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Reliable Chevrolet B-Mod Special To Start 2nd Half Of
Springfield Raceway Season-Plus Extra $$ To A-Mod Winner
SPRINGFIELD, MO (July 18, 2011) - Sat July 23rd will mark the start of
the 2nd half of the Racing season Transport Graphics Championship Chase and
what a way to start as the Reliable Chevrolet GM Performance B-Mods will be
competing in the 2nd annual Reliable Chevrolet Shootout with the winner
taking home a cool $500 to win while starting the A Feature will pay $75.
This will be a points race for the B-Mods and they will draw for heat race
positions and using passing points.The Top 8 in passing points will be
brought to the frontstretch for the redraw for their starting spots.
Last year, Jon Yeoman Jr took advantage of the redraw as did JC"The Kid"
Morton and finished 1-2 in the thrilling 20 lap feature. With the extra
money that GM Performance contributes to the weekly points shows at
SpringfieldRaceway,the winner if using a GM 602 Crate Motor could walk away
with even more money especially if they purchased it from Reliable Chevrolet
in Springfield,Mo.
Action will also feature the Budweiser USRA RHS A-Mods as some extra
sponsorship has been put in making the feature winner take home an extra
$100.The Casey's General stores Midwest Modz,Missouri Legends,Wheeler Metals
PureStocks and Pepsi FactoryStocks will also be in action starting the 2nd
half of the season.All drivers in al classes will draw for heat positions
and line-up the features by passing points.
Current season Long Point leaders include Jackie Dalton of Carthage(USRA
Modifieds) with a 59 point lead over Jody Tillman of Branson while defending
champion Mitch Keeter of Webb City is only 20 behind Tillman and
Springfield's hard-charging Erik Maggard just 4 behind Keeter.Keeter has won
the last 2 straight USRA Modified features at the Quick-Quarter.
The Reliable Chevrolet GM Performance B-Mods have an outstanding battle
going on as Bobby Magard,Jr of Republic maintains a 3 point margin over Mike
Hailman of ReedSprings while JC Morton of Springfield in only 4 points out
of the top spot. Both Maggard Jr and Morton are powered by GM 602 Crate
motors.
4th generation driver Trevor Drake of Webb City holds a commanding lead in
the Casey's General stores Midwest Modz class, but the dog-fight for second
is tight as Sam Petty of Niangua maintains a 12 point margin over veteran
Randy Belk of Joplin for second place as Rusty Forrest of Ozark,Gary Krebs
of Clever and Miami, Oklahoma's Matthew Thulin round out a tough top 5.
Missouri Legends driver Dave Comer of Joplin has pulled out to a 22 point
lead over Park Jones of Joplin as these 2 drivers have went back and forth
all during the first half.Rolla's Wayne Johnston has climbed to third only 6
points behind Jones as defending champion Justin Comer and Springfield's Jay
Reynolds complete the top 5 as action has been in the Legends action all
season long.
Branson's Bryan Tillman lost his first feature event 2 weeks ago but still
holds a 21 point margin over Niangua's Tim Petty in the FactoryStock class.A
late season rule change allows FactoryStocks to compete at
SpringfieldRaceway by running your home tracks rules but no Tubular Front or
Rear-ends allows. The class shot upward in car count 2 weeks ago as Burl
Woods of Republic stopped Tillman's streak by passing Tillman at the halfway
mark of the feature event.
Ava's Jack Hamer maintains a big lead over Springfield's James Redus in the
PureStock division while the Oklahoma duo of Wayne Morris and Jeremy Thulin
are close to Redus. Springfield area driver and rookie Philip Schloesser and
16 year old Bret Testerman are close in also.
Grandstand gates open at 5PM with Racing at 7:15.Pitgates open at 4PM with
draw for heats cutoff at 6:30.
Grandstand Admission is only $10 for Adults while kids 6-12 are $5 and under
Free.Pitpasses are $25.
For more information visit the website at
WWW.SpringfieldRaceway.com
or contact Jerry Hoffman at 417-673-7426 or Text SPRINGFIELDRACEWAY on your
cell phone 368674 for updates
B-Mod Payout And Information
Reliable Chevrolet B mod Pay-$25 car entry Fee-SpringfieldRaceway Rules
Apply
$500
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on back $75
$50 to start B Main
open draw redraw top 8 on front stretch-Drivers introductions before feature
for B-Mods
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