Defending track champion is back on top of the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod points at the Lebanon Midway Speedway.

Defending Lebanon Midway Out-Pace USRA B-Mod track champion Sam Petty made the jump from 3rd to the top of the points standings after last week's Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series action and also vaulted himself to the top of the national standings.

Entering last week third in the standings, Petty was able to capitalize on current track points leader Kris Jackson not on hand and Tyler Knudtson's 16th-place finish to move up the ladder with his runner-up finish behind winner Cole Campbell. The track standings were shuffled as Jackson fell to fourth while Dillion McCowan moved up to third. Petty's advantage over Knudtson is 27 points going into this Sunday's Tony Roper Memorial.

The 19th Annual Tony Roper Memorial is set for Sunday, May 26, with $500 up for grabs for the winner of the Out-Pace USRA B-Mod feature and $50 to start the main event. Drivers who compete in a B-Main and don't advance with receive $35. Summit USRA Weekly Racing Series national and regional points are up for grabs.

FK Rod Ends will award a $100 bonus to the race's hard charger who advances the most positions from starting position to finishing position in the feature.

Drivers will draw for heat race spots with passing points being used to help set the feature line-ups. Action for the Tony Roper Memorial will also include the Malvern Bank Cash Money Late Model Series, Pure Stocks, Midwest Modifieds, front-wheel-drive Hornets and Kidz Cruisers.

Pit gates will open at 4:30 p.m. with hot laps at 6:30, openings ceremonies at 7:25 and racing at 7:30. Grandstand gates open at 5 p.m.

Admission in the grandstands is only $20 with kids (8-12) only $5 and children under 8 free. Adult pit passes are $35 with kids (12 and under) $10. There is no entry fee for the Out-Pace USRA B-Mods. Draw cut-off is slated at 7 p.m.

The Lebanon Midway Speedway is located 5 miles east of Lebanon on East Highway 32 then one quarter-mile on B Highway.

Join us as we pay honor to Tony Roper—one of the Ozarks great talents who cut his teeth on local dirt and asphalt tracks before going to the upper traveling classes and eventually on to a career in NASCAR.

More information is available at MidwaySpeedway.net and on the track's Facebook page.

Out-Pace USRA B-Mod points standings:

1) 9 Sam Petty 544
2) 8K Tyler Knudtson 517
3) 8 Dillion McCowan 499
4) 65 Kris Jackson 475
5) 16M Brian Myers 455
6) 58m Jamie Mauk 441
7) 32 Kelly Hicks 393
8) 28 Wesley Briggs 272
9) 52M Jared Monger 228
10) 88r Robin Showers 214
11) 29 Dalton Keith 185
12) T10 Tyler Brown 182
13) F1 Mitchell Franklin 176
14) 32E Robbie Ewing 159
15) 7x Ryan Lewis 156
16) 32F Mike Foster 153
17) 10P Dayton Pursley 152
18) 93B Tyler Brown 138
19) 22c Cole Campbell 100
20) 02 Cole Denner 95
21) 42J Donnie Jackson 91
22) 4W Mark Wolfe 87
23) 15 Brad McKinnon 78
24) 101 Matt Rose 76
24) 20 Barry White 76
26) 16s Charles Saunders 72
27) 86 Cory Johnson 66
28) 83 Dayton Newell 45