Flying Farmer rides high

Sun. November 29th, 2009
by Ronnie Williams

LateModels-35 Entries
Heat winners-K.Essary,Justin Asplin,Johnny Fennewald,Matt Johnson
Top 16 In Passing points
1)K.Essary2)Fennewald 3)Justin Wells 4)Johnson 5)Rylan Long 6)Asplin 7)Brad Looney 8)Bob Maggard Jr 9)Ed Dixon 10)Jim Fulp 11)Tony Jackson Jr 12)Larry Campbell 13)Kevin Brown 14)Rex Merritt 15)Chuck Comer 16)Chris Morelock

B Ft Transfers Winners Matt Menzie,Joey Mack 2nd places-John Beck,Darrell Mooneyham

A Ft-1)K.Essary 2)Wells 3)Looney 4)Fennewald 5)Johnson 6)Asplin 7)Mack 8
)Fulp 9)Long 10)Morelock 11)Merritt 12)Beck 13)Campbell 14)Comer 15)Jackson Jr 16)Brown 17)Mooneyham 18)Menzie 19)Dixon 20)Maggard
Outstanding opening 15 laps all under Green-Essary,then Wells,then Essary with 2 wide racing while Modified standouts Fennewald and MLRA ROY Johnson swapped the spots-Looney really found the low groove strong and started his forward movement.12 Cars finished on the lead lap while the last 3-4 laps had drivers retiring.


A Mods-75 Entries
Heat winners-1)Josh Stevens,Steve Muilenburg,Steve Martin,Rusty Griffaw,Paul Reeden,Dean Willie,Roger Sawyer,Jason Pursley
Top 10 in passing points locked into A ft
1)Steve Martin 2)Sawyer,3)Jim Body 4)Rob Muilenburg 5)Robert Powers 6)Jesse Stovall 7)Stevens 8)S.Muileburg 9)Griffaw 10)Luke Feeback
B Ft Winners-Rex Merritt,Scott Drake,Jody Tillman,Dean Willie,Jason Pursley
B Ft-Runner-ups advancing-Casey McClaskey,Kelby Taylor,Reeden,Brandon Maggard,Scott Crigler
A Ft-1)Martin 2)Drake 3)Merritt 4)Body 5)Reeden 6)Stevens 7)Stovall 8)Taylor 9)Tillman 10)S Muilenburg 11)R Muilenburg 12)Feeback 13)Powers 14)Sawyer 15)Maggard 16)Pursley 17)Willie 18)Crigler 19)Griffaw 20)McClaskey

Martin grabs early lead and tight racing behind-Drake and an opening lap spin is working traffic while several cars battle back and forth.Drake gets a last 5 lap shootout with Martin,but Martin holds on to take home the victory.13 cars finished on the lead lap as Sawyer's strong run ended involved in an incident.

SportMods-42 Entries
Heat Winners-JC Morton,Dustin Thayer,Dallas Scott,Mike Tanner,BillyStreet
Top 14 in Passing points
1)Scott 2)Street 3)Tanner 4)Thayer 5)Billy Dalton 6)Morton 7)Chad Williams 8)Dean Willie 9)John Yeoman Jr 10)Willie Wilson 11)Eric Tinderholt 12)Jay Lemons 13)Jerry Brown 14)Micheal Stake

B Ft Winners-Cody Graham,Mike Watson,Larry Tindle
B ft Runner-Up Advancing-Brian Webster,Chris Tonoli,Brad Moad
A Ft-1)Street 2)Scott 3)Thayer 4)Watson 5)Tindle 6)Stake 7)Tinderholt 8)Yeoman Jr 9)Lemons 10)Moad 11)Dalton 12)Graham 13)Morton 14)Brown 15)Williams 16)Tonoli 17)Tanner 18)Wilson 19)Webster 20)Willie
Ozark Tire and Body works placed $100 in lottery money(5 spots an extra 20) to positions beyond the top 4.Positions 8,10,13,20 and I believe 18 recieved that money.
Great race-Street and Scott battled all race long-Early contender Mike Tanner pulled off on the pace laps and returned 1 lap down taking his chances out of the win.Thayer really hooked to the track and was trying several laps to make it around the lead duo as regular Mike Watson came quietly forward in an outstanding feature.Strret took over late in the race and pulled away grabbing the win.

Legends-17 entries
A Ft-1)David Bauer 2)Jay Reynolds 3)Dave Comer 4)Rob Watson 5)Tyler Horton 6)Paul Horton 7)Bill Cottrill  8)Jason Rayle 9)Tony Hatfield 10)Caleb Smith 11)Matt Guenburg 12)Phil Harris 13)Gary Hockman 14)Justin Comer 15)Warren Rupp 16)Park Jones 17)Rodney Baird

Great feature-Reynolds early then 4 cars battling Rayle and Jones got together ending jones night.J Comer and Veteran Rupp from Iowa got togethr ending their great runs.Bauer quietly worked around Dave Comer and took over second and applied pressure to Reynolds pulling off the win in the final 2 laps.

