this series."

In The A-Modified feature Steve Muilenburg brought the field down to the green with 2007 Midway Champion Eric Hudson right on his bumper followed closely by Steve Martin,Jimmy Willis and Rex Merritt.On lap 4,leader Muilenburg broke a shock and went spinning to the infield on turn 4 with Hudson getting on the brakes and moving to the infield also but both cars kept going as the race stayed Green with Jimmy Willis taking over the lead on lap 5 as Muilenburg retired to the pits.With Willis in control,Rex Merritt moved to challange for the lead but Steve Martin moved around to grab 2nd place and challanged leader Willis.Following a caution on lap 9,Jesse Stovall who started 9th on the grid began a charge to the top side and began picking off cars moving to the front while leader Willis had a handful of Steve Martin.Stovall after moving to the top side grabbed the lead on lap 12 and began to checkout from the field as 2006 Midway Champion Tony Jackson Jr also moved topside and began a charge to the front.Willis,Martin,Merritt,Jim Roach and Eric Hudson kept a tight battle for 3rd place.Out in front,Stovall kept his top spot well ahead of runner-up Jackson as they took the checkered flag with Stovall becoming the 3rd different Fall Brawl winner with Jackson,Ragland,Merritt and Hudson completing the top 5 as Willis and Martin spun on the last lap dropping thme back in the pack.

The WingedSprint Car feature was all 2007 track champion JP Compton's race as he grabbed the early lead from pole setter Joe todd and withstood a late race charge from newcomer Brad Ryan to grab the win with 2005 champion Eric todd recovering from an early spin to come charging to 3rd.
Jordan Holloway checked out early in the FactoryStock feature and was untouchable leading all 25 laps of the feature with Sundance Keepper battling a fast moving Todd Cook to grab the runner-up spot with newcomer Matt Becker and Bobby Ratterree completing the top 5 as 12 cars completed the entire 25 lap feature on the lead lap.

Dusty Rhoads wasted no time as he grabbed the lead early and never looked back in grabbing the Bomber feature with track champion Mike Piercy,Chris Morelock and a fast moving Shawn Strong and Tyler Schoen completing the top 5 with many positions getting shuffled throughout the event.

THe SuperStocks provided excellent racing action as Veteran JC Newell grabbed the early lead on lap 2 from pole setter Ben Newell only to spin in turn 4 on lap 4.On the restart,Ben Newell and track champion Donnie Gennings along with Travis Hill battled for the lead as JC Newell came charging from the back to move back into the top 5 2 laps later as Dwight Neihoff was following also.With Newell and Gennings trying to settle it between themselves,JC used the top groove on lap 17 and withstood a couple of late cautions to take the top prize with Gennings moving around Ben to grab 2nd as B.Newell,Travis Hill and Bradley McDowell rounded out the top 5 from the 18 car field.

The B-Mod feature saw Randy Lebow grab the early lead with Colt Cheevers and Tyler Brown closely following.along with Josh Woody and Shawn Nations.Nations night ended on lap 7 with problems as he went to the pits.On a lap 8 restart,Lebow and Cheevers were wagging a war for the top spot as this battle continued until lap 15 when the 2 made contact and Lebow went spinning.Cheevers was sent to the rear of the field but had broke tierod and his night was done.This put Tyler Brown in front with 15th starting Steve Muilenburg moving quickly and putting pressure on young Brown.The 2 exchanged slide jobs and tight racing as Tyler Brown crossed the line capturing the win but later failed Tech inspection giving the win to Muilenburg as Jeff Albright Jr,Wayne Johnston,Jack Lancaster and TR Phillips captured the top 5 spots.

The 2007 Awards Banquet for the MidwaySpeedway will be held on Friday Night November 2nd at the Heritage Baptist Church as the Speedway will honor the top 10 drivers along with special awards and also the Midway Go-Karting racers will be honored also as Dinner will begin at 7 with Awards at 8PM.
For more information and to call-in your parties contact Janette Armstrong at 417-532-6254.

