STEVE SHEPARD, JR. SWEEPS LITE BEER TWIN 50’s AT MACON SPEEDWAY
by: Tonya Moschell

MACON, Ill. (June 9) - Miller Lite sponsored the Lite Beer Twin 50’s at Macon Speedway Saturday Night, on a day with near perfect racing weather.
The Raminator monster truck made an appearance on the track as well. With Mark Hall at the wheel, Raminator crushed four cars under the cheers of a packed house of fans. Melissa Johnson of Kincaid, IL, went home the lucky winner of a previously owned Chevrolet courtesy of Decatur Used Cars in the second Kenny’s Crazy Car Caper.

The Lite Beer Twin 50’s were dominated by Steve Sheppard Jr. from New Berlin who won both races and earned himself a $500 bonus. In the first of two Late Model tests of endurance, Sheppard Jr. lapped every car with the exception of #40 Greg Kimmons and #96 Cory Daugherty, who Sheppard Jr. was right behind at the end of the race. Jamie Zidar was Sheppard’s primary challenger in Twin 50 number two. Both Sheppard Jr. and Zidar kept getting held up by lapped traffic, but Sheppard’s car was too good on the outside of the track for Zidar to catch up. Cory Daugherty finished second and fourth in Twin 50’s.

Macon Speedway ran semi-features in both the BARBECK Communications Modified class and street stocks. Dennis Vandermeersch won the modified semi-feature being trailed by Steve Shaw from Mount Zion who poured smoke from his car through the majority of the race. The street stock semi went to Justin Hill who led from green-to-checkered flag with Jim Cardoni and Wayne Orrick finishing second and third.

The Sportsman feature race was won by Greg Kimmons who squeezed by Dave Smith on the inside of the track. Scott Landers from Taylorville finished in third place. For the BARBECK Communications Modifieds, Jim Leka from Illiopolis held off several pass attempts by regular favorite Kyle Logue who just couldn’t find the grip he needed around the bottom of the track to make the pass. Steve Ewing again dominated the Street Stock feature in the Lightning McQueen replica followed by Tyler Blankenship in second and Larry Russell, Jr. in third.

The four-cylinder Hornets had two separate features. The first was a tight race between Fred Reed Jr. and Bruce Dulgar, but was won on an exciting late race pass by Dulgar. The second Hornet feature was dominated by Jeff Dodd. Todd Rush finished behind Dodd and Mike Bell drove his #61 car into third place.

NASCAR Stars Kenny Wallace, Ken Schrader, Tony Stewart and local Promoter Bob Sargent purchased Macon Speedway in January of 2007.

Macon Speedway – racing every Saturday Night – is proud to be part of the $100,000 Contingency Connection program for the 2007 season. Macon Speedway is located 9 miles south of Decatur, IL on US 51 then .6 miles west on Andrews Street, then south on Wiles. For information, call 217-764-3000 (track), 217-764-3220 (information hotline), or contact Tonya Moschell via email at tonya.trackenterprises@yahoo.com or visit www.maconracing.com.
 

UMP Late Model Lite Beer Twin 50’s
Feature 1: 1. Steve Sheppard, Jr (New Berlin, IL), 2. Greg Kimmons (Pleasant Plains, IL), 3. Cory Daughtery (Blue Mound, IL), 4. Mike Hammerle (St. Charles, MO), 5. Ryan Little (Springfield, IL), 6. Chris Winters (Duquoin, IL), Mike Durbin Jr (Decatur, IL), 7. Doug Hemer (Moweaqua, IL), 8. Chris Dick (Deland, IL), 9. Jason Cleaver (Mechanicsburg, IL), 10. Mike Durbin Jr (Decatur, IL), 11. Chuck Mitchell (Jacksonville, IL), 12. Mike Fannin (Leroy, IL), 13. Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, ), 14. Chris Bolyard (Vandalia, IL), 15. Kent Schoeck (Highland, IL), 16. Allen Thomas (Clinton, IL), 17. Jayme Zidar (Greenfield, WI), 18. Jason Cecil (Decatur, IL),
Feature 2 : 1. Steve Sheppard, Jr (New Berlin, IL), 2. Jayme Zidar (Greenfield, WI), 3. Chris Dick (Deland, IL), 4. Cory Daughtery (Blue Mound, IL), 5. Mike Hammerle (St. Charles, MO), 6. Greg Kimmons (Pleasant Plains, IL), 7. Ryan Little (Springfield, IL), 8. Chris Winters (Duquoin, IL), 9. Jason Cleaver (Mechanicsburg, IL), 10. Kent Schoeck (Highland, IL), 11. Brandon Sheppard (New Berlin, ), 12. Mike Fannin (Leroy, IL), 13. Chris Bolyard (Vandalia, IL), 14. Doug Hemer (Moweaqua, IL), 15. Allen Thomas (Clinton, IL), 16. Mike Durbin Jr (Decatur, IL), 17. Chuck Mitchell (Jacksonville, IL), 18. Jason Cecil (Decatur, IL)
 

