Points Update

After an eleven day trip to Italy I was really looking forward to getting back to racing tonight at the Southern Iowa Speedway, but the weather had other ideas so now my sights are set on the MLRA Late Models show in Donnellson Friday night. It has now been nineteen days since I last saw a race, perhaps the longest that I have ever gone during the heart of the season and I am getting jittery!

Obviously a lot has transpired in the world of racing while I was on vacation, but rather than recapping I am going to choose to instead just give you an update on the points that I just got caught up on and then get back to actually writing once I see that next race.

I just sent the All Iowa Points update to the webmistress and she should have them up soon on the Points page at Positively Racing. Once they are up you will see that Justin Kay maintains the lead in the Late Model division as he looks for his third consecutive All Iowa Points title. It is interesting though that he has raced his IMCA Modified more often than the Late Model over the past two weeks. Chris Abelson paces the Modified field as he looks for his second straight AIP crown and Damon Murty is possibly on his way to a third straight Stock Car championship. Interesting to note that in the Stock Car class there are three of the Smith brothers currently in the top six with Donavon in second, David in Fourth and Devin in sixth.

Clint Luellen continues the list of defending champions who are currently leading the points as he holds the top spot in the Limited Modifieds while his brother Austin is setting the pace in the Hobby Stock division. Jay DeVries is the new leader in the Four Cylinder standings dropping Kimberly Abbott back to second. Danny Lasoski leads the way in the 410 Sprint standings as he looks for his sixth AIP title, the last one coming way back in 1993. The 360 chase is close with Justin Henderson holding a one point lead over Lee Grosz and in the 305's Matt Moro has a one point advantage over defending champion Clint Benson.

The points chase goes into full swing now with weekly racing and a multitude of special events that you can always find on the Calendar page at, where else but Positively Racing!

If you think that we have experienced a bunch of rainouts up here in Iowa this season, the number of washouts is nothing compared to what they have dealt with in Missouri in 2015! The current points for the Show Me state follow, but I must point out that I have not been able to get any of the results from the Callaway Raceway in Fulton (they have a Results tab on their website that is blank when you click on it) and Monett seems to be a bit slow in posting results as well. Who knows, maybe running "secret races" is the way to go these days.

Finally, at the bottom you will find the current top fifty plus ties in my National Dirt Late Model points, the system that I use to complete my ballot for the weekly Dirt On Dirt Top 25 poll. Yes, Ron Meyer, I was the one idiot who still had Shane Clanton ranked number one over Jonathan Davenport this week.

Donnellson, Burlington and Vinton are my targets for the weekend and if rain interferes with any of them you can bet that I will be looking for my closest dry option! Perhaps I will see you on the Back Stretch.

