Hamilton finds a new way to win CMC feature at Florence Speedway

[Cincy Mod Championship]

Matt Hamilton from Aurora Indiana would pick up his second U.S. Race Gear Cincinnati Modified Championship presented by Gabbard's Mt. Orab Ford and B&B Auto Care feature of the season Saturday Night at Florence Speedway. It was his career 10th CMC victory but probably his most adventurous. Hamilton caught Pete Holt and Weasel Rhodes who were battling for the lead and made a move across the bottom of the track that had him lose the handle on his Diamond Chassis. Pete Holt would make contact with Hamilton dislodging the rear bumper on Hamilton's car. As the rest of the field dodged both Hamilton and his rear bumper, he was able to keep the 9H rolling and the caution flew to retrieve the bumper. Under track rules, only cars that come to a stop are sent to the tail so Hamilton would restart back at the front of the field. Hamilton would have no more issues and would drive to the win followed by Holt, Rhodes, Ray Branscum and Steve King. Hamilton may have 2 wins but Scotty Kincaid has been more cosistent. Even with no wins he holds a 2 point lead over Hamilton in the point chase as well as leading the chase for the Lightning Bonus for the top Lightning driver in the point standings.

Moler, Lawrenceburg and Florence will all be in action this weekend as well as Bruchcreek which will join the CMC in July. The region has received record rainfalls in the past month. Only 4 of the 17 scheduled CMC races have taken place and even those events were only pulled off with an extreme amount of work by promoters and sometimes luck. With that the CMC is extending the registration deadline to May 15th. After this date you can still register but drivers who register before that date will receive bonus points for any previous races. This will not be extended again no matter what the weather does. For more info visit www.cincinnatimodifiedchampionship.com

Sponsor highlight this week is Gabbards Mt. Orab Ford and Mercury. They continue to support the Modified division at Moler Raceway Park and wanted to add to that by supporting the C.M.C. Gabbard’s Mt Orab Ford-Mercury was established in 1976 by Ralph and Jean Gabbard. They offer years of honest, dependable sales and service, with the best prices around. Still family owned, They are proud to be among the top dealers in the country in customer loyalty and sales and service satisfaction, including being an eight time winner of the Ford President’s Award. They were among the first dealers in the country to be Blue Oval certified. No pressure, no gimmicks, no hassles. If you buy a car in the month of May from them and are a CMC fan we will throw in some apparell and race passes if you contact us ahead of time. This is only while supplies last and you can contact us through the website.

Win leader board brought to you by Diamond Chassis
Matt Hamilton 2
Daryl Herbert 1
John Weasel Rhodes 1

Chassis wins presented by Fast Shocks
Diamond Race Cars 2
J car 1
Lightning Chassis 1


Best 15 races count
Drivers with hometown are registered drivers and receive bonus points
(R) indicates elligible for bowmanenterprise.com Rookie of the year
(L) indicates elligible for Lightning Chassis Bonus
last number is total races counted


Scotty Kincaid(L) Rising Sun, Indiana 235 4
Matt Hamilton Aurora, Indiana 233 4
John Weasel Rhodes (L) Winchester, Ohio 181 3
Pete Holt Independence, Kentucky 171 3
Ray Branscum 144 3
Ryan Morton Middletown, Ohio 135 3
Trent Green 130 3
Daryl Herbert Greensburg, Indiana 125 2
Kelly Craddock 123 3
Stan Freeman 118 4
Kevin Hess 115 3
Larry Pickelheimer Jr. 112 3
Ed Hounshell(L) Middletown, Ohio 110 2
Kyle Schornick 102 3
David Mcwilliams Bethel, Ohio 98 2
Steve King 95 2
Nick Hodges Milford, Ohio 93 2
Tyler Fojtik 92 3
Jeff Litchfield Aurora, Indiana 87 2
Jeff Arnold 83 2
Mark Kaetzel 80 2
Brad Rickles 79 2
Brandon Ramsey Florence, Kentucky 74 2
Adam Hamilton Aurora, Indiana 71 2
Danny Dehner Hebron, Kentucky 70 2
Cory Skipton 65 2
Joey Kramer Hanover, Indiana 64 1
Doug Adkins West Portsmouth, Ohio 62 1
Dwayne Dietz 59 2
Rick Bingham(L) Cincinnati, Ohio 57 1
Brad Wieck(L) Miamitown, Ohio 56 1
Shane Mugavin Glen Este , Ohio 53 1
Murrell Nafe 51 2
J.D. Largent 50 1
Dave Cook Cincinnati ,Ohio 49 1
Chris Kruetzkamp (R) Independence, Kentucky 47 1
Mark Anderson 47 1
Andrew Corbin Independence, Kentucky 46 1
Rob Penny 46 1
Brandon Green Walton, Kentucky 45 1
Tony Anderson 45 1
Brian Post 45 1
Roger Williams 43 1
Keith Smith 43 1
Broc Burton 41
Shawn Scott 40 1
Dave Kirker Winchester, Ohio 40 1
Joel Jenson 40
Steve Pyles 38 1
Sean Johnson 37
Tony Mcvey(L) Waldron, Indiana 36 1
DJ Smallwood 35 1
Dennis Roberson 35 1
Jeff Harris 34
Larry Moreland Jr 34
Dustin Webber 33
Michael England 33 1
Brian Skaggs 32 1
Randy Wash 31 1
Tom Moore 30 1
Adam Whitten 30
Miguel Coffey 29 1
Shon Flanary 26 1
Josh Lucas 26 1
Kevin Cable 26 1
Jim Fliehman 26 1
Chris Tolle 26 1
Matt Edminsten 26 1
Ronnie Martini 26 1
Brian Fiscus 25 1
Joe Godsey 25 1
Marc Anderson(L) Fairfield, Ohio
Andy Bowman Lebanon, Ohio
Billy Cooper Louisville, Kentucky
Rick Corbin Independence, Kentucky
Jason Cox(L) Cincinnati, Ohio
Derrick Davis(L) Glen Este, Ohio
Josh Edwards (R) Middletown, Ohio
Devin Gilpin Columbus, Indiana
Bruce Gould III Milford, Ohio
Jason Hollon Middletown, Ohio
Richard Luckey North Bend, Ohio
Ted Nobbe Batesville, Indiana
Chris Rische (R) Greenwood, Indiana

[Cincy Mod Championship]

pictures from every CMC event so far this year can be seen at sraradingphotos.com

Schedule for May

May (12)
6 Moler Raceway Park W/ NASRA LATE MODEL SERIES
7 Florence Speedway Moms night at the races
7 Lawrenceburg Speedway Mechanics Night
13 Moler Raceway Park
14 Florence Speedway w/$2000 to win Late Models
14 Lawrenceburg Speedway W/ MSCS Sprints
20 Moler Raceway Park 4th Annual Armed Forces Night
21 Florence Speedway w/ The Denny Kleir Memorial
21 Lawrenceburg Speedway W/KISS Sprints~Youth Sports Night @ the Races
27 Moler Raceway Park AMERICAN MODIFIED SERIES $1,500 to win
28 Florence Speedway Grad NIght
28 Lawrenceburg Speedway Service Men & Women Night @ The Races