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Argosy Casino host 2005 O'Reilly MLRA Awards Banquet
Clint Brown
November 12, 2005
With the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour recently wrapping up another
successful season the only thing that remains to be done is to hand out the
championship hardware at the Argosy Casino.
Saturday, November 26, driver's from the O'Reilly MLRA will hear their name
called as they make the way up onto the stage to collect the bounty for a
years worth of hard work.
A social hour kicks the evening off at 5:30 pm with dinner to follow at 7:00
pm. Once dinner is completed the awards for the 2005 Thunder Tour will be
handed out.
Tickets are $25.00 in advance and $30.00 at the door and everyone is welcome
to attend the event.
For more information or to make reservations call 816-650-5063 or
816-305-6572.
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Al Purkey claims O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Championship
Clint Brown
November 2, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour recently puts the wraps on another
successful campaign and when the dust had settled Al Purkey found himself on
top of the heap to claim the title.
The title campaign for Purkey wound up a year that left the competitors
envious as the Coffeyville, KS resident wrapped up a whopping 9 wins, 22 top
fives, and 25 top tens in the twenty-seven events completed on the 2005
Thunder Tour. The championship was the first for Purkey since his title in
2001 and was his fourth overall including 1998 and 1999. The nine wins on
the season also tied a season best for Purkey since his first in the
inaugural 1989 season. Purkey also put himself solidly in the #2 spot on
the O'Reilly MLRA wins list bumping his total to 41 wins. The season ended
with Purkey finding himself at 2218 points - a total of 419 points ahead of
his closest competitor.
Alan Vaughn came out of Belton, MO looking to become the first five time
O'Reilly MLRA champion and to lay claim to five titles in a row. His bid
for the crown came up just short as Vaughn found himself in the runner up
position with 1799 points as the season closed. Working on 3 wins, 9 top
fives, and 19 top tens Vaughn still had a season to be proud of.
Coming out of Creighton, MO David Turner found himself in the third position
at years end. The top ten finish for Turner was his sixth with the series
since his initial fourth place run during the 1998 season. Turner closed
out the year with 1 win, 6 top fives, and 14 top ten finishes to his credit
and held onto the third position with a total of 1682 points.
CJ Lyle was the driver who came up just short of Turner and settled for the
fourth slot as the season ended. Coming out of Shawnee, KS Lyle raced his
way to 4 top five and 9 top ten finishes on the year. Lyle kept his 24L in
the top five for the majority of the season and moved his way to fourth on
the final weekend of the 2005 Thunder Tour with 1564 points.
A mere 11 points behind Lyle was Jason Bodenhamer with 1553 points.
Bodenhamer opened the season with a win in Oklahoma and had a string of
successful runs that saw him capture 7 top fives and 13 top tens at seasons
end.
Rounding out the top ten as the final points were tallied were Brett
LaFollette (1290), David Barker (1180), Bryon Allison (1070), Shane Essary
(1003), and Garry Billings Jr. (935).
Addition feature victories went to Terry Phillips, Denny Eckrich, Kelly
Boen, and Kyle Berck with two wins a pieces. Single event winners were
Brett LaFollette, Brian Birkhofer, Chris Smyser, Darren Miller and Payton
Taylor.
A total of 243 different drivers competed in the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder
Tour from 13 different states.
Next up is the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Awards Banquet at the Argosy
Casino in Kansas City on November 26. All fans and drivers are welcome to
attend. Tickets will be available at the door or by calling 816-650-5063.
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Final 2005 O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Points Standings
Pos Car # Driver Name Hometown Points
1 33P Al Purkey Coffeyville, KS 2218
2 22V Alan Vaughn Belton, MO 1779
3 15T David Turner Adrian, MO 1682
4 24L CJ Lyle Shawnee, KS 1564
5 2B Jason Bodenhamer Centerview, MO 1553
6 23L Brett LaFollette Kansas City, KS 1290
7 88B David Barker Kingsville, MO 1180
8 1A Bryon Allison Marshall, MO 1070
9 15E Shane Essary Aurora, MO 1003
10 10B Gary Billings Jr. Prairie Village, KS 935
11 1K John Anderson Omaha, NE 794
12 52K Steve Kosiski Papillion, NE 684
13 L88 Larry Clawson North KC, MO 607
14 9R Charlie Randolph Muskogee, OK 588
15 07B Kelly Boen Henderson, CO 580
16 2J Johnny Bone Jr. Pea Ridge, AR 532
17 12B Kyle Berck Marquette, NE 512
18 8B Sonny Findling Kirksville, MO 499
19 18M Terry Melton Bartlesville, OK 459
20 92S Delbert Smith Wichita, KS 457
Payton Taylor closes out O'Reilly MLRA season with win
Clint Brown
October 23, 2005
Payton Taylor made the trip to South Coffeyville, OK worthwhile as he picked
up the win as the O'Reilly MLRA closed out the 2005 Thunder Tour at Mid
America Speedway.
The drop of the green flag saw Sonny Findling jump out from his pole
position and take command of the field as John Anderson, Al Purkey, and
Payton Taylor dropped in behind. Anderson began applying heavy pressure for
the lead as he and Findling raced side by side during the fifth lap as Al
Purkey moved his way into the third position. Findling held off Anderson as
he worked his way out to an eight car length advantage while Purkey moved up
to challenge Anderson for the runner up position. Findling began to
encounter back markers on the twelfth lap as Anderson, Purkey and Taylor
fought nose to tail as the trio began to reel in Findling. Taylor worked
his way around Purkey for third on lap 13 and then caught Anderson for
second as the field raced through the 16th lap. In heavy traffic Taylor
found a bite on the bottom side and moved past Findling for the lead on lap
18. Findling moved back around Taylor on lap 20 only to lose the position
again on the 21st circuit. As the front pair battled for position Purkey
began to make a move working past Anderson into third on the 26th lap. Just
one lap later he found himself battling side by side with Findling and made
the move to second on lap 28. The lone caution of the 30 lap event came out
setting up a green/white/checkered finish for the $5000 payday. On the
restart Purkey attempted to power past Taylor for the position, but couldn't
find the bite needed. At the line Taylor held on for the win with Purkey
coming home second. Following those two across the line Findling, Anderson
and John Hampel rounded out the top five.
Will Vaught and Shane Essary found the checkered flag earlier in the evening
as they took home the two B feature wins. Rob Hough, Alan Vaughn, John
Anderson, and David Turner won the four heat races that were run on Friday
evening while Sonny Findling captured the 15 lap dash.
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Full Results
Mid America Speedway
October 21/22, 2005
Heat 1
1) Rob Hough, 2) John Hampel, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Will Vaught, 5) Shannon
Anastopolos, 6) Jeff French, 7) Mike Danburg, 7) Rick Lieser, 9) Gary
Billings
Heat 2
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Payton Taylor, 4) Shane Essary, 5) Brandon
McCormick, 6) Jack Simons, 7) Earl Kinderknecht, 8) Bryon Allison, 9) Shawn
Brassfield
Heat 3
1) John Anderson, 2) Gary Gorby, 3) Mike Collins, 4) Eric Main, 5) Barney
Bauerfiend, 6) Herb Nagy, 7) John Beird, 8) Terry Melton
Heat 4
1) David Turner, 2) Sonny Findling, 3) Russell Portwood, 4) Larry Clawson,
5) Charlie Randolph, 6) Andy Gerstencorn, 7) Justin Kinderknecht, 8) JT
Botts
Dash
1) Sonny Findling, 2) John Anderson, 3) Payton Taylor, 4) Al Purkey, 5) Alan
Vaughn, 6) John Hampel. 7) David Turner, 8) Russell Portwood, 9) Rob Hough,
10) Mike Collins, 11) Gary Gorby, 12) CJ Lyle
B Feature #1
1) Will Vaught, 2) Eric Main, 3) Charlie Randolph, 4) CJ Lyle, 5) Terry
Melton, 6) Shannon Anastosopolos, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Barney Bauernfeind, 9)
John Beird, 10) Herb Nagy
B Feature #2
1) Shane Essary, 2) Brandon McCormick, 3) Larry Clawson, 4) Jack Simmons, 5)
Earl Kinderknecht, 6) Andy Gerstencorn, 7) Bryon Allison, 8) Johnny
Brassfield, 9) Justin Kinderknecht, 10) JT Botts
A Feature
1) Payton Taylor, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Sonny Findling, 4) John Anderson, 5) John
Hampel. 6) Rob Hough, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) Gary Gorby, 9) Brandon McCormick,
10) Mike Collins, 11) Charlie Randolph, 12) Shane Essary, 13) David Turner,
14) Will Vaught, 15) CJ Lyle, 16) Rick Lieser, 17) Terry Melton, 18) Eric
Main, 19) Jack Simmons, 20) Larry Clawson, 21) Bryon Allison, 22) Jeff
French, 23) Russell Portwood, 24) Earl Kinderknecht
Fall Blow Out Caps off O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour
Clint Brown
October 18, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is racing towards the checkered flag and
will see the finish of another successful season as the series takes part in
the Fall Blow Out at Mid America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK on Friday
and Saturday, October 21 & 22.
Friday night drivers and crews will make their way to the track to compete
in heat races to set up the final feature of the year. Gates open Friday
night at 4:00 pm with racing action getting underway at 7:00 pm. General
admission tickets are only $8.00 for adults, with kids 6-12 only $3.00 and 5
& under free. Pit passes for Friday nights action are $25.00 per person.
Saturday night will see the gates fly open at 4:00 pm as drivers make final
preparations for the final feature event of the 2005 Thunder Tour as $5,000
is on the line to the winner of the 50 lap feature. Racing is set to get
underway at 7:00 pm with general admission tickets priced at $12.00 while
kids 6-12 are only $3.00 and 5 & under are free. Saturday night pit passes
will be available for $30.00 each.
A Thursday evening practice will be available with pit pricing set at $10.00
per person. For drivers and crews a $50.00 pit pass will be available that
will cover both Friday and Saturday night racing.
In addition to the O'Reilly MLRA action full racing programs of Modifieds,
Outlaw Factory Stocks, Factory Stocks, and Pure Stocks will be in action.
In the event of inclement weather the Fall Blowout will be run on October 28
and 29.
For the latest news and information about Mid America Speedway call Andy at
(620) 330-8702 or Clem at (620) 515-0906 or visit them on the web at
www.midamericaspeedway.com. For
lodging information contact the host hotel
for the event which is Super 8 of Coffeyville at (620) 251-2250. Mid
America Speedway is located 1 mile south of the OK/KS state line on US 169
then .7 miles west.
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Capital Federal Savings Loot to Kyle Berck
Clint Brown
October 9, 2005
Kyle Berck became the first repeat winner in the three years of the Capital
Federal Saving Late Model Showdown by taking the win in the fifty lap
feature event at Lakeside Speedway. Berck took home his second O'Reilly
MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour victory of the season with pass of John Anderson only
five laps from the end.
Justin Fegers and Terry Phillips lead the twenty-six car field down to the
green flag with Phillips using the high side to make the move to the front
as the feature started. Phillips opened up an eight carlength advantage
over Fegers, but the field was bunched up when the yellow flew on lap seven
for Friday night winner Denny Eckrich who made contact with another car
entering turn one.
Phillips once again jumped to the lead on the restart, but Al Purkey made a
move on Fegers to take over the second position and set sail for the leader.
Purkey tracked down Phillips one lap later and pulled alongside going down
the backstretch completing the pass for the top spot as the pair raced off
of four on lap nine. Phillips kept in tow with Purkey as the frontrunners
began to encounter lapped traffic and reassumed the point on lap sixteen
using the low side coming off of turn four to get back around Purkey.
The caution flag flew for the final time on lap twenty-four as Johnny Bone
found himself nosed into the turn three guardrail after making contact with
a lapped car.
When the green flag waved Phillips again moved away from Purkey to keep his
position at the head of the field. Behind him Purkey was busy holding off
Fegers while John Anderson had moved up to the fourth position after
starting the feature in the twentieth position. Anderson moved around both
Purkey and Fegers on the twenty-fifth circuit and quickly reeled in Phillips
and made the pass for the top spot on the twenty-eight circuit coming off of
turn four.
Once out front Anderson quickly built up a sizeable lead, but Kyle Berck
began to work his way to the front by moving past Phillips on lap
thirty-five and setting sail for Anderson. With only five laps to go Berck
had worked right up to the rear bumper of Anderson and made the high side
move as the pair sailed off of turn four. From that point Berck held on to
his advantage over Anderson and came across the line for the win. Purkey
made a late race pass to take home third with Phillips and Dave Eckrich
rounding out the top five.
Berck also captured the win in one of the seven heats along with Alan
Vaughn, Larry McDaniels, Ed Kosiski, John Hampel, Justin Fegers, and Al
Humphrey. Steve Kosiski, Sonny Findling, and Johnny Bone took home the
three consolation event wins.
The Capital Federal Savings Late Model Showdown at Lakeside Speedway is an
event co-sanctioned between the O'Reilly MLRA and World Dirt Racing League
(WDRL).
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Full Results
Lakeside Speedway
October 8, 2005
Heat 1
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Kevin Kile, 3) Ryan McAninch, 4) Jeff French, 5) Bill
Leighton
Heat 2
1) Kyle Berck, 2) Ken Schrader, 3) Jimmy Judd, 4) Johnny Bone, 5) Gary Webb
Heat 3
1) Larry McDaniels, 2) Darrell DeFrance, 3) Dave Eckrich, 4) Brian Schutt,
5) Chad Simpson
Heat 4
1) Ed Kosiski, 2) Chris Spieker, 3) Brian Harris, 4) Steve Kosiski, 5)
Delbert Smith
Heat 5
1) John Hampel, 2) Mike Smith, 3) Terry Phillips, 4) Joe Kosiski, 5) David
Turner
Heat 6
1) Just Fegers, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Eric Pember, 5) David
Barker
Heat 7
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Will Vaught, 4) Sonny Findling, 5)
Caley Emerson
Dash
1) Justin Fegers, 2) Terry Phillips, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Will Vaught, 5) Dave
Eckrich, 6) Ken Schrader, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) Al Humphrey
B Feature #1
1) Steve Kosiski, 2) John Anderson, 3) Mike Smith, 4) Jeff French, 5) Matt
Furman
B Feature #2
1) Sonny Findling, 2) Chad Simpson, 3) Joe Kosiski, 4) Gary Webb, 5) Jason
Hobscheidt
B Feature #3
1) Johnny Bone, 2) David Turner, 3) Chris Simpson, 4) Delbert Smith, 5) Kurt
Kile
A Feature
1) Kyle Berck, 2) John Anderson, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Terry Phillips, 5) Dave
Eckrich, 6) John Hampel, 7) Brian Harris, 8) Alan Vaughn, 9) Denny Eckrich,
10) Justin Fegers, 11) Sonny Findling, 12) Chad Simpson, 13) Steve Kosiski,
14) Darrell DeFrance, 15) Ryan McAninch, 16) Brett LaFollette, 17) David
Turner, 18) Eric Pember, 19) CJ Lyle, 20) Bill Koons, 21) Ken Schrader, 22)
Johnny Bone, 23) Will Vaught, 24) Al Humphrey, 25) Larry McDaniels, 26) Ed
Kosiski
Lakeside Speedway O'Reilly MLRA Checkers to Denny Eckrich
Clint Brown
October 8, 2005
Tiffin, IA's Denny Eckrich showed why he is one of the top late model
drivers in the Midwest as he captured the opening round of the Capital
Federal Late Model Showdown by leading from green to checkered. The win was
the second of the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour for the Iowa native.
Eckrich began the 30 lap feature event from the pole position taking the win
in the pole dash and set sail from the drop of the green flag. Powering out
to a 1/2 straight lead in the first handful of laps, Eckrich showed he would
be the man to beat as the laps counted down.
Justin Fegers and Terry Phillips battled for the second position with Fegers
grabbing the spot on the seventh circuit and Kyle Berck following through a
lap later. As Fegers, Berck, and Phillips waged war for the second position
Eckrich continued to pull away increasing his lead as he came upon lapped
cars at the halfway point of the event.
The lone caution of the night waved on lap 28 striking out the full straight
advantage that Eckrich had built up. Once the green flag dropped again
Eckrich was able to once again pull away from the field and take the win.
The battle for second continued right to the line as Phillips narrowly held
off the charge of Berck that saw the two make contact right at the line with
both drivers making great saves to hold on to their machines. Fegers was
able to hold on for the fourth position while Al Purkey moved up to the
fifth position at the finish.
Eckrich made a clean sweep on the evening with the feature, pole dash, and
win in the first of seven heat races. Joining Eckrich with heat wins were
Delbert Smith, David Turner, Al Purkey, Al Humphrey, John Hampel, and CJ
Lyle. Steve Kosiski, Sonny Findling, Johnny Bone earned spots in the
feature event by virtue of their wins in the three consolation events.
The Capital Federal Savings Late Model Showdown at Lakeside Speedway is an
event co-sanctioned between the O'Reilly MLRA and World Dirt Racing League
(WDRL).
