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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
B