May 7th 2023

California,MO
August 1, 2021
by: Dean Reichel 

The 8th Annual "Race for Riley " Riley Hudson Memorial Race brought the curtain down on the 2021 season at Double X Speedway.  The annual event for the kids is a highlight of each season.  This year 93 bicycles of all sizes, donated by race teams, fans and sponsors were given away to youth in attendance. Many thanks to all who donated and organized this special night.

Race teams and fans came out in force for the event. The Pure Stock class joined the card for the special event with seventeen checking in. Three heat races were used to set the feature lineup.  In heat one it was veteran campaigner Stan Booth of Eldon over Grayson McKinney.  The second heat saw Bradley McDowell claiming victory over Johnnie Price. Heat three was claimed by Payton McDowell with Justin McDowell in second.

The feature saw Stan Booth lead the opening five laps before the fast #05 of Grayson McKinney sailed by on the high side on turn two to take the point. From that point on McKinney would run some smooth laps while Bradley McDowell and Booth would wage battle for second and third.  At the checkered flag McKinney was followed by Bradley McDowell in second,  Payton McDowell in third, Johnnie Price would claim fourth and Cody Ohrenberg was fifth.

Darin Porter of California won the Pure Stock Dash 4 Cash.

The Super Stock division would see veteran campaigners Steve Beach and Clayton Campbell lead the feature field to the green flag. Campbell would use the momentum on the high side to his advantage to take the point with Beach settling into second. The lead duo would remain in that order but Beach would have to hold off challenges first from Joe Miller and then from ninth starting John Clancy who moved into third on lap eight. At the checkers Campbell would pick up the win with Beach holding off Clancy for second. Clancy claimed third with Miller finishing fourth and Mark Davis finishing fifth. Heat races were won by Beach and Campbell. J

ohn Clancy picked up the win on the Dash 4 Cash.

The Winged Sprint Cars completed the season in the competitive fashion Double X is known for.  Sacramento, CA native Billy Butler became the latest Winged Sprint car driver to record a victory at the little dirt track at the edge of town.  Using a hole shot on the start to gain the advantage over fast Jack Wagner, Butler would use smooth consistent laps to claim the feature win. The victor survived some very strong challenges from ninth starting Tyler Blank over the final two laps, but was not to be denied. Chasing the lead duo under the checkered flag was Jack Wagner in third, Tyler Elliott recording fourth and Korey Bales completing the top five. 

Thanks to all of the drivers, fans and sponsors for supporting Double X Speedway in 2021. We look forward to continuing the tradition in 2022.

Double X Speedway
California, MO
August 1, 2021
Complete Results

Pure Stocks
Feature-- 1. 05G-Grayson McKinney, Springfield; 2. 88R-Bradley McDowell, Eldon; 3, 21-Payton McDowell, Tuscumbia; 4. 77-Johnnie Price, Carrollton; 5. 14-Cody Ohrenberg, Raymore; 6. 17T- Preston McDowell, Tuscumbia; 7. 15-Curt Turpin, Eldon; 8. 12D-Darin Porter, California; 9. 17H-Shayne Healea, California; 10. 12- Brian Meyer, Concordia; 11.5- Justin McDowell, Tuscumbia; 12. 1-Stan Booth, Eldon (DNF); 13. 44R-Russell Beach, Lake Ozark (DNF); 14. 16-Kody Johnson, Calhoun (DNF); 15. 49-Shannon Sullivan, Eldon (DNF); 16. 25X-Roger Deatherage, Windsor (DNS); 17. 3J-Jerrett Evans, Warrensburg (DNS)

Dash 4 Cash--1. Porter; 2. Beach; 3. Preston McDowell; 4. Sullivan; 5. Healea
Heat 1--1. Booth; 2. McKinney; 3. Preston McDowell; 4. Johnson; 5. Meyer; 6. Evans
Heat 2--1. B.McDowell; 2. Price; 3. Deatherage; 4. Porter; 5. Sullivan; 6. Turpin
Heat 3--1. Payton McDowell; 2. J. McDowell; 3. Ohernberg; 4. Beach; 5. Healea

Super Stocks
Feature--1. 30C-Clayton Campbell, Otterville; 2. 10-Steve Beach, Eldon; 3. 8-John Clancy, California; 4. 409-Joe Miller, Centertown; 5. 56-Mark Davis, Grovespring; 6. 4-Marshall Berry, Tuscumbia; 7. 05-Dale Berry, Tuscumbia; 8. 03B-Chris Brockway, Warrensburg; 9. 12- Jody Romig, Syracuse; 10. 00-Travis Turpin, Clarksburg (DNF); 11. 19J-Tyler Crocker, Holts Summit (DNF); 12. 87-Eddie Keeran, California (DNF); 13. 82-Chris Brockert, Versailles (DNS)

Dash 4 Cash-1. Clancy; 2. M. Berry; 3. Miller; 4. Turpin
Heat 1-1. Beach; 2. Davis; 3. Keeran; 4. D. Berry; 5. M. Berry; 6. Clancy
Heat 2- 1. Campbell; 2. Miller; 3. Turpin; 4. Crocker; 5. Romig; 6. Brockert (DNS)

Winged Sprint Cars   
Feature--1. 57-Billy Butler, Sacramento, CA; 2. 75-Tyler Blank, California; 3. 77-Jack Wagner, Lone Jack; 4. 49-Tyler Elliott, California; 5. 5-Korey Bales, ELdon; 6. 00-Broc Elliott, California; 7. 57B-Bailey Elliott, California; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack; 9. 41-Mackenzie Borchers, Marshall; 10. 16-Tyler Shane, Jefferson City; 11. 3P-Russell Potter, Boonville; 12. 12C-Tony Crank, St. Augustine,FL (DNF); 13. 7B-Ben Brown, Marshall (DNF); 14. 24-Chris Morgan, Topeka,KS (DNS)

Heat 1-1. J.Wagner; 2. T. Elliott; 3. Broc Elliott; 4. Bales; 5. Blank; 6. S. Wagner; 7. Bailey Elliott
Heat 2- 1. Butler; 2. Brown; 3. Borchers; 4. Crank; 5. Potter; 6. Shane; 7. Morgan (DNF)

