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Fuqua, Royalty, Ryun, Schweizer, and Heeter Capture Victories at Lakeside Speedway Season Opener!

Fuqua, Royalty, Ryun, Schweizer, and Heeter Capture Victories at Lakeside Speedway Season Opener!

For Immediate Release
By Sam Stoecklin
May 29, 2020

(Kansas City, Kansas) At last, ‘Racing on the River’s Edge’ returned to Lakeside Speedway as the 66th season of action kicked off at the historic venue on Friday evening. Although fan counts in the stands were limited due to social distancing guidelines, it did not dampen the spirits of those lucky enough to obtain tickets to cheer on their favorite drivers as they tackled the big wide sweeping turns and long straightaways for the first time this season.

A solid car count of 90 teams signed in for 11 preliminary heat races and five main events. The overall car count consisted of 15 A-Mods, 23 B-Mods, 14 Factory Stocks, 18 E-Mods, and 20 Stock Cars signed in for competition in the five racing divisions.

Stock Car Recap: Heat Race winners were Brett Heeter and Jaylen Wettengel. Pole-sitting Heeter went unchallenged for the feature race distance by claiming the victory over seventh-starting Tim Shields who finished second. Dennie Belknap was third, Casey Shields fourth, while tenth-starting Thomas Ground advanced to fifth at the finish.

E-Mod Recap: Heat Race winners included Tim Billings and Trevor Hand. Starting the main event from row one was Hand and Dakota Earls, but it was fourth-starting Rodney Schweizer who advanced to the front to claim the victory. Hand finished second with Billings third. Making one of the biggest moves forward of the night was Justin Burnett, who came from fifteenth on the grid to fourth, Justin Asher was fifth.

Factory Stock Recap: Heat Race winners were Garry Billings, Jr., and Jason Ryun and the pair started the night’s main event on row one. Ryun eventually took the lead with a low-side pass in turn two and captured the victory. Billings was second followed by Nate Barnes, multiple-time champion Marshall Jewett, and Darrin Christy.

B-Mod Recap: Heat Race winners included Jon Sheets, Jeffrey Sears, and Luke Nieman. Kyle Henning and Patrick Royalty accumulated the most passing points and began the main event from row one. On this night, it was all Royalty as he captured the victory from his outside pole starting position. Behind him Sheets moved from fifth to second while twentieth-starting Tim Powell advanced an impressive 17 positions to finish in third, but his car did not pass post-race technical inspection, which moved Sears to third, Nieman fourth, and Sturgis Streeter fifth.

A-Mod Recap: Heat Race Winners were Darron Fuqua and Rodney Schweizer. A pair of former A-Mod track champions occupied the front row for the main event with Fuqua and Nic Bidinger leading the way. USMTS champion Rodney Sanders kept the pressure on Fuqua the entire race distance but even through a late caution, Fuqua prevailed for the opening night victory with Sanders claiming second from his fifth starting position. Tyler Hibner moved from sixth to third while Schweizer and Austin Siebert completed the top five.

Up next on Friday, June 5th is weekly racing featuring A-Mods, B-Mods, Stock Cars, Pure Stocks, E-Mods, and Grand Nationals. Pit Gate Opens 5:00 p.m., Spectator Gate Opens 6:00 p.m., Drivers' Meeting 7:00 p.m., Hot Laps 7:15 p.m., Racing to follow hot laps.

Drivers are encouraged to make their way to www.lakesidespeedway.net and under the Rules/Forms tab, access, print, and fill out the track registration form and W-9 and bring with them upon signing in for the first time. While online, drivers are also encouraged to visit www.myyracepass.com and claim their driver profile. Pit passes are also on sale at www.myracepass.com (fees apply), this is the preferred method of purchase; however, pit passes are available on race nights.

Fans may purchase tickets at MyRacePass.com under the Lakeside Speedway Profile by clicking here or by calling call 913-299-9206. General Admission: Adults (16+) $12, Military/Seniors (62+)/Juniors (12-15) $6, Youth 11 & Under FREE. Terrace: Adults (16+) $15, Military/Seniors (62+) $12, Juniors (12-15) $8, Youth 11 & Under FREE. Suites: Adults/Teens (13+) $20, Youth (2-12) $10, Kids Under 2 FREE. Pit Passes: Adults/Youth (7+) $35, Kids 6 & Under $15, Ages 0-17 must have signed Minor Release to enter pits.

For additional driver information, forms, and rules, visit www.lakesidespeedway.net/downloads. Complete results, schedule information, track details, car class rules, and news are available on the track’s website at www.lakesidespeedway.net. Contact the track at (913) 299-9206. The track location is 5615 Wolcott Dr., Kansas City, Kansas, one mile west of I-435 (exit 18) on SR 5 (northwest of Kansas City. Follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/lakesidespeedway.kansascity or Email the track at lakesidespeedwaykc@gmail.com.

2020 Lakeside Speedway Upcoming Events (Fridays unless otherwise indicated) Current as of 5-22-20
Friday – June 5th – Race #2 - A-Mods-B-Mods-Stock Cars-Pure Stocks-E-Mods - Plus Grand Nationals
Friday – June12th – Race #3 - A-Mods-B-Mods-Stock Cars-Pure Stocks-E-Mods-Plus Grand Nationals
Friday – June 19th – Race #4 - A-Mods-B-Mods-Pure Stocks-E-Mods-Plus Mod-Lites – No Stocks

A-Main Results, 5/29/20.