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Full Results
Lakeside Speedway
October 7, 2005
Heat 1
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) John Anderson, 3) Kyle Berck, 4) Brian Harris, 5)
Johnny Bone, Jr., 6) Sonny Findling, 7) Caley Emerson, 8) Mike Danburg, 9)
Chris Simpson, 10) Danny Barker
Heat 2
1) Delbert Smith, 2) Charlie Randolph, 3) Gary Webb, 4) Corey Zeitner, 5)
Bryon Allison, 6) Kenneth Brack, 7) Bill Leighton, 8) TJ Kuykendall, 9) Owen
Evinger, 10) Chris Smyser
Heat 3
1) David Turner, 2) Ed Kosiski, 3) Craig Preble, 4) Kelly Boen, 5) Dustin
Mooneyham, 6) Gary Billings, 7) Will Vaught, 8) Brian Schutt, 9) John
Vandenberg, 10) Ed Nelson
Heat 4
1) Al Purkey, 2) Justin Fegers, 3) Kurt Kile, 4) Mike Smith, 5) Chad
Simpson, 6) Dan Tomplift, 7) Larry McDaniels, 8) David Barker, 9) Jeff
French, 10) Jason Bodenhamer
Heat 5
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Terry Phillips, 3) Scott Drake, 4) Steve Kosiski, 5)
Brett LaFollette, 6) Eric Pember, 7) Joe Kosiski, 8) Chris Spieker, 9) Larry
Clawson, 10) Darrick Klima
Heat 6
1) John Hampel, 2) Mike Collins, 3) Ryan McAninch, 4) Dave Eckrich, 5) Ken
Schrader, 6) Kevin Kile, 7) Jimmy Judd, 8) Russell Jefferies, 9) Bill Koons,
10) Ed Dixon
Heat 7
1) CJ Lyle, 2) Alan Vaughn 3) Darrell DeFrance, 4) Matt Furman, 5) Larry
Stevenson, 6) Jason Hobscheidt, 7) Gary Dechant, 8) Chad Clark, 9) Rusty
Miller, 10) Chad Frewaldt
Dash
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Terry Phillips, 3) Justin Fegers, 4) Ed Kosiski, 5) Al
Humphrey, 6) John Hampel, 7) CJ Lyle, 8) Charlie Randolph
B Feature #1
1) Johnny Bone, 2) Dave Eckrich, 3) Chad Simpson, 4) Corey Zeitner, 5) Kevin
Kile, 6) Kenneth Brack, 7) Bill Leighton, 8) Chris Smyser, 9) Larry
McDaniels, 10) Chad Clark, 11) Mike Danburg, 12) David Barker, 13) Larry
Stevenson, 14) Rusty Miller, 15) Steven Foster, 16) Bill Koons, 17) Kurt
Kile, 18) Scott Drake
B Feature #2
1) John Anderson, 2) Jason Hobscheidt, 3) Brian Harris, 4) Joe Kosiski, 5)
John Vandenberg, 6) Sonny Findling, 7) Caley Emerson, 8) Ryan McAninch, 9)
Dustin Mooneyham, 10) Jason Bodenhamer, 11) Jeff French, 12) TJ Kuykendall,
13) Chris Simpson, 14) Gary Billings, 15) Chad Frewaldt, 16) Bryon Allison,
17) Chris Spieker, 18) Craig Preble
B Feature #3
1) Ken Schrader, 2) Steve Kosiski, 3) Delbert Smith, 4) Darrell DeFrance, 5)
Will Vaught, 6) Darrick Klilma, 7) Gary Dechant, 8) Jimmy Judd, 9) Eric
Pember, 10) Ed Nelson, 11) Brian Schutt, 12) Dan Tomplift, 13) Russell
Jefferies, 14) Larry Clawson, 15) Owen Evinger, 16) Matt Furman, 17) Brett
LaFollette, 18) Danny Barker
A Feature
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Terry Phillips, 3) Kyle Berck, 4) Justin Fegers, 5) Al
Purkey, 6) John Hampel, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) John Anderson, 9) Ken Schrader,
10) Ed Kosiski, 11) Dave Eckrich, 12) Kelly Boen, 13) Delbert Smith, 14)
Jason Hobscheidt, 15) Steve Kosiski, 16) David Turner, 17) Al Humphrey, 18)
Brett LaFollette, 19) Eric Pember, 20) Johnny Bone, 21) CJ Lyle, 22) Charlie
Randolph, 23) Bill Koons, 24) Gary Webb, 25) David Barker, 26) Mike Collins
Mother Nature Makes a Clean Sweep at Adrian Speedway
Clint Brown
October 5, 1005
For the second time in the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Mother Nature was
the big winner at Adrian Speedway. A heavy late afternoon shower forced
officials with the track and O'Reilly MLRA to make the tough decision to put
a halt to the Al Bodenhamer Memorial which was scheduled to roll off this
evening. The 2005 Thunder Tour event on June 11 was also called after heavy
rains.
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour drivers and crews will take Thursday
night, October 6, to prepare themselves for the Capital Federal Late Model
Showdown on Friday and Saturday (October 7 and 8) at Lakeside Speedway. The
event is co-sanctioned with the Polydome World Dirt Racing League and finds
one of the largest fields of super late models converging on the Kansas City
facility.
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O'Reilly MLRA Set for a Big Week of Racing
Clint Brown
October 1, 2005
The month of October rolls in with one of the biggest racing weekends on
both the Missouri and Kansas side with the O'Reilly MLRA set to do battle in
three events in four days.
Wednesday, October 5, the O'Reilly MLRA rolls into Adrian Speedway for the
3rd Annual Al Bodenhamer Memorial with $2500 up for grabs to the winner. In
addition to the 40 lap feature event the Jack Vaughn Memorial Dash of
Champions will take to the track during the evenings festivities. Gates
open at 5:00 pm with racing action getting underway at 7:30 pm. General
admission tickets are only $15.00 with kids 6-12 $5.00 and under 5 are free.
Pit passes are $25.00 for the night. Adrian Speedway is located 2.5 north
of SR18 on US 71, then .5 miles west on CR AA. For more information on
Adrian Speedway call 816-297-4400 or visit
www.adrianspdwy.com.
With a night to rest the 2005 Thunder Tour will kick into gear again on
Friday, October 7, as they make their way across the state line to Lakeside
Speedway for the first night of the Capital Federal Late Model Showdown.
Long standing as one of the biggest late model events in the area, the
O'Reilly MLRA regulars will do battle with the best of the O'Reilly TORA and
World Dirt Racing league series along with a host of local drivers looking
for the $3000 top prize. The next night, Saturday October 8, drivers and
crews head back to Lakeside Speedway for night #2 of the Late Model Showdown
and do battle again for the $5000 payoff to the winner at the end of the 50
lap feature event. The 2004 edition of the Capital Federal Late Model
Showdown saw 70+ late models fight it out in front of a packed house with
Brady Smith and Steve Kosiski taking the wins. General admission tickets
are $20.00 in advance or $25.00 at the gates. Youth admission (8-14 years
old) is only $8.00. Pit passes are available for $30.00 (1 day), $55.00 (2
day), or $75.00 (3 day - which includes Thursday night October 6). Gates
open each night at 5:00 pm with hot laps at 7:00 pm and heat race action
getting underway at 7:30 pm. Lakeside Speedway is located on I-435 at exit
18 then 1.0 miles NW on SR 5. For more information on Lakeside Speedway
call 913-299-2040 or
www.lakesidespeedway.net.
The season ending event of the 2005 Thunder Tour at Outlaw Motor Speedway on
October 14 and 15 has been cancelled. The event has been replaced with an
event on October 21 and 22 at Mid America Speedway in South Coffeyville, OK.
Addition race information to follow at a later date.
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Cornhusker Classic Cash to Kelly Boen
Clint Brown
September 25, 2005
Kelly Boen picked up his second win of the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour
and the big payday taking the win in the 2005 edition of the Cornhusker
Classic at I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park on September 23 and 24.
Boen moved past race leader John Anderson to take over the top spot and was
never heeded as he marched his way to the $7,500 payday for the 50 lap
affair. Not only did Boen pick up the top prize, but he also copped nearly
$2,000 in lap leader bonus money which paid $40 to the lap leader. Anderson
held onto the second position while holding off the hard charging Al Purkey
who came across the line in the third spot. Johnny Bone and John Hampel
rounded out the top five as the field came to the checkered flag.
Boen also allied a heat victory on Friday night along with Delbert Smith, Al
Purkey, Jason Bodenhamer, and Leon Zeitner. John Anderson took home the
$500 top prize for winning the dash which also allowed him to start Saturday
nights feature event from the pole. John Hampel, Jason Hobscheidt, and
Craig Preble fought their way to wins in the last chance events which earned
the a spot in the big show.
A weekend off will the O'Reilly MLRA prepare for one of the biggest racing
weeks of the season as the Al Bodenhamer Memorial event is set to take place
on Wednesday, October 5 at Adrian Speedway. Two nights later things really
heat up as Lakeside Speedway plays host to two nights of racing action on
Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8.
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Full Results
Cornhusker Classic
I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park
September 23 and 24, 2005
Heat 1
1) Delbert Smith, 2) Gary Dechant, 3) David Turner, 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean
Moore, 6) Al Humphrey, 7) Mike Wallace, 8) Mike Nanfito, 9) Ted Martin, 10)
Darrell DeFrance
Heat 2
1) Al Purkey, 2) Joe Kosiski, 3) Jason Hobshiedt, 4) Johnny Bone, 5) Mike
Danburg, 6) Jeff Guengerich, 7) Chris Spieker, 9) Brian Kenkel, 9) Dan
Mueller, 10) Jeff Tilley
Heat 3
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Darrick Klima, 3) Ryan McAninch, 4) Jay Cooper, 5)
Scott Daly, 6) Jim Clifton, 7) Ken Brack, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) Clinton Benson, 10)
Joe Julian
Heat 4
1) Leon Zeitner, 2) Craig Preble, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) Ed Kosiski, 5) Mel
Zeitner, 6) Bill Leighton, 7) Ryan Vicker, 8) Steve Foster, 9) Steve
Kosiski, 10) Justin Cooper
Heat 5
1) Kelly Boen, 2) John Anderson, 3) Corey Zeitner, 4) Al Zeitner, 5) Billy
Murphy, 6) John Nicholson, 7) Greg Larson, 8) Larry McDaniels, 9) Rusty
Miller, 10) Steve Kempt
Dash
1) John Anderson, 2) Kelly Boen, 3) Leon Zeitner, 4) Al Purkey, 5) Alan
Vaughn, 6) Joe Kosiski, 7) Jason Bodenhamer, 8) Ryan McAninch, 9) Delbert
Smith, 10) Darrick Klima
B Feature #1
1) John Hampel, 2) Ed Kosiski, 3) Steve Kosiski, 4) Al Zeitner, 5) Billy
Murphy, 6) Corey Zeitner, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Chris Spieker, 9) Greg Larson,
10) Brian Kenkel, 11) Jeff Guengerich, 12) Jeff Tilley, 13) Steve Kempt, 14)
Clinton Benson
B Feature #2
1) Jason Hobsheidt, 2) Johnny Bone, 3) Gary Dechant, 4) Bill Leighton, 5)
Jim Clifton, 6) Mike Wallace, 7) Ryan Vicker, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) Bryant
Goldsmith, 10) Scott Daly, 11) Steve Foster, 12) Rusty Miller, 13) Joe
Julian, 14) Ted Martin
B Feature #3
1) Craig Preble, 2) David Turner, 3) Mel Zeitner, 4) Al Humphrey, 5) John
Nicholson, 6) Darrell DeFrance, 7) Dean Moore, 8) Mike Nanfito, 9) Ken
Brack, 10) Jay Cooper, 11) Dan Mueller, 12) Larry McDaniels
A Feature
1) Kelly Boen, 2) John Anderson, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Johnny Bone, 5) John
Hampel, 6) Steve Kosiski, 7) Leon Zeitner, 8) Ed Kosiski, 9) Joe Kosiski,
10) Al Humphrey, 11) Al Zeitner, 12) Jason Bodenhamer, 13) Ryan McAninch,
14) Mel Zeitner, 15) Chris Spieker, 16) Gary Dechant, 17) Darrick Klima, 18)
CJ Lyle, 19) Bill Leighton, 20) David Turner, 21) Bill Murphy, 22) Dean
Moore, 23) Alan Vaughn, 24) Delbert Smith, 25) Larry McDaniels, 26) Craig
Preble, 27) Jeff Tilley, 28) Jason Hobsheidt
O'Reilly MLRA set for Cornhusker Classic run
Clint Brown
September 20, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour takes to the road this weekend as they
visit I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park for the 2005 Cornhusker Clash
on September 23 and 24. The event is co-sanctioned along with the O'Reilly
NCRA, O'Reilly TORA, and WDRA organizations.
Friday Night, September 23, drivers and crews take to the track looking to
take home top honors in heat race action on the night. In addition to heat
races a special 8 lap dash will pit the top drivers against each other with
$500 going to the winner. Pit gates open at 4:30 pm with a driver's meeting
on tap at 6:00 pm before racing gets underway at 7:00 pm. Grandstand gates
will fly open at 5:30 pm in preparation for the nights action. Ticket
prices for Friday night are only $15.00 for Adults, Students (age 13-17) and
Seniors (62 and older) are $13.00. Pit passes are $25.00 each.
Saturday, September 24, the action gets hot and heavy as the O'Reilly MLRA
takes to the 4/10th mile oval to battle it out for the $7,500 top prize at
the end of the 50 lap feature. Things kick off with last chance events to
fill out the field along with the drivers from the previous nights heat race
action. As an added bonus drivers will be eligible for a $40 lap leader
bonus as well as $10 per lap to the driver running in second place. With
the dash, lap leader bonus, and winner's payout that's a possible $10,000
payday that's up for grabs. Pit gates open on Saturday at 3:30 pm with the
driver's meeting set for 5:30 pm and racing set to get underway at 6:30 pm.
Grandstand gates open at 5:00 pm with tickets set at $20.00 for Adults, with
Students (age 13-17) and Seniors (62 and older) only $18.00. Pit pass
pricing is $30.00 each.
For more information about I-80 Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park call
402-944-2233 or visit them on the internet at
www.neracewaypark.com.
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The Broom is out as Purkey sweeps at Winston
Clint Brown
September 18, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour book ended the season at Winston
Speedway and Al Purkey found himself in the winner's circle both times to
make a clean sweep of the O'Reilly MLRA action at the facility. Purkey
motored away from the field to lead the entire from his pole position to
pick up his third win in a row and ninth overall in the 2005 Thunder Tour.
Once the green flag dropped Purkey quickly moved in front of Joe Kosiski,
who started on the front row with him, to build a commanding lead. While
attempting to keep pace with the leader Kosiski was busy fending off the
charges of John Anderson. The front three remained the same for the
remainder of the event as Purkey built his lead to a full straight away over
Kosiski to take the checkered flag and sweep the weekends races after having
won the previous night at LA Raceway. Following Purkey and Kosiski across
the line were Anderson, defending O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn, and
Sonny Findling to round out the top five.
Thirty-three drivers signed in with Al Purkey, Joe Kosiski, Sonny Findling,
and Jason Bodenhamer finding themselves at the top of the heap with heat
race wins. Ted Martin and Brandon McCormick found their way into the main
event with B feature victories.
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour travels to I-80 Speedway at Nebraska
Raceway Park for the next event on September 23 and 24 for the Cornhusker
Classic. The two day event will see a possible payday of $10,000 to the
winner.
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Full Results
Winston Speedway
September 17, 2005
Heat 1
1) Al Purkey, 2) Jeff French, 3) CJ Lyle
Heat 2
1) Joe Kosiski, 2) David Turner, 3) Shane Essary
Heat 3
1) Sonny Findling, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) John Anderson
Heat 4
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) Chad Clark
B Feature #1
1) Ted Martin, 2) Gary Billings, 3) David Barker, 4) Mike Danburg, 5) Tommy
Cordray, 6) Daniel Detweiler, 7) Tom Perkins, 8) Ed Nelson
B Feature #2
1) Brandon McCormick, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Dale Eaton, 4) Barney
Bauernenfiend, 5) Steve Clancy, 6) Corey Zeitner, 7) Bob Miller
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) Joe Kosiski, 3) John Anderson, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5) Sonny
Findling, 6) Jason Bodenhamer, 7) CJ Lyle, 8) David Turner, 9) Jeff French,
10) Shane Essary, 11) Chad Clark, 12) Larry Clawson, 13) Bryon Allison, 14)
Gary Billings, 15) Shorty Acker, 16) Jimmy Morris, 17) Ted Martin, 18) Dale
Eaton, 19) Brandon McCormick, 20) Brett LaFollette, 21) Steve Kosiski, 22)
David Barker
Purkey steps closer to title with win at LA Raceway stop
Clint Brown
September 16, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour made the trip into LA Raceway and when
the checkered flag flew it was Coffeyville, KS wheelman Al Purkey finding
himself at the head of the class. Purkey notched his eight win of the 2005
Thunder Tour campaign and in the process solidified his place at the top of
the championship standings looking for his fourth series title.
The A Feature rolled off with fan favorites David Turner and Chris Smyser
leading the field to the green flag. The original start was quickly slowed
as Brandon McCormick found himself pointed the wrong direction going through
turns 3 & 4. On the ensuing restart Turner quickly jumped to the front of
the pack only to have Smyser pull alongside and make a bid for the top spot.
While the front two began a torrid battle Purkey took over the third
position on lap three. Turner would find his position in front of Smyser
only to find Purkey making it a three way battle for the position with cars
running two and three wide searching for the quick line. The caution flew
for the machine of Larry Clawson who found himself with a flat left rear
tire. On the restart Steve Kosiski made his presence known as he pulled
alongside Purkey only to have shoot back around both he and Chris Smyser and
into the runner up position. The machine of John Anderson mad a run to the
front as he powered his way into the third position and attempt to track
down the front runners. Steve Kosiski's night came to any early end and he
took his machine to the pits after problems developed on his 52k relegating
him to a spot on the sidelines as a spectator. There was fierce action
happening all over the track, as the field neared the halfway mark, with
Turner, Anderson, and Bodenhamer going three wide looking for the third
position. At the time that Purkey entered lapped traffic he had increased
his lead over Turner to nearly one-half the front stretch. As Purkey
continued to stretch his lead to nearly a half of a lap, John Anderson found
himself in a heated battle with Alan Vaughn who had moved his way towards
the front from his fifteen starting position. The pair ran side by side
with neither driver gaining a clear advantage over the other until Anderson
found the bite he needed to grab second. Purkey found himself racing under
the checkered flag with nearly 1/2 lap advantage over half a lap over his
closest pursuer. Anderson was able to fend off Vaughn for the second spot
while David Turner and Jason Bodenhamer complete the top five at the line.
