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Farmer City IL results June 5, 2009
by: Dan Stewart
FARMER CITY, IL (June 5) - Harlan, Pierce, Leka, Quinn, Maier and Hammer
take feature wins on the ultra-smooth surface at Farmer City Raceway Friday
June 5, 2009!
Steve Sheppard Jr started the night out by turning fast time of the twenty
late models on hand at 13.857 seconds. Sheppard then went on to win his heat
in a photo finish over Richie Hedrick, followed by Charley Hess and Cory
Daugherty. The second heat went to last weeks feature winner Joe Harlan in
another close race over Brandon Sheppard, followed closely by Kyle Logue.
The final heat went to Chris Dick in a tough battle over Jamie Zidar and
Rocky Griffin. The feature started out with pole sitter Richie Hedrick
taking the initial lead over Steve Sheppard Jr and Joe Harlan. Chris Dick
decided to get in the battle, and he ran the first six laps side by side
with Sheppard Jr and Harlan. Then Sheppard Jr moved alongside leader Hedrick
and the duo raced side by side, with Harlan trying to get past both of them.
Finally on lap eleven, Harlan squeezed past Sheppard Jr and Hedrick for the
lead. Hedrick then fell out of the race, leaving Harlan to lead the rest of
the way, followed by Sheppard Jr, Kyle Logue, Jamie Zidar and Daren
Friedman. Friedman earlier had motor problems in his #89 ride, and had
jumped into Eric Smith's #9 backup car.
Finish:
Z Joe Harlan
5s Steve Sheppard Jr
91 Kyle Logue
9z Jamie Zidar
9 Daren Friedman (Eric Smith's backup car)
9 Eric Smith
22 Chris Dick
1G Rocky Griffin
99J Jimmy Dehm
96 Cory Daugherty
DC3 Don Cisco III
39x Kenny Carmichael
The crate late models also saw a repeat winner, as young Bobby Pierce
cleaned house by winning his heat, starting on the pole and winning the
feature. The first heat went to John Bernard over Brad Denney and seventh
place starter Allen Thomas. The second heat went to Pierce, followed closely
by Nick Bauman and Kevin Moffett. Pierce started on the pole of the feature,
and was never seriously challenged as he led all twenty laps to win his
second feature in a row. Pierce was followed by Nick Bauman, Allen Thomas,
Brad Denney, John Barnard, Ron Wilson, Kevin Moffett, Matt Beadles, Tim
Dick, Nick Macklin, Travis Johnson and Jay Smithson.
The modified class saw another classic battle between the last two UMP
national points champions Jeff Leka and Denny Schwartz. Schwartz had earlier
set fast time at 15.338 seconds. The first heat went to Denny Schwartz over
Brock Bauman, Chad Evans and Chevy Miller. The second heat went to Jeff Leka
over Jay Ledford, Cory Schwengel and Justin DeLong. The final heat went to
Chad Osterhoff over Jeb Friedman, Matt Huddleston and Jeff Curl. Jeff Leka
took off at the green flag, searching high and low for the best groove to
run, and about halfway through, Schwartz showed Leka that the top side was
faster, pulling alongside Leka several times. Leka then moved up to the top
and managed to keep Schwartz in second. Finishing third was Jeb Friedman,
followed by Jay Ledford, Chad Evans Chad Osterhoff and Matt Huddleston.
The kidmodz were back in town, with the heat race going to Heidi Goodman
over Jay Griffin and Blake Benson. The feature event saw Kyle Hammer win the
race, but after Heidi Goodman took the lead, Hammer really had to work to
get back around her, while at the same time hold off the hard charging Jay
Griffin. The final finishing order was Kyle Hammer over Heidi Goodman, Jay
Griffin and Jeffrey Ledford.
The streetstock class saw some of the best racing of the evening as the
first heat went to last place starter Jim Quinn over Chuck Barnes Jr,
followed closely by Troy Dodson and Josh Griffith. The second heat went to
Terry Miller over Al Crawley, Cody Miller and Scott Thrasher. The feature
was a real barn-burner as Quinn, Miller and Barnes battled it out the first
half of the race. Quinn would go on to the checkered flag first, followed
very closely by Terry Miller, Chuck Barnes Jr, Al Crawley, Josh Griffith,
Troy Dodson and Scott Thrasher.
In the hornets, Kenny Butterfield and Joe Reed won the heats and Jason Maier
went on to win the feature followed by Kenny Butterfield.
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