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McCarthy Autogroup Opening Weekend of Racing

I-35 Speedway week 1 of the delayed 2020 racing season is in the books, sort of….. Applying the Missouri Governor’s Show Me Recovery Plan, the opening night was split into two race nights, Friday Night May 8 and Saturday May 9. Eight classes, four each night, meant eight features, but moisture interrupted on Saturday Night just as the USRA B Mods took to the track. The USRA features from May 9 will be the opening events on Saturday May 16 before another complete race program.

Social Distancing Friday Night racing began with the Show Me Vintage taking to the track. This “bring back the memories” group of racers competing in racecars which were new 30, 40, or 50 plus years ago, always display nose to tail exciting finishes. Opening night saw Damon Clevenger grab the win.

Several Sport Compact Competitors came to compete for “Opening Night” King of the division. The full field of racers was bested by John Willard from his pole position start. Jason McCaulley and Davis Miller were in a side by side battle on Willard’s rear bumper to provide an exciting close three-way battle.

The Pure Stocks enjoyed three heats of competition. Miciah Hidlebaugh from his outside front row start took the early lead but Brandon Dixon wasted no time moving forward from his fifth row outside position. Once Dixon grabbed the lead the battle for second was on between Hidlebaugh, Bobby Ohrenberg, who started seventh on the field, and Albert Curtis from his 13th position start. Dixon, Hidlebaugh, Ohrenberg, and Curtis was the finishing order of the Pure Stocks.

Closing out the Friday Night portion of the program was the Super Exciting E Mods. The up and coming talent was on display in heat one as youngsters Michael Taylor III and Kameron Hanes put on a great six lap side by side battle. The winner of the heat race was determined by the new Westhold Transponder System with Taylor topping Hanes by .037 of a second. Casey Burnett claimed the second heat race. This set up a fantastic battle to start the E Mod race with the old pro Burnett starting outside second row with the two youngsters to his left on the inside row Taylor and Hanes. Hanes got around Taylor and then inside Burnett to take the lead and ensure he was the opening night E Mod victor.

The second part of the McCarthy Autogroup Night weekend occurred on Saturday. Late Models, USRA B Mods, USRA Stock Cars, and USRA A Mods took their turn at the 3/8-mile-high banks. Like the night before the racing was superb.

Long time Modified Ace and 2002 NASCAR Short Track Series Champion Kerry Davis won the opening night Late Model Heat Race followed by Jonesborough Arkansas driver Steven Crocker. The second Late Model heat was claimed by David Melloway who had Paul Glendenning on his tail. The 15-lap feature event saw Davis grab the early lead and take the win. Lat Year’s Track Champion Tommy Cordray finished second and was closing hard, with Gregg Truelove in third.

The USRA B Modified Heat Races were claimed by Shadren Turner, Cole Campbell, Patrick Royalty, Andy Bryant, and Kris Jackson, a who’s who of USRA B Mods. The Top 18 in passing points along with the Top 3 from each of the two B Features set the field for the 24 car A feature. Steve Clancy, Daniel Harris, and Tyler Cadwallader transferred from the first B feature and Tyler Kidwell, Kenton Allen and Jeff Jackson transferred from the second B Feature. The cars were on the track for the A feature event when the moisture arrived.

The USRA Stock Car Feature is also set where Doug Keller, Jeff Dixon, and Gary Donaldson the three heat race winners will be bringing the field of competitors to the green on May 16.

Leading the field of USRA A Mods to the green on May 16 will be heat race winners Mark Dotson, Darron Fuqua, Gunner Martin, and Chad Lyle.

