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Chuck Barnes Jr. find his way back to victory lane Saturday
night at Peoria Speedway
By Jeff Hall
PEORIA, IL (August 2) - A few minor adjustments helped Chuck Barnes Jr. find
his way back to victory lane Saturday night at Peoria Speedway.
Having come up short in his last few attempts in the Street Stock division,
Barnes Jr. took control right from the beginning in Saturday’s 12-lap
Feature event and never looked back in claiming his eighth checkered flag of
the season in the division.
“We had a few second-place finishes lately, so we scaled (the car) for the
first time this year this week and it made a big difference,” Barnes Jr.
said. “We threw it on the scale, found some things that were wrong and made
some adjustments.
“I can’t say enough about my (pit crew) brother and Randy. If it wasn’t for
those guys, I couldn’t make it out here week after week. Those guys put a
ton of hours in on this car.”
John Gardner Jr.’s victory in the 15-lap Limited Late Model Feature shared a
few similarities with Barnes Jr.’s in the Street Stock division.
After a third-place finish in the heat race, Gardner Jr. took an early lead
in the feature and sped away from the field despite enduring three caution
flags.
The feature win was Gardner Jr.’s first since May 30.
“We’ve been second the last couple of weeks and I just couldn’t seem to
figure it out,” said Gardner Jr., who finished second four times since his
last feature victory.
“I changed some shock setups for this week compared to what I’ve been
running the last couple of weeks. It seemed to work really good.”
David Baker won the 20-lap Modified Feature in strong fashion by besting the
previous track lap record for a Modified racer by .033 seconds.
“I’m tired,” said Baker, who was clocked at :13.340, just faster than the
previous record of :13.373. “That track was rough and to get a hold on it
was hard on an old guy.
“I knew I was fast out there, but I didn’t know that I was turning track
records.”
Steve Lance Jr. rode the top to his second consecutive Late Model Feature
victory. Jeremy Kingsley won the 10-lap Hornet Feature.
Late Models
1. 25 Steve Lance Jr.
2. T2 Todd Bennett
3. 40 Charley Hess
4. 48 Tim Lance
5. 75 Brian Harris
6. 10 Roger Rebholz
7. 22 Jeff Maher
8. 6 Jason Plumer
9. 1 Robby Bauman
10. 17K Kenny Adams
11. UF0 Shane Allen
12. 27 Elmer Brockway
13. 95 Frank Schickel Sr.
14. C24 Carl Feger
15. 25K Bill Kettering Jr.
16. 0 Rick O'Brien
17. 50 Tim Faulkenberry
18. 99 Brian Crebo
19. 72s George Strate
Modified
1. 55 David Baker
2. 2 Erik Bruce
3. 26J Mark Johnson
4. D3 Matt Dillon
5. J12 Jason Wagner
6. M1 Dale Munson
7. 7 Kenny Spirling
8. 44 John Smith
9. C64 Jeff Maher
10. 17D Dan Dozard
11. C40 Mike Chasteen Jr.
12. 1JR Floyd Jordan Jr.
13. 30 Rob Bauman Sr.
14. 8 Gary Scharp
15. 47 Tony Fisher
16. 71 Casey Lappin
17. 74 CHris Culbertson
18. 38 Stephen Turner
Limited Late Model
1. 38C John Gardner Jr.
2. A2 Jack Siegel
3. 00 Jason Weyeneth
4. 18J Joey Markle
5. 16B Bo Brockway
6. 61 Scott Schoener
7. 4G Bob Gardner
8. 83 Jim Carmody
9. 1 Jim Hagendorn
10. 9W Brad Willis Sr.
11. 78 Jeff Cunningham
Pro Street Stocks
1. B22 Chuck Barnes jr.
2. 289 Doug Sauder
3. 80 Tony Monroe
4. 8K Kristina Brown
5. 20 Bob Simpson
6. NO7 Bryon Ray
7. 28 Tom Maupin
8. 4H Paula Harrison
9. 26 Craig Choine
10. 7 Rick Erwin
11. 124 Jim Bolen
12. 64 Cory Cook
13. 68 Wally Zander
Hornets
1. K2 Jeremy Kingsley
2. 24 Kenny Butterfield
3. 36 Scott VanOppen
4. 13 Matt Musgrave
5. 944 Jim Tessum
6. 57 Josh Magner
7. V8 Jeff Massey
8. M8 Shane Meinders
9. 9 Chip Allebaugh
10. 6 Jake Naramore
11. C7 Mike Cusack Jr.
12. 26 John Rhodes
13. B5 Tyler Benson
14. B19 Tom Baker
15. A4 Michael Wells
16. 19A Amy Whitley
17. 289 Greg Sauder
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