By Anvil Welch
awelch@joplinglobe.com
The winner of the modified main event — the Firecracker 40 — will receive $1,000 to headline the stock car racing program at the Nevada Speedway on Saturday night.
Late model, factory stock and street stock classes also will compete at the quarter-mile dirt track.
Racing is scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m.
Brent Burrows, Lewistown, Ill., won last week’s 20-lap A feature during the visit by the Midwest Outlaw Lightning Sprints.
Other main event winners listed on the track Web site were Dustin Wyland (street stock) and defending points champion Karl Lehmann (factory stock).
Midway Speedway
Regular racing is on today’s 8 p.m. program at the Lebanon track that also includes fireworks at intermission.
Classes are USRA modified, late model/sportsman, factory stock, bomber and pure stock.
Points leaders are Ben Newell (late model.sportsman), Eric Hudson (USRA modified), Bob Gustin (factory stock), Joe Francis (bomber) and Les Hayes (pure stock).
Gates open at 5 p.m. with hot laps at 7. Admission prices are $10 and $5 (ages 11-15).
Monett Speedway
A trio of Joplin drivers posted wins last Sunday night at the 3/8-mile clay track.
Darian Hendrix won the B modified main event, John Coats the bomber and Jason Rayle the Legends Cars.
Sean Price won the rookie class A feature.
Ken Essary won the late model MARS main event.
This week’s 7:30 p.m. show — hot laps are set for 7 — will offer five classes — late model, modified, sport mod, pro-4 and rookie.
Admission prices are $10 and $5 (ages 13-15).
No racing
Springfield Raceway and Lucas Oil Speedway of Wheatland, Mo., won’t hold races on Saturday because of the July 4 holiday.
Springfield resumes July 11 with the first visit of the season by the late model O’Reilly Mid-America Racing Series for the running of the John Kuntz Andy’s Frozen Custard Memorial.
Support classes on July 11 will be sport mod, Legends Cars and pro-4. Legends and sport mod drivers will be going for track sports.
Show-Me Racin’ Series
The dirt track late model series — title sponsor is Race Brothers— is scheduled to resume on July 18 in Pocola, Okla., at Tri-State Speedway.
Points leader Justin Wells, Aurora, won the A feature — worth $1,500 — last week at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Series founder Ken Essary, Cape Fair, and Justin Asplin, Birch Tree, Mo., finished 2-3, respectively.
The challenge race with Lucas’ ULMA cars swelled the late model count to 35.
Sports
July 3, 2009
Firecracker 40 set at Nevada; local drivers post victories
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Outlaws open season Thursday on the road
Chris Oldner takes a cut during the Joplin Outlaws practice Tuesday afternoon. The Outlaws open their season on Thursday night at Rossville and play seven road games before their home opener on June 5.
The Joplin Outlaws and new coach Rob Vessell have set some lofty goals for the 2012 baseball season.
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