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La SALLE, IL (May 15) – Tonica’s Scott Schmitt had a
good thing going on the low side of the high banks at La Salle Speedway
Saturday night. His ability to dodge trouble and use the inside line to work
his way through the field earned him his first feature victory of 2010. Twenty-eight racers signed in for the UMP Late Model
action with a field of twenty making the main event. Ryan Unzicker and Keith
Piano were positioned at the front of the line up grid with defending points
champion Mike Provenzano and Schmitt in row two. Rich Bell and Lil’ John
Provenzano rolled up in the third row. Without a doubt this was going to be
an exciting feature race. Proven to be the fastest two cars were Unzicker holding
the pole next to Piano but the speedsters didn’t get an opportunity to strut
their stuff for even a whole lap. Coming off the second turn, contact with
Mike Provenzano and Unzicker stole the opportunity for a potentially great
race between the top six contenders. Unzicker and Provenzano’s tangle sent a
domino effect rippling through the front runners. Unzicker and Piano
suffered the most damage retiring both rides by the end of the first lap.
With the two out, Mike Provenzano took over the pole
with Schmitt as his front row partner ahead of
Schmitt never had a challenge for the lead as he
traveled under lapped traffic and away from the competition. The battle for
second place was left between Mike Provenzano,
Schmitt’s solo journey boasted a great deal of real
estate between him and second place. Schmitt’s consistent effort sent him to
victory circle with Lil’ John claiming the runner up position ahead of
Unzicker scored the fast heat victory with Piano close
in second. Mike Provenzano collected third over Schmitt. Ed Williams Jr. won
the second heat contest ahead of Small, Travis Mahoney and Brian Locke. Dehm
took the checkers in the third heat ahead of Manos, Aaron Schmidt and
Schultz. Eric Rebholz won the semi-feature race. Thirty-five UMP Modified drivers were in attendance for
their division. Rusty Griffaw took home the first heat race win ahead of
Vince Cooper, McKay Wenger and Dale Lueth. Robert Pohlman Jr. claimed the
second heat win ahead of Matt Gremmenger, Mike Spatola and Darcy Wey. Nathan
Balensiefen looked like a rocket ship as he powerfully took the third heat
race checkers away from Joe Adam with Shawn Scriptor and Jeremy Johnson
crossing the line behind him. Justin McCoy won the final heat over Matt
Barker, Darrell Lowe and Allen Line. Mike Porth won the semi feature event. Griffaw and Cooper were at the top of the starting grid
ahead of Wenger and Lueth followed by AJ Dixon and Brad Stewart. It took a
couple of tries to get a pace rolling but once the pack did it was all
Griffaw controlling the field. At times he led with more than a half a track
distance between him and his fellow competitors.
There wasn’t much of a race for the lead with Griffaw
sailing his way around the oval. The contest was not in the front but there
was action with a few rides moving up the field. One such ride was driven by
Pohlman who journeyed his way from tenth place into the fourth place running
position with five laps un-scored. Griffaw finished the race uncontested with Wenger
holding on to second place in front of Cooper, Pohlman, Balensiefen,
Stewart, Spatola, Lueth, Phil Line, McCoy, and Adam.
Young gun Brandon Maciejewski stole the show during the
events he raced in the
Maciejewski was an unstoppable force in the fifteen lap
feature event. He carried the torch like an Olympic champion. Lewis claimed
second ahead of Koltveit, Sell, Balensiefen, Mike Hughes, Siemmens, Roger
Rickels, Ramer, Laura Jackinowski, #6, Eric Gaus, and John Houge. Sixteen UMP 4 Cylinders showed up race ready. Phil
Burdette kicked off the night with a heat race win in front of Jerry Legner,
Asa Robart, Freddie Thatcher. Rick Zifko won the other heat over Alan
Provenzano, Anna Cain and Shannon Mudro. Anna Caine put on a Lightning McQueen style performance
after she drove up the retaining wall’s concrete surface bouncing back onto
the softer clay without missing a beat. She managed to keep her nose heading
in the right direction and racing.
Burdette was all alone from the fourth lap scored. He
managed to hold on to a generous lead until the checkered flag was dropped.