DOuble X Speedway
California, MO
July 18, 2021
--By: Dean Reichel
Justin Wells Victorious in 3rd Annual Jason Russell Memorial Race
Sunday night brought a different type of thunder to Double X Speedway in California, MO. The track hosted the 3rd annual Jason Russell Memorial Race which featured a $2502 winner's share in the Late Model division. The quality of cars and drivers in the house was impressive and the racing was top notch. Two heat races set the lineup for the 22 lap feature event. Heat race winners Todd McCoin and "The Outlaw", Mike Striegel lined up side by side on the front row for the main event. With the drop of the green flag McCoin was motor into the lead with second row starter Justin Wells following him past Striegel into second. The field would settle in with McCoin setting the pace and Wells staying within striking distance. As the laps clicked by the lead duo would negotiate lapped traffic with McCoin maintaining the point and Wells making his presence known every lap or so. As the white flag was waving Wells was able to exit turn four on the low side of the leaders McCoin and complete the pass as the duo raced through turns 1 & 2. Exiting 2 Wells would clear McCoin and take the victory in the feature. Following Wells and McCoin over the stripe were Mike Striegel in third, Justin Russell in fourth and Chris Hawkins would come home in fifth. Rick Brown, Dennis Cook and Steve Potter would complete the field. Thanks to the Russell family and all of the businesses and friends that allowed this event to come to Double X this year to honor Jason's memory.
The Super Stock class boasted a sign in of 17 cars for the evening of competition. Double X faithful Joe Miller of Centertown returned to the track after having to do extensive repairs from an early season crash and he claimed the victory in the second heat race in the division. Former weekly competitor Ted Welschmeyer claimed the first heat and veteran Steve Beach was victorious in heat three. This set the feature lineup. Welschmeyer on the pole and Miller on the outside of row 1. At the drop of the green Miller used the high groove to take the lead over the fleet 21W of Welschmeyer. At one point Miller had opened up a 5 car length lead over second place Welschmeyer, but it was short lived as the 21W moved to the low line in the turns to pull up to the rear bumper of Miller's 409. AS the top two were waging battle, the action was heating up behind them also as Steve Beach, Darren Phillips and 9th starting John Clancy Jr were waging a b-attle of their own. A series of yellow flags in the closing laps shuffled the rear half of the field. Through all of the restarts Miller was able to hold off Welschmeyer to claim the victory. Following these two under the checkers was Clancy in third, Beach in fourth and Chad Eickelberry in fifth. Robin Sowers would run sixth, Jonnie Price seventh, Shayne Healea was eighth, Jody Romig ninth and Russell Beach tenth.
The WInged Sprint Cars were the final feature event on the card. As a result of their heat race wins, Broc Elliott and Jack Wagner brought the field to the green flag. Elliott would shoot to the lead with fourth starting Korey Cales moving past Wagner into second. Elliott was running consistent laps and holding the point. Bales was also turning very consistent laps and gaining on the leader. As these two were waging battle there was a train with a head of steam rolling up from the ninth starting place. Tyler Blank moved into third with about ten laps to go and closed on the lead duo with about five to go. After dispatching Bales, Blank pulled to the rear of Elliott's #00 sprinter. Broc Elliott did what he could to protect the high line that he knew Blank can run so well. On lap 23 Elliott went into turn 1 with Blank in tow, as the leaders reached turn 2 Blank turned underneath Elliott and made the winning pass as they reached the back straightaway. Following Blank in first, Elliott in second, Korey Bales would complete his strong run in third, Jack Wagner was fourth and Chris Morgan would come from tailback to fifth at the finish.
Only two scheduled weeks remain in the 2021 version of Sunday Night Thunder at Double X Speedway. Next Sunday night in the "Racing Back to School" Backpack giveaway hosted by Tyler Utz Family Racing and friends. Backpacks with school supplies will be given away to students from the area at the track that night. SUnday August 1st will be another night for the kids with the rescheduled "Race for Riley" Memori Race. Several giveaways for the kids in attendance will be on tap. Be sure to follow our Facebook page for updates.
Double X Speedway Results
3rd Annual Jason Russell Memorial
Late Models--
Feature- 1. 98-Justin Wells, Aurora; 2. 7X-Todd McCoin, Barnett; 3. 91-Mike Striegel, Wheatland; 4. 12J-Juston Russell, Henlet; 5. USA1- Chris Hawkins, Neosho; 6. 16-Rick Brown, Iberia; 7. 00C-Dennis Cook, California; 8. (DNS) 38Spl- Steve Potter, Boonville
Dash- 1. Wells; 2. McCoin; 3. Russell; 4. Striegel; 5. Hawkins; 6. Brown
Heat 1- 1. McCoin; 2. Wells; 3. Russell; 4, Potter
Heat 2- 1. Striegel; 2. Hawkins; 3. Brown; 4. Cook
Super Stocks--
Feature- 1. 409-Joe Miller, Centertown; 2. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts; 3. 8-John Clancy,Jr. California; 4. 10-Steve Beach, Eldon; 5. 09B-Chad Eickelberry, Warrensburg; 6. 88R-Robin Showers, Brumley; 7. 77-Jonnie Price, Carrollton; 8. 17-Shayne Healea, California; 9. 12R-Jody Romig, Syracuse; 10. 44R-Russell Beach, Lake Ozark; 11. 87-Eddie Keeran, California; 12. 05-Dale Berry, Tuscumbia; 13. 25-Chris Romig, Syracuse; 14. 21P-Darren Phillips, Wheatland; 15. 12P-Darin Porter, California; 16. 2A-Ace O'Neill, Lake Ozark; 17. (DNS) 82-Chris Brockert, Versailles
Heat 1-1. Welschmeyer; 2. Phillips; 3. Eickleberry; 4. Keeran; 5. C. Romig; 6. R. Beach (DNS)
Heat 2- 1. Miller; 2. Showers; 3. O'Neill; 4. Porter; 5. Healea; 6. Brockert (DNS)
Heat 3- 1. S.Beach; 2. Berry; 3. Clancy; 4. J. Romig; 5. Price
Winged Sprint Cars--
Feature- 1. 75-Tyler Blank, California; 2. 00-Broc Elliott, California; 3. 5-Korey Bales, Eldon;4. 77-Jack Wagner, Lone Jack; 5. 24-Chris Morgan, Topeka,KS; 6.73-Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack; 7. 41-McKenzie Borchers, Marshall; 8. 7B-Ben Brown, Marshall; 9. 57-Billy Butler, Sacramento,CA; 10.X-Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville; 11. 21-Bradley Potter, Fulton

