As we get set for a busy racing weekend around Independence Day, let's take a quick peek at the All Iowa and All Missouri Points at the mid-point of the 2009 racing season.
In Iowa it is still Illinois based drivers that are making noise at the front of the Late Model standings. Mark Burgtorf of Quincy still leads the way over East Moline's Kevin Blum. Terry Neal of Ely is the first Iowa driver in third while the 2008 IMCA Late Model National Champion Jason Frankel of Quincy is fourth.
The Modified standings stretch out a bit over the past two weeks as point leader Jeremy Mills has been on quite a tear including double feature wins this past Sunday night in Mason City. He now leads second place Max Corporan by a commanding thirty-two points, the equivalent of more than six feature wins. Adam Larson is in third with a pair of driver who call Hinton home, Jay Noteboom and Reese Coffee completing the top five.
Defending All Iowa Points champ Kevin Sather is back on top of the Limited Modified rankings, but by only two points over Austin Kaplan and six points over Jesse Sobbing who is a rookie in this division for 2009. Scott Davis and Luke Wanninger compete the top five as these five drivers have been in the top five nearly all season. Adam Ackerman, Jake Simpson and Brett Meyer are looking to change that soon.
Dustin Smith owns a sixteen-point advantage over Kevin Opheim in the Stock Cars with Trent Murphy not much further behind in third. Andrew Burk, who I believe is still undefeated this year at Dubuque, is up to fourth with Greg Gill and Jason Ward deadlocked for fifth.
Shannon Anderson has the highest point total of any driver in any division as he leads the Hobby Stock standings by forty-four markers over Devin Smith. Chad Gentz has made the move into the third spot dropping Chris Hovden to fourth while Sioux City driver Rusty Montagne completes the top five.
The top five names in the Four Cylinders have been pretty consistent this year and at mid-season it is still Gary Peiffer on top. Jeremy Campbell has moved to second with Nathan Chandler, Nate Coopman and Brad Chandler next in line. Sioux City's Zach Ankrum is making a charge though and is now in sixth.
In the Sprint Car divisions Terry McCarl added to his lead in the 410's by defeating the World of Outlaws at Knoxville last Saturday night, Mike Boston, Jody Rosenboom and Jack Dover are locked in a three-way battle for the lead in the 360's and Bobby Mincer continues to dominate the 305 division.
On the Missouri side of the border it is again an Illinois driver leading the Late Model points as Randy Korte sits on top with Donnie Timmerman moving into the second spot this week ahead of Terry Phillips.
Behind his success at West Plains alone Shaw Walsh continues to pace the Modified standings although defending champion Tim Setzer is closing fast and is now tied for second with Tony Patterson.
The Limited Late Model division is a tight race with Kyle Berry holding a one-point lead over Shawn Rayfield while Darin Walker is only two back.
In our first year of tracking the state points in the Limited Modified division it is Belton's Brad Smith out front followed by Mickey Burrell and Blake David.
Finally, in the Sprint Cars "the Rocket" Jesse Hockett has jumped to the top followed by Randy Martin and Josh Fisher.
The complete standings for all divisions can be found on the "Points" page at www.PositivelyRacing.com
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