Midwest Sprints thrill the fans at Central Missouri Speedway!

By Alan Miller, Track Announcer/ PR
Warrensburg, MO
May 3, 2008

On a cold night at Central Missouri Speedway the Midwest Sprint Car Association (MSCA) presented by Racinboys.com heated up the action on the track with a non-wing sprint special feature.  Fans were treated to some thrilling racing action on the high banks with Kenny Potter taking the first-ever MSCA feature victory.  Dustin Boney and Jason Bodenhammer received the double checkers for their first CMS feature wins this year.  Brian Johnson and Scotty Martin flew into victory lane with their second feature wins in a row.  Despite the weather, Ninety-two cars were on hand in the five divisions with several new drivers checking into the track for the night of racing.

 

Twenty-eight cars registered in the ‘mighty’ modified division with three heat races contested to round out the feature field.  Heat race winners were Don Crnkovich of Lenexa, KS, Doug Walrath from Clinton and Dustin Boney of Tonganoxie, KS with Joe Walker of Harrisonville grabbing the win in the b-main event.  The twenty-lap feature event started when Boney led the field into the first turn with Crnkovich, Walrath and Don Danner working the high and low side for the second and third spots.  Early in the race a huge pile up occurred in turn four after Aaron Poe spun out with Justin Johnson and Walker also caught up in the wreck.  Numerous cars stacked up behind them causing a red flag with the track completely blocked.  Boney held on for the remainder of the race with a battle for the third position between Mark Dotson, Dave Meyer, moving up from a twentieth place start and Aaron Marrant up from the twenty second starting position. At the checkered flag Boney wins his first feature at CMS this year while Crnkovich drove a steady race into a second.  Dotson makes a late pass for third with Marrant and Meyer completing the top five.

 

The MSCA sprints on hand totaled eleven cars with drivers from Missouri and Kansas.  Kenny Potter from Harrisonville and Mitchel Moore of Edgerton, KS won the heat races and led the field to the green flag for the feature event.  Potter stayed in the lead for the entire race, but Moore pressured him several times early on.  Cody Baker of Lone Jack moved up into the third spot after starting in the third row.  Joe Walker, the 2007 Modified Champion pulled double duty and looked strong up in the top five all night.  Potter worked his way round lapped traffic without any problems late in the race and crossed the line first for the $1,000 feature win.  Moore follows in second with Baker, Walker and Dusty Murray rounding out the top five.  Murray moved up from the back of the field for a solid run into fifth place.

 

Ten ULMA late models were on hand for the night with Jason Bodenhammer of Centerview and Kevin Coyne from Kingsville winning the two heat races. Bodenhammer led the field at the start of the race, but Coyne pressured him all over the track and passed Bodenhammer for the lead with a low side pass on lap two.  Bodenhammer regained the lead and held on for the rest of the race taking the double checkers for his first ULMA win this year.  David Angell from Holden had another solid race this week moving up into a second place finish after battling with Mike Ryun, Jon Binning and Steven Clancy.  After his victory last week Binning finishes strong in third, Clancy moves up to fourth and with his first visit to CMS in a late model, Ryun finishes fifth.

 

The street stocks ran an almost caution free race and provided some good side-by-side racing action.  Fifteen drivers registered in the pits with Brian Johnson from Independence and Herb Danner of Holden picking up the two heat-race victories.  Johnson and Danner started up front with Johnson and Marc Carter from Warrensburg staging a good battle for the top spot.   Behind them Danner and Chad Eickleberry went side-by-side for several laps for second place.    The defending track champion Johnson kept his cool and stayed in front of Carter to the checkers for his second feature win of the year.  Carter finished in second, with Danner holding off Eickleberry for third and Nick Bennet, rounding out the top five. A couple of new drivers raced at CMS in the street stocks for the first time; Chris Wunder and Sean Barnes.

 

Twenty-eight B-modifieds filled up the pits as it took three heat races and one b-main to complete the 20-car starting lineup.  Scotty Martin of Independence, Owen Evinger of Oak Grove and for his first time in a B-modified, Steven Barber of Oak Grove picked up the heat race victories.  Max Grogan of Basehor, KS charged into the lead for the win in the b-main.  There were a few anxious moments for Joshua Jacobs after he flipped over from a turn two incident in the b-main race, but officials responded immediately to find him unharmed.  Then Martin and Evinger brought the field to the green flag for the feature with Martin leading lap one from the start.  For several laps early in the race Owen Evinger, Steve Evans and Ethan Isaacs battled for the second, third and fourth positions after Barber slowed on the high side.  Jeremy Lile also battled in the top five with some good moves on the track for the top positions. Martin raced his way into victory lane at CMS for his second feature win in a row.  Isaacs had a great drive into second with Lile third, Evans fourth and Brad Smith finishing out the top five.  Rusty Trimble moves up from the final transfer position in the B-main all the way up into sixth place finish.

 

Don’t miss the CMS/Kenny’s Tile racing action next Saturday night for Mothers Day weekend.  All four regular divisions will be racing for the checkers.  Pit gates will open at 4:30 with admission gates opening at 5.  Hot laps begin at 7 and racing hits the track at 7:30. For continuous race information and up to the minute race status call the track report line at (660) 747-2166.  For complete race results, point standings, admission information, photos from John Lee’s High Fly’N Photos and much more be sure to visit the track’s Website at www.centralmissourispeedway.net.