Last
year, when CMS owners/promoters Earl and Susan Walls
first announced the annual Independence Day weekend
Tom Wilson Memorial Modified BBQ Bowl would pay
$5,000 to the winner and feature a $40,000 payout
purse, fans and drivers alike began to plan their
holiday weekends around the highly anticipated
event. Neither tough economic times nor high
gas prices dampened the spirits of drivers who made
their way to the track to compete or the
record-breaking number of attendees that walked
through the entry gates. Several track
personnel heard from fans in the stands and drivers
alike that they had witnessed one of the best two-day
weekend events ever held in the Midwest for modified
dirt-track racing. In a race named for the man
who many believed helped bring the ‘mighty’
modifieds to the forefront in the Greater Kansas City
area; it is safe to say the late Tom Wilson was
proudly smiling over the entire race weekend at CMS.
Things
got underway on Friday night when twelve cars
transferred to the inside row starting positions for
Saturday night’s 40-lap main event.
Transferring in from Friday were Dustin Boney, Zack
VanderBeek, Justin Boney, Aaron Marrant, Eric Turner,
Donnie Dannar, Matt Johnson, Chad Lyle, Don
Crnkovich, Joe Walker, Joshua Stephens, and Terry
Phillips. After Friday night’s main event,
Terry Phillips told track officials that he would try
to re-qualify into the field again on Saturday night
in order for a shot at improving his position, and
ultimately gave up his twenty-third starting position
for the feature race. This allowed Terry
Schultz of Sedalia, who was the first alternate, to
complete the 12-car transferring from night one
action. Saturday night featured an all-new
program for qualifying into the main event for the
outside row starting positions through another a-main
scramble event. The rarity of having two
completely different programs for drivers to qualify
into the big race during the two-day race weekend
proved to be extremely exciting for the fans and
probably just a little nerve-racking for the drivers
hoping to just start Saturday night’s main
event, which paid $1,000 just to take the green flag!
Forty-one
modified drivers from five surrounding states signed
in for night two competition, one more than the night
before. With twelve cars already set for the
field, this left twenty-nine modifieds to sort out
the nights line-ups for the remaining b-mains and the
scramble event in which twelve more drivers would
move on. Passing points were used at CMS to add
extra excitement to the evening’s races for the
modifieds this past weekend where typically, a
straight up pill draw is used at the track for weekly
races. Three heat races filled to the brim with
driving talent lined up as drivers tried to earn a
starting position in the twelve remaining feature
race starting spots. The blistering heat races
were just a preview of what greeted the fans by the
end of the night. Springfield, Missouri driver
Jeremy Payne got things off to an exciting start in
heat race number one and sailed to victory around the
high side of the track ahead of his boss, Terry
Phillips of Phillips Motorsports, also of
Springfield, who finished second. Pole-sitter
Scott Crystal settled for third with Tom Charles and
Dean Wille rounding out the top five. Kerry
Davis, who was the lone new driver to sign in, made a
triumphant return to the CMS high banks by taking
heat race number two, but not before some of the best
racing of the night with Davis and Kelly Shryock
ended with Shryock spinning as he was trying to make
a low-side move under Davis off of corner four for
the lead. Shryock, who is a multiple-time
United States Modified Touring Series (USMTS)
champion, and defending champion of last year’s
Tom Wilson memorial race, later had to try to qualify
for the feature through a b-main event. Once
things got back underway, Davis firmly stayed in
control and won the race ahead of eighth-starting Jim
Moody of Odessa, Missouri, Gene Claxton, Tim Karrick,
and Jake Richards. In the third and final heat,
Jason Bodenhamer stayed out front from his pole
position throughout the race with a hard-charging
USMTS regular Jake Neal of Omaha, Nebraska right on
his bumper at the finish. Neal started in sixth
and finished second behind Bodenhamer. Chad
Kinder, Chad Staus and Joey Lile completed the top
five.