Complete results of the McCarthy Autogroup Opening Nights are listed below:

Pure Stock 19 Entries
A Feature 1 12 Laps

1. 3-Brandon Dixon[10]; 2. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[2]; 3. 23-Bobby Ohrenberg[7]; 4. 10-Albert Curtis[13]; 5. 03-Jimmy Smith[4]; 6. 22-Seth Butler[16]; 7. 45$-Chester Kaufman[11]; 8. 52-Jerry Richards[8]; 9. 910-Travis Fenton[12]; 10. 28W-Krew Walburn[3]; 11. 79C-Chris Lierz[5]; 12. 77-Johnnie Price[9]; 13. 21C-Travis Cavin[17]; 14. 27H-Kristchon Hisel[15]; 15. 06B-Brandon Long[1]; 16. 37-Shane Butler[14]; 17. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[6]; 18. (DNS) 18K-Kasey Ayres; 19. (DNS) 30K-Cameron Kelly
   Heat 1 6 Laps
2. 06B-Brandon Long[4]; 2. 14-Cody Ohrenberg[1]; 3. 52-Jerry Richards[2]; 4. 45$-Chester Kaufman[5]; 5. 10-Albert Curtis[3]; 6. 22-Seth Butler[7]; 7. (DNS) 30K-Cameron Kelly
   Heat 2 6 Laps
3. 72H-Miciah Hidlebaugh[1]; 2. 03-Jimmy Smith[4]; 3. 77-Johnnie Price[3]; 4. 3-Brandon Dixon[6]; 5. 37-Shane Butler[5]; 6. 21C-Travis Cavin[2]
   Heat 3 6 Laps
4. 28W-Krew Walburn[1]; 2. 23-Bobby Ohrenberg[2]; 3. 79C-Chris Lierz[6]; 4. 910-Travis Fenton[3]; 5. 27H-Kristchon Hisel[4]; 6. (DNF) 18K-Kasey Ayres[5]

Sport Compact 23 Entries
A Feature 1 12 Laps

1. 1/2-John Willard[1]; 2. 1-Jason McCaulley[4]; 3. 55-David Miller[3]; 4. 411-Curtis Miller[2]; 5. 7-Jason Teel[11]; 6. 33D-Devin Schmidt[6]; 7. 65-Jason Smith[5]; 8. 8P-Isaiah Penton[10]; 9. 7V-Brandon Vink[8]; 10. 9-Christian Pease[19]; 11. 14-Billy Burkholder[15]; 12. 8V-Scott Vink[14]; 13. 45-Samantha Robb[18]; 14. X-Frank Reed[20]; 15. Z16-Nathan Tully[22]; 16. 76-Brandon Hartman[12]; 17. 13-Dylan Bruhn[9]; 18. 77H-Elijah Hoyt[17]; 19. 08-James Lemke[7]; 20. 22L-Laura Davis[21]; 21. 2C-Cody Munkers[13]; 22. 31-Joseph Mick[16]; 23. 18-Matt Buchanan[23]
   Heat 1 6 Laps
2. 55-David Miller[2]; 2. 33D-Devin Schmidt[1]; 3. 65-Jason Smith[6]; 4. 13-Dylan Bruhn[8]; 5. 2C-Cody Munkers[5]; 6. 31-Joseph Mick[4]; 7. 9-Christian Pease[3]; 8. 22L-Laura Davis[7]
   Heat 2 6 Laps
3. 411-Curtis Miller[4]; 2. 08-James Lemke[2]; 3. 8P-Isaiah Penton[3]; 4. 76-Brandon Hartman[1]; 5. 8V-Scott Vink[5]; 6. 77H-Elijah Hoyt[6]; 7. (DNS) 18-Matt Buchanan
   Heat 3 6 Laps
4. 1/2-John Willard[6]; 2. 7V-Brandon Vink[1]; 3. 1-Jason McCaulley[8]; 4. 7-Jason Teel[5]; 5. 14-Billy Burkholder[2]; 6. 45-Samantha Robb[4]; 7. X-Frank Reed[3]; 8. Z16-Nathan Tully[7]

