Jason Feger breaks track record and wins feature, Modified
feature to Gary Cook Jr!!!
By Dan Stewart
FARMER CITY, IL (August 31) - Jason Feger started out the race program
Sunday night with a track record run in time trials. The new record is
13.341 seconds, there were 33 late models on hand. The first heat went to
Jason Feger over Dennis Erb Jr, Matt Taylor and Jimmy Dehm. The second heat
went to Eric Smith over Brandon Sheppard, Richie Hedrick and Joe Harlan. The
third heat was a real barn burner won by Don O'Neal over Steve Sheppard Jr,
Donny Walden and Ryan Little. The fourth heat went to Daren Friedman over
Brian Diveley, Kerry Matthew and Kevin Weaver. The semi feature went to
Chris Dick in an exciting finish over Greg Longfellow, Dan O'Connor and John
Beck.At feature time, pole sitter Jason Feger blasted out to an early
lead and kept that lead through two early cautions, with the last portion of
the race under green, allowing Feger to start lapping cars at an alarming
rate. Eric Smith closed the gap for a while, but it was too little too late,
as Feger had sailed his way to the $2,000 feature win. Smith wound up second
with Steve Sheppard Jr third followed by Don O'Neal and Matt Taylor rounding
out the top five.
unofficial finish:
25 Jason Feger
9 Eric Smith
5S Steve Sheppard Jr
71 Don O'Neal
3L Matt Taylor
28 Dennis Erb Jr
B5 Brandon Sheppard
2 Dan O'Connor
B12 Kevin Weaver
The second feature, a make up from a rained out race on July 27, was limited
to the drivers who were in that race, and it was also worth $2,000 to the
winner. This time, it was Dennis Erb Jr sitting on the pole, Eric Smith on
the outside, Feger and Weaver in the second row. Eric Smith blasted out to a
huge lead at the very beginning. By the time Feger would clear his way past
Weaver and Erb Jr, Smith had a straightaway lead, but Feger used his
familiar high side groove to run down Smith, but after a couple of botched
pass attempts, would settle for second, with Steve Sheppard third. Smith set
such a blistering pace that he lapped all the way up to seventh place.
unofficial finish on the make up feature:
9 Eric Smith
25 Jason Feger
5S Steve Sheppard Jr
B12 Kevin Weaver
28 Dennis Erb Jr
89 Daren Friedman
3L Matt Taylor
B5 Brandon Sheppard
In the modified class, Gary Cook Jr survived a yellow flag fever to start
the feature, but eventually outran eleventh place starter Jeffrey Leka for
the win. Third place went to Brian Lynn, followed by Blake Bucholz, Jeb
Friedman, Cory Schwengel, and Darcy Wey.
In the street stocks, the heat races went to Steve Maisel over Terry Miller
and to Josh Griffith over Travis Johnson. The feature was an exciting race,
finally won by Josh Griffith over Terry Miller, Travis Johnson, Steve Maisel,
and Chris Tackett, who started deep in the field.
The hornet heat races went to Bob Sanders, Eric Wisher, and Jonathon Schuck.
The feature was won by Bob Sanders over Josh Jones, Jerry Binnegar, Matt
Turley, and Soberri. Schuck and Heidi Hames each got their cars rolled in
the feature in separate incidents, and both were unhurt.
There were 94 cars in the pits, and the program was complete at 10:40pm
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