		Missouri Points
		Late Model
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Jesse Stovall	Galena	28
2	.	Shannon Phillips	Joplin	17
3	.	Kenny Mudd	Winfield	15
4	.	Tim Manville	Highland IL	14
5	.	Jon Binning	Warrensburg	13
6	.	Michael Kloos	Trenton IL	13
7	.	Tony Jackson Jr.	Lebanon	12
8	.	Dwight Niehoff	Lockwood	11
9	.	Billy Humble	Rich Hill	10
10	.	Chris Smyser	Lancaster	9
11	.	Jared Landers	Batesville AR	9
12	.	Justin Russell	Henley	9
13	.	Scott Weber	Festus	9
14	.	Jeff Roth	Bentonville AR	8
15	.	Larry Ferris	Nevada	8
16	.	Will Vaught	Seneca	8
17	.	David Melloway	Columbia	7
18	.	Jon Melloway	Hallsville	7
19	.	Leslie Essary	Crane	7
20	.	Billy Laycock	Marine IL	6
21	.	Brad Looney	Republic	6
22	.	Bryan Collins	Elsberry	6
23	.	Cole Wells	Galena	6
24	.	Jeremy Payne	Springfield	6
25	.	Justin Asplin	Birch Tree	6
26	.	Payton Looney	Republic	6
27	.	Tommy Cordray	Browning	6
28	.	Billy Moyer Jr.	Batesville AR	5
29	.	Dustin Mooneyham	Aurora	5
30	.	Hunter Rasdon	Jonesboro AR	5
31	.	Jason Utter	Columbus Jct. IA	5
32	.	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville GA	5
33	.	Ryan Gustin	Marshalltown IA	5
34	.	Scotty Bough	Nevada	5
35	.	Cody Holtkamp	Holts Summit	4
36	.	Ethan Young	Harrisonville	4
37	.	Jim Shereck	St. Charles	4
38	.	Joey Smith	Pomona	4
39	.	Shane Essary	Galena	4
40	.	Tanner English	Benton KY	4
41	.	Allen Murray	San Antonio TX	3
42	.	Billy Moyer	Batesville AR	3
43	.	Brian Diveley	Springfield IL	3
44	.	Jacob McGee	Caney KS	3
45	.	Hunter Duren	Yellville AR	3
46	.	Kolby Vandenbergh		3
47	.	Lane Ehlert	Foristell	3
48	.	Scott Crigler	Alton	3
49	.	Todd McCoin	Barnett	3
50	.	Vance Wilson	Bowling Green	3
51	.	Bob King	Independence	2
52	.	Brandon Hightower	Natchez LA	2
53	.	Chad Simpson	Marion IA	2
54	.	Dustin Hodges	Fulton	2
55	.	Gage Wineland	Syracuse	2
56	.	Jack Sullivan	Greenbriar AR	2
57	.	Jason Hughes	West Plains	2
58	.	Justin Reed	Quincy IL	2
59	.	Larry Jones	Eldorado Springs	2
60	.	Randy Roth	Bentonville AR	2
61	.	Terry Wilson	Bowling Green	2
62	.	Tim Mevert	Marion IL	2
63	.	Bobby Penney	Lawson	1
64	.	David Jumper		1
65	.	Dustin Walker	Peculiar	1
66	.	Eddie Carrier Jr.	Salt Rock WV	1
67	.	Greg Hughes	West Plains	1
68	.	Greg Strong	Ozark	1
69	.	Gordy Gundaker	St. Charles	1
70	.	Jim Moon	Mount Auburn IL	1
71	.	John Ketterer	Marthasville	1
72	.	Justin Wells	Aurora	1
73	.	Mike Baxter	Sheldon	1
74	.	Shawn Knuckles	Poplar Bluff	1

		Missouri Points
		Winged Sprints (410 & 360)
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Jonathan Cornell	Sedalia	15
2	.	Joey Montgomery	Fredericktown	14
3	.	Tommy Worley Jr.	Bismarck	13
4	.	Jerrod Hull	Sikeston	12
5	.	Brad Loyet	Sunset Hills	10
6	.	Joey Boyd	Farmington	7
7	.	Josh Baughman	Odessa TX	7
8	.	Randy Martin	California	7
9	.	Jimmy Hurley	Springfield IL	6
10	.	Christopher Bell	Norman OK	5
11	.	Danny Lasoski	Dover	5
12	.	Paul Nienheiser	Chapin IL	5
13	.	A.J. Bruns	Lincoln IL	4
14	.	Evan Martin	California	4
15	.	Jason Sides	Memphis TN	4
16	.	Ricky Stangl	Kansas City	4
17	.	Joe B. Miller	Springfield IL	3
18	.	Joey Saldana	Brownsburg IN	3
19	.	Kasey Burch	Farmington	3
20	.	Keith Burch	Farmington	3
21	.	Ryan Kempin	Catawissa	3
22	.	Tyler Blank	California	3
23	.	Daryn Pittman	Owasso OK	2
24	.	Tyler Thomas	Collinsville OK	2
25	.	Austin Alumbaugh	Higginsville	1
26	.	Corey Nelson	Eugene	1
27	.	Ian Madsen	Sydney NSW	1
28	.	Adam Parmeley	Cadet	1
29	.	Sammy Swindell	Bartlett TN	1
30	.	Tayor Walton	Warrensburg	1