For news on the Midway visit the website at www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com

Results-Friday Night Qualifying Heats and Enduro
 

FactoryStocks-Top 5 To A Feature
1st Ht-1)Jordan Holloway-Monett 2)Matt Becker-Linn 3)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 4)Bobby Ratterree-Mt Grove 5)James Ellis-Richland 6)Bob Ketterer-Kiingdon City 7)DJ Degraffenreid-Eldon 8)Mike Smith-Crocker 9)Dale Berry-Tuscumbia 10)Joe Miller-Centertown
2nd Ht-1)Aaron Gustin-Osage Beach 2)Ted Welschmeyer-Tibbets 3)Todd Cook-Rolla 4)Greg Breedlove-Lebanon 5)Derek Brown-Stoutland 6)Bo Alexsates-Tuscumbia 7)Randy Morris-Richland 8)Glen Dismang-Lebanon 9)Derral Martin-Marshfield 10)Chad Smith-Crocker
3rd Ht-1)Sundance Keeper-Springfield 2)Ben Solberg-Springfield 3)Tim Riffle-Phillipsburg 4)Tim Petty-Niangua 5)Kevin Brown-Crane 6)Jerry Schmidt-Independance 7)Mark Selsor-Nevada 8)Frank Littrell-Kansas City 9)James House 10)Kris Jackson-Lebanon
Pole Dash-1)Holloway 2)S.Keepper 3)Gustin 4)Welschmeyer 5)Solberg 6)Becker
 

Bombers
1st Ht-1)Mike Piercy-Lebanon 2)Joe Francis-Lebanon 3)Chris Morelock-Springfield 4)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 5)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon 6)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 7)Shawn Strong-Republic 8)Shawn Winfrey-
2nd Ht-1)Bill Schoen-Brighton 2)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 3)Landon Johnson-Lynchburg 4)Rodney Yost-Squires 5)Larry Flaugher-Eldon 6)Bandon Waters-Lynchburg 7)Tony Johnson-Lebanon
3rd Ht-1)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 2)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon 3)Steve Shaw-Rogersville 4)Chad Cromer-Lebanon 5)Carl Lottman-Camdenton 6)Danny Otis-Rolla 7)Jake Wackerman-Camdenton
Pole Dash-1)Rhoads 2)Francis 3)Piercy 4)T.Schoen 5)B.Schoen 6)Jackson
 

A-Mods-Top 5 To A
1st Ht-1)Jim Roach-St Patrick 2)Steve Martin-Ozark 3)Jake Richards-Kansas City,Kansas 4)Richard Payne-Jefferson City 5)Wayne Graybeal-Springfield 6)Wes Long-Springfield 7)Marvin ForrestShell Knob 8)Andy Anderson-Hermitage 9)Sam Petty-Niangua
2nd Ht-1)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 2)Jimmy Willis-Macks Creek 3)Tony Jackson Jr-Lebanon 4)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 5)Landon Clinton-Willow Springs 6)Rowland Blythe-Ashland 7)Brian Brown-Lebanon 8)Dusty Campbell-Nevada 9)Justin Stoufer-Camdenton
3rd Ht-1)Rex Merritt-Billings 2)Eric Hudson-Rolla 3)Jessie Stovall-Galena 4)Danny Crane-Columbia 5)Craig Wood-El Dorado Springs 6)Darren Fullerton-Fair Grove 7)Chris Johnson-Lebanon 8)Mike Francis-Fredrick 9)Rick Brown-Stoutland
Pole Dash-1)Muilenburg 2)Martin 3)Hudson 4)Willis 5)Merritt 6)Roach
 

305 Winged Sprints
1st Ht-1)Eric Todd-Falcon 2)JP Compton-Crane 3)Keith Breedlove-Lynchburg 4)Matt Tatro-Crocker 5)Gavin Galbrath-Washington 6)Dustin Arnall-Hartville
2nd Ht-1)Joe Todd-Falcon 2)Clint Todd-Lynchburg 3)Scott Wedelstadt-Lebanon 4)Brad Ryan-Higginsville 5)Jeremy Williams-Lynchburg
Pole Dash-1)J.Todd 2)Compton 3)C.Todd 4)Breedlove 5)Wedelstadt 6)E.Todd
 