After
the heat races, the top six in total passing-points
came to the front stretch to redraw for their a-main
scramble starting spots. Jim Moody, who was the
passing point’s champion of the night, drew
starting spot number one for the scramble. Neal
drew number five, Payne drew number four, Davis
number three, Bodenhamer drew his car number two, and
Phillips was left with number six. For the
b-mains, several hot-shoe drivers were still left in
the field in hopes of transferring. The top
three in each b-main event went on to complete the
twelve-car a-main scramble starting field.
Veteran racer Gene Claxton raced his way in by
narrowly holding off Dean Wille and Chad Kinder in
b-main number one with Shryock missing the starting
field by one position. Lee Hibner, Tim Karrick,
and Jake Richards also fell short of transferring
on. In b-main number two, Brandon Lennox held
off Tom Charles and Allan Lawrence for the win,
leaving Danny Charles, Chad Staus, and Scott Crystal
as just a few of the drivers who ultimately were
unable to transfer. With the a-main scramble
line-up complete, Moody and Bodenhamer brought the
field to the green flag with Davis and Payne in hot
pursuit. The fifteen-lap event did not
disappoint as Bodee maintained his lead with a
furious battle between Moody and Payne in second and
third and Davis and Neal in fourth and fifth.
Bodenhamer held strong for a convincing win with
Payne grabbing second at the checkers followed by
Moody, Davis, Neal and Tom Charles.
Bodenhamer’s win put him on the outside of row
number one for the feature event.
Finally,
the race everyone was waiting for hit the track with
the best-of-the-best drivers on the speedway ready to
go at it for forty laps. Pole-sitters Dustin
Boney and Jason Bodenhamer brought the field to the
start/finish line and along with the other twenty-two
drivers set out in hopes of the big money.
Dustin Boney grabbed the early lead with VanderBeek
and Bodenhamer just behind. Brandon Lennox and
Joshua Stephens became the first cars to exit the
race after a caution flag on lap number five.
Once green-flag racing resumed, D. Boney continued
leading using the low-side with VanderBeek, and now a
high-side running Payne in hot pursuit. Twenty
fast and furious laps went by before the next caution
flag with action all throughout the field.
Kerry Davis was next to exit the race by lap ten
followed by Claxton exiting on lap thirteen.
Meanwhile up front, D. Boney, VanderBeek, Payne,
Justin Boney, Bodenhamer and Eric Turner ran in the
top six. Coming off of turn three just as the
leaders were coming by to complete lap twenty-six,
Bodenhamer’s car went around and brought out the
second caution of the event, ultimately Bodenhamer
was unable to finish after running in the top six for
the first twenty-five laps. Once action
resumed, it was clear that Payne had the high line
working to his advantage as he and D. Boney ran
side-by-side using two racing lanes. Phillips
was the driver on the move with fifteen laps
remaining as he made his way into the top six from
his eighteenth starting position. Payne grabbed
the lead away from D. Boney on lap twenty-eight but
the pair still ran closely with VanderBeek, Justin
Boney, Neal and Phillips battling close behind.
By lap thirty-two, when the next caution flag flew,
Dean Wille and Chad Lyle had exited the race.
Crnkovich, Lawrence, and Matt Johnson were all
involved in the caution flag, their second
yellow-flag incidents of the night, and had to leave
the race, which left fourteen cars to battle it out
for the win. The race went straight to the
checkered flags for the final few circuits with Payne
maintaining the lead ahead of D. Boney, VanderBeek,
Phillips, Justin Boney, and Jake Neal in the top
six. Late in the race, Turner maneuvered his
way into the top six with a pass on Neal in turn
one. Payne held back a strong running D. Boney
at the conclusion of the event with VanderBeek in
third and narrowly edging out Phillips who finished
fourth. Justin Boney was fifth, Turner, sixth,
Neal seventh, Moody eighth, Joe Walker ninth, and
Terry Schultz rounded out the top ten. In
victory lane, Payne thanked his entire crew as they
joined him in celebration in front of a large CMS
crowd cheering on the night’s race winner and
entire race program. It was definitely a race
for the memory books for all of the drivers and fans
in attendance.
