Memphis, MO (Sat. Nov. 7, 2009) - Another great night for racing action at the Scotland County Speedway in Memphis, MO, with tempatures staring out in the mid 70's and holding in the low 60's all night. Another strong field of cars singed in to due battle in five classes, with Zack VanderBeek (Modifieds), Matt Greiner (Stock Cars), Jeoff Olson (B-Modifieds), Chris Hovden (Hobby Stocks) and Dean Kratzer (Outlaw Hobby Stocks) taking home the feature wins on the night.
The 15 lap Outlaw Hobby Stock feature was the first of the night, with Derek St. Clair and Dugan Thye drawing the front row for the event. St. Clair would take advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on the drop of the green flag. Thye would spin and hit the turn four guardrail on the completion of lap 1 to bring out the first caution. On the restart, Dean Kratzer, who started 6th, would slip under St. Clair to take over the top spot. Kratzer was starting to pull away, when another caution appeared on lap 8 for Jared Conrad who slowed to a stop in turn two with a right rear tire flat. The caution would come back out on the restart, when Neal Kohlmorgan clipped a tire in turn two. Kratzer again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Dan Wenig, who started 7th battling him for the top spot. Wenig would try the top side of the speedway to get around Kratzer, but was slowed on lap 9 for a caution. Rob Wilsey and Jim Lynch would tangle in turn two, with Wilsey spinning to a stop. On the restart, Kratzer would pull out into the lead, with Dan Wenig and Jake Wenig, who started 9th, battling for second. Kratzer would hold off all challenges over the final 6 laps to pick up the win. Dan Wenig held off Jake Wenig in the battle for seond, Brandon Symmonds was fourth, with Jeremy Pundt coming from 11th to round out the top five.
Up next was the 15 lap Hobby Stock feature, with Tony Teninty and Todd Reitzler leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Reitzler would take advantage of his front row start to grab the top spot on lap 1, with Scott Spilde and Nathan Wood close behind in second. The action was slowed on lap two when the red was waved for a roll by Alan Hultz down the backstretch. He would collect the cars of Teninty and Kyle Anderson, with Teninty the only one able to return to action. On the restart Reitzler again jumped out into the lead, with Spilde and Wood still battling for second. The red would appear on the speedway for the second time on lap 5, as Dale Porter rolled in turn four. Reitzler again grabbed the lead on the restart, with Wood, Spilde and Chris Hovden, who started 7th, battling for second. Reitzler would hold on to the top spot until lap 9, when Hovden jumped under him to take over the lead. Hovden then worked to hold off Wood, as the two battled side-by-side before the final catuion came out on lap 13. On the restart Hovden again jumped out into the lead, with Wood and Spilde battling for second. Hovden would hold on over the final 2 laps to claim his second win of the weekend at the track. Spilde came home in second, Derek Kirkland started 10th and finished third, Reitzler held on for fourth, with Mike Crump coming from 11th to round out the top five.
Rodger Dresden and John Melloway led the field to the drop of the green flag in the 15 lap B-Modified feature, with the caution coming out on the start for debris in turn one. On the restart Dresden would take advantage of his front row start to lead lap 1, with Bill Gibson, Andrew Schroeder and Cayden Carter battling for the second spot. Carter would jump to the outside of Dresden on lap 4 to take over the top spot. The caution would appear on lap 5 when Brian Schrage and Josh Modde made contact, with Schrage spinning to a stop in turn four. On the restart Carter again jumped out into the lead, with Schroeder close behind in second. Schroeder who was running second would spin in turn two on lap 7 to bring out the caution. Jeoff Olson, who started 9th, slipped under Carter on the restart to grab the lead on lap 8. But the action would be slowed after the completion of the lap for a spin in turn two by A.J. Johnson. On the restart Olson again moved out front, with Carter close behind in second. Olson was working to hold off Carter, when Dresden came to a stop in turn two to bring the caution out on lap 10. Once again Olson would move out into the top spot on the restart, but was slowed again one lap later for a caution. Bill Gibson, Drew Lawson, Winn and Phillip Cossel collided in turn two, with Gibson and Lawson getting heavy damage to end there night. Olson again grabbed the lead on the restart, but again was slowed for the final time on lap 12 when the caution came out for Brett Bumgardner, Chris Eggers and Schroeder. On the restart Olson jumped back out into the lead, but now had Brad Iverson, who started 10th, challenging him for the to spot. Olson would hold him off over the final 3 laps to pick up the win. Iverson settled for second, Colter Deutsch came from 7th to finish in third, Carter held on for fourth, with Jason McDaniel coming from 16th to round out the top five.