Show-Me LateModels
1st Ht-1)Kevin Henson-Marionville 2)Ken Essary-Cape Fair 3)Jimmy Bellamy-Aurora 4)Chris Cox 5)Gary Chambers-Galena 6)Mark Penticuff-Springfield 7)Chuck Comer-Joplin
2nd Ht-1)Jeremy Kelley-Walnut Grove 2)Jim Fulp-Crane 3)Conner Ward-Witchita,Kansas 4)Jarrod Hilton-Crane 5)Don Cloyd-Fair Grove 6)Jake Williams-Lockwood 7)Tyler Milner-Huntsville,Ark.
3rd Ht-1)Kevin Patrick-Gentry,Ark 2)Justin Asplin-Birch Tree 3)Rick Wallis-Gentry,Ark 4)Kenny Hartwigsen-Aurora 5)Wesley Briggs-Phillipsburg 6)Ken Dickinson-Camdenton 7)Frank Tindle-Galena
4th Ht-1)Leslie Essary-Crane 2)Rick Lebow-Galena 3)Roger Wilson-Aurora 4)Darrin Barton-Aurora 5)Ken Patterson-Rogers,Ark 6)Ron Johnson-Sarcoxie
 

B-Mods
1st Ht-1)Colt Cheevers-Macks Creek 2)Josh Woody-Laquey 3)Jeff Albright Jr-Lebanon 4)Matt Brookshire-Jerome 5)Lyle Dietrich-Urbana 6)Jamie Petty-Niangua 7)Chris Kalman-Marshfield 8)Tom Littleton-St Roberts
2nd Ht-1)Tyler Brown-Stoutland 2)Shawn Nations-Macks Creek 3)Doug Smith-Camdenton 4)Ted Ballinger-Halfway 5)Jack Lancaster-Urbana 6)Steve Muilenburg-Sparta 7)Luke Stephens-Stoutland
3rd Ht-1)Randy Lebow-Galena 2)Wayne Johnston-Nixa 3)Trent Harrison-Crocker 4)TR Phillips-Nixa 5)Charlie Gentile-Sparta 6)Ed Wilson-Waynesville 7)Greg Strong-Nixa
 

Pole Dash-Lebow 2)Brown 3)Woody 4)Cheevers 5)Johnston 6)Nations
 

SuperStocks
1st Ht-1)Ben Newell-Stoutland 2)JC Newell-Camdenton 3)Dale Roper Jr-Springfield 4)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 5)Tim Ballinger-Fair Grove 6)Justin McDowell-Tuscumbia 7)Len Garson-Pokahontas,ILL 8)Bennie Joiner-Lebanon 9)Clinton Betts-Stoutland
2nd Ht-1)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 2)Dwight Neihoff-Lockwood 3)Travis Hill-Lebanon 4)Bill Joiner-Lebanon 5)Bill Scharr-St Roberts 6)Mark Davis-Grovesprings 7)Randy Hill-Lebanon 8)Steve Morton-Clever
Pole Dash-1)B.Newell 2)JC Newell 3)T.Hill 4)Neihoff 5)Gennings 6)Roper Jr
Enduro-1)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 2)Dusty Rhoads-Lebanon 3)Mike Scott-Rogersville 4)Steve Shaw-Rogersville
 

Sat Night Features
FactoryStock B Ft #1-Top 4 to feature
1-Jerry Schmidt
2-Issac Keepper
3-Chad Smith
4-Donnie Miller
5-Mark Selsor
6-Dale Berry
7-Glen Dismang
8-Al Thompson

B-#2
1-Kris Jackson
2-Tom Smith
3-Mike Smith
4-Frank Litrell
5-Steve Schultz
6-DJ Degraffenried
7-Dee Kelley
8-Darrell Martin

Factory A
1-Jordan Holloway
2-Sundance Keepper
3-Todd Cook
4-Matt Becker
5-Bobby Raterree
6-Derek Brown
7-Chad Smith
8-Issac Keepper
9-Mike Smith
10-Jerry Schmidt
11-Frank Litrell
12-Tim Petty
13-Tom Smith-All lead lap
14-Ted Welschmeyer
15-Kris Jackson
16-Dylan Keepper
17-Donnie Miller
18-Aaron Gustin
19-James Ellis
20-Greg Breedlove
21-Kevin Brown
22-Tim Riffle-DQ

