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Sam Stoeklin
WARRENSBURG, Mo. (July 17) - Mother Nature summoned all of her heat-wave fury Saturday night at Warrensburg's own Central Missouri Speedway; however, she could not spoil the fun for drivers who came to compete or the hearty fans in the grandstands who came to watch their favorite drivers on the 'Fastest High-Banked Clay Oval in the Midwest' for Pepsi Race Night at the speedway. All together, there were 82 drivers on hand for the four race divisions and a total 17 races during the program, which started at 7:30 and ended at 9:50 p.m.
The ULMA Late Model drivers kicked off their portion of the evening's program with three heat races. Unfortunately, in heat number one, Dave Meyer's night came to a grinding halt on the front straightaway, thankfully the Concordia driver was okay after he slammed the wall and was unable to continue. The opening heat race went to Lane Ehlert over Kevin Coyne and Joe Walkenhorst. In heat-race two, Brett Wood of Warrensburg picked up his third win of the year over brother-in-law Jason Bodenhamer and O'Fallon Missouri's Shawn Rayfield. The third and final heat race had Jon Binning of Warrensburg picking up the win over ULMA point leader Bob Test and Steve Clancy. Lane Ehlert and Brett Wood led the strong field to the initial green flag with Wood quickly claiming the top spot. Bodenhamer swiftly moved into the second position with Kevin Coyne and Bob Test inside the top four. Lap-after-lap Bodee pressured his brother-in-law for the lead but 'Woody' was able to keep him at bay in a caution-free race for all twenty laps until late in the event. The drivers did a great job in keeping their cars in check with several battles throughout the field. Coyne's strong run came to an end with mechanical woes just as Test advanced to the third spot with Jon Binning moving up to take fourth by lap thirteen. On lap fifteen Bodenhamer drove to the low side of Woods to claim the top spot and then was able to hold off his brother-in-law for his fifth feature win of the year. Wood recorded his strongest finish this year in second with Test having a fine run to third. Binning finished a respectable fourth at the line with Ehlert, Rayfield, Clancy, and Joe Walkenhorst rounding out the top eight.
ULMA Late Models
Heat Race # 1
1st- 42- Lane Ehlert, Foristell
2nd- 22- Kevin Coyne, Kingsville
3rd- 90- Joe Walkenhorst, Lee's Summit
Heat Race # 2
1st- 7- Brett Wood, Warrensburg
2nd- 88- Jason Bodenhamer, Centerview
3rd- 18R- Shawn Rayfield, O'Fallon
Heat Race # 3
1st- 65- Jon Binning, Warrensburg
2nd- 1- Bob Test, Jefferson City
3rd- 12c- Steve Clancy, Odessa
Feature
1- 88- Jason Bodenhamer, Centerview
2- 7- Brett Wood, Warrensburg
3- 1- Bob Test, Jefferson City
4- 65- Jon Binning, Warrensburg
5- 42- Lane Ehlert, Foristell
6- 18R- Shawn Rayfield, O'Fallon
7- 12c- Steve Clancy, Odessa
8- 90- Joe Walkenhorst, Lee's Summit
9- 28- Brian Pipes, Lone Jack
10- 68- John Pipes, Oak Grove
11- 54- Jimmy Jobe, Odessa
12- 00- Zach Green, Higginsville
13- 10- Dave Mosby, Sedalia
14- 22- Kevin Coyne, Kingsville
DNS- 9- Dave Meyer, Concordia
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