August 17, 2002; Lebanon, MO. - Modified driver, Brian "Shooter" Schutt gained the pole on the night and took it from there to outmuscle his fellow competitors for his first win of the season in the 25 lap feature. Announcer Ronnie Williams told the crowd that Schutt had been denied a couple of earlier season victories, but tonight Schutt had went green, white checkered for the win.
Schutt who moves another spot up in points to fourth, has an opportunity to be in
the top three by the end of the season. David Bates, who was second in points at the
beginning of the night, is making a decision whether he will return to Midway Speedway.
David Bates, involved in an accident that did tremendous damage to his car, does not know
if he will rebuild and return. According to Wayne Bates, David is deciding if he will
rebuild or not. The win by Schutt is even more The toughest part of the night in the modifieds was when Dale Roper and Marty Castens got together in turn two, and that put Castens on the hook, but later returned as well as Roper. Castens had made a few contacts earlier in the race and it looked as the veteran had enough. This would put Roper to a tenth place finish, and Castens would finish 13th. Ron Myers, who finished second on the night, gave a few looks to pass Schutt, but was unable to make his car stick. Third place went to Jim Hayes, Jay Bates finished fourth, and Wayne Lewis took home fifth. In his interview with Gary Klossner, announcer Ronnie Williams said it was not the quantity of cars for the show, but the quality. Klossner and Scott Atkinson, battling for not only first place in the Late Model Sportsman race, but the points standing, had the crowd sitting on the edge of their seats. Klossner won a phot finish over Atkinson with Brian Schutt, who was trying to take double feature wins on the night. Schutt has been doing double duty and should be commended for his talents in running the two separate divisions and staying in the top five in both. Robert Reeves came across the finish line in fourth and Chris Nichols took fifth. It was the mighty power of his machine that pulled him to another victory in the Late Model divisions. Tim Swearengin muscled his way through the field, overpowering Dusty Cromer, who had lead most of the race. Swearengin has been the dominator in the Late Models for the past seasons, and with a huge point lead over Steve Holt, it looks as he will win his third track point title. Swearengin did compliment his drivers, as he mentioned in his interview with announcer Ronnie Williams, that he has not slowed down, but they have stepped up. Cromer, looking for his first win finished second, and Jerry Kelley, who lead earlier, finish third. Ken Dickinson, who has been battling for a win all season , finished fourth, and Archie Griffin took fifth. Unless the wheels fall off, Steve Maddux, dominator in the Super Streets, took another victory on the season and extended his points lead over Aaron Harden, who finished third. The "Racing Ranger" Dale Scherer made his way to the front, but came away with his seasons best finish with second. Andrew Stake, who was involved in a hard collision about a month ago, returned and took fourth place honors, and it was Jared Brown fifth. Jason Woods led the Pure Street feature early, but point leader Jason Otto came up with only a few laps left to take another victory and boost his points lead over Ron Stokes, who finished fourth on the night. Woods retained second, while Missy Shaw came home third. It was Kevin Lachance, who had won his heat race earlier, finishing fifth. The AMSOIL mini stocks saw Mike Piercy take another victory. The mini stocks have been
running for several weeks at the Midway Speedway. They are currently on the event card
each Saturday night. In a last lap pass, Carl Edwards took the win in the Baby Grands over
Ronald Rouse. Rouse had lead the most laps in the feature, but Edwards made his move late
to take the win. Chester McDowell finished third as Randy Davenport came home fifth. Late Model Stock:
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