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Macon Speedway Full Show
MACON, IL (April 11) - A wonderful day turned into a terrific night. The
second week of Macon Speedway’s 64th season was just as good as its first
week. Even a chilly night could not stop the drivers and fans from coming
down to the 1/5th mile dirt track. An even bigger car count than Opening
Night showed up and put on a show for the ages.
A caution-filled feature night started the Sportsman feature. It was again
Mike Pickering of Decatur bringing home the checkered flag. Battling with
Scott Landers for the top spot, Pickering made the pass for the lead on lap
nine and wouldn’t let Landers get close enough to try to get the lead back.
Guy Taylor started on the pole for the Modified feature and had a dominate
run in the 20-lap event. Holding off the defending champ Jim Leka and Steve
Ewing, Taylor weaved his way through the heavy lapped traffic to claim his
first Macon Speedway Modified feature win. Ewing, who finished third, had
the honor of receiving a $100 bonus for the return of the “Best Fans in the
Stands” promotion and drew a name of a fan from the previous week, who also
received $100. Ewing drew out Mike Durbin, Sr. from the names to receive the
money. Durbin, Sr. is the father of Late Model driver Mike Durbin, Jr.
The Late Model feature had 25 laps caution-free and the top two spots never
changed. New Berlin’s Steve Sheppard, Jr. took the checkered flag and held
off Cisco’s Kyle Logue. Logue won last week’s Spring Fling feature and after
taking the first heat was primed for a repeat. Sheppard dodged the lapped
traffic and avoided falling victim to slower cars with Logue right on his
tail. Blue Mound’s Cory Daugherty ran third.
The Street Stock feature was loaded with drama-filled moments. From the
first lap when Larry Russell, Jr. pulled into the infield with a broken car
to the last lap when three drivers competed for the win. Steve Ewing, Mike
Pickering and Blake Shelley all ran for the checkered flag but only one
would be able to come away with it. Coming into the third turn, the three
drivers got together and only Pickering would be able to make it through the
fourth turn and onto the victory. Ewing’s car stopped in between turns three
and four and Blake Shelley was knocked into the infield but did manage to
finish the race.
The Pro Hornets feature was full of excitement and got even more exciting as
the race came to the final lap. Mike Morse held off defending UMP National
Hornet Champion Joe Reed for the win but as Reed and Morse raced hard into
the fourth turn and to the flag, Reed smacked Morse’s side and ended up
sending the car up and over. Reed was quick to park and help turn Morse’s
car back on all fours as it laid on its side. The win for Morse was his
first career and the flip would also be a first.
To round out the program, the Amateur Hornets took to the track and Sam
McCoy, driving the same car as Joe Reed from the Pro Hornet class, took the
checkered flag. Heidi Hames finished second after starting at the tail end
of the race. She had to start there because she won the feature last week.
A bone-chilling night ended with plenty of racing excitement. Fans and
drivers can only hope for warmer weather to make its way to central
Illinois’ premiere motorsports facility. Next week’s program will consist of
a full show with a special driver/sponsor appreciation night with
photographs and autographs being available.
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). Also visit
www.maconracing.com or www.trackenterprises.com for additional information.
UMP Late Model - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 2 5S Steve Sheppard - 50
2 1 21 Kyle Logue Cisco , Il 48
3 3 96 Cory Daugherty Blue Mound, Il 46
4 7 22 Chris Dick Deland , Il 44
5 5 B5 Brandon Sheppard - 42
6 6 16H Mike Hammerle St Charles, Mo 40
7 10 44 Matt Taylor Springfield , Il 38
8 4 25 Dennis Vandermeersch Springfield , Il 36
9 11 1 Jim Moon Zionsville , In 34
10 9 3W Bill Wilhour Taylorville , Il 32