		Missouri Points
		Modified
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Mitch Keeter	Webb City	30
2	.	Terry Schultz	Sedalia	28
3	.	Darren Shaw	Lawson	21
4	.	Michael Long	Fowler IL	21
5	.	Dennis Elliott	Mount Ayr IA	20
6	.	Rex Merritt	Billings	18
7	.	Billy Smith	Park Hills	17
8	.	Logan Martin	West Plains	17
9	.	Matt Dotson	Hallsville	17
10	.	Rusty Griffaw	Festus	17
11	.	Dean Hoffman	St. Louis	16
12	.	Scott Crigler	Alton	15
13	.	Brent Thompson	Park Hills	14
14	.	Jody Tillman	West Branson	14
15	.	John Allen	Chanute KS	13
16	.	Daryl Hay	Doniphan	12
17	.	Jackie Dalton	Carthage	12
18	.	Jeff Asher	Ironton	11
19	.	Tim Karrick	Basehor KS	11
20	.	Danny Resinger	Farmington	10
21	.	Jason Russell	Henley	10
22	.	Johnny Bone Jr.	Pea Ridge AR	10
23	.	Josh Russell	Festus	10
24	.	Zach Sanders	Kearney	10
25	.	Aaron Marrant	Orrick	9
26	.	Johnny Fennewald	Appleton City	9
27	.	Matt Eaton	Park Hills	9
28	.	Rick Conoyer	Wentzville	9
29	.	Brent Holman	Rogers AR	8
30	.	Jeff Cutshaw	Cross Timbers	8
31	.	Mickey Burrell	Fair Grove	8
32	.	Shane Kelley	Joesboro AR	8
33	.	Hunter Marriott	Brookfield	7
34	.	Jon Sheets	Nevada	7
35	.	Lucas Dobbs	Eldorado Springs	7
36	.	Mark Miner	Arnold	7
37	.	Ryan Schaffer	Corning IA	7
38	.	Tim Setzer	Archie	7
39	.	Josh Everhart	Burlingame KS	6
40	.	Keith Foss	Winona MN	6
41	.	Mike Densberger	Lincoln NE	6
42	.	Robbie Reed	Mexico	6
43	.	Stephen Muilenberg	Sparta	6
44	.	Brian Ritchie	New Ark AR	5
45	.	Chase Domer	Nevada	5
46	.	Cory Wray	Trenton	5
47	.	Darron Fuqua	Mayetta KS	5
48	.	Jesse Sobbing	Glenwood IA	5
49	.	Lewis Jackson	Wellsville KS	5
50	.	Ryan Gustin	Marshalltown IA	5
51	.	Scottie Bough	Nevada	5
52	.	Steven Glenn	Hamilton	5
53	.	Cayden Carter	Oskaloosa IA	4
54	.	Eric Turner	Hermitage	4
55	.	Gunner Martin	Blue Springs	4
56	.	Jim Body	Diamond	4
57	.	Joe Horgdahl	Kasson MN	4
58	.	Kanyan Methvin	Yellville AR	4
59	.	Kenny Wallace	Concord NC	4
60	.	Lance Town	Louisburg	4
61	.	Mark Norris	Searcy AR	4
62	.	Matt Mevert	Steeleville IL	4
63	.	Mike Savage	Pilot Knob	4
64	.	Nick Shenberger	Independence	4
65	.	Shad Badder	Oak Grove	4
66	.	Terry Phillips	Springfield	4
67	.	Bobby Pearish	Joplin	3
68	.	Cade Dillard	Robeline LA	3
69	.	Chad Smith	Springdale AR	3
70	.	Clay Hale	Cameron	3
71	.	Craig Wood	Eldorado Springs	3
72	.	Dalton Kirk	Edgerton KS	3
73	.	Danny Crane	Columbia	3
74	.	Jim Black	Bonne Terre	3
75	.	Jim Moody	Odessa	3
76	.	Joe Walsh		3
77	.	Josh Tomlin		3
78	.	Mark Schafman	Edwardsville KS	3
79	.	Matthew Rodgers	Doniphan	3
80	.	Richie Gustin	Gilman IA	3
81	.	Rodney Sanders	Happy TX	3
82	.	Shane Bailey	Lathrop	3
83	.	Tyler Schmidt	Easton KS	3
84	.	Cam Rank	Fairdealing	2
85	.	Chase Jones	Eldorado Springs	2
86	.	Dave Armstrong		2
87	.	Houston Johnson	Kansas City	2
88	.	Juston Mitchell	Joplin	2
89	.	Kelby Taylor	Springfield	2
90	.	Scotty Roberts	Columbia	2
91	.	Steve Picou	High Ridge	2
92	.	Stormy Scott	Las Cruces NM	2
93	.	Todd Van Eaton	Orient IA	2
94	.	Zeb Moake		2
95	.	Austin Johnson	Kansas City	1
96	.	Bennett Johnson		1
97	.	Brad Thurston		1
98	.	Conrad Miner	St. Louis	1
99	.	Daniel Franklin	Eureka Springs AR	1
100	.	Dereck Ramirez	Woodward OK	1
101	.	Dylan Hoover	Mexico	1
102	.	Joe Puricelli		1
103	.	Jason Pursley	Wheatland	1
104	.	Jeff James	Stanton IA	1
105	.	Jerry Lankton	Lampe	1
106	.	Joe Duvall	Chelsea OK	1
107	.	Ken Schrader	Concord NC	1
108	.	Kyle Covert	Topeka KS	1
109	.	Rooster Griffin		1

