First-Ever
$5,000-to-Win Modified Race Set to Roll Off Next
Independence Day Weekend at Central Missouri Speedway
(CMS)!
By Sam
Stoecklin
November 16, 2007
Although
the CMS race season came to a close only two months
ago, track owners and promoters Earl and Susan Walls
have already focused their attention on next
year’s schedule. In what is sure to be one
of the premier racing events of the 2008 season, CMS
officially announces its richest payout in track
history with a $5,000-to-win ‘Mighty’
Modified special feature event! Fans and
drivers alike will want to mark their calendars for
Friday, July 4th and Saturday July 5th, yes
that’s right, a two-day weekend racing
extravaganza at one of the most competitive tracks
throughout the entire Midwest! Not only does
this historic weekend of racing feature big money for
the Modifieds, the track’s Street Stocks will
also have more cash on the line as they will compete
in a special feature event for $1,500-to-win, the
largest-ever Street Stock payout in the track’s
history. ULMA Late Models and B-Modifieds will
also be on the racing program throughout this weekend
of racing action. The annual Independence Day
weekend Tom Wilson Memorial BBQ Bowl is already one
of the biggest races in the local area and with this
formal announcement this race is sure to be one of
the most highly anticipated events in 2008. At
press time the format of the event was being
finalized and further details as well as pre-entry
information will be released in the coming
months.
Several
other big events also dot the CMS schedule for the
coming year. Everything kicks off at the
speedway with three practice sessions set for the
month of April taking place in the day time on the
5th and 12th with an evening practice set for the
19th. Opening night and the start of the
championship point season is set for Saturday, April
26th. Tradition holds true with the first of
three big-money race nights for the Modifieds taking
place on May 24th when one lucky driver will go home
with a $2,000 pay check for winning a special 40-lap
feature event. One change to the schedule from
year’s past is the annual late model special,
which will be held on June 21st. Central
Missouri Speedway’s late models will compete
exclusively under ULMA rules for 2008 and if last
season’s comeback year for weekly late model
racing is any indication of this year, late model
fans are in for a real treat as drivers set their
sights on two-time and defending CMS track champion
and current and defending ULMA points champion, Brett
Rollert in hopes of putting an end to his two-year
reign at the track. B-Modifieds will take the
spotlight for a special race event on July 26th with
additional purse money for this still-growing
division. Last year the B-Modifieds saw
tremendous car counts and next year is shaping up to
be a banner year with even more drivers expected to
compete for the track championship. The
ever-popular Kids’ Night at the races will take
place on August 9th, just two weeks before the final
big-money Modified special on August 30th, this time
paying $3,000 to the feature winner! The season
comes to a close September 6th when the track will
crown its division champions and cap off another
great year of racing at the CMS high banks. The
complete CMS schedule can be viewed by visiting the
track’s official Website at
www.centralmissourispeedway.net. Stay tuned to
the CMS Website and further press releases for more
exciting news leading up to the kickoff of the 2008
season.
Last
season a total of 246 drivers competed at the track
over 20 weeks of competition. A total of 91
‘Mighty’ Modifieds, 46 ULMA Late Models, 54
Street Stocks and 55 B-Modified drivers made up the
overall total number of competitors. There were
372 total races contested. Of those, 265 were
heat races with 91 different winners; 25 total
“B” features with 22 different winners; and
80 feature events, with 30 different winners!
All track statistics are provided courtesy of Track
Statistician, Glyda Jaeger. The 2008
registration meeting will be held on Saturday,
January 19th starting at 9 a.m. at the ABC Building
on the grounds of Grover Park in Warrensburg,
Missouri. Many familiar faces will again return
to CMS to compete at the high-banked track in some of
the most fiercely competitive races anywhere in the
country.
Recently,
CMS announced that Quick-Change Rear Ends will be
allowed for competition in the ‘Mighty’
Modified division. For complete rules for the
Modifieds, ULMA Late Models, Street Stocks and
B-Modifieds visit the track’s Website.
Last year many improvements were made to the CMS
facilities and 2008 will be no exception as various
improvements continue during the off season.
Twenty more loads of dirt have been added to the
racing surface and worked into the track in order to
improve race conditions. Also, fans in the
stands will notice a big difference as the back
straightaway old wooden bleachers are currently being
replaced with new bleachers for next year. To
join the CMS e-mail newsgroup be sure to e-mail track
announcer Sam Stoecklin at samonthemic@hotmail.com
and request to join the group. Track and
special event-night sponsors should call Susan Walls
at (816) 229-1338. See you at the high banks in
April!
The
following is a list of the final top 10 in point
standings in each division for 2007. The top 10
drivers in each class will be rewarded by CMS at the
upcoming CARB banquet on Saturday, December
1st.
B-MODIFIEDS
(55 Drivers on Final Points Roster)
Pos Car Driver /
Hometown Points
1 75- Scotty Martin,
Independence 1962
2 65- Brian Ziegler, Bates
City 1726
3 m20- Michael Mullins,
Kingsville 1711
4 66- Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs
KS 1649
5 94- John Ebert, Bates
City 1477
6 9w- Phillip Wright,
Norborne 1450
7 06- Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Springs
KS 1367
8 03- Chris Brockway,
Warrensburg 1337
9 15- Mark Evinger, Bates
City 1310
10 23- Bobby Raybourn,
Odessa 1268
STREET
STOCKS (54 Drivers on Final Points Roster)
Pos Car Driver /
Hometown Points
1 97K- Brian Johnson,
Independence 1939
2 pms1- Tammy Korff,
Fulton 1661
3 74- Herb Dannar,
Holden 1645
4 16L- Jeff Lazenby,
Sedalia 1623
5 09- Chad Eickleberry,
Warrensburg 1589
6 55m- John Miller, Oak
Grove 1535
7 30- Brett Nail,
Raytown 1398
8 10- Marc Carter,
Warrensburg 1263
9 21d- Dale Atkinson,
Warrensburg 1033
10 427- Nic Bennett, Oak
Grove 989
ULMA
LATE MODELS (46 Drivers on Final Points Roster)
Pos Car Driver /
Hometown Points
1 93R- Brett Rollert,
Smithville 1802
2 12c- Steve Clancy,
Odessa 1751
3 45- Bob King,
Independence 1621
4 7- Brett Wood,
Warrensburg 1535
5 3- Jamie Wineland,
Lohman 1475
6 69x- Fred King,
Independence 1463
7 65- Jon Binning,
Warrensburg 1415
8 58- Jason Estes,
Winston 1405
9 27- David Angell,
Holden 1296
10 22- Kevin Coyne,
Kingsville 1025
‘MIGHTY’
MODIFIEDS
Pos Car Driver /
Hometown Points
1 11d- Joe Walker,
Harrisonville 1660
2 90- Terry Schultz,
Sedalia 1612
3 00- Jim Moody,
Odessa 1515
4 1k- Tim Karrick, Basehor
KS 1512
5 70- Aaron Marrant,
Orrick 1375
6 40- Kyle Westerhold, Blue
Springs 1320
7 03- Richard Layne, Kansas
City 1227
8 8m- James McMillin,
Warrensburg 1119
9 68- Dean Wille,
Warrensburg 1106
10 96- Chad Lyle, Lone Jack 1070
