2004mlra
These are the archives for 2004 MLRA series
Thanks to Pattie Frost and sometimes Clint Brown
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Nov 9, 2004
For a short time on Saturday, November 20, the
bells and whistles of the casino will be replaced by bench racing and
acceptance speeches at the Argosy Casino as the O'Reilly MLRA rolls in for
their annual awards banquet.
The night will kick off at 5:30 pm with a social
hour that is sure to see plenty of bench racing and talk of the highly
competitive on-track action held throughout the 2004 racing season. The next
phase of the evening begins at 7:00 pm with dinner being served to all in
attendance. Immediately following the dinner it's time to hand out the
hardware as the top points earners will be recognized for their
accomplishments during the season.
Attendance is open to the public with tickets
being $30.00 in advance and $35.00 at the door. For more information or to
purchase tickets contact Harriett at 816-650-5063.
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Nov 1, 2004
Hello Racers Fans & Friends:
Here it is Halloween and I'm watching NHRA Drag
Racing after a full day of NASCAR and looking to the future......... No,
no-crystal ball, here just got the schedule for the Early Thaw and wanted to
pass it on to you to plan your JANUARY Get-a-way!
Race Dates are all at Casa Grande at this
writing.
Starting dates are:
Saturday Jan 15 Day Race $5,000
Sunday Jan 16 Day Race $5,000
Tuesday Jan 18 Nite at 5:pm $3,000
Thursday Jan 20 Nite at 5:pm $3,000
Friday Jan 21 Nite at 5:pm $5,000
Saturday Jan 22 Day Race $10,000
Sunday Jan. 23 will be a rain date
Click on to the link below for more info:
Sure hope you start your plans for the Early
Thaw........ Don't forget the MLRA Banquet to be held on Nov.20th hope to see
you there!
Just a reminder Clint "VEGA" will be doing the
writing for MLRA
this coming season.
Sure do want to thank you all for giving me
"stories" to write about.
Pattie Frost
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Oct. 27, 2004
Belton, MO's Alan Vaughn came up the big winner
with the O'Reilly MLRA in 2004 as he captured his third straight crown and
fourth overall. Vaughn capped off the season with the win at Outlaw Motor
Speedway in Muskogee, OK that sealed the title and held off hard charging
Jason Bodenhamer from Centerview, MO by 66 points in the final tally 1512 to
1446.
Bodenhamer had one of his best season ever on the
O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour picking up multiple victories and challenging
Vaughn right to the very end. Veteran O'Reilly MLRA competitor and three time
champion Al Purkey brought his machine from his Coffeyville, KS base to finish
third with Brett LaFollette and O'Reilly MLRA rookie TJ Kuykendall rounding
out the top five in the final standings.
With the 2004 O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour completed
all that remains is to hand out the championship hardware. Join the O'Reilly
MLRA staff, drivers, sponsors and fans at the Argosy Casino on Saturday,
November 20 for a night of celebrating and bench racing. The Social Hour
kicks things off at 5:30 followed by dinner at 7:00 and the awards
presentations directly afterwards. Tickets are $30.00 in advance and $35.00
at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets contact Harriett at
816-650-5063.
2004 O'Reilly MLRA Thunder
Tour
Final Points Standings
| Place |
Car # |
Driver |
Shows |
Points |
Hometown |
Chassis |
| 1 |
22V |
Alan Vaughn |
22 |
1512 |
Belton, MO |
Rocket/Shaw |
| 2 |
2B |
Jason Bodenhamer |
22 |
1446 |
Centerview, MO |
GRT |
| 3 |
33P |
Al Purkey |
19 |
1315 |
Coffeyville, KS |
Shaw |
| 4 |
23L |
Brett LaFollette |
21 |
1105 |
Kansas City, KS |
Masterbilt |
| 5 |
8K |
TJ Kuykendall |
22 |
1085 |
Warsaw, MO |
GRT |
| 6 |
88B |
David Barker |
21 |
1025 |
Kingsville, MO |
Rocket |
| 7 |
15T |
David Turner |
17 |
1000 |
Adrian, MO |
Rocket |
| 8 |
56W |
Gary Webb |
17 |
947 |
Blue Grass, MO |
GRT |
| 9 |
63E |
Dale Eaton |
21 |
897 |
St. Joe, MO |
Racemart |
| 10 |
55R |
Randy Reynolds |
21 |
833 |
Drexel, MO |
GRT |
| 11 |
28N |
Herb Nagy |
22 |
789 |
Harrisonville, MO |
GRT |
| 12 |
1S |
Kerry Schultz |
17 |
747 |
Moundville, MO |
GRT |
| 13 |
24L |
CJ Lyle |
14 |
633 |
Shawnee, KS |
GRT |
| 14 |
L88 |
Larry Clawson |
14 |
556 |
N. Kansas City, MO |
Rayburn |
| 15 |
75P |
Terry Phillips |
9 |
491 |
Springfield, MO |
GRT |
| 16 |
99G |
Gary Gorby |
11 |
444 |
Caney, KS |
Shaw |
| 17 |
52K |
Steve Kosiski |
7 |
439 |
Omaha, NE |
Rocket |
| 18 |
1K |
John Anderson |
8 |
405 |
Omaha, NE |
Rocket |
| 19 |
92S |
Delbert Smith |
10 |
404 |
Wichita, KS |
GRT |
| 20 |
98C |
