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Five Buck Grandstand Admission On Tap This Saturday Night

Event Presented By Sun Drop & Melling Performance

(Macon, IL) Only two weeks remain on the 2017 schedule at Macon Speedway and this Saturday, September 23, will likely be well attended.  It's Five Buck Night, presented by Sun Drop and Melling Performance.  In addition to $5 grandstand admission, fans will benefit from Sun Drop product giveaways and Melling Performance coolers,  Koozies, Decals, and Pens handed out at the gates.  On track, fans will see six divisions of racing and kids will enjoy CEFCU Kid's Club.

Macon Speedway held its first Five Buck night on this weekend, one season ago.  It was announced just a week before the race and a huge turnout of fans were in attendance, the second biggest crowd of the year.  The speedway held another, earlier this year, on May 6, and again the crowd was solid.  The same can be expected this Saturday, with summer-like conditions, strong fields of cars expected, plus Sun Drop and Melling giveaways.  It's a really great night to bring the whole family at a highly affordable price.

Headlining the show will be the Billingsley Elite Wash UMP Modified division.  The point battle is a heated one at the top, as last year's champion, Curt Rhodes, leads the standings but by only a 22 point margin.  That's a matter of 11 feature positions with two weeks of point racing left.  The Taylorville, IL driver is trying to hold off Austin Lynn, of Mason City, IL.  The young driver is racing in his first full season at Macon and has been really strong, winning three features and finishing in the top five 14 times out of 18 starts, matching Rhodes numbers.  Jeff Graham is third in the standings, while Alan Crowder, and Danny Smith complete the top five.

It's a tight point battle in the UMP B-Mod class as well, with last year's champ, Tim Hancock, looking to repeat.  Last season was a runaway for the Mt. Olive, IL driver, as Hancock won 16 out of 16 features.  This season, competition has been a lot tighter, as Godfrey, IL's Cody Stillwell is only 16 points behind him, a matter of eight feature positions.  Hancock has won 12 features to Stillwell's two but Stillwell has finished in the top ten of every feature this season, the difference in staying within striking distance.  Jerry Thompson, Tim Riech, and Tom Riech round out the current top five.

Well, we've covered to tight point battles so far, but not the tightest.  That would be in the UMP Sportsman class.  In fact, it can't get any tighter.  Illinois drivers, Danny Smith of Argenta and Timmy Dick of Monticello are tied at the top of the standings with 486 points each.  There are two weeks left in the season and fans will have their eyes glued to the two drivers to see who can come out on top.  Each driver has won two features and their other numbers nearly mirror each other as well.  Scott Landers, Terry Myers, and Tim Bedinger round out the top five in points.

The Street Stock championship battle has been pretty close all season but the point leader, Brian Dasenbrock, of Decatur, IL does have a little breathing room entering the final two weeks.  Dasenbrock holds a 48 point lead on Shawn Ziemer, of Boody, IL.  Jason Scrimpsher, Garrett Lewis, and Jeremy Nichols complete the top five in points.  Nichols has run just part time in the class but has claimed ten feature wins.  Ziemer has taken one, while Dasenbrock is looking for his first of the season which could put an exclamation point on a championship.

The UMP Hornet class point championship is all but locked up, as Dustin Reed of Decatur, IL holds a 114 point lead on Cook Crawford.  The most any driver can accumulate over the course of two events is 120, so Reed will likely lock it up this Saturday.  Paul Peters, Marty Sullivan, and Carter Dart round out the top five in points.

Rounding out the classes in action this Saturday will be the Beach House Micros.  The division has been great for the track this year, drawing large fields of cars just about every night they've been on track.  In addition to the POWRi sanctioned shows, the track holds several unsanctioned shows that have seen Jeremy Camp claim three wins and Tyler Day and Tyler Duff claim one win each.  Nearly 30 micros were on hand for the most recent show on Labor Day weekend.

Pit gates will open this Saturday at 4:00, grandstands at 5:00, drivers meeting at 5:45, hotlaps at 6:00, and racing will start at 7:00.  Grandstand admission is $5, while kids 11 and under are free.

