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La SALLE, IL (June 20) - Cody Clubb swept the 4
Cylinder Hornet division in front of a packed house for the Jeff Perry Fan
Appreciation Night on Saturday at La Salle Speedway. The Morris driver
shined with an easy heat race victory and a full throttle charging feature
run.
Twenty six contenders took the track by storm as the
last event of the night. Their ability to travel the first thirteen laps
uninterrupted was only stopped due to debris on the racing surface. They
seemed to outshine the big dogs by putting forth some great side by side
action even though there were so many drivers on the track at one time. “That was the most enjoyable feature I’ve seen thus
far,” track owner Kerry Izzo told the drivers during an unexpected meeting
after their race. “Excellent show I can’t thank you enough and I would give
each and every one of you the winner’s money if I could.” She closed her
meeting with three words that summed up their efforts. “Great job guys.” Jamie Deford and Allen Line were the front row hosts on
the feature grid with Cody Clubb and Rick Zifko rolling up in the second
row. Allen Provenzano and Asa Robart took their spots in row three. By the
third lap on the scoreboard, it was Cody Clubb commanding the field in front
of Deford. The pair outdistanced their competition for the early laps. The
Lap 13 caution brought everyone back to together but it didn’t take Cody
long to outdistance himself leaving some great racing between Deford, Zifko,
Phil Burdette and Robart. Cody claimed the checkers with Deford second in front
of Zifko. Burdette managed to take over fourth during the final laps leaving
Robart in fifth followed by Nick Clubb, Mike Morrow, Jerry Legner, John
Provenzano, Allen Line, Mark Sutton, Matt McCarty, Allen Provenzano, Justin
Heath, and Jason Wagner.
Line, Cody and Zifko each won the heat races. The UMP Late Model class hosted nineteen contenders.
Rich Bell earned the pole position after the dash victory with Ralph Markham
as his front row challenger. Lil’ John Provenzano and Mark Larson were in
the second row.
During Lap 18, Mike Provenzano had positioned his
eighth place starting machine on the back bumper of Glynn. Glynn moved up
and Mike Provenzano seized the opportunity to chase down the leader. Running
in fourth was Ralph Markham with Keith Piano close behind him. Piano’s start
closer to the rear of the grid was a challenge in its own right just to
avoid trouble. In the closing laps, Mike Provenzano gave it all he had
but
Roger Markham held off brother Ralph to win the first
heat event while
The UMP Modified’s struggled from the time the green
flag dropped until the checkers. They just didn’t seem to be able to score a
lap without caution. Several complete restarts was a sign of the times for
the eighteen car field. Getting the first three laps on the board was more
like a marathon. Dale Lueth and Justin McCoy led the pack with Vince
Cooper and Jason Bahrs in row two. Lueth was fast out of the blocks leading
from the pole. During Lap 7, Lueth was leading when he killed the engine
ending his lead. Cooper now sat at the helm with McCoy, Tom Knippenberg,
Stan Vervynck, Don Cole, Phil Line, and Felicia Collins following. Cooper kept his ride lower on the track while McCoy
charged higher looking for a faster groove. The duo distanced themselves
from the pack dodging the lapped traffic.
Cooper won the twenty lapper over McCoy. Lueth moved
his way back up the pack from the tail into fourth behind Line. Vervynck
took fifth in front of Bahrs, Mike Marden and Knippenberg. Lueth won the first heat contest with Knippenberg, Matt
Gremminger and Collins trailing. McCoy took home the second heat victory
over Cooper, Bahrs and Joe Adam. Steve Lewis and Justin Rutledge rolled into the front
of the grid for the
Lewis and Jimmy Partipilo raced each other hard in the
front of the pack. Lewis led the first ten laps uncontested until Partipilo
caught up to his back bumper and brought their action door to door. On the
back straight away of Lap 12, Partipilo took over the point. A caution one
lap later gave Lewis a chance to regain the lead. Partipilo took off fast leaving Lewis to hold back
Roger Rickels and Mike Hughes. Eighteen cars remained in action with three
laps to go. Partipilo returned to the winners circle for the second
week in a row. Lewis scored a strong second in front of Hughes, Rickels,
Jamie Balensiefen, Matt Ramer, Marty Gradert, Rutledge, David McKenney, Tim
Provezano, Alex Clubb and Nick Clubb. Jay Mesarchik won the first heat while Partipilo won the second.
La Salle Speedway Scoreboard Results 06/20/09
Late Models – 19 Cars Rhyne Competition Engines Dash: Rich Bell, Ralph Markham, Lil’ John Provenzano, Mark Larson Heat One: Roger Markham, Ralph Markham, Rich Bell, Mike Glynn Heat Two: Lil’ John Provenzano, Ed Williams Sr., Mark Larson, Greg Wagner Feature: 1. Rich Bell, 2. Mike Provenzano,
3. Mike Glynn, 4. Ralph Markham, 5. Keith Piano, 6. Roger Markham, 7.
Mark Larson, 8. Zack Busch, 9. Ed Williams Sr., 10. Ande Bivens, 11. Jeff
Small, 12.
UMP Modifieds – 18 Cars Heat One: Dale Lueth, Tom Knippenberg, Matt Gremminger, Felicia Collins Heat Two: Justin McCoy, Vince Cooper, Jason Bahrs, Joe Adam Feature: 1. Vince Cooper, 2. Justin McCoy, 3. Phil Line, 4. Dale Lueth, 5. Stan Vervynck, 6. Jason Bahrs, 7. Mike Marden, 8. Tom Knippenberg, 9. Felecia Collins, 10. Don Cole, 11. Nathan Ultch, 12. Brad Carrington, 13. Ryan Kortage, 14. Nathan Balensiefen, 15. David Wagner, 16. Matthew Gremminger, 17. Jeff Anderson, 18. Joe Adam
UMP Street Stocks – 21 Cars Heat One: Jay Mesarchik, Steve Lewis, Justin Rutledge, Nick Clubb Heat Two: Jimmy Partipilo, Nathan Balensiefen, David McKenney, Matt Ramer Feature: 1. Jimmy Partipilo, 2. Steve Lewis, 3. Mike Hughes, 4. Roger Rickels, 5. Jamie Balensifen, 6. Matt Ramer, 7. Marty Gradert, 8. Justin Rutledge, 9. David McKenney, 10. Tim Provenzano, 11. Alex Clubb, 12. Nick Clubb, 13. Randy Lucas, 14. Karl Hayes, 15. Darryl Matthews, 16. Mark Gradert, 17. Danny Deutsch, 18. Steve Schwemlein, 19. Keith Lucas, 20. Rick Koltveit, 21. Jay Mesarchik
UMP Hornets – 26 Cars
Heat One: Allen Line, Mike Morrow, Jerry Legner, JMark Sutton Heat Two: Cody Clubb, Nick Clubb, John Provenzano, Allen Provenzano Heat Three: Rick Zifko, Jamie Deford, Asa Robart, Phil Burdette Feature Special: 1. Cody Clubb, 2. Jamie Deford,
3. Rick Zifko, 4. Phil Burdette, 5. Asa Robart, 6. Nick Clubb, 7. Mike
Morrow, 8. Jerry Legner, 9. John Provenzano, 10. Allen Line, 11. Mark
Sutton, 12. Matt McCarty, 13. Allen Provenzano, 14. Justin Heath, 15. Jason
Wagner, 16. Anna Cain, 17. Todd Breitbarth, 18.
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