Twenty-three
B-modifieds were also in action during the evening
and competed in three heat races to determine their
a-main starting lineup. Rusty Trimble, Scotty
Martin, and Steve Evans, with his first heat win of
the year, all raced to victory lane in the qualifying
heat races. In the main event, things got off
to a rough start with Lucas Isaacs, Evans and
birthday boy David Phillips all bringing out an
early-race caution flag, which led to a complete
re-start on the field. Evans and Isaacs were
unable to continue once the race resumed. By
lap seven, a fast-running Martin began to lap the
slower cars as he threaded his way in and out of the
traffic with Trimble in hot pursuit. Joshua
Jacobs ran strong in the top five along with Mark
Evinger and Jeremy Lile. Trimble eventually
caught and passed Martin for the lead with Jacobs in
on the action as well. Then, in what had to be
one of the more bizarre things of the night, the
entire top five runners were all involved in a turn
four, lap-twelve yellow flag incident. Martin,
Trimble, and Jacobs were trying to find a way around
the lapped car of Charlie Palmer and all four cars
could just not fit off of the corner and collected a
few others in the process as the nearly the entire
track was blocked with the involved cars. In
the end, Trimble was unable to continue as he exited
the track; Martin was also unable to continue and
left the track later in the event. With just
three laps remaining, the new leader was Bryan
Montgomery as he brought Brian ‘Ziggy’
Ziegler, Jacob Ebert, and Michael Mullins back to
green-flag action. Ziegler, who won four events
last year, made the pass for the win on Montgomery on
the white-flag lap and sailed on to his first feature
win at CMS this year with Montgomery holding on for
second. Jacob Ebert had another strong
top-three run with Mullins, Bobby Raybourn, and Chad
Eickleberry grabbing top six finishing positions once
the checkered flags flew.
In
ULMA late model action, seventeen drivers contested
two separate qualifying heat races prior to their
main event. Odessa, Missouri driver Steven
Clancy had his machine hooked up the entire night and
grabbed a convincing win in heat one ahead of Mike
Ryun and Walt Imhoff. Current track
point’s leader Jon Binning ran strong in heat
two holding off Brett Wood and Allen Perryman at the
line for his seventh heat-race victory of the
year. Clancy and Binning got things going for
the late models, with action immediately ensuing from
the drop of the green flag. David Barker
received a flat tire and was unable to continue in an
incident off of turn one that also involved Randy
Ainsworth and Shad Badder. Once the field
sorted out Binning appeared to be heading on to his
fifth victory of the year with Clancy, Ryan, Wood and
Imhoff just behind. Brett Wood had one of his
best CMS runs of the year with a move into third
position on lap seven, just before Danny Monroe and
Jason Sivils experienced mechanical troubles, which
forced them both to the exit the race. Just
before the restart, the overheating car of race
leader Binning pulled off of the speedway leaving
Clancy in control. Another quick restart after
a spin by Perryman once again bunched up the field,
with Clancy leading Wood and Mike Ryan back to the
line. Shad Badder had made his way back up to
the top four but pulled off of the track late in the
event with three laps remaining. Although Wood
pressured Clancy for the win until the final moments
Clancy ultimately raced his way to his third-ever
feature-race win at CMS over Wood in second and a
hard-charging Kevin Coyne, who started eleventh,
crossing the line in third. Behind the top
three were Mike Ryan fourth, Imhoff in fifth, and
David Angell with a strong run to round out the top
six.
Next
week, things return to normal Saturday night racing
action with the ‘Mighty’ Modifieds, ULMA
Late Models, Street Stocks, and the
B-Modifieds. Central Auto Racing Boosters
(C.A.R.B.) night at the track is this coming weekend
on Saturday, July 12th. C.A.R.B. members will
want to bring their membership cards in order to get
into the races absolutely free for the night!
CMS will also welcome Heartland Waste and Boy Scout
Troop #138 to the track for another great night of
action. Things get underway with pit
gates opening at 4:30, admission gates opening at
5:00, hot laps starting at 7:00, and racing getting
underway at 7:30. Normal admission prices
return with adults $10, Seniors 65 and up and
Military or College Students with proper I.D. just
$8, Kids ages six to twelve $6 and children five and
under, free. All pit passes return to
$25. For more information check out the CMS Web
site at www.centralmissourispeedway.net or call the
track report line at 660-747-2166. Results from
last night follow. We’ll see you next week
at CMS!