Joe Conway |
11 |
359 |
Lawton, OK |
Shaw |
| 21 |
68S |
Aaron Seabaugh |
9 |
346 |
Freeman, MO |
GRT |
| 22 |
1A |
Bryon Allison |
8 |
329 |
Marshall, MO |
Shaw |
| 23 |
18M |
Terry Melton |
11 |
308 |
Bartlesville, OK |
Shaw |
| 24 |
15E |
Shane Essary |
6 |
307 |
Aurora, MO |
Shaw |
| 25 |
53K |
Joe Kosiski |
6 |
300 |
Omaha, NE |
GRT |
| 26 |
9R |
Charlie Randolph |
5 |
299 |
Muskogee, OK |
GRT |
| 27 |
5R |
Randy Timms |
6 |
270 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Masterbilt |
| 28 |
51F |
Matt Furman |
6 |
234 |
Coralville, IA |
Rocket |
| 29 |
91F |
Bob Fennewald |
6 |
213 |
Butler, MO |
GRT |
| 30 |
1R |
Russell Portwood |
5 |
209 |
Coffeyville, KS |
Shaw |
| 31 |
45E |
Tommy Elston |
5 |
206 |
Keokuk, IA |
GRT |
| 32 |
42M |
Brandon McCormick |
4 |
202 |
Lebanon, MO |
GRT |
| 33 |
5* |
Mike Brown |
5 |
195 |
Ft. Gibson, OK |
GRT |
| 34 |
5E |
Leslie Essary |
3 |
164 |
Crane, MO |
Shaw |
| 35 |
21R |
Rusty Skaggs |
4 |
158 |
Ft. Scott, KS |
Hoffman |
| 36 |
52M |
Ryan McAninch |
3 |
116 |
Goddard, KS |
GRT |
| 37 |
46B |
Barney Bauerfeind |
3 |
92 |
Adrian, MO |
GRT |
| 38 |
71M |
Jason Meadors |
3 |
85 |
Fordland, MO |
American Made |
| 39 |
21M |
Billy Moyer |
1 |
71 |
Batesville, AR |
Rayburn |
| 40 |
82B |
John Bey |
1 |
61 |
Deadwood, SD |
GRT |
| 41 |
12D |
Scott Drake |
1 |
61 |
Webb City, MO |
Rayburn |
| 42 |
22C |
David Conkwright |
2 |
56 |
Manhattan, KS |
American Made |
| 43 |
6F |
Tommy Fulton |
1 |
47 |
Muskogee, OK |
GRT |
| 44 |
14L |
Brad Looney |
1 |
45 |
Republic, MO |
American Made |
| 45 |
T1T |
Earl Kinderknecht |
1 |
37 |
Salina, KS |
GRT |
| 46 |
18S |
Jack Sullivan |
1 |
37 |
Greenbrier, AR |
GRT |
| 47 |
24J |
Jasen Landers |
1 |
35 |
Cairo, NE |
Shaw |
| 48 |
R15 |
Charley Reed |
3 |
35 |
Archie, MO |
GRT |
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Oct 26, 2004
Alan Vaughn rolled into the beautiful Outlaw Motor
Speedway looking to not only notch another win on the 2004 O'Reilly MLRA tour,
but to also close the book on his fourth title run with the series. As the
checkered flag fell on the forty lap A feature Sunday Vaughn had grabbed both
to cap off a historic run to the championship.
As the green flag dropped outside front row
starter Mike Brown grabbed the top spot and held the point with polesitter
Vaughn shadowing his every move looking for a way around the front runner.
His chance opened up on lap thirteen as Vaughn was able to move past, but not
to be outdone Brown grabbed the lead once again only two laps later. Brown's
spot at the front was short lived as Vaughn was able to work past once again
two laps later. The front two quickly had company in the form of fourteenth
starting Steve Kosiski who had quickly worked his way through the field
charging to the front. The trio of Vaughn, Brown, and Kosiski diced back and
forth for the remainder of the event taking the checkered flag ahead of
Kosiski and Brown.
By virtue of the win Vaughn completed the run to
his third straight O'Reilly MLRA Championship to go along with his title run
in 1995.
Final Results
O'Reilly MLRA
Outlaw Motor Speedway "Thriller"
October 23/24, 2004
| B Feature #1 |
1) Scott Drake |
| B Feature #2 |
1) Jason Bodenhamer |
| B Feature #3 |
1) Tommy Fulton |
| |
|
| A Feature (40 Laps) |
1) Alan Vaughn (22JV), 2)
Steve Kosiski (52), 3) Mike Brown (5*), 4) David Turner (15T), 5) Al
Purkey (33P), 6) Kelly Boen (7), 7) Tommy Fulton (6F), 8) Shane Essary
(15E), 9) Ryan McAninch (52M), 10) Delbert Smith (92), 11) Scott Drake
(12D), 12) Larry Clawson (L88), 13) Charlie Randolph (9R), 14) Ramond
Merrill (12M), 15) Brandon McCormick (42M), 16) Jason Bodenhamer (2B), 17)
Tommy Rowe (2R), 18) Gary Webb (W56), 19) TJ Kuykendall (8K), 20) Chris
Mayes (117), 21) Bryan Schutt (15S), 22) Dan Weatherman (64L), 23) Mike
Wiarda (24W), 24) CJ Lyle (24L), 25) Brett LaFollette (23), 26) Earl
Kinderknecht (T1T) |
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Oct 19, 2004
Outlaw Motor Speedway in Muskogee, OK will play
host to the final event of the 2004 O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour this Thursday
through Saturday, October 21-23, with $5,000 on the line for the winner and a
champion to be crowned.
Action gets underway on Thursday with an open
practice session for all competitors. Friday night drivers will take to the
track with heat race action with the top ten spots guaranteed a spot in
Saturday nights field. Also on tap Friday night will be a special Dash for
Cash reserved for the top six in passing points from the heat races. Saturday
night the field will be set with an additional ten drivers coming from the
last chance event followed by the $5,000 to win main event.