Aaron Seabaugh, Chris Smyser, Purkey, John Anderson, and Turner came home
with the five heat race wins on the night. Sonny Findling and David Barker
worked their way into the feature via B feature victories. A total of 45
cars signed at the gate for the evenings racing action.
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour makes the trip to the north and Winston
Speedway on Saturday night, September 17, to complete the weekends racing
action.
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Full Results
LA Raceway
September 16, 2005
Heat 1
1) Aaron Seabaugh, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) Randy McGraw, 4) Dustin Mooneyham,
5) Shorty Acker, 6) Dave Bush, 7) Bob Hiller, 8) Bob Cummings, 9) Tom
Cordray
Heat 2
1) Chris Smyser, 2) TJ KuyKendall, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Chad Clark, 5)
Richard Weber, 6) Virgil Jeffries, 7) Barney Bauernfeind, 8) Owen Evinger,
9) Jimmy Morris
Heat 3
1) Al Purkey, 2) Brandon McCormick, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) David Barker, 5)
Darrell Mooneyham, 6) Danny Atkkinson, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Jake Morris, 9)
Steven Clancy
Heat 4
1) John Anderson, 2) Steve Kosiski, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Brett LaFollette, 5)
Larry Clawson, 6) Kevin Kaiser, 7) David Gemes, 8) Kenny Bowman, 9) Greg
Choate
Heat 5
1) David Turner, 2) Shad Badder, 3) Jeff Schlup, 4) Sonny Findling, 5) Gary
Billings, 6) Chad Frewaldt, 7) Charlie Reed, 8) Larry Moon, 9) Clint Long
B Feature #1
1) Sonny Findling, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Darrell Mooneyham, 4) Shorty
Acker, 5) Dustin Mooneyham, 6) Tom Cordray, 7) Virgil Jeffries, 8) Mike
Danburg, 9) Charlie Reed, 10) Kenny Bowman, 11) Owen Evinger, 12) Bob
Hiller, 13) Danny Atkinson, 14) Steven Clancy
B Feature #2
1) David Barker, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) Jake Morris, 4) Kevin Kaiser, 5)
Barney Bauernfeind, 6) Gary Billings, 7) Jimmy Morris, 8) Richard Weber, 9)
David Gemes, 10) Larry Moon, 11) Dave Bush, 12) Chad Frewaldt, 13) Bob
Cummings,
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) John Anderson, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) David Turner, 5) Jason
Bodenhamer, 6) Brandon McCormick, 7) Chad Clark, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) TJ
KuyKendall, 10) Aaron Seabaugh, 11) Larry Clawson, 12) Brett LaFollette, 13)
David Barker, 14) Jeff Schlup, 15) Shad Badder, 16) Darrell Mooneyham, 17)
Bryon Allison, 18) Jake Morris, 19) Randy McGraw, 20) Steve Kosiski, 21)
Sonny Findling, 22) Chris Smyser
O'Reilly MLRA rolls on with two Missouri visits
Clint Brown
September 14, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA continues on with the 2005 Thunder Tour as the series
makes two stops in Missouri at LA Raceway and Winston Speedway on Friday and
Saturday, September 16 & 17.
Friday night will se the O'Reilly MLRA Super Late Models take to the swift
racing surface of LA Raceway in LaMonte, MO for only the second time. 2005
Thunder Tour points leader Al Purkey will look to solidify his hold on the
title race as Alan Vaughn, David Turner, Jason Bodenhamer and the rest of
the O'Reilly MLRA contingent look to take top honors on the night. A whole
host of local talent is expected to be on hand to give the O'Reilly MLRA a
fight for the top spot including Chris Smyser, Chad Clark, Bryon Allison,
Reid Millard and others. Gary Stolba, of Willow Springs, MO, captured the
checkered flag when the series visited in 2004 and looks to make a strong
bid for a second consecutive win at the facility. KMMO radio will be on
hand with a live broadcast from 4-7 leading up to the nights racing action.
Racing action kicks off with gates opening at 5:00 pm and racing at 7:00 pm.
General admission is only $12, with Military and Seniors only $11. Youth
6-15 are $6 while 5 and under are free. Pit passes for the event are $25.
For more information on LA Raceway visit them on the web at
www.laraceway.com or call 660-347-5222.
LA Raceway is located south of
LaMonte, MO on SR 127 to Hwy Y then west 3.5 miles.
Saturday night, September 17, the 2005 Thunder Tour makes the trip to the
north and the second visit of the season to Winston Speedway. Al Purkey was
able to take home the tough win when the series visited on April 16 and will
be looking to take home the clean sweep of the 2005 visits to the Winston,
MO facility. The second visit to Winston Speedway will complete the bookend
of the season as the series visited on opening night and September 17 will
be the final points night in their 2005 weekly campaign.
Gates open at 6:15 with hot laps taking to the track at 7:00 pm. General
admission tickets are only $13 each. Winston Speedway is located just off
I-35 by taking exit 64 then east on SR 6. For track information call (660)
749-5317 or (660) 749-5373 or visit them on the web at
www.winstonspeedwayhome.com.
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O'Reilly MLRA checkers to Al Purkey at Salina Speedway
Clint Brown
September 4, 2005
Al Purkey solidified his hold on the 2005 Thunder Tour points standings by
holding off the hard charging Steve Kosiski at Salina Speedway. The victory
was the seventh of the season for Purkey as he looks to cop his fourth
season championship.
The win was hard fought for Purkey as he found himself lining up eleventh on
the starting grid, but quickly moved his way forward as the green flag
waved. When a caution flag flew on lap 10 Purkey had already made his way
into the third position behind Kosiski and Alan Vaughn. Lap 15 saw Vaughn's
chances at the win end as his machine slowed to a stop on the front stretch
with a broken rear end while the field was under caution.
The restart saw Dean Moore shoot past Purkey into second while Kosiski
continued to hold the point on the field. A lap later Purkey would repass
Moore for second bringing Kelly Boen with him into the third spot.
Kosiski and Purkey began to stretch the gap over third place Boen and were
set to decide the finish between the two of them. Purkey began to search
for a way around Kosiski and finally found it as the pair traveled through
turns three and four of the 25th lap. Purkey dove the bottom, as Kosiski
worked the high side, and was able to slide up in front as the duo came off
of the fourth turn. Over the final five laps Kosiski attempted to take back
the top spot, but Purkey was able to fend him off and race under the
checkered flag to add to his win total for 2005. Kosiski held on for second
with Dean Moore, Ryan McAninch, and Brett LaFollette rounding out the top
five at the line.
Dean Moore, Steve Kosiski, Johnny Bone Jr., CJ Lyle and Ted Martin were able
to hold on for the heat race wins while Earl Kinderknecht and Kelly Boen
copped the B Feature victories.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is a trip back to the
Show-Me state for a stop at LA Raceway in LaMonte, MO on September 16.
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Full Results
Salina Speedway
September 3, 2005
Heat 1
1) Dean Moore, 2) Ronnie Warman, 3) Ryan McAninch, 4) Earl Kinderknecht, 5)
Gary Billings, 6) Gary Dechant, 7) Brad Fortney, 8) Dave Conkwright
Heat 2
1) Steve Kosiski, 2) David Brock, 3) David Barker, 4) Justin Kinderknecht,
5) John Kuchar, 6) Brad Morris, 7) Gary Riley, 8) Frank McGhee
Heat 3
1) Johnny Bone Jr., 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Chris Mayes, 4) Gary Gorby, 5) Eric
Main, 6) Dan Topliff, 7) Shad Badder, 8) Darrick Klima
Heat 4
1) CJ Lyle, 2) David Turner, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Clint Long, 5) Larry Clawson,
6) Kenny Bohman, 7) Steve Foster, 8) Rusty Miller
Heat 5
1) Ted Martin, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Delbert Smith, 4) Jason Bodenhamer,
5) Kelly Boen, 6) Billy Murphy, 7) Kelly Brown, 8) Mike Conkwright
B Feature #1
1) Earl Kinderknecht, 2) Eric Main, 3) Gary Gorby, 4) Larry Clawson, 5)
Kelly Brown, 6) Darrick Klima, 7) Brad Fortney, 8) John Kuchar, 9) Brad
Morris, 10) Kenny Bohman, DNS - Dave Conkwright, Steve Foster
B Feature #2
1) Kelly Boen, 2) Clint Long, 3) Mike Conkwright, 4) Gary Dechant, 5) Dan
Topliff, 6) Gary Billings, 7) Frank McGhee, 8) Justin Kinderknecht, 9) Rusty
Miller, 10) Gary Riley, 11) Billy Murphy, 12) Shad Badder
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) Steve Kosiski, 3) Dean Moore, 4) Ryan McAninch, 5) Brett
LaFollette, 6) David Brock, 7) Mike Conkwright, 8) David Turner, 9) Johnny
Bone Jr., 10) Eric Main, 11) Gary Dechant, 12) Delbert Smith, 13) Earl
Kinderknecht, 14) Ted Martin, 15) Jason Bodenhamer, 16) Ronnie Warman, 17)
Alan Vaughn, 18) Chris Mayes, 19) Larry Clawson, 20) Gary Gorby, 21) Clint
Long, 22) David Barker (DNS), 23) CJ Lyle (DQ), 24) Kelly Boen (DQ)
Salina Speedway up next for O'Reilly MLRA
Clint Brown
August 29, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is beginning to wind down and next on
tap the traveling road show makes the trip into Kansas and the lightning
quick Salina Speedway.
Kansas native Al Purkey heads the list of contenders as he finds his name at
the top of the 2005 Thunder Tour Championship points standings. Purkey
heads into Salina looking to put a strangle hold on his fourth O'Reilly MLRA
championship, but a whole host of drivers are nipping at his heels looking
to keep him from accomplishing the feat. Purkey sits atop of the O'Reilly
MLRA heap with 1478 points.
Belton, MO's Alan Vaughn, the only four time O'Reilly MLRA champion, looks
to continue a strong run to the finish after taking the August 20th win at
Midway Speedway in Lebanon, MO. Vaughn finds himself sitting in the
bridesmaids position trailing Purkey by 206 points at 1272 points.
David Turner rides into Salina with one 2005 Thunder Tour win to his credit,
but a string of consistent finishes have kept the Creighton, MO pilot in the
hunt for his first O'Reilly MLRA title. Turner comes into Salina sitting in
the third position only 96 points out of second at 1186 points.
Jason Bodenhamer and CJ Lyle round out the top five in the standings with
1170 and 1114 points respectively and looking to improve their positions.
Brett LaFollette, David Barker, Shane Essary, Bryon Allison, and Gary
Billings Jr. complete the top ten positions.
Action kicks off at Salina Speedway on Saturday, September 3, with the
O'Reilly MLRA joining the Modifieds, IMCA Hobby Stocks, and Super Stocks for
a night of thunder in the Kansas plains. For more information about Salina
Speedway visit them at
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Pos Car # Driver Name Hometown Points
1 33P Al Purkey Coffeyville, KS 1478
2 22V Alan Vaughn Belton, MO 1272
3 15T David Turner Adrian, MO 1186
4 2B Jason Bodenhamer Centerview, MO 1170
5 24L CJ Lyle Shawnee, KS 1114
6 23L Brett LaFollette Kansas City, KS 970
7 88B David Barker Kingsville, MO 936
8 15E Shane Essary Aurora, MO 871
9 1A Bryon Allison Marshall, MO 836
10 10B Gary Billings Jr. Prairie Villiage, KS 687
11 9R Charlie Randolph Muskogee, OK 450
12 A1 Duke Whisenant Texarkana, AR 428
13 07B Kelly Boen Henderson, CO 408
14 18M Terry Melton Bartlesville, OK 407
15 12D Scott Drake Webb City, MO 396
16 12B Kyle Berck Marquette, NE 361
17 2J Johnny Bone Jr. Pea Ridge, AR 360
18 L88 Larry Clawson North KC, MO 350
19 52K Steve Kosiski Papillion, NE 349
20 1K John Anderson Omaha, NE 347
O'Reilly MLRA checkers to Alan Vaughn at Lebanon Midway
Speedway
Clint Brown
August 20, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour rolled into Lebanon Midway Speedway for
the second time of the season and when the smoke had cleared Alan Vaughn
found himself at the top of the heap.
Vaughn, the defending O'Reilly MLRA champion, found himself in a heated
battle from the drop of the green flag with the machine piloted by
Lancaster, MO's Chris Smyser. The two battled wheel to wheel hoping to get
the advantage over the other, but it was to no avail as neither driver could
break free of the other. Continuing to run side by side the two began to
distance themselves from the rest of the field until contact between the two
found Smyser sidelined for the remaineder of the event on lap 14. From that
point on Vaughn retained command of the field and would never relinquish the
top spot with Al Purkey coming across the line in second. Jason Bodenhamer,
Bryon Allison, and Shane Essary rounded out the top five at the finsh.
Jason Bodenhamer, Alan Vaughn, and Chris Smyser found themselves on top of
heat race action as they took the three heat wins.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is a trip to the plains of
Kansas and Salina Speedway on September 3.
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Full Results
Lebanon Midway Speedway
August 20, 2005
Heat 1
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) David Barker, 3) Gary Billings, 4) Steve Johnson, 5)
Jake Morris, 6) Danny Atkinson
Heat 2
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Bryon Allison, 4) Shane Essary, 5) CJ Lyle,
6) Bob Fennewald, 7) Shannon Annastopolis
Heat 3
1) Chris Smyser, 2) Leslie Essary, 3) David Turner, 4) Jeremy Chambers, 5)
Barney Baurenfiend, 6) Brett LaFollette
A Feature
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Bryon Allison, 5)
Shane Essary, 6) Leslie Essary, 7) CJ Lyle, 8) Brett LaFollette, 9) David
Barker, 10) Barney Baurenfiend, 11) Shannon Annastopolis, 12) Jake Morris,
13) Bob Fennewald, 14) Danny Atkinson, 15) Gary Billings, 16) Steve Johnson,
17) Chris Smyser, 18) Jeremy Chambers, 19) David Turner
O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour rolls into Midway Speedway
August 17, 2005
Clint Brown
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour will roll into Midway Speedway on
Saturday, August 20, for round twenty of the title fight for 2005.
Coffeyville, KS resident Al Purkey comes into the event holding down the
point in the standings and is looking to make a clean sweep of the season
after his win on June 25 at Midway Speedway. Hot on the heels of Purkey is
4-Time O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn who is currently second in points
and has two wins on the season. Behind that front pair is the 15T of David
Turner who has used a win and consistent finishes to climb to only 51 points
behind Vaughn. Other O'Reilly MLRA drivers including Jason Bodenhamer, CJ
Lyle, Brett LaFollette, and David Barker are hoping to slow down Purkey and
take home the victory as they compete against a tough contingent of local
drivers.
Gates open Saturday night at 5:00 pm with racing action slated to get
underway at 7:30 pm with Modifieds, Factory Stocks, and Bombers also on the
card.
Ticket prices are set at $13.00 for adults, $4.00 for youth 11-15 while 10
and under are free. Pit Passes for the event are $25.00.
Midway Speedway is located off I-44 at exit 29. Got south for .2 miles,
then east 5.1 miles on SR 32 to CR B and turn south. For more information
on Midway Speedway visit then at
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532-6254 or (417) 588-4430.
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August 13
Officials with the O'Reilly MLRA and Scotland County Speedway
have announced
the tonight's running of the 2005 Thunder Tour has been postponed due to
weather. Heavy rains on Friday coupled with continued ran this morning
forced the tough decision to be made.
"The weather decided not to cooperate with us this weekend so we'll load up
and do it again next week at Midway Speedway," commented Harriett Chancellor
when reached en route to Memphis.
The 2005 Thunder Tour kicks back into action next Saturday night, August 20,
as they make their second trip of the season to Midway Speedway in Lebanon,
MO. Current points leader Al Purkey picked up the win when the series made
their first trip to the track on June 25. Behind him a whole host of
drivers will be looking to keep the Coffeyville, KS racer from making a
clean sweep including Alan Vaughn, David Turner, Jason Bodenhamer, CJ Lyle,
and a whole host of local competitors.
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2005 Thunder Tour win #6 to Al Purkey at Junction Motor
Speedway
Clint Brown
August 7, 2005
Al Purkey added to his O'Reilly MLRA win total by taking the convincing win
at Junction Motor Speedway for victory #6 of the 2005 Thunder Tour.
The Coffeyville, KS racer began his march to the win at the drop of the
green flag and a heated battle ensued with Al Humphrey and Steve Kosiski
attempting to take the top spot. A caution flag on lap three for the
stalled machine of Mike Conkwright gathered the field up and once again
Purkey was able to hold onto the lead. With Purkey out front and stretching
the lead Humphrey and Kosiski battled side by side for the runner up
position. While the front three continued to separate from themselves from
the field the laps quickly began to wind down in the thirty lap affair. The
field was slowed for the second and final time on lap twenty three and as
they went back to green Purkey held on for the final seven laps to take the
win. Humphrey came out on top of the battle with Kosiski to claim the
second spot with Johnny Bone Jr. and Kelly Boen rounding out the top five at
the line. With the win Purkey also extended his lead in the 2005 Thunder
Tour points standings as he seeks his fourth crown.
Johnny Bone Jr., CJ Lyle, Craig Preble, and Al Humphrey came out on top of
the heat race action with Bo Egge and Dean Moore taking the B feature wins.
A total of 36 cars signed in on the night.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is a return visit to
Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, MO on Saturday, August 13. Al Purkey
picked up the win during the June 18th visit to the facility and will be
looking to make a sweep of 2005.
