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DCRP Championship Round Two Saturday Night


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DCRP Championship Round Two Saturday Night

DODGE CITY, Kan. (April 17, 2014) – The second of back-to-back championship chase weekends to open the season at Dodge City Raceway Park is on tap for this Saturday night as all five title chases divisions are in action once again.

With a $750 winner’s share up for grabs in the IMCA Great Plains Stock Car special event, track championship points are also on the line for Stock Cars as well as the IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds, Thunder Cars and Hornets. Racing action gets under way at 7:30 p.m.

Van Gemmill jumped out to the early lead in IMCA Modified points with a win in this past Saturday night’s opener with others out to early point leads including Michael Shenberger in IMCA Sport Modifieds, Perry Misner in IMCA Stock Cars, Cody Davis in Thunder Cars and Jarett Lunow in Hornets.

IMCA Modifieds:

Ponca City, Oklahoma veteran shoe Van Gemmill surged into the lead on the sixth round after a slow start and then held off 2013 opening day winner Cody Gearhart for the win with defending track champion Austin Allen in seventh.

Feature Winners: Van Gemmill 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Van Gemmill (Ponca City, OK) 150, 2. Cody Gearhart (Turpin, OK) 145, 3. Ryan Heger (Hugoton, KS) 141, 4. Nick Link (Rolla, KS) 138, 5. Mike Wadel (Garden City, KS) 135, 6. Cole Traugott (Woodward, OK) 132, 7. Austin Allen (Goddard, KS) 129, 8. Mike Lunow (Dodge City, KS) 126, 9. William Nusser (Larned, KS) 123, 10. Kevin Gray (Ulysses, KS) 120.


United Wireless IMCA Sport Modifieds:

Michael Shenberger emerged from a side-by-side battle much of the way with defending track champ Jeff Kaup for opening day honors after picking off a pair of DCRP wins in 2013.

Feature Winners: Michael Shenberger 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Michael Shenberger (Dodge City, KS) 150, 2. Jeff Kaup (Dodge City, KS) 145, 3. Tristen Barton (Dighton, KS) 141, 4. Randle McRoberts (Dodge City, KS) 138, 5. Bart Baker (Dodge City, KS) 135, 6. Austin Walker (Utica, KS) 132, 7. Jason Lunow (Dodge City, KS) 129, 8. Mike Appel (Dodge City, KS) 126, 9. Brian May (Spearville, KS) 123, 10. Jeremy Sigler (Great Bend, KS) 120.


IMCA Stock Cars:

Perry Misner, the 2012 track champion, raced from five rows deep to take opening night honors in a strong tune-up for this Saturday night’s $750 to win Great Plains Stock Car showdown atop the 3/8-mile DCRP oval.

Feature Winners: Perry Misner 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Perry Misner (Garden City, KS) 150, 2. Reagan Sellard (Bucklin, KS) 145, 3. Shannon Maughlin (Dighton, KS) 141, 4. Rich Wadel (Garden City, KS) 138, 5. Michael Pepper (Lakin, KS) 135, 6. Dusty Witthuhn (Bazine, KS) 132, 7. Kyle Tillery (Beaver, OK) 129, 8. Justin Lewis (Dighton, KS) 126, 9. Ron Rich (Elkhart, KS) 123, 10. Randy Dowell (Ulysses, KS) 120.

Thunder Cars:

Cody Davis wired the field in last Saturday’s opener for his first DCRP win since the 2012 season finale.

Feature Winners: Cody Davis 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Cody Davis (Bucklin, KS) 150, 2. Tobby Schield (Sublette, KS) 145, 3. Dan Rogers (Buffalo, OK) 141, 4. William Bauer 138, 5. Dustin Walker (Buffalo, OK) 135, 6. Rob Sellard (Bucklin, KS) 132, 7. Tom Reed (Kalvesta, KS) 129, 8. Norman Carr (Garden City, KS) 126, 9. Duane Mathes (Kinsley, KS) 123, 10. Bryan Habiger (Ingalls, KS) 120.


Hornets:

Jarett Lunow picked off the season opener for the second year in a row after winning five of seven features to take the 2012 Hornet title.

Feature Winners: Jarett Lunow 1.

Current Top Ten in Points: 1. Jarett Lunow (Dodge City, KS) 150, 2. Jarred Nightengale (Dodge City, KS) 145, 3. Kohle Ricke (Dodge City, KS) 141, 4. Brandon Bogner (Wright, KS) 138, 5. Marci O’Hair (Laverne, OK) 135, 6. Cheryl Copeland (Fowler, KS), 132, 7. Mandy Switzer (Sublette, KS) 129.


Next up on the slate at Dodge City Raceway Park following Saturday’s action is the return of Late Model racing to the 3/8-mile clay oval with a MARS vs. NCRA Late Model showdown on Saturday, May 3, along with IMCA Modifieds, IMCA Sport Modifieds and Thunder Cars.

Tickets to Saturday’s IMCA Great Plains Stock Car special at Dodge City Raceway Park are just $10 for adults with children 11 and under admitted free when accompanied by an adult. Pit passes are $30.

Season passes are also available for all 13 nights of DCRP competition (excluding the World of Outlaws Boothill Showdown in July) for just $140. Contact the track at 620-225-3277 for Season Passes. World of Outlaws Boothill Showdown tickets for July 4-5 may be purchased in advance at http://dirtcar.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=129.

Dodge City Raceway Park is located on the south edge of Dodge City, KS, on US 283, then 0.9 miles west on US 56, then 0.1 miles south. For more information, contact the track at 620-225-3277 or check www.dodgecityraceway.com.

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