Thanks to EVERYONE who came and raced and watched-we at the track hoped you enjoyed yourself and felt it was a good Turkey classic with 169 Entries.Thank you-full report in the morning.

The wait is over; weekly dirt racing makes its return to the Historic
Half Mile track at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, Missouri in 2010!
Jason Bodenhamer and Reid Millard, two familiar names within the racing
community, will handle promotions and race operations at the speedway.
Bodenhamer's name is synonymous with racing.

As the son of legendary area driver and track owner Al Bodenhamer, Jason
has carved out a successful driving career of his own piloting late
models and modifieds on tracks throughout the Midwest and now he will
add the title of promoter to his resume. Reid Millard is a well-known
area late model driver himself and a successful businessman based out of
Jefferson City, Missouri. Bodenhamer stated, "Race fans have longed for
the return of racing to the historic half mile for quite some time and
we are committed to providing fans and drivers a full schedule of weekly
racing and special events."

Weekly racing kicks off on opening night, Friday, April 16th at the
speedway in three race divisions, which include 360 Sprint Cars, Late
Models, and A-Modifieds. A week prior, on Saturday, April 10th, the
track will hold a Test and Tune practice session for all competitors and
is planning a car show for the same day. "We have fourteen regular weeks
scheduled at this time and we are furiously working to schedule various
special events" said Bodenhamer.

He also stated "Our 360 Sprint Car division's rules are based off the
WoW sprint car rules and we are currently working on finalizing rules
for the late models. Modified rules will fall right in line with
standard A-Mod rules in the area with the exception of allowing the use
of aluminum heads with fifty pounds of weight added in front of the
engine mid plate. Local driver Brian 'Ziggy' Ziegler will serve as the
track's official technical inspector."

Bodenhamer is also well known in the racing community for holding the
annual Bodee's Racer's Auction and Trade Show on the fairgrounds in
Sedalia. This year he will tie in several items on the agenda for the
speedway with the annual event, which takes place on the weekend of
January 30-31, 2010. "We will have our rules, registration forms, and
schedule of events ready to go by the time the auction comes around"
stated Bodenhamer.

Karen Darling will serve as official scorer for the speedway; Darling
brings with her over thirty-five years experience scoring race events.
Hershel Thompson will handle the flag stand at the speedway, like
Darling, Thompson has well over thirty years of experience at various
speedways serving as flag man. Glenn Portzen will take care of track
preparation at the speedway. Additional track personnel are currently
being lined up for the speedway.

The speedway will use a passing-points system and straight up pill draw
to set lineups for regular Friday night action. General admission will
be $12 with special discounted rates for military personnel, senior
citizens, and children. Regular event start times include hot laps at
6:30 and racing getting underway at 7 P.M.

In the coming weeks, the speedway will make additional announcements
regarding competition rules, an official track Web site, driver
registration, and special events. E-mail PRatSFS@... for additional
information. Potential business partners are urged to call Bodenhamer
during normal business hours at (816) 230-8322 or by calling his mobile
phone at (816) 522-8343 to make business arrangements. Don't miss your
chance to be part of the fast-approaching race season at Sedalia's State
Fair Speedway!

Springfield Raceway 2010 Schedule (Tentative)
Weekly Classes- A Mod,Sport Mod,Midwest Modz,Street Stock,Pure
Stock,Legend -
Mar 20 March Madness Classes TBD
April 3 Test & Tune Any Class
April 10 Test & Tune Any Class
April 17 Opening Night A Mod Sport Mod Midwest Modz Bomber Pure Stock
Legend
May 1 Weekly Racing
May 8 Sprint Cars Wow & ASCS Sooner Series
Sport Mods,Midwest Modz, Legend,Pure Stock
May 15 Weekly Racing
May 22 Weekly Racing
May 29 No Racing Show Me 100 Lucas Oil
May 31 Monday North South ShootOut A Modifieds $1,000 to Win 40Laps
Pure Stocks $ 2,000 to Win 100 laps
June 5 Weekly Racing
June 12 Weekly Racing
June 19 Weekly Racing
June 26 Weekly Racing
July 3 John Kuntz Memorial Mars Latemodels 50 laps A Mod Special $1000
to win
July 10 Weekly Racing
July 17 No Racing Diamond Nationals Lucas Oil
July 24 Weekly Racing
July 31 Weekly Racing
Aug 7 Weekly Racing
Aug 14 Weekly Racing
Aug 21 Weekly Racing
Aug 28 Weekly Racing
Sept. 4 SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS
Sept. 11 No Racing
Sept. 18 Larry Phillips Memorial Mars Latemodels Classes TBD
Sept. 25 No Racing
Sept. 30 Thursday Kenny Wallace & Jamie Mcmurray Autism Night
A Mods, Sport Mods ,pure stoc k legends
Oct. 2 No Racing Midway Fall Brawl
Oct. 9 OctoberFast A Mods, Sport Mods, Midwest Modz, Street Stock,
Legend, Pure Stock
Nov. 27 Turkey Classic A Mods, Latemodels ,Sport Modz,Midwest Modz