West Plains, Missouri
CAR SHOW RESULTS
Kyle Duke Wins 9th Annual Race Car Show
at West Plains Motor Speedway
March 22, 2008
West Plains, MO. - Sunny skies and cool temperatures greeted racers and
crews as they unloaded their race cars at the annual Race Car Show at the West
Plains Wal-Mart SuperCenter on Saturday morning, March 22.
Kyle Duke of West Plains won first place when his voting boxes were tallied.
Duke scored 29,137 votes in the penny per vote competition. Duke will be competiting
in the Youth Hobby division.
Second place went to Logan Martin of West Plains, who displayed his #8 Mini-Sprint.
Martin scored 10,246 votes and he races regularly at I-30 in Little Rock, AR.,
with an exhibition event planned for this season at West Plains Motor Speedway.
Brian Judd of Caulfield, MO, came in third with a total of 9,993 votes. Judd
displayed his #10 IMCA Modified.
All drivers displaying received a trophy courtesy of Coca-Cola and O'Reilly
Auto Parts. Just over $600 was collected and will be sent to St. Jude Childrens
Hospital in Memphis, TN.
Following the Race Car Show the track hosted the last open track practice session
before points races begin on Saturday, March 29
Saturday, March 29 will be the first points race of the 2008 season and will
be sponsored by Barlow Expedited Service of Thayer, MO. Gates will open at 5
p.m., hotlaps at 6:30 with racing at 7 p.m. There are no changes in admission
this season, adults $8, senior citizens $5, kids 7-11 $2 and those 6 and under
are always free. West Plains Motor Speedway is located 6 miles south of West
Plains on US Hwy. 63.
Special thanks to the sponsors of the event, O'Reilly Auto Parts, Coca-Cola
of West Plains and Wal-Mart Super Center.
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Photo by Mitts Thomas |
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Logan Martin of West Plains, won 2nd when he display
his #8 Mini-Sprint
and scored 10,246 votes. photo by Mitts Thomas |
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Brian Judd of Caulfield, MO, took 3rd in the annual
event. Judd's score totaled 9,993 voted
and he races his #10 in the IMCA Modified division photo by Mitts Thomas |
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| Jim Lambert of KKDY was on hand doing driver interviews and visiting with fans and drivers during the annual Race Car Show this year. |
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| Lots of shiny new cars with new color schemes and sponsors were shown at this event. |
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| Ginger Gibson and Savannah Sutton were on hand to register drivers and hand out voting boxes, and Savannah presented trophies at the track after totals were established. |
| photo by Mitts Thomas |