May 28 - Vaughn picks up first feature win in modified career at L A

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

LAMONTE, Mo. – Nathan Vaughn, of Lincoln, began his racecar driving career in a hobby stock at L A Raceway and was a very tough contender making his way to the winners circle numerous times. Three years ago, he moved into an A modified and last Friday night he picked up his first feature win.
“I don’t think he can even believe it,” said Debbie Vaughn, Nathan’s mother after the race Friday night.
Stephen Muilenburg and Chad Staus started on the front row with Curt Potter and Nathan Vaughn behind them.
Muilenburg took the lead bringing Potter with him. Staus, Justin Moon and Vaughn settled in the top five. With almost two laps completed, Muilenburg looped his modified in the bottom of turn four and took a brief trip through the infield losing positions to Potter, Staus, Moon and Vaughn. Potter brought the caution flag out as he looped his car in turn two with the field of cars being able to drive around him unharmed.
On the restart, Moon tried to take the lead from Staus but was unsuccessful. Vaughn made his move on Moon down the backstretch on lap six moving into second. A three-way battle between Moon, Donnie Fellers and Muilenburg began to unfold throughout the next laps.
Staus had the lead when they completed lap seven but only for a few feet as Vaughn shot past him like he was shot from a cannon. One lap later, Staus slowed to a crawl in turns one and two bringing out a caution. He went to the pits to have a left rear tire repaired and was able to get back out on the track.
With another lap in the books, Staus spun his car around and collected the 5K of Ralph King. Vaughn continued to charge with only seven laps left in the race and Fellers inching closer and closer.
As the checkered flag was displayed, Vaughn, Fellers and Muilenburg were not giving up as they came three wide across the finish line.
Vaughn had beaten the two across the line by a nose. Fellers picked up second and Muilenburg finished third. Potter and Moon rounded out the top five.
“The strategy was to stay with No. 33 (Muilenburg) and run for second,” said Bill Vaughn, Nathan’s father. But the Vaughn family was very happy with the night’s turnout.

The Specialty Sportswear/Gill Signs 30 feature event took an emotional turn as the field of 11 cars formed a “missing-man formation” for their parade lap in honor of Jesse “The Rocket” Hockett, who recently lost his life in an electrical accident.
Hockett once again took the pole, but in an imaginary respect. Hockett was a local favorite at the track and had won features at L A Raceway.
Mitchell Moore and Ryan Schlender made up the front row in the feature event. Both drivers are no strangers to victory at the track.
Michael Schouten had a couple mishaps in the first two laps that sent him to the trailer early in the event. Moore quickly shot to the lead with Schlender right behind him. Randy Roberts was in third running the top rim of the track. This worked to his advantage as he moved into second by the completion of lap two.
Tyler Utz settled into fourth with Matt McGarry in fifth. Roberts got too high coming out of turn two on lap seven giving up second to Schlender. A caution flew on lap nine gathering the pack together putting three hard-charging drivers next to each other to battle for first.
Roberts pressured Schlender for second and was able to take it from him with five laps remaining in the feature event. Haley Arnold rocketed through the pack and picked off McGarry and Utz. McGarry looped his sprinter in turn two with only three laps remaining.
Moore took the trophy with Roberts, Schlender, Arnold and Utz taking top honors in the 305 class.

In the Jim’s Tire Service Hobby Stocks A feature event, Jay Prevete started on the pole with Luke Skidmore on the outside. As the green flag flew, Skidmore took the lead with Prevet, Joey Arnold, Steven Tyler and Harold Dump falling in behind. Before the completion of lap one, Dump took fourth from Tyler and one lap later moved into third.
Skidmore and Prevete moved away from the pack to settle the battle for the lead between the two of them. Five cautions throughout the race bunched the field of cars back up making the battle for third interesting between Arnold, Tyler and Michael Tyler.
A green, white, checkered finish gave Prevete the edge he needed. He stayed with Skidmore through the first lap, then began working the high side, low side and anything in between. Coming out of turn four with the checkered flag in sight, Prevete gunned it on the outside and crossed the line by a nose before Skidmore.
Michael Tyler, Arnold and Steven Tyler rounded out the top five honors for the evening’s event.

After some fancy driving, Steven Muilenburg picked up the feature win in the Pitts Homes of Warsaw B Modified feature event, but was then disqualified after not being able to pass technical inspections.
Muilenburg started on the pole with Colt Cheevers to his right. Cheevers quickly took the lead with Muilenburg and Ethan Isaacs following in pursuit. After the completion of lap one, cars were racing three-wide down the backside of the race track. Jacob Ebert came out ahead in the battle with Jeremy Lile and Lucas Isaacs settling in behind.
Cheevers and Muilenburg had stretched the battle for the lead out until Lile got crossed up in turn two causing a caution and putting Muilenburg right on the bumper of Cheevers. Muilenburg tried for the lead on the restart, but Cheevers was able to out horsepower him.
Lile lost control again bringing out a second caution only two laps later. This restart was not what Cheevers had planned. He upset the car in the bottom of turn three and had to get on the brakes hard. Muilenburg took the lead bringing Ethan Isaacs with him. Cheevers regained control of his racer and took second going into turn one.
One lap later, Cheevers drove his modified in too deep into turns three and four. He was trying to stay off Muilenburg and got crossed up and looped his car pulling a caution. Subsequently, Steve Bugg had also spun his car out over in turn two.
With a green, white, checkered finish, Muilenburg crossed the finish line with Ethan Isaacs, Ebert, Lucas Isaacs, and Tyler Lewis. Muilenburg forfeited the feature win to Ethan Isaacs moving everyone up one finish. This moved Cheevers into a fifth-place finish after starting tailback with only two laps left in the feature event.