Robart took home second for the second week in a row. Zifko finished third
infor of Jerry Legner who beat Thatcher, Andrew Sharwarko, and Rick Wagner. Next Saturday night, the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model
Series will make a grand return to the track for the $10,000 to win Spring
Shootout. In addition to the Late Model class, the UMP Modifieds,
La Salle Speedway Scoreboard Results May 15, 2010
UMP Late Models – 28 Cars Qualifying: Ryan Unzicker 12.83 Heat One: Ryan Unzicker, Keith Piano, Mike Provenzano, Scott Schmitt Heat Two: Ed Williams Jr., Jon Small, Travis Mahoney, Brian Locke Heat Three: Jimmy Dehm, Randy Manos, Aaron Schmidt, Matt Schultz Semi Feature: Eric Rebholz, Jon Small, Mike Marden, Karl Hayes Feature: 1. Scott Schmitt, 2. John Provenzano, 3. Rich Bell, 4. Mike Provenzano, 5. Jimmy Partipilo, 6. Kyle Madison, 7. Randy Manos, 8. Matt Schultz, 9. Ed Williams Jr., 10. Steve Pastva, 11. Aaron Schmidt, 12. Jon Small, 13. Jimmy Dehm, 14. Jeff Small, 15. Travis Mahoney, 16. Eric Rebholz, 17. Brian Lock, 18. Ryan Unzicker, 19. Keith Piano
UMP Modifieds – 35 Cars Heat One: Rusty Griffaw, Vince Cooper, McKay Wenger, Dale Lueth Heat Two: Robert Pohlman Jr., Matt Gremmenger, Mike Spatola, Darcy Wey Heat Three: Nathan Balensiefen, Joe Adam, Shawn Scripter, Jeremy Johnson Heat Four: Justin McCoy, Matt Barker, Darrell Lowe, Allen Line Semi Feature: Mike Porth, Jeremy Johnson, Dave Porth, Travis Kohler, Darcy Wey, DJ Werkmeister, Tom Knippenberg, Geno Hewitt, Allen Line, David Wagner Feature: 1. Rusty Griffaw, 2. McKay Wenger, 3. Vince Cooper, 4. Robert Pohlman Jr., 5. Nathan Balensiefen, 6. Brad Stewart, 7. Mike Spatola, 8. Dale Lueth, 9. Phil Line, 10. Justin McCoy, 11. Joe Adam, 12. Matthew Gremmenger, 13. Steven Brooks, 14. Matt Barker, 15. Shawn Scripter, 16. Mike Porth, 17. Jeremy Johnson, 18. Darrell Lowe, 19. AJ Dixon, 20. Derick Doerr
UMP Street Stocks – 25 Cars Heat One: Brandon Maciejewski, Nick Sell, Matt Ramer, Nick Clubb Heat Two: Steve Lewis, Jake Miller, Timmy Provenzano, Jeff Siemmens Heat Three: Rick Koltveit, Terri Simmons, Jamie Balensiefen, Randy Lucas Semi Feature: Eric Gaus, Roger Rickels, Alex Clubb, Tony Provenzano, Ande Bivens, Jackinowski, Ben Gallentine Feature: 1. Brandon Maciejewski, 2. Steve Lewis, 3. Rick Koltveit, 4. Nick Sell, 5. Jamie Balensiefen, 6. #24, 7. Jeff Siemmens, 8. Roger Rickels, 9. Matt Ramer, 10. Laura Jackinowski, 11. #6, 12. Eric Gaus, 13. John Houge, 14. #01, 15. Dave McKinney, 16. Terri Simmons, 17. Nick Clubb, 18. Jake Miller, 19. Tim Provenzano, 20. Randy Lucas
UMP Hornets – 16 Cars
Heat One: Phil Burdette, Jerry Legner, Asa Robart, Freddie Thatcher Heat Two: Rick Zifko, Alan Provenzano, Anna Cain, Shannon Mudro Feature: 1. Phil Burdette, 2. Asa Robart, 3. Rick Zifko, 4. Jerry Legner, 5. Freddie Thatcher, 6. Andrew Sharwarko, 7. Rick Wagner, 8. John Provenzano, 9. Anna Cain, 10. Harold Reiter, 11. Shannon Mudro, 12. Chuck Johnson, 13. Alan Provenzano, 14. Aaron Sutton, 15. Josh Larson
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