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Full Results
Junction Motor Speedway
August 6, 2005
Heat 1
1) Johnny Bone Jr., 2) Al Purkey, 3) Delbert Smith, 4) Mike Conkwright, 5)
Ben Shaller, 6) John Bridges, 7) Bryan Allison, 8) John Nicholson, 9) Jason
Bodenhamer
Heat 2
1) CJ Lyle, 2) Mike Wiarda, 3) Jeff French, 4) Steve Kempt, 5) Bo Egge, 6)
Eddie Moore, 7) Darrick Klima, 8) Gary Billings, 9) Dustin Newlin
Heat 3
1) Craig Preble, 2) John Anderson, 3) Kelly Boen, 4) Brett LaFollette, 5)
Corey Zeitner, 6) Terry Melton, 7) Chris Mayes, DNS - David Barker, Hemphill
Heat 4
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Kyle Berck, 3) Steve Kosiski, 4) David Turner, 5) Gary
Dechant, 6) Dean Moore, 7) Billy Murphy, 8) Greg Larson
B Feature #1
1) Bo Egge, 2) Dean Moore, 3) John Bridges, 4) John Nicholson, 5) Chris
Mayes, 6) Greg Larson, 7) Dustin Newlin, 8) Darrick Klima, 9) Corey Zeitner
B Feature #2
1) Eddie Moore, 2) Jason Bodenhamer, 3) Ben Shaller, 4) Gary Dechant, 5)
Bryon Allison, 6) Billy Murphy, 7) Terry Melton, 8) Gary Billings
A Feature
1) Al Purkey 2) Al Humphrey, 3) Steve Kosiski, 4) Johnny Bone Jr., 5) Kelly
Boen, 6) John Anderson, 7) David Turner, 8) Eddie Moore, 9) Mike Wiarda, 10)
Bryon Allison, 11) Steve Kempt, 12) Dean Moore, 13) CJ Lyle, 14) Gary
Dechant, 15) Craig Preble, 16) Brett LaFollette, 17) Mike Conkwright, 18)
Chris Mayes, 19) Terry Melton, 20) Bo Egge, 21) Kyle Berck, 22) Jeff French,
23) Jason Bodenhamer, 24) Delbert Smith
Turner notches first win of O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour
Clint Brown
July 31, 2005
With several near misses behind him Creighton, MO's David Turner put it all
together and picked up his first win of the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour
Saturday night at the Salina Highbanks in Salina, OK.
Turner took off from the drop of the green flag and quickly set a torrid
pace that the rest of the field was unable to keep up with. Behind the
leader a battle was brewing between CJ Lyle and Al Purkey, but Lyle
continued to hold position on Purkey. Leading from start to finish Turner
appeared to be a man on a mission as he raced under the checkered flag ahead
of Lyle and Purkey with Charlie Randolph and Jason Bodenhamer completing the
top five at the line.
Kingsville, MO's David Barker, CJ Lyle, and David Turner picked up wins in
the three heats run earlier in the evening to set up the feature event.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA is a trip to Nebraska and Junction Motor
Speedway on Saturday, August 6.
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Heat 1
1) David Barker, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) Jason Bodenhamer
Heat 2
1) CJ Lyle, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Charlie Randolph
Heat 3
1) David Turner, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Al Purkey
A Feature
1) David Turner, 2) CJ Lyle, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Charlie Randolph, 5) Jason
Bodenhamer, 6) David Barker, 7) Justin Wells, 8) Alan Vaughn, 9) Larry
Clawson, 10) Shane Essary, 11) Brett LaFollette, 12) Bryon Allison, 13)
Brandon McCormick, 14) Dan Leatherman, 15) Gary Billings, 16) Stacy Taylor,
17) Tommy Fulton, 18) Clint Hatley, 19) Duke Wisenant, 20) Terry Melton, 21)
Dan Pablo
Purkey powers to front at Outlaw Motor Speedway
Clint Brown
July 30, 2005
Al Purkey added another notch to his O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour win
belt as he took the win at Outlaw Motor Speedway on Friday night.
The Coffeyville, KS driver had to put all his driving ability to use as he
powered past race leader Alan Vaughn with only two laps left on the books.
David Turner bolted from the front row to grab the led from the drop of the
green flag and held the top spot until his car drifted too high in turns 1
and 2 on the fifth circuit of twenty-five. With Vaughn out front he began
to pull away from the field - building a full straight lead at the halfway
point of the event. At that point Purkey began his charged to the front.
Moving around Turner for second he set sail for Vaughn and found his way to
the leaders rear bumper and made the winning move as the laps wound down.
Vaughn held on for second with Turner, Stacy Taylor, and Dewayne Hottinger
rounding out the top five.
David Turner, Jason Bodenhamer, and Dewayne Hottinger came home with the win
in the three heat races earlier in the evening.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA is a trip to Nebraska and Junction Motor
Speedway on Saturday, August 6.
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Full Results
Outlaw Motor Speedway
Friday, July 29, 2005
Heat 1
1) David Turner, 2) Justin Wells, 3) David Baker
Heat 2
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Dan Leatherman, 3) Clint Lyle
Heat 3
1) Dewayne Hottinger, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Duke Wisenant
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) David Turner, 4) Stacy Taylor, 5) Dewayne
Hottinger, 6) Justin Wells, 7) C.J. Lyle, 8) Brandon McCormick, 9) Gary
Billings, 10) David Baker
Pump and Pantry Late Model Nationals to Kyle Berck
Clint Brown
July 24, 2005
Kyle Berck roared off from his front row starting position and held on for
the entire fifty lap feature event to claim the Pump and Pantry Late Model
Nationals along with the $6,000 winner's check at Mid-Nebraska Raceway. The
event was co-sanctioned by the O'Reilly MLRA, WDRL, NCRA, and WDRA.
The green flag dropped and Berck quickly took command of the field,
garnering the lead that he would never relinquish. Through two quick
caution periods during the first dozen laps, Berck was able to remain in
control of the field with Darren Miller establishing himself as a real
threat to the top position. The final caution flag of the event waved on
lap seventeen and after that the action was nonstop. Try as he might,
Miller pressured Berck the entire distance, but wasn't able to pull of the
pass as Berck laid claim to his first win of the 2005 racing season. Miller
held on for second with Denny Eckrich, Justin Fegers, and Al Humphrey
rounding out the top five.
Al Humphrey, John Hampel, Kelly Boen, Justin Fegers, and Brian Birkhofer all
took home the wins in their respective heat races while Alan Vaughn and Dean
Moore copped the consolation wins.
Berck started on the pole of the feature event by winning the dash over
Darren Miller, Justin Fegers, Denny Eckrich, Al Humphrey, Joe Kosiski, Kelly
Boen, and John Hampel.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA is the Summer Heat Tour on Friday, July 29 and
Saturday, July 30. Friday will see the 2005 Thunder Tour rolling into
Outlaw Motor Speedway in Muskogee, OK. Saturday night the action heats up
at the Salina Highbanks in Salina, OK.
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Full Results
Mid-Nebraska Speedway
July 23, 2005
Heat 1
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Steve Kosiski, 3) Joe Kosiski, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5) Brian
Kenkel, 6) Keith Foss, 7) Dave Garman, 8) Junior Coover, 9) Mike Danburg
Heat 2
1) John Hampel, 2) Mike Wiarda, 3) Kyle Berck, 4) John Anderson, 5) Jason
Bodenhamer, 6) Scott Daly, 7) Mark Wyman, 8) Brett LaFollette, 9) Bill Koons
Heat 3
1) Kelly Boen, 2) Denny Eckrich, 4) Johnny Bone, Jr., 5) CJ Lyle, 6) Scott
Drake, 7) Darrick Klima, 8) Terry Melton, 9) John Suney
Heat 4
1) Justin Fegers, 2) David Turner, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Greg Larson, 5) Delbert
Smith, 6) Billy Murphy, 7) Al Zeitner, 8) Ken Braack, 9) Rusty Miller
Heat 5
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Darren Miller, 3) Gary Dechant, 4) Eric Pember, 5)
Dean Moore, 6) Chris Mayes, 7) Gary Gorby, 8) Gary Billings, 9) David
Conkwright
B Feature #1
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Dave Eckrich, 3) Eric Pember, 4) Johnny Bone, Jr., 5) CJ
Lyle, 6) Brian Kenkel, 7) Scott Drake, 8) Scott Daly, 9) Craig Muirhead, 10)
Brett LaFollette, 11) Gary Gorby, 12) Ted Martin, 13) Ken Braack, 14) Al
Zeitner, 15) David Conkwright, 16) Bill Koons, 17) Mark Wyman
B Feature #2
1) Dean Moore, 2) Delbert Smith, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Keith Foss, 5) Gary
Dechant, 6) Greg Larson, 7) Dave Garman, 8) Mike Conkwright, 9) Darrick
Klima, 10) Chris Mayes, 11) Rusty Miller, 12) Gary Billings, 13) Terry
Melton, 14) Billy Murphy, 15) Junior Coover
Dash
1) Kyle Berck, 2) Darren Miller, 3) Justin Fegers, 4) Denny Eckrich, 5) Al
Humphrey, 6) Joe Kosiski, 7) Kelly Boen, 8) John Hampel
A Feature
1) Kyle Berck, 2) Darren Miller, 3) Denny Eckrich, 4) Justin Fegers, 5) Al
Humphrey, 6) John Hampel, 7) Joe Kosiski, 8) Steve Kosiski, 9) John
Anderson, 10) David Turner, 11) Dave Eckrich, 12) Al Purkey, 13) Delbert
Smith, 14) Dean Moore, 15) Alan Vaughn, 16) Johnny Bone, Jr., 17) Kelly
Boen, 18) Eric Pember, 19) Gary Dechant, 20) Ken Braack, 21) Keith Foss, 22)
Jason Bodenhamer, 23) Brian Birkhofer, 24) CJ Lyle, 25) Mike Conkwright, 26)
Mike Wiarda
Brian Birkhofer takes opening night win at Pump and Pantry
Late Model
Nationals
Clint Brown
July 23, 2005
Brian Birkhofer grabbed the top spot on the second lap and held on to take
the opening night win at the Pump and Pantry Late Model Nationals at
Mid-Nebraska Raceway in Doniphan, NE. The O'Reilly MLRA, WDRL, NCRA, and
WDRA co-sanctioned the event.
Birkhofer started outside of row one and battled with polesitter Denny
Eckrich throughout the first lap and was finally able to power to the front
going down the backstretch on lap two. Eckrich wasn't about to let
Birkhofer break free and continued to apply pressure on the leader until a
lap nine caution flag flew to bunch the field back up. On the restart
Birkhofer continued to hold the top spot while Eckrich shadowed his every
move. Over the final dozen laps Birkhofer continued to hold the lead with
Eckrich in tow while Darren Miller and Kyle Berck moved into position to
make it a four way battle for the top position. In the end Birkhofer had
just enough to hold off Eckrich at the line and take the win with Miller,
Berck and Steve Kosiski completing the top five.
Heat race action saw Brian Birkhofer, Al Humphrey, Steve Kosiski, Denny
Eckrich, and Darren Miller come out on top while Alan Vaughn and John
Anderson won the two consolation races. Birkhofer also came out on top of
the dash to set the first four rows of the feature event.
Creighton, MO's David Turner came out on top of the Challenge of Champions
with Justin Fegers, CJ Lyle, Jason Bodenhamer, and Johnny Bone, Jr. rounding
out the top five spots. The Challenge of Champions was reserved to the top
three passing points earners for each series competing on the night.
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Mid-Nebraska Speedway
July 22, 2005
Heat 1
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Kyle Berck, 3) Justin Fegers, 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean
Moore, 6) Eric Pember, 7) John Anderson, 8) Dave Eckrich, 9) Brett
LaFollette, 10) Rusty Miller
Heat 2
1) Al Humphrey, 2) Mike Conkwright, 3) Ken Braack, 4) Brian Kenkel, 5)
Bryant Goldsmith, 6) Bill Koons, 7) Terry Melton, 8) Junior Coover, 9) Greg
Larson
Heat 3
1) Steve Kosiski, 2) Mark Wyman, 3) Joe Kosiski, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5)
Gary Dechant, 6) Al Zeitner, 7) Chris Mayes, 8) Darrick Klima, 9) Delbert
Smith
Heat 4
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) David Turner, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5) Gary
Gorby, 6) Dave Garman, 7) Mike Wiarda, 8) Corey Zeitner
Heat 5
1) Darren Miller, 2) CJ Lyle, 3) Keith Foss, 4) Johnny Bone, Jr., 5) Craig
Muirhead, 6) Craig Muirhead, 7) Mike Danburg, 8) Gary Billings, DNS - Kelly
Boen
Challenge of Champions
1) David Turner, 2) Justin Fegers, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5)
Johnny Bone Jr., 6) Darren Miller, 7) Scott Daly, 8) Gary Dechant, 9) Steve
Kosiski, 10) Ken Braack, 11) Al Humphrey, 12) Mike Conkwright
B Feature #1
1) Al Purkey, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Johnny Bone Jr., 4) John Hampel, 5) Dean
Moore, 6) Craig Muirhead, 7) Gary Dechant, 8) Dave Eckrich, 9) Brett
LaFollette, 10) Darrick Klima, 11) Chris Mayes, 12) Rusty Miller, 13) Al
Zeitner, 14) Mike Wiarda, DNS, Delbert Smith, Billy Murphy
B Feature #2
1) John Anderson, 2) Kelly Boen, 3) Bryant Goldsmith, 4) Brian Kenkel, 5)
Eric Pember, 6) Ken Braack, 7) Corey Zeitner, 8) Scott Daly, 9) Mike
Danburg, 10) Bill Koons, 11) Terry Melton, 12) Gary Gorby, 13) Junior
Coover, 14) Dave Garman, 15) Gary Billings, 16) Greg Larson
Dash
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Brian Birkhofer, 3) David Turner, 4) Darren Miller, 5)
Justin Fegers, 6) Steve Kosiski, 7) Al Humphrey, 8) Mike Conkwright
A Feature
1) Brian Birkhofer, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Darren Miller, 4) Kyle Berck, 5)
Steve Kosiski, 6) Justin Fegers, 7) John Anderson, 8) Kelly Boen, 9) Delbert
Smtih, 10) Mark Wyman, 11) Al Humphrey, 12) Johnny Bone Jr., 13) Alan
Vaughn, 14) Dave Eckrich, 15) Joe Kosiski, 16) Dean Moore, 17) Keith Foss,
18) Erick Pember, 19) Mike Conkwright, 20) David Turner, 21) CJ Lyle, 22)
Brett LaFollette, 23) Al Purkey, 24) Terry Melton, 25) Gary Dechant, 26)
Jason Bodenhamer
2005 Summer Heat Tour kicks off second half of O'Reilly MLRA
season
Clint Brown
July 12, 2005
The temperature is rising and so is the action on the track as the 2005
Summer Heat Tour rolls through Oklahoma on July 29 and 30 with the O'Reilly
MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour in action.
The battle begins on Friday, July 29th, at the beautiful Outlaw Motor
Speedway just south of Muskogee, OK. The star of the O'Reilly MLRA will
take to the track and battle it out for the $2,000 top prize. "We couldn't
be happier making the trip down to visit the Clay family and put on a show
for the Oklahoma fans," stated Harriett Chancellor, promoter of the O'Reilly
MLRA. "We have adjusted our purse just a little as a gesture to the
hospitality and support that the entire crew at OMS has shown us throughout
our 2005 season. We had a discussion with Gary (Clay) and decided that we
wanted to do this to say thanks for inviting us to come play in his house."
With $2,000 to win and $250 to start all eyes will be up front to see who
can take home the winner's share of the purse, but if any driver can set up
a charge in the 2005 Thunder Tour points standings. This event, the
seventeenth of thirty-two stops, will carry a $50 entry fee. Ticket prices
for the event are $10 for adults, children 6-12 are $5, seniors 65 and up
are $5, and kids 5 and under are free. A family pack will also be available
for the low price of $25. Pit passes are $30 for adults, $20 for kids 6-12,
and 5 & under are free. Gates will swing open at 5:00 pm with the green
flag flying at 7:30. For more information about Outlaw Motor Speedway visit
them on the web at
www.outlawmotorspeedway.com.
The heat continues to climb the next evening Saturday, July 30th, as the
O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour pulls through the gates of the lightning
fast Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, OK. Always keeping fans on the
edge of their seats, the event at the Salina Highbanks is always a crowd
pleaser with the victor heading for home with a $2500 padding in their
pocket. "The O'Reilly MLRA is always excited to make it to the Salina
Highbanks for the nonstop action from start to finish," commented
Chancellor. "The fans and track crew always makes us feel welcome and we're
glad to put on a show for them." The gates swing open for action at 5:00 pm
with racing action getting under way at 7:00 pm. Tickets prices are $15 for
adults, kids 6-12 are $5 and 5 & under are free. Pit passes are $30 for
those 13 and older with kids 4-12 $15, and 3 & under free. For more news
and information about Salina Highbanks Speedway stop by and visit them at
www.highbankspeedway.com.
The 2005 Summer Heat Tour marks the beginning of the second half of the 2005
Thunder Tour and will definitely have drivers looking to garner as many
points as possible in hopes of being the final name called at the awards
banquet in November.
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Nebraska is the place to be for the O'Reilly MLRA July 21-23
Clint Brown
July 19, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA will kick the 2005 Thunder Tour back into high gear, after
a two weekend break, with a three race swing through Nebraska.
Thursday, July 21, kicks things off as the O'Reilly MLRA rolls into I-80
Speedway at Nebraska Raceway Park for the running of the "Alphabet Soup"
Race. Heavy rain showers pushed the running of the event back from the
originally scheduled Memorial weekend running of the event that see's the
challenge of drivers from the O'Reilly MLRA battle it out with competitors
from the Word Dirt Racing League and the National Championship Racing
Association for bragging rights and the $5,500 winner's share. The
fifty-five lap main event will see thirty of the top late model drivers from
the midwest taking to the track in hopes of heading home with the winner's
share of the purse and all are guaranteed $500 for starting the main event.