Bombers
1-Dusty Rhoads
2-Mike Piercy
3-Chris Morelock
4-Shawn Strong
5-Tyler Schoen
6-Sundance Keepper
7-Brandon Waters
8-Wayne Coffman
9-Steve Shaw
10-Bill Schoen
11-Chad Cromer
12-Daniel Yost
13-Carl Lottman
14-Shawn Winfrey
15-Tony Johnson
16-Larry Flaugher
17-Joe Francis
18-Landon Johnson
19-Jack Wakerman
20-Reggie Jackson
DNS-Adam Lowrance
DNS-Danny Otis

A-Mods
B Ft-Top 7 to Main
1-Wes Long
2-Johhny Fennawald
3-Rick Brown
4-Brian Brown
5-Darren Fullerton
6-Andy Anderson
7-Rowland Blythe
8-Marvin Forrest
9-Chris Johnson
10-Dusty Campbell
11-Sam Petty
DNS-Mike Francis
DNS-Justin Stoufer

A Ft
1-Jesse Stovall
2-Tony Jackson Jr
3-Jamie Ragland
4-Rex Merritt
5-Eric Hudson
6-Jim Roach
7-Danny Crane
8-Jake Richards
9-Wayne Graybeal
10-Jimmy Willis-Lead Lap
11-Steve Martin
12-Jonny Fennawald
13-Richard Payne
14-Rick Brown
15-Craig Wood
16-Landon Clinton
17-Darren Fullerton
18-Rowland Blythe
19-Andy Anderson
20-Brian Brown
21-Wes Long
22-Steve Muilenburg

WingedSprints
1-JP Compton
2-Brad Ryan
3-Eric Todd
4-Joe Todd
5-Matt Tatro
6-Dutin Arnall
7-Scott Wedelstadt
8-Keith Breedlove
9-Jeremy Williams
10-Clint Todd
11-Rusty Quick
12-Galvin Galbreath
DQ-Steve Mahanna

SuperStocks
1-JC Newell
2-Donnie Gennings
3-Ben Newell
4-Travis Hill
5-Bradley McDowell
6-Tim Ballinger
7-Len Garson
8-Clinton Betts
9-Bill Joiner
10-Bill Scharr
11-Dale Roper Jr
12-Justin McDowell
13-Doug Yankle
14-Myron McDowell
15-Dwight Neihoff
16-Mark Davis
17-Randy Hill
18-Bennie Joiner
DNS-Steve Morton

B-Mods
Final finishing order
1-Steve Muilenburg
2-Jeff Albright Jr
3-Wayne Johnston
4-Jack Lancaster
5-TR Phillips
6-Jamie Petty
7-Luke Stephens
8-Doug Smith
9- Colt Cheevers
10-Shawn Nations
11-Greg Strong
12-Ted Ballinger
13-Matt Brookshire
DNS-Trent Harrison
DNS-Tom Littleton
DNS-Charlie Gentile
DNS-Chris Kalman
DQ-Tyler Brown(was 1st)
DQ-Josh Woody(Was 3rd)
Ed Wilson(Was 5th)
Randy Lebow(Was 9th)
Lyle Dietrich(was 10th)

Show-Me LateModels
1.Jake Williams (DQ open motor w/no restrictor)

2.Don Cloyd

3.Tyler Milner

4.Ken Dickinson

5.Gary Chambers

6.Frank Tindle (prov)

7.Wesley Briggs

8.Ron Johnson

9.Mark Penticuff

10.Ken Patterson (driveshaft, prov)

11.Chuck Comer



Oct 6 – A feature finish

1.Leslie Essary

2.Jeremy Kelley

3.Jim Fulp

4.Ken Essary

5.Conner Ward

6.Rick Wallis

7.Jarrod Hilton

8.Roger Wilson

9.Rick Lebow

10.Tyler Milner

11.Kevin Henson

12.Darrin Barton

13.Jimmy Bellamy

14.Ken Dickenson

15.Don Cloyd

16.Chris Cox

17.Kenny Hartwigsen

18.Justin Asplin

19.Gary Chambers

20.Kevin Patrick

21.Ken Patterson

22.Frank Tindle