A Modifieds, A Feature, 20 laps
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 1 Darron Fuqua
Mayetta, KS 87
2 5 Rodney Sanders
Happy, TX 20
3 6 Tyler Hibner
Chillicothe, MO 89
4 3 Rodney Schweizer
Kansas City, KS 74
5 7 Austin Siebert
Grandview, MO 16
6 8 Terry Schultz
Sedalia, MO 90
7 2 Nic Bidinger
Perry, KS 3B
8 9 Tim Karrick
Basehor, KS 1K
9 10 Kevin M McGinnis
Edwardsville, KS 5
10 15 John Baker
Basehor, KS 311
11 (DNF) 4 Justin Johnson
Olathe, KS 7J
12 (DNF) 14 Bill Ruisinger
Bonner Springs, KS 711
13 (DNF) 13 Eddie Ingram
Linn Valley, KS 54
14 (DNF) 11 Lee Hibner
Chillicothe, MO 99
DNS - Randal Schiffelbein Jr
Berryton, KS 11JR

B Modifieds, A Feature, 20 laps
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 2 Patrick Royalty
Kansas City, KS 49
2 5 Jon Sheets
Nevada, MO 8S
3 3 Jeffrey Sears
St. Joe, MO 13J
4 4 Luke Nieman
Nortonville, KS 181
5 6 Sturgis Streeter
Topeka, KS 61
6 15 Don Marrs
Shawnee, KS 9
7 1 Kyle Henning
Atchison, KS 1
8 7 Austin Charles
Basehor, KS 81
9 14 Tyson Lanfermann
Atchison, KS 47
10 8 Matt Lent
Chillicothe, MO 22L
11 17 Gene Claxton
Kansas City, MO 42
12 21 Michael Liston
Kansas City, KS 78
13 18 Towers David
Manhattan, KS 21T
14 (DNF) 13 Billy Carreno
Hoyt, KS 23C
15 (DNF) 10 Colten Stevens
Basehor, KS 222
16 (DNF) 19 Tommy Summers
Parkville, MO 73
17 (DNF) 12 Eric Spreer
Perry, KS 214
18 (DNF) 11 Chase Galvan
Bonner Springs, KS 0
19 (DNF) 9 Jake Richards
Lansing, KS 7J
20 (DNF) 22 Shadren Turner
St. Joseph, MO 17T
21 (DNF) 16 Cami Bruner
Shawnee, KS 8C
DNS - Christopher Connel
Leavenworth, KS 10C
DQ 20 Tim Powell
Lansing, KS 57

Factory Stocks, A Feature, 12 laps
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 1 Jason Ryun
Kansas City, MO 27C
2 2 Garry Billings Jr
Prairie Village, KS 96
3 5 Nate Barnes
Holt, MO 20X
4 4 Marshall Jewett
Gardner, KS 7
5 3 Darrin Christy
Kansas City, KS 3B
6 7 Keith Jennings
Leavenworth, KS 40
7 8 Don Marrs
Shawnee, KS 9
8 9 Cody Ohrenberg
Raymore, MO 14
9 11 Calvin Banks
Atchison, KS 97
10 13 D J Barnes
Raymore, MO 5DJ
11 6 John Jameson
Kansas City, MO 182
12 10 Ed Swanson
Braddyville, IA 44
13 (DNF) 14 Matt Janes
7.7
DNS - Brad Dyson
Lansing, KS 4D

E-Mods, A Feature, 15 laps
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 4 Rodney Schweizer
Kansas City, KS 74
2 1 Trevor Hand
Bonner Springs, KS 236
3 3 Tim Billings
Liberty, MO 25
4 15 Casey Burnett
Cameron, MO 23B
5 5 Justin Asher
Faucett, MO 741
6 11 Steve Makar
Basehor, KS 4M
7 10 Paul Lanfermann
Atchison, KS 16
8 8 Brian Andrews
Kansas City, KS 36
9 2 Dakota Earls
Independence, MO 15E
10 12 Javier Fierro
Kansas City, MO 79J
11 18 James Cochran II
51
12 (DNF) 13 Zach Boyd
Silver Lake, KS 6
13 (DNF) 14 Logan Roberts
Lansing, KS 18R
14 (DNF) 6 Brandon Beam
742
15 (DNF) 9 Mike Richardson
Drexel, MO 32
16 (DNF) 7 Bud Wallis
Baldwin City, KS 74W
17 (DNF) 17 Dakota Jennings
Leavenworth, KS 30
DNS - Paul Sloan
Kansas City, KS 82

Stock Cars, A Feature, 15 laps
Pos Start Driver Hometown Car
1 1 Brett Heeter
Kansas City, KS 05
2 7 Tim Shields
Kansas City, MO 42T
3 6 Dennie Belknap
Bonner Springs, KS 0032
4 4 Kacey Shields
Kansas City, MO 42C
5 10 Thomas Ground
Kansas City, MO 33T
6 5 Robert Garst
Topeka, KS 9
7 9 Steven Corning
Atchison, KS 38
8 20 Gerald Wahwahsuck
Atchison, KS 110W
9 14 Shane Schmidt
Topeka, KS 39K
10 17 Eddie Ingram Jr.
54
11 19 Michael knight
Leavenworth, KS 32K
12 13 Joe Sowers
Effingham, KS 61
13 (DNF) 2 Vic Tranckino
Basehor, KS 21
14 (DNF) 12 Kevin Anderson
Kansas City, MO 417
15 (DNF) 8 Kaleb Jones
Effingham, KS 64
16 (DNF) 11 Tim Pruett
Atchison, KS 46
17 (DNF) 16 Vernon Kever
Kansas City, MO 41K
18 (DNF) 21 Chad Walker
Kansas City, KS 04
19 (DNF) 3 Jaylen Wettengel
Topeka, KS 91J
20 (DNF) 15 Richard Jameson
Sugar creek, MO 98
DNS - Darren McCray
DEKALB, MO 39

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