This event will see the 2004 Thunder Tour
championship battle come to a close as Belton, MO's Alan Vaughn heads into
Muskogee with a slim 36 point lead over second place Jason Bodenhamer from
Centerview, MO. Bodenhamer will be looking to overtake the 2-time defending
champion and claim his first season crown with the O'Reilly MLRA. The fight
at the front isn't the only one to be decided as only 38 points separate
fourth thru sixth place. Brett Lafollete will try to hold off rookie
competitor TJ Kuykendall and David Barker and retain his spot.
The gates at Outlaw Motor Speedway will open at
5:00 pm all three nights as drivers and fans prepare for the final checkered
flag of 2004. General admission is FREE for Thursday nights practice session
with pit passes only $10.00. Pit Passes on Friday night are set at $30.00 and
$35.00 on Saturday night.
Outlaw Motor Speedway is situated on the
west side of US69 Highway @ the Wainwright exit.
The track is 7 miles south of Muskogee and 11
miles north of Checotah. From I-40, take US69 North 10 miles to the
Wainwright exit. For track information contact 918-687-9200.
For more information on the O'Reilly MLRA visit
our website at www.mlraracing.com or
call 816-650-5063.
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Oct 17, 2004
Hello Friends, picked this up from news link and it's good to hear! Jon
Johnson a long time racer and former champion of the midwest is going home
soon! He was injured in the NCRA
event at Hutch Nationals. Glad to hear he's on the mend! Nice man and a good
fixture in the sport of Sprint Car Racing.
Pattie
Story last updated at
10:57 AM on
Friday, October 15, 2004
Raceway Rumblings
By Mike Mathis
Great News! Jon Johnson is going home! I talked with Jon this
morning and he is getting released from the burn center in Wichita. Jon stated;
"I'm still in pain and have a lot of rehabilitation to go through but I
convinced the doctors to let me go home."
Jon also said; " They replaced the dressings this morning and they did it
without any pain killers. That was the only way I could go home." I guess Jon
believes in the renowned saying, Home is where the heart is. Jon has been
through two surgeries and numerous skin grafts. It is very important that he
walks and stretches the tendons in his ankles that were badly damaged.
We are all very happy that Jon is able to go home and we need to give him
moral support in his rehab effort. Jon's recovery is going to be a painful and
long-term process. We urge you to continue stay in touch with Jon and his
family. In our next and last column of the year will provide ways to send Jon
gifts and cards. You can always send cards and letters to DCRP, 804 West McArtor
, Suite 103, Dodge City, KS 67801 and we will forward them to Jon.
This Saturday night and Sunday afternoon we will have the final race event of
the 2004 race season. This is the 1st Annual Fall Classic Invitational hosting
racecars from around the region in the Modified, Super and Street Stock
Divisions. Come out and show these drivers our support of them and the finest
dirt track in the United States.
There will be drivers from more than 4 states to see who really is the best
of the best. This last weekend of the year we will guarantee our race fans one
of the most competitive and best race events you can watch. There are
sensational drivers coming to Dodge City that have heard about the great
facilities and race track we have.
On Saturday night at 6 p.m. we will kickoff the weekend with Qualifying races
and main events that will lock-in the top finishers for Sunday afternoons
finale. We will be racing Modifieds, Super and Street Stocks along with the
Cruisers during Saturday's event.
On Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. we will have the Modifieds, Super and Street
Stocks along with the final points race for the Hornets. There will be last
chance races to earn starting positions in the final main event. We will also
have trophy dashes with Saturday night main event winners that will determine
the front of the pack starting positions for the finale main event. By the time
the final's are ready to go onto the track we will have a great field of
racecars that will put on a race that will be nothing less than spectacular.
Grandstand admission for each race is only $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for teens
13-16, $3.00 for kids 6-12 with 5 and under Free. Saturday's race time is 6pm
with start time on Sunday at 2pm. Pit admission is $25.00 per person regardless
of age. Parents have to sign Minors Releases for anyone under 18 years of age.
Please check our Web site at www.dodgecityraceway.com or call out hotline at
620-225-3277 for updates and information.
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Oct 12, 2004
O'REILLY MLRA LATEMODEL RACING SERIES
POINT STANDINGS
AS OF OCTOBER 10,2004
1 22V Alan Vaughn 21
1422 Belton, MO Rocket/Shaw
2 2B Jason Bodenhamer 21 1386
Centerview,MO GRT
3 33P Al Purkey
19 1236 Coffeyville, KS Shaw
4 23L Brett LaFollette 20
1064 KanCity, KS Mastersbilt
5 8K R TJ
Kuykendall 21 1031 Warsaw, MO GRT
6 88B David Barker 21
1026 Kingsville, MO Rocket
7 15T David Turner 17
920 Adrian, MO Rocket
8 63E Dale
Eaton 21 897 St.Joe, MO Racemart
9 56W Gary Webb 16
894 Blue Grass, IA GRT
10 55R R Randy Reynolds 21 833
Drexel, MO GRT
11 28N Herb Nagy 21
759 Harrisonville, MO GRT
12 1S Kerry
Schultz 16 715 Moundville, MO GRT
13 24L C.J. Lyle
13 595 Shawnee, KS GRT
14 L88 Larry Clawson 13
494 N.KC MO, Rayburn
15 75P Terry Phillips
9 491 Springfield, MO GRT
16 99G Gary Gorby
10 420 Caney, KS Shaw
17 1K John Anderson
8 405 Omaha, NE Rocket
18 52K Steve
Kosiski 6 364 Omaha, NE GRT
19 68S Aaron Seabaugh
9 346 Freeman, MO GRT
20 92S Delbert Smith
9 344 Wichita, KS GR
Final Race of the 2004 Season
Outlaw Motor Speedway in Muskogee,
Oklahoma
October 21, 22, 23 2004
O'Reilly MLRA, O'Reilly NCRA, O'Reilly
TORA
3 great series to compete for $5,000 to
win!