Economy Mods 12 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps

1. 9HJR-Kameron Hanes[3]; 2. 3366-Jaren Martin[7]; 3. 23B-Casey Burnett[2]; 4. 0B-Blake Bland[5]; 5. 33-Jeremy Curless[6]; 6. 09-Shaunie Lanning[10]; 7. 35-Shane West[12]; 8. 6T-Michael Taylor III[1]; 9. 68-Aaron James[9]; 10. 41-Chris Dishong[4]; 11. J55-Josh Marshall[8]; 12. 19-Derrick Mahoney[11]
   Heat 1
2. 6T-Michael Taylor III[1]; 2. 9HJR-Kameron Hanes[4]; 3. 33-Jeremy Curless[2]; 4. 3366-Jaren Martin[5]; 5. 68-Aaron James[6]; 6. (DNF) 35-Shane West[3]
   Heat 2
3. 23B-Casey Burnett[1]; 2. 41-Chris Dishong[4]; 3. 0B-Blake Bland[6]; 4. J55-Josh Marshall[5]; 5. 09-Shaunie Lanning[3]; 6. 19-Derrick Mahoney[2]

Midwest Limited Late Models 12 Entries
A Feature 1 15 Laps

1. 24-Kerry Davis[2]; 2. 5-Tommy Cordray[5]; 3. 47-Gregg Truelove[9]; 4. 11T-Mike Taylor Jr[8]; 5. 16-Bobby Penney[7]; 6. 55-Jackson Brawner[11]; 7. 21B-Mike Thulin[10]; 8. 14-David Melloway[3]; 9. 97-Houston Johnson[6]; 10. 65-Paul Glendenning[4]; 11. 33-Steven Crocker[1]; 12. (DNS) 20-Chad Fuller
   Heat 1 6 Laps
2. 24-Kerry Davis[1]; 2. 33-Steven Crocker[5]; 3. 5-Tommy Cordray[6]; 4. 11T-Mike Taylor Jr[2]; 5. 21B-Mike Thulin[3]; 6. 55-Jackson Brawner[4]
   Heat 2 6 Laps
3. 14-David Melloway[1]; 2. 65-Paul Glendenning[4]; 3. 97-Houston Johnson[3]; 4. 16-Bobby Penney[5]; 5. 47-Gregg Truelove[6]; 6. (DNS) 20-Chad Fuller

