April 9 - Payne leads entire 40-lap USMTS feature at L A

(Photos by Dan Hickman/L A Raceway Track Photographer)

LAMONTE, Mo. - Springfield's Jeremy Payne is no stranger to L A Raceway's victory lane and he showed it Friday night as he took another trip there after leading the 40-lap United States Modified Touring Series feature event.

Payne drew the polesitter position in the feature with Tommy Weder Jr. starting on the outside.

Kelly Shryock took second from Weder on lap five and Weder steadily kept falling back as hard-charging cars moved forward seeking out the feature win. Minnesota's Tommy Myer started in sixth and moved into third by lap six.

The one and only caution flag of the 40-lap event flew on lap nine. Myer used the restart to his benefit and passed Shyrock so he could pressure Payne for the lead.

With 12 laps left, the leaders began moving through lap traffic. Jason Hughes used this to his advantage as he took third from Shryock. On lap 36, Myer tried his chance and nosed under Payne coming out of turn two but Payne pushed the throttle down and walked away from the danger of losing the lead.

Payne took the feature win with Myer, Hughes, Shryock and Terry Phillips rounding out the top five finishes.

Payne has been a top competitor ever time he has ran at L A Raceway. He has started three times on the 3/8-mile oval track and captured the feature win in 2007. He took first in last year's event, but was disqualified during technical inspections and had to give up his feature win.

In the supporting Street Stock feature event, Tom Volkart, of California, Mo., took the feature win after starting outside of row one.

John Brooks started on the pole, but Volkart quickly took the lead. With the completion of lap two, Ted Welschmeyer was in third and Donald Danner was right behind him.

Danner stayed as close to Welschmeyer as possible until the time was right for him to make the move and take third place. As laps winded down, the top four drivers began spacing themselves from one another and the field of cars.

Brooks finished second with Danner, Welschmeyer and Kevin Perkins rounding ouf the top five.

Official Results
L A Raceway
Friday, April 9, 2010

Wix Filters USMTS "A" Main (40 laps):
1. 74 Jeremy Payne, Springfield, Mo. (1)
2. 65 Tommy Myer, Blooming Prairie, Minn. (6)
3. 12 Jason Hughes, Westville, Okla. (9)
4. 3 Kelly Shryock, Fertile, Iowa (4)
5. 75 Terry Phillips, Springfield, Mo. (10)
6. 20 Rodney Sanders, Happy, Texas (15)
7. 00 Jesse Stovall, Galena, Mo. (14)
8. 55 Ryan Ruter, Kanawha, Iowa (11)
9. 14 Jon Tesch, Watertown, S.D. (16)
10. 4r Dereck Ramirez, Woodward, Okla. (3)
11. 33z Zach VanderBeek, New Sharon, Iowa (12)
12. 22 Dustin Boney, Kansas City, Mo. (17)
13. X2 Brian Bolin, Fort Scott, Kan. (8)
14. 1st Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, N.M. (20)
15. 20 Jason Thompson, Concordia, Mo. (22)
16. 2 Johnny Bone Jr., Pea Ridge, Ark. (21)
17. 8 Colt Mather, Webster, Iowa (23)
18. 33 Steve Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (18)
19. 18 Chase Junghans, Manhattan, Kan. (25)
20. 3d Tim Donlinger, Rochester, Minn. (7)
21. 19r Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, Iowa (13)
22. 02 Tommy Weder Jr., Woodward, Okla. (2)
23. 21 Johnny Fennewald, Appleton City, Mo. (26)
24. 42 Tom Paulson, Kasson, Minn. (24)
25. 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo. (19)
26. 18 John Anderson, Omaha, Neb. (5)

L A Raceway Street Stocks Feature (12 laps):
1. 25r Tom Volkart, California, Mo. (2)
2. 49sr John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo. (1)
3. 174 Donald Danner, Odessa, Mo. (4)
4. 21w Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbets, Mo. (5)
5. 1 Kevin Perkins, Sedalia, Mo. (3)
6. 09 Chad Eickelberry, Warrensburg, Mo. (7)
7. 01 Michael Mullins, Kingsville, Mo. (6)
8. 33 Danny Carroll, LaMonte, Mo. (8)