Modifieds $3,000 to Win!
Plus ORCS 360 Sprints, Factory Stock &
Pure Stock
Thursday night FREE General Admission ~ Pit
Passes $10.00
Gate Opens at 5:pm Practice Session on Thursday
Night ONLY
Friday night Pit Pass $ 30.00 Saturday Pit Pass
$ 35.00
Friday Night's action will be Heat Races*
Dash for Cash for the Top 6 in Passing Points*
*Latemodels and *Modifieds
Saturday night it's racing at its best!
for more info:
call: 918-687-9200
thanks for reading .................
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Oct 12, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
O'Reilly MLRA Latemodel Stock Cars
along with the World Dirt Racing League
MLRA & WDRLA at Lakeside Speedway
Friday night 10/8 and Saturday 10/9
LATE PASS GIVE STEVE KOSISKI WDRL WIN AT LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY
Brady Smith Wraps up Series Points Title with Fourth Place Finish
(Kansas City, KS) Steve Kosiski roared past Terry Phillips four laps from
the checkers Saturday night to win the 50-lap Capital Federal Savings Late
Model Showdown, a WORLD Dirt Racing League event, at Lakeside Speedway near
Kansas City, Kansas.
The win completed a two-night turnaround for the Papillion, Nebraska
veteran, who failed to qualify for the series feature event the night before
on the Lakeside Speedway half-mile.
“Terry Phillips is a great racer and a good runner, and it felt good to be
up there running with the good guys tonight,” quipped Kosiski following the
win. “We’ve had some tough nights, and last night was definitely disgusting
for us.”
“The rains hit pretty hard Thursday night and it made the track hard for
them to prepare last night,” he added. “They did an very good job preparing
the race track tonight and made it good and raceable for all of us to run
on.”
Kosiski started fifth in the 28-car field but darted past second row
starters Kelly Boen and Eric Pember at the drop of the green flag, to settle
into the number three position behind Phillips and Denny Eckrich the first
trip in front of the grandstand.
With the leaders running through traffic, the race was slowed by a caution
flag on lap ten when Winona, Minnesota’s Keith Foss got into the wall in
turn two. Kosiski took advantage of the race stoppage and raced past Eckrich
and into the runner-up spot on the ensuing restart, with Phillips driving to
a seemingly comfortable advantage in his car number 75.
Kosiski began chopping into the southern Missouri driver’s lead and grabbed
the top spot momentarily as the two front-runners diced through lapped
traffic on lap 19, only two lose the point before the leaders crossed the
start-finish line. Kosiski again took a shot at the leader a pair of laps
later, but Phillips was able to keep his Presley’s Country Jubilee/GRT/Monte
Carlo in front by less than a car length as the pair raced through the
corners.
The final caution flag came out on lap 32, setting the stage for Kosiski’s
late race heroics. The driver of the TB & Company/Double D Hook ‘N Go
sponsored car number-52 stalked the front-running Phillips for the next
dozen circuits before pulling alongside the leader on lap 44. Three laps
later, Kosiski powered to the outside racing out of turn two and outran
Phillips down the backstretch to grab the lead.
“You really had to watch how far you got into turn four,” said Kosiski of
his late-race pass. “But turn two really helped me because I could actually
go above Terry a little bit. I knew I wasn’t ever going to get room with
Terry there, so I had to keep working turn two and hoping something would
happen to where I could get enough momentum coming off.”
“I knew if I passed him too soon I would be in trouble,” he added. “I’m just
glad it worked out the way it did."
Denny Eckrich overpowered Phillips on the white flag lap to grab second,
with Phillips holding off a fast-finishing Brady Smith for third.
Smith’s fourth place finish wrapped up the 2004 PolyDome Super Series
driver’s championship for the 26-year old Wisconsin native. Smith, of Solon
Springs, became the first driver is series history to win both the series
championship and the Seubert Calf Ranches Rookie-of-the-Year award during
the same season.
RESULTS:
First PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Gary Webb (Blue Grass, IA), 2. Denny Eckrich
(Tiffin, IA), 3. Eric Pember (Pittsville, WI), 4. Mike Wallace (Carter Lake,
IA), 5. Al Zeitner (Bellevue, NE).
Second PolyDome Qualifier; 1. Jason Bodenhamer (Cenverview, MO), 2. Matt
Furman (Iowa City, IA), 3. Brady Smith (Solon Springs, WI), 4. Mike Johnson
(Clovis, CA), 5. Delbert Smith (Wichita, KS).
Third PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Craig Preble (Yutan, NE), 2. Ed Kosiski
(Ralston, NE), 3. Tommy Elston (Keokuk, IA), 4. Sonny Findling (Kirksville,
MO), 5. Mike Brown (Fort Gibson, OK).
Fourth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO), 2. Raymond
Merrill (Sallisaw, OK), 3. Chris Smyser (Lancaster, MO), 4. Alan Vaughn
(Belton, MO), 5. Mark Teske (Spring Valley, MN).