Pit gates open at 2:00 pm with pit passes costing $30.00 per person.
Grandstand gates open at 5:30 pm with racing action set to get under way at
7:00 pm. Reserved seating is only $25.00 per person. Bleacher seating is
set at $22.00 for adults, Seniors and Students (age 13-17) are $20.00, with
kids 12 and under free. For more information on I-80 Speedway at Nebraska
Raceway Park visit them on the web at
www.neracewaypark.com
Friday, July 22, finds the O'Reilly MLRA heading just down the road to make
a visit to Doniphan, NE and Mid-Nebraska Raceway for the Pump and Pantry
Late Model Nationals. The two-day affair is co-sanctioned by the O'Reilly
MLRA, WDRL, NCRA, and WDRA. Night one will see the drivers take to the
track looking to reel in the $2500 payday from the $13,000 purse at the end
of the 25 lap feature event. The action heats up again on Saturday night,
July 23, as the stakes increase with $6,000 going to the winner of the 50
lap main event. Adult admission is only $12.00 (in advance) or $15.00 at
the gate. Kids 6-11 are $5.00 with children 5 and under free. Pit passes
for both nights of the Pump and Pantry Late Models are only $30.00. For
more information on Mid-Nebraska Raceway stop by
www.midnebreskaraceway.com.
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Vaughn and Purkey take home OMS checkers
Clint Brown
July 4, 2005
Alan Vaughn and Al Purkey both rolled into Outlaw Motor Speedway with
thoughts of taking home the lion's share of the purse as well as looking to
gain an advantage in the battle for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour
title. As both driver's pulled out of Outlaw Motor Speedway for the trip
home they had to feel a sense of accomplishment as they took win's in the
two day affair at the track just outside of Muskogee, OK.
Vaughn was the first to strike as on Friday, July 1, he swept to victory in
the fourth heat race and then bolted out front in the feature and continued
out front as the entire event went nonstop. Purkey, Dewaine Hottinger,
Stacy Taylor, and Brandon McCormick followed Vaughn across the stripe to
fill out the top five.
The feature event was set up after four heat races saw Larry Clawson,
Purkey, Lonnie Parker Jr., and Vaughn take home wins. Raymond Merrill took
top honors in the B feature to move on.
Saturday night, July 2, saw the drivers and crews leap into action again,
but this time Al Purkey was able to best his closest pursuer in the points
and take home his 36th O'Reilly MLRA win. Another exciting race saw Purkey
out duel Jack Sullivan, Lonnie Parker Jr., CJ Lyle, and David Turner to the
stripe and the $3000 payday. Sullivan, Purkey, Parker, and Lyle also came
away with heat victories while Justin Fulton snagged the B feature win.
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Full Results
Outlaw Motor Speedway
July 1 , 2005
Heat 1
1) Larry Clawson, 2) Russell Portwood, 3) Stacy Taylor, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5)
Raymond Merrill
Heat 2
1) Al Purkey, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Mike Brown, 4) Justin Fulton, 5) David
Barker
Heat 3
1) Lonnie Parker Jr., 2) Dewaine Hottinger, 3) Bryon Allison, 4) Shane Essary,
5) David Turner
Heat 4
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Brandon McCormick, 3) Charlie Randolph, 4) Jack Sullivan,5)
Donnie Timmerman
B Feature
1) Raymond Merrill, 2) David Barker, 3) Dan Leatherman, 4) CJ Lyle, 5) Dan Pablo
A Feature
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Dewaine Hottinger, 4) Stacy Taylor, 5)
Brandon McCormick, 6) Jason Bodenhamer, 7) Brett LaFollette, 8) Jack
Sullivan, 9) Lonnie Parker, Jr., 10) Larry Clawson, 11) Russell Portwood,
12) Charlie Randolph, 13) Bryon Allison, 14) Justin Fulton, 15) Dan
Leatherman
Full Results
Outlaw Motor Speedway
July 2, 2005
Heat 1
1) Jack Sullivan, 2) David Turner, 3) Wendall Wallace, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5)Raymond
Merrill
Heat 2
1) Al Purkey, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) Brett LaFollette, 4) Brandon McCormick,5)
David Dunn
Heat 3
1) Lonnie Parker, Jr., 2) Dewaine Hottinger, 3) Stacy Taylor, 4) Shawn
Brassfield, 5) Russell Portwood
Heat 4
1) CJ Lyle, 2) Jason Bodenhamer, 3) David Barker, 4) Justin Fulton, 5) Bryon
Allison
B Feature
1) Justin Fulton, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) Charlie Randolph, 4) Dan Leatherman, 5)
Gary Billings Jr.
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) Jack Sullivan, 3) Lonnie Parker, Jr., 4) CJ Lyle, 5) David
Turner, 6) Dewaine Hottinger, 7) Stacy Taylor, 8) David Barker, 9) , 10)
Alan Vaughn, 11) Raymond Merrill, 12) Jason Bodenhamer, 13) Shane Essary,
14) Larry Clawson, 15) Brandon McCormick
O'Reilly MLRA rolls on with Independence Special at Outlaw
Motor Speedway
Clint Brown
June 30, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour rolls into the beautiful and lightning
fast Outlaw Motor Speedway for a twin bill of action on Friday and Saturday,
July 1 and 2.
Action kicks off Friday night July 1 with the O'Reilly MLRA combatants
taking to the OMS 3/8 mile with $1,500 on the line to the winner. Saturday
night, July 2, the battle heats up as a $3,000 check awaits the winner.
Tickets for both nights are only $10 for Adults, Seniors are $5, children
6-12 $5, and 5 & under are free. Family packs will also be available both
nights for only $25. Pit Pass pricing is set at $30 for adults, $20 for
children 6-12 and 5 & under are Free.
Three time O'Reilly MLRA champion Al Purkey strides into Muskogee with a
healthy lead over defending and 4-time champion Alan Vaughn which stands at
70 points. Following behind the front pair is Jason Bodenhamer, who with
consistent finishes in recent events, moved back into the third position
only 77 points behind Vaughn. Sitting 28 points back of Bodenhamer are
Shane Essary and David Turner who are currently tied for the fourth
position. Rounding out the top ten positions are CJ Lyle, David Barker,
Brett LaFollette, Bryon Allison and Scott Drake all with a possibility of
improving their position with good runs at OMS.
For more information on Outlaw Motor Speedway visit them on the web at
www.outlawmotorspeedway.com or
via phone at 918-687-9200.
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Pos Prev. Car # Driver Name Hometown Points Behind Next Behind Ldr
1 1 33P Al Purkey Coffeyville, KS 784 0 0
2 2 22V Alan Vaughn Belton, MO 714 70 70
3 4 2B Jason Bodenhamer Centerview, MO 637 77 147
4 3 15E Shane Essary Aurora, MO 609 28 175
. 5 15T David Turner Adrian, MO 609 0 175
6 6 24L CJ Lyle Shawnee, KS 564 45 220
7 7 88B David Barker Kingsville, MO 525 39 259
8 8 23L Brett LaFollette Kansas City, KS 455 70 329
. 9 1A Bryon Allison Marshall, MO 455 0 329
10 10 12D Scott Drake Webb City, MO 381 74 403
11 11 A1 Duke Whisenant Texarkana, AR 343 38 441
12 12 10B Gary Billings Jr. Prairie Villiage, KS 292 51 492
13 18 1R Russell Portwood Coffeyville, KS 266 26 518
14 20 9R Charlie Randolph Muskogee, OK 242 24 542
15 13 5* Mike Brown Ft. Gibson, OK 216 26 568
. 22 8B Sonny Findling Kirksville, MO 216 0 568
17 14 52M Ryan McAninch Wichita, KS 215 1 569
18 15 75P Terry Phillips Springfield, MO 214 1 570
. 15 12M Raymond Merrill Salisaw, OK 214 0 570
20 29 25S Chris Smyser Lancaster, MO 204 10 580
First visit to Midway Speedway nets win for Al Purkey
Clint Brown
June 26, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour rolled on with the first visit for the
series to the beautiful Midway Speedway in Lebanon, MO. When the smoke
cleared a familiar face found his way to the winner's circle as Al Purkey
picked up his third win of the season leading all forty laps.
Purkey started on the pole with CJ Lyle to his outside and the pair raced
off into turn one only to have the pace slowed for a multiple car accident
that included seven cars for what would be the only caution period. The
field raced to the restart with Purkey jumping to the front, but on his tail
was a field of hungry competitors looking to make his time at the front
short lived. CJ Lyle and Alan Vaughn waged battle for the runner up
position with Vaughn making the most of the high side and setting sail after
Purkey. Running on a rail Purkey was able to hold the top spot throughout
the event to lead the entire event with Vaughn holding on for second and
Lyle in third. Leslie Essary raced home in the fourth position with David
Turner rounding out the top five.
Leslie Essary, Al Purkey, and CJ Lyle were able to best the field in the
heat races with wins earlier in the evening.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is a two night swing in
Muskogee, OK at Outlaw Motor Speedway on July 1 and 2. $1,500 will go to
the winner on July 1 while the winner on July 2 will pocket $3,000 for their
efforts. For information on Outlaw Motor Speedway visit them on the web at
www.outlawmotorspeedway.com.
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Full Results
Midway Speedway
June 25, 2005
Heat 1
1) Leslie Essary, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) David Barker, 4) Aaron Seabaugh, 5) Dan
Atkinson, 6) Tony Jackson, 7) Brian Brown
Heat 2
1) Al Purkey, 2) David Turner, 3) Sonny Findling, 4) Christian Rayburn, 5)
Jimmy Greenway, 6) Duke Wisenant, 7) Gary Billings Jr.
Heat 3
1) CJ Lyle, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Shane Essary, 5)
Charlie Randolph, 6) Bryon Allison, 7) Reggie Jackson
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Leslie Essary, 5) David Turner,
6) Jason Bodenhamer, 7) Shane Essary, 8) Brett LaFollette, 9) Charlie
Randolph. 10) Sonny Findling, 11) Aaron Seabaugh, 12) Duke Wisenant, 13)
Bryon Allison, 14) David Barker, 15) Christian Rayburn, 16) Reggie Jackson,
17) Dan Atkinson 18) Jimmy Greenway, 19) Tony Jackson, 20) Gary Billings
Jr., DNS - Brian Brown
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: David Turner
Smyser rolls to win with O'Reilly MLRA at Valley Speedway
Clint Brown
June 25, 2005
One week after having a flat tire snatch victory from his hands Lancaster,
MO's Chris Smyser didn't let it happen again as he roared home to the
O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour victory at Valley Speedway in Grain Valley,
MO ahead of the thirty-five other drivers who signed in on the evening.
Polesitter Larry Clawson lead the field to the green, but the pace was
quickly slowed as David Turner's mount went for a spin in turn 1. With
Turner being placed at the rear of the field, on the restart, this moved
Smyser up to inside of row two and as the green came out he quickly put
pressure on Clawson for the top spot. With Smyser working the low side and
Clawson on the high side the fans were treated to a great side by side
battle that lasted for several laps. Jeff French found himself in a great
position sitting in third when the two leaders made contact that allowed him
to move into first, but his time at the top was short lived. Smyser quickly
regained control of his machine, after the contact with Clawson, and began
to battle with French taking the position back on lap 11 when French pulled
his disabled mount to the infield. Back out front Smyser opened up a lead
of nearly a full straight as he worked heavy lapped traffic. The yellow
would come out on lap 17 as Brett LaFollette and David Barker got together
on the front stretch with LaFollette's machine needing unable to continue.
Smyser would continue to pace the field on the restart with Clawson and Al
Pukey right behind him clawing for position. Clawson's night would come to
an end two laps later as he rolled to a stop in turn 4 with steering
problems while running second. Purkey made an attempt at the top spot on
the restart as he battled with Smyser only to slip and see CJ Lyle move past
him and into the runner up position. The yellow replaced the green once
again on lap 22 as Aurora, MO's Shane Essary machine slowed to a stop on the
front stretch. Lap 25 was when David Turner made his presence known at the
front as he had worked his way back through the field and took the second
position away from CJ Lyle and began to apply pressure to Smyser. Smyser
kept working the bottom side and held off the hard charging Turner by
continuing to work the bottom side of the track as he had all race long.
Turner continued his pressure on Smyser through two more yellow flag periods
by running the high groove, but couldn't quite make the pass. On the last
lap Turner would fall back as a cut left rear sent him into a spin in turn
two. Smyser would race across the line under the checkered flag to take
home his first O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour victory of the season. He
held off Purkey, Aaron Seabaugh, Jason Bodenhamer, and Scott Drake who
rounded out the top five.
Thirty-six cars signed in on the night with four heat races run that were
won by Jeff French, Larry Clawson, David Turner, and Chris Smyser. Alan
Vaughn and Brett LaFollette raced their way into the field by virtue of
taking the wins in the two B features that were run.
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Full Results
Valley Speedway
June 24, 2005
Heat 1
1) Jeff French, 2) CJ Lyle, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Leslie Essary, 5) TJ
KuyKendall, 6) Bryon Allison, 7) Mark Evinger, 8) Shad Badder, 9) Gary
Billings Jr.
Heat 2
1) Duke Wisenant, 2) Larry Clawson, 3) David Barker, 4) Alan Vaughn, 5)
Aaron Seabaugh, 6) Brett LaFollette, 7) Russell Portwood, 8) Mike Danburg,
9) John Farmer
Heat 3
1) David Turner, 2) Scott Drake, 3) Kevin Coyne, 4) Chad Morgan, 5) Justin
Wells, 6) Barney Bauernfiend, 7) Donald Hestand, 8) Greg Larson, 9) Virgil
Jeffrey
Heat 4
1) Chris Smyser, 2) Chad Clark, 3) Shane Essary, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5)
Dave Bush, 6) Bob Fennewald, 7) Jimmy Morris, 8) Randy Zimmerman, 9) Jason
Keim
B Feature #1
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) TJ KuyKendall, 4) Donald Hestand, 5)
Russell Portwood, 6) Barney Bauernfiend, 7) Virgil Jeffrey, 8) Shad Badder,
9) Gary Billings Jr., DNS - Greg Larson
B Feature #2
1) Brett LaFollette, 2) Mark Evinger, 3) Mike Danburg, 4) Dave Bush, 5)
Chris Morgan, 6) Jason Keim, DNS - Bob Fennewald, Jimmy Morris, Randy
Zimmerman, John Farmer
A Feature
1) Chris Smyser, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Aaron Seabaugh, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5)
Scott Drake, 6) Russell Portwood, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) Bryon Allison, 9) David
Turner, 10) David Barker, 11) Virgil Jeffrey, 12) Leslie Essary, 13) Dave
Bush, 14) CJ Lyle, 15) Richard Foster, 16) Kevin Coyne, 17) Justin Wells,
18) Shane Essary, 19) Larry Clawson, 20) Mark Evinger, 21) Brett LaFollette,
22) Duke Wisenant, 23) Jeff French, 24) Gary Billings, Jr.
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award: Larry Clawson
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: Russell Portwood
KRC Throttle Linkage: Chris Smyser
June 23
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour rolls on through the summer months with
drivers and crews battling it out with the season title on the line.
Coming off his second victory of the season at Scotland County Speedway, three
time champion Al Purkey extended his points lead over the field. An early
season victory at Winston Speedway helped to catapult the Coffeyville, KS
resident to the top of the standins and consistant finishes have kept the rest
of his competitors at bay. Currently sitting at at 625 points, Purkey holds
down a 58 point margin over the closest competitor.
Four time and defending O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn finds himself in the
second position at 567 points thus far. Vaughn is riding a wave of momemtum as
he was able to hold off the field for his first win of the season when the
series visited US 36 Raceway on June 17.
The battle for the third position sees only two points separating Shane Essary
and Jason Bodenhamer with Essary currently holding down the position. Essary
has put together a string of consistant finishes through the first third of the
season to grab the spot. Bodenhamer is looking to regain the form that carried
him to the opening night win of the 2005 season at Outlaw Motor Speedway in
Muskogee, OK. Essary currently sits at 494 points with Bodenhamer right behind
at 492.
Following closely on the heels of Essary and Bodenhamer is Adrian, MO's David
Turner only 20 points behind Bodenhamer. Turner has had some early season
success while also having some bad racing luck hit him at bad times and steal
away good finishes. Turner finds himself sitting at 472 points in the current
standings.
The remainder of the top 10 include CJ Lyle, David Barker, Brett LaFollette,
Bryon Allison, and Scott Drake.
With more than half of the 2005 Thunder Tour remaining to be run drivers and
crews are looking to improve on their current position.
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O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Points Standings
Top 20 as of June 22, 2005
| Pos | Prev. | Car # | Driver Name | Hometown | Points | Behind Next | Behind Ldr |
| 1 | 1 | 33P | Al Purkey | Coffeyville, KS | 625 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | 22V | Alan Vaughn | Belton, MO | 567 | 58 | 58 |
| 3 | 2 | 15E | Shane Essary | Aurora, MO | 494 | 73 | 131 |
| 4 | 4 | 2B | Jason Bodenhamer | Centerview, MO | 492 | 2 | 133 |
| 5 | 5 | 15T | David Turner | Adrian, MO | 472 | 20 | 153 |
| 6 | 6 | 24L | CJ Lyle | Shawnee, KS | 433 | 39 | 192 |
| 7 | 8 | 88B | David Barker | Kingsville, MO | 400 | 33 | 225 |
| 8 | 15 | 23L | Brett LaFollette | Kansas City, KS | 350 | 50 | 275 |
| 9 | 7 | 1A | Bryon Allison | Marshall, MO | 336 | 14 | 289 |
| 10 | 28 | 12D | Scott Drake | Webb City, MO | 304 | 32 | 321 |
| 11 | 18 | A1 | Duke Whisenant | Texarkana, AR | 236 | 68 | 389 |
| 12 | 18 | 10B | Gary Billings Jr. | Prairie Villiage, KS | 219 | 17 | 406 |
| 13 | 8 | 5* | Mike Brown | Ft. Gibson, OK | 216 | 3 | 409 |
| 14 | 22 | 52M | Ryan McAninch | Wichita, KS | 215 | 1 | 410 |
| 15 | 10 | 75P | Terry Phillips | Springfield, MO | 214 | 1 | 411 |
| . | 24 | 12M | Raymond Merrill | Salisaw, OK | 214 | 0 | 411 |
| 17 | 30 | 07B | Kelly Boen | Henderson, CO | 202 | 12 | 423 |
| 18 | 33 | 1R | Russell Portwood | Coffeyville, KS | 200 | 2 | 425 |
| 19 | 28 | 99G | Gary Gorby | Caney, KS | 198 | 2 | 427 |
| 20 | 11 | 9R | Charlie Randolph | Muskogee, OK | 183 | 15 | 442 |
June 23
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour leaps back into action this weekend with
another two nights of racing in the midwest.