In the Xtreme Motors Street Stocks, Ted Welschmeyer earned the pole position after winning his heat race. Kevin Perkins took the outside pole starting position after picking up the other heat win.
Welschmeyer took the lead as the green flag flew with Perkins in second. Junior Clancy settled into third with Jeremy Gordon right on his back bumper. Several cautions flew throughout the feature event gathering the field of cars back together after the leaders had stretched themselves from the pack.
The racing action got real interesting with just six laps to the finish of the feature. On a restart, Perkins drove right up next to Welschmeyer and they battled down the backstretch. Welschmeyer came out with the lead but Clancy was the car to watch. He drove his car in deep to turns three and four, but couldn’t make it stick. He bumped into Perkins and Clancy’s street stock made a loop coming to a halt in the turn.
Green flag flew again and Welschmeyer snuck away from the pack. With only seven cars out of 11 remaining in the event, Clancy was pulling out all the stops to make his way back to the front.
Welschmeyer took another feature win for the season with Perkins, Clancy, Gordon and Chad Eckhoff rounding out the top five finished for the evening’s event.

L A Raceway invites you to join them next Friday night for Guard Night at the Races and Military Appreciation Night at the track. The Missouri National Guard will be landing an AH-64 Apache Attack helicopter in the parking lot for spectators to view as well as some military hummers.
For more information about the track, visit http://www.laraceway.com/.

L A Raceway
May 28, 2010
Official Results

Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified Feature
1. 12V Nathan Vaughn, Lincoln, Mo. (4)
2. 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo. (5)
3. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (1)
4. 11P Curt Potter, Boonville, Mo. (3)
5. 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo. (6)
6. 23 Steve Twenter, Sedalia, Mo. (9)
7. 10 Johnny Mcginnis, Hardin, Mo. (7)
8. 35 Tylere Dowell, Booneville, Mo. (8)
9. 5K Ralph King, Marshall, Mo. (10)
10. C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo. (2-DNF)
11. 25X Scotty Roberts, Columbia, Mo. (11-DNS)
12. 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo. (12-DNS)
13. 12M Christopher Moon, Sedalia, Mo. (13-DNS)

Pitts Homes of Warsaw B Modified Feature
1. 66 Ethan Isaacs, Bonner Springs, Kan. (4)
2. 94 Jacob Ebert, Oak Grove, Mo. (5)
3. 6 Lucas Isaacs, Bonner Ssprings, Kan. (7)
4. 23L Tyler Lewis, Columbia, Mo. (10)
5. 45 Colt Cheevers, Macks Creek, Mo. (2)
6. 11 Steve Bugg, Sedalia, Mo. (11)
7. 7 Adam Belt, Syracuse, Mo. (9)
8. 24C Josh Calvert, Hallsville, Mo. (3)
9. E76 Ethan Mullins, Green Ridge, Mo. (13)
10. 12L Gary Lewis, Columbia, Mo. (6-DNF)
11. 41 Bob Russell, Lees Summit, Mo. (12-DNF)
12. 5L Jeremy Lile, Higginsville, Mo. (8-DNF)
13. 03 Chris Brockway, Warrensburg, Mo. (14-DNF)
14. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (1-DQ)

Xtreme Motors Street Stocks Feature
1. 21W Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts, Mo. (1)
2. 1 Kevin Perkins, Sedalia, Mo. (2)
3. 8 John Clancy Jr., California, Mo. (4)
4. 15G Jeremy Gordon, Sedalia, Mo. (3)
5. 25 Chad Eckhoff, Concordia, Mo. (9)
6. 35M Roger Bell, Knob Noster, Mo. (10)
7. J25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (7-DNF)
8. 13C Carl Garrison, Warrensburg, Mo. (11-DNF)
9. 002 Tim Cressley, Tipton, Mo. (5-DNF)
10. 76 David Thompson, Sturgeon, Mo. (8-DNF)
11. 33 Danny Carroll, LaMonte, Mo. (6-DNF)

Gills Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprints Feature
1. 51 Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, Kan. (1)
2. 1 Randall Roberts, Concordia, Mo. (3)
3. 15S Ryan Schlender, Sedalia, Mo. (2)
4. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (6)
5. 98 Tyler Utz, Sedalia, Mo. (5)
6. 5 Matt Close, LaMonte, Mo. (8)
7. 14 Andrew Turley, Sedalia, Mo. (7)
8. 99 Lacy Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (9)
9. 5M Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (12)
10. 31 Matt McGarry, Alma, Mo. (4)
11. 27 Mike Schouten, LaMonte, Mo. (10-DNF)
12. 18 Timothy Wheeler, Sedalia, Mo. (11-DNS)

Jim’s Tire Service Hobby Stocks Feature
1. 25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (1)
2. 21S Luke Skidmore, Green Ridge, Mo. (2)
3. 21 Michael Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (7)
4. Z21 Steven Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (3)
5. 8 Joey Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (6)
6. 43 Harold Dump II, Calhoun, Mo. (4)
7. 3 Ronnie Livengood, Sedalia, Mo. (11)
8. 99 Mark Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (5)
9. 99T Jason Higginbotham, Holly Pond, Ala. (9)
10. 96B John Simpson, Sedalia, Mo. (8-DNF)
11. 83 Rick Anderson, Marshall, Mo. (12-DNF)
12. 15J Jacob Hardy, Green Ridge, Mo. (10-DNF)

May 7 - Muilenburg picks up two feature wins at L A

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

LAMONTE, Mo. – Stephen Muilenburg, of Sparta, picked up two feature wins Friday night at L A Raceway, while Mark Shirshekan, of Farmington, picked up his first career Winged Outlaw Warrior feature win.

Muilenburg began the evenings feature events driving his B Modified car to the winner’s circle, but the feature didn’t start that easy. After not weighing in at the appropriate weight in tech after his heat, he was forced to start dead last.