Fifth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. David Turner (Adrian, MO), 2. Kurt Kile
(Nichols, IA), 3. Mike Wiarda (Hampton, NE), 4. Al Purkey (Coffeyville, KS),
5. Kyle Berck (Marquette, NE).
Sixth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Kelly Boen (Henderson, CO, 2. Keith Foss
(Winona, MN), 3. Dave Eckrich (Cosgrove, IA), 4. Larry McDaniels (Valley
Center, KS), 5. Dean Moore (Grand Junction, CO).
Seventh PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Steve Kosiski (Papillion, NE), 2. Scott Drake
(Harrisonville, MO), 3. Ryan McAninch (Goddard, KS), 4. Darrell DeFrance
(Marshalltown, IA), 5. Lyle Shephard (Manhatten, KS).
First KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Purkey, 2. Chris Spieker (Massena,
IA), 3. McAninch, 4. John Anderson (Omaha, NE), 5. Kurt Kile.
Second KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Teske, 2. Berck, 3. John Hampel (Nodaway,
IA), 4. Dave Eckrich, 5. Tommy Rowe (Doniphan, NE).
Third KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Wiarda, 2. Wallace, 3. Bryon
Allison (Marshall, MO), 4. Brown, 5. Mike Danburg (Council Bluffs, IA).
Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Pole Dash: 1. Denny Eckrich, 2. Phillips, 3.
Pember, 4. Boen, 5. Steve Kosiski, 6. Foss.
Capital Federal Savings Late Model Showdown: 1. Steve Kosiski, 2. Denny
Eckrich, 3. Phillips, 4. Brady Smith, 5. Ed Kosiski, 6. Purkey, 7. Turner,
8. Johnson, 9. Teske, 10. Elston, 11. Smyser, 12. Bodenhamer, 13. Preble,
14. Spieker, 15. Merrill, 16. Wiarda, 17. Vaughn, 18. Wallace, 19. Brett
LaFollette (Kansas City, KS), 20. Webb, 21. Dave Eckrich, 22. Pember, 23.
Furman, 24. Boen, 25. Joe Kosiski (Omaha, NE), 26. Berck, 27. Foss, 28.
Drake.
Billet Proof Lap Leaders: Phillips (1-46), Steve Kosiski (47-50)
QA1 Shocks Passing Points: 1. Boen (71.32)
Seubert Calf Ranches Rookie-of-the-Race: Brady Smith
Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Driver: Pember
Contingency Awards:
Oval Craft Racing Aluminum Designs: Steve Kosiski, Denny Eckrich, Brady
Smith
MSD Ignition: Ed Kosiski
Performance Bodies: Teske
Peterson Fluid Systems: Elston
Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange: Spieker
Hooker Harness: Webb
Weld Racing Wheels: Dave Eckrich
Diamond Oil/Sunoco Race Fuels: Pember
Hoosier Tire: Kurt Kile, Spieker, Elston, Teske
Fri. October 8, 2004
By Tom Lathen and Phil Roberts
WORLD Dirt Racing League
(Kansas City, KS) -- Brady Smith outran veteran Missouri
driver Terry Phillips Friday night following a late-race restart to win the
first night of the Capital Federal Savings Late Model Showdown, a WORLD Dirt
Racing League PolyDome Super Series event, here at Lakeside Speedway.
October 8, 2004
With the 35-lap victory, the Solon Springs, Wis., driver can wrap up the WDRL
drivers¹ championship by simply taking the green flag in the second round of
the Late Model Showdown at Lakeside on Saturday night.
"We had a great run here tonight," said Smith following the win. "The guys
worked real hard on the car all night, and had the thing dialed in. It was
kind of a handful at the beginning. I don't know if it was the track or the
car that came to us in the end, but this is a great win.
"I've never had the opportunity to race Terry (Phillips) before," he added.
"I've heard a lot of good stuff about him, and I am just happy to hold off a
veteran like him at a track we had never been at before."
After winning the six-lap Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Pole Dash, Smith
started on the inside pole and darted into the lead at the drop of the green
flag with Omaha, Nebraska's John Anderson running a close second, just ahead
of Phillips and Kevin Kile.
The first of six caution flags waved on lap six when Kelly Boen got turned
around in turn three, with a second caution coming a lap later when Anderson
and Phillips tangled briefly in turn two while racing for second, sending
Phillips to the pits to replace a flat tire.
On the restart, Anderson outran Smith up the front straightaway and into turn
one to take over the lead. But three laps later, on lap 10, Smith returned the
favor, roaring off the bottom out of turn four to grab the
advantage as the pair raced side by side in front of the grandstands.
Anderson's THT Designs/Rocket/Grand Prix regained the point on lap 11. But
following a lap-16 caution period, Smith grabbed the top spot for good,
powering to the bottom into turn one, leaving Anderson to battle it out with
Denny Eckrich for second, just ahead of Tommy Rowe and Phillips, who had
steadily worked his way back through the field following his lap-seven tangle.
The race was slowed by two more caution periods on laps 23 and 25, allowing
Phillips to wheel into second. But over the final 10 circuits, Smith's Kapus-Erickson
Chrysler/Big Red Motorsports entry proved to be class of the field, winning
the race to the checkers by a dozen car lengths.
"We finally got this place figured out in the last 12 laps," Smith said. "I
figured out (turns) one and two earlier in the race, but in those last twelve
laps, I finally figured out how to run through (turns) three and
four.
"Those last few laps, I could put the car in the corner and mash the gas all
the way through," he added.
A total of 77 Super Late Models went through technical inspection for the
first of two nights of racing, which was co-sanctioned by the Midwest Late
Model Racing Association (MLRA).
RACE REPORT
LAKESIDE SPEEDWAY
KANSAS CITY, KANS.
