WARRENSBURG, Mo. — Night two of the Independence Day weekend at Central Missouri Speedway took place Saturday night with the annual Tom Wilson Memorial, honoring the track’s long-time announcer.
A total of 62 drivers took part in the night’s action, which included 28 B-Mods competing in their $3,000-to-win main event, 12 Super Stocks, 9 Pure Stocks for their annual track special and 13 Midwest Mods.
Mitchell Franklin and Randy Zimmerman began the 35-lap main event at the front of the field. Franklin quickly settled in as the leader with Zimmerman and Jacob Ebert close behind.
By lap six, Franklin began to pull away from the rest of the field as Ebert moved forward, along with Steven Clancy, Zimmerman, and Tim Eaton. Clancy began showing strength on the high side of the track as he pulled up to the leader by lap 11, to eventually take the top spot by lap 12, dropping Franklin to second.
A yellow flag slowed the field by lap 15 with Clancy showing the way over Franklin, Eaton, Cole Campbell, and Cody Brill.
Clancy held a comfortable lead when racing resumed over Franklin and Eaton until a restart on lap 19 once again bunched up the field. After this restart, Clancy began distancing himself from all pursuers, leaving Franklin and Eaton in a fantastic battle for the second spot.
By lap 27, Eaton worked his way to second behind the leader and just ahead of Franklin, Campbell, and Brill, who was doing all he could to maintain position with left front wheel damage.
Over the race’s closing laps, Clancy had a full straightaway advantage over the rest of the field and comfortably went on to claim the $3,000 victory, his 18th career CMS victory.
Eaton’s rare CMS appearance paid off as he claimed the second spot with Franklin coming home third. Tenth-starting Campbell advanced to fourth while eighteenth-starting Terry Schultz rounded out the top five.
Other winners on the night included Marc Carter in Super Stocks, Devin Wetzel in the Midwest Mods, and Bradley McDowell in Pure Stocks.
Feature Finish (35 Laps)
1. 12C-Stephen Clancy[6]; 2. 211-Tim Eaton[3]; 3. F1-Mitchell Franklin[1]; 4. 22C-Cole Campbell[10]; 5. 90-Terry Schultz[18]; 6. 56-Shadren Turner[16]; 7. 55-Colson Kirk[19]; 8. 96-Cody Brill[14]; 9. 15E-Ryan Edde[17]; 10. 61-Sturgis Streeter[12]; 11. 94-Jacob Ebert[4]; 12. ZEE28-Randy Zimmerman[2]; 13. 30-Rex Harris[8]; 14. 99S-Brad Smith[20]; 15. 54-Mark Schafman[15]; 16. 29-Tyler Cochran[21]; 17. 51M-Mike Ryun[5]; 18. R33-Austen Raybourn[22]; 19. 23-Danny Thompson JR[24]; 20. (DNF) 05-Jeremy Lile[11]; 21. (DNF) 7J-Jake Richards[13]; 22. (DNF) 26J-Shayne Bailey[7]; 23. (DNF) 27L-Clifford Lean[23]; 24. (DNF) 07-Chad Lyle[9]