WARRENSBURG, Miss. — The Douglas Ray Brockert Memorial served as the season lid-lifter at Central Missouri Speedway on Saturday night.
There were 77 race teams participating in POWRi-sanctioned action, which included 27 B-Mods, 21 super stocks, nine pure stocks, 13 Midwest mods and six guest class lightning sprints.
POWRi main event victories went to Jacob Ebert in B-Mods, Blaine Ewing in super stocks, Spencer Reiff in pure stocks, Dave Meyer in Midwest mods and Chasity Younger in POWRi Midwest Lightning Sprints.
The night was halted when a serious crash during the super stock main event took place late in the race when Andy Zeller’s car left the speedway, resulting in a series of rollovers with the car coming to rest upside down. A life-flight emergency was called, and the driver had to be extricated from the vehicle.
After outstanding work by emergency responders, Zeller was secured and was responding to emergency responders and officials prior to being airlifted for focused treatment. There were no further updates provided at press time.
The four weekly racing division drivers raced in honor of Douglas Ray Brockert, a long-time CMS race fan after his passing just after the conclusion of racing last season. Brockert developed a love for racing from watching his late brother, Mike, race at CMS. Douglas left a donation for the four weekly racing series divisions, which he requested “be split evenly between all the weekly drivers.”
Each of the weekly racers received an extra $23 at the pay window from Brockert’s donation.
B-Mod Main Belongs To Ebert
The B-Mod main event began with multiple time champion Ebert and Michael Taylor III showing the way.
Ebert grabbed the lead and held off a fury of drivers to maintain his spot. Taylor, Kyle Russell, Jeremy Lile and Terry Schultz were strong early in the event after a pair of false starts. By the halfway mark, Schultz began pressuring for a spot in the top three as the leaders battled through lapped traffic.
At the 15-lap point, Ebert flexed some muscle and began to add distance between himself and his closest pursuers as the trio of Taylor, Schultz and Sturgis Streeter battled for the second spot. In the end, Ebert picked up his 48th career victory over a very strong run from Taylor in second. Schultz, Streeter and eleventh-starting Jake Richards rounded out the top five.
Feature Results (20 Laps)
1. 94-Jacob Ebert[1]; 2. 6T-Michael Taylor III[2]; 3. 90-Terry Schultz[7]; 4. 61-Sturgis Streeter[6]; 5. 7J-Jake Richards[11]; 6. 05-Jeremy Lile[3]; 7. 49-Patrick Royalty[9]; 8. 15-Kyle Russell[4]; 9. 66X-Chris Wright[10]; 10. 15J-Jake Fetterman[13]; 11. 12C-Stephen Clancy[8]; 12. 33C-Cole Moore[25]; 13. 12-Parker Smith[24]; 14. 51M-Mike Ryun[14]; 15. 29-Tyler Cochran[21]; 16. 88-Derek Nevels[16]; 17. 27-Tyler O’Neal[19]; 18. 10-Johnny McGinnis[22]; 19. 12JR-Olen Stephens[12]; 20. 2-Brayden Bohn[23]; 21. 7-Anthony Tanner[15]; 22. R33-Austen Raybourn[20]; 23. 55-Colson Kirk[5]; 24. 26-Derick Schlarb[18]; 25. 29W-Bronson Wicker[17]; 26. 53-Charlie Laizure[27]; 27. 99-Jess Fitzpatrick[26]