The Bomber feature again provided lots of action and close racing as Wayne Coffman grab the opening lead with Joe Francis applying lots of pressure along with Rodney Yost.7th starting Rob White starting his march to the front and on lap 5 White overtook Coffman to take the lead and never looked back in recording his first win of the 2008 season as Joe Francis,Rodney Yost,early leader Coffman and point leader Brandon Knudtson completed the top 5.
The Bombers came full force as Jack Hamer took the opening lead with point lead Brandon Knudtson and Shawn Strong along with newcomer Jerry Lankton following. Hamer kept the top spot until lap 8 when Strong made a low groove pass in turn 2 to take control while Knudtson followed. With strong leading, Knudtson tried several times to take the lead but Strong pulled away. Hamer's good run ended on lap 12 as his rear wheel came flying loose on the backstretch just a Knudtson was making a pass for the lead. On the restart, Strong would hold off the challenge to take his third win of the season with Knudtson, Lankton, Rodney Yost and Billy Waters completing the top 5.
Bombers A Feature
1)Shawn Strong-Republic
2)Brandon Knudtson-Lebanon
3)Jerry Lankton-West Branson
4)Rodney Yost-Squires
5)Billy Waters-Lynchburg
6)Brandon Waters-Lynchburg
7)Wayne Coffman-Lebanon
8)Derek Minks-Urbana
9)Jerry Goring-Lebanon
10)Russell Ireland-Camdenton
11)Dale Waters-Lynchburg
12)Bobby Mooney-Camdenton
13)Andrew Cheever-Lebanon
14)Jason Brumbley-Morrisville
15)Chad Cromer-Lebanon
16)Jack Hamer-Ava
17)Josh Lewis-Stoutland
18)John McGinnis-Lebanon
19)Jason Lancaster-Urbana
20)Les Hayes-Camdenton DNS-Rob White-Lebanon, Nick Whitehead-Springfield, Joe Francis-Lebanon, Daniel Jessen- Joplin,Tom Powers-Camdenton
The Bomber division finds Lebanon's Brandon Knudtson holding the point lead 54 points ahead of Brandon Waters. The real race is for third place and behind. Shawn Strong of Republic has recorded 4 wins while Knudtson has 2 wins along with Robert High. Rob White and Shawn Winfrey have single wins.
Great early action as Brandon Waters and Special K battle with White sticking his nose in to make some 3 wide racing.Waters held the high lane,but a flat tire took him out of the hunt. Knudtson grabs the win with White making it close.
Again week in and out the Bombers provide plenty of action as the field took the green with points runner-up Brandon Waters grabbing the top spot early with point leader Brandon Knudtson following closely. On lap 4, Knudtson took the top spot as Rob White had snuck into the mix as the lead trio ran 3 wide. Water's chance for victory was denied on lap 9 as a flat tire took him out of action. Knudtson and White fought back and forth as Keith Cheever had ran as high as 4th until lap 10 when problems sent him out of the action. Up front, Knudtson held off repeated challenges to grab the win with White, last weeks winner Shawn Strong, Jack Hamer and Wayne Coffman in the top 5
The Bomber feature would be all Shawn Strong but not without several challenges from Rob White and a great drive by 18th place starter Shawn Hatcher. Strong would grab the lead on the opening lap with White in tow the entire distance. Hatcher had worked up to second place with 2 laps to go and was challenging for the lead until he got caught in lapped traffic. Strong would hold off a late surge by White to grab the win with White, Jerry Lankton, Brandon Waters and Billy Waters completing the top 5.
Lebanon,Mo.-The Chase for the season crown will continue Friday Night Aug 1 at the LebanonMidwaySpeedway. Following a very successful FactoryStock special event last Friday Night action will continue as the FactoryStocks,USRA Modifieds,Bombers,B-Mods,305 Wingedsprints and Missouri Dirt LegendCars will be competing on the Action track in the Ozarks.The SuperStocks will get a well deserved Friday night off this week so that they can tune up for the stretch drive in the chase for the 2008 Season Championship. Going into this weekends action the USRA Modifieds finds Jimmy Willis on top of the track standings with a very narrow 26 point lead over 2005 champion Jamie Ragland and a 38 point lead over defending champion Eric Hudson.So far this season the USRA Modifieds has 8 different winners out of 12 regular season point shows with Ragland and Hudson each winning 3 races while single victories have went to leader Willis,Justin Neuman,Tony Jackson Jr,Jesse Stovall and Johnny Bone Jr. The FactoryStock class has Tim Petty riding a consistant season leading the points over Derek Brown by 38 points while this class has produced 9 different winners so far.Only Mark Bourey and Aaron Gustin have taken home more than 1 checkered flag. The B-Modifieds has Jason Otto with a 42 point leader over Mickey Burrell and a 47 point lead over Josh Woody as 7 different winners out of 12 races have visited victory lane.Jason Otto heads the win list with 3 this season as a strong field of cars have been showing each week. The Bomber class finds Brandon Knudtson in the top spot with a 106 point lead over Brandon Waters.5 different driver have captured victories this season as Shawn Strong heads-up the win column with 5 while Knudtson has captured 3 victories. The WingedSprints finds defending Midway Champion JP Compton in the lead with a 42 point lead over Rusty Quick.There has been 5 different winners out of 9 races this season as Compton has captured 4 wind while J.Kinder has 2 wins. The SuperStocks will not be in action this Friday night but has been very competitive as former champion Ben Newell hangs on to a 19 point lead over his Father JC Newell as 6 different drivers have grabbed wins with Ben Newell leading the pack with 5 victories. Aug 8-The USMTS Touring Modifieds will be heading to the Midway with the top Midwest drivers tackling the local drivers for the $2,000 to win feature in the first race of the Hunt for the National Championship. Gates open at 5PM with Racing at 8PM Sharp.For more information contact Jack Jones at 417-594-0594 or Tony Jackson Jr at 417-594-0310 or visit the website at www.lebanonmidwayspeedway.com
May, 2008