With the completion of lap one, Muilenburg had picked off four cars already and moved into fifth by lap three. Jeremy Lile was leading the race with Billy Bentley hot on his bumper. Bentley looped his car on lap five and took his car to the pits calling it an evening.

Lile lead the field of cars on a slow restart that gave him an advantage over the battle between Muilenburg and Gary Lewis for second.

With three laps to the finish, Lile and Muilenburg made the battle personal and between them as they broke away from the field. Lile slipped up and his car drifted to the high side and Muilenburg drove right under him.

Muilenburg captured the feature win with Lile, Gary Lewis, Ernie Walker and Tyler Lewis rounding out the top finishes.

In the Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified feature, Donnie Fellers and Muilenburg started on the front row. As the green flag flew, Muilenburg took the lead with Aaron Marrant picking the same groove and followed suit.

Muilenburg continued to lead the field of cars around the tack with Arrant trying to find a way around him. Tim Setzer started tenth and was slowly picking cars off lap by lap to move him into fourth by the completion of lap six. Two laps later he took third. Luke Feeback moved into the battle for fifth place by lap eight.

After three cautions, Muilenburg continued to lead the field of cars with Marrant solidly sitting in second. Each restart from the cautions worked in Isaac Dotson favor as he moved through the pack ending in fourth with five laps to go.

Feeback pressured Fellers for fifth but each attempt was no good. Muilenburg took his second feature win of the night with Marrant, Setzer, Dotson and Fellers in the top five.

Mark Shirshekan was one proud driver after picking up his first-ever WOW win. L A Raceway has been notorious for drivers picking up first career wins such as Jonathan Cornell and Gabe Maycock.

Polesitter Eric Todd jumped to the lead in the feature event with Jay Russell right behind him. With two laps complete, Shirshekan and Tyler Blank had pushed ahead of Russell and had Todd in their sights.

Shirshekan took the lead on lap five from Todd and Blank took second from Todd just one lap later. Out of nowhere, Martin came charging forward and had taken third from Todd. A caution came out for Jon Corbin who halted in turn three putting Martin back behind Todd. Another yellow followed quickly after that when Haley Arnold spun out in turn one.

When racing resumed, Martin passed Todd with nine laps left in the feature event and worked his way into second just one lap later. The battle heated up between Todd and Blank for third as they switched positions many times. Caution once again flew over the field when Cody Baker rolled to a stop on the backstretch.

Shirshekan made the restart count as he hit the throttle to space himself from four-time WOW champion Martin. With four laps left, Todd took a solid lead over the fourth-place car of Blank.
Shirshekan sailed to the feature win with Martin and Todd in pursuit. Russell and Curtis Boyer made last lap charges and took fourth and fifth away from Blank.

Several sprint car drivers were doing double duty Friday night running in both the 305 and 360 sprint car classes. Mitchell Moore, Tyler Utz and Haley Arnold stepped out of their 360 cars and into their 305 cars throughout the night.

Ryan Schlender earned the pole position in the Gill Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprints feature event. Wednesday night’s winner Matt Close sat to his right. After a rocky start, Schlender took the lead with Mitchell Moore and Close hot on his tail.

Timothy Wheeler moved into fourth after starting eighth by the completion of lap one and Bradley Roberts was sitting in fifth. Roberts took fourth from Wheeler on lap five. Tyler Utz moved into fifth by lap seven.

It was smooth sailing to the finish as Schlender picked up his first feature win of the season at L A Raceway. Moore finished second with Close, Utz and Roberts taking top honors for the night.

Ted Welschmeyer and Sundance Keepper picked up where they left off Wednesday night. The two drivers battled hard for the feature wins with Keepper picking up his second in a row at L A.

Welschmeyer earned the pole position with Keepper to his outside. Both cars have been fast so it was up to the driver’s talents to earn the feature win.

Keepper got the lead coming out of turn two as Welschmeyer got too high in the turns. Eddie Barnes sat comfortably in third as the three-way battle for fourth was unfolding between Anthony Ward, Justin Metzner and Kevin Perkins.

Caution flew over the field as Chad Eckhoff launched himself off turn three catching quite a bit of air. He was fine and racing resumed. Welschmeyer tried to use the restart to his advantage by diving under Keeper in the turns, but Keeper’s horsepower just walked him away from Welschmeyer in the backstretch.

Laps were slowly winding down due to three cautions. Welschmeyer wasn’t giving up the battle and as the white flag flew, he was trying all the real estate he could find to get around Keepper.
Keepper took the feature win with Welschmeyer, Perkins, Barnes and Metzner topping off the field of cars.

In the Jim’s Tire Service Hobby Stock, Luke Skidmore, of Green Ridge, once again showed his talents by taking his second feature win of the season.

Skidmore started on the pole with John Simpson to his right. Skidmore quickly took the lead with Simpson falling in behind with some bump encouragements here and there through the corners. Michael Tyler set firmly in third while watching the battle in front of him and trying to stay out of the battle behind him.

On lap 11, things got interesting as Michael Hudson got loose in turns three in four allowing the three-way battle for fourth to heat up. Ronnie Livengood and Hudson bounced off each other in turn two of the final lap allowing Linvengood and Danny Crum to cross the finish line before Hudson.

Skidmore took the feature win with Simpson, Tyler, Livengood and Crum finishing in the top five.

L A Raceway invites you to join them next Friday night for the regular five classes hit the track to earn points toward being crown the season’s champion.

For more information about the track, visit http://www.laraceway.com/.

