THRU FIRST 3 RACES
1. Don O'Neal 147
2. Billy Moyer 133
3. Kevin Weaver 120
4. Scott Bloomquist 112
5. Shannon Babb 107
6. Wendell Wallace 101
7. Billy Drake 100
8. Bob Pierce 98
9. Dan Schlieper 94
10. John Gill 73
2002
UMP Summernationals
SUBJECT
TO CHANGES
click on race track name to go to their website
the phone number listed is the track phone, normally good on race day only
ump phone number - 812-473-4412
2002 UMP Summernationals
Fri June 14 Western Ky $5,000
#71-Don O'Neal
Madisonville, KY
Sat June 15 Clarksville Speedway $5,000 #B12- Kevin Weaver
Clarksville, TN
Sun June 16 Vermilion County $10,000 #6M- Wendell Wallace
Danville, IL
Mon June 17 Twin Cities $5,000 #21- Billy Moyer
North Vernon, IN
Wed June 19 Hales Corner $5,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Milwaukee, WI
Thurs June 20 Crown Point Speedway $5,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Crown Point, IN
Fri June 21 Fayette County $5,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Brownstown, IL
Sat June 22 Kentucky Lake Motor Spdwy $5,000 #21- Billy Moyer
Calvert City, KY
Sun June 23 Tri-State Speedway $5,000 #71- Don O'Neal
Haubstadt, IN
Mon June 24 67 Raceway Park $5,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Godfrey, IL
Tues June 25 Peoria Speedway $5,000 Rain
Peoria, IL
Wed June 26 Kankakee Motor Speedway $10,000 #21- Billy Moyer
Kankakee, IL
Thurs June 27 Mt. Vernon Speedway $5,000 Rain
Mt. Vernon, IL
Fri June 28 Paducah Int'l Speedway $5,000 #9- Billy Drake
Paducah, KY
Sat June 29 I-55 Raceway $10,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Pevely, MO
Sun June 30 Terre Haute Action Track $5,000 #0- Scott Bloomquist
Terre Haute, IN
Mon July 01 Charleston Speedway $5,000 #32- Bob Pierce
Charleston, IL
Tues July 02 LaSalle Speedway $5,000 #75- John Gill
LaSalle, IL
Wed July 03 Spoon River Speedway $5,000 #0- Scott Bloomquist
Canton, IL
Thurs July 04 Macon Speedway $6,000 #B12- Kevin Weaver
Macon, IL
Friday July 05 Farmer City Raceway $5,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Farmer City, IL
Sat July 06 American Legion Speedway $5,000 #B12- Kevin Weaver
Fairbury, IL
Sun July 07 off
Mon July 08 Shawano Speedway $10,000 #21- Billy Moyer
Shawano, WI
Tues July 09 Echo Valley Speedway $10,000 #32- Bob Pierce
West Union, IA
Wed July 10 Steele County Fairgrounds $20,000 Rain
Owatonna, MN
Thurs July 11 (Raindate) - Steele County $20,000 #18- Shannon Babb
Fri July 12 Hartford Speedway $10,000 #55- Jeep VanWormer
Hartford, MI
Sat July 13 Oakshade Speedway $10,000 #21- Billy Moyer
Wauseon, OH
CHAMPION -- $100,000 #0- Scott Bloomquist
Fri June 14- Western Kentucky Speedway, Madisonville, KY
- 270-249-3125
$5000
to win - 40 laps
TOP 5 -1/Don O'Neal 2/Billy Moyer 3/Bob Pierce 4/Scott Bloomquist 5/Kevin Weaver
QUALIFYING-O'Neal, Babb, Wallace, Pierce
O'NEAL WINS SUMMERNAT OPENER
20 CARS ON HAND
Dash (Top 6): (Finish determines first three rows of the feature lineup)
1. Don O'Neal
2. Shannon Babb
3. Billy Moyer
4. Bob Pierce
5. Wendall Wallace
6. Dan Schlieper
Heat 1:
1. Tony Albright
2. Jeep VanWormer
3. John Gill
4. Eddie Pace
Heat 2:
1. Scott Bloomquist
2. Kevin Weaver
3. Billy Drake
4. Duke Whiseant
Feature Finish: (top 9 on lead lap)
1. Don O'Neal (started 1st)
2. Billy Moyer (started 3rd)
3. Bob Pierce (started 4th)
4. Scott Bloomquist (started 8th)
5. Kevin Weaver (started 10th)
6. Dan Schlieper (started 6th)
7. Billy Drake (started 12th)
8. John Gill (started 11th)
9. Eddie Pace (started 13th)
** These results are from: Racevibe.com
Sat June 15- Clarksville Speedway-Clarksville, TN - 913-645-2523
$5000 to win - 40 laps
TOP 5-1/Kevin Weaver 2/Don O'Neal 3/Shannon Babb 4/Scott Bloomquist 5/Billy
Moyer
QUALIFYING-Bloomquist, Albright, O'Neal, Melvin
Weaver Scores Round Two...