Double X Speedway

California, Mo
Blank Wins a Close One as Keeran and Schultz Also Win on Old Timers Night at Double X!
Winged Sprint Cars
Tyler Blank picks up win number four at Double X Speedway in 2021 on “Old Timers Night”. This win was not a walk in the park by any stretch for the 18 year sprint car veteran. With a track that was traction challenged, causing drivers to try multiple lines around the ¼ mile home of “Sunday Night Thunder”, Blank spent 20 laps trying to figure out a way to pass race long leader Broc Elliott. Pole starter Broc Elliott jumped into the lead at the drop of the green flag over Corey Nelson and would click off some very impressive laps leading the winged sprint car feature event. Elliott would use both high and low lines to maintain his advantage over the field. Blank would move to second from fourth in a handful of laps and start to challenge Elliott for the lead. A lap 12 caution would set up a challenge to the leader as Blank would pull alongside the #00 machine of Elliott heading into turn three but Elliott would pull off a successful slide job into turn four to continue holding the point. For the next several laps Blank would look for the way around and Elliott would use every line on the track to hold the lead. Coming out of turn four, five laps from the checkered Elliott chose the low groove and Blank used the momentum of the top shelf to take the lead and claim victory number four on the season. In victory lane Blank would climb out of his number 75 sprinter, wave to the crowd and then walk over to the #00 machine to offer congratulations
to Elliott for his great run Sunday Night. Following these two leaders under the checkered flag were Samuel Wagner with a strong third place run in the Hockett Racing #73, veteran Randy Martin advanced from 10th to claim fourth and Korey Bales completed the top five. Completing the top ten saw Taylor Walton overcome mechanical issues and race from 13th to 6th, Corey Nelson finished 7th, Jack Wagner crossed the line in 8th, Austin Alumbaugh ninth and Chris Morgan rounded out the top ten. Heat races were captured by Bros Elliott and Corey Nelson.
B Modifieds
The B Modifieds made the second visit of the season to Double X and it was a familiar face holding the winners trophy in victory lane. Sedalia, MO veteran Terry Schultz picks up his second feature win in as many tries at Double X in 2021. Schultz had to battle his way past leader Adam Hall of Columbia to secure the win. Hall was impressive in setting a good pace leading the field until just past the halfway point when Schultz was able to use the low groove to take the lead. At the checkers it was Schultz, Hall, Earl Roark in third and Cole Graves in fourth with Justin Dick rounding out the top five.
Graves and Hall would claim the heat races victories.
Super Stocks
The Super Stock car count was down this week as there are five of our regular drivers waiting on parts to repair their cars, but that didn’t dampen the competitiveness of the drivers in attendance. Veteran Dale Berry would take the lead on lap one and settle into a three car length lead over the field. Eddie Keeran was maintaining a comfortable second place when Berry would overpower the track in turn three and have to correct his line. This little bobble would provide Keeran the chance to capitalize and move into the lead, not being challenged for the remainder of the feature event. Keeran picks up the victory with Berry second, Darin Porter finished third in his first night at Double X, Brinn Herrbach would cross in fourth and John Clancy Jr, completed the running order. Berry claimed the lone heat race in the class.
Before the races and during the night fans were treated to the display of vintage race cars and photos for the annual “Old Timers Reunion” at Double X. A lot of bench racing took place near the concession stand before the event and a lot of reminiscing occurred during the evening as well. Thanks to all that brought cars or items to display and be there for this special annual event. A big thanks also to Glen Burlingame for working so hard to get the displays organized and for bringing a couple of cars to display.
Next Sunday night the 305 Winged Sprint Cars will be added to the card as the third competing division for “Father’s Day at Double X”.  Bring dad to the races and enjoy the evening. Another event to make race fans aware of is the Tyler Utz Racing & Friends “Racing Back to School Night Backpack Giveaway” coming up on July 25th at Double X. If you would like to make donations for this event you may bring items or donations to the track, or contact Tyler Utz, Terry Ford, Tyler Blank, Tara Hudson or Carol Wirts. If you wish to make a monetary donation you may do so at Hawthorn Bank in California and ask them to credit it to the “Raing Back to School” account. Be sure to follow social media for updates on upcoming events at Double X Speedway.
Double X Speedway Results--
June 13, 2021
Winged Sprint Cars--
Feature- 1. 75-Tyler Blank, California; 2. 00-Broc Elliott, California; 3. 73-Samuel Wagner, Lone Jack; 4. 14-Randy Martin, California; 5. 5-Korey Bales, Eldon; 6. 93-Taylor Walton, Odessa; 7. 0-Corey Nelson, Eugene; 8. 77-Jack Wagner, Lone Jack; 9. X-Austin Alumbaugh, Higginsville; 10. 24-Chris Morgan, Topeka,KS; 11. 26B-Nick Rasa, Sedalia; 12. 41-Mackenzie Borchers, Marshall; 13. 49-Tyler Elliott, California.
Heat 1- 1. B. Elliott; 2. Blank; 3. Rasa; 4. J. Wagner; 5. Bales; 6. T.Elliott; 7. Walton (DNS)
Heat 2- 1. Nelson; 2. S. Wagner; 3. Alumbaugh; 4. Morgan; 5. Martin; 6. Borchers
B Modifieds (Complete results not available at press time)
Feature- 1. 90-Terry Schultz, Sedalia; 2. 574-Adam Hall, Columbia; 3. 17-Earl Roark, Henley; 4. 45-Cole Graves, Fulton 5. 3D-Justin Dick, Sedalia; 6. 19j Tyler Crocker, Holts Summit; 7. 3B-Richard Brainard, Sedalia; 8. 55-Jimmy Borgmann, Boonville; 9. 85-Darin Sloan, Barnett; 10. 12-Parker Smith, Mexico; 11. 20D-Dawson David, Mexico.
Heat 1- 1. Graves; 2. 3B-Richard Brainard, Sedalia; 3. 12-Parker Smith, Mexico; 4. 19J- Tyler Crocker, Holts Summit;  5. 3D-Justin Dick, Sedalia; 6. 85S- Darin SLoan, Barnett
Heat 2- 1. Hall; 2. Schultz; 3. 20D-Dawson David, Mexico; 4. 55-Jimmy Borgmann, Boonville; 5. Roark
Super Stocks-
Feature-- 1. 87-Eddie Keeran, California; 2. 05-Dale Berry, Tuscumbia; 3. 12-Darin Porter, California; 4. 4-Brinn Herrbach, Holts Summit; 5. 8-John Clancy,Jr., California
Heat- 1. Berry; 2. Keeran; 3. Porter; 4. Herrbach; 5. Clancy(DNS)

