Liquid & Powdercoat Finishes of KC

MIDWEST LIGHTNING SPRINTS

Race Results -- Fri  April 20, 2012

 Valley Speedway --  Grain Valley, MO

The Liquid and Powdercoat Finishes of KC Midwest Lightning Sprints shared their opening nite with the USMTS and the Vintage Stock Cars.  A BIG thank you goes out to our sponsors for 2012, Liquid and Powdercoat Finishes, McCarthy Chevrolet, Layne Machine and Rod End Supply.

Heat 1

1^st     49      Gabe Maycock         Montgomery City, MO 

2^nd    15      Merrill Lamb            Iola, KS

3^rd     60e    Mark Billings           Columbia, MO

4^th     85      Ken Billings             KC, MO 

5^th       8      Chris Schofield         Raytown, MO

6^th     15h    Tony Hudlin             Yates Center, KS

7^th     42      Dave Hammons        Olathe, KS

Ken and Merrill brought the field down for the green.  Merrill jumped into the lead with Ken and Mark giving chase, with the rest of the field jockeying for the 4^th spot.  Mark and Merrill would start their battle for 1^st,  Ken 3^rd and Gabe now in 4^th from his 7^th row starting spot.  Merrill had now settled in first and Mark 2^nd.  Gabe has now gotten around Ken and is headed to the front.  Chris and Tony are battling for 5^th.  Gabe would catch the top two cars make the pass and go on for the win.  Merrill 2^nd and Mark 3^rd.

Heat 2

1^st     01      Bobby Layne             KC, MO

2^nd    71      Tony Layne               KC, MO

3^rd     83g    Matt Gilbert              Merriam, KS

4^th     z8      Zach Morehead         Grain Valley, MO

5^th     12      Jon Lane                    KC, MO

6^th     51      M K Billings              KC, MO

Bobby jumped into the lead form his front row starting spot with MK right on his tail.  MK would have difficulty with exiting turn 2 and collect Zach, with MK getting upside down. The race was restarted with Bobby again jumping into the front with his nephew Tony right with him.  Matt and Zach would battle for 3^rd.  Jon is sorting out his new BLS Chassis.  Bobby would pull away from Tony.  Matt and Tony would battle for 2^nd.  Zach is battling some bent suspension form his 1^st lap crash with MK.  Bobby would take the win, Tony 2^nd and Matt 3^rd.

Feature                     Start Pos.

1^st      85      Ken Billings              (1)

2ⁿ       49      Gabe Maycock          (7)

3^rd      01      Bobby Layne             (8)

4^th      83g    Matt Gilbert               (2)

5^th      60e    Mark Billings             (3)

6^th      51      M K Billings             (12)

7^th        8      Chris Schofield          (9)

8^th      12      Jon Lane                    (10)

9^th      42      Dave Hammons         (13)

10^th     z8      Zach Morehead          (2)

11^th     15h    Tony Hudlin             (11)

12^th     15     Merrill Lamb              (5)

13^th      71     Tony Layne               (6)

Ken and Zach would bring the field down for the start.  They would start their battle for 1^st.  The rest of the cars were all over the racing surface looking for a line with some of the faster cars trying to get to the front.  Ken would take command.  Zach, Mark and Matt would be battling for the runner up spot.  Gabe has moved into 4^th with Merrill and Bobby battling for 5^th.  Ken would start to stretch his lead.  Zach would drop out.  Gabe would get by Mark and Bobby would get by Matt.  A yellow would bunch the cars up for a restart.  Gabe would get by Mark for 2^nd with Ken still leading.  Bobby and Matt are having a great battle for 4^th.  Bobby would get by Matt and Mark.  Gabe would get by Ken with 2 laps to go, but Ken would get him back.  Ken, in his new BLS Chassis would take the win, Gabe 2^nd, Bobby 3^rd, Matt 4^th and Mark 5^th.

The Lighting Sprints next race is on Fri nite April 27^th at Humboldt Speedway in Humboldt, KS.  This will be the Lightning Sprints first race back at Humboldt in several years.  The Whitworth’s have a beautiful track with a very racy surface.  Come out to Humboldt and watch the Liquid & Powder Coat Finishes Lightning Sprints squirt some dirt.

The racing in the Liquid & Powdercoat Finishes Midwest Lightning Sprints is fiercely competitive.  With low cost maintenance and motorcycle power, this is still the most economical way to go fast in a race car.  These cars are 1 second a lap faster than an A Mod or a Late Model.  New drivers/cars are coming out each week.  We have drivers that have purchased new cars and have their good used cars for sale. Contact the MLS for info.

K. Michnowicz Opens CLS Season With Win at Perris

Perris Auto Speedway -- Feb. 25, 2012

California Lightning Sprints
Finishing Results
21 Cars

Heat race 1  Results  Starting Position
1 3 Bissett 2
2 10 Hillberg 6
3 01 Hillberg 3
... 4 53 Sherman 1
5 50 Maresch 5
6 99 Sims 7
7 54 Squire 4

Heat Race 2 Results

1 12 Michnowicz 5
2 17 Gamer 1
3 69 McCauley 7
4 88 Kotlinski 3
5 2 Kerber 6
6 64 Watkins 2
7 71 Kramer 4
8

Heat Race 3 Results

1 21 Michnowicz 1
2 4X Limon 4
3 24 Arnett 7
4 29 Zauss 6
5 04 Robles 4
6 90 Downing 2
7 15 Squire 5

Feature
1 21M Michnowicz 6
2 4X Limon 3
3 10 Hillberg 5
4 71 Kramer 12
5 17 Gamer 3
6 50 Maresch 11
7 69 McCauley 16
8 24 Arnett 17
9 53 Sherman 1
10 04 Robles 10
11 90 Downing 13
12 64 Watkins 14
13 88 Kotlinski 9
14 99 Sims 20
15 01 Hillberg 2
16 29 Zauss 19
17 3 Bissett 8
18 12M Michnowicz 7

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