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Kankakee County Speedway
KANKAKEE, IL (July 2) - A total of 121 cars in four divisions competed in a
fiery night of dirt track action that included fireworks and "Scarecrow"
crashing through an abandoned camper set ablaze as Kankakee County Speedway
kicked-off the 4th of July Holiday weekend presented by Court Street Ford.
Mike Spatola of Manhattan executed a late race text book slide job pass of
race leader Nick Allen, then pulled away to record his first Chicago Heights
U-Pull-It UMP Modified win of the season at Kankakee before another large
crowd.
Allen of Wheatfield, IN, has been next to unbeatable this year at the
1/3-mile high-banked oval having never finished worst than third all season,
settled for his third runner-up honor this season.
Jim Farris of Odell maintained his overall grasp of the Chicago Heights
U-Pull-It points lead by finishing third followed by Manteno's AJ Dixon and
Kevin Hastings. For Dixon, it was his second consecutive fourth place run as
he starts to show some muscle in consistently running up front with
divisional horses. Hastings, who transferred in by claiming one of two
consolation races earned hard charger honors by improving thirteen positions
to garner a fifth place finish.
Vince Cooper, Phil Line, Dave porth, Chad Osterhoff, and Arby Burton rounded
out the top ten.
Allen, Kevin DeYoung, Farris, and Dixon all picked up heat race checkers
while Osterhoff and Hastings scored consolation triumphs.
In Court Street Ford UMP Late Model action, Ryan Dauber of Tonica bested a
field of twenty-seven entries to earn his first checkered flag at Kankakee
in almost exactly three years to the day, having last seen victory lane on
July 6th, 2007. Dauber who sat out last season in a down economy, took his
brand new Lazer Chassis to victory stage by leading all 25 laps with
relative ease. The win was Dauber's ninth of his career at the Kankakee
oval. Dauber, who was slated to start fourth on the grid would be the
primary benefactor of pole sitter Aaron Rickett's foul, as both Aaron
Rickett's and front row mate Mike Provenzano were moved back one row for
jumping the start of the race twice. The local rule says that the front row
must be side by side and launch at the orange stripe in turn four.
As Dauber jumped out front by nearly a full straight-away over Steve Dimmick
of Joliet, Ricketts was being shuffled back to the sixth position. Mike
Provenzano, who was running in the third spot most of the race, encountered
problems late in the race in turns three and four, which resulted in him
slipping back several spots before retiring with just a handful of laps
remaining. Jimmy Dehm of Lexington turned in perhaps his best effort to date
with a solid fourth place run holding off the likes of two-time track
champion Ted Loomis. Frank Heckenast Jr. made a rare visit along with
Wisconsin driver Bret Sievert, El Paso's Joe Harlan, Woodworth's Steve
Thorsten, and fast qualifier Scott Schmitt rounded out the top ten.
Rich Bell, Loomis, and Ricketts all claimed heat race wins while Zach Busch
scored the consi win.
Don Hilleary made his first visit to victory lane in the Miller Hydraulic
UMP Stock Car division by leading all 15 laps from his outside pole starting
post. The Aroma Park Shark Shannon Shutter has seemingly brushed off the
rust as he ran a strong second all race long holding off a foursome that
included Jay Hamilton, Darrin Kohler, Joe Brown and Jerrad Krick, who all
jockeyed for position. Only Krick was able to grab one spot away from Brown
with a late race pass. While Brown fell out of the top five, he was followed
to the stripe by Kevin Lenzen, Ron Donaldson, Andrew Funk, and Robert Turner
rounded out the top ten.
Brown, Hilleary and Lenzen all grabbed heat race wins while Billy Wicker
captured the consi win.
With the victory Hilleary vaulted atop the division point standings while
Kohler holds second and Krick fell to third.
Smith Realty I-Mod action pole-sitter Jeff Barger of La Porte, IN make his
first ever visit to victory lane as he fought off a hungry pack of cars that
included Brad DeYoung, Adam Williams, Mike Kingma, and Jimmy Walker. Barger
ran the low line lap after lap but a late race encounter with a lapped car
momentarily cost Barger the lead as Williams took over. Barger however,
rolled up his sleeves and got up on the wheel and made one final charge
driving his way underneath Williams in turn one to reclaim the top spot. The
battle was far from over however, as Walker charged up on the high side to
move in to second ahead of DeYoung, who was doing double duty on the night.