About Macon Speedway:

                For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). It’s easy to join the Macon Speedway text service. Fans can text MSFANS to 74574 to receive fan information. Drivers text MSDRIVERS to 74574 to receive driver information. Message and date rates apply. Updates are also available by calling Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000.

Macon Speedway is located nine miles south of Decatur on U.S. 51, then 0.6 miles west on Andrews Street and south to 205 N. Wiles. Macon Speedway hosts racing every Saturday night, plus many weeknight specials. Macon Speedway is a proud member of the Contingency Connection's $100,000 Racer Rewards Program.

CURRENT STANDINGS (Top 10's)

Billingsley Elite Wash UMP Modifieds

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
10
Curt
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
986
0

2
72A
Austin
Lynn
Mason City
IL
964
22

3
71
Jeff
Graham
Stonington
IL
706
280

4
14C
Alan
Crowder
Elwin
IL
686
300

5
98
Danny
Smith
Argenta
IL
552
434

6
11
Zach
Rhodes
Taylorville
IL
496
490

7
7
Blake
Thompson
Troy
IL
480
506

8
0
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
440
546

9
28S
Joe
Strawkas
Buffalo
IL
396
590

10
99
Tim
Luttrell
Riverton
IL
382
604

UMP B-Mods

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
0
Tim
Hancock
Mount Olive
IL
940
0

2
00s
Cody
Stillwell
Godfrey
IL
924
16

3
18
Jerry
Thompson
Troy
IL
792
148

4
55
Tim
Riech
Petersburg
IL
748
192

5
57R
Tom
Riech
Springfield
IL
708
232

6
11
Amanda
Adams
Shelbyville
IL
642
298

7
15C
Kevin
Crowder
Argenta
IL
536
404

8
66
Roy
Magee
Springfield
IL
516
424

9
1
Dante
Brown
Morrisonville
IL
448
492

10
313
Jordan
Warren
Medora
IL
398
542

UMP Sportsman

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
98
Danny
Smith
Argenta
IL
486
0

2
22
Timmy
Dick
Monticello
IL
486
0

3
41
Scott
Landers
Taylorville
IL
446
40

4
12M
Terry
Myers
Buffalo
IL
416
70

5
25
Tim
Bedinger
Taylorville
IL
362
124

6
25
Dennis
Vander Meersch
Arlington
IL
324
162

7
56
Brandon
Pralle
Ashkum
IL
300
186

8
112
Scott
Williams
Anchor
IL
276
210

9
44
Bill
Berghaus
Chapin
IL
274
212

10
11
Rick
Roedel
Shelbyville
IL
254
232

UMP Street Stocks

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
08
Brian
Dasenbrock
Decatur
IL
1024
0

2
23Z
Shawn
Ziemer
Boody
IL
976
48

3
55S
Jason
Scrimpsher
Decatur
IL
858
166

4
28L
Garrett
Lewis
Decatur
IL
716
308

5
J24
Jeremy
Nichols
Lovington
IL
706
318

6
5
Terry
Reed
Decatur
IL
666
358

7
1
Fredie
Thomas
Macon
IL
564
460

8
67
Rudy
Zaragoza
Jacksonville
IL
486
538

9
22X
Darrell
Dick
Monticello
IL
482
542

10
58
Jerit
Murphy
Lodge
IL
416
608

UMP Hornets

Pos
Car #
First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
1R
Dustin
Reed
Decatur
IL
958
0

2
64CK
Cook
Crawford
Lincoln
IL
844
114

3
63
Paul
Peters
Pana
IL
656
302

4
39M
Marty
Sullivan
Decatur
IL
646
312

5
D7
Carter
Dart
Springfield
IL
572
386

6
33
Jeremy
Reed
Decatur
IL
536
422

7
40
Adam
Webb
Decatur
IL
494
464

8
4
Matt
Reed
Decatur
IL
432
526

9
13
Brady
Reed
Decatur
IL
412
546

10
01
Fred
Reed
Decatur
IL
278
680

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