Up next was the 20 lap Stock Car feature, with Cody Henkes and Kurt Krauskopf drawing the front row of the event. A caution would come out on the start for Dakota Hayden and Rich Vogt colliding off of four, with Hayden coming to a stop. On the restart Krauskopf jumped out into the lead, but was slowed by a caution after the completion of lap 1 for a spin by Terry Houston in turn two. Krauskopf again grabbed the lead on the restart, but again was slowed after the completion of lap two for a caution by Todd Staley who went over the hill in turns three and four. Krauskopf again moved back out into the lead on the restart, with Matt Greiner coming from 6th to challenge him for the top spot. The battle for the lead was slowed on lap 5 for Jeff Mueller, Michael Jeannette and Gary Blackburn colliding in turn two to bring out a caution. Once again on the restart Krauskopf moved out front, with Greiner close behind in second. Krauskopf, who was running the bottom, and Greiner, who was up top, ran lap 10 side-by-side, with Greiner edging out front on lap 11. But Krauskopf would come back on the bottom to take the top spot back on lap 12, only to loose the lead back to Greiner on lap 13. The final caution of the event would come out on the completion of lap 13, for a spin in turn four by Jeff Mueller. Greiner would jump out into the lead on the restart and pulled away over the final 7 laps to pick up the win. Wood came home in second, Jason Cook was third, Krauskopf held on for fourth, with Vogt coming from the back after an early wreck to round out the top five.
The final feature of the night was the 25 lap Modifieds, with David Wietholder and Scott Weber leading the field to the drop of the green flag. Weber would take advantage of his front row starting spot to grab the lead on lap 1 over Corey Dripps. The first of three cautions would appear on lap 2, when Joey Schaefer stopped in turn two. On the restart Porter Collins would spin off of turn four to bring the caution back out. Weber jumped back out into the lead on the restart, with Dripps, Zack VanderBeek, who started 6th, and Ryan Gustin battling it out for second. VanderBeek would jump to the top side of the speedway to work his way into the lead on lap 8. But Weber would continue to work the bottom of the speedway to challenge VanderBeek for the top spot. The final caution of the event came out on lap 10, when Justin Reed spun in turn two. On the restart VanderBeek would again move back out into the lead. VanderBeek would hold on over the final 15 laps to claim the win. Weber held on for second, Dripps was third, Ryan Gustin made a last lap pass to take fourth, with Michael Long coming from 12th to round out the top five.
Notes from Night 2 in Memphis: 42 B-Modifieds, 37 Modifieds, 25 Hobby Stocks, 23 Stock Cars and 16 Outlaw Hobby Stocks made up the 143 cars signed in for night 2......Jeff Soper passed 4 cars to finish 10th in the Outlaw Hobby Stock feature....Jared Conrad recovered from a flat to come back to finish in 7th....Dereck St. Clair drove Jon Rooney's number 9 car, but had a flat late in the race. He would get it changed and recovered to take home an 8th place finish......Nathan Wood, who was running third, had a right rear tire go down on the final lap of the Hobby Stock feature to put an end to his great run....Steve Allen passed 15 cars after staring 21st to take home a 6th place finish....Clint Nelson came from 12th to finish in 7th....Andy Coleman started 16th and passed 6 cars to finish in 10th....Rusty Sands passed 7 cars after starting 19th to finish in 12th....Jordan O'Haver came from 22nd to finish in 15th......Tyler Droste started the B-Modified feature in 19th, but passed 12 cars to finish in 7th....Mike Shelton also passed 12 cars after starting 20th to finish in 8th....Josh Modde came from the back after an early involvement in a crash to finish in 9th....Jack Myer won one of the B-Mains and started 21st, but he would pass 10 cars to finish in 11th....Brandon Symmonds took the last quailifying spot in B-Main number one to start the feature in 23rd. He would pass 11 cars to take home a 12th place finish....Rodger Dresden had a great run going in the feature, when he slowed to a stop in turn three with mechanical troubles. At the time he was battling it out for a third place finish......Chris Wibbell came from 14th in the Stock Car feature and passed 7 cars to finish in 6th....Dakota Hayden recovered from his first lap wreck to take home a 9th place finish....Todd Staley became promoter/driver on night two. Todd turned some laps in Zack Vanderbeek's number 33z Stock Car during Thursday nights practice and enjoyed it so much that he decided to purchase the car race ready, as they had a for sale sign on the side of the car. Todd would start 17th in the feature and had worked his way up to 8th, when he went into turn three to hot and ended up going off the track to bring out the yellow on lap 2. Todd then rejoined the back of the field (21st) and passed 8 cars to take home a 13th place finish....Jeff Mueller had a rough night in the feature, as he piloted Matt Griener's number 29 back-up car. He would get involved in the lap 5 crash and then spun on lap 13 to end his night in 16th......Mark Widmar won the Modified B-Main and started the feature in 21st, but he would pass 12 cars to take home a 9th place finish....Porter Collins recovered from his spin to take home an 11th place finish....Adam Birck came from 22nd to finish 12th....Lonnie Wyman Jr. started 24th and passed 7 cars to take home a 17th place finish.
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