Williams slipped to fourth while Kingma could muster no better than a fifth
place finish after starting the race in the eighth position, having won the
last I-Mod feature run here two weeks ago. Kingma was however running fourth
for a spell until Walker made his late race run.
Kingma and Williams both recorded heat race wins.
UMP Modifieds (43 cars)
Heat 1 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 21A Nick Allen
2. 7 Brad DeYoung
3. 10 Shawn Scripter
4. 57 Mark Grosvenor
Heat 2 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 13 Kevin DeYoung
2. 89 Mike Spatola
3. B97 Arby Burton
4. 96 Dale Leuth
Heat 3 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 69 Jim Farris
2. D1 Lance Dehm
3. 66 Phil Line
4. 35 Jason Hastings
Heat 4 (top 4 to A Main)
1. 20 AJ Dixon
2. 70 Vince Cooper
3. 27 Bob Pohlman
4. J7 Jeff Miller
Consi 1 (top 2 to A Main)
1. 130 Chad Osterhoff
2. 05 Steven Brooks
3. 68 Matt Bachman
4. 4M Mike Marden
5. 7 Jason Klopp
6. 93 Tim Loomis
7. 50 Andy Clark
8. 83 Kevin Myszkiewicz
9. 48 Adam Pockrus
10. 55 Justin Matson
11. 08 DJ Werkmeister
12. 5T Mike Todd - DNS
13. H28 David Henderson - DNS
14.
Consi 2 (top 2 to A Main)
1. 36 Kevin Hastings
2. 25 Dave Porth
3. 12 Jeff Curl
4. 41 Travis Kohler
5. 22 Allen Line
6. 06 Ryan Kortge
7. 5J Jeremy Johnson
8. 4 Kevin Davis
9. 14C Tom Bell
10. 64 Gary Cook Jr.
11. 98 Rick King
12. 144 Ryan Cary - DNS
13. 36L Jamie Lomax - DNS
FEATURE (20-laps - $600.00 to win)
1.89 Mike Spatola III (6)
2. 21A Nick Allen (1)
3. 69 Jim Farris (3)
4. 20 AJ Dixon (4)
5. 36 Kevin Hastings (18)
6. 70 Vince Cooper (8)
7. 66 Phil Line (7)
8. 25 Dave Porth (20)
9. 130 Chad Osterhoff (17)
10. B97 Arby Burton (10)
11. 27 Bob Pohlman (12)
12.10s Shawn Scripter (9)
13. 35 Jason Hastings (15)
14. 7 Brad DeYoung (5)
15. 05 Steven Brooks (19)
16. J7 Jeff Miller (16)
17. 96 Dale Leuth (14)
18. 57 Mark Grosvenor (13)
19. D1 Lance Dehm(11)
20. 13 Kevin DeYoung(2)
Hard Charger Award - Kevin Hastings +13
UMP Late Models (27 cars)
Fast Qualifier - Scott Schmitt
Heat 1 (top 5 transfer to A Main)
1.21B Rich Bell
2. 77M Jay Morris
3. 7T Steve Thorsten
4. 99SR Frank Heckenast Sr.
5. Z Joe Harlan
Heat 2 (top 5 transfer to A Main)
1. 23 Ted Loomis
2. 5 Bret Sievert
3. 05 Gary Schalmo
4. 92 Dick Potts
5. 23M Kyle Madison
Heat 3 (Lock 8)
1. 95 Aaron Ricketts
2. M27 Mike Provenzano
3. 11 Steve Dimmick
4. 35 Derek Chandler (scratched for A Main, Don Hilleary would get spot)
5. 64 Ryan Dauber
6. 10s Scott Schmitt
7. 99J Jimmy Dehm
8. 99JR Frank Heckenast Jr.