California, MO
May 31, 2021
By Dean Reichel
For Immediate Release--
Tribute to Jesse Hockett at Double X Speedway
It was a familiar, yet surreal scene at Double X Speedway Sunday night May 30, 2021. A sprint car with the number 77 sitting parked in victory lane, the young driver climbing out of the car, obviously elated with the victory, celebrating with family, friends, crew and fans. A scene that was once very common at the California, MO dirt track when Jesse Hockett was in town. However, on this night it was Jack Wagner of Lone Jack, MO celebrating in victory lane.  Wagner, driving the Hockett Racing #77, claimed his first USAC/MWRA victory in non wing sprint car racing.
With a field of 32 USAC MWRA cars and drivers on hand it was no easy feat for Wagner to secure the victory, despite his front row outside starting position. With fellow hard charger Quinton Benson on the pole it was a drag race into turn one with Benson emerging victorious. After following Benson for the opening laps, Wagner would move to the point and open a slight advantage but never able to shake Benson. As the laps would roll by Wagner would do a masterful job of being consistent and hitting his marks, keeping the #77 at the point. While the leader was keeping his concentration on making consistent laps, drivers farther back in the field were testing different lines on the track, trying to march to the front. Two that moved up to the top line were Wyatt Burks and Wesley Smith. Both found the real estate up there to their liking and along with Riley Kreisel, began picking off their competitors. After two separate red flags for different incidents on the front straightaway, the race came down to Wagner and Smith battling it out over the final laps with Wagner emerging victorious.Wesley Smith would come in second, Wyatt Burks completed the podium in third with Quinton Benson in fourth and Illinois driver Zach Daum completing the top 5. Riley Kreisel moved up from 15th to finish 6th, Tom Curran was seventh, Bradley Ryun eighth, Xavier Doney ninth and Kory Schudy in tenth. Qualifying heat races were claimed by Tyler Burton, Jack Wagner, Tom Curran and Xavier Doney.  Cody Baker and Brad Wyatt claimed their respective B Features.
The weekly WInged Sprint Cars were on tap also with 24 cars and drivers checking in for the Hockett Memorial race. Three heat races, won by Chris Morgan, Jack Wagner and Cody Baker would set the starting lineup for the 25 lap main event. Chris Morgan would put the Lanny Carpenter Racing #24 at the front of the field on the start and lead the first baker’s dozen of laps with Jack Wagner and then Taylor Walton giving chase. On lap 14 though a familiar face moved to the lead, Tyler Blank would pass Morgan and lead for the duration. With Blank claiming the victory, Morgan would finish a strong second, Taylor Walton was third, Jack Wagner would recover from an earlier slip off of turns 3 & 4 and restarting at the rear to claim fourth with veteran Randy Martin claiming fifth. Broc Elliott had an impressive sixth place finish, with brother Bailey Elliott coming home in seventh. Samuel Wagner brought the second Hockett racing entry home in eighth with Bradley Potter in ninth and Tyler Elliott completing the top ten.
Two regular competitors in the Hobby Stock division signed in for the evening while other regular drivers traveled elsewhere. Kyle Smith and Jeremiah Wallingford agreed to compete in a five lap match race with Smith emerging victorious over Wallingford. The fans that stayed to watch this event saw how dedicated these two young men are to their chosen type of racing. Thanks to both of them for staying with the program and I, as announcer, apologize for thanking fans for coming as they were pulling on the track. A series of miscommunication led to this and was not meant as a slight to anyone. Thanks again to both of these drivers for coming and being a part of this annual event.
Ten Super Stock drivers were on tap for the evening competition and it was John Clancy,Jr. , making it 2 for 2 this season at Double X. Clancy was challenged by Joe Miller from the midpoint of the race on until a lap 13 incident saw the two make contact with Miller retiring to the pit area. Following Clancy under the checkered flag was veteran Steve Beach in second, Dale Berry in third, Brandon Hays in fourth and Jody Romig completing the top five. Beach and Clancy claimed the heat races earlier in the evening. These drivers were getting tuned up for the “Dylan Bias Memorial Race” next Sunday night which is a highlight for drivers in the Super Stock division. Be sure to watch the Double X Facebook pages for updates for next week’s event.
One other special event that happened during the evening occurred after hot laps were completed. Veteran sprint car driver Lanny Carpenter ran his final laps in a special session with longtime friend and competitor Randy Martin. Lanny has decided to end his 45 year driving career and begin the full time owner adventure. It is only fitting that he took these farewell laps at the track which was originally built by his dad, Woody Carpenter.
USAC MWRA Wingless Sprints:
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 2. 12-Wesley Smith[9]; 3. 11W-Wyatt Burks[8]; 4. 15B-Quinton Benson[1]; 5. 31-Zach Daum[13]; 6. 91-Riley Kreisel[15]; 7. 11X-Tom Curran[5]; 8. 13-Brad Ryun[14]; 9. 74-Xavier Doney[3]; 10. 28-Kory Schudy[11]; 11. 69-Zach Sanders[12]; 12. 00-Broc Elliott[19]; 13. 26-Zach Clark[16]; 14. 15E-Dakota Earls[20]; 15. 41-Brad Wyatt[18]; 16. 03-Tyler Burton[6]; 17. 33L-Mark Lane[21]; 18. (DNF) 31K-Dylan Kadous[4]; 19. (DNF) 9H-Cody Baker[17]; 20. (DNF) 2H-Luke Howard[22]; 21. (DNF) 65-Chris Parkinson[7]; 22. (DNF) 9-Chad Goff[10]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9H-Cody Baker[1]; 2. 00-Broc Elliott[8]; 3. 33L-Mark Lane[4]; 4. 9X-Jeff Seesholtz[7]; 5. 52-Blake Bowers[5]; 6. (DNF) 2-Mitchell Moore[2]; 7. (DNF) 82V-Vinny Ward[3]; 8. (DNS) 28B-Drake Barker
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 41-Brad Wyatt[3]; 2. 15E-Dakota Earls[2]; 3. 2H-Luke Howard[1]; 4. 66M-Max Grogan[6]; 5. 7M-Heath Murry[4]; 6. 7X-Lance Silvers[5]; 7. (DNS) ST1-Lane Stone; 8. (DNS) 7JR-JD Black
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 03-Tyler Burton[1]; 2. 31K-Dylan Kadous[5]; 3. 15B-Quinton Benson[7]; 4. 31-Zach Daum[6]; 5. 2-Mitchell Moore[4]; 6. 7M-Heath Murry[2]; 7. (DNF) 9X-Jeff Seesholtz[3]; 8. (DNS) ST1-Lane Stone
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Jack Wagner[2]; 2. 11W-Wyatt Burks[3]; 3. 28-Kory Schudy[4]; 4. 9H-Cody Baker[1]; 5. 91-Riley Kreisel[6]; 6. 41-Brad Wyatt[5]; 7. 52-Blake Bowers[7]; 8. (DNS) 7JR-JD Black
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11X-Tom Curran[1]; 2. 9-Chad Goff[2]; 3. 12-Wesley Smith[5]; 4. 13-Brad Ryun[3]; 5. 26-Zach Clark[6]; 6. 33L-Mark Lane[4]; 7. 7X-Lance Silvers[8]; 8. 28B-Drake Barker[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 74-Xavier Doney[7]; 2. 65-Chris Parkinson[3]; 3. 69-Zach Sanders[4]; 4. 2H-Luke Howard[1]; 5. 15E-Dakota Earls[2]; 6. 82V-Vinny Ward[6]; 7. (DNF) 66M-Max Grogan[5]; 8. (DNS) 00-Broc Elliott
Winged Sprint Cars
A Feature: 1. 75-Tyler Blank; 2. 24-Chris Morgan; 3. 93-Taylor Walton; 4. 77-Jack Wagner; 5. 14-Randy Martin; 6. 00-Broc Elliott; 7. 57B-Bailey Elliott; 8. 73-Samuel Wagner; 9. 21-Bradley Potter; 10. 49-Tyler Elliott; 11. 15K-Kaitlin Boland; 12. 18-Stanley Kreisel; 13. 12C-Tony Crank; 14. 32D-Daryn Langford; 15. 41-Mackenzie Borchers; 16. 86-Timmy Smith; 17. 18X-Nathan Ryun; 18. 16-Tyler Shane; 19. 57-Billy Butler; 20. 38-Cody Baker; 21. X-Austin Alumbaugh; 22. 3Z-Zach Davis; 23. 7B- Ben Brown (DNS); 24. 1X-Bradlee Ryun, (DNS)
Heat 1: 1. Morgan; 2. Martin; 3. Blank; 4. Broc Elliott; 5. Borchers; 6. Butler; 7. Brown; 8. Davis
Heat 2: 1. J. Wagner; 2. Potter; 3. S. Wagner; 4. Alumbaugh; 5. Kreisel; 6. Shane; 7. N. Ryun; 8. B. Ryun
Heat 3: 1. Baker; 2. Walton; 3.Smith; 4. Elliott; 5. Boland; 6. Crank; 7. Langford; 8. Bailey Elliott
Hobby Stock
Shoot Out: 1. 11K-Kyle Smith; 2. 84-Jeremiah Wallingford
Super Stocks
A Feature: 1. 8-John Clancy, Jr.; 2. 10-Steve Beach; 3. 05-Dale Berry; 4. 54-Brandon Hays; 5. 12-Jody Romig; 6. 409-Joe Miller; 7. 22m-Danny Monroe; 8. 29-Harlan Dowell,Jr. ; 9. 25-Chris Romig; 10. 87-Eddie Keeran (DNS).
Heat 1: 1. Beach; 2. Miller; 3. Dowell; 4. Hays; 5. Monroe
Heat 2; 1. Clancy; 2. Keeran;  3. J. Romig; 4. C Romig; 5. Berry

The final night of the 2019 season of Sunday Night Thunder at Double X Speedway saw a large field of Winged Sprint Cars on hand to try and take the $2000 winners share, brought to them by Central Missouri Security Services, LLC. Twenty two cars and drivers in the winged sprint division signed in for the evenings competition.

Heat race action began the evening with the Street Stocks taking to the track for two races. In heat race number one Brandon Dunham claimed the win with teammate Brandon Hays second, Justin McDowell third and Dale Berry fourth. Heat race two saw John Clancy picking up the win over Joe Miller in second, Marshall Berry edged John Brooks for the number three spot with Brooks in fourth. 

The Hobby Stock division also had two heat races on the card. In heat one Mike Schrader dispatched early leader John Canada on lap two and raced to victory. Canada was second, Jeremiah Wallingford third, Bobby Chilton was fourth, Karen Johnson fifth and Kevin Prall sixth. The second heat saw Kyle Smith take the early lead and hold off the challenges of a quick Dakota Girard who would settle for a close second, Chuck Coffey was right behind in third, Matt Barnett in fourth and Josh Clark in fifth.

Three winged sprint car heat races were needed to set the lineup. In heat race number one Miles Paulus moved from his outside front row starting position and did not look back. Ayrton Gennetten would place second, Cody Baker placed third, Kyle Bellm fourth with Zach Daum fifth followed by Riley Kreisel in sixth, Jeff Wingate in seventh and Scott Comstock in eighth. The second heat saw some slightly aggressive starts make for the necessity of restarts and would see Ben Brown and Nathan Ryun retire to the pit area before a lap was completed. The third restart saw Randy Martin contact Taylor Walton due to a traffic jam coming out of turn four. Martin would retire to the pit area.  Jonathan Cornell in his first visit to Double X this season look impressive in picking up the heat race victory. Taylor Walton would finish second after changing the right front after the earlier contact on start number one. Brad Ryun was third, Ben Brown fourth Broc Elliott fifth, Randy Martin sixth and Nathan Ryun seventh. The third heat saw Tyler Blank picking up the win over Evan Martin in second, Tyler Utz in third, Lanny Carpenter in fourth, Jarmin Dalitz in fifth, Frank Brown in sixth and Timmy Smith was credited with seventh after running a strong second but spinning in turn four heading for the checkered flag.

After intermission which saw a special racing sign contest hosted by Hobby Stock driver Kevin Prall and his wife Joni award an autographed racing helmet to a lucky and creative young race fan, it was time for the feature events. The street stocks took to the clay first and John Clancy wasted no time moving to the front. Brandon Dunham settled into second with joe Miller third and Marshall Berry quickly moving into fourth. One lap at a time was the norm for the first four laps as a series of cautions for various drivers spinning out slowed the pace. On the lap five restart laps started clicking by with John Brooks being the car on the move from the rear of the field. The remaining ten laps ran off without a caution and Clancy picked up the win in a convincing fashion. 