		Missouri Points
		Limited Modifieds
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Andy Bryant	Fort Scott KS	40
2	.	Ryan Gillmore	Springfield	34
3	.	J.C. Morton	Springfield	31
4	.	Chad Staus	Otterville	29
5	.	Jacob Ebert	Oak Grove	21
6	.	Brad Smith	Belton	20
7	.	Tim Eaton	St. Joseph	19
8	.	Eddie Gross		18
9	.	Cody Jolly	Jasper	17
10	.	Trevor Drake	Webb City	17
11	.	Logan Martin	West Plains	16
12	.	Shadren Turner	St. Joseph	16
13	.	Matt Miller		15
14	.	Dusty Homan		14
15	.	Jeff LeBaube	High Ridge	14
16	.	Ryan Edde	Urbana	14
17	.	Toby Thompson	Mountain Grove	14
18	.	Bill Schaar	St. Robert	13
19	.	Greg Swaringim		13
20	.	Jason Worley		13
21	.	Sam Petty	Marshfield	13
22	.	Kris Jackson	Lebanon	12
23	.	Truman Asher	St. Joseph	12
24	.	Dakota Foster	Garner KS	11
25	.	Jeff Miller	Hermitage	11
26	.	Kyle Stolzer	St. Genevieve	11
27	.	Brandon Lennox	New London	10
28	.	Jenae Gustin	Marshalltown IA	10
29	.	Mike Savage	Annapolis	10
30	.	Rustin Miller	Houston	10
31	.	Troy Carlyle	Kearney	10
32	.	Chad Clancy	Liberty	9
33	.	Galen Hassler	Columbia	9
34	.	Jeremy Pittsenbarger	Cameron	9
35	.	Randall Schiffelbein Jr.	Tecumseh KS	9
36	.	Rusty Skaggs	Fort Scott KS	9
37	.	Shawn Strong	Republic	9
38	.	Brian McGowen	Pittsburg KS	8
39	.	Danan Knott	Coffey	8
40	.	Dean Wille	Warrensburg	8
41	.	Mike Striegel	Hermitage	8
42	.	Trey Harris		8
43	.	Chris Cain	Columbia	7
44	.	Ed Noll	Excelsior Springs	7
45	.	Jim Cameron	Cameron	7
46	.	Adam Hall	Columbia	6
47	.	C.J. Springer		6
48	.	Curtis Berry	Raymore	6
49	.	Jake Richards	Edwardsville KS	6
50	.	Jim Body	Diamond	6
51	.	Rod Cordon	Independence	6
52	.	Scott Jarrett		6
53	.	Chris Hawkins	Neosho	5
54	.	Chuck Adams		5
55	.	Clint Baker	Meadville	5
56	.	Clint Luellen	Minburn IA	5
57	.	Eddie Schwope Jr.	St. Joseph	5
58	.	Gunner Martin	Blue Springs	5
59	.	Kodi Savage		5
60	.	Jeff Douty	Butler	5
61	.	Joey Gower	Quincy IL	5
62	.	Luke Nieman	Nortonville KS	5
63	.	Matthew Rose	Liberal	5
64	.	Mike Camarillo	Webb City	5
65	.	Randy Ainsworth	Excelsior Springs	5
66	.	Steve Maisel		5
67	.	Stephen Fohne		5
68	.	Stephen Muilenberg	Sparta	5
69	.	Travis Bittle		5
70	.	Tyler Lewis	Columbia	5
71	.	Tony Fincher		5