Friday, June 24, will see the O'Reilly MLRA roll into Valley Speedway in
Grain Valley, MO for their second event stop at the Mark and Debbie Evinger
owned facility. The event was rescheduled from the original June 10 date
when the speedway and series had to postpone due to heavy rains. "We had a
great race in our first ever visit to Valley last fall and we're looking
forward to another great show on Friday," said series promoter Harriett
Chancellor. "We really hated to postpone the event a few weeks ago, but the
weather is looking good at this point so we know that Mark and Debbie will
have a great track prepared so we can put on an awesome show for the fans."
Ticket prices for Valley Speedway are $15.00 for adults, $6.00 for children
7-12 and children 6 and under are free. Pit passes for the night will be
$25.00. For more information on Valley Speedway visit them on the web at
www.valleyspeedway.com
A second evening of action kicks off on Saturday, June 25, as the O'Reilly
MLRA rolls into Lebanon, MO for their first ever visit to Midway Speedway.
"We're really looking forward to this show. The whole staff at Midway
Speedway has put together a great facility in southern Missouri and we
couldn't be more pleased that they asked us to come down for an event,"
commented Chancellor. Gates will open at 5:00 pm with racing action taking
to the track at 7:30 pm. For more news and information about Midway
Speedway visit them at
www.midwayspeedway.com
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Clint Brown
June 19, 2005
Four time and defending O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn picked up his
first win of the 2005 Thunder Tour as the series made the first ever visit
to US 36 Raceway in Osborn, MO.
At the outset of the feature event it appeared as though Lancaster, MO's
Chris Smyser was going to show the O'Reilly MLRA tour regulars the way to
the checkers until a flat tire with 13 laps left sent him pitside for
repairs. When the field went green once again Scott Drake found himself on
the point, but it didn't take long for Belton, MO's Vaughn to make the move
to the top spot. Once out front Vaughn distanced himself from the pack and
held on for his first win of the season. Drake held on for the second
position with Duke Whisenat, Chris Smyser, and Jason Bodenhamer rounding out
the top five.
Heat wins went to Vaughn, Drake, Russell Portwood, and Al Purkey while Aaron
Seabaugh and Mike Danburg picked up the B Feature victories.
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Heat 1
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Duke Whisenat, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Chad Clark, 5)
Bryan Allison, 6) Barney Bauerfiend, 7) David Barker, 8) Dean Wray, 9) Gary
Billings, Jr.
Heat 2
1) Scott Drake, 2) Shane Essary, 3) Victor Simms, 4) David Turner, 5) Aaron
Seabaugh, 6) Mike Jones, 7) Shad Badder, 8) Virgil Jefferies, 9) Larry D.
Clawson
Heat 3
1) Russell Portwood, 2) Chris Smyser, 3) Greg Larson, 4) CJ Lyle, 5) Mark
Evinger, 6) TJ Kuykendall, 7) Scott Daly, 8) Reid Millard, 9) Terry Melton
Heat 4
1) Al Purkey, 2) Jeff French, 3) Larry Clawson, 4) Mike Danburg, 5) Kelly
Brown, 6) Richard Webber, 7) Jimmy Morris, 8) Dale Eaton, 9) Brett
LaFollette
B Feature #1
1) Aaron Seabaugh, 2) David Barker, 3) Scott Daly, 4) Dean Wray, 5) Barney
Bauerfield, 6) TJ Kuykendall, 7) Reid Millard, 8) Terry Melton, 9) Gary
Billings Jr., 10) Kelly Brown
B Feature #2
1) Mike Danburg, 2) Mike Jones, 3) Shad Badder, 4) Brett LaFollette, 5)
Virgil Jefferies, 6) Mark Evinger, 7) Larry D. Clawson, 8) Dale Eaton
A Feature
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Scott Drake, 3) Duke Whisenat, 4) Chris Smyser, 5) Jason
Bodenhamer, 6) Al Purkey, 7) Shane Essary, 8) David Turner, 9) Russell
Portwood, 10) Larry Clawson, 11) CJ Lyle, 12) Chad Clark, 13) Brett
LaFollette, 14) Bryan Allison, 15) Mike Danburg, 16) David Barker, 17) Jeff
French, 18) Aaron Seabaugh, 19) Victor Simms, 20) Mike Jones, 21) Greg
Larson, 22) Gary Billings Jr.
Clint Brown
June 5, 2005
Kelly Boen put the fans of Dodge City Raceway Park on their feet as he
pulled off a thrilling last turn, last lap pass to grab the win in the
second night of the MLRA/NCRA/WDRA/CLMA sanctioned Thunder Through the
Prairie late model event. The win marked was the first O'Reilly MLRA
triumph of 2005 for the Henderson, CO Boen which netted him a cool $3,000.
Boen set the pace as the feature event went green and jumped to the top spot
from his pole position. Al Purkey and Jim Clifton settled in behind Boen
attempting to not let the leader run off from the field. A lap 17 caution
bunched the field up with Boen remaining up front with Mike Conkwright,
Purkey, Johnny Bone Jr., and Jeep Berry all applying pressure from behind.
Conkwright worked the track and Boen heavily for the series of laps and
finally found the way around on the outside with six laps remaining in the
40 lap event. Boen, not content with second, began searching for the line
to move him back to the front and was looking for any kind of a bobble out
of Conkwright. The bobble happened as the pair powered into turns three and
four of the final lap as Conkwright's machine slid up high and into the
marbles allowing Boen to squeak underneath and power to the lead as they
came to the checkered flag. Conkwright was able to get his machine gathered
up and hold on for second with Purkey, Bone, and Berry completing the top
five.
Heat race wins went to Conkwright, Ronnie Wallace (N. Platte, NE), Boen,
Bone, and Jim Clifton (Ft. Morgan, CO). The three B Features saw Delbert
Smith, David Barker, and Ken Brack victorious while Kelly Boen took home the
pole dash win.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA is another busy weekend as Friday, June 10,
the O'Reilly MLRA visits Grain Valley, MO and Valley Speedway. The next
night, Saturday, June 11, sees a trip to the south as the action heats up at
Adrian Speedway in Adrian, MO.
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Full Results
Dodge City Raceway
June 4, 2005
Heat 1
1) Mike Conkwright, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Raymond Merrill, 4) Ted Martin, 5)
Chris Mayes, 6) Gary Gorby, 7) Lyle Shepard, 8) Terry Loos, 9) Shane Essary
Heat 2
1) Ronnie Wallace, 2) Jeep Berry, 3) Ryan McAninch, 4) David Barker, 5)
Delbert Smith, 6) Eric Main, 7) Dan Shepard, 8) Ron Bencken, 9) Chris
Persichetti
Heat 3
1) Kelly Boen, 2) Curt Daniels, 3) Scott Drake, 4) Ken Brack, 5) Brett
LaFollette, 6) David Turner, 7) Michael Cox, 8) Steve Kosiski, 9) Rusty
Miller
Heat 4
1) Johnny Bone, Jr., 2) Mike McGinn, 3) Sten Johnson, 4) David Garmann, 5)
John Kuchar, 6) Steve Kempt, 7) Craig Baukema, DNS - David Conkwright
Heat 5
1) Jim Clifton, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Gary Bechant, 4) Dean Moore, 5) Jason
Bodenhamer, 6) CJ Lyle, 7) Billy Murphy
B Feature #1
1) Delbert Smith, 2) Gary Bechant, 3) Steve Kempt, 4) Dean Moore, 5) Gary
Gorby, 6) Michale Cox, 7) Chris Mayes, 8) Terry Boushee, 9) Terry Loos, 10)
Rusty Miller
B Feature #2
1) David Barker, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Ted Martin, 5)
CJ Lyle, 6) Lyle Shepard, 7) David Conkwright, 8) Craig Baukema, 9) Ron
Bencken, DNS - Shane Essary
B Feature #3
1) Ken Brack, 2) David Turner, 3) Steve Kosiski, 4) Billy Murphy, 5) David
Garmann, 6) John Kuchar, 7) Eric Main, 8) Chris Persichetti, 9) Dan Shepard
Pole Dash
1) Kelly Boen, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Jim Clifton, 4) Mike Conkwright, 5) Curt
Daniels, 6) Johnny Bone, Jr., 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) Ronnie Wallace
A Feature
1) Kelly Boen, 2) Mike Conkwright, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Johnny Bone, Jr., 5)
Jeep Berry, 6) Jim Clifton, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) Curt Daniels, 9) Rayn
McAninch, 10) Raymond Merrill, 11) Jason Bodenhamer, 12) Scott Drake, 13)
David Turner, 14) Dean Moore, 15) Ken Brack, 16) Brett LaFollette, 17) Steve
Kosiski, 18) Gary Gorby, 19) Mihcael Cox, 20) Sten Johnson, 21) Delbert
Smith, 22) Mike McGinn, 23) David Barker, 24) Ronnie Wallace, 25) Gary
Bechant
June 3
Kansas City, KS resident Brett LaFollette grabbed the first night
of the
Thunder Through the Prairie Late Model event by holding off the hard chard
of defending O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn through the closing laps.
The win was even sweeter for LaFollette as it was his first O'Reilly MLRA
win after several close runner-up finishes. Forty-five drivers checked into
the pits as the event was a MLRA, NCRA, WDRA, and CLMA sanctioned event.
LaFollette started from the pole of the 30 lap event and quickly jumped out
to the front spot with Vaughn in tow and looking for the quick line to the
front. As the front two settled in for a run to the finish Al Purkey was
busy battling Omaha, NE native Steve Kosiski for the third spot. The two
made contact which allowed Kosiski to gain the position, but it was short
lived as Purkey would move back around one lap later. Jeep Berry, Grand
Junction, CO, then moved around Kosiski to take over the fourth position
and set sail after Purkey. As the two battled contact was made that allowed
Berry to take over the spot, but Purkey gained the position back as Berry
allowed Purkey to move back around.
While the battle raged on behind them the front running pair of LaFollette
and Vaughn continued to work the 3/8 mile Dodge City dirt with perfection.
Vaughn found a groove to his liking and attempted to make a move to the lead
with three laps to go as he powered low through four. He was able to get he
nose under LaFollette, but couldn't get the move to stick and had to settle
back into the runner up spot. As the pair raced under the checkered flag
LaFollette picked up his first O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour victory by three
car lengths over Vaughn. Purkey held on for third with Kosiski moving back
into the fourth position and Berry rounding out the top five.
Heat race wins went to Rick Lieser (Greely, CO), LaFollette, Vaughn,
Kosiski, and Berry. B Feature winners were Dean Moore (Grand Junction, CO),
Jim Clifton (Ft. Morgan, CO), and David Barker (Kingsville, MO).
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA is another busy weekend as Friday, June 10,
the O'Reilly MLRA visits Grain Valley, MO and Valley Speedway. The next
night, Saturday, June 11, sees a trip to the south as the action heats up at
Adrian Speedway in Adrian, MO.
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Full Results
Dodge City Raceway
June 3, 2005
Heat 1
1) Rick Lieser, 2) Johnny Bone, Jr., 3) Al Purkey, 4) Delbert Smith, 5)
Chris Mayes, 6) Ted Martin, 7) Terry Loos, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) Shane Essary
Heat 2
1) Brett Lafollette, 2) Michael Cox, 3) Gary Billings, 4) Curt Daniels, 5)
Sten Johnson, 6) Raymond Merrill, 7) David Garmann, 8) Mike Conkwright, 9)
Lyle Shepard
Heat 3
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Gary Gorby, 3) Frank McGhee, 4) David Barker, 5) David
Conkwright, 6) Ryan McAninch, 7) John Kuchar, 8) Terry Boushee, 9) David
Turner
Heat 4
1) Steve Kosiski, 2) Gary Bechant, 3) Dean Moore, 4) Mike McGinn, 5) Rod
Bencken, 6) Craig Baukema, 7) Billy Murphy, 8) Jason Bodenhamer, 9) Chris
Persichetti
Heat 5
1) Jeep Berry, 2) Kelly Boen, 3) Dan Shepard, 4) Eric Main, 5) Jim Clifton,
6) Chris Cox, 7) Ken Brack, 8) JT Box, 9) Scott Drake
B Feature #1
1) Dean Moore, 2) Ryan McAninch, 3) Ron Bencken, 4) David Conkwright, 5) CJ
Lyle, 6) Terry Loos, 7) Jason Bodenhamer, 8) Lyle Shepard, 9) Mike McGinn,
DNS - Michael Cox, Scott Drake
B Feature #2
1) Jim Clifton, 2) Billy Murphy, 3) Dan Shepard, 4) Mike Conkwright, 5) CJ
Lyle, 6) Sten Johnson, 7) David Turner, 8) JT Box, 9) Delbert Smith, 10)
David Garmann
B Feature #3
1) David Barker, 2) Raymond Merrill, 3) Cut Daniels, 4) Chris Mayes, 5) Ted
Martin, 6) Shane Essary, 7) John Kuchar, 8) Terry Boushee, 9) Chris
Persichetti, 10) Ken Brack
A Feature
1) Brett Lafollette, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Steve Kosiski, 5) Jeep
Berry, 6) Eric Main, 7) Shane Essary, 9) Gary Gorby, 9) Curt Daniels, 10)
Billy Murphy, 11) David Barker, 12) Craig Baukema, 13) Frank McGhee, 14)
Dean Moore, 15) Raymond Merrill, 16) Johnny Bone Jr., 17) Ryan McAninch, 18)
Rick Lieser, 19) Michael Cox, 20) Gary Bechant, 21) Mike Conkwright, 22)
Kelly Boen, 23) Jim Clifton, 24) Gary Billings
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour continues on into the
heart of the
schedule this weekend, June 2 & 3, with the 2nd Annual Rumble Thru The
Prairie Late Model Invitational at Dodge City Raceway Park in Dodge City,
Kansas.
O'Reilly MLRA officials and drivers make their way to historic Dodge City,
KS on Friday, June 3, kick off the action as drivers take to the 3/8 dirt
track with $2,000.00 on the line to the A Feature winner. Saturday, June 4,
the thrill kicks off again as drivers and crews will be vying for the
$3,000.00 that will be up for grabs to the winner with $400 to start the
feature event. The "rumble" will be heard throughout the Dodge City area
starting at 7:00 pm both nights.
Tickets for each night are only $15.00 for adults with teens (13-16) $10.00
and children 6-12 only $5.00. Special Two-Day Discount tickets can also be
purchased at $25.00 for adults, $15.00 for teens, and $8.00 for children.
Advanced tickets can be purchased online at
http://www.dodgecityraceway.com/online_tickets.html.
Coffeyville, KS resident Al Purkey comes into the event with hopes of a
fourth O'Reilly MLRA championship in his thoughts as he currently leads the
pack that is breathing down his neck. Four time and defending champion Alan
Vaughn is looking to track down Purkey as he currently is sitting in the
second position, tied with Shane Essary, only 47 markers back. The
remainder of the top five in the 2005 Thunder Tour Championship fight
include fan favorites Jason Bodenhamer and David Turner. Remarkably the top
five are only separated by a mere 63 points.
Dodge City Raceway Park is located just at Hwy 56 and 14th Ave. in Dodge
City, KS. For track information call (620) 225-3277 or visit them on the web
at www.dodgecityraceway.com.
The Host Hotel for the Rumble Thru the Prairie Late Model Invitational is
Dodge House which can be contacted at (620) 225-9900. Ask for the DCRP rate
of $45.
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Denny Eckrich snares O'Reilly MLRA win at Outlaw Motor
Speedway
Clint Brown
May 23, 2005
The "Flyin 50" of Tiffin, IA's Denny Eckrich kept the fans of Outlaw Motor
Speedway on their feet while taking the Late Model Showdown win and his
first O'Reilly MLRA victory of the season.
The win was no easy task for Eckrich, who lead the field to the green from
the pole, as he had to fight off the continuous pressure of Kelly Boen who
was searching high and low for the groove around the leader. Boen quickly
showed he would be tough for the entire 50 lap event when he moved from
inside row three and into the second spot with power moves past Al Purkey
and Keith Foss before the initial five laps had been completed.
The front pair of Eckrich and Boen set the pace for the rest of the field
until, with 20 laps in the books, Purkey found his groove and caught the
lead pair to make it a three way battle for the top spot. The trio
continued to search for the fast line, to improve their position, even while
making spectacular moves through lapped traffic at the races halfway point.
Purkey moved past Boen for the second position on the 41st go around and
shortly thereafter Boen's night came to an abrupt end as the power plant in
his machine expired seeing him pull to the pits on lap 46. Purkey continued
to pressure Eckrich over the final four laps, but had to settle for second
as the pair crossed under the checkered flag. Duke Whisenat raced across
the line just ahead of eighteenth starting John Anderson for third while
Scott Drake rounded out the top five.