Results
from CMS, Saturday, July 5th
B-MODIFIEDS
Heat
Race # 1
1st- 5- Rusty
Trimble, Kansas City KS
2nd- 36- Michael King,
Orrick
3rd- 15- Mark Evinger, Bates City
Heat
Race # 2
1st- 75- Scotty
Martin, Independence
2nd- 3j- Joshua Jacobs, Kansas City
KS
3rd- 09- Chad Eickleberry,
Warrensburg
Heat
Race # 3
1st- 2E- Steve
Evans, Warrensburg
2nd- 33- Bryan Montgomery, Oak
Grove
3rd- 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates City
A"
Main Feature
1- 65- Brian
Ziegler, Bates City
2- 33- Bryan Montgomery, Oak
Grove
3- 94- Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove
4- m20- Michael Mullins,
Kingsville
5- 23- Bobby Raybourn,
Odessa
6- 09- Chad Eickleberry,
Warrensburg
7- 15- Mark Evinger, Bates
City
8- 9w- Phil Wright,
Norborne
9- 5L- Jeremy Lile,
Higginsville
10- 3j- Joshua Jacobs, Kansas City
KS
11- 4- A.J. Tice, Kansas City
KS
12- 16- Alex Bloomquist, Independence
13- 21- David Phillips, Excelsior
Springs
14- 53- Charlie Palmer,
Odessa
15- 03- Chris Brockway,
Warrensburg
16- 5- Rusty Trimble, Kansas City
KS
17- 75- Scotty Martin,
Independence
18- s2- Tom Johannsen,
Independence
19- 36- Michael King,
Orrick
20- z13- Bob Dumit,
Belton
21- 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs
KS
22- 2E- Steve Evans,
Warrensburg
23- 06- Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Springs
KS
ULMA
LATE MODELS
Heat
Race # 1
1st- 58- Steve
Clancy, Odessa
2nd- 51m- Mike Ryun, Kansas
City
3rd- 69- Walt Imhoff, Jamestown
Heat
Race # 2
1st- 65- Jon
Binning, Warrensburg
2nd- 7- Brett Wood,
Warrensburg
3rd- 3p Allen Perryman, Belton
A"
Main Feature
1- 58- Steve
Clancy, Odessa
2- 7- Brett Wood,
Warrensburg
3- 22- Kevin Coyne,
Kingsville
4- 51m- Mike Ryun, Kansas
City
5- 69- Walt Imhoff,
Jamestown
6- 27- David Angell,
Holden
7- 3p Allen Perryman,
Belton
8- 57A- Randy Ainsworth, Excelsior
Springs
9- 32b Gary Billings, Jr., Prairie Village,
KS
10- 88- Derek Nevels,
Higginsville
11- 3a- John Farmer,
Clinton
12- 72b Shad Badder, Blue
Springs
13- 65- Jon Binning,
Warrensburg
14- 22m- Danny Monroe,
Jamestown
15- 0x- Jason Sivils,
Springfield
16- 52- Joe Bartlett,
Centerview
17- 88b- David Barker, Kingsville
MODIFIEDS
Heat
Race # 1
1st- 18- Justin
Boney, Leavenworth KS
2nd- 99T- Eric Turner,
Hermitage
3rd- 51- Joe Walker, Harrisonville
Heat
Race # 2
1st- 33z- Zach
Vander Beek, New Sharon IA
2nd- 5j- Matt Johnson,
Archie
3rd- 00- Jim Moody, Odessa
Heat
Race # 3
1st- 75- Terry
Phillips, Springfield
2nd- 70- Aaron Marrant,
Orrick
3rd- 09- Josh Stephens, Kansas City
Heat
Race # 4
1st- 5c- Don
Crnkovich, Lenexa KS
2nd- 220- Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie
KS
3rd- 14j- Jake Neal, Omaha NE
1st
'"B" Main Feature
1- 99T- Eric
Turner, Hermitage