The Hobby Stock feature saw hard chargers Mike Schrader and Kyle Smith on the front row.After running side by side for the opening lap, Schrader would move to the front. The caution would wave on lap two as Kyle Smith would run out of room while racing hard with Dakota Girard and make contact with the outside wall on the back straightaway. Once back underway Mike Schrader continued at the point, until lap eight when Dakota Girard used the high side to make the pass and continue on to the checkered flag. Chuck Coffey finished second after a late race pass, Mike Schrader was third, Matt Barnett was fourth, John Canada finished fifth and Bobby Chilton completed those running at the finish in sixth. Karen Johnson was seventh, Jeremiah Wallingford eighth, Kyle Smith ninth, Kevin Prall tenth. Josh Clark was unable to make the green flag.

The final event of the night was the $2000 to win winged sprint car feature. Jonathan Cornell took the lead at the drop of the green with Miles Paulus and Tyler Blank close behind. Cornell would open a comfortable lead but Blank would make his way into second and begin to reel in the leader. On lap 18 Blank would use a slide job in turn four to take the lead and would not be challenged for the remainder of the event. Cornell would finish second, Paulus claimed third, Ayrton Gennetten was fourth and Evan Martin was fifth. The remainder of the field is as follows:

6. Taylor Walton

7. Kyle Bellm

8. Cody Baker

9. Brad Ryun

10. Zach Daum

11. Lanny Carpenter

12. Tyler Utz

13. Nathan Ryun

14. Jeff Wingate

15. Ben Brown

16. Timmy Smith

17. Broc Elliott

18. Scott Comstock

19. Jarman Dalitz

20.Frank Brown

21. Riley Kreisel (DNS)

22. Randy Martin (DNS)

Thanks to everyone for making the finale of the 30th season of Sunday Night Thunder a success. Drivers, crews, fans, sponsors and track officials, we couldn’t do it without you. We look forward to seeing you back in 2020 for another season of Sunday Night Thunder.

Double X Speedway

California, MO

July 21, 2019

The 2019 season of Sunday Night Thunder is rapidly drawing to a close at Double X Speedway, but the racing action is as close as ever. With the heat finally reaching more tolerable levels, fans and racers came out to support local, dirt track racing on Sonic night at Double X. IN heat race action John Clancy picked up the win in the Street Stocks. Brandon Hays was second,  John Brooks was third, Marshall Berry fourth and Justin McDowell fifth. The Hobby Stock class saw Mike Schrader taking the win over Kyle Smith, Josh Clark, Chris Brockert and Karen Johnson in heat 1. Heat two victory was claimed by Chuck Coffey, followed by John Canada and Bobby Chilton. The winged Sprint Cars wrapped up the heat race action with two races. Heat one went to Tyler Blank over Riley Kreisel, Cody Baker, Tyler Utz and Scott Comstock. In heat two Taylor Walton held off a very hard charging Ayrton Gennetten to pick up the win. Ben Brown placed third, Broc Elliott fourth and Lanny Carpenter fifth.  A special race sponsored by Sonic of California at intermission saw Cherry Limeade win a foot race down the front straightaway over Tater Tot.

Feature time rolled out and the Street Stocks led off the card. John Clancy took a comfortable lead at the start and was not challenged until a lap eleven caution brought the field to his rear bumper, most notably last week’s winner John Brooks in second place. On the green Clancy was able to take off again to secure the win, Brooks would finish second over Marshall Berry in third, Brandon Hays fourth, Justin McDowell fifth and Brandon Dunham in sixth. Hobby Stock feature time was a wide open challenge but it did not take long for Kyle Smith to move to the point. He would withstand the constant challenge of Chuck Coffey to take the win. Coffey would finish a hard fought second, John Canada was third, Chris Brockert was fourth, Bobby Chilton fifth, Karen Johnson sixth and Josh Clark seventh. Mike Schrader was unable to make the start of the feature event. 

The winged Sprint Car feature was much anticipated by many in attendance and it did not disappoint. At the green flag Blank took the early lead with Walton and Gennetten in tow.  On lap three Gennetten movded into the seond position and began pressuring Blank. Behind this lead duo, Taylor Walton and Riley Kreisel would battle for the third and fourth spot with Cody Baker right there in fifth. As the laps clicked by Blank’s smooth, consistent style would keep him in the lead until a caution after lap seventeen brought the field close to the leaders. On the restart Blank would lead until a caution one lap later bunched the field again. On this restart it was Blank on the bottom and Gennetten on the top shelf trying to use momentum to his advantage. On the white flag lap, Gennetten would run out of real estate on the top of turn two and turned his car into the outside pit area returning to his trailer allowing Blank to race to the checkered unchallenged. Taylor Walton earned second, Tyler Utz was third, Cody Baker finished fourth and Riley Kreisel was fifth. Completing the field were Broc Elliott in sixth, Ayrton Gennetten in seventh, Ben Brown in eighth, Lanny Carpenter ninth and Scott Comstock tenth.

Only two weeks remain in the 2019 season for you to take advantage of the family atmosphere of Double X Speedway. A highlight of the final night, August 4th will be a $1000 added to the winner’s share in the winged Sprint Car purse provided by Central Missouri Security Services LLC. This makes the season finale worth $2000 to  the winged sprint car feature winner! Follow all of the action on www.doublexspeedway.com or follow us on Facebook.

Double X Speedway

July 7, 2019

California, MO 

The weekly edition of Sunday Night Thunder at Double X Speedway was presented by Commerce Bank and also featured “Legends Night” at Double X. Numerous vintage race cars were on display behind the grandstand. Included in the display were Bill Utz famous “Ol Yeller” #56 Sprint Car, Ralph Hendrens 1932 Ford #52 raced from 1950-58, Sammy Swindell’s blue #1 Sprint Car and Ray Kirchner’s #98 with his vast collection of vintage racing photos were among the displays on hand. Another highlight was Tyler Blank bringing his dad, Larry Blank’s, first race car out to display.

The evening featured the three weekly classes along with the 600cc Winged Micros joining the evenings competition. With the holiday weekend, car counts were down but the racing action was intense as always on the historic racing surface at Double X.  Heat races in all divisions were contested, following is a recap of the qualifying events. In the street stocks it was John Clancy winning with Brandon Dunham second, Brandon Hays third, Dale Berry fourth and Paul Rissler fifth. The first heat of hobby stocks saw veteran Mike Schrader pick up the win with Dakota Girard second, John Canada third and Karen Johnson fourth. The second heat saw Jeremiah Wallingford earning the win over Chuck Coffey in second, Bobby Chilton in third and Kyle Smith fourth. The third class out was the 600cc Micro Sprints for their heat race.  Riley Goodno picked up the checkers, Travis Arnold second, Kevin Powell third, Nick Rasa fourth and Philip Dietz fifth. Winged Sprint Car heat one saw Taylor Walton claim a convincing victory over Tyler Blank in second, Kaitlyn Boland in third and Broc Elliott in fourth. The second heat saw Riley Kreisel put on a driving exhibition in claiming the win. Frank Brown hopped behind the wheel to take second, Tyler Elliot, home from the road with Jason Johnson Racing was third and Scott Comstock finished fourth. 

At intermission, some of the vintage cars put on an exhibition race to the delight of the fans. Allen Guthrie was vistorious with Steve Tanner second, Mickey Fleehart third and Billy Hendren fourth. Thanks to these guys for putting on a fun show at Double X on Legends night.