USRA B-Mods 43 Entries
B Feature 1 8 Laps | 00:05:17.562

1. 12C-Steve Clancy[3]; 2. 07-Daniel Harris[2]; 3. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[5]; 4. 0-Chase Galvan[13]; 5. 22L-Matt Lent[1]; 6. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[4]; 7. 28-Krew Walburn[8]; 8. 15P-Colin Pierce[7]; 9. 17R-Rylee Fuller[9]; 10. 7G-Gabriel Hodges[11]
   B Feature 2 8 Laps | 00:13:50.673
2. 54-Tyler Kidwell[6]; 2. 98K-Kenton Allen[2]; 3. 81-Jeff Jackson[11]; 4. 57-Randy Ainsworth[3]; 5. 2T-Todd Luke; 6. 1-Kyle Henning[9]; 7. 31-Luke Phillips[1]; 8. 55-Ryan Medeiros[5]; 9. 14K-Michael King[4]; 10. 12JR-Olen Stephens[10]; 11. 29B-Jonathan Barnett; 12. 14H-Blake Hayes; 13. 30G-Shaun Grady[7]; 14. 50J-Jordan Martin[8]; 15. (DNS) 9R-Cody Stillwell
   Heat 1 6 Laps | 00:04:43.000
3. 17T-Shadren Turner[3]; 2. 8-Dillon McCowan[4]; 3. 17-Jeremy Chambers[8]; 4. 42-Gene Claxton[2]; 5. 07-Daniel Harris[6]; 6. 69ER-Tyler Cadwallader[5]; 7. 28-Krew Walburn[1]; 8. 1-Kyle Henning[9]; 9. 7G-Gabriel Hodges[7]
   Heat 2 6 Laps | 00:16:45.000
4. 22C-Cole Campbell[5]; 2. 9H-Nic Hanes[8]; 3. 97J-Jeff Elder[2]; 4. 04-Chad Walker[7]; 5. 98K-Kenton Allen[6]; 6. 12C-Steve Clancy[9]; 7. 50J-Jordan Martin[1]; 8. 14H-Blake Hayes[4]; 9. (DNS) 0-Chase Galvan
   Heat 3 6 Laps | 00:04:11.000
5. 49X-Patrick Royalty[2]; 2. 88L-Lonnie Hibner[6]; 3. 16-Matthew Kay[5]; 4. 16X-Blake Pierce[3]; 5. 57-Randy Ainsworth[1]; 6. 55-Ryan Medeiros[4]; 7. 15P-Colin Pierce[9]; 8. 12JR-Olen Stephens[8]; 9. 81-Jeff Jackson[7]
   Heat 4 6 Laps | 00:03:02.000
6. 28X-Andy Bryant[2]; 2. 7J-Jake Richards[6]; 3. 64-John Ross[7]; 4. 22L-Matt Lent[1]; 5. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[4]; 6. 2T-Todd Luke[5]; 7. 17R-Rylee Fuller[3]
   Heat 5 6 Laps | 00:09:21.000
7. 65-Kris Jackson[5]; 2. 45-Dustin Thulin[7]; 3. 15-Corey Myers[6]; 4. 31-Luke Phillips[3]; 5. 14K-Michael King[2]; 6. 54-Tyler Kidwell[1]; 7. 30G-Shaun Grady[8]

USRA Stock Cars 17 Entries
Heat 1

1. 7-Doug Keller[2]; 2. 42C-Kacey Shields[6]; 3. 22-David Davis[1]; 4. S20-Gene Stigall[3]; 5. 91-CJ Turner[4]; 6. 6-John Kinser[5]
   Heat 2
2. 88-Jeff Dixon[4]; 2. 63-Derrick Brown[5]; 3. 91J-Jaylen Wettengel[6]; 4. 33T-Thomas Ground[1]; 5. 42T-Tim Shields[3]; 6. 11-Christine Holt[2]
   Heat 3
3. 28D-Gary Donaldson[3]; 2. 31X-Mathew West[2]; 3. 10W-Mike Wahwahsuck[4]; 4. 14B-Austin Bouzek[5]; 5. (DNS) 40-William Dahl

USRA Modifieds 28 Entries
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:07:10.000

1. 85D-Mark Dotson[1]; 2. 29-Dennis Elliott[3]; 3. 11-Darren Shaw[5]; 4. 99H-Lee Hibner[7]; 5. 89-Tyler Hibner[4]; 6. 6X-JR Sartain[6]; 7. 55-Dave Gaggero[2]
   Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:05:12.000
2. 87-Darron Fuqua[7]; 2. 33-CJ Lyle[5]; 3. 9D8-Paden Phillips[6]; 4. 65-Tyler Davis[2]; 5. 0-Richard Layne[1]; 6. 24JR-Jimmy Eaton[4]; 7. (DNS) 83-Aaron Sauter
   Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:59.000
3. 75M-Gunner Martin[1]; 2. 90-Terry Schultz[3]; 3. R21-Ryan Schaffer[2]; 4. 68-Dean Wille[6]; 5. 15-Ed Noll[5]; 6. 21-Ryan Middaugh[7]; 7. 7D-Daniel Holt[4]
   Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:03:36.000
4. 16S-Chad Lyle[2]; 2. 98-Austin Johnson[4]; 3. 22H-Dustin Hodges[5]; 4. 99T-TJ Tolan[7]; 5. 74-Rodney Schweizer[6]; 6. 97-Houston Johnson[1]; 7. 92-Tyler Grooms[3]

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