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WOW 360 Winged Sprint Cars added to night’s excitement

By Kim Marcum

L A Raceway

Mother nature threatened to play havoc early in the day at yet on another night at the races June 11 at L A Raceway, but the clouds parted early and fans poured into the clay oval 3/8^thtrack for a night of unforgettable racing.

It was the Sharpe Auto Sales/Central Automotive night at the races, as the WOW 360 Winged Sprint Cars added to the night’s excitement, making their third stop of the season to the track south of LaMonte.

Sedalia’s Jonathan Cornell and Higginsville’s Austin Alumbaugh kept the fans on the edge of their seats throughout the 20-lap feature battling wheel-to-wheel, with Cornell grabbing the honors chalking up his second WOW win of the season, both at L A Raceway.

“We’ve won two this year, both out here,” commented Cornell. “Hopefully there’s some more races out here this year, it’s been working good for us out here.”

At the drop of the green, Alumbaugh grabbed the lead coming out of turn one, with Cornell a close second working the bottom of the track. Cody Baker slid into the third spot from the outside of row two start, followed closely by Mark Shirshekan and Rusty Potter.

By lap three, the pack had just started to get lined out when Baker slid off the top of the cushion on three and four and brought out the first caution of the night, forcing him to tail the field on the restart.

On the restart lap, Potter also fell prey to the marbles on the top of three and four, bringing out another caution, sending him to the rear. This moved Shirshekan into the third spot, followed by Tyler Blank in fourth.

For the next several laps Alumbaugh started to put a little distance between himself and Cornell working the top of the track, while Cornell drove hard at the bottom trying to keep himself within striking distance.

As the race wore on the track conditions started to change and Cornell started chipping away at the lead that Alumbaugh had enjoyed.

By lap 13, Cornell had erased the leaders advantage and pulled even as they fought their way through heavy lap traffic.

“Austin started out strong and had a good first couple of laps, but I thought if I just stay patient maybe it’ll come to us,” said Cornell. “We decided to go with one setup, if it works it works and if it doesn’t it doesn’t, but the car was working good on top or bottom, which is what we needed in lap traffic.”

After following the leader for the first 16 laps, Cornell found the line he was looking for and powered his way into the lead. Alumbaugh tried several attempts to grab by the lead, but Cornell held him off to grab the checkered.

Alumbaugh held on for the runner-up spot with Shirshekan taking third. Blank followed in fourth and Eric Todd rounded out the top five.

In the A Modified feature, Concordia’s Jason Thompson made his way to the victory lane for the first time this season at LA, fighting his way through the pack to take the win from his inside fifth row start.

At the drop of the green, Urbana’s Scotty Allen grabbed the quick lead from his outside row one start, followed by current points leader Stephen Muilenburg, but Allen broke loose and slid off the cushion on three and four on the second lap sending him to the rear.

Muilenburg took over the lead on the restart, with Rick Beebe taking over second, followed by Terry Schultz and Matt Dotson.

By lap five, Schultz moved into the second spot, while Thompson had made his way through the pack to take over the fourth.

Shultz continued his push forward and grabbed the lead on the backstretch on lap eight, as Thompson continued forward and moved into third.

Two laps later, Thompson drove down low into one and two and took over the second spot, setting his eyes on Shultz in the lead.

On lap 15, Thompson again went to the inside, this time on three and four and grabbed the lead and never looked back. Shultz kept pace with the leader, but never able to take back the lead, taking second. Muilenburg took the third spot, with Beebe and Dotson rounding out the top five.

In the Street Stock feature, Dean Wille blasted into the lead from his outside row one position out of turn one and never looked back.

A battle for second and third quickly came alive, as Kevin Perkins, Victor Sims, Sundance Keepper and Ted Welschmeyer all fought for positions.

But on lap three Keepper got tangled up on three and four taking him out of contention, bringing out the caution, with Welschmeyer moving into third.

By lap five, Scott Krause and Marc Carter both broke into the top five and set their sights on the leaders.