When feature time rolled around the street stocks took to the clay first. Brandon Dunham led lap one before hard charging John Clancy was able to make the pass and was not challenged for the duration. Brandon Dunham drove a good race finishing second, veteran Dale Berry finished in the number three spot, Brandon Hays was fourth and Paul Rissler finished fifth. Harlan Dowell was unable to make the feature event. The Hobby Stock class took to the track for the second feature event on the evening. Mike Schrader was the early leader as contact between other drivers resulted in Jeremiah Wallingford and Chuck Coffey retiring to the pit area with flat tires. Dakota Girard pitted with a flat at the same time but his crew was able to change the right rear tire and rejoin the event. Schrader was able to extend his lead to claim the victory, Dakota Girard charged up to second, John Canada was a strong third, Bobby Chilton finished fourth in his first outing, Karen Johnson was fifth, Chuck Coffey, Jeremiah Wallingford and Kyle Smith completed the field.

The 600cc Winged Micro class saw Riley Goodno of Knoxville, IA open a good lead on the opening lap and he was not challenged for the duration. Philip Dietz gave chase but could not mount a charge and settled for second. Travis Arnold was third, Nick Rasa fourth and Kevin Powell completed the field. The finale on the evening was the Winged Sprint Car feature event. After an opening lap caution for Riley Kreisel, Taylor Walton and Tyler Blank were side by side on the front row for the restart. A lap fifteen caution slowed the field which was a welcome relief for Blank as he had encountered some lapped cars that had allowed Walton to close the gap. Green flag racing was short lived as the caution waved again on lap 17 for two cars coming together in turn 3.  On the restart Blank would lead Walton, Brown and Tyler Elliott. Blank was able to maintain his lead over the field and pick up another featurenwin on the season at Double X. Taylor Walton drove a valiant race to finish second, Frank Brown was third and Tyler Elliott fourth. Kaitlyn Boland, Scott Constock, Broc Elliott and Riley Kreisel completed the field.

Be sure to join us next week at Double X Speedway for the annual “Race for Riley” Memorial Race.

Sunday night saw the 3rd annual Dylan Bias Memorial Race come to the  Double X Speedway. The event is contested to honor the memory of a young  racer taken from us early in life. This annual event highlights the  Super Stock division with added purse money and special races. With 18  Super Stocks signing in for the evening, fans were treated to an  exciting night of stock car action. The Miller and Bias families worked  very hard to make the event special for the drivers with the added purse  monies and special awards in the class.
Cars and drivers came from  far and wide to compete in this very special event. In heat one of the  the evening, Warrensburg, MO veterans Marc Carter and John Brooks paced  the field to the green flag. After three laps side by side Brooks would  take the advantage over Carter with Derek Henson moving up to challenge  the leader as the white flag waved. Side by side they raced the last lap  with Henson squeezing out the victory over Brooks. Carter was third,  Steve Beach fourth, Dale Berry fifth and Zack Smith  credited with  sixth. Heat race two saw Cole Henson take the win in a comfortable  fashion over the field with Mark Davis second, John Clancy third, Ted  Welschmeyer fourth, Joe Miller fifth and Cody Frazon sixth. Heat race  saw Toby Ott take the early lead with Tyler Blank in second. Clayton  Campbell took only a second lap to move in to the number two spot with  Zach Zeugin following into the three spot. At the checkered it was Ott  picking up the win with Clayton Campbell second, Zach Zeugin third,  Tyler Blank fourth, Evan Hays fifth and Brandon Hays sixth.

The  Hobby Stocks took to the track for two heat races with Isaiah Penton  picking up the victory. Dakota Girard placed second, Matt Smith third,  John Canada fourth, Chris Kammerich fifth and Josh Clark sixth. Heat two  saw Chuck Coffey claiming the victory with Kyle Smith second, Jeremiah  Wallingford third, Mike Schrader fourth and Karen Johnson fifth.

 360 Winged Sprint Cars contested two heat races on the evening also. IN  heat one it was Kyle Bellm winning over Riley Kreisel. Third went to  Taylor Walton, fourth was Ayrton Gennetten, fifth was claimed by Monty  Ferreria and sixth went to Broc Elliott. Lanny Carpenter was credited  with seventh. Heat race two had a rough start with three consecutive  cautions. On the restart Tyler Blank took the lead into turn one with  Tyler Utz and Randy Martin giving chase. Blank would continue to lead  after a lap two restart, until a lap 5 yellow. The dash to the checkered  saw Blank picking up the win over Tyler Utz, Martin was third, Timmy  Smith fourth and Mackenzie Borchers fifth.

The Super Stock class  ran a special Dash for Cash and it was Derek Henson standing tall in  victory lane with the winners spoils including $300 and a 70 quart  cooler from Clennin Farm Supply of California, MO.

The feature  events rolled off with the Super Stocks leading off with a 25 lap main  event first on tap. The Henson brother Derek and Cole led the field to  the green flag to begin the event.  Derek Henson would use the low  groove to take the lead which never grew over four car lengths for the  duration of the event. Toby Ott and Marc Carter ran second and third  right on the bumper for the majority of the event. Some close racing  between Henson and Ott led to Ott coming to a stop on the top of turn  four on lap 22. On the restart Derek Henson was still at the point with  Carter and Cole Henson lining up behind him. With three laps remaining,  Henson would hold the slim advantage over the field to claim the  victory. Marc Carter would earn a well contested second, Cole Henson was  third, Zach Zeugin was fourth and Joe Miller finished fifth after  starting thirteenth. IN sixth through tenth were Clayton Campbell, Ted  Welschmeyer seventh,  John Clancy recovered from a pit stop to finish  eighth, Steve Beach was ninth and Brandon Hays rounded out the top ten.

The Hobby Stock division rolled out next on the feature slate with  Chuck Coffey and Kyle Smith running one-two early and just past the  halfway point Dakota Girard joined the fray. Smith and Girard would  challenge the leader on the white flag lap but Coffey was not to be  denied. Smith would win the duel for second with Girard finishing third.  Isaiah Penton finished fourth and John Canada was fifth. Josh Clark  claimed sixth on his first night at Double X, Chris Kammerich was  seventh, Matt Clark was eighth and Jeremiah Wallingford ninth.

 The finale of the evening was the 360 Winged Sprint Car feature event.   Central Missouri Racing supporter Tony Stuart Racing added some  excitement to the event. If Tyler Blank won his fifth straight he would  receive an extra $100, however, if another driver won they would receive  $200 extra. The racing surface for the feature proved to be a technical  one providing challenges to the drivers. Kyle Bellm took the lead from  his pole position starting spot and ran near perfect laps to secure the  victory. Fellow front row starter Tyler Blank would hold down second  place from the green until lap 23 when he would stop at the top of turn  four with a flat right rear tire. Kyle Bellm was able to maintain the  advantage for the final three laps to claim his first victory of the  season at Double X . Tyler Utz posted a good finish in second, Taylor  Walton was third, Ayrton Gennetten finished fourth and Randy Martin  completed the top five. Completing the top ten were Riley Kreisel in  sixth, Lanny Carpenter in seventh, Monty Ferreria in eighth, Timmy Smith  ninth and Mackenzie Borchers tenth.

Be sure to come out next  weekend as the POWRi WAR non wing sprint cars will be making their  second appearance of the season.  On June 23 it will be Legends and Old  Timers night at the speedway. 