L A Raceway
May 7, 2010
Official Results

Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified Feature
1. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (2)
2. 70 Aaron Marrant, Orrick, Mo. (3)
3. 51 Tim Setzer, Archie, Mo. (10)
4. 67d Isaac Dotson, Lathrop, Mo. (13)
5. 24d Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo. (1)
6. C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo. (18)
7. 22L Luke Feeback, Harrisonville, Mo. (9)
8. 88d Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo. (4)
9. 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo. (8)
10. 25t Travis Johnson, Independence, Mo. (11)
11. 9L Joey Lile, Higginsville, Mo. (17)
12. 35 Tylere Dowell, Boonville, Mo. (16)
13. 12v Nathan Vaughn, Lincoln, Mo. (7)
14. 71 Jake Jacobi, Sedalia, Mo. (14)
15. 55d Michael Dotson, Lathrop, Mo. (19)
16. 66t Tyler Schmidt, Easton, Kan. (12)
17. 79 Josh Bindseil, Columbia, Mo. (20)
18. 73 Mickey Burrell, Fair Grove, Mo. (6-DNF)
19. 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo. (5-DNF)
20. 12m John McAtte, Trenton, Mo. (15)

Pitts Homes of Warsaw B Modified Feature
1. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (11)
2. 5L Jeremy Lile, Higginsville, Mo. (1)
3. 12L Gary Lewis, Columbia, Mo. (2)
4. 72 Ernie Walker, Sedalia, Mo. (4)
5. 23L Tyler Lewis, Columbia, Mo. (8)
6. 18 Darin Claxton, Warrensburg, Mo. (6)
7. 7 Adam Belt, Syracuse, Mo. (7)
8. 41 Bob Russell, Lee’s Summit, Mo. (5)
9. 4b Billy Bentley, Madison, Mo. (3-DNF)
10. E76 Ethan Mullins, Green Ridge, Mo. (9-DNF)
11. 57 Cliff Hamilton, Bates City, Mo. (10-DNS)

Winged Outlaw Warriors 360 Sprints Feature
1. 3 Mark Shirshekan, Farmington, Mo. (2)
2. 14 Randy Martin, California, Mo. (5)
3. 21t Eric Todd, Falcon, Mo. (1)
4. 76 Jay Russell, Elwood, Kan. (4)
5. 72 Curtis Boyer, New Haven, Mo. (12)
6. 75 Tyler Blank, California, Mo. (6)
7. 88 J. Kinder, Holt’s Summit, Mo. (15)
8. 19 Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, Kan. (8)
9. 14k Kyle Bellm, Nixa, Mo. (3)
10. 46 Michael White, LaMonte, Mo. (14)
11. 19s Steven Cross, Appleton City, Mo. (18)
12. 18w Chris Walker, Oak Grove, Mo. (19)
13. 3v Tyler Utz, Sedalia, Mo. (20)
14. 93 Taylor Walton, Warrensburg, Mo. (13)
15. 11c Dakota Carroll, LaMonte, Mo. (16)
16. 48 David Brown, Marshall, Mo. (10-DNF)
17. 38 Cody Baker, Lone Jack, Mo. (19-DNF)
18. 10 Chris Coleman, Marshall, Mo. (21-DNF)
19. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (11-DNF)
20. 44 Jon Corbin, Kansas City, Mo. (7-DNF)
21. 43 Frank Brown, Marshall, Mo. (9-DNF)

Xtreme Motors Street Stocks Feature
1. 6 7/8 Sundance Keepper, Everton, Mo. (2)
2. 21w Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts, Mo. (1)
3. 1 Kevin Perkins, Sedalia, Mo. (5)
4. 55 Eddie Barnes, Warsaw, Mo. (3)
5. 211 Justin Metzner, Sedalia, Mo. (6)
6. 11 Anthony Ward, Independence, Mo. (4)
7. 15g Jeremy Gordon, Sedalia, Mo. (11)
8. 33 Danny Carroll, LaMonte, Mo. (10-DNF)
9. 05 Martin Crabtree, Sedalia, Mo. (8-DNF)
10. J25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (9-DNF)
11. 25 Chad Eckhoff, Concordia, Mo. (7-DNF)

Gills Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprints Feature
1. 15s Ryan Schlender, Sedalia, Mo. (1)
2. 51 Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, Kan. (3)
3. 5 Matt Close, LaMonte, Mo. (2)
4. 98 Tyler Utz, Sedalia, Mo. (10)
5. 1 Bradley Roberts, Concordia, Mo. (4)
6. 18 Timothy Wheeler, Sedalia, Mo. (8)
7. 5m Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (12)
8. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (5)
9. 31 Matt McGarry, Alma, Mo. (7)
10. 99 Lacy Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (9-DNF)
11. 9 Casey Baker, Lone Jack, Mo. (11-DNF)
12. 14 Andrew Turley, Sedalia, Mo. (13-DNF)
13. 27 Michael Schouten, LaMonte, Mo. (6-DNF)

Jim’s Tire Service Hobby Stocks Feature
1. 21s Luke Skidmore, Green Ridge, Mo. (1)
2. 96B John Simpson, Sedalia, Mo. (2)
3. 21 Michael Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (3)
4. 3 Ronnie Livengood, Sedalia, Mo. (6)
5. 7c Danny Crum, Hughesville, Mo. (8)
6. JC Michael Hudson, Kingsville, Mo. (4)
7. 99 Mark Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (5)
8. 17x Dennis Stevson, Sedalia, Mo. (7-DNF)
9. 31 Keith Williams, Excelsior Springs, Mo. (9-DNF)
10. Z21 Steven Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (10-DNS)

May 5 - Wednesday night show brings 85 cars to L A

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

LAMONTE, Mo. - L A Raceway threw in an extra show Wednesday night that attracted 85 cars to the track with Dustin Boney, Sundance Keepper and Matt Close picking up feature wins.