34 Cars present
Courtesy of Racevibe.com
Kevin Weaver grabbed the lead from Tait Davenport then reeled off lap after lap to score the $5,000 UMP Summernationals victory Saturday night at Clarksville (TN) Speedway.
The finish: Weaver, Don O'Neal, Shannon Babb, Scott Bloomquist, Billy Moyer, Steve Sheppard Jr., Dan Schlieper, Bob Pierce, John Gill, Steve Ryan, Jeep Van Wormer, Joe Brantley, DNF: Tait Davenport, Wendell Wallace, Rodney Melvin, Billy Drake, Tony Albright, Randle Sweeney, Gary Frost and Duke Whiseant.
Dash Finish- Weaver, Davenport, Albright, Melvin, O'Neal, Bloomquist, Sheppard and Frost
Heat One- Moyer, Babb, Drake, Sweeney
Heat Two- Sheppard, Pierce, Wallace, Ryan
Heat Three- Van Wormer, Frost, Whiseant, Schlieper
Consy- Gill, Brantley
Sun.June16-Vermilion County Speedway-Danville, IL
- 217-443-6588
$10,000 to win - 40 laps
TOP 5-1/Wendell Wallace 2/Rick Aukland 3/Billy Drake 4/Steve Hillard 5/Billy
Moyer
QUALIFYING-Wallace, Weaver, Aukland, Drake
VERMILION COUNTY SPEEDWAY
SUMMERNATIONAL RECAP
By Jack Taylor
(6/17/02) Before we get too far into this recap, understand that you will be
reading a somewhat biased report from this writer which will tend to be boring,
slanted, tedious, and typed with useless fingers at times. As you page down, you
will find far more well- written articles on the events of the evening and there
are some pics posted below the story to enhance the coverage.
57 UMP Late Model drivers pulled into the VCS pits for a shot at the $10,000 prize at nights end. 54 qualified, with 2 unable to make the attempt. Local hero, Bob Pierce, found misfortune during hot laps with an electrical failure and scurried home to grab another car (his Dream car at Eldora) and was unable to take qualifying.
The first qualifier out was Wendell Wallace and his fast time held throughout the round. The order for qualifying was Wallace, Ed Dixon, Billy Drake, Matt Taylor, Dan Schlieper, Shawn Toczak, Roger Long, Steve Hillard, Greg Johnson, Mike Bush, Don O'Neal, Scott James, Cody Hupp, Rick Aukland, Dennis Erb, Rodney Melvin, Don Hammer, Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Burwell, Kevin Weaver, Eric Smith, Jr.Shickel, Tim Prince, Shannon Reed, Steve Sheppard, Jr., Joe Harlan, Jim Watson, Bob Pierce, Shannon Babb, Chris Dick, Jeff Martin, Bryan Clendenen, Jeep VanWormer, Tom Peltonen, Tom Thoenes, John Gill, Mark Anderson, Brian Birkhofer, Chuck Haga, Reece O'Connor, Rusty Schlenk, Bob Pohlman, Richie Hedrick, Ryan Dauber, Billy Moyer, Chub Frank, Mark Stetler, Jammie Wilson, Cory Mathew, Rick Sowders, Ed Woodard, Steve Barnett, Duke Whiseant, Rusty Coffman, Dan Walden, Ryan Dauber, and Jim Curry.
The 57 Late Models were a record for VCS and the overflow crowd which kept filing into the parking lot was also a record for racing at VCS. Track officials had worked all day Saturday setting 8 more bleachers behind the back straight-away fence in the pit area and fans were allowed to sit in that section as the main grandstands were filled to overflowing. It was literally a standing-room only crowd.