FRIDAY, OCT. 8, 2004
First PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Tommy Rowe (Doniphan, NE), 2. Al Purkey
(Coffeyville, KS), 3. Jason Bodenhamer (Centerview, MO), 4. Steve Kosiski
(Papillion, NE), 5. Rusty Patterson (Mason City, IA).
Second PolyDome Qualifier: 1. John Anderson (Omaha, NE), 2. Mike Danburg
(Council Bluffs, IA), 3. Chris Smyser (Lancaster, MO), 4. Johnny Saathoff
(Beatrice, NE), 5. Kelly Boen (Henderson, CO).
Third PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Kurt Kile (Nichols, IA), 2. John Kuchar
(Henderson, CO), 3. Brady Smith (Solon Springs, WI), 4. Brian Schutt (Lebanon,
MO), 5. Jeremy Bishop (Hutchinson, KS).
Fourth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Matt Furman (Iowa City, IA), 2. Kevin Kile (West
Liberty, IA), 3. Al Zeitner (Bellevue, NE), 4. Dale Eaton (St. Joseph, MO), 5.
Mike Wiarda (Hampton, NE).
Fifth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. C.J. Lyle (Shawnee, KS), 2. David Turner (Adrian,
MO), 3. Dean Moore (Grand Junction, CO), 4. Will Vaught (Crane, MO), 5. Joe
Kosiski (Omaha, NE).
Sixth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Alan Vaughn (Belton, MO), 2. Denny Eckrich
(Tiffin, IA), 3. Dave Eckrich (Cosgrove, IA), 4. Keith Foss (Winona, MN), 5.
Ed Kosiski (Ralston, NE).
Seventh PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO), 2. Tommy
Elston (Keokuk, IA), 3. Earl Kinderknecht (Salina, KS), 4. Ryan McAninch
(Goddard, KS), 5. Mike Smith (Jewell, IA).
Eighth PolyDome Qualifier: 1. Carl Edwards (Jefferson City, MO), 2. T.J.
Kuykendall (Warsaw, MO), 3. Mike Johnson (Clovis, CA), 4. Mike Wallace (Omaha,
NE), 5. Raymond Merrill (Sallisaw, OK).
First KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Elston, 2. Dave Eckrich, 3. Moore,
4. Wiarda, 5. Gary Webb (Blue Grass, IA).
Second KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Foss, 2. Ed Kosiski, 3.
Kinderknecht, 4. Steve Kosiski, 5. Gary Stolba (Willow Springs, MO).
Third KSE Racing Products Consolation: 1. Boen, 2. Saathoff, 3. Smyser, 4.
Craig Preble (Yutan, NE), 5. Jeremy Bishop (Hutchinson, KS).
Iowa-Illinois Taylor Insulation Pole Dash: 1. Smith, 2. Anderson, 3. Phillips,
4. Kevin Kile, 5. Kurcha, 6. Kurt Kile.
Capital Federal Savings Late Model Showdown 35-Lap Feature: 1. Smith, 2.
Phillips, 3. Purkey, 4. Kyle Berck (Marquette, NE), 5. Denny Eckrich, 6. Dave
Eckrich, 7. Elston, 8. Joe Kosiski, 9. Kevin Kile, 10. Kuchar, 11. Brett
LaFollette (Kansas City, KS), 12. Danburg, 13. Kuykendall, 14.
Bodenhamer, 15. Furman, 16. Rowe, 17. Vaughn, 18. Anderson, 19. Foss, 20. Kurt
Kile, 21. Johnson, 22. Edwards, 23. Lyle, 24. Ed Kosiski, 25. Boen, 26. David
Barker (Kingsville, MO), 27. Turner, 28. Saathoff.
Additional information of interest:
* Billet Proof Lap Leaders: Smith (1-6), Anderson (7-9), Smith (10), Anderson
(11-15), Smith (16-35)
* QA1 Shocks Passing Points winner: Kurt Kile (67.8)
* Seubert Calf Ranches Rookie-of-the-Race: Smith
* Chase Race Decals Hard Luck Award winner: Anderson
Contingnecy award winners:
* Oval Craft Racing Aluminum Designs: Smith, Berck, Denny Eckrich
* MSD Ignition: Dave Eckrich
* Performance Bodies: Elston
* Peterson Fluid Systems: Joe Kosiski
* Fast Shafts by Axle Exchange: Kevin Kile
* Hooker Harness: Matt Furman
* Weld Wheels: Anderson
* Diamond Oil/Sunoco Race Fuels: Foss
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Oct 8, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
O'Reilly MLRA Latemodel Stock Car
Buckner, MO
O'Reilly MLRA Point Standings
As Of October 7, 2004
1 22v Alan Vaughn 19 1309 Belton, MO Rocket/Shaw
2 2B Jason Bodenhamer 19 1257 Centerview, MO GRT
3 33P Al Purkey 16 1079 Coffeyville, KS Shaw
4 88B David Barker 19 953 Kingsville, MO Rocket
5 23L Brett LaFollette 18 945 Kansas City, KS
Mastersbilt
6 8K R. T.J.Kuykendall 19 933 Warsaw, MO GRT
7 63E Dale Eaton 19 830 St.Joe, MO Racemart
8 56W Gary Webb 14 816 Blue Grass, IA GRT
9 15T David Turner 15 813 Adrian, MO Rocket
10 55R R. Randy Reynolds 19 766 Drexel, MO GRT
11 28N Herb Nagy 19 692 Harrisonville, MO GRT
12 1$ Kerry Schultz 15 684 Moundville, MO GRT
13 24L CJ Lyle 11 529 Shawnee,KS GRT
14 L88 Larry Clawson 11 439 N.KC, MO Rayburn
15 99G Gary Gorby 10 420 Caney, KS Shaw
Next events to come are Friday and Saturday Oct.8 & 9, 2004 at
Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City Kansas two sperate race events.