Jesse Stovall started on the pole in the Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified feature event. Dustin Boney started on the outside of row one.

Boney got the lead coming out of turn two with Stovall running in second. Mark Dotson and Terry Schultz were side by side, when Scotty Roberts exploded like he was coming out of a cannon moving into third.

Dotson moved into second at the completion of lap six. Jim Moody moved up to battle Stovall for third. The battle heated up between the two drivers and they switched leaders back and forth.

Boney took the feature win with Dotson and Stovall in third and fourth. Jim Moon finished fourth and Chad Lyle finished fifth after starting seventh.

In the Xtreme Motors Street Stocks, Sundance Keepper started on the pole and Ted Welschmeyer was to his right. After two complete restarts, Welschmeyer took the lead with Keepper right on his bumper. Jon Binning was sitting in third until a caution gave John Brooks the jump he needed to take it from him.

Brian Ziegler took fourth from Binning on lap siz. The red flag flew over the field when Bryan Maze took a hard tumble off turn three and was fine. Racing resumed and Brooks pressured Keepper for second.

With nin complete laps, the leaders were immersed in lap traffic. Keepper used this to his advantage and took the lead from Welschmeyer. A caution came out and Brooks was sent to the tail of the field for rought driving when he got into Nick Gibson and spun him out on the frontstretch.

Welschmeyer tried to regain the lead from Keepper but was unable to. Ziegler, Michael Mullins and Binning rounded out the top five finishes for the street stocks.

In the Gill Signs/Specialty Sportswear's 305 Sprints, Matt Close started on the pole with Randall Roberts on the outside. With the drop of the green, Close quickly got busy spacing himself from the field of cars. Roberts was rim riding through turn one and two and went off the top losing several positions.

Ryan Schlender fell into second with Mitchell Moore behind him. Michael Schouten moved into fourth by lap five and was looking strong until lap 11 when he went off pace.

Close quickly jumped to the lead again after the caution. He breezed to his first feature win of the season with Schlender, Moore, Haley Arnold and Timothy Wheeler rounding out the top five finishes.

L A Raceway

May 5, 2010

Official Results

Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified Feature

1. 22x Dustin Boney, Tonganoxie, Kan. (2)

2. 85d Mark Dotson, Cameron, Mo. (3)

3. 00s Jesse Stovall, Galena, Mo. (1)

4. 00 Jim Moody, Odessa, Mo. (6)

5. 96 Chad Lyle, Oak Grove, Mo. (17)

6. 20 Jason Thompson, Concordia, Mo. (19)

7. 22L Luke Feeback, Harrisonville, Mo. (14)

8. 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

9. 26k Kevin Blackburn, Fulton, Mo. (12)

10. C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo. (7)

11. 16 Austin Siebert, Lake Latawana, Mo. (16)

12. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (8)

13. 5j John Fellers, Flemington, Mo. (10)

14. 12v Nathan Vaughn, Lincoln, Mo. (18)

15. 22 Steve McDowell, Independence, Mo. (20)

16. 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo. (15-DNF)

17. 1L Clay Langley Jr., Stover, Mo. (13-DNF)

18. 09 Joshua Stephens, Buckner, Mo. (11-DNF)

19. 25x Scotty Roberts, Columbia, Mo. (5-DNF)

20. 23 Steve Twenter, Sedalia, Mo. (9-DNS)

Xtreme Motors Street Stocks Feature

1. 6 7/8 Sundance Keepper, Everton, Mo. (1)

2. 21w Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts, Mo. (2)

3. 174 Brian Ziegler, Bates City, Mo. (8)

4. 01 Michael Mullins, Kingsville, Mo. (7)

5. 09 Jon Binning, Warrensburg, Mo. (4)

6. J25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (13)

7. 55 Eddie Barnes, Warsaw, Mo. (19)

8. 75 Dylan Keepper, Springfield, Mo. (3)

9. 66x Victor Sims, Peculiar, Mo. (9)

10. 211 Justin Metzner, Sedalia, Mo. (18)

11. 1 Kevin Perkins, Sedalia, Mo. (6)

12. 55m John Miller, Oak Grove, Mo. (10)

13. 74 Herbert Dannar, Holden, Mo. (16)

14. 07 Scott Dukes, Odessa, Mo. (17)

15. 82 John Lemen, Sedalia, Mo. (11)

16. 49sr John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo. (5-DNF)

17. G1 Nitro Nick Gibson, Creighton, Mo. (15-DNF)

18. 15 Bryan Maze, Blue Springs, Mo. (12-DNF)

19. 27 Donald Dannar, Odessa, Mo. (20-DNF)

20. 71 Chris Tonoli, Hermitage, Mo. (14-DNS)

Gill Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprints Feature

1. 5 Matt Close, LaMonte, Mo. (1)

2. 15s Ryan Schlender, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

3. 51 Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, Kan. (7)

4. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (3)

5. 18 Timothy Wheeler, Sedalia, Mo. (13)

6. 22 Cody Salem, St. Joseph, Mo. (10)

7. 98 Tyler Utz, Sedalia, Mo. (12)

8. 1 Randall Roberts, Concordia, Mo. (2)

9. 5m Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (5)

10. 31 Matt McGarry, Alma, Mo. (11)

11. 14 Andrew Turley, Sedalia, Mo. (6)

12. 27 Michael Schouten, LaMonte, Mo. (9-DNF)

13.. 99 Lacy Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (8-DNF)

April 16 - Schultz, Cheevers, Welschmeyer, Moore, Skidmore pick up first feature wins of season

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

LAMONTE, Mo. - L A Raceway had a successful season opener with Terry Schultz, of Sedalia; Colt Cheevers, of Macks Creek; Ted Welschmeyer, of Tebbets; Mitchell Moore, of Edgerton, Kan.; and Luke Skidmore, of Green Ridge, taking the tip to the winner's circle adn claiming the first feature win of the season.