Two laps later Welschmeyer found room at the bottom of the track on three and four and grabbed the second spot away from Perkins, with Krause a close third, while Sims was attempting to hold off a hard-charging Carter. But one lap later Carter made his move on the backstretch and slid into the fourth.

The line up would remain the same for the final five laps with Wille grabbing the checkered, followed by Welschmeyer. Perkins held on for third with Krause and Carter rounding out the top five.

It was another action packed race in the 305 Sprint Car class. Edgerton’s Ks. Mitchell Moore and Sedalia’s Ryan Schlender came into the night tied in the point’s race, and would make it a nail-biter until the checkered flag.

Moore held the pole position and jumped into the lead at the start, with Austin Alumbaugh closely behind in second, with LaMonte’s Mike Schouten edging into third and Matt McGarry in fourth.

The raced slowed on lap five when Haley Arnold got loose on three and four and brought out a caution. On the restart Schlender took advantage of the situation and fought his way into the fourth spot.

Schouten battled wheel-to-wheel with Alumbaugh for the next several laps for the second spot, but was never able to get around, meanwhile Schlender was working his own strategy and slid around Schouten on three and four on lap 13 to grab third.

One lap later, Alumbaugh lost power coming out of turn four and coasted to a stop on the front stretch, bringing out another caution and moving Schlender into second with two laps remaining.

But on the restart, the track lost its lights on the backstretch, giving fans and racers a 20 minute unexpected delay.

Schlender again took advantage of the restart and blasted to the inside on one and two and grabbed the lead, and never gave Mitchell a chance on the final two laps to regain his position.

Schlender took the checkered, giving him a one-point advantage in the point standings, with Mitchell second, followed by Schouten in third. Matt Close battled up to grab fourth and Tyler Utz fought forward from his eighth place start to take fifth.

In the B-Mod feature, Colt Cheevers grabbed a quick lead at the start, but points leader Gary Lewis took over the lead on lap two.

After chasing Lewis for several laps, Cheevers made his way back into the lead on lap seven and held on until the checkered. Ernie Walker grabbed third place honors, with Josh Calvert and Cliff Hamilton rounding out the top five.

In the Hobby Stock class, Luke Skidmore grabbed his fourth feature of the season, giving him a 39-point lead in the point standings.

Skidmore wasted little time grabbing the lead from his inside row one position and made everyone else play follow-the-leader for the remainder of the race.

Jay Prevete settled into second and Michael Tyler edged into third. The top three spots would stay the same from start to finish. Steven Tyler was the man on the move during race, moving up from his 10^th place start to take fourth and Ronnie Livengood finished fifth.

This Friday is The Bar 98.5/KOKO 1450 night at the races, with five big classes of racing, hot laps begin at 7p.m. races at 7:30, see you at the races.

L A Raceway

Official Results

June 11, 2010

Winged Outlaw Warrior 360 Sprint Feature

1. 28 Jonathan Cornell (1)

2. 33 Austin Alumbaugh (2)

3. 3 Mark Shirshekan (5)

4. 75 Tyler Blank (6)

5. 21T Eric Todd (18)

6. 86 Don Droud, Jr. (17)

7. 1X Bradlee Ryun (7)

8. 3P Rusty Potter (8)

9. 88 J Kinder (9)

10. 9M Jon Corbin (10)

11. 18W Chris Walker (16)

12. 1A Adam Jones (3)

13. 14K Kyle Bellm (12)

14. 76 Jay Russell (14)

15. 72 Curtis Boyer (11)

16. 10 Mike Trent (13)

17. 38 Cody Baker (4)

18. 4 Rex Combs (15)

19. 12C Faron Crank (19)

20. 11C Dakota Carroll (20)

Pitts Homes of Warsaw A Modified Feature

1. 20 Jason Thompson, Concordia, Mo. (9)

2. 90 Terry Schultz, Sedalia, Mo. (3)

3. 33 Stephen Muilenburg, Sparta, Mo. (1)