2- 70- Aaron Marrant,
Orrick
3- 96- Chad Lyle, Lone
Jack
4- 90- Terry Schultz,
Sedalia
5- 4- Josh Poe, Garnett
KS
6- c3- Chad Staus,
Otterville
7- 9L- Joey Lile,
Higginsville
8- 54- Butch Reavis, Edwardsville
KS
9- 1k- Tim Karrick, Basehor
KS
10- 13- Brett Dempsey, Excelsior
Springs
11- 22s- Chad Kinder, Newton
IL
12- 44- Kevin Hoeme, Tonganoxie
KS
13- 3x- Kelly Shryock, Fertile
IA
14- 68- Dean Wille,
Warrensburg
15- 5- Scott Crystal, Overland Park
KS
DQ- 14j- Jake Neal, Omaha
NE
DNS- 74- Jeremy Payne,
Springfield
2nd
"B" Main Feature
1- 5j- Matt
Johnson, Archie
2- 09- Josh Stephens, Kansas
City
3- 171- Donnie Dannar,
Odessa
4- 00- Jim Moody,
Odessa
5- 42- Gene Claxton, Kansas City
MO
6- 99- Lee Hibner,
Chillicothe
7- 2b- Jason Bodenhamer,
Centerview
8- 22c- Brandon Lennox, New
London
9- 11p- Curt Potter,
Boonville
DNS- 81jr- Danny Charles, Basehor
KS
11- 94- Allen Lawrence, Gardner
KS
12- 15- Jimmy Dowell,
Marshall
13- 81- Tom Charles, Bonner Springs
KS
14- 4j- Jake Richards, Kansas City
KS
15- 9i- Dave McVey,
Greenwood
16- 17- Lucas Conley, Spring Hill
KS
17- 45e- Roy Emmot, Tonganoxie KS
A"
Main Scramble
1- 220- Dustin
Boney, Tonganoxie KS
2- 33z- Zach Vander Beek, New Sharon
IA
3- 18- Justin Boney, Leavenworth
KS
4- 70- Aaron Marrant,
Orrick
5- 99T- Eric Turner,
Hermitage
6- 171- Donnie Dannar,
Odessa
7- 5j- Matt Johnson,
Archie
8- 96- Chad Lyle, Lone
Jack
9- 5c- Don Crnkovich, Lenexa
KS
10- 51- Joe Walker,
Harrisonville
11- 09- Josh Stephens, Kansas
City
12- 75- Terry Phillips,
Springfield
40-Lap
Main Event Tom Wilson Memorial Modified BBQ Bowl
(finish/car
number/driver name and hometown/starting
position/winnings)
(Positions
15 through 24 earned $1,000 to start)
74
- Jeremy Payne-Springfield, MO (4) $5,000
220 - Dustin Boney-Tonganoxie, KS (1) $3,000
33z - Zack VanderBeek-New Sharon, IA (3) $2,000
75 - Terry Phillips-Springfield, MO (18) $1,500
18 - Justin Boney-Leavenworth, KS (5) $1,250
99t - Eric Turner-Hermitage, MO (9) $1,200
14j - Jake Neal-Omaha, NE (10) $1,150
00 - Jim Moody-Odessa, MO (6) $1,140
51 - Joe Walker-Harrisonville, MO (19) $1,130
90 - Terry Schultz-Sedalia, MO (23) $1,125
22$ - Chad Kinder-Newton, IL (16) $1,120
70 - Aaron Marrant-Orrick, MO (7) $1,115
171 - Donnie Dannar-Odessa, MO (11) $1,100
81 - Tom Charles-Bonner Springs, KS (12) $1,005
5c - Don Crnkovich-Lenexa, KS (17) DNF
5j - Matt Johnson-Archie, MO (13) DNF
94 - Allan Lawrence-Gardner, KS (22) DNF
96 - Chad Lyle-Lone Jack, MO (15) DNF
68 - Dean Wille-Warrensburg, MO (20) DNF
2b - Jason Bodenhamer-Centerview, MO (2) DNF
42 - Gene Claxton-Kansas City, MO (14) DNF
68d - Kerry Davis-Parkville, MO (8) DNF
09 - Joshua Stephens-Buckner, MO (21) DNF
22c - Brandon Lennox-New London, MO (24) DNF
