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Wacky, Wet, Windy, Wild Weekend of Racing ROCKFORD, IL (May 18) - The Illini Racing Series opened their 17th season by taking part in two out three of the Midget MAYnia races this weekend. The club’s first visit to Slinger Super Speedway got things started quickly. Union, IL’s Freddie Teer adapted well to the high banks of Slinger, winning his heat and the feature. David Budres of Beloit, WI won heat two. Stock car veteran Scott Dunning made his open wheel debut, but suffered some new car gremlins with his new car. 2008 Illini Racing Series Race #1, Slinger Super Speedway, Slinger, WI 5/17/08 Heat #1 (10 laps): 1. Freddie Teer (#54), 2. Allen Gillis (#39), 3. Joe Knippel (#33), 3. Lamont Critchett (#44), 4. Mark Morey (#3), 5. Bob Shrefler (#21S), 6. Ken Dull DNS Heat #2 (10 laps): 1. David Budres (#31), 2. Loran Critchett, Jr. (#17), 3. Jason Dull (#56), 4. Dan George (#81), 5. Doug Orseske (#82), 6. Scott Dunning (R)(31) DNF Feature Race (25 laps): 1. Freddie Teer (#54), 2. Joe Knippel (#33), 3. Lamont Critchett (#44), 4. Jason Dull (#56), 5. Loran Critchett, Jr. (#17), 6. Dan George (#81), 7. Doug Orseske (#82), 8. Scott Dunning (R)(#1) DNF, 9. Mark Morey (#3) DNF, 10. Bob Shreffler (#21S)DNF, 11. Allen Gillis (#39) DNS - fuel management problem. At Rockford, when the green flag dropped on the feature event, turn one on lap one took out five cars and caused two others to retire early. The cars immediately went three and four wide, then it was all tire smoke as drivers locked up their brakes to try to avoid what was going to end up being “the big one”. Allen Gillis’ #39 seemed to get the worst of it, ending up on his lid. Thankfully, no drivers were injured. Joe Knippel would win the shortened feature, with Doug Orseske bringing home his repaired #0 2nd. Loarn Critchett, Jr., Mike Adams, Jr. and Dan George rounded out the top 5. 2008 Illini Racing Series Race #2, Rockford Speedway, Rockford, IL 5/18/08 Heat #1 (8 laps): 1. Lamont Critchett (#44), 2. Joe Knippel (#33), 3. Loran Critchett, Jr. (#17), 4. Mike Adams, Jr. (#21A), 5. Doug Orseske (#0), 6. Dick Kaiser (R)(#82), 7. Dan George (#81), 8. Charlie Holt (R)(#4H) Heat #2 (8 laps): 1. Allen Gillis (#39), 2. Freddie Teer (#54), 3. Jason Dull (#56), 4. Eddie Sauer (#74), 5. Eric Nitz (R)(#31), 6. Scott Dunning (R)(#1), 7. Scott Koerner (#4K) DNF Feature Race (20 laps): Joe Knippel (#33), 2. Doug Orseske (#0), 3. Loran Critchett, Jr. (#17), 4. Mike Adams, Jr. (#21A), 5. Dan George (#81), 6. Dick Kaiser (R)(#82), 7. Scott Dunning, 8. Scott Koerner (4K), 9. Lamont Critchett (#44), 10. Freddie Teer (#54) DNF - flat tire, 11. Jason Dull (#56) DNF - crash, 12. Allen Gillis (#39) DNF - crash, 13. Eddie Sauer (#74) DNF - crash, 14. Eric Nitz (R)(#31) DNF - crash, 15. Charlie Holt (R)(#4H) DNF - crash Unofficial Drivers Points after 2 races 1. Joe Knippel, 571; 2. Loran Critchett, Jr., 533; 3. Lamont Critchett,503; 4. Doug Orseske, 474: 7. Dan George, 458; 6. FreddieTeer, 450; 7. Jason Dull, 448; 8. Scott Dunning, 421; 9. David Budres, 263; 10. Mike Adams, Jr., 256; 11. Allen Gillis, 240; Dick Kaiser, 226; 12. Scott Koerner, 203; 13. Mark Morey, 175; 14. Bob Shreffler, 163; 15. Eric Nitz, 155; Charlie Holt, 128; 16. Ken Dull 5. Next up for the Illini Racing Series is another new track for us, Bureau County Speedway in Princeton, IL next Saturday night (May 24th) on the 1/4 mile dirt track. On Sunday May 25th, the “Flyin’ Illini” will make the trip to our old home, the Grundy County Speedway to share the pits with the American Speed Association. |