5/29/2016
Macon Speedway
Memorial Day Is Raceday At Macon Speedway
NASCAR Personalities Join Macon Stars For Monday Event
Memorial Day weekend is one of the busiest and most popular race weekends in the United States. With the running of the Indy 500, the Coca Cola 600, and many special events across the country, fans flock to see their favorite drivers on track. This is no different in Central Illinois, where Macon Speedway will be holding its second event in three days with a Memorial Day Special event on Monday afternoon.
Coming off a Saturday night event that saw Lovington, IL driver Jeremy Nichols claim feature wins in Sportsman and Street Stocks, Springfield, IL's Guy Taylor take the Pro Late Model win, Germantown, IL driver Rodney Standerfer win in the Billingsley Towing Modified class, and Decatur, IL's Michael Gossett take the checkered in the Hornet division, many other drivers from all across the state will head to the 1/5-mile high banked dirt track on Monday vying for top spots.
Monday's action will be non-stop with seven divisions scheduled to race. Headlining the event will be the Billingsley Towing UMP Modified division with the stellar field of Macon Speedway stars facing off against NASCAR's Ken Schrader and Kenny Wallace. Schrader and Wallace are partners along with Tony Stewart and Bob Sargent in the Macon Speedway operation. The two drivers, despite running a large amount of events across the country in their open wheel cars, will have a tough challenge beating the likes of Rodney Standerfer, Dave Crawley, Jr., Curt Rhodes, and a barrage of others who pace the track on a weekly basis.
In addition to the Modifieds, the Midwest Big Ten Series Pro Late Models will be racing. It will be the second event on the year for the series, after Jackonville's event on Friday was postponed due to rain. The series opened at Lincoln Speedway on May 6 with Nick Bauman taking the victory. Jake Little, Roben Huffman, Andy Minett, and Brandon Eskew claimed top five finishes. The Pro Late Models will be running for $600 to win on Monday afternoon.
Also on the card are the UMP B-Mods, UMP Street Stocks, and UMP Hornets, regular divisions at the speedway. Part time classes making their second appearances of the year are the POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets and the Micros, presented at Macon by the Beach House. In all, the seven divisions will give every race fan a taste of all kinds of divisions and types of cars.
Monday's events will start an hour earlier to all fans and competitors to make it back to their homes at a reasonable time. Pits are set to open at 2:30, grandstands at 4:00, competitor pill draw will end at 4:50, hotlaps begin at 5:00, and racing action will take the green at 6:00. Grandstand admission is just $15 for adults and free for kids 11 and under.
More information on Monday's event can be found at www.maconracing.com.
CURRENT STANDINGS (TOP 10's)
UMP Pro Late Models
Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap
1
24
Matt Taylor
294
0
2
33H
Roben Huffman
268
26
3
38J
Jake Little
258
36
4
4T
Guy Taylor
210
84
5
32M
Cody Maguire
196
98
6
25
Dakota Ewing
176
118
7
46
Eric Wilson
148
146
8
52R
Jeffrey Reed
144
150
9
Z23
Shawn Ziemer
142
152
10
B1
Nick Bauman
112
182
Billingsley Towing UMP Modifieds
Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap
1
37
Dave Crawley, Jr
236
0
2
14C
Alan Crowder
196
40
3
10
Curt Rhodes
190
46
4
10A
Shawn Vaughn
184
52
5
71
Jeff Graham
182
54
6
28
Rodney Standerfer
154
82
7
11
Zach Rhodes
154
82
8
96
Cory Daugherty
116
120
9
517
Rick Hamilton
110
126
10
3
Wade Glover
108
128
UMP B-Mods
Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap
1
0
Tim Hancock
180
0
2
23
Ryan Timmons
164
16
3
2
Eric Brackett
144
36
4
55
Tim Riech
110
70
5
00s
Cody Stillwell
110
70
6
57R
Tom Riech
76
104
7
14
Tommy Gaither
58
122
8
32
Brett Page
58
122
9
40
Adam Webb
58
122
10
24S
Steve Phillips
56
124
UMP Street Stocks
Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap
1
36
Nick Justice
342
0
2
26
Kyle Waters
326
16
3
08
Brian Dasenbrock
270
72
4
7
John Bright, Jr.
250
92
5
45
Luke Force
212
130
6
21R
Dustin Reed
212
130
7
5
Terry Reed
206
136
8
3T
Kevin Lewis
190
152
9
28
Greg Osman
182
160
10
J24
Jeremy Nichols
152
190
UMP Hornets
Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap
1
1R
Tony Reed
278
0
2
G3
Mike Gossett
270
8
3
J4
Jerad Matherly
214
64
4
87
Ryan Cantrell
210
68
5
66
Mike McChristy
210
68
6
39M
Marty Sullivan
210
68
7
64CK
Cook Crawford
196
82
8
40
Adam Webb
180
98
9
50
Ben McChristy
166
112
10
20
Torry Lyons
146
132
POWRi/Illini D-II Midgets
Pos
Car
Driver
Points
Gap
1
Patrick Bruns
1590
0
2
Tyler Vantoll
1400
190
3
Adam Taylor
1380
210
4
Hunter Lane
1090
500
5
Jack Routson
1040
550
6
Johnny Murdock
960
630
7
Johnny Heydenreich
940
650
8
Mitchell Davis
890
700
9
Shane Morgan
800
790
10
Jordan Caskey
770
820
