Official Press Release:
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Springfield Raceway
2110 N.Westgate
Springfield, Mo.

June 2, 2004

Submitted By High Gear Entertainment,

 

Friday Night June 4, 2004

 

It will be the first planned special of the season this coming weekend at the Springfield Raceway in Springfield, Mo. Friday night, the track will be packed with an unusual amount of horsepower as the Show Me Racin Series will be the center stage event of the evening. Also racing for the night will be the Factory Stocks, Bombers, Mini Stocks, and Open Mini Stocks qualifing for their Added money features Saturday night.

Close to 30 IMCA Late Models are expected with possible entries from as far away as Iowa. Locals include many drivers from the Springfield, Aurora, Republic, Cape Fair and Crane area. Of the entries will be the 2003 IMCA National Champion Justin Wells as he looks for another succesful year of racing.

2003 was Well's first year in chasing points hard, it was accomplished in a chassis that was designed and perfected by another local racer James Ince formerly of Fordland, Mo. Inces passion and knowledge took him from the grass roots of Midwest racing and adapted him into a much faster pace of life in the NASCAR series in just a few short years. Never forgetting his love of the dirt, Ince returned home long enough in the late months of 2002 to build a shop and build a handfull of cars for his local friends. In his first try at his own design his cars would prove their selves at a National level with Wells behind the wheelpicking up a Championship.

With 35 starts in 2003 Wells won 13 of his A Features. His total cash and contengencies with IMCA was around the 10 thousand dollar mark for his racing efforts. 2004 is looking good so far also, as he starts race number 15 this weekend and already has 8 wins to his credit. Luckily for me I have started out far better in the first of the year than last stated Justin, but the competition seems stiffer each week.

Driving for Tin Benders Body Shop, Advance Tire, B&P Discount Groceries, and Top Notch Hardwood Floor, Wells will be in a GRT. He admitted he is looking forward to this weekend. On his heels will be local racing legend and one of Justins best friends, Ken Essary of Cape Fair, Mo. in a Jim Buzzard powered GRT race car also. Essary has a few Feature notches this season also with 6 wins of his 14 starts. Essary also brings the savy of 3 decades of racing, in his years he has over 750 wins and will provide the power to uproot Wells of his win if possible.

More ammo for the show will include Kevin Henson in a strong running Bullet chassis from Aurora,Mo. with Cartoons Oyster Bar and Grill along as his Corporate sponsor, Rick Lebow will be strapped into a Rayburn car with Stringer Racing helping out as a sponsor for the year. Mark Bourey of Monett will be a team player for B&P Discount Groceries in his number 30 car, another Aurora native will be Darren Barton in the hard charging Subway, Larry Shaw chassis entry. Burl Woods of Springfield will field the same winning car that Ince built last season on it's sides will be the long famous sponsorship of Childs Tire. Woods purchased the car from Well's, and has been seeing improvement each week in his finishes. 

Other names will include Cecil Brown and Jim Fulp of Aurora, Glen and Jeremy Yarborough of the Joplin, Mo. area.Roger Wilson Jenkins, Mo.,Chris Hawkins of Neosho, Jim Greenway Galena, Mo. and many more.

Gates open at 4 p.m. with Hot Laps scheduled for 6:30 p.m. the first race of the evening will be at 7:30 p.m.

 

Fridays Admissions

Adult Admission is $12.00
Ages 6-12            6.00
Under 6       ALWAYS FREE 

Pit Passes         $25.00
Car and Driver     $30.00

 

Saturday Night June 5, 2004

 

The second night of action at the Springfield Raceway will be as big as the first. In competition that night will be a full field of racers. Over 100 cars should be on hand as the Modifieds and Outlaw Sportsmans will run a full show with Extended Features and Added money in the other classes.

Friday nights heat race action will set the field for the 25 Lap A Features. In the Open Mini Stock class it will guarentee door to door action as it has over the last few weeks. The top 5 srivers are all within just a few points of each other.

The Factory Stock class should bring the fans off their seats as Dylan Keepper looks for another win in his 69 Chevelle painted to look like a Fairgrounds Speedway car of days past with the number 75 in bold blue numbers.

Mini Stocks will be 4 cylinder racing at high revolutions. Larry Andrus has a way of making every lap seem like the last lap, but can he do it for 25 laps with that much competition behind him?

The Bombers will host another strong field of cars, in them will be Sheldon Roberts and Darren Woody who are locked in points with 45 each.Woody has just came onto the scene over the last couple of weeks but has came in force.

Modified action could be different this weekend as J.D. Kelley looks for number 3 in a row in his U.S. Automotive car. His hope would be for names like Jessee Stovall, Wayne Graybeal, Ryan Stayce, Mike Riedle and many others would not be there. It should bring excitement at high speeds.

In the Outlaw Sportsman It's Dean Bell leading the way, right to his rear bumper is Rylan Long attached followed by Tommy Steele. Fourth is Ronn Long followed by Nathan Gold and Ken Scott in Points.