Consi (top 2 to A Main)
1. 45 Zach Busch
2. 29 Al Atkinson
3. 24 John Quill
4. 36 Aaron Schmidt
5. J7 Jeff Miller
6. 42A Alan Gendusa
FEATURE (25-laps - $1,000.00 to win)
1. 64 Ryan Dauber (4)
2. 95 Aaron Ricketts (1)
3.11 Steve Dimmick (3)
4. 99J Jimmy Dehm (6)
5. 23 Ted Loomis (8)
6. 99Jr Frank Heckenast Jr. (7)
7. 5 Bret Sievert (10)
8. Z Joe Harlan (17)
9. 7T Steve Thorsten (13)
10. 10 Scott Schmitt (5)
11. 05 Gary Schalmo (12)
12. 45 Zach Busch (19)
13. 92 Dick Potts (14)
14. 10H Don Hilleary (18)
15. 29 Al Atkinson (20)
16. 77m Jay Morris (11)
17. 99Sr Frank Heckenast Sr. (15)
18.23m Kyle Madison (16)
19.M27 Mike Provenzano (2)
20.21B Rich Bell (9)
Hard Charger Award - Joe Harlan +9
UMP Stock Cars (32 cars)
Heat 1 (top 6 to A Main)
1. B9 Joe Brown
2. 5 Shannon Shutter
3. 5D Ron Donaldson
4. 12 Bill Stevenson
5. 10 Lon Franks
6. 70 wayne Huffman
Heat 2 (top 6 to A Main)
1. V27 Don Hilleary
2. 99K Jerrad Krick
3. 6 Jay Hamilton
4. 23A Andrew Funk
5. 23T Rick Thomas
6. 18 David Billingsley
Heat 3 (top 6 to A Main)
1. L3 Kevin Lenzen
2. 21 Darrin Kohler
3. 16 Robert Turner
4. 92 Jeff Riley
5. 64 Chris Richardson
6. 118 Axle Wicker
Consi (top 2 to A Main)
1. 55 Billy Wicker
2. V37 Nick Montalta
3. 1W Brian Wirtz
4. 23Jr Joel Funk
5. 23 Tony Hemp
6. 68 J Thompson
7. 00 Justin Witthoft
8. J01 Joe Hillman
9. 33G Katie Gaus
10. 17P Tim Provenzano
11. 36 Brian Keen
12. B70 Ken Bushey
13. 46 Nate Kroll
14. 52 Rick Kingsnorth
FEATURE (15-laps - $600.00 to win)
1. v27 Don Hilleary (2)
2. 5 Shannon Shutter (4)
3. 6 Jay Hamilton (8)
4. 21 Darrin Kohler (6)
5. 99K Jerrad Krick (5)
6. B9 Joe Brown (1)
7. L3 Kevin Lenzen (3)
8. 5D Ron Donaldson (7)
9. 23JR Andrew Funk (11)
10. 16 Robert Turner (9)
11. 12 Bill Stevenson (10)
12. 23T Rick Thomas (14)
13. 92 Jeff Riley (12)
14. 55 Billy Wicker (19)
15. 118 Axle Wicker (18)
16. v37 Nick Montalta (20)
17. 64 Chris Richardson (15)
18. 10 Lon Franks (13)
19. 70 Wayne Huffman (16)
20. 18 David Billingsley (17)
Hard Charger Award - Jay Hamilton +6
I-Mods (19 cars)
Heat 1
1. 77 Mike Kingma
2. 16 Jeff Barger
3. 98 Mike Heckenast
4. 15 Brandon Williams
5. 00 Paige Harrison
6. 9 Josh Cooley
7. 6 Tom Jarrette
8. 3 Jim Barkus
9. H33 Robert Shidler
Heat 2
1. 14 Adam Williams
2. 99 Brad DeYoung
3. V17 Manny Vallejo
4. 89 Rich Gynn
5. 7 Jimmy Walker
6. 77 Don Stone
7. 88 Neil Martin
8. 18 Ryen Johnson
9. 70 Dale Vanderaa
10. X
FEATURE (15-laps - $250.00 to win)
1. 16 Jeff Barger (1)
2. 7 Jimmy Walker (10)
3. 99 Brad DeYoung (4)
4. 14 Adam Williams (2)
5. 77 Mike Kingma (8)
6. 89 Rich Gynn (10)
7. 88 Neil Martin (14)
8. 77 Don Stone (12)
9. 18 Ryen Johnson (16)
10. N33 Robert Shidler (15)
11. v17 Manny Vallejo (6)
12. 98 Mike Heckenast (3)
13. 6 Tom Jarrette (11)
14. 00 Paige Harrison (7)
15. 9 Josh Cooley (9)
16. 15 Brandon Williams (5)
17. 70 Dale Vanderaa (18)
18. 3 Jim Barkus (13)
Hard Charger Award - Jimmy Walker +8
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