Few fans departed the stands at the conclusion of the Late Model feature and stayed for the always entertaining UMP Modified feature event that followed. 40 Mods were on hand, along with 30 Super Streets to bring the car count to 127 pit-swelling machines.
Adults and children alike seemed to thoroughly enjoy the fireworks display prior and during the four-wide pace lap of the Late Models. They also relished the thrill of Oakwood's Bob Pierce, after starting on the tail of Heat two, working his way to a third and making the feature show. And from the infield, it was very audible to hear the distain that fans have for Scott Bloomquist, who is probably one the greats in the sport of dirt racing.
For racing entertainment, a fan could not have desired much more and the entire staff at Vermilion County Speedway is to be complimented. The new look at VCS is appealing.
AND NOW FOR THE REST OF THE STORIES
| By: Toby Hallett Danville, IL (June 16, 2002) - A record crowd packed the beautiful Vermilion County Speedway Sunday night as 57 of the top UMP Late Model drivers invaded for the third leg of the UMP Summernationals tour. The crowd entering the Speedway resembled one of a Winston Cup race as fans were forced to wait in long lines just to enter the front gate. With the capacity crowd, promoter Bill Marietta opened the pits to those fans that did not have a seat so all were accommodated! Wendell Wallace was the first to qualify and he made it pay off. Wallace used the high side around the track to turn in a lap of 14.482. The only other drivers to come close to Wallace were, Rick Aukland and Kevin Weaver, those two turning in laps in the 14.5 second range. Rick Aukland started on the pole of the nine-car trophy dash with the first six finishers making up the front three rows of the feature event. Wendell Wallace quickly jumped out to the lead and held that until Scott Bloomquist grabbed the lead on lap seven ensuring him the pole starting position in the feature. After Bloomquist crossed the stripe, Wallace, Aukland Billy Drake, Steve Hillard and Kevin Weaver filled the front three rows by virtue of their top six finishing spots. Don O'Neal started at the point of heat number one and cruised to victory, however the race was on for the third and final transfer spot. Junior Shickel, Joe Harlan, Jammie Wilson and at times Stave Barnett all battled side by side for about 5 laps trying to gain that last starting spot. On the last lap coming out of turn four Shickel and Harlan got together and the "Franklin Flyer" dipped low and took the third position away from both of them! Jeep VanWormer followed O'Neal for second spot at the stripe. The second heat race of the night got the crowd into frenzy! Bob Pierce who lives only a few miles from VCS had trouble with his primary car as a fire burnt up all of the electrical components before he could even hot lap the car. Pierce returned home and rolled out a second car returning to the track just in time to see qualifications end, so he was forced to the back of the second heat race. With that in mind Billy Moyer wasted no time in getting a huge lead on the field as Pierce began to work his way through traffic. By lap three Pierce had moved up to the seventh position from 12th! On lap seven the hometown hero got around Rodney Melvin to grab the fourth spot, all this time Moyer easily lead Dan Schlieper by almost a straight-away! Pierce stole the show though as he took the third spot guaranteeing himself a starting position in the A-main on a night when those spots were hard to come by. The crowd let out a thunderous roar as Pierce had shown them what hard work and determination can bring you. Another local driver took the third heat race checkers, Roger Long of Fithian, IL used his patented high side driving style to earn the win. A newcomer to the speedway, Chub Frank didn't take long to learn the surface and the right line. Frank settled in after the first four laps and set his sights on second place. Richie Hedrick followed Frank and Long to gain the final transfer spot. Some say that VCS is perfectly suited for the driving style of John Gill and Sunday night was no different. Gill got by Greg Johnson on the start and led every lap of the final heat race. Shannon Babb held off Greg Johnson for second with both earning their way in the feature. Dennis Erb Jr. was able to best Rodney Melvin and Duke Whiseant in the first of two-consolation race but all were able to make the final cut as the top three were taken into the feature. Jim Curry and Brian Birkhofer ended the second consi in the closest finish in VCS history! As Curry came off of turn four he dipped below a lapped machine and Birkhofer took the high route around and both