 

Saturdays Admissions

Adult Admission is $ 8.00
Ages 6-12                4.00
Under 6       ALWAYS FREE 

Pit Passes         $20.00
Car and Driver     $25.00

 

Complete Current Points as of 5-29, 2004

 

Open Mini-Stock   

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 50 Dave Williams 46
2 73 Eric Clay 44
3 161D Dewayne Applegate 39
4 85 Mike Hailmann 39
5 B4 Bobby Moore 32
6 4M Ike Moore 30
7 99 Todd Morisset 30
8 55 James Broom 27
9 19 Benny Arnold 22
10 20 Tony Moore 22
11 Lucky 5 Richard Fisher 17
12 21 Jack Young 16
13 15 Mike Broom 12
14 18 Jerry Douglas 11
15 24J David Sugars 9
16 2.3 Dusty Schmidt 6

 

Mini-Stock   

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 75 Larry Andrus 50
2 61 Chuck Hallam 43
3 52 Danny Broom 38
4 12 Chris Goodall 36
5 25B Chris Morelock 35
6 15 Michael Sallee 30
7 92 Robert McKnight 30
8 70 Jerry Terhark 28
9 53R James Redus 27
10 51 Dave Zimmerman 22
11 77 Jody Borrow 18
12 88.3 Colin Bowen 18
13 63 Chris Hardesty 15
14 2 Boyd Andrus 15
15 27 Jack Riddle 15
16 14 Allen Fugitt 11
17 99 Heath Neil 11
18 33 Tyrel Jones 8
19 8R Ron Agee / Richard Winder 8
20 21 Ross Trimble 7
21 8 Larry Bussard 5
22 7 Jeremy Manes 4
23 40 Curt Foglesong 3
24 420 Troy Phillips 3
25 81 John Henson 1

 

Bobmers   

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 57 Sheldon Roberts 45
2 75W Darren Woody 45
3 75 Bill & Tyler Schoen 41
4 11 Randy Young 32
5 21L Chris Luttrull 28
6 3 Aaron York 25
7 5 Bill & Richard Roberts 25
8 P51 Ryan Powell 25
9 21 Paul Lutz 21
10 38 Ronnie Wheeler 21
11 45 Greg Raines 21
12 44 Terry Lutz 19
13 112 Darren Hendrix 16
14 6 Bradley Carnes 15
15 333 Randy High 12
16 10 Jason Wescoat 10
17 1 Jeremy Steele 9
18 22F Freeman Wilson 9
19 76 Terry Bemboom 7
20 6 7/8 Sundance Keepper 1
21 75S Corey Smith 0

 

Place Car # Driver 

Factory Stock   Total

 

1 2X Brian Stewart 44
2 33 Robert High 40
3 75 Dylan Keepper 37
4 7P Ron Patrick 36
5 80 Jeff Shafer 35
6 7 Allen Thompson 32
7 88 Al Campbell 31
8 37 Gary Chambers 30
9 10 Eddie Brown 28
10 22 Chris Countryman 28
11 4 Billy Russell 26
12 71 Tom Twedt 23
13 106 Kevin King 11
14 95 Richard Morton 11
15 XXX Mark Johnson 9
16 86 Rich Nelson 8
17 25 John Gamble 7
18 101c Bryan Collier 7
19 2 Isaac Keepper 6
20 03 Charles Woodruff 4
21 36 Tommy Hopkins 1

 

Outlaw Sportsman

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 30 Dean Bell 44
2 18JR Rylan Long 43
3 42 Tommy Steele 35
4 02 Ronn Long 34
5 8 Nathan Gold 25
6 17 Ken Scott 20

 

Sprint   

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 61A J.P. Compton 25
2 10 Clint Todd 22
3 21 Eric Todd 20
4 7 Scott Wedelstadt 20
5 1 Joe Todd 19
6 28 Matt Tatro 16
7 17 Chad Johnson 15
8 9 Erick Enneking 14
9 29 David Murphy 13
10 3 Bill Kee 12
11 2 Gill Johnson 1
12 88 David Johnson 1

 

Pro 4   

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 64 Rex McCroskey 22
2 6M Scott Mohlfeld 22
3 15 Mike Thompson 19
4 09 Craig Mayo 18
5 51 Aaron Cornell 18
6 7 Jeremy Manes 16
7 8X Jim Wilson 15
8 51T Jeremy Teaver 13
9 58 Phil Robertson 1

 

Modified   

Place Car # Driver Total

 

1 44K J.D Kelley 49
2 81 Jesse Stovall 40
3 22 Darren Fullerton 36
4 50R Mike Riedle 36
5 102 Ryan Stacye 29
6 101 Wayne Graybeal 27
7 000 Dustin Moore 25
8 11V Darren Vest 25
9 7L Wes Long 24
10 60 Wayne Johnston 21
11 19 Mike Striegel 19
12 10 John Shoptaw 18
13 48 Jim Pearcy 14
14 10 Bob Hopkins 12
15 75 Russell Larimore 10
16 3 Tim Wright 9
17 c00 Rick Cash 9
18 39 Randy Phelps 8
19 26 Greg Cherry 8
20 97 Tony Thieman 7

 

For More Info Contact Kevin Fletcher at (417) 833-8832 (H) or
(417) 234-3273 (c) (417) 863-0097 (Racetrack)

 

Please Patronize our 2004 Track Sponsors

 

O'Reilly Auto Parts, Ozarks Coca Cola/Dr. Pepper, Towe Construction, Dick's Machine, GreenLawn Funeral Homes, So Mo Batteries,JR's Western Wear, Bumper To Bumper, H&H Foundations, Tiger Towing, Cedars Restraunt, A+ Automotive, Best Discount Brakes, Insulate of America, Chubby's Customs, Snap On Tools, B J's Trophey, Loftis Jewelry, Pro Line Designs, WCA Management, Sheldon's Custom Muffler, Miles Hartley Excavating, Ozark Mtn. Tire, Wilson Realty, DC Cycle, Advance Tire, Ferguson's Diesel, H&W Towing, Brundage Bone, Quality Auto Works, Cruise N Sand llc., OARA, Menzies Auto Body, Ball Paving, Springfield Ready Mix, Circle Track MotorSports, Grider Concrete, Midwest Metals, Wheeler Metals, Race Brothers, Classic Trailer, Price Electric, Coring and Cutting, Davis Paint, Jeff Deckard Concrete

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