With his runner-up finish Al Purkey extended his point lead to 47 markers
over defending champion Alan Vaughn and Shane Essary who are tied for the
runner up position.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA is a trip to I-80 Raceway at Nebraska Raceway
Park, in Greenwood, NE, for the annual Alphabet Soup race on Sunday, May 29.
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Full Results
Outlaw Motor Speedway
May 21, 2005
Heat 1
1) Duke Whisenat, 2) Dewaine Hottinger, 3) Denny Eckrich, 4) Dave Eckrich,
5) Charlie Randolph, Jr., 6) Dan Leatherman, 7) Bill Koons, 8) John Wallace,
9) Russell Portwood, 10) Bryon Allison
Heat 2
1) Kelly Boen, 2) Keith Foss, 3) Justin Fegers, 4) David Turner, 5) Kyle
Berck, 6) David Barker, 7) Leslie Essary, 8) Chad Broach, 9) Dan Morris, 10)
Chris Turner
Heat 3
1) Shane Essary, 2) Sonny Findling, 3) Scott Drake, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5)
Delbert Smith, 6) Mike Brown, 7) Johnny Bone Jr., 8) Justin Fulton, 9) Dan
Pablo. 10) Terry Melton
Heat 4
1) Al Purkey, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Mark Wyman, 5) John Anderson,
6) Brett Lafollette, 7) Raymond Merrill, 8) Matt Furman, 9) Eric Pember, 10)
Eldon Bales
B Feature #1
1) Mark Wyman, 2) Mike Brown, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) Leslie Essary, 5)
Justin Fulton
B Feature #2
1) John Anderson, 2) Delbert Smith, 3) Johnny Bone, Jr., 4) Matt Furman, 5)
Dan Morris
Dash
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Keith Foss, 3) Dave Eckrich, 4) Al Purkey, 5) Kelly
Boen, 6) Duke Whisenat, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) Shane Essary
A Feature
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Duke Whisenat, 4) John Anderson, 5) Scott
Drake, 6) Sonny Findling, 7) Charlie Randolph, Jr., 8) Dave Eckrich, 9)
Dewaine Hottinger, 10) Shane Essary, 11) Justin Fegers, 12) Kyle Berck, 13)
Mark Wyman, 14) David Turner, 15) Alan Vaughn, 16) Delbert Smith, 17) CJ
Lyle, 18) Eric Pember, 19) Dan Leatherman, 20) Matt Furman, 21) Mike Brown,
22) Kelly Boen, 23) Keith Foss, 24) Jason Bodenhamer, 25) Justin Fulton, 26)
Bryon Allison
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award: Russell Portwood
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: Shane Essary
Leaf Racewear Non Qualifiers Award: Brett Lafollette, David Barker
Terry Phillips picks up O'Reilly MLRA win at Outlaw Motor
Speedway
Clint Brown
May 21, 2005
Springfield, MO's Terry Phillips showed why he is always a force to be
reckoned with as he held off the field for the entire 30 lap distance for
the Late Model Shootout in the Heartland at Outlaw Motor Speedway.
At the drop of the green Phillips outraced front row starter Sonny Findling
to take the point which he never would relinquish. The field was slowed on
lap 2 for the stopped machine of Duke Whisenat, but once again Phillips held
the top spot as the green flag waved. Behind him a battle was brewing as
Sonny Findling had his hands full trying to hold off both Kelly Boen and
Denny Eckrich for the runner up spot. The yellow waved again five laps down
for the spun machine of Russell Portwood. With the green waving once again
Phillips was able to put several car lengths between himself and the trio
behind him. Boen finally was able to move into second, but the spot was
short lived as Findling was able to move back around just a couple of laps
later. A scary incident occurred on lap 8 when Justin Fulton and Odie Green
made contact with Green's machine making heavy contact with the wall and
taking a roll. The car landed upright and after help from the car Green was
able to walk away under his own power, but both he and Fulton were done for
the evening. Two more cautions fell over the next few laps, but Phillips
continued to set the pace with Boen, Findling and Eckrich continuing to wage
war behind him. The final caution of the night waved on lap 23 when Scott
Drake and David Turner made contact causing Drake to spin and retire to the
pits. The restart saw the charge of Denny Eckrich begin as he moved around
Sonny Findling to take over third and then to second with a move past Boen
for second on lap 26. Once in second Eckrich quickly began to reel in
Phillips and with the white flag waving he closed in on the rear bumper only
to fall short at the line as Phillips took his second O'Reilly MLRA win of
the season. Eckrich held on for second with Kelly Boen, Sonny Findling, and
Kyle Berck rounding out the top 5 at the finish.
The O'Reilly MLRA returns to action at Outlaw Motor Speedway for night #2 of
the Late Model Shootout in the Heartland on Saturday night. The 50 lap
feature will see $5,000 go to the winner.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder
Tour visit www.mlraracing.com.
Full Results
Outlaw Motor Speedway
May 20, 2005
Heat 1
1) Scott Drake, 2) Sonny Findling, 3) Russell Portwood, 4) Justin Feggers,
5) Dewaine Hottinger, 6) Mark Wyman, 7) John Anderson, 8) John Wallace, 9)
Frank McGhee
Heat 2
1) Al Purkey, 2) Shane Essary, 3) Justin Fulton, 4) Matt Furman, 5) Duke
Whisenat, 6) Delbert Smith, 7) Terry Melton, 8) Dan Leatherman
Heat 3
1) Bryon Allison, 2) Kyle Berck, 3) Terry Phillips, 4) David Barker, 5) Dave
Eckrich, 6) Brett Lafollette, 7) Terry Melton, 8) Dan Leatherman
Heat 4
1) Kelly Boen, 2) David Turner, 3) Alan Vaughn, 4) Mike Brown, 5) Charlie
Randolph, 6) Johnny Bone Jr., 7) Dan Morris, 8) Keith Foss
Heat 5
1) Denny Eckrich, 2) Odie Green, 3) Jason Bodenhamer, 4) CJ Lyle, 5) Leslie
Essary, 6) Eric Pember, 7) Chad Broach, 8) Bill Kuhns
B Feature #1
1) Duke Whisenat, 2) John Anderson, 3) Charlie Randolph, 4) David Barker, 5)
Dave Eckrich, 6) Keith Foss, 7) Johnny Bone Jr., 8) Chad Broach, 9) Mark
Wyman, 10) Dan Leatherman, 11) Dan Pablo, 12) Frank McGhee
B Feature #2
1) Leslie Essary, 2) Mike Brown, 3) Delbert Smith, 4) Dewaine Hottinger, 5)
CJ Lyle, 6) Brett Lafollette, 7) Dan Morris, 8) Terry Melton, 9) Bill Kuhns,
10) John Wallace, 11) Eric Pember, 12) Gary Billings Jr.
Dash
1) Terry Phillips, 2) Sonny Findling, 3) Denny Eckrich, 4) Scott Drake, 5)
Kelly Boen, 6) Al Purkey, 7) Kyle Berck, 8) Bryon Allison
A Feature
1) Terry Phillips, 2) Denny Eckrich, 3) Kelly Boen, 4) Sonny Findling, 5)
Kyle Berck, 6) Al Purkey, 7) David Turner, 8) Justin Feggers, 9) Mike Brown,
10) Duke Whisenat, 11) Shane Essary, 12) Jason Bodenhamer, 13) Alan Vaughn,
14) Dave Eckrich, 15) Bryon Allison, 16) CJ Lyle, 17) David Barker, 18) Eric
Pember, 19) Scott Drake, 20) Dan Leatherman, 21) John Anderson, 22) Leslie
Essary, 23) Russell Portwood, 24) Odie Green, 25) Justin Fulton
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award: Russell Portwood
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: Al Purkey
Leaf Racewear Non Qualifiers Award: Brett Lafollette
Officials with the O'Reilly MLRA and Valley Speedway are
pleased to announce
that a second event will be run at the Grain Valley speed plant. In
addition to the August 12th date the traveling band of drivers will make
their way into the track on June 10th.
"Mark and Debbie Evinger have really put their heart and soul into this
great facility and we couldn't be happier than to add another date at the
track," commented series promoter Harriett Chancellor. "We had a great show
there last year and look for both stops at Valley Speedway to be just as
exciting."
Valley Speedway is located just on Hwy 40 next to the old fairgrounds in
Grain Valley, MO. For track information call (816) 847-8099 or visit them on
the web at www.valleyspeedway.com.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the
web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling
(816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
Officials with the O'Reilly MLRA are pleased to announced that
they have
teamed with Sports Nutz retail outlets as the sponsor for the O'Reilly MLRA
Rookie of the Year race.
"We're real pleased to be teaming up with the people over at Sports Nutz for
the 2005 season and beyond," stated series promoter Harriett Chancellor.
"Not only will this benefit the 2005 Rookie of the Year program, but every
driver running with the O'Reilly MLRA."
Sports Nutz is currently has three retail outlets in the Kansas City area
that specialize is sports merchandise and collectibles. With locations in
Gladstone, St. Joe, and Independence customers can pick up their favorite
Chiefs, Royals, college, or Nascar apparel. Part of the agreement between
the O'Reilly MLRA and Sports Nutz will also see series and driver
merchandise available at all three locations.
For more information on Sports Nutz contact them at one of their three
locations (816) 468-5665 (Gladstone), (819) 364-6889 (St. Joe), or (816)
923-7529 (Independence). You can also visit them on the web at
www.sportsnutz.com.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the
web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling
(816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
Following a four week break the O'Reilly MLRA is ready to
spring back into
action at the Late Model Showdown in the Heartland at Outlaw Motor Speedway
on May 19, 20, & 21.
Coffeyville, KS hot shoe Al Purkey brings his slim two point lead into
Muskogee looking to hold off Jason Bodenhamer who took home the season
opener at OMS. Belton, MO's Alan Vaughn is hot on the tail of the front
pair and is looking to catapult his way to the top of the heap in defense of
his 2004 championship. Other drivers expected to make the tow to Muskogee
include Shane Essary, CJ Lyle, David Turner and Bryon Allison as they all
look to improve their footing in the 2005 championship standings.
Action kicks off on Thursday, May 19, with a practice session where gates
will open at 5:00 pm for drivers and crews to prepare for the following two
nights of action. Friday, May 20, see the action heat up as $3,000 will be
on the line to the winner. Saturday night will see $5,000 go to the victor
of the 50 lap A feature. Gates open on Friday and Saturday at 5:00 pm with
the green flag kicking things off at 7:30 pm. Admission is only $10 for
adults with children 6-12 only $5.00. Senior citizen admission is set at
$5.00 with kids 5 and under Free. A family pass is also available at the
gate for only $25.00. Pit pass pricing is set at $10.00 for Thursday's
practice session and $30.00 on Friday and Saturday. Children's pit pricing
is $20.00 for children 6-12 with 5 and under being Free.
Outlaw Motor Speedway is located 8 miles south of Muskogee on Hwy 69. For
track information call (918) 687-9200 or visit them on the web at
www.outlawmotorspeedway.com.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the
web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling
(816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
| Racing series | SCCA-RACE |
| Date | 2005-05-04 |
History To Be Made at Heartland Park Topeka in Fall 2006
TOPEKA, Kan. (May 4, 2005) - Heartland Park Topeka and the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) have announced the dates for the 2006 SCCA National Championship Runoffs®, taking a page of the event's own history and returning the 43rd running of the classic to a more traditional October date for the first event at Heartland Park Topeka.
The 24 National Championship Runoffs races will be held Friday, Oct. 13 through Sunday, Oct. 15. As has been tradition, the event officially commences on Monday, Oct. 9 for practice, followed by three days of qualifications Oct. 10-12 to determine the starting order for all 24 National Championship classes.
Heartland Park Topeka will give Runoffs participants a first look at the Runoffs-only track configuration during the promoter test week, Oct. 1-8. Heartland Park Topeka joins a select list of four great venues (Daytona, Riverside, Cal., Road Atlanta, and Mid-Ohio) to host the Runoffs in the 43-year history of the event.
"The value of moving the Runoffs back to an October date is two-fold," said Raymond Irwin, Heartland Park Topeka owner. "First and foremost, it returns this prestigious event back to a traditional date that many long-time competitors, workers, and fans still associate with the Runoffs even today."
"Secondly, giving a competitor extra time between the final National points race and the beginning of this event is beneficial to preparing the race car, and preparing the driver for the Runoffs. In addition, competitors from across the country can now have more time to get ready for the Runoffs, which is invaluable."
Lodging is always at a premium for an event such as the Runoffs, and thanks to cooperation between local hotel owners, the Topeka Convention and Visitor's Bureau, and the SCCA, persons who will be in attendance will receive special Runoffs rates. A list of lodging in the Topeka area can be found through the Topeka CVB website at topekacvb.org.
For those wishing to stay closer to the track, Heartland Park Topeka will also provide racers, workers and spectators ample family-friendly camping opportunities during Runoffs testing and competition.
Heartland Park Topeka, a multi-purpose racing facility located in Topeka, Kan. annually hosts NHRA POWERade drag racing, Championship OFF-Road Racing (CORR), and the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) in addition to many other events throughout the race season.
Atlanta, GA Apr 20, 2005 - Brandon Keith McCullers, 28, a motorsports public relations representative, passed away on April 1, 2005 at St. Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. McCullers worked for the past five years in public relations and media representation for a number of dirt Late Model teams most notably Steve Francis and Steve Francis Racing. McCullers had battled cancer for many months.
In addition to his duties with Steve Francis Racing, McCullers also worked
several years for Victory Lane Communications in Georgia and at one time was a
columnist for the Dirt America website. He was also employed by Reinhardt
College in Waleska, GA.
“I am deeply saddened by Brandon’s passing,” stated Ozzie Altman, president of
Victory Lane Communications where Brandon McCullers worked vigorously for a
number of years. “He had courageously battled the cancer with an unbelievably
positive attitude as he went back and forth from Atlanta to Houston for Chemo
treatments. He was a good person with a lot of care for the sport and for other
people.”
He was born November 05, 1976 in Dekalb County, Georgia the son of Sammy and
Dean (Cape) McCullers.
McCullers is survived by Sammy McCullers (father); Dean McCullers (mother), both
of Jasper, GA; Carolyn McCullen (fiance) of Monticello, GA; Doris Datry
(grandmother) of Loganville; Wally & Mandy Bowcutt (uncle & aunt) of Jasper;
Denis McCullers (aunt) of Monroe; Robyn, Kerri and Micah (cousins).
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In lieu of flowers, the family of Brandon McCullers request that donations be
made to the BRANDON McCULLERS SCHOLARSHIP FUND at Reinhardt College. Attn:
Office of Institutional Advancement, 7300 Reinhardt College Circle, Waleska, GA,
30183. Cards & notes can reach the family at: McCullers Family, %Reinhardt
College. Attn: O.I.A., 7300 Reinhardt College Circle, Waleska, GA, 30183.
Funeral services were held Sunday, April 3, 2005 at Huey Funeral Home with Dr.
Phillip De More officiating. Burial was in the Cherokee Memorial Park in Canton,
GA.
Al Purkey motors to O'Reilly MLRA win at Winston
Speedway
Clint Brown
April 17, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour rolled into Winston Speedway to kick off the
tracks 2005 season and when the smoke settled 3-time O'Reilly MLRA champion Al
Purkey notched his first win of the young season.
The win was a hard fought battle as the Coffeyville, KS racer battled tooth and
nail with 4-time and defending O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn from the drop
of the green. Vaughn bolted from his pole position and into the lead at the drop
of the green, but Purkey wasn't about to let the Belton, MO hotshoe get away as
he dogged him at every point on the track working the corners both high and low.
The two held the same positrons as they came up on heavy lapped traffic of lap
12 with Purkey pulling alongside, but Vaughn made a bold move between two lapped
cars to hold onto the top spot. The field slowed on lap 14 for the spun mount of
Mark Evinger and as the green flag waved the yellow came out again as Creighton,
MO's David Turner found himself facing the wrong direction on the front stretch
after making contact with another car and then the wall. Turner was done for the
night and retired to the pit area. On the restart Vaughn was once again able to
hold onto the lead until Pukey finally got a run and moved in to the top spot on
lap 17, but his time at the front was short lived as Vaughn swept back to the
point one lap later. Having lost the top spot Purkey began searching for the
line to move back out front and found it as he motored past Vaughn on lap 23
with a move low on the track. The yellow flag flew again on lap 26 as Freemon,
MO's Aaron Seabaugh spun his mount in turn 2. With the green flag flying Purkey
set the pace with Vaughn making a hard challenge to take away the spot. Vaughn
made a run on the low side going into turn 3 on lap 29 and moved in front of
Purkey, but not to be outdone Purkey dove back down the track to keep his spot.
As the two came off of the fourth turn they made contact going for the same spot
on the track with Vaughn's machine spinning around facing the wrong direction
bringing out the races final caution. From that point on Purkey held on to lead
the pack under the checkered flag by nearly 1/2 a straightaway. Following Purkey
across the line were Aurora, MO's Shane Essary, CJ Lyle, Tommy Rowe, and Vaughn
who rode the high side to come back to the fifth position.
Joining Purkey and Vaughn as heat winners were the #63 of St Joseph, MO's Dale
Eaton and Doniphan, NE resident Tommy Rowe in his beautiful 2R machine. Jeff
French captured the B Feature and then battled his way to the 7th position in
the A Feature to earn the Leaf Racewear Hard Charger Award.
By virtue of his win Al Purkey moved past Jason Bodenhamer and into the points
lead for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour by a scant 2 points. The front pair
are followed closely by Vaughn who is looking for and unprecedented fifth
O'Reilly MLRA championship trophy to add to his collection.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is a return visit to Outlaw
Motor Speedway in Muskogee, OK for two nights of racing action on May 20 and 21.