crossed the finish line at almost he exact same time! It was found that Curry did in fact edge Birkhofer out by about an inch! Scott James watched as the two put on a great show ending in the third spot. The four wide salute to the fans is enough to send chills down any race fans back but, add in the fireworks display and you know something special is about to take place. Wendell Wallace got the early jump in the race but that was nullified when Chub Frank spun before a lap was completed. On the restart Scott Bloomquist got the advantage and looked as if he had things well in hand. Just as Bloomquist began to lap cars the yellow cam out for Scott James who slowed on the backstretch and as the caution flag flew Don O'Neal and Kevin Weaver made contact sending Weaver hard into the front stretch concrete. Weaver's car was badly damaged but he was ok. On the restart after a red flag to remove Weaver's car, Bloomquist stood on the throttle and sparks flew out of the exhaust! Heavy smoke began pouring from the machine at lap 17 and it was becoming apparent that the motor would not last. Another 15 laps clicked off before the motor finally let go ending his bid for the $10,000 payday. Wendell Wallace now found himself right where he started the night, at the head of the field. Wallace took no time on the restart and cruised to his first win in only two tries at Vermilion County Speedway! Rick Aukland, Billy Drake, Steve Hillard and Bill Moyer rounded out the top five. "The racetrack was really tough to pass on tonight so I knew whoever got the jump on the start would be tough to beat" said Wallace. "Its just hard to make these racetracks live when you start in the sunlight so we knew we had to qualify well and go from there. It really feels good after I spun out last night its good to get back on track tonight. We left the MARS series behind at home leading the points to try and come up here and win some of these races and so we feel pretty good about tonight. I stayed back from him (Bloomquist) a little bit because I knew after seeing the smoke and getting oil on my shield that he was about to blow up and I didn't want to hit him when he slowed, so I hung back and waited." When I asked Wendell about his plans for the summer he offered this, "We are gonna look at the points and see where we are at and determine what we will do from there for the summernationals." Wendell Wallace led the final nine laps of the 40 lap main event to capture the largest payday in VCS history. Everyone on the staff at VCS should be very proud of their record breaking night and all the fans should mark July 29th on their calendar for a return trip to Danville, IL and Vermilion County Speedway for the un-sanctioned $10,000-to-win show! |
Summary of Results (June 16)
1) Wendell Wallace
2) Rick Aukland
3) Billy Drake
4) Steve Hillard
5) Billy Moyer
6) Shannon Babb
7) Dan Schlieper
8) Don O'Neal
9) Chub Frank
10) Bob Pierce
11) Jeep VanWormer
12) Dennis Erb Jr.
13) Steve Barnett
14) Greg Johnson
15) Rodney Melvin
16) Scott Bloomquist
17) John Gill
18) Jim Curry
19) Richie Hedrick
20) Duke Whiseant
21) Scott James
22) Kevin Weaver
23) Roger Long
24) Brian Birkhofer
WENDELL WALLACE TAKES 10
GRAND
By Smash the Loud Pedal
(6/16/02) 57 cars invaded the Vermillion County Speedway tonight in search of the $10,000 payday that would be the winners sum, and when the evening ended it was the Batesville Bullet, Wendell Wallace sitting in victory lane holding the oversized check for $10k!
After setting the fastest qualifying mark as the first car out Wallace was beat at the line in the dash by Scott Bloomquist, the pair towed Rick Aukland, Billy Drake, Steve Hillard and Kevin Weaver to the A-main from their respective dash finishes.
The first heat was topped by Don O'Neal over Jeep VanWormer, Steve Barnett, Jr. Schickel, Jammie Wilson, Joe Harlan, Duke Whiseant and Brian Clendenen.
The second heat saw Mr. UMP Summer Nat's Billy Moyer ahead of Dan Schlieper, Bob Pierce, Dennis Erb, Rodney Melvin and Ryan Dauber.
The third heat was Roger Long taking the win over The Shoestring Traveler Chub Frank, Richie Hedrick, Jim Curry, Ed Dixon, Shawn Toczek, Steve Sheppard, Jr., Matt Taylor and Jimmy Burwell.
The fourth and final heat was won by The Modern Day Cowboy John Gill over Shannon Babb, Greg Johnson, Brian Birkhofer and Scott James.
The consi's which would transfer the final three from each to the A-main to complete the 24 car starting field were won by Erb over Melvin and Duke Whiseant, and Curry ahead of Birkhofer and James.
When the green flag flew on the main event it was Bloomquist jumping out to an early lead in convincing fashion ahead of Wallace, Aukland, Billy Drake, Hillard, Weaver, Moyer and O'Neal.
