Motorsports Consulting Services Ranks Barton #1 In 2006

Joe Barton of Kuna, ID took to the race track on 17 occasions.  He scored three wins in 2006, while earning 686 points and the number one ranking in the western U.S.

Motorsports Consulting Services followed the schedules of the Meridian Speedway Late Model Lites,  Foreign Stock Car Racing Association (FSCRA), Orange Show Speedway Pro-4’s,  ASA Intermountain Pro-4 Challenge Series,  ARCA West Late Model Lites, and the Southwest Pro-4 Series. Using a common points system for each feature event and counting each start for all the teams, a total points count was calculated and Barton and his team set atop the rankings.

Rob Powers of Meridian, ID was the only other team that made 17 starts in 2006.  Powers generated 585 points and one feature win at Meridian Speedway.

Orange Show Speedway Champion, Don Minut from Riverside, CA, rolled up 583 points in 11 starts and scored the most wins in the western US with eight.  Seven wins came at Orange Show Speedway during his run for the Championship, while the eighth win was scored at a Southwest Pro-4 Series event at Madera Speedway.

The “California Drifter” Eddie    Secord of Bloomington, CA, collected 521 points in 12 starts, and scored the second highest number of wins in the western US with seven victories to his credit.  Secord was dubbed the “California Drifter” because of this Pro-4 veteran’s well-known reputation for loading-up and hitting the highway.  And that’s just what the Garrett Doyle owned Honda- powered Pro-4 team did, scoring wins in California, Idaho, Utah, and Nevada, all on their way to taking the Southwest Pro-4  2006 Championship.

Washington state’s Wayne Dillon of Tenino came in with 483 points, one win and the 2006 FSCRA title.  Dillon won his championship by four points over John Grosvenor on the last race of the season at South Sound Speedway.

Meridian Speedway hero, Kenny Chandler of Boise, ID, suffered one of his toughest seasons to date;  but the seven time Late Model Lite Champion made a total of 15 starts to earn 449 points. The only high point of his season came when he scored his only win of the year at the Meridian Speedway’s Independence Day Cup, presented by the ASA Intermountain Pro-4 Challenge Series and All American Homes on July 1st.

John Grosvenor of Puyallup Washington tallied 420 points in 10 starts and won four times in a late season run for the FSCRA Super 4  Championship. Losing in motorsports is tuff but to lose by four points is just plain brutel but on a bright note he did win on his birthday at StateLine Stadium and Speedway.

In his second year in Late Model Lite competition, Kale Freedman of Meridian, ID, won the Meridian Speedway Championship while making 11 starts and closing the season with 2 wins and a total of 445 points.  Freedman started his season with a win, and ended the season with a win, and stayed on top of the Meridian Speedway points all year long.

Another FSCRA regular, David Callender of Tacoma, WA made 12 starts, accumulating 414 points and his first ever career win at South Sound Speedway. Calendar drove a Ford Mustang in 2006.

Rounding out the top ten was San Bernardino, CA, driver Kendall Scheidecker who pulled in 406 points and 2 wins in 10 starts at the Orange Show Speedway (OSS) and Havasu 95 Speedway.  Scheidecker was the only other driver to win a feature event at OSS.

A total of 103 race teams took part in 45 events in 8 different states, producing 18 different feature winners and six champions, along with the MCS number one ranked driver of the year, Joe Barton.

Four-cylinder Late Model Stock Car racing certainly appears to be on the brink of entering the short track racing spotlight, and this season is just the tip of the ice berg.   We know that 2007 is sure to be even better!  See ya at the races!

Top 25 in the Western States

Pos.
 Num
 Name
 Hometown
 Strs.
 Wins
 Pts.
 Group
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1st
 58
 Joe Barton**
 Kuna, ID
 17
 3
 686
 IP4CS
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2nd
 2
 Rob Powers
 Meridian, ID
 17
 1
 585
 IP4CS
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3rd
 12
 Don Minut
 Riverside, CA
 11
 8
 583
 OSP4
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4th
 1
 Eddie Secord*
 Bloomington, CA
 12
 7
 521
 SWP4
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5th
 5
 Wayne Dillon*
 Tenino, WA
 12
 1
 483
 FSCRA
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6th
 33
 Ken Chandler Jr.
 Boise, ID
 15
 1
 449
 MLML
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7th
 55
 Kale Freedman*
 Meridian, ID
 11
 2
 445
 MLML
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8th
 10
 John Grosvenor
 Puyallup, WA
 10
 4
 420
 FSCRA
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9th
 22
 David Callender
 Tacoma, WA
 12
 1
 414
 FSCRA
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10th
 38
 Kendall Scheidecker
 San Bernardino, CA
 10
 2
 406
 OSP4
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11th
 81
 Brian Glidewell
 Riverside, CA
 11
 0
 381
 SWP4
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12th
 21
 Jerry Koepping
 North Bend, WA
 11
 0
 371
 FSCRA
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13th
 28
 Shaun Tubbs
 Caldwell, ID
 10
 0
 355
 MLML
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14th
 4
 Daniel Madsen
 South Jordan, UT
 12
 1
 351
 IP4CS
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15th
 41
 Chuck Becker III
 Cazabon, CA
 10
 0
 349
 OSP4
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16th
 4
 Sam Newcomer
 Apple Valley, CA
 9
 0
 341
 OSP4
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17th
 41
 Matt Wolfkiel
 Nampa, ID
 10
 0
 336
 MLML
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18th
 44
 Kevin Koepke
 Tacoma, WA
 9
 0
 334
 FSCRA
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19th
 03
 Steve Thompson*
 Prosser, WA
 7
 3
 323
 ARCAW
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20th
 00
 Kurt Madsen
 West Jordan, UT
 12
 0
 322
 IP4CS
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21st
 86
 John Soares
 San Bernardino, CA
 8
 0
 321
 OSP4
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22nd
 19
 David Gibson
 Victorville, CA
 9
 0
 319
 OSP4
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23rd
 68
 Jim Bailey
 Middleton, ID
 10
 0
 318
 MLML
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24th
 1
 Dave Hale
 Sumner, WA
 10
 0
 315
 FSCRA
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25th
 20
 John Jackson
 Lewiston, ID
 8
 2
 309
 ARCAW
 

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