4. 22B Rick Beebe, Shawnee, Kan. (4)

5. 88D Matt Dotson, Clark, Mo. (7)

6. 67D Isaac Dotson, Lathrop, Mo. (5)

7. 11P Curt Potter, Boonville, Mo. (8)

8. 12M Christopher Moon, Sedalia, Mo. (10)

9. 12V Nathan Vaughn, Lincoln, Mo. (11)

10. C3 Chad Staus, Otterville, Mo. (13)

11. 12 Scotty Allen, Urbana, Mo. (2)

12. 5 Colson Kirk, Urbana, Mo. (12)

13. 112 Justin Moon, Sedalia, Mo. (6)

14. 23 Steve Twenter, Sedalia, Mo. (20)

15. 24D Donnie Fellers, Wheatland, Mo. (14)

16. 77W Rusty Weir, Warsaw, Mo. (19)

17. 5K Ralph King, Marshall, Mo. (15)

18. 22L Luke Feeback, Harrisonville, Mo. (18)

19. 86 Corey Weir, Nixa, Mo. (16)

20. 00 Jim Moody, Odessa, Mo. (17)

Gill Signs/Specialty Sportswear 305 Sprint Feature

1. 15S Ryan Schlender, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

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

3. 27 Mike Schouten, LaMonte, Mo. (6)

4. 5 Matt Close, LaMonte, Mo. (5)

5. 98 Tyler Utz, Sedalia, Mo. (8)

6. 165 Haley Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (7)

7. 14 Andrew Turley, Sedalia, Mo. (9)

8. 5M Miranda Arnold, Sedalia, Mo. (10)

9. 99 Lacy Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (11)

10. 31 Matt McGarry, Alma, Mo. (3)

11. 9 Casey Baker, Lone Jack, Mo. (12)

12. 82A Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville, Mo. (2)

Xtreme Motors Street Stock Feature

1. 49SR Dean Wille, Warrensburg, Mo. (2)

2. 21W Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts, Mo. (5)

3. 1 Kevin Perkins, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

4. 66 Scott Krause, Concordia, Mo. (7)

5. 10 Marc Carter, Warrensburg, Mo. (9)

6. 01 Michael Mullins, Kingsville, Mo. (11)

7. 15G Jeremy Gordon, Sedalia, Mo. (6)

8. J25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (14)

9. 66X Victor Sims, Peculiar, Mo. (1)

10. 35M Roger Bell, Knob Noster, Mo. (10)

11. 82 Marion Bailey, Clinton, Mo. (8)

12. 6 7/8 Sundance Keepper, Everton, Mo. (3)

13. 13C Carl Garrison, Warrensburg, Mo. (15)

14. 76 David Thompson, Sturgeon, Mo. (12)

15. 25 Chad Eckhoff, Concordia, Mo. (13)

Pitts Homes of Warsaw B Modified Feature

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

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

3. 72 Ernie Walker, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

4. 24C Josh Calvert, Hallsville, Mo. (8)

5. 57 Cliff Hamilton, Bates City, Mo. (5)

6. 41 Bob Russell, Lees Summit, Mo. (9)

7. 18 Darin Claxton, Warrensburg, Mo. (3)

8. E76 Ethan Mullins, Green Ridge, Mo. (7)

9. 22 John Thomason, Holden, Mo. (6)

Jim’s Tire Service Hobby Stock Feature

1. 21S Luke Skidmore, Green Ridge, Mo. (1)

2. 25 Jay Prevete, Windsor, Mo. (2)

3. 21 Michael Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (3)

4. Z21 Steven Tyler, Knob Noster, Mo. (10)

5. 3 Ronnie Livengood, Sedalia, Mo. (4)

6. 43 Harold Dump II, Calhoun, Mo. (5)

7. 99T Tobby Shields, Sublette, Kan. (6)

8. 99 Mark Harrison, LaMonte, Mo. (8)

9. 7C Danny Crum, Hughesville, Mo. (7)

10. 83 Rick Anderson, Marshall, Mo. (9)