72	.	Carl Murphy	Caulfield	4
73	.	Fred Sparks Jr.		4
74	.	Jeremy Welborn		4
75	.	Jim Gillenwater	Keokuk IA	4
76	.	Joe Geisler	St. Genevieve	4
77	.	Keith Murray		4
78	.	Josh Russell		4
79	.	Randy Forster		4
80	.	Shannon Burch		4
81	.	Tyler Brown	Stoutland	4
82	.	Austin Howes	Memphis	3
83	.	Chris Martin	Lee's Summit	3
84	.	Cody Brill	Harrisonville	3
85	.	Cody Savage		3
86	.	Cory Crapser	Chippewa Falls WI	3
87	.	Derek Brown	Stoutland	3
88	.	Derek Watson	Willard	3
89	.	Dewayne Hobbs		3
90	.	Donnie Miller	St. Joseph	3
91	.	Dustin Shaw	Birch Tree	3
92	.	Jim Blaine	Oak Grove	3
93	.	Kenny Harris		3
94	.	Lou Driemeir		3
95	.	Richard Biggs	Sugar Creek	3
96	.	Rusty Forrest	Ozark	3
97	.	Scott VanBuskirk	Hedrick IA	3
98	.	Scott Wickliffe		3
99	.	Shawn Burns	Overland Park KS	3
100	.	Spencer Stephens	Buckner	3
101	.	Terry Phillips		3
102	.	Travis Hill		3
103	.	Wesley Smith	Nixa	3
104	.	Austin Kaplan	Ankeny IA	2
105	.	Clayton Crump	Centralia	2
106	.	Chase Galvan	Bonner Springs KS	2
107	.	Cody Frazon	Lamonte	2
108	.	Chris Boyd		2
109	.	David Bouzek	Trenton	2
110	.	Jason Billups	Holt	2
111	.	Jayden Bears	Kansas City	2
112	.	Jeremy Price	Gladstone	2
113	.	Justin Hunt		2
114	.	Kaden Cornell	Willard	2
115	.	Karla Lampe	Fair Grove	2
116	.	Lonnie Judd	Caulfield	2
117	.	Michael Maggard	Republic	2
118	.	Nic Bennett	Edwardsville KS	2
119	.	Ralph Reuscher Jr.	Kansas City	2
120	.	Rusty Rickard		2
121	.	Ted Ballinger	Halfway	2
122	.	Brandon Dale	Gorin	1
123	.	Brett Lowry	Montezuma IA	1
124	.	Brett Wood	Warrensburg	1
125	.	Chris Wright	Chillicothe	1
126	.	Chris Soutiea		1
127	.	Dean Resinger		1
128	.	Darrell Dickerson		1
129	.	Don Marrs	Shawnee KS	1
130	.	Gary Clark	Walker	1
131	.	Gene Sisco	Alton	1
132	.	James Thompson	Springfield	1
133	.	Jared Timmerman	Norwalk IA	1
134	.	Johnny McGinnis	Hardin	1
135	.	Josh Bell		1
136	.	Josh Steele	Platte City	1
137	.	Luke Feeback	Harrisonville	1
138	.	Kyle Wilde		1
139	.	Kylan Garner	Sarcoxie	1
140	.	Lucas Isaacs	Bonner Springs KS	1
141	.	Heath Murray	Tonganoxie KS	1
142	.	Michael Bixby	Harrisonville	1
143	.	Nic Hanes	Trenton	1
144	.	Richard Brainered	Sedalia	1
145	.	Scott Drake	Webb City	1
146	.	Scott Crigler	Alton	1