BARBECK Communications Modifieds
Feature: 1. Jim Leka (Illiopolis, IL), 2. Kyle Logue (Cisco, IL), 3. Dave Crawley Jr (Decatur, IL), 4. Jeremy Nichols (Decatur, IL), 5. Al Crawley (Decatur, IL), 6. Roger Drake (Decatur, IL), 7. Joe Strawkas (Buffalo, IL), 8. Mark Tullis (Taylorville, ), 9. Chris Veech (Mattoon, IL), 10. Randy Myers (Springfield, IL), 11. Brian McLemore (Decatur, IL), 12. Danny Smith (Argenta, IL), 13. Clark Robertson (Shelbyville, IL), 14. Scott Jones (Macon, IL), 15. Marty Hiser (Decatur, IL), 16. Dennis Vandermeersch (Springfield, IL), 17. Shawn Bohm (Decatur, IL), 18. Curt Rhoades (Taylorville, IL), 19. Danny Page (Harristown, IL), 20. Steve Shaw (Mt. Zion, IL),
Hogan Grain/Kubota Sportsman
Feature: 1. Greg Kimmons (Pleasant Plains, IL), 2. Dave Smith (Monticello, IL), 3. Scott Landers (Taylorville, IL), 4. Mike Pickering (Decatur, IL), 5. Shane Tomlin (Pawnee, IL), 6. Phil Moreland (Assumption, IL), 7. Travis Martin (Ramsey, IL), 8. Jimmy Dehm (Lexington, IL), 9. Tom Graham (Stonington, IL), 10. Curtis Hobbs (Farmer City, IL), 11. Larry Force (Macon, IL), 12. Lonnie Nichols (Shelbyville, IL), 13. Rick Hamm (Edinburg, IL), 14. Shawn Vaughn (Loami, IL), 15. Billy Gibson (Farmersville, IL), 16. Nathan Lynch (Hillsboro, IL), 17. Norm Wood (Sullivan, IL), 18. Jeff Graham (Stonington, IL), 19. Tim Bedinger (Taylorville, IL),
 

UMP Street Stock
Feature:1. Steve Ewing (Decatur, IL), 2. Tyler Blankenship (St. Elmo, IL), 3. Larry Russell Jr. (Decatur, IL), 4. Gene Reed (Decatur, IL), 5. Brian Cassell (Decatur, IL), 6. Troy Dodson (Cerro Gordo, IL), 7. Mike Pickering (Decatur, IL), 8. Roy Magee (Springfield, IL), 9. Tom Reich (Springfield, IL), 10. Katie Lord (Chatham, IL), 11. Brian Dasenbrock (Decatur, IL), 12. Justin Hill (Lovington, IL), 13. Jim Cardoni (Chatham, IL), 14. Wayne Orrick (Bloomington, IL), 15. Kyle Jenkins (Decatur, IL), 16. Brad Bedinger (Taylorville, IL), 17. Mike Pasley (Taylorville, IL), 18. Greg Scribner (Bethany, IL), 19. Daniel Winterbauer (Lincoln, IL), 20. Mike Comerford (Decatur, IL),
 

UMP 4-Cyl Hornet
Feature 1: 1. Bruce Dulgar, 2. Fred Reed, Jr., 3. Justin Hilton, 4. Billy Justice, 5. Jeff Gill, 6. Kenneth Reed, 7. Jerit Murphy, 8. Kris Ruppe, 9. Steve Stanton, 10. Beau Hankins, Jr.
Feature 2: 1. Jeff Dodd, 2. Todd Rush, 3. Mike Bell, 4. Brandon Watts, 5. Michael Pundt, 6. James R. Hankins, 7. Eric Cuttill, 8. Stephanie Eskew, 9. Jacob Hicks, 10. Jim Goodrich