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PEORIA, IL (July 5) - Hardware was up for grabs Saturday night at Peoria Speedway's mid-season championships. Points leaders in three of five divisions took home trophies. Steve Lance Jr. edged Todd Bennett by about a car length to win the Late Model feature. Lance routinely scraped the right rear of his car against the outside retaining wall in driving high through the corners. "I was trying to get all I could," the Cuba resident said. "The bottom was good too because Todd stayed right there." After starting in the second row, Lance took the lead on Lap 16 when points leader Bennett — who started on the pole — had difficulty getting around a lapped car. A similar situation almost cost Lance exiting the fourth turn on the 30th and final lap. Dale Munson of Fairview started on the pole and led all 20 laps to win in Modified. It was the third feature win of the season for the 51-year-old Munson, who withstood five cautions and the second-place car of Mark Johnson. "It always takes a while to get your rhythm back after a caution," Munson said. Jack Siegel took the lead on the first lap and breezed to victory in Sportsman. It was the second consecutive and fourth feature win of the season for the West Peoria resident. "The car was awesome tonight," Siegel said. Scott Schoener of Flanagan won the Street Stock feature. He held off second-place Bryon Ray on six restarts in 12 laps. "I was way ready for that to be over," Schoener said. Zac Kuhel of Morton won his sixth feature of the season in the Hornet division. "I wanted that big trophy," Kuhel said. SPEEDWAY DIRT: Fans, drivers and track employees combined to donate over $2500.00 to the family of Kevin Lyles, the Beardstown resident who was killed last week in a racing accident at Macomb Speedway. Lyles, 35, left behind a wife and four children. Peoria Speedway official scorer Cyndi Shannon and announcer Scott Shults said they plan to personally deliver a check to Beardstown on Thursday. Speedway owner Sherrie Hamilton said the track would accept donations on behalf of the Lyles through Wednesday. ... Brad Willis Jr. drove over the wall in Turns 3 and 4 on the first lap of the first Sportsman heat. The East Peoria resident was not injured. An extension that will raise the retaining wall throughout the north turns is expected to be installed in the coming week. Late Model 1. 25 Steve Lance Jr 2. T2 Todd Bennett 3. 22 Jeff Maher 4. 84 Doug Nigh 5. 33J Mike Jones 6. 32J Jason Jaggers 7. 10H Rick O'Brien 8. 94 Larry Rickets 9. 16 Shane Allen 10. MB1 Robby Bauman 11. 65 Gerry Reeder Jr 12. 8 Matt Murphy Modified 1. M1 Dale Munson 2. 26J Mark Johnson 3. 2 Eric Bruce 4. 6 Jason Plumer 5. 17D Dan Dozard 6. 1Jr Floyd Jordan Jr 7. D3 Matt Dillon 8. 8 Gary Scharp 9. 14 Jesse Griffin 10. 7G Chad Goff 11. 5G Danny Glover 12. 26D Derick Doerr 13. 56 Joe Cook 14. 127 Jim Picard 15. C4 Chri Morefield 16. 7 Kenny SPirling 17. C8 Charlie Harmon Jr 18. 22 Chuck Barnes Jr 19. 14M Mike Harenberg Sportsman 1. A2 Jack Siegel 2. 7K Kenny Egan 3. 00 Jason Weyeneth 4. 9W Brad Willis Sr 5. 289 Barry Sauder 6. 50 Tim Faulkenberry 7. 18A Cody Wisher 8. 38C John Gardner Jr 9. 2 Josh Robinson 10. 83 Todd VanBeveran 11. 4G Bobby Gardner 12. WF0 Allen Etherton 13. 18J Joey Markle Street Stock 1. 73S Scott Schoener 2. NO7 Bryon Ray 3. 4H Paula Harrison 4. 49H Steve Brandt Sr 5. 20 Bob Simpson 6. 1 Rob Nylin 7. 25R Bobby Cowell Jr 8. 8K Kristina Brown 9. 45 Bobby COwell Sr 10. 4 Kirt Fisher 11. 7 Rick Erwin 12. 75M Darrell Mathews Jr 13. 28 Tom Maupin 14. 49 Steve Brandt Jr 15. 33 Mike Blunk 16. M88 Jim Carmody 17. 89 Noah Faw 18. 61 Gary Cook Sr Hornet 1. 0 Zack Kuhel 2. K2 Jeremy Kingsley 3. 46 Steve Passmore 4. 7 Sean Leatherman 5. 36 Scott VanOppen 6. 22 Curtis Sample 7. 4K Frank Keayes 8. 364 Jerry Miller 9. 98 Josh Mitzelfelt 10. 25 Jerry Sally 11. V8 Jeff Massey 12. 31 Ernie Schuck 13. 57 Josh Magner 14. 13B Nathan Barnett 15. 30 Jonathan Schuck Sr 16. 13M Matt Musgrave 17. 69 Barry Maricle 18. 944 Jim Tessem |