Double X Speedway Complete Results
June 9, 2019

Super Stocks-
Feature Event (25 laps)- 1. 27D-Derek Henson, Russellville; 2. 10-Marc  Carter, Warrensburg; 3. 31C-Cole Henson, Russellville; 4. 35Z-Zach  Zeugin, Fair Play; 5. 409-Joe Miller, Centertown;  6. 30C-Clayton  Campbell, Otterville; 7. 21W-Ted Welschmeyer, Tebbetts; 8. 8-John  Clancy,Jr., California; 9. G1- Steve Beach, Eldon, MO 10. 54-Brandon  Hays, California; 11. Ott27-Toby Ott, Wheatland; 12. 116-Zack Smith,  Centertown; 13. 27B-John Brooks, Warrensburg (DNF); 14. 2-Tyler Blank,  California (DNF); 15. 04-Cody Frazon, LaMonte (DNF); 16. 7-Evan Hays,  California (DNF); 17. 05-Dale Berry, Tuscumbia (DNS); 18. 56-Mark Davis,  Grovespring (DNS)
Heat 1- 1. D. Henson; 2. Brooks; 3. Carter; 4. Beach; 5. Berry; 6. Smith
Heat 2-1. C. Henson; 2. Davis; 3. Clancy; 4. Welschmeyer; 5. Miller; 6. Frazon
Heat 3- 1. Ott; 2. Campbell; 3. Zeugin; 4. Blank; 5. E. Hays; 6. B. Hays
Dash For Cash- 1. D. Henson; 2. Clancy; 3. Brooks; 4. Welschmeyer; 5. Campbell; 6. Ott

Hobby Stocks
Feature-1. 171- Chuck Coffey, Windsor; 2. 11K-Kyle Smith, Stover; 3.  14-Dakota Girard, Moberly; 4. 8P-Isaiah Penton, Huntsville; 5.32-John  Canada, Fulton; 6. 57-Josh Clark; 7. 2F-Chris Kammerich, Pilot Grove; 8.  97-Matt Smith, Bersailles; 9. 84-Jeremiah Wallingford, Prairie Home;  10. 96K-Karen Johnson, Marshall (DNS); 11. 11-Mike Schrader, Sedalia  (DNS)
Heat 1-1. Penton; 2. Girard; 3. M. Smith; 4. Canada; 5. Kammerich; 6. Clark
Heat 2- 1. Coffey; 2. K.Smith; 3. Wallingford; 4. Schrader; 5. Johnson

360 Winged Sprint Cars
Feature- 1. 14K-Kyle Bellm, Nixa; 2. 3V-Tyler Utz, Sedalia; 3.  93-Taylor Walton, Warrensburg; 4. 3-Ayrton Gennetten, Gravois Mills; 5.  14-Randy Martin, California; 6. 91-Riley Kreisel, Warsaw; 7. 24-Lanny  Carpenter, Clarksburg; 8. 45-Monty Ferrerria, Lincoln,NE; 9. 86-Timmy  Smith, Rocheport; 10. 43-Mackenzie Borchers, Marshall; 11. 75E-Broc  Elliott, California; 12. 75-Tyler Blank, California (DNF); 13. 49B-Ben  Brown, Marshall(DNS); 14. 4-Evan Martin, Lohman (DNS)
Heat 1- 1. Bellm; 2. Kreisel; 3. Walton; 4. Gennetten; 5. Ferrerria; 6. Elliott; 7. Carpenter
Heat 2-1. Blank; 2. Utz; 3. R. Martin; 4. Smith; 5. Borchers; 6. Brown (DNF)l; 7. E. Martin (DNS)

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 Double X Speedway California, MO May 26, 2019

9th Annual “Tribute to Jesse” contested at Double X Speedway
Nine years can be an eternity or it can seem like yesterday, depending  on your point of view. Nine years ago, a son, a friend but first and  foremost, a racer, left us all wondering, what might have been. Known as  Jesse, Lester but best known as “The Rocket”, Jesse Hockett was a  bright shining star on the national racing map. But, no matter where he  was, what car he was driving, Jesse considered a little track on the  edge of town, Double X Speedway, home. For nine years, racing faithful  have gathered at the little clay oval to tell stories, reminisce and  honor “The Rocket” with family and friends. The 2019 version was another  celebration of one of the greatest racers to come out of the great  state of Missouri.
Joining the three weekly classes on this special  evening were the POWRi WAR Sprint Cars, a concept near and dear to Jesse  Hockett. Leading off the heat races were the Super Stocks. “Smokin” Joe  Miller of Centertown picked up the win outdueling John Clancy to the  checkered. Visiting John Brooks finished third, Mark Davis fourth and  Brandon Hays completed the top five. Kyler Girard, Rick Girard and Dale  Berry wrapped up the finishing order. In the Hobby Stock division Kyle “  Fabio” Smith picked up the win over hard charging Mike Schrader.  Jeremiah Wallingford finished a strong third, Chuck Coffey was fourth,  and Dakota Girard was fifth. John Canada was unable to make the starting  grid. In the Winged Sprint Car heat race number one, Taylor Walton put  his number 93 under the checkered flag first with last starting Tyler  Blank finishing second. Tyler Utz was third Mike Trent fourth, and  Nathan Ryun completed the top five. The second heat race saw Quinton  Benson pick up the win after a tough battle for the top spot. Randy  Martin used a last lap pass to claim the second position, Mackenzie  Borchers was third in the Ben Brown 49B, and Riley Kreisel completed the  finishing order.
In POWRi WAR Sprint Car action, three heat races  were on tap to set the feature event lineup. The first heat saw Wesley  Smith pick up the win in the Helm Racing #12 machine, Kaitlin Leer  crossed the stripe second, Joe B. Miller claimed third, Chris Morgan was  fourth, Neal Matuska was fifth. Broc Elliott and Chris Parkinson were  sixth and seventh and provided some excitement as they tangled after the  checkered flag, both drivers were okay after the tumble. In the second  heat Jack Wagner picked up the victory in the JHR #77. Riley Kreisel  finished second with Samuel Wagner in third. Brian Beebe and Slater Helt  were credited with fourth and fifth after getting together in turn four  while racing for the checkered flag. Again, both drivers were able to  walk away from the incident. The third heat saw Quinton Benson score a  decisive victory over Brad Wyatt in second and Kory Schudy in third.  Korey Weyant, Braydon Cromwell and Jason Billups completed the finishing  order.
Feature event time on the Double X oval provides some close  racing and the Super Stocks did not disappoint. Veterans Joe Miller and  John Clancy Jr. were side by side on the front row and they pretty much  raced that way for 15 laps. Clancy maintained a slim advantage with  Miller right on his rear bumper for 14-3/4 laps. In turns 3 & 4 on  the final lap, Miller tried the high line and Clancy had the same idea,  when Miller checked up he spun ending a good run as the checkered came  out over the #8 of Clancy. Finishing second was John Brooks from  Warrensburg, Mark Davis was third, Brandon Hays fourth and Kyler Girard  fifth. Miller was credited with sixth and Rick Girard seventh. Dale  Berry was unable to make the starting grid.
In the Hobby Stock  feature it was all “Fabio” as Kyle Smith picked up win #2 on the 2019  season. It was a special victory as Kyle and Jesse Hockett were friends  since childhood and Jack Hockett remarked in victory lane hoe special  the win was for his family as well as Smith. Chuck Coffey was second,  Dakota Girard was third, Jeremiah Wallingford was fourth and John Canada  was fifth. Mike Schrader was initially third but was disqualified for a  technical infraction during post race inspection.
The Winged Sprint  Car Feature saw Tyler Blank have to pass the leader twice to pick up  win number 3 on the season. The earlier pass was negated by a caution  flag relegating Blank to second behind leader Taylor Walton. On the  restart it was obvious that Blanks JR1 Chassis would get better as the  run went on and he was able to pass Walton one more time, this time for  keeps as he collected feature win number three on the season at Double  X. Walton would finish a strong second, Riley Kreisel finished third  with only a handful of winged sprint car starts to his credit, Quinton  Benson finished fourth and Randy Martin was fifth. Tyler Utz finished  sixth, Mike Trent was seventh, Kaitlyn Boland crossed the stripe eighth,  Mackenzie Borchers ninth, Nathan Ryun tenth and Broc Elliott eleventh.
The headline division on the card was the POWRi WAR Sprint Cars with  the final feature event of the evening. Brad Wyatt and Quinton Benson  led the field to the green in the marquee event. Benson would move out  to the early lead while the racing was going on behind him. Wesley Smith  moved into second and moved to the rear bumper of the leader when the  caution flew with seven laps in the books for Samuel Wagner and Brian  Beebe. On the restart Benson continued to lead with Smith giving chase.  Fans eyes were on Tyler Blank as he started at the rear of the field and  was knocking on the top ten on the restart. On the restart Wesley Smith  held off a hard charging Riley Kreisel and then set his sights on  Benson. The two would dance around the oval high and low until Smith was  able to make the pass on the low side of the back stretch. Benson would  settle into second with Joe B. Miller in third. Riley Kreisel, Korey  Weyant and Jack Wagner were al racing hard for position behind the  leaders. AT the checkered flag it was Wesley Smith picking up the  winners hardware. Hard charging Joe B. Miller came across second,  Quinton Benson held on for third, Jack Wagner was fourth and Korey  Weyant completed the top five. Kaitlyn Leer found herself in sixth at  the finish, Riley Kreisel was seventh, Kory Schudy was eighth, Tyler  Blank came home ninth and Chris Morgan tenth.
Next Sunday night June  2, the B Mods invade the confines of Double X Speedway. USRA rules will  be in place for technical issues. The feature event will pay $500 to  win in the B Mods. Winged Sprint Cars, Super Stocks and Hobby Stocks  will be on the card also. For up to date information check out www.doublexspeedway.com and follow the Double X Speedway Fan Page on Facebook. Conpete Results Double X Speedway Tribute To Jesse May 26, 2019
POWRi WAR Sprint Cars Feature-
1. 12-Wesley Smith; 2. 31B- Joe B. Miller; 3. 15B-Quinton Benson;  4.77-Jack Wagner; 5. 99-Korey Weyant; 6. 77K-Kaitlyn Leer; 7. 90-Riley  Kreisel; 8. 28-Kory Schudy; 9. 75-Tyler Blank; 10. 81A-Chris Morgan; 11.  75E-Broc Elliott; 12. 48- Neal Matsukas; 13. 41- Brad Wyatt; 14.  73-Samuel Wagner; 15. 4- Braydon Cromwell; 16. 2-Jason Billups; 17.  37-Brian Beebe; 18. 65-Chris Parkinson; 19. 22S-Slater Helt (DNS)
Heat 1-
1. Smith; 2. Leer; 3. Miller; 4. Morgan; 5.Elliott; 6. Parkinson; 7. Matsukas Heat 2-
1. J. Wagner; 2. Kreisel; 3.S. Wagner; 4. Beebe; 5. Helt; 6. Blank (DNS) Heat 3-
1. Benson; 2. Wyatt; 3, Schudy; 4. Weyant; 5. Cromwell; 6. Billups
360 Winged Sprints Feature-
1. 75- Tyler Blank; 2. 93- Taylor Walton; 3. 91-Riley Kreisel; 4.  43-Quinton Benson; 5. 14-Randy Martin; 6. 3V-Tyler Utz; 7. 24-Mike  Trent; 8. 15-Kaitlyn Boland; 9. 49B- Mackenzie Borchers; 10. 18X- Nathan  Ryun;
11. 75E-Broc Elliott
Heat 1-
1. Walton; 2. Blank; 3. Utz; 4. Trent; 5. Ryun Heat 2-
1.Benson; 2. Martin; 3. Borchers; 4. Kreisel; 5. Elliott (DNS)
Super Stocks Feature-
1. 8-John Clancy, Jr.; 2. 27B-John Brooks; 3. 56-Mark Davis; 4.  54-Brandon Hays; 6. 14-Rick Girard; 7. 409- Joe Miller; 8. 00X-Kyler  Girard; 9. 05-Dale Berry (DNS) Heat-
1.Miller; 2. Clancy; 3. Brooks; 4. Davis; 5. Hays; 6. K. Girard; 7. R. Girard; 8. Berry Hobby Stocks Feature
1. 11K- Kyle Smith; 2. 171-Chuck Coffey; 3. 0-Dakota Girard; 4.  84-Jeremiah Wallingford; 5, John Canada; DQ-11 Mike Schrader Heat-
1, Smith; 2. Schrader; 3. Wallingford; 4. Coffey; 5. Gorard; 6. Canada (DNS) 