See you there!
p.s. Congrats to Jason Bodenhamer and his lovely wife
Jackie on the birth of their Son, William Ace Bodenhamer born yesterday. Both
Mother and Father are doing fine, Ace made his way into the Winners Circle
almost two months early and tipped the Official O'Reilly MLRA
Scales at 4 lbs. But is doing just fine!
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Oct 7, 2004
The 2nd Annual Al Bodenhamer Memorial is now in the record books! David
Turner of Adrian Missouri and a long time friend of the late Al Bodenhamer was
both honored and excited at his winning of tonight's event!
"Al Bodenhamer's fight with his Cancer was hard to watch" stated Turner in
remembering his friend. "Jason and his family put their lives on hold for the
last couple of years so that Al could enjoy what time he had left" Turner
continued. "Jason stayed close and took care of the business that the family
had built, raced when he could and was married to Jackie all in time that Al
could see that his Son Jason was settling down" Turner concluded.
The icing continued for the Adrian State Bank sponsored Rocket racer when
Turner took the honors by winning the Race Engine Builders event for his long
time engine builder and Crew
Chief Scott Bailey of Peculiar, Missouri. "Scott's been there for me in so
many ways, he's put us together more than once and he's held our Team together
through all we've been through" Turner joked up when remembering where he's
been.
Al Purkey of Coffeyville Kansas came in second battling with Blue Grass Iowa's
Gary Webb taking third. Coming in -- in 4th place after never having seen
Adrian Missouri nor having run on anything as small as Adrian was California's
Mike Johnson in the 2J towing in from Clovis California. Now if people only
knew, Mike Johnson is a hitter from the small Central California town nestled
between Bakersfield and Fresno where he's had many a lap at the famed Oildale
Track - so Adrian had to seem like home. Following Johnson was the newly
crowned MARS Champion Terry Phillips, then in sixth it was Jason Bodenhamer.
Jason Bodenhamer who had less than 40 hours to build a brand new race car
from his devastating crash at Wheatland Missouri on Saturday night. Tonight
starting the feature would have been like winning the Main event for
Bodenhamer - his Father would have been so proud. Kansas City Kansas driver
Brett LaFollete held down the seventh position while Ken Schrader finished
eighth then it was David Barker Aaron Seabaugh TJ Kuykendall and Alan Vaughn
crossing the line in 12th.
With 35 Cars on hand for the start of Speed weeks in Kansas City!
Heat Race Results
1st Heat
Alan Vaughn, Ken Schrader, Stevenson, Long, Eaton, Reynolds Crocker
2nd Heat
Mike Johnson, Jason Bodenhamer, Simmons, Barker, Lyle, Stolba
3rd Heat
Brett LaFollette, Gary Webb, Fennewald, Dixon, Schultz, Kuykendall, Brown
4th Heat
Al Purkey, Terry Phillips, House, Jones, Melton, Nagy, Millard
5th Heat
David Turner, Aaron Seabaugh, Bohlman, Sims, Skaggs
1st Dash Race Engine Builders
David Turner, Al Purkey, Jason Bodenhameer, David Barker, Dale Eaton
2nd Dash Jack Vaughn Memorial
Jason Bodenhamer, Al Purkey, Alan Vaugh, David Turner, Gary Stolba
1st B
C J Lyle, Ed Dixon, Kerry Schultz, Rusty Skaggs, Garry Stolba
2nd B
David Barker , Dale Eaton, Jones, Crocker, Kuykendall
Next Race will be Friday Night at Lakeside 10/8/04
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Oct 3, 2004
2004 FEEL THE THUNDER TOUR
O'Reilly MLRA Point Standings
as of October 3, 2004
1st 22v Alan Vaughn 18 1242 Belton, MO Rocket/Shaw
2nd 2B JasonBodenhamer 18 1180 Centerview MO GRT
3rd 33P Al Purkey 15 997 Coffeyville KS Shaw
4th 88B David Barker 18 882 Kingsville, MO Rocket
5th 23L Brett LaFollette 17 873 Kansas City, KS Masterbilt
6th 8K R T.J.Kuykendall 18 868 Warsaw, MO GRT
7th 63E Dale Eaton 18 767 St.Joe MO, Racemart
8th 56W Gary Webb 13 736 Blue Grass, IA GRT
9th 55r R Randy Reynolds 18 734 Drexel, MO GRT
10th 15T David Turner 14 730 Adrian, MO Rocket
11th 28N Herb Nagy 18 643 Harrisonville, MO GRT
12th 1$ KErry Schultz 14 635 Moundville, MO GRT
13th 24L C.J. Lyle 10 490 Shawnee, KS GRT
14th L88 Larry Clawson 11 439 N.Kansas City, MO Rayburn
15th 99G Gary Gorby 10 420 Caney KS Shaw
Next Race will be Wednesday October 6th at Adrian Speedway
for the Al Bodenhamer Memorial Event along with the Jack Vaughn Dash and the
Race Engine Builders Special.....see you there!
Al Purkey nabs Wheatland Fall Classic
Title
Clint Brown
October 3, 2004
Al Purkey showed once again why he is a dominant
force when the O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour rolls into town as he bested a field
of forty-six cars that traveled to Wheatland Raceway for the Third Annual Fall
Classic.