		The "Back Stretch"
		Dirt Late Model Points	Through 6/10
Pos.		Driver	Hometown	Points
1	.	Shane Clanton	Locust Grove GA	78
2	.	Jonathan Davenport	Blairsville GA	70
3	.	Scott Bloomquist	Mooresburg TN	63
4	.	Josh Richards	Shinnston WV	53
5	.	Earl Pearson Jr.	Jacksonville FL	52
6	.	Jimmy Owens	Newport TN	48
7	.	Darrell Lanigan	Union KY	44
8	.	Casey Roberts	Toccoa GA	43
9	.	Billy Moyer	Batesville AR	37
10	.	Don O'Neal	Martinsville IN	37
11	.	Randy Weaver	Crossville TN	35
12	.	Dennis Erb Jr.	Carpentersville IL	30
13	.	Brandon Sheppard	New Berlin IL	29
14	.	Jared Landers	Batesville AR	29
15	.	Bobby Pierce	Oakwood IL	28
16	.	Dale McDowell	Chickamauga GA	28
17	.	Steve Casebolt	Richmond IN	27
18	.	Donald McIntosh	Dawsonville GA	25
19	.	Brandon Overton	Appling GA	24
20	.	Justin Kay	Wheatland IA	24
21	.	Chris Ferguson	Mount Holly NC	23
22	.	Chub Frank	Sugar Grove PA	21
23	.	Mark Whitener	Middleburg FL	21
24	.	Jimmy Mars	Elk Mound WI	20
25	.	Frank Heckenast Jr.	Orland Park IL	19
26	.	Kyle Bronson	Brandon FL	19
27	.	Tim McCreadie	Watertown NY	19
28	.	Devin Moran	Dresden OH	17
29	.	Jesse Stovall	Galena MO	17
30	.	Steve Francis	Ashland KY	17
31	.	Billy Ogle Jr.	Knoxville TN	16
32	.	Chris Simpson	Marion IA	16
33	.	Dennis Franklin	Gaffney SC	16
34	.	Gregg Satterlee	Rochester Mills PA	16
35	.	Rick Eckert	York PA	16
36	.	Ray Cook	Brasstown NC	15
37	.	Riley Hickman	Ooletwah TN	15
38	.	Jason Hiett	Lincoln AL	14
39	.	Ricky Weiss	Winnipeg MAN	14
40	.	Jason Covert	York Haven PA	13
41	.	Jason Feger	Bloomington IL	13
42	.	R.J. Conley	Wheelersburg OH	13
43	.	Ronnie Johnson	Chattanooga TN	13
44	.	Chris Madden	Gray Court SC	12
45	.	Ivedent Lloyd Jr.	Ocala FL	12
46	.	Jeff Aikey	Cedar Falls IA	12
47	.	Bub McCool	Vicksburg MS	11
48	.	Cory Hedgecock	Louden TN	11
49	.	Dale Hollidge	Mechanicsville MD	11
50	.	Kyle Hardy	Stephens City VA	11
51	.	Ross Bailes	Clover SC	11
52	.	Ryan Unzicker	El Paso IL	11
53	.	Tad Pospisil	Norfolk NE	11
54	.	Terry English	Benton KY	11
55	.	Tony Jackson Jr.	Lebanon MO	11