Lebanon,Mo.-The Central Bank Championship Chase at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway is hitting the stretch drive as StockCar Racing action continues Friday Night with another exciting night of Dirt Track Racing in the 5 classes.
Action will find the Central Bank FactoryStocks,Aaron’s Modifieds,Energy Company PureStocks,Transport Graphics StreetStocks and Rocky Ridge Construction Midwest Modz all battling for those important positions as several drivers are preparing for the season ending special events.
Current FactoryStock point leader Tyson Troutman of Houston is still looking for his first win of the season but consistant finishes has the defending champion setting in the seat to defend his championship while last weeks winner Donnie Miller of Houston has snuck around rookie Shawn Whitman to take over the runner-up spot.Miller with 2 wins this season has missed a couple of events this season is still within striking distance of Troutman his brother-in law.Whitman’s hard crash last week and early exit dropped him to third overall in the action packed division.
Defending Modified Champion Michael Stake maintains the point lead with only 1 feature win this season,but is always in the hunt up at the front of the field.Veteran JC Newell is trying to hold off many time feature winner Shawn Strong in the chase for second place as the Modified action is as good as it gets under the lights on Friday Nights.Consistant running Bill Schaar and Lebanon’s Kris Jackson complete a very tough top 5.
Despite not winning a feature yet this season Lebanon’s Matt Young still maintains a slim margin over defending champion Kory Barker in the PureStock class.Kolt Barker has had the hot hand the last few weeks and sets a solid third and plenty of Racing left to do in the chase in this highly talented class of cars as several drivers are gathering more experience and looking stronger each week.
The StreetStock Class also has an exciting battle going on as 2-time and defending champion Joe Francis has a 34 point lead over Lebanon’s Trevor Ellingson while Brandon Waters is setting a solid third.Last week this class saw the top 7 cars all together at the finish as they kept the crowd on the edge of their seats all night long.Multi-time winner Mark Simon,Rodney Yost,Brandon Knudtson and newcomer Andrew Neil keep the action close.
Defending Midwest Modz Champion Little JC Newell opened up a 45 marker lead over early season contender Rich Reynolds as Reynolds now finds Sam Petty,Bill Joiner,veteran Earl Muilenburg and Lebanon’s Travis Hill fighting for the top spot in feature action.Petty has been one of the hottest drivers around between the Midway And SpringfieldRaceway in this class as former FactoryStock front runner Tim Jones of Marshfield made his Midwest debut last Friday night and it won’t take long to get the hang of this class.
Gates open at 5:30 with hotlaps starting at 7:05 and Racing action at 8PM Sharp.General Admission grandstand tickets for Adults are only $10 while kids 8-15 are $5 and under 8 Free.Next week Sept 9th, Kids Bike Races will help highlight the racing card for kids 10 and Under.
For more information visit the website at WWW.LebanonMidwaySpeedway.Com or contact Jack Jones at 417-594-0594
Current Top 10 Point Standings
FactoryStocks
44 – Tyson Troutman-Houston – 622
26 – Donnie Miller-Houston – 524
13 – Shawn Whitman-Strafford – 520
42 – James Flood-Billings – 447
6 7/8 – Sundance Keepper -Everton- 421
61M – Mike Murzynski-St Robert – 303
56 – Mark Davis-Grovesprings – 301
117 – Craig Danuser-Montreal – 299
26W – Burl Woods-Republic – 266
61 – Josh Franklin-Camdenton – 225
Modifieds
51 – Michael Stake-Phillipsburg – 678
84 – JC Newell -Decaturville- 598
14 – Shawn Strong -Republic- 579
51s – Bill Schaar St Robert- 501
65 – Kris Jackson-Lebanon – 486
71 – Greg Strong-Nixa – 436
T10 – Tyler Brown -Stoutland- 431
16M – Brian Myers -Lebanon- 379
3 – Tony Moore -Lebanon- 356
45 – Colt Cheevers -Macks Creek- 254
PureStocks
OO – Matt Young-Lebanon – 672
21 – Kory Barker -Lebanon- 660
26 – Kolt Barker Lebanon- 619
1 – Monk Barker -Lebanon- 571
66 – Shorty Doublin -Lebanon- 515
36 – Robert Doublin -Lebanon- 474
11 – Chad Hufft -Lebanon- 409
76B – Brandon Henderson-Lebanon – 371
4 – Jason Brumley -Lebanon- 236
1A – Justin Allen -Urbana- 217
StreetStocks
32 – Joe Francis -Lebanon- 705
F1 – Trevor Ellingson -Lebanon- 671
18 – Brandon Waters -Lynchburg- 660
111 – Rodney Yost -Squires- 561
23 – Mark Simon -Buffalo- 451
16 – Ricky Brashears -Richland- 416
7 – Josh Lewis -Lebanon- 332
1 – Brandon Knudtson -Lebanon- 285
60c – Tom Curnutt -Macks Creek- 251
92 – Keith Cheever -Lebanon- 204
Midwest Modz
83 – JC Newell -Stoutland- 714
7R – Rich Reynolds -Halltown- 669
9 – Sam Petty -Niangua- 661
11 – Bill Joiner -Lebanon- 629
39 – Earl Muilenburg -Sparta- 628
OO7 – Adam Lowrance -Lebanon- 415
43 – Jamie Petty -Niangua- 292
08R – Robert Staats -Ft Wood- 249
2 – Brian Warner -Phillipsburg- 204
156 – Dakota Maggard -Republic- 200