A
strong field of drivers is expected this Saturday
night, June 21st for the annual CMS late model
special. This year the guaranteed race purse is
1st-$800, 2nd-$650, 3rd-$550, 4th-$500, 5th-$450,
6th-$400, 7th-$350, 8th-$300, 9th-$275, 10th-$250,
11th-$225, 12th-$200, 13th-$175, 14th-$150,
15th-$140, 16th-$130, 17th to 24th-$120. Last
weekend, Jason Bodenhamer of Centerview, Missouri,
grabbed his track-leading fourth feature race victory
of the year by holding off a hard-charging Mike Ryun,
who scored his best finish of the year in
second. Several other drivers also registered
strong runs in preparation for this weekend’s
event including Gary Billings, Jr., Kevin Kaiser,
David Barker, and Steven Clancy. Driver
donations will be auctioned off in a silent auction
to the highest bidder throughout the night.
Items include but are not limited to autographed
sheet metal such as quarter and side panels from the
drivers’ cars. All proceeds from the
silent auction will go to the Judy Fohey
family. Judy is the car chief for Shawn
Williams, driver of the #14 late model, who will
return to CMS to race in the coming weeks. Judy
is a recent cancer and amputee survivor and the
drivers are going to do what they can to help out her
situation. Fans in the stands will be able to
bid on the items during the evening’s program on
the front stretch side of the grandstands.
Jon
Binning continues to lead the late model track
point’s chase with David Angell, Bodenhamer,
Brett Wood and Randy Ainsworth also in the mix.
Several United Late Model Association (ULMA) drivers
have shown interest in the race, which counts towards
their ULMA championship points-earning season.
Who will show up to challenge for the win?
We’ll find out Saturday night. With the
excitement of the ULMA points-earning method it will
be interesting to see who will try and run
head-to-head to gain points against Bodenhamer, the
overall ULMA leader. His Team GRT running
mates, Jon Binning and Brett Wood also sit near the
top of the ULMA standings. James Rutledge, who
owns two feature-race victories himself this year, is
expected to be on hand in addition to several other
members of ULMA.
In
the chase for the weekly track points championship in
the Modified class, Aaron Marrant, who scored a
fifth-place run last weekend maintains his lead ahead
of Donnie Dannar, who scored a season-best
second-place run last weekend and Tim Karrick, who is
tied with Dannar for second. Terry Schultz
maintains fourth in the standings with Chad Staus
holding down fifth.
Herb
Dannar continued his string of top five finishes last
week and maintains a slim lead over the rest of the
Street Stock field. Nic Bennett currently
resides in second position and last week’s
feature winner Brian Johnson is close behind in
third. Johnson led the points earlier in the
season until several poor finishes dropped him in the
standings. Johnson’s victory last week was
his fourth of the year. Tammy Korff, who earned
her first-ever feature win two weeks ago is currently
tied for fourth in the rundown with a consistent
Roger Stone.
Scotty
Martin was only out of victory lane one week before
returning last weekend to capture his sixth win of
the season. Martin is the overall point’s
leader with a great battle behind him for the rest of
the top ten. Bobby Raybourn and Jeremy Lile are
now tied for second position. Michael King and
Rusty Trimble barely cling on to a top five position
in the standings after each driver had an off night
last weekend.
Action
gets underway this Saturday night with pit gates
swinging open at 4:30, grandstand admission gates
open at 5, hot laps go off at 7 and racing takes to
the track at 7:30. Special admission prices are
in affect for this weekend. General admission
is $15, Seniors 65+ and military and students with
proper I.D. are $12, Kids age six to twelve are $10,
children five and under are free. All pit
passes for this weekend are $30. Fans and
drivers may purchase their advance 2-day admission
tickets for the upcoming Tom Wilson Memorial BBQ
bowl, which is just around the corner on Friday, July
4th and Saturday, July 5th. Be sure to check
out the information on the Web page in order to save
money on admission prices for the weekend and driver
entry forms for the modified and street stock special
races for that weekend. You can log on to the
track’s official Web site by pointing your
browser to www.centralmissourispeedway.net. For
track information and up-to-the-minute race status
call the track report line at (660) 747-2166.
The track Web site includes race results, photos from
John Lee of High Fly’N Photos, point standings,
admission information and more. See you at the
‘Burg!