In the Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified feature, it took two starts to get the field of cars underway with another caution after the completion of lap two.

James McMillin took the lead with Jimmy Dowell and Terry Schultz hot on his tail. Schultz and Stephen Muilenburg battled back and forth for third while taking second from Dowell.

After completing 11 laps, the upset for McMillin happened while he was rim riding, got a little high and shot off the bank in top of turn four. He lost six positions giving Schultz the lead.

A couple more cautions bunched the field back up but Schultz continued to maintain the lead and charge to victory.

Schultz took the checkered with Muilenburg, Dowell, Donnie Fellers and McMillin making a come back to finish in the top five.

In the Pitts Homes of Warsaw B Modified feature, Gary Lewis and Colt Cheevers were battling for the lead when Lewis got really high in turn two. His car was pulled over the berm and he regained contral down the backstretch giving up two positions. Lewis picked off Darin Claxton one lap lapter to set comfortably in third.

Cheevers worked up a significant full straight away lead over second-place Ernie Walker. Cheever took a big win over Walker, Lewis, Claxton and Ethan Mullins.

In the Xtreme Motors Street Stocks feature event, John Brooks was scheduled to start on the pole but opted to start at the tail of the field moving Kevin Perkins to the pole position. Ted Welschmeyer started on the outside of row one.

As the green flag flew, Welschmeyer and Perkins came out of turn two side by side, but Welschmeyer came up with the lead as they crossed the line completing lap one. Brooks had moved from tenth to fifth in just one lap and into third by the completion of another lap.

With five laps in the books, Brooks moved into second around Perkins and began to catch Welschmeyer who was leading comfortably. Brooks made several attemps to pass the leader in the final five laps of the race, but the unexpected happened. Just when Brooks had reeled Welschmeyer in and was going for the lead, Brooks' car erupted into smoke as the white flag flew.

Welschmeyer picked up the feature win with Perkins, Justin Metzner, Jeremy Gordon and Martin Crabtree taking the top five honors.

Mitchell Moore drove his sprinter to victory lane in the Gill Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprint feature. Chris Coleman earned the polesitter position and Moore took the outside. As the green flag flew, the red flag followed when Randall Roberts got crossed up and went for a hard ride into the top of turn one.

As the race resumed, Matt McGarry caused two cautions collecting Lacy Harrison on the first one.

Coleman got a better start the next green setting him in second behind Moore. Coleman moved his sprinter high on the backstretch on lap three and drove directly to the pits moving Ryan Schlender into second.

Two more cautions came out over the field giving Schlender the break he was looking for so she could catch Moore, but Moore is great at changin up the single-file restarts to keep the field of cars guessing if it is going to be a slow or fast start.

Tyler Utz made some last laps charges that moved him into a battle until the end with Schlender. With five laps left, he took second. Schlender was searching for some real estate that would move him faster around the track to move back into second. With two laps left, he found what he was looking for and took second back from Utz.

Moore took teh checkered with Schlender, Utz, Wheeler and Close rounding out the top five.

In the Jim's Tire Service Hobby Stocks feature event, Michael Tyler started on the pole with Brian Murphy on the outside. With the green flag flying, Murphy quickly took the lead with Tyler, Luke Skidmore, Joey Arnold and Ronnie Livengood filing out in the top five.

Skidmore put the pedal to the metal and began tracking down Murphy with Tyler setting all alone in third. As laps winded down, the most interesting battle was for fourth between Arnold, Livengood and Michael Hudson.

As the white flag came out Skidmore picked up his driving skills and stayed on Murphy's bumper. Skidmore took one last attempt to take the lead coming out of turn four and it was a drag race to the finish.

Skidmore beat Murphy to the line for the feature win. Arnold, Hudson and Livengood finished in the top five.

L A Raceway

April 16, 2010

Official Results

Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified Feature

1. 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo. (3)

2. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (5)

3. 48 Jimmy Dowell, Boonville, Mo. (1)

4. 24d Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo. (7)

5. 8m James McMillin, Warrensburg, Mo. (2)

6. 67d Isaac Dotson, Lathrop, Mo. (9)

7. 10 Johnny McGinnis, Hardin, Mo. (12)

8. 35 Tylere Dowell, Boonville, Mo. (15)

9. 5k Ralph King, Marshall, Mo. (11)

10. 55d Michael Dotson, Lathrop, Mo. (10)

11. 23 Steve Twenter, Sedalia, Mo. (18-DNF)

12. 128 Jamie Trautner, Felton, Minn. (4-DNF)

13. 5j John Fellers, Flemington, Mo. (8-DNF)

14. 99 Jim Cihy, Warsaw, Mo. (13-DNF)

15. 87d Bret Buckridge, Lathrop, Mo. (14-DNF)

16. 12v Nathan Vaughn, Lincoln, Mo. (6-DNS)

17. Z28 Mark Trautner, Mahnomen, Minn. (16-DNS)

18. 68 Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo. (17-DNS)

Pitts Homes of Warsaw B Modified Feature

1. 45 Colt Cheevers, Macks Creek, Mo. (1)

2. 72 Ernie Walker, Sedalia, Mo. (3)

3. 12L Gary Lewis, Columbia, Mo. (2)

4. 18 Darin Claxton, Warrensburg, Mo. (4)

5. E76 Ethan Mullins, Green Ridge, Mo. (5)

6. 24c Josh Calvert, Hallsville, Mo. (6-DNS)

Xtreme Motors Street Stocks Feature

1. 21w Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbets, Mo. (2)

2. 1 Kevin Perkins, Sedalia, Mo. (3)

3. 211 Justin Metzner, Sedalia, Mo. (6)

