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Show Me Series heads to Midway for Larry Phillips Birthday Bash
By Ronnie Williams

LEBANON, MO (August 26, 2010) - Late models will return to the action track of the Lebanon Midway Speedway on Friday Night September 3rd to kick off the Labor Day holiday weekend as the Race Brothers Farm & Home Supply Show Me Racing Series rolls into Lebanon, MO.

This is the only scheduled apperance of 2010 for late model racing at the Midway with current Show Me Racing Series point leader Justin Wells of Aurora, MO heading up a stellar field of drivers in the Larry Phillip's Birthday Bash. The original date was set for July but mother nature won that event so the race name was moved to this date in honor of the 5-time Nascar Weekly Racing Series Champion.

The most recent winner of the Show Me Racing Series Ken "The Flying Farmer" Essary who defeated Wells at Springfield Raceway, will be rolling his familiar Yellow 55 into the Midway along with Aurora, Missouri's Darrell and Dustin Mooneyham, Lebanon, MO Brandon McCormick, series points runner-up Randy "The Z-Man" Zimmerman of Fort Scott, KS, last years Rookie of the Year and currently third in points Larry Campbell of Van Buren, AR, Springfield, MO's Chris Morelock, former Midway Super Stock racer Dwight Neihoff of Lockwood, MO,16 year old standout Colton Dunlap of Muskogee, Ok, the very first ever Midway late model feature winner Shane Essary of Aurora, MO and many others.  With the holiday weekend and several late model events going on, car counts are expected to be strong.

Adult Admission is set for $15 while Kids 10 and under are Free.  Pitpasses are scheduled to be $30.  Support classes will be announced this week.

Gates will open at 5pm with hotlaps at 7:05pm and Racing at 8pm sharp.

The Show Me Racing Series would like to thank their sponsors for the 2010 racing season.  Race Brothers Farm and Home Supply, Hoosier Tire Midwest, Custom Cams, Brodix Heads, Duralite Racing Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, Performance Bodies, Hypercoils, BSB Manufacturing, Peterson Fluid Systems, GRT Race Cars, Greenlawn Funeral Homes, Frankland Rear Ends, Gary's Used Engine Parts, Midwest Sheet Metal, Talon Broadcasting, Morelock Racing, B & P Discount Grocery, IHG Hotels, Country Dodge, Kluhsman Race Components, Bilstein Shocks and Powertrain Industries.

Additional information for the series can be found at www.showmeracingseries.com.

Additional information for the Midway Speedway can be found at www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com.