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Farmer
City Raceway was back in action Friday night as Daren Friedman, Donny Walden
and Richie Hedrick put on a show for the fans!
FARMER CITY, ILL (May 22) - After three weeks of being idle due to inclement
weather, the racers and the fans at Farmer City Raceway were treated to some
exciting races Friday night. The late model portion of the evening started
with Donny Walden turning in fast time at 12.849 seconds. Daren Friedman
beat Donny Walden to the checkered flag in the first heat, followed by Terry
Babb, Tim Lance and Mike Petersak. The second heat was a thriller, as young
Jimmy Dehm took the checkers over a charging Richie Hedrick, followed by
Jeremy Conaway, Eric Smith and Charley Hess.
The feature was another exciting race that started with Daren Friedman and
Jimmy Dehm on the front row. Friedman took the lead at the green flag, but
was hounded by Walden the entire distance. At the mid-point of the race,
Walden pulled alongside and led a lap, and stayed right with Friedman for a
number of laps. With seven to go, Richie Hedrick decided to join the fun and
make it three wide while they were slicing and dicing their way through
lapped traffic. Friedman held on for the win, followed by Hedrick, Walden,
Tim Lance and Eric Smith.
finish:
89 Daren Friedman
0 Richie Hedrick
1W Donny Walden
48 Tim Lance
9 Eric Smith
40 Charley Hess
91 Terry Babb
99J Jimmy Dehm
22 Chris Dick
1G Rocky Griffin
JP7 Mike Petersak
74 Russ Adams
f15 Jeremy Conaway
z45 Paul Zehr
99 Brian Crebo
The modified class saw Kankakee's Chad Osterhoff turn in fast time of the 29
modifieds on hand at 14.449 seconds. The first heat went to Jeremy Nichols
over Chad Osterhoff, Cody Bauman, Jeb Friedman, and Rory Obermeyer Sr. The
second heat went to Gary Cook Jr over Denny Schwartz, Danny Schwartz, Randy
Huffman and Matt Barker. The third heat went to Renssalaer Indiana's Derek
Losh over Jeff Leka, Justin DeLong, Andy Clark and Erik Bruce. The semi went
to Cody Schwengel over Jeff Curl and Justin McCoy. The feature event had the
first half of the race with eight drivers trying to get the lead, all within
striking distance of the leader as they raced three and four cars wide.
Eventually, Denny Schwartz would come out with the lead, and it became
necessary to have a #21 on the side of your car to do good, as #21s Denny
Schwartz won the race followed by #21 Derek Losh, and #21D Danny Schwartz.
They were followed to the checkers by Jeremy Nichols, Justin DeLong, Erik
Bruce, Jeff Leka, Randy Huffman, Chad Osterhoff, Jeff Curl, Cory Schwengel
and Jeb Friedman. Early in the race, Rob Bauman was in the hunt for the
lead, but had some bad luck in a spin, which officials declared was caused
by Jeff Leka, Leka would go to the rear, and two laps later, Bauman was
involved in another incident sidelining him for the night.
The crate late model class had thirteen cars with the first heat going to
Allen Thomas.The number 15 of Smithson had been leading Nick Bauman at the
white flag but when Allen Thomas went to the middle, contact was made and
Thomas was spun. Thomas was put back in second place with Bauman in the
rear. When the green flag dropped once again, Thomas powered out around
Smithson and went on to the checkers, followed by Smithson, Bobby Pierce and
Nick Bauman. The second heat went to Nick Macklin over Jim Moon after last
lap contact, followed by Travis Johnson and Matt Beadles.
Come feature time, the first few laps were four wide, until the number 1 of
Jim Moon took under control and started to runaway, but slipped up the
backstretch halfway through, handing the lead to Allen Thomas. Thomas
tonight put his name in there as someone to be dealt with in this class.
Following the pattern of last lap contact, once again there was contact
after the white flag, and Nick Bauman came home the winner in front of Allen
Thomas, followed by Jim Moon, Bobby Pierce and Nick Macklin.
The streetstockers also decided to drive 3-4 wide the entire distance, with
Terry Miller taking the win over Chuck Barnes Jr, Greg Rubenacker, Jim
Quinn, Jeff Semmens, Chris Tackett, Troy Dodson and Josh Griffith. Earlier
heat wins went to Troy Dodson over Terry Miller, and to Chris Tackett over
Josh Griffith.
The kidmodz were once again present, with Heidi Goodman taking the heat and
feature win. Both times it was over Kyle Hammer and Logan Moody.
The hornet class saw heat races go to Eric Wisher over Tom Craig, and Jason
Maier over Eric Wilson. The feature went to Eric Wisher over Eric Wilson,
followed by Jason Maier, Matt Maier and Bob Sanders.
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