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Casey's Armed Forces Night This Saturday At Macon

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway will look to keep the early season momentum going with Casey's General Stores "Armed Forces Night" this coming Saturday, May 20.  It's a night that will honor military with free admission for active and retired military members with valid ID.  The Midwest Street Stock Championship tour is the headliner with the Dean Garland Classic 40 lapper.

For the MSSC Street Stocks, it will be just the second event in their young history, with the first coming at Lincoln Speedway on April 21.  At that event, 20 of the toughest Street Stock wheelmen in the midwest, put on a great show that saw the leaders racing for the top spot three-wide for several laps.  It was a show to remember and a great start for the series.  Lovington, IL's Jeremy Nichols eventually claimed the win over Dave Crawley, Jr.  Luke Gash, Darrell Dick, and Nick Macklin were the rest of the top five.  Brian Dasenbrock leads Shawn Ziemer and Jason Scrimpsher in the local division standings.

In the UMP Pro Late Model class, Tommy Sheppard, Jr. sits atop the standings with a first, second, and third place finish before a grinding crash this past Saturday night.  The driver to watch, recently, has been Springfield, IL's Jake Little.  Little has won the last two events in convincing fashion and would likely be leading the points had he not missed the April 22 event.  Cody Maguire sits an impressive second in points, while Jeff Reed, Jr., Matt Taylor, and Little complete the top five.

The Billingsley Elite Wash Modified class battle is a tight one at the top, early this season, as a father/son combo has been strong early.  Leading the way is Pekin, IL driver Austin Lynn.  Lynn has had an average finish of 2.3 over the first three weeks of racing at the 1/5-mile.  His dad, Brian, a many time track champion at Lincoln, is second in points, while last year's champ, Curt Rhodes is third.  Danny Smith and Alan Crowder round out the top five in the standings.  Brian Lynn, Mike Harrison, and Rodney Standerfer have won features so far this season.

So far this campaign, 32 different UMP B-Mod drivers have been on track at Macon, making it the top division, car count wise.  Last year's champion, Mt. Olive, IL's Tim Hancock, is leading the points but had Tom Riech and Jerry Thompson right behind him.  Cody Stillwell, who won the opener, is fourth in points, while Tim Riech is fifth.  Hancock has claimed two of the three features after winning all 16 last season.

In the UMP Hornet class, Dustin Reed leads the points by six over Cook Crawford.  Reed, driving the car that Tony Reed claimed the championship with last season, has not won a feature this year but has been close.  Ryan Cantrell, Marty Sullivan, and Adam Webb complete the top five in points.  Cantrell and Webb have each won two features.

Macon Speedway is carrying momentum after completing four out of the five scheduled events so far.  The only rainout was the Lucas Oil Late Models on April 29 and that event has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 25.  In the four events held this season, crowds have been filling the stands to see new excitement that is brought to the plate every night by Macon's talented drivers.

This Saturday, pits will open at 3:00, grandstands at 5:00, pill draw will end at 5:50, hotlaps begin at 6:00, and racing will take the green at 7:00.  Grandstand admission will be $12 for adults and kids 11 and under are free.

About Macon Speedway:

                For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). It’s easy to join the Macon Speedway text service. Fans can text MSFANS to 74574 to receive fan information. Drivers text MSDRIVERS to 74574 to receive driver information. Message and date rates apply. Updates are also available by calling Macon Speedway at 217-764-3000.

Macon Speedway is located nine miles south of Decatur on U.S. 51, then 0.6 miles west on Andrews Street and south to 205 N. Wiles. Macon Speedway hosts racing every Saturday night, plus many weeknight specials. Macon Speedway is a proud member of the Contingency Connection's $100,000 Racer Rewards Program.

CURRENT STANDINGS (TOP 10's)

Midwest Street Stock Championship

Pos
Driver
Points
Gap

1
Jeremy Nichols
100
0

2
Dave Crawley, Jr.
98
2

3
Luke Gash
96
4

4
Darrell Dick
94
6

5
Nick Macklin
92
8

6
Dennis Wernle
90
10

7
Jerrad Krick
88
12

8
Justin Layne
86
14

9
Tyler Gilmour
84
16

10
Chad Rockefeller
82
18

UMP Pro Late Models

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
T6
Tommy Sheppard Jr
220
0

2
32M
Cody Maguire
198
22

3
52R
Jeff Reed, Jr
194
26

4
24
Matt Taylor
176
44

5
38J
Jake Little
174
46

6
10A
Shawn Vaughn
174
46

7
33H
Roben Huffman
144
76

8
67R
Rudy Zaragoza
144
76

9
84
Myles Moos
142
78

10
A10
Bob Sidener
128
92

UMP Billingsley Elite Wash Modifieds

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
72A
Austin Lynn
172
0

2
14
Brian Lynn
170
2

3
10
Curt Rhodes
154
18

4
98
Danny Smith
146
26

5
14C
Alan Crowder
120
52

6
7
Blake Thompson
118
54

7
71
Jeff Graham
100
72

8
3
Wade Glover
96
76

9
99
Tim Luttrell
96
76

10
517
Rick Hamilton
72
100

UMP B-Mods

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
0
Tim Hancock
158
0

2
57R
Tom Riech
156
2

3
18
Jerry Thompson
150
8

4
00s
Cody Stillwell
148
10

5
55
Tim Riech
122
36

6
42
Clint Young
110
48

7
28
Justin Durbin
94
64

8
74
Amanda Lange
92
66

9
43
Jared Thomas
92
66

10
14
Tommy Gaither
90
68

UMP Macon Speedway Street Stocks

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
08
Brian Dasenbrock
208
0

2
23Z
Shawn Ziemer
206
2

3
55S
Jason Scrimpsher
188
20

4
J24
Jeremy Nichols
178
30

5
5
Terry Reed
172
36

6
22X
Darrell Dick
170
38

7
1
Fredie Thomas
126
82

8
28L
Garrett Lewis
122
86

9
711W
Walt Layne
94
114

10
X
Jeff Gill
88
120

UMP Hornets

Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap

1
1R
Dustin Reed
212
0

2
64CK
Cook Crawford
206
6

3
87
Ryan Cantrell
188
24

4
39M
Marty Sullivan
154
58

5
40
Adam Webb
120
92

6
87K
Kasey Cantrell
112
100

7
911
Brad Rexroad
112
100

8
J4
Bradley Dasenbrock
100
112

9
63
Paul Peters
98
114

10
21
Mike Eskew
58
154

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