The first caution would show on lap 15 when Don O'Neal and Kevin Weaver made contact on the frontstretch coming off of turn four. Weavers car took a HARD right hand turn and headed straight into the wall at full spoeed ahead. Weaver, although a little dazed, seemed to be uninjured. His mount however, was much worse for the wear.
After the brief red to clear Weavers car from the track, the green was again displayed for the restart and sparks were flying from the undercarriage of Bloomquists car. However, Bloomquist continued to lead the field and even seemed to be pulling away slightly despite the cracking and popping from his powerplant and a smoke show that would make any mosquito exterminator envious!
Lap 31 would be the end of Bloomquists evening as his motor gave up and Bloomquist brought out the caution as he sat stopped in turns three and four with flames under the hood! After being extinguished the green was once again displayed and it was all Wally as he took to the hub and never looked back in his run to the checkers. Following Wallace at the stripe were Aukland, Drake, Hillard, Moyer, Babb, Schlieper, O'Neal, Frank, Pierce, Van WOrmer, Erb, Barnett, Johnson and Melvin.
All in all, a great show with multi groove passing up to the point of the feature when the track took rubber and passing was at a premium.
In return for the efforts put forth this season so far by track promoter Bill Marietta and crew, the speedway was blessed this evening with the largest crowd in the history of The Vermillion County Speedway!
My hats off to the entire track crew and looking forward to the return of the big gun late models to the track on July 29th as they seek out another $10,000 to win payday!
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UNOFFICIAL SUMMERNATS
POINTS
THRU FIRST 3 RACES
1. Don O'Neal 147
2. Billy Moyer 133
3. Kevin Weaver 120
4. Scott Bloomquist 112
5. Shannon Babb 107
6. Wendell Wallace 101
7. Billy Drake 100
8. Bob Pierce 98
9. Dan Schlieper 94
10. John Gill 73
Monday June 17 Twin Cities Raceway Park-N. Vernon, IN - 812-346-4034
$5000 to win - 40 laps
TOP 5-1/Billy Moyer 2/Scott Bloomquist 3/Billy Drake 4/John Gill 5/Greg Johnson
QUALIFYING-Bloomquist, O'Neal ,Moyer, Drake
PHOTOS OF WENDELL WALLACE'S
BURNED OUT TRAILER AT NORTH VERNON
| FIRE WAS CAUSED WHEN A GAS CAN WAS ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED OVER IN PITS | |
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http://www.rickschwalliephotos.com/2002/wallace/ |
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North Vernon Feature
from Bear of 4M
Got this from a friend at area newspaper
who spoke with a track official:
1. Moyer
2. Bloomquist
3. Drake
4. Gill
5. Johnson
6. Erb
7. Schlieper
8. Whiseant
9. Melvin
10. Barnett
11. Babb
12. Weaver
13. Chamberland
14. O'Neal
15. Casebolt
16. James
17. Curry
18. Negangard
19. Jewell
20. Wallace
QUICK FIX OF FIRST 4 NIGHTS
FROM JACK PUGH
Western Kentucky UMP Summer Nat'l Feature Results 6/14/02 (20 cars)
1. Don O'Neal(1) 2. Billy Moyer(3) 3. Bob Pierce(4) 4. Scott Bloomquist(8) 5.
Kevin Weaver(10) 6.Dan Schlieper(6) 7. Billy Drake(12) 8. John Gill(11) 9.
Eddie Pace(13) 10. Tony Albright 11. Jeep Van Wormer 12. Rodney Melvin 13.
Wendell Wallace 14. Shannon Babb 15. Jason Koger 16. #97 17. Duke Whiseant 18.
Chris Cook 19. Shawn Granderson 20. Randle Sweeney (not sure of 13th place to
20th)
Clarksville (Clarksville, TN) UMP Summer Nat'l Feature Results 6/15/02 (34
cars)
1. Kevin Weaver 2. Don O'Neal 3. Shannon Babb 4. Scott Bloomquist 5. Billy
Moyer 6. Steve Sheppard Jr. 7. Dan Schlieper 8. Bob Pierce 9. John Gill 10.
Steve Ryan 11. Jeep Van Wormer 12. Joe Brantley 13. Tait Davenport 14. Wendell
Wallace 15. Rodney Melvin 16. Billy Drake 17. Tony Albright 18. Randle Sweeney
19. Gary Frost 20. Duke Whiseant
Vermilion County (Danville, IL) UMP Summer Nat'l Feature Results 6/16/02
(57 cars)