Purkey jumped to the front of the pack as the
green flag waved, but the going wasn't easy as the #45 of Keokuk, IA's Tommy
Elston applied some heavy pressure looking to take over the top spot. Elston
was able to briefly work his way to the lead, but Purkey quickly found a line
to his liking to move back out front and open up a three car length advantage
as the leaders entered lapped traffic. While the two front runners dealt with
the slower cars Terry Phillips closed up on the bumper of Elston all while
Gary Stolba and Jason Bodenhamer battled it out for the fourth position. The
lead pack sliced through lapped traffic with the front three separated by no
more than three car lengths with Bodenhamer working past Stolba for fourth and
quickly began reeling in Phillips. With ten laps to go the leaders were in
very heavy lapped traffic and contact with a slower car sent the #2B of
Bodenhamer on a scary ride as his car flipped multiple times into the fence at
the end of the front stretch. Thankfully Bodenhamer emerged under his own
power, but the car was done. With the cleanup completed the field went back
to green for the final ten lap dash which Purkey held on to as the field raced
across the line. Elston held on for second with Phillips, Alan Vaughn, and
Brett LaFollette rounding out the top five.
Don't forget to join the 2004 O'Reilly MLRA
Thunder Tour on Wednesday, October 6 at Adrian Speedway for the running of the
Al Bodenhamer Memorial. This high octane evening will also feature the Jack
Vaughn Dash as well as the Engine Builders special taking to the track at Glen
and Colleen Portzen's beautiful facility. For more information on Adrian
Speedway call Glenn Portzen at 816-297-4400 or visit them on the web at
www.adrianspdwy.com.
For the latest news and information on the 2004
O'Reilly MLRA Thunder Tour visit us on the web at
www.mlraracing.com or call
816-650-5063.
Full Results
Wheatland Raceway Fall Classic
October 2, 2004
A Feature (40 Laps) - 1) Al Purkey (Coffeyville,
KS), 2) Tommy Elston (Keokuk, IA), 3) Terry Phillips (Springfield, MO), 4)
Alan Vaughn (Belton, MO), 5) Brett LaFollette (Kansas City, KS), 6) Bryan
Allison (Marshall, MO), 7) David Barker (Kingsville, MO), 8) CJ Lyle (Shawnee,
KS), 9) David Turner (Adrian, MO), 10) Kerry Schulze (Moundville, MO), 11)
Rusty Dukes (Fair Grove, MO), 12) TJ Kuykendall (Warsaw, MO), 13) Larry Jones
(El Dorado, MO), 14) Larry Stevenson (Lees Summit, MO), 15) Brandon McCormick
(Lebanon, MO), 16) Gary Stolba (Willow Springs, MO), 17) Ken Essary (Cape
Fair, MO), 18) Jason Bodenhamer (Centerview, MO), 19) Stephen Oerly
(Jamestown, MO), 20) Will Vaught (Crane, MO), 21) Shane Essary (Aurora, MO),
22) Randy McGraw (Marshall, MO)
B Feature #1 (Top 3 Transfer to the A) - 1) Shane
Essary, 2) Larry Jones, 3) Will Vaught, 3) Larry Clawson (North Kansas City,
MO), 4) Rusty Skaggs (Fort Scott, KS), 5) Bud Purkey (Coffeyville, KS), 6)
Russell Portwood (Coffeyville, KS), 7) Randy Reynolds (Drexel, MO), 8) Reggie
Jackson (Lebanon, MO), 9) Dale Eaton (St. Joseph, MO), 10) Jeff Shere (Galena,
KS), 11) Aaron Seabaugh (Freeman, MO), 12) Mark Daye (Webb City, MO), 13)
Christian Rayburn (Osage Beach, MO), 14) Bob Kerbs (Nevada, MO)
B Feature #2 (Top 3 Transfer to the A) - 1) Rusty
Dukes, 2) Stephen Oerly, 3) Larry Stevenson, 4) Chad Clark (Marshall, MO), 5)
Burl Woods (Springfield, MO), 6) Reid Millard (Jefferson City, MO), 7) Brian
Schutt (Lebanon, MO), 8) Herb Nagy (Harrisonville, MO), 9) James House (Copan,
OK), 10) Jake Morris (Marshall, MO), 11) Thomas Hammonds (Sedalia, MO), 12)
Dustin Mooneyham (Verona, MO), 13) Kevin Kaiser (Cole Camp, MO), 14) Jason
Meadors (Fordland, MO)
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Sept 27, 2004
Hello Racers and Race Fans...........
October is going
to be plenty busy for all of us in Kansas! The first 10 Days
are action packed! Better grab another Tear Off with the Dirt a flyin' your
sure to need it.
First off begin the month by attending
Wheatland Raceway season finale when they host their Fall
Classic for their weekly series. Friday night October 1st the gang at
Wheatland are planning to hold their qualifying Heats for their weekly classes
(Ltd.Lates; Modifieds;Pure Stocks;Super Stocks and Factory Stocks) then on
Saturday night October 2, 2004 they will host the
O'Reilly MLRA Super Latemodels 2004 Thunder Tour for the final
time of the season. Pit gate will open at 4PM on Saturday for the
O'Reilly MLRA Super Latemodels and Races are to begin at 7:pm This
will be a 40 Lap Feature with $3,000.00 to the Winner
of the O'Reilly MLRA Super Latemodel event.
Cell phone 417-839-1556
Next up............
Wednesday October 6, 2004
Join the O'Reilly MLRA at Adrian Speedway
for the Al Bodenhamer Memorial Event,
along with the Jack Vaughn Dash
and the Racing Engine Builders
special. Action packed night to begin with the gates opening at 4:pm.
For more information on Adrian
Speedway contact
www.adrianspdwy.com or call Glenn Portzen at 816-297-4400
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