For the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour visit
www.mlraracing.com
Full Results
Winston Speedway
April 16, 2005
Heat 1
1) Al Purkey, 2) CJ Lyle, 3) Shane Essary, 4) Gary Webb, 5) Jeff French, 6) TJ
Kuykendall, 7) Dean Wray
Heat 2
1) Alan Vaughn, 2) Jason Bodenhamer, 3) Larry Clawson, 4) David Turner, 5) Tom
Cordray, 6) Mark Evinger, 7) Dale Dickinson
Heat 3
1) Dale Eaton, 2) Brett LaFollette, 3) Ryan McAninch, 4) Russell Portwood, 5)
David Barker, 6) Vistor Sims, 7) Mike Jones
Heat 4
1) Tommy Rowe, 2) Aaron Seabaugh, 3) Gary Billings Jr., 4) Bryon Allison, 5)
Terry Melton, 6) Greg Choate, DNS - John Farmer
B Feature
1) Jeff French, 2) TJ Kuykendall, 3) David Barker, 4) Tom Cordray, 5) Mark
Evinger, 6) Mike Jones, 7) Greg Choate, 8) Terry Melton, 9) Victor Sims
A Feature
1) Al Purkey, 2) Shane Essary, 3) CJ Lyle, 4) Tommy Rowe, 5) Alan Vaughn, 6)
Gary Webb, 7) Brett LaFollette, 8) Jeff French, 9) Jason Bodenhamer, 10) Bryon
Allison, 11) Larry Clawson, 12) Dale Eaton, 13) David Barker, 14) Ryan McAninch,
15) Gary Billings Jr., 16) Tom Cordray, 17) TJ Kuykendall, 18) Aaron Seabaugh,
19) Mark Evinger, 20) David Turner, 21) Russell Portwood, 22) Terry Melton
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award: David Turner
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: Alan Vaughn
Leaf Racewear Hard Charger Award: Jeff French
2005 Thunder Tour Sponsors: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race Tire, Hatfield
Racing Engines, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Afco, GRT Race Cars, The Driveline Shop,
Intensitee, Sunoco Race Fuels, Weld Wheels, Chase Race Decals, Gameday Trophy,
Bodee's Race Bodies, Smitty's Racing Engines, Duralite, Holley, Lunati, Rod End
Supply, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components, Performance Race Bodies,
ATL Fuel Cells, Leaf Racewear
O'Reilly MLRA to help kick off 2005 Winston Speedway season
Clint Brown
April 13, 2005
The O'Reilly MLRA springs back into action on Saturday, April 16, as Winston
Speedway kicks off their 2005 campaign.
Round number three of the 2005 Thunder Tour will see the O'Reilly MLRA dirt
bound gladiators battling it out for forty laps in hopes of taking home the
$2,500 top prize. Coming off the heels of his season opening win Centerview,
MO's Jason Bodenhamer will be looking to hold off the pack including
Muskogee, OK's Mike Brown, 3-time O'Reilly MLRA champion Al Purkey, 4-time
and defending champion Alan Vaughn along with the entire field of O'Reilly
MLRA combatants. Also taking to the track to kick off the 2005 Winston
Speedway Racing season will be the Modifieds, Grand Nationals and Stock Cars
roaring around the 3/8 semi-banked oval.
General admission tickets will be available at the gate for only $13.00 with
kids 4-12 only $4.00 and 3 & under Free. Pit pass pricing is set at $25.00
per person. Gates open at 4:00 pm with racing action kicking off at 7:00 pm.
Winston Speedway is located just off I-35 by taking exit 64 then east on SR
6. For track information call (660) 749-5317 or (660) 749-5373 or visit them
on the web at
www.winstonspeedwayhome.com.
For all the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit us on the
web at www.mlraracing.com or by calling
(816) 650-5063 or (816) 305-6572.
Please support these sponsors who support O'Reilly MLRA Racing
O'Reilly Auto Parts/Hoosier Race Tires/Hatfield Racing Engines/Larry Shaw
Race Cars/GRT Race Cars/AFCO/Driveline Shop/ATL Fuel Cells/Intensitee/Leaf
Racewear/Sunoco/Simons Petroleum/Weld Wheels/Chase Race Decals/Gameday
Trophy/Bodee's Race Bodies/Smitty's Racing Engines/Duralite
Wheels/Holley/Lunati/Rod End Supply/Schoenfeld Headers/Kluhsman Racing
Components/Performance Bodies
Azalea Shootout wins to Jason Bodenhamer and Terry
Phillips to kick off 2005 Thunder Tour
Clint Brown
April 4, 2005
Centerview, MO's Jason Bodenhamer and Springfield, MO's Terry Phillips kicked
off the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour the way that they had hoped coming home
with wins during the 3rd Annual Azalea Shootout at Outlaw Motor Speedway in
Muskogee, OK on April 1 and 2.
Bodenhamer was the first to lay claim on a win during the new season with the
win on Friday night in a borrowed car. Still working to finish a new machine for
2005 Bodenhamer began the night right by holding off Salisaw, Oklahoma's Raymond
Merrill for the third heat win. The win would not come easy as he battled first
heat victor Terry Phillips to pick up the win in the A feature. Creighton, MO's
David Turner, 2nd heat winner Gary Stolba, and Mike Brown followed the front
pair across the line to round out the top five.
Saturday rolled off and defending O'Reilly MLRA champion Alan Vaughn quickly
jumped to the point to set the pace, but his time at the front was short lived.
David Turner made the lap four move around the frontrunner to take over the top
spot. With Turner to the front it was time for the rest of the field to set
chase after him and Phillips proved to be up to the task as he stayed with the
leader shadowing his every move. Lap 28 became the undoing for Turner as his
left rear tire shredded causing the caution to fly and putting Phillips to the
front of the pack. Phillips tried to distance himself from the field, but former
champion Al Purkey was to have none of it and pushed Phillips for the position
at every spot on the track. Unfortunately for Purkey there wasn't enough time to
get to the front and he had to settle for the runner up spot as Phillips raced
under the checkered flag and the win. Following the front duo to the stripe were
Gary Stolba, Jason Bodenhamer and Bryon Allison to complete the top five
runners.
Next up for the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour is the first stop of the year to
Winston Speedway in Winston, MO on April 16 for their opening night of racing
action for 2005.
For the latest news and information on the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour visit
www.mlraracing.com
Full Results
3rd Annual Azalea Shootout Night #1
Outlaw Motor Speedway
April 1, 2005
Heat 1
1) Terry Phillips, 2) Ryan McAninch, 3) David Turner, 4) Dwayne Hottinger, 5)
David Barker, 6) Mike Brown, 7) CJ Lyle, 8) Dan Leatherman, 9) Michael Wilson
Heat 2
1) Gary Stolba, 2) Bryon Allison, 3) Al Purkey, 4) Charlie Randolph, 5) Shane
Essary, 6) Larry Clawson, 7) Brett LaFollette, 8) Dan Pablo, 9) Shad Badder
Heat 3
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Raymond Merrill, 3) Gary Gorby, 4) Chad Broach, 5) Alan
Vaughn, 6) Jimmy Morris, 7) Gary Billings, 8) Terry Melton, 9) Eldon Bales, 10)
Bill Street
A Feature
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Terry Phillips, 3) David Turner, 4) Gary Stolba, 5) Mike
Brown, 6) Alan Vaughn, 7) Gary Gorby, 8) CJ Lyle, 9) Shane Essary, 10) Al
Purkey, 11) Charlie Randolph, 12) Chad Broach, 13) David Barker, 14) Gary
Billings, 15) Bryon Allison, 16) Dwayne Hottinger, 17) Larry Clawson, 18)
Raymond Merrill, 19) Ryan McAninch, 20) Dan Leatherman, 21) Brett LaFollette,
22) Jimmy Morris, 23) Shad Badder
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award: Larry Clawson
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: Mike Brown
Leaf Racewear Qualifiers Award: Terry Melton, Michael Wilson
Full Results
3rd Annual Azalea Shootout Night #2
Outlaw Motor Speedway
April 2, 2005
Heat 1
1) Charlie Randolph, 2) Mike Brown, 3) Chad Broach, 4) CJ Lyle, 5) Shane Essary,
6) Terry Phillips, 7) Jimmy Morris, 8) Dan Leatherman
Heat 2
1) Jason Bodenhamer, 2) Alan Vaughn, 3) Bryon Allison, 4) Dan Pablo, 5) Gary
Gorby, 6) Terry Melton, 7) Ryan McAninch
Heat 3
1) David Barker, 2) Raymond Merrill, 3) Al Purkey, 4) David Turner, 5) Shad
Badder, 6) Gary Stolba, 7) Michael Wilson
A Feature
1) Terry Phillips, 2) Al Purkey, 3) Gary Stolba, 4) Jason Bodenhamer, 5) Bryon
Allison, 6) Mike Brown, 7) Alan Vaughn, 8) David Barker, 9) Raymond Merrill, 10)
David Turner, 11) Charlie Randolph, 12) CJ Lyle, 13) Dan Pablo, 14) Shane
Essary, 15) Jimmy Morris, 16) Shad Badder, 17) Gary Gorby, 18) Dan Leatherman,
19) Chad Broach, 20) Michael Wilson, 21) Ryan McAninch, 22) Terry Melton
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award: CJ Lyle
Performance Bodies 5th Place Award: Bryon Allison
Leaf Racewear Qualifiers Award: Ryan McAninch, Shane Essary
2005 Thunder Tour Sponsors: O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hoosier Race
Tire, Hatfield Racing Engines, Larry Shaw Race Cars, Afco, GRT Race Cars, The
Driveline Shop, Intensitee, Sunoco Race Fuels, Weld Wheels, Chase Race Decals,
Gameday Trophy, Bodee's Race Bodies, Smitty's Racing Engines, Duralite, Holley,
Lunati, Rod End Supply, Schoenfeld Headers, Kluhsman Racing Components,
Performance Race Bodies, ATL Fuel Cells, Leaf Racewear
March 28
The countdown to the beginning of a new season has begun and the final
preparations are being made as the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour kicks off
with a bang at the 3rd Annual Azalea Shootout at Outlaw Motor Speedway this
Friday and Saturday April 1st & 2nd.
Two big shows are on tap as the O'Reilly MLRA runners will see $1,500 up for
grabs on Friday and turn around and do it all again on Saturday with $3,000
going to the winner. Racing action will also see Modifieds, T.E.M.S.
Economoy Modifieds, Factory Stocks, and Pure Stocks taking to the lightning
fast Oklahoma dirt. Gates open both nights at 5:00 pm with racing action
getting underway at 7:00 pm. A practice night will also take to the track
on Thursday, March 31.
Tickets for Friday nights action are only $8.00 with Seniors $5.00, children
6-12 are only $4.00 and 5 and under are free. Family packs will also be
available for only $20.00. Saturday ticket pricing is $15.00 with Seniors
$10.00, children 6-12 are $4.00 and 5 and under are free. Family packs will
be available Saturday as well for $35.00. Pit Passes for each night will be
$30.00, children 6-12 are $20.00 and 5 and under are free. Pit passes for
practice night will be $10.00.
Outlaw Motor Speedway is located 8 miles south of Muskogee, OK on US Highway
69. For more information contact Outlaw Motor Speedway at 918-687-9200 or
visit them on the web at
www.outlawmotorspeedway.com.
For O'Reilly MLRA information call 816-650-5063 or 816-650-6572 or visit
them on the web at www.mlraracing.com.
For those fans and participants traveling from out of state the host hotel
is Sleepy Traveler which can be contacted at 918-686-9100.
Please support these sponsors who support O'Reilly MLRA Racing
O'Reilly Auto Parts/Hoosier Race Tires/Hatfield Racing Engines/Larry Shaw
Race Cars/GRT Race Cars/AFCO/Driveline Shop/ATL Fuel Cells/Intensitee/Leaf
Racewear/Sunoco/Simons Petroleum/Weld Wheels/Chase Race Decals/Gameday
Trophy/Bodee's Race Bodies/Smitty's Racing Engines/Duralite
Wheels/Holley/Lunati/Rod End Supply/Schoenfeld Headers/Kluhsman Racing
Components/Performance Bodies
O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Set to Kick into High Gear
Clint Brown
March 17, 2005
The 2005 racing season is rapidly approaching and the O'Reilly MLRA 2005
Thunder Tour is set to heat up the action throughout the Midwest.
Thirty-two dates see the O'Reilly MLRA making stops at fifteen different
tracks in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. "We're real excited
about the O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour," stated series promoter Harriett
Chancellor. "We feel we've put together a real good schedule not only for
our competitors, but the fans as well."
April sees the O'Reilly MLRA spring into action on April 1 & 2 with a visit
to Muskogee, OK and Outlaw Motor Speedway. Competitors will then have a
week off and head north to Winston Speedway in Winston, MO to help kick off
their 2005 weekly campaign on April 16.
May rolls in with a trip back to Outlaw Motor Speedway on the 20th and 21st.
The first trip into Nebraska follows that up with a drive to Greenwood and
Nebraska Raceway Park on May 30.
June rings in a busy time for the O'Reilly MLRA bandwagon as events are
contested every weekend of the month. Things get going with a visit to
Dodge City Speedway in Dodge City, Kansas on April 3rd & 4th followed up by
the first visit to Adrian Speedway in Adrian, MO on June 11. The following
week will see the first visit ever to Osborn, MO's US 36 Raceway on June
17th followed up with a trip over to Memphis, MO and Scotland County
Speedway the next night, June 18. Another new track dots the schedule on
June 25th as a trip south to Midway Speedway in Lebanon, MO is on tap.
July kicks off another busy month that will see Outlaw Motor Speedway
hosting two more events on the 1st and 2nd. A quick rest will be needed the
next weekend before the action once again heats up on June 22 & 23 with a
stop at Mid-Nebraska Speedway in Doniphan, NE. The month closes out with a
visit back to Oklahoma and Outlaw Motor Speedway on June 29 and just up the
road at Salina Highbanks Speedway in Salina, OK on June 30.
August finds another trip to the north and Nebraska to visit Junction Motor
Speedway in McCool Junction, NE on August 6. Grain Valley, MO's Valley
Speedway will see action on August 12 while a second trip to Memphis, MO
finds Scotland County Speedway entertaining the action on August 13. Midway
Speedway will host a second event on the 2005 Thunder Tour schedule on
August 20.
September begins another busy stretch in the chase for the O'Reilly MLRA
title as Salina Speedway in Salina, KS will be the place to be on September
3 while LA Raceway in Lamonte, MO and Winston Speedway host back to back
events on the 16th & 17th. Nebraska is again the destination on the map
with a trip to Nebraska Raceway Park to close out the month of action on the
23rd and 24th.
October is the stretch run as five dates will see action in the first
fifteen days to decide the title. Adrian Speedway is first up on October
5th. A quick turnaround sees the drivers in action only two nights later in
Kansas City, KS at Lakeside Speedway for two nights on October 7th & 8th.
The title will be decided one week later as the season will close at the
place it began - Outlaw Motor Speedway for a two day spectacular on October
14th & 15th.
O'Reilly MLRA 2005 Thunder Tour Schedule
Date Track Location
April 1 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
2 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
16 Winston Speedway Winston, MO
May 20 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
21 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
30 Nebraska Raceway Park Greenwood, NE
June 3 Dodge City Speedway Dodge City, KS
4 Dodge City Speedway Dodge City, KS
11 Adrian Speedway Adrian, MO
17 US 36 Raceway Osborn, MO
18 Scotland County Speedway Memphis, MO
25 Midway Speedway Lebanon, MO
July 1 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
2 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
22 Mid-Nebraska Speedway Doniphan, NE
23 Mid-Nebraska Speedway Doniphan, NE
29 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
30 Salina Highbanks Speedway Salina, OK
August 6 Junction Motor Speedway McCool Junction, NE
12 Valley Speedway Grain Valley, MO
13 Scotland County Speedway Memphis, MO
20 Midway Speedway Lebanon, MO
September 3 Salina Speedway Salina, KS
16 LA Raceway Lamonte, MO
17 Winston Speedway Winston, MO
23 Nebraska Raceway Park Greenwood, NE
24 Nebraska Raceway Park Greenwood, NE
October 5 Adrian Speedway Adrian, MO
7 Lakeside Speedway Kansas City, KS
8 Lakeside Speedway Kansas City, KS
14 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
15 Outlaw Motor Speedway Muskogee, OK
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2005 O'Reilly
MLRA Schedule
(Tentative)
|
Date
|
|
Track
|
Location
|
| April |
3
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK |
|
4
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK | |
| May |
22
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK |
|
23
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK | |
|
30
|
Nebraska Raceway Park | Greenwood, NE | |
| June |
3
|
Dodge City Speedway | Dodge City, KS |
|
4
|
Dodge City Speedway | Dodge City, KS | |
|
17
|
US 36 Raceway | Osborn, MO | |
|
18
|
Scotland County Speedway | Memphis, MO | |
|
25
|
Midway Speedway | Lebanon, MO | |
| July |
1
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK |
|
2
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK | |
|
22
|
Mid-Nebraska Speedway | Doniphan, NE | |
|
23
|
Mid-Nebraska Speedway | Doniphan, NE | |
| Aug |
6
|
Junction Motor Speedway | McCool Junction, NE |
|
12
|
Valley Speedway | Grain Valley, MO | |
|
13
|
Scotland County Speedway | Memphis, MO | |
| Sept. |
3
|
Salina Speedway | Salina, KS |
|
17
|
Central Missouri Speedway | Warrensburg, MO | |
|
23
|
Nebraska Raceway Park | Greenwood, NE | |
|
24
|
Nebraska Raceway Park | Greenwood, NE | |
| Oct. |
7
|
Lakeside Speedway | Kansas City, KS |
|
8
|
Lakeside Speedway | Kansas City, KS | |
|
14
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK | |
|
15
|
Outlaw Motor Speedway | Muskogee, OK |