4. 15g Jeremy Gordon, Sedalia, Mo. (7)

5. 05 Martin Crabtree, Sedalia, Mo. (10)

6. 49sr John Brooks, Warrensburg, Mo. (1-DNF)

7. 01 Michael Mullins, Kingsville, Mo. (4-DNF)

8. J25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (5-DNF)

9. 33 Danny Carroll, LaMonte, Mo. (9-DNF)

10. 25 Chad Eckhoff, Concordia, Mo. (8-DNS)

Gill Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprints Feature

1. 51 Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, Kan. (2)

2. 15s Ryan Schlender, Sedalia, Mo. (3)

3. 98 Tyler Utz, Sedalia, Mo. (7)

4. 18 Timothy Wheeler, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

5. 5 Matt Close, LaMonte, Mo. (8)

6. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (5)

7. 14 Andrew Turley, Sedalia, Mo. (6-DNF)

8. 5m Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (11-DNF)

9. 99 Lacy Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (10-DNF)

10. 10 Chris Coleman, Marshall, Mo. (1-DNF)

11. 27 Mike Schouten, LaMonte, Mo. (12-DNF)

12. 31 Matt McGarry, Alma, Mo. (13-DNF)

13. 1 Randall Roberts, Concordia, Mo. (9-DNF)

Jim's Tire Service Hobby Stocks Feature

1. 21s Luke Skidmore, Green Ridge, Mo. (3)

2. 11 Brian Murphy, Jefferson City, Mo. (2)

3. 8 Joey Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (5)

4. 3 Ronnie Livengood, Sedalia, Mo. (8)

5. JC Michael Hudson, Kingsville, Mo. (7)

6. 21 Michael Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (1-DNF)

7. 11k Kyle Smith, Stover, Mo. (4-DNF)

8. 96B John Simpson, Sedalia, Mo. (6-DNS)

9. 43 Harold Dump II, Calhoun, Mo. (9-DNS)

10. 17x Dennis Stevson, Sedalia, Mo. (10-DNS)

11. Z16 Donald Grotzinger, LaMonte, Mo. (11-DNS)

April 10 - Cornell takes home his first WOW feature win

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

LAMONTE, Mo. - Winged Outlaw Warrior drivers that began their careers in sprint cars racing 305 sprints at L A Raceway dominated during the feature event Saturday night.

The Winged Outlaw Warrios began its 11th season at L A Raceway with a small card game on the front stretch that earned Tyler Blank the pole position and Rusty Potter the outside of row one.

Native L A Raceway drivers who are no stranger to victory lane in a 305 sprint car started in the top 10 positions. Austin Alumbaugh was slated to start outside row two, Jonathan Cornell on the inside of row three, and Josh Fisher outside row five.

Potter had a series of unfortunate events that made him lose his starting position. After pushing off for the feature event, Potter returned to the pits and had to be pushed off again to start the feature sending him to the tail of the field. This gave Alumbaugh a great opportunity as he was moved up to outside row one.

With the green flag flying, Blank took the lead with Alumbaugh in second. Eric Todd, Cody Baker and Cornell were nipping at the tails of the two leaders.

Cornell overcame Baker on lap three and Todd took second from Alumbaugh on lap five. With seven laps completed, the leaders were moving into lap traffic. Todd passed Blank for the lead and began moving away from the field of sprinters.

Fisher was patiently waiting to make his hard-charging move as he sat in sixth place for lap one to 12. He moved into fifth and used lap traffic to his advantage.

A big event happend on lap 15 as Blank got caught behind a lap car and both Cornell and Alumbaugh rocketed past him. Todd had moved to a comfortable lead when the caution flag flew on lap 17 as David Brown went off the track in turns three and four.

The flag bunched the field back up putting Cornell, Alumbaugh and Fisher right on the tail of Todd. On the restart, Cornell made his move into the first turns and ran away from Todd down the backstretch. Fisher moved around Alumbaugh and Blank followed his suit.

Fisher made a final attempt on the last lap that successfully landed him a second place finish. Todd finished third with Alumbaugh sneaking past Blank for fourth.

Cornell's win earned him his first feature win in the Winged Outlaw Warriors circuit. He adds this honor to his 2008 Rookie of the Year and Knoxville Raceway's 2009 Rookie of the Year.

In the L A Raceway 305 Sprints, the track invited the United Rebel Sprint Series (URSS) to challenge the local sprint drivers. The race also counted toward the URSS points for the drivers.

Ryan Schlender started on the pole with Mitchell Moore on the outside. Both drivers have picked up several wins at L A in the years past. Alumbaugh was in the run for the 305 win but was taken off the track with a locked brake before the feature even started.

On the start of the race, cars got a little ruffled coming out of turn four and URSS Darren Bowman and Miranda Arnold got hooked up resulting in a caution. Bowman was done for the night, while Arnold was able to continue.

With three more restarts, the field finally got one lap in the books with Moore, Schlender, URSS Smokey Fairbank, Kenny Potter and URSS Ty William in the top five. Cars once again got bunched up coming out of turn two on lap two and caused a red flag condition when Arnold took a hard ride as the sprinter barrel rolled coming to rest on its side. Several cars slowed down during the accident but were able to continue on keeping their place in the race except for Haley Arnold who came to a stop and had to tag the tail of the field.

Racing got underway again and the leaders were running strong as Randall Roberts was working his way up from the tail of the field by rim riding the top of the track into seventh place. He lost control in the top of turn one and caused a caution. Potter took his car to the pits on the caution and was done for the night.

Racing resumed for one more lap when Casey Baker took a hard tumble over turn three and caused another red flag condition. When racing continued, the cushion moved up the track and the faster ride was near the top of the track.

