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On May 29th, Lil’ John had made a mistake
with tires that cost him the feature win to his son Mike but that would not
be the case this time. John took his favored starting position on the pole
next Rich
“I knew he ( By Lap 7, John charged his way back into the lead
leaving
Contact was made with him and Bell first but the
contact with Schmitt and Weistart stopped the action. The yellow forced some
of the front runners to the tail of the lead lap for the single file
restart.
Once the flagman dropped the green, it was John Provenzano leading the way with Piano in second. Glynn’s ride seemed to be coming alive during the last part of the race after a sixth place start. He looked good in the turns but didn’t have enough to take over second on the backstretch. With two laps remaining, Glynn stole the runner up spot in his hunt for the lead. Lil’ John captured the victory over Glynn, Piano, Mike
Provenzano,
At the end of the season, John is putting away his
helmet and retiring from a hobby that has spanned over four decades. But in
typical Lil’ John style he is putting forth his every effort to finish
strong. Going into the night, he was just four points behind son Mike but
with his winning ways he took over the points lead.
“Finishing second to Lil’ John is not a bad place to
be,” Glynn said. “My car was coming on but quite honestly beating him isn’t
easy on your best night.” John also won his heat contest over
Seventeen 4 Cylinder Hornet drivers rolled onto the
high banks for their 25-lapper special. A first lap wreck left many rides
out of contention. By the fifth lap out, JR Brown had charged his way to the
front from a sixth place start. At times the
As the leaders rounded the last turn, it was Brown
without a challenger as Nick Clubb narrowly stole the second place finish at
the line. Burdette collected third in front of Andrew Schwarko, Marcus
Hoover, and Josh Trahan. Zifko was sending smoke from his ride during the
final laps but managed to finish seventh over Aaron Sutton and Jon Scott. Jerry Legner and Zifko each won their heats. Modified standout Vince Cooper gave his dad a special
birthday and early Father’s Day present by winning his heat and feature
events while adding to his current points lead.
Cooper and Dale Lueth took the front row of the grid
over Phil Line and Nathan Balensiefen for their main event.
Once the flag dropped, it was Cooper and Lueth side by
side with Lueth taking a higher line. By the end of the third lap,
Balensiefen had managed to move into second.
Cooper outran the field on the inside trek until the
checkers. His effort sent him to victory lane for a birthday celebration
with his father Larry. Balensiefen finished second with Phil Line third ahead
of Lueth, Travis Kohler, Brad Stewart, Justin McCoy, Joe Adam, Tim Loomis,
Shawn Scripter, Geno Hewitt, Mike Marden and Allen Line. Cooper’s heat win was in front of Lueth, Phil Line and
Balensiefen. Stewart took the second heat checker with Chad Osterhoff,
Loomis and Hewitt trailing. Charlie Harmon beat Scripter, Tom Knippenberg
and Marden. Steve Lewis swept the Street Stock division events for
the evening. He won his heat contest in front of Brandon Maciejewski, Jamie
Balensiefen and Nick Sell. Mike Hughes won the second heat ahead of Roger
Rickels, Randy Lucas and Jay Mesarchik. Lewis started on the point with Hughes next to him for
their main event. After several restarts Hughes and Lewis were side by side
when Hughes had to leave the field with a flat tire. Lewis now had Rickels on his tail followed by Jamie
Balensiefen and Lucas.
Lewis checked out to win over his nineteen competitors.
Balensiefen took second ahead of Kevin Snowberger, Rickels, Jake Miller,
Lucas, Mike McKinney, Sell and Tim Provenzano.
“Saturday night was the anniversary of our eighteenth
year at
UMP Late Models – 23 Cars Qualifying: Lil’ John Provenzano Heat #1: Lil’ John Provenzano, Rich Bell, Keith Piano, Bill Weistart Heat #2: Todd Alexander, Joe Fratt, Travis Mahoney, Jeff Small Heat #3: Eric Rebholz, Matt Ramer, Nick Fratt, Aaron Schmidt Feature: Lil’ John Provenzano, Mike Glynn, Keith Piano, Mike Provenzano, Rich Bell, John Piccatto, Scott Schmitt, Travis Mahoney, Billy Weistart, Joe Fratt, Aaron Schmidt, Todd Alexander, Randy Manos, Eric Rebholz, Matt Ramer, Nick Fratt, Jeff Small, Jim Partipilo, Scott Langer, Jon Small, Lake Knutti
UMP Modifieds – 22 Cars Heat #1: Vince Cooper, Dale Lueth, Phil Line, Nathan Balensiefen Heat #2: Brad
Heat #3: Charlie Harmon, Shawn Scripter, Tom Knippenberg, Mike Marden Feature: Vince Cooper, Nathan Balensiefen,
Phil Line, Dale Lueth, Travis Kohler, Brad Stewart, Justin McCoy, Joe
Adam, Tim Loomis, Shawn Scripter, Geno Hewitt, Mike Marden, Allen Line, Tom
Knippenberg, Don Cole, Ken Fischer, DJ Werkmeister, Charlie Harmon,
UMP Street Stocks – 20 Cars Heat #1: Steve Lewis, Brandon Maciejewski, Jamie Balensiefen, Nick Sell Heat #2: Mike Hughes, Roger Rickels, Randy Lucas, Jay Mesarchik Feature: Steve Lewis, Jamie Balensiefen, Kevin Snowberger, Roger Rickels, Jake Miller, Randy Lucas, Mike McKinney, Nick Sell, Tim Provenzano, Jay Mesarchik, Mike Hughes, Andy Biven, Justin Hamms, Steve Schwemlein, Matt Hinrich, Chris Kilpatrick, Tom Alexander, Danny Allen, John Hogue, Brandon Maciejewski
UMP Hornets – 17 Cars Heat #1: Jerry Legner, Shannon Mudro, Andrew Schwarko, DJ Kilanowski Heat #2: Rick Zifko, Nick Clubb, JR Brown, Phil Burdette Feature: JR Brown, Nick Clubb, Phil Burdette,
Andrew Schwarko, Marcus Hoover, Josh Tranan, Rick Zifko, Aaron Sutton, John
Scott,
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