11 12 67 Michael Durbin Jr. Decatur , Il 30
12 13 08 Brine Dasenbrock Decatur , Il 28
13 8 18 Shane Tomlin Virden , Il 26
More Results
UMP Modified - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 77 Guy Taylor - 50
2 3 40 Jim Leka Illiopolis , Il 48
3 4 31 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 46
4 7 28 Joe Strawkas Buffalo , Il 44
5 2 10 Curt Rhodes - 42
6 9 35 Clark Robertson Shelbyville , Il 40
7 6 T2 Mark Tullis Taylorville , Il 38
8 12 48X William Wagoner - 36
9 13 N59 Chad Evans - 34
10 15 18M Kenneth Morris Virginia , Il 32
11 18 64 Donny Koehler Jr. Macon , Il 30
12 11 58 Larry Ferguson Arcola , Il 28
13 21 57 Danny Page Mount Zion, Il 26
14 19 33 Steve Phillips - 24
15 10 37 David Crawley Jr. Decatur , Il 22
16 5 01 Jeremy Nichols Decatur , Il 20
17 14 42 Katie Lord Chatham , Il 18
18 22 35S Randy Spaugh Decatur , Il 16
19 17 17H Rick Hamilton - 14
20 8 44 Aaron Burcham Decatur , Il 12
21 16 18 Randy Myers Springfield , Il 10
22 20 16H Eric Hamilton Macon , Il 8
More Results
UMP Sportsman - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 9 Mike Pickering Decatur , Il 50
2 2 41 Scott Landers Taylorville , Il 48
3 9 22 Timmy Dick Monticello , Il 46
4 4 B99 Tim Bedinger Taylorville , Il 44
5 8 71 Gregory Kimmons - 42
6 7 60 Kenny Hayes Macon , Il 40
7 1 11 Rick Roedel Shelbyville , Il 38
8 10 8K Ken Fustin Springfield , Il 36
9 11 000 Chris Hughee Taylorville , Il 34
10 6 70JYD Steve Hill Edinburg , Il 32
11 12 B88 James Bedinger Taylorville , Il 30
12 5 72 Tom Graham - 28
13 13 7 Mark Reed - 26
More Results
UMP Street Stock - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 1 99 Mike Pickering Decatur , Il 50
2 8 30 Blake Shelley Oakley , Il 48
3 14 57R Thomas Riech Springfield , Il 46
4 11 21 Troy Dodson - 44
5 19 11 Terry Reed Decatur , Il 42
6 7 918 Michael Pundt Jr. Decatur , Il 40
7 12 6 Willie Haddock Owoneco , Il 38
8 5 95 Steve Ewing Decatur , Il 36
9 17 16H Daryl Hellman - 34
10 16 70 Joe Younker - 32
11 4 88 Albert Crawley Sr. Decatur , Il 30
12 9 V8 James Farley Iii Springfield , Il 28
13 20 4 Steve Johnson - 26
14 13 12 Terry Myers Buffalo , Il 24
15 2 X7 Larry Russell Jr. Harristown , Il 22
16 10 14 Jeremy Nichols Decatur , Il 20
17 3 13 Jordon Smith - 18
18 6 OO Roy Magee Ii Springfield , Il 16
19 15 21R Dustin Reed Decatur , Il 14
20 18 36 Nick Justice - 12
More Results
UMP Amateur Hornet - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 7 Sam Mccoy Decatur , Il 50
2 2 15 Heidi Hames Decatur , Il 48
3 10 M2 Matt Adkins - 46
4 4 98 Kenneth Reed - 44
5 5 K55 Jr Fry Stonington , Il 42
6 8 Z11 Zack Martin - 40
7 9 11X Jon Durflinger - 38
8 17 0 Cody Fleming - 36
9 7 62 Kevin Brown Pana , Il 34
10 1 83 Steven Dulgar Decatur , Il 32
11 14 96 Cody Pumphrey - 30
12 11 1F Fred Mifflin Mount Zion, Il 28
13 15 K1 Kelsie Gustus - 26
14 13 88 Brian Offer - 24
15 6 210 Brett Embry Decatur , Il 22
16 12 21 Marty Sullivan - 20
17 16 10X John Bright Jr - 18
More Results
UMP Hornet - Feature
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Finish Start Car Driver Hometown Race Points
1 3 8UP Mike Morse Decatur , Il 50
2 4 7 Joe Reed Decatur , Il 48
3 5 22X Jeff Dodd Springfield , Il 46
4 6 21Z Zach Dodd Riverton , Il 44
5 9 46 Eric Wilson Downs , Il 42
6 11 19 James Hankins Taylorville , Il 40
7 12 71 Todd Rush Pawnee , Il 38
8 14 210 Stephanie Eskew Springfield , Il 36
9 18 12 Nick Lee - 34
10 19 6 Justunn Hilton Lovington , Il 32
11 15 O Fred Reed Jr. Decatur , Il 30
12 22 47 Jim Wilson Towawda , Il 28
13 17 4 Matthew Reed - 26
14 13 7X Chuck Martin Jr - 24
15 20 21 Mike Mcchristy - 22
16 26 04 Steven Stine Macon , Il 20
17 21 98 George Wilderman Decatur , Il 18
18 23 11 Alexandra Mowry New Berlin, Il 16
19 25 14D Brandon Deremiah - 14
20 2 91 Beau Hankins Taylorville , Il 12
21 10 35 Brandon Kirby Decatur , Il 10
22 7 7J Jaryd Chambers - 8
23 1 01 Jeff Gill Shelbyville , Il 6
24 8 115 Cory Ballinger - 4
25 16 19H Danny Hayes - 2
26 24 14 Ray Goodall - 0
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