Moore and Schlender were leading the field of cars with ease near the top of the track. Fairbank, William and Michael Schouten were rounding out the top five with half the race completed.

Schouten began to lose ground while Timothy Wheeler began to charge through the field of cars.

Moore took the checkered with Schlender, Fairbank, William and Wheeler finishing in the top five positions for the night.

Official Results

L A Raceway

Friday, April 10, 2010

Winged Outlaw Warriors 360 "A" Main (20 laps):

1. 28 Jonathan Cornell, Sedalia, Mo.

2. 86x Josh Fisher, Smithton, Mo.

3. 21t Eric Todd, Falcon, Mo.

4. 33 Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, Mo.

5. 75 Tyler Blank, California, Mo.

6. 72 Curtis Boyer, New Haven, Mo.

7. 44 Jon Corbin, Carrollton, Mo.

8. 14 Randy Martin, California, Mo.

9. 38 Cody Baker, Lone Jack, Mo.

10. 18 Mike Hess, Springfield, Ill.

11. 3 Mark Shirshekan, Farmington, Mo.

12. 22 Dustin Barks, Farmington, Mo.

13.18w Chris Walker, Oak Grove, Mo.

14. 14k Kyle Bellm, Nixa, Mo.

15. 88 J. Kinder, Linn, Mo.

16. 2a Randy Hibbs, Savannah, Mo.

17. 93 Taylor Walton, Warrensburg, Mo.

18. 48 David Brown, Marshall, Mo.

19. 11c Dakota Carroll, LaMonte, Mo.

20. 43 Frank Brown, Marshall, Mo.

21. 3p Rusty Potter, Boonville, Mo.

22. 1p Curtis Evans, Norborne, Mo.

L A Raceway/URSS 305 "A" Main (20 laps):

1. 51 Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, Kan. (2)

2. 15s Ryan Schlender, Sedalia, Mo. (1)

3. 2 Smokey Fairbank, Ransom, Kan. (5) - URSS

4. 18 Timothy Wheeler, Sedalia, Mo. (16)

5. 1t Ty William, Liberal, Kan. (7) - URSS

6. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (19)

7. 72 Ray Seemann, Jetmore, Kan. (15) - URSS

8. 97 Brian Herbert, Dodge City, Kan. (18) - URSS

9. 31 Matt McGarry, Alma, Mo. (20)

10. 27 Mike Schouten, LaMonte, Mo. (12-DNF)

11. 5 Matt Close, LaMonte, Mo. (17-DNF)

12. 9 Casey Baker, Lone Jack, Mo. (13-DNF)

13. 55 Kenny Potter (10-DNF)

14. 1 Randall Roberts, Cole Camp, Mo. (3-DNF)

15. 10 Chris Coleman, Marshall, Mo. (14-DNF)

16. 11 Keefe Hemel, Dodge City, Kan. (6-DNF) - URSS

17. 5m Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (11-DNF)

18. 02 Melody Simpson, Versailles, Mo. (8-DNF)

19. 98 Darren Bowman, Kinsley, Kan. (9-DNF) - URSS

20. 82a Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, Mo. (4-DNF)

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)

Action-packed weekend at L A

If anyone wants to hit the track for some action-packed racing this weekend, L A Raceway opens its gates to the USMTS and WOW 360 fans.

Tonight, the USMTS Modified show will open the tack with some roaring, dirt flying fun. Accompanying the will be the local Street Stocks that will begin their battle for the season championship next Friday night (April 16) in the regular racing series.

The USMTS has been to L A Raceway for four straight years and the payout tonight will be $2,000 to the winner with a minimum $250 to start the main event.

According to a press release by USMTS, nine-time USMTS National Champion Kelly Shryock and the Falcon Wind Power Mo-Kan Region's current points leader Jason Hughes will be in the battle for victory at L A this weekend. Also expected to attend is Johnny Bone Jr., Jon Tesch, Dereck Ramirez, Zack VanderBeek, Rodney Sanders, John Allen, Tommy Weder Jr., Bryan Rowland, Steve Holzkamper, Melvin Pilcher, Colt Mather, Mark Dotson, Austin Siebert, Lucas Conley, Scott Green, Mickey Burrell, Brandon Davis, Chris Deaton, Josh Griggs, Johnny Scott, Rick Beebe, Grant and Chase Junghans, Nic Bidinger, Tommy Myer, Danny Charles, Ryan Gustin, Johnny Fennewald, Brian Green, Jeremy Ross, Daulton Greven and more.

Grant Junghans, of Manhattan, Kan., captured the win at L A last August and was named the DandyLand Rookie of the Year by USMTS. Other drivers who have taken the win at the LaMonte track are Jeremy Payne, of Springfield; Shryock, of Fertile, Iowa; and Rodney Sanders, of Happy, Texas.

The Winged Outlaw Warriors will sail around the 3/8-mile oval track on Saturday, with the local 305 Sprints being a support class. This will be the first of five appearances the WOWs have scheduled at L A. (May 7, June 11, July 2, and July 30)

The WOWs season opener will pay $1,500 to win. Expected to show are local favorites including last year's winner, Randy Martin, of California; 2009 WOW point champion Josh Fisher, of Smithton; and 2008 WOW Rookie of the Year Jonathan Cornell, of Sedalia.

Also planning to attend is Kyle Bellm, of Nixa; Mitchell Moore, of Edgerton, Kan.; Steven Cross, of Appleton City; and Cody Baker, of Lone Jack.

A local favorite and no stranger to L A Raceway, Austin Alumbaugh, of Higginsville, plans on getting up on the wheel of both his 305 and 360 sprinters on Saturday. Alumbaugh plans to drive both machines at nine other stops throughout the summer racing season.

Gates open at 5 p.m., hot laps start at 7 for both nights of spectacular fun in the country.