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Macon Speedway Veteran Drivers Lead Others Into Saturday Action

(Macon, IL) Macon Speedway drivers will be back on track this Saturday night, looking to carry over the action and entertainment from one week ago. The Saturday, June 18 event will see plenty of veteran drivers leading their respective classes in the standings. In addition to six divisions of racing, a kids power wheel demo derby is set for intermission.

They youngest of the point leaders coming into Saturday’s action is in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Model division. Dakota Ewing, of Warrensburg, IL, is atop the standings, claiming two of the seven feature wins. Last year’s champion, Colby Sheppard is second in points with two feature wins, while Colby Eller, Rockett Bennett, and Ryan Miller complete the top five.

Springfield, IL’s Guy Taylor is coming off championships in two classes last year and could be on his way to two more this year. Taylor leads the BillingsleyRewards.com Modified points by 30 over Alan Crowder and leads the DIRTcar Pro Mod points by 34 over Kevin Crowder. Taylor has claimed one win in the Mods and three wins in the Pro Mods.

A longtime Central Illinois racer finds himself on top of the Weddle Performance Engines Sportsman standings. Dennis VanderMeersch, from Springfield, IL, a many time feature winner at Macon Speedway in addition to a number of other tracks and the Illinois State Fair Sportsman Nationals, has won two of the four features this year. Jim Farley, III, Rick Roedel, Scott Landers, and last week’s winner, Phil Moreland complete the top five.

Multi-time Midwest Big Ten Series Street Stock champion, Cerro Gordo, IL’s Terry Reed enters Saturday’s action with a minute two-point lead over Bobby Beiler. Each of the two have won one feature event. Other winners include Zane Reitz (2), Tanner Sullivan (1), and Darrell Dick, who claimed last week’s Jayne Excavating Street Stock 30.

DIRTcar Hornet veteran, Jeremy Reed, leads the points this year by 34 over Tristin Quinlan. Reed has taken three feature victories, including the big Ed Cain Trucking Hornet Challenge. Billy Mason, Taryn Page, and Brady Reed are others in the top five.

Saturday’s intermission will have a special event for kids aged 3-10 who bring along their power wheels. The annual power wheel demo derby will have the kids split up into two groups, the 3-5 year olds and the 6-10 year olds. Each event will award the winner a trophy. Full details can be found on the Macon Speedway Facebook page.

About Macon Speedway:

For more information, follow Macon Speedway online at www.maconracing.com, on Facebook (www.facebook.com/maconracing) and Twitter (@maconspeedway). 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)

Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
25
Dakota
Ewing
Warrensburg
IL
392
0

2
27
Colby
Sheppard
Williamsville
IL
368
24

3
10C
Colby
Eller
Taylorville
IL
330
62

4
55
Rockett
Bennett
Argenta
IL
324
68

5
11
Ryan
Miller
Lincoln
IL
318
74

6
27E
Dalton
Ewing
Decatur
IL
282
110

7
9B
Brandon
Miller
Broadwell
IL
276
116

8
34
Eric
Doran
Clinton
IL
274
118

9
14J
Braden
Johnson
Taylorville
IL
246
146

10
6P
Jose
Parga
New Berlin
IL
206
186

BillingsleyRewards.com Modified

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
4T
Guy
Taylor
Springfield
IL
362
0

2
87C
Alan
Crowder
Elwin
IL
332
30

3
28
Rodney
Standerfer
Summerfield
IL
326
36

4
18
Jarrett
Stryker
Breese
IL
294
68

5
24M
Matt
Milner
Chatham
IL
290
72

6
24
Zach
Taylor
Springfield
IL
272
90

7
99
Tim
Luttrell
Riverton
IL
268
94

8
24S
Jacob
Steinkoenig
Highland
IL
258
104

9
4M
Clint
Martin
Ramsey
IL
226
136

10
71
Jeff
Graham
Stonington
IL
224
138

DIRTcar Pro Mods

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
4T
Guy
Taylor
Springfield
IL
348
0

2
15C
Kevin
Crowder
Argenta
IL
314
34

3
24Z
Zach
Taylor
Springfield
IL
312
36

4
24M
Matt
Milner
Chatham
IL
300
48

5
78
Maxx
Emerson
Taylorville
IL
282
66

6
67
Austin
Seets
Brighton
IL
250
98

7
12
Dean
Holt
Decatur
IL
246
102

8
7B
Brian
Burns
Bethany
IL
226
122

9
33
Josh
Robb
Mt.zion
IL
180
168

10
4
James
Burgess
Riverton
IL
160
188

Weddle Performance Engines Sportsman

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
25
Dennis
Vander Meersch
Springfield
IL
234
0

2
84L
Jim
Farley III
Springfield
IL
216
18

3
11
Rick
Roedel
Shelbyville
IL
212
22

4
41
Scott
Landers
Taylorville
IL
204
30

5
07
Phil
Moreland
Assumption
IL
168
66

6
14
Cole
Landers
Taylorville
IL
148
86

7
21
Ed
Cleeton
Tovey
IL
142
92

8
5S
Ronald
Bacon
Decatur
IL
134
100

9
87
Wes
O'Dell
Springfield
IL
118
116

10
11
Roy
Magee
Springfield
IL
98
136

51 Bistro Street Stocks

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
11
Terry
Reed
Cerro Gordo
IL
334
0

2
17
Bobby
Beiler
Blue Mound
IL
332
2

3
67
Rudy
Zaragoza
Jacksonville
IL
278
56

4
21
Jaret
Duff
Maroa
IL
256
78

5
08
Brian R.
Dasenbrock
Decatur
IL
248
86

6
J98
Jordan
Smith
Argenta
IL
232
102

7
16
Nick
Macklin
Argenta
IL
226
108

8
20
Tanner
Sullivan
Pontiac
IL
224
110

9
21R
Dustin
Reed
Decatur
IL
224
110

10
57
Kyle
Suddarth
Macon
IL
180
154

DIRTcar Hornets

Pos

First Name
Last Name
City
State
Points
Gap

1
34
Jeremy
Reed
Decatur
IL
386
0

2
95Q
Tristin
Quinlan
Decatur
IL
352
34

3
357
Billy
Mason
Brownstown
IL
310
76

4
15T
Taryn
Page
Decatur
IL
302
84

5
324
Brady
Reed
Decatur
IL
288
98

6
41
Jaekob
Durbin
Ramsey
IL
184
202

7
DA28
Jimmy
Dutlinger
Peoria
IL
116
270

8
21
Mike
Eskew
Springfield
IL
116
270

9
3H
Allan
Harris
Chatham
IL
110
276

10
30J
Nick
Johnson
Bartonville
IL
108
278

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