Opening night at Double X Speedway for  2019, the "Back to our roots" season saw a good crowd and a good field  of cars supporting local dirt track racing. The evening started off with  two heats of Super Stocks. In heat 1 Dalton Imhoff took the lead  completing lap 1 and never looked back. Cole Henson crossed the line  second after starting fifth followed by the 409 of Joe Miller. Dale  Berry and James Keeran completed the running order. Heat 2 in the  division saw John Ketterer lead the first four laps until veteran John  Clancy Jr. made a strong pass on the bottom of turn 2 to take the lead.  From that point until the checkered it was all Clancy, Ketterer came  home in second with Mark Davis third and Brandon Hays fourth.

The  Hobby Stock division this year is a mix of front and rear wheel drive  machines and it may make for some fun action as the season progresses.  Heat 1 saw hard charging Chris Brockert pick up the win followed by  Aaron Brookshire, Drew Tully in third and Chris Kammerich to fourth.  Heat two saw veteran Mike Schrader post a decisive victory over Chuck  Coffey, Kyle Smith, Jeremy Townsend and Waylon Dimmitt.

The  360 Winged Sprint Cars wrapped up the heat race action. The first heat  saw Evan Martin post the victory in his #4 machine over Kyle Bellm. Zach  Daum finished third, Ben Brown was fourth and Mike Trent completed the  running order. The second heat found Tyler Blank putting on a clinic  while taking the checkered.  Taylor Walton finished a strong second with  Tyler Utz third, Broc Elliott fourth and Timmy Smith in fifth.

The  Super Stocks were first on the card for the feature events with a 15  lap main on tap. Dalton Imhoff and John Clancy,Jr paced the field to the  green flag. Contact in turn two between the  front row starters saw Cole Henson inherit the lead for the restart.  During the yellow flag Imhoff retired to the pit area as did Clancy,  however he was able to return to the competition.  On the restart Henson  took the green but had a bobble in turn one allowing Joe Miller and  Dale Berry to move past. Miller would continue to lead while Berry held  off Henson. Cole Henson would race a complete lap side by side with  Berry before completing the pass for second. A lap 12 caution brought  Henson to the rear bumper of Miller's, #409, but the cagey veteran was  able to maintain his lead over the final three laps to secure the win.  Following Miller and Henson under the checkered flag were Brandon Hays  in third,  Mark Davis fourth and John Ketterer in fifth.  Sixth was John  Clancy,Jr. seventh was James Keeran. Dale Berry and Dalton Imhoff  completed the starting field Marshall Berry was unable to make the green  flag. 

In  the Hobby Stock feature it was Kyle Smith with a convincing run to  claim the victory on night #1. Mike Schrader came across the line to  finish second. Chuck Coffey was third, Aaron Brookshire crossed fourth  and Drew Tully completed the top five.  Waylon Dimmitt finished sixth,   Kevin Prall was seventh,  Jeremy Townsend eighth,  Chris Brockert and  Chris Kammerich completed the field.

The  Sunday Night Thunder of the Winged Sprint Cars took to the track for  the first feature event of the season.  Evan Martin and Tyler Blank were  on the front row and brought the field to the green. Blank took the  lead on the high side in turns 1 & 2 with Kyle Bellm in tow. Martin  would fade to fourth after a pass for third by Taylor Walton. On a clear  track, Blank was setting sail with Bellm keeping pace. As the leaders  encountered lapped traffic on lap 10, Bellm would begin to reel in the  leader. Blank changed his line moving to the low groove in 1&2 with  Bellm mimicking the change. As they cleared the lapped cars the duo  moved back to the top shelf and Blank once again gained some breathing  room over Bellm. Lapped cars were looming again but Blank was able to  clear them and claim the victory.  Following the fleet lead duo under  the checkered flag were Taylor Walton with a good run in third. Evan  Martin finished fourth and Zach Daum was fifth.  Finishing in the second  five were Ben Brown sixth, Tyler Utz seventh, Broc Elliott eighth,  Timmy Smith ninth and Mike Trent tenth. 

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