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October 2, 2009 Despite very cool temps,The Lebanon Midway Speedway held their season ending event sponsored by Yeoman Racing Engines and Mach 1 Race Cars with a different style of Extreme style racing. Cars qualified on the clock with 1 lap of timing in and ran 2 features to determine the overall winner. In the very tough Factory Stock feature number 1, fast qualifier Sundance Keepper grabbed the early lead with Burl Woods giving him plenty of competition along with Derek Brown. Keepper, Woods and Brown swapped spots back and forth with the feature going down to the last lap as Keepper and Brown touched going into turn 1 with Brown grabbing the lead as Keepper caught the wall in turn 2. The feature finish saw Brown, Burl Woods, Ben Solberg, Tyson Troutman and Donnie Gennings complete the top 5. In the second feature, Sundance Keepper grabbed the early lead with Donnie Miller gaining quickly while Woods and Brown were trying to come from the back of the field. Keepper and Miller ran the last 10 laps side by side without ever touching as Miller mounted a late race charge to take the checkered flag with Keepper, Troutman, Woods and Kurt Sledd completing the top 5 over the 14 car field as Woods gathered the most points to take home the overall win with Troutman and Brown grabbing second and third place money. 1st Feature 1)Derek Brown-Stoutland 2)Burl Woods-Republic 3)Ben Solberg-Springfield 4)Tyson Troutman-Houston 5)Donnie Gennings-Eldridge 6)Ted Welschmeyer-Tibbets 7)Kurt Sledd-Edwards 8)Bradley McDowell-Eldon 9)Brad Gideon-Springfield 10)DeWayne Hobbs-Buffalo 11)Sundance Keepper-Springfield 12)Donnie Miller-Houston 13)Josh Lewis-Stoutland 14)Dylan Keepper-Hurley 2nd Feature 1)Miller 2)S.Keepper 3)Troutman 4)Woods 5)Sledd 6)Gennings 7)Brown 8)Solberg 9)Hobbs 10)Welschmeyer 11)Gideon 12)Lewis 13)McDowell 14)T Schoen Overall 1)Woods 2)Troutman 3)Brown 4)Gennings 5)Solberg 6)Sledd 7)Miller 8)S.Keeper 9)Welschmeyer 10)Hobbs 11)Gideon 12)McDowell 13)Lewis 14)D Keepper The B-Mod feature number 1 saw fast qualifier Brian Webster and Reggie Jackson run side by side for the opening laps with Webster finally taking over halfway through the feature with Jackson mounting a late race surge as Josh Woody was moving forward. Webster held off the challenges from Jackson to take feature number 1 with Jackson, Woody, Corey Pope and Derek Cook in the top 5. Feature number 2 saw Micheal Stake go to the front early riding the top side but Josh Woody wasted very little time in grabbing the lead. Webster began his charge through the field and started to run down the leader Woody. Woody kept the middle groove fast and grabbed the second feature followed by Webster, Stake, Pope and Cook. Webster claimed the overall title grabbing first place money followed by Woody and Pope. 1st Feature 1)Brian Webster-Richland 2)Reggie Jackson-Lebanon 3)Josh Woody-Buckhorn 4)Corey Pope-Marshfield 5)Derek Cook-Lebanon 6)Micheal Stake-Lebanon 7)Greg Strong-Nixa 8)Brian Myers-Lebanon 9)Micheal Sallee-Joplin 2nd Feature 1)Woody 2)Webster 3)Stake 4)Pope 5)Cook 6)Jackson 7)Myers 8)Strong 9)Sallee Overall 1)Webster 2)Woody 3)Pope 4)Jackson 5)Stake 6)Cook 7)Myers 8)Strong 9)Sallee The Bomber feature saw fast qualifier Shawn Strong grab the early lead and never looked back in feature number 1 leaving a tight pack behind. Strong would take the checkered with Kolt Barker, Brandon Waters, Rodney Yost and Joe Francis completing the top 5. In the second feature, Keith Cheever grabbed the early lead with Tyler Schoen, Jack Hamer, Francis and others battling. A mid-race caution gave Strong the break he needed as a single file restart allowed him to go to the top groove and start running down the leader. Cheever kept Strong at bay for 3 laps before Strong grabbed the lead and the checkered with Tyler Schoen, Cheever, Jack Hamer and Rodney Yost following. Strong was the overall winner with Schoen and Yost grabbing the runner-up and third place spots overall. 1st Feature 1)Shawn Strong-Republic 2)Kolt Barker-Lebanon 3)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg 4)Rodney Yost-Squires 5)Joe Francis-Lebanon 6)Jack Hamer-Ava 7)Tyler Schoen-Brighton 8)Bill Schoen-Brighton 9)Monk Barker-Lebanon 10)Keith Cheever-Lebanon 11)Matt Keith 12)Kevin Forshey-Dixon 2nd Feature 1)Strong 2)T.Schoen 3)Cheever 4)Hamer 5)Yost 6)Waters 7)B.Schoen 8)M.Barker 9)Keith 10)K Barker 11)Forshey 12)Francis Overall 1)Strong 2)T Schoen 3)Yost 4)Waters 5)Hamer 6)K Barker 7)Cheever 8)B.Schoen 9)M Barker 10)Francis 11)Keith 12)Forshey The Purestock event was all Scott Atkinson as he swept both feature events along with being the fastest qualifier. In the first feature event Jason Brumley grabbed the second place honors with Les Hayes following. In the second feature it took a 3 wide pass for Atkinson to take home the win with Hayes and Tom Powers following. Atkinson grabbed the overall win followed by Hayes and Brumley. 1st Feature 1)Scott Atkinson-Conway 2)Jason Brumley-Camdenton 3)Les Hayes-Camdenton 4)Adam Lowrance-Lebanon 5)Tom Powers-Camdenton 6)Robert Doublin-Lebanon 2nd Feature 1)Atkinson 2)Hayes 3)Powers 4)Brumley 5)Lowrance 6)Doublin Overall 1)Atkinson 2)Hayes 3)Brumley 4)Powers 5)Lowrance 6)Doublin The A-Mod feature saw tight racing as in feature number 1, fast qualifier Kris Jackson took the opening lead with Jim Pearcy Jr in tow and Jamie Ragland following. Ragland moved into the second place spot and by mid-race was closing in on Jackson who was flawless. Ragland tried several tries on Jackson with Jackson on line. Ragland looped the car in turn 4 as Jackson pulled away to take the opening feature followed by Ragland, Eric Lampe, Tony Moore and Pearcy Jr. In feature number 2, Pearcy had the car dialed-in on the middle groove as he was holding off repeated charges from Jackson and Ragland. As the pace was getting quicker, Pearcy stayed up front with Jackson and Ragland applying constant pressure. On lap 10, going into turn 1, Jackson got sideways along with Pearcy as Ragland drove to the top groove as both the front runners spun. On the restart, Ragland pulled away as Jackson was coming from the rear of the field as he and Pearcy ran side by side. Ragland grabbed feature number 2 with Jackson, Pearcy, Lampe and Moore completing the top 5 as Ragland grabbed the overall win followed by Jackson and Lampe. 1st Feature 1)Kris Jackson-Lebanon 2)Jamie Ragland-Lebanon 3)Eric Lampe-Fair Grove 4)Tony Moore-Lebanon 5)Jim Pearcy Jr-Nixa 2nd Feature 1)Ragland 2)Jackson 3)Pearcy Jr 4)Lampe 5)Moore Overall 1)Ragland 2)Jackson 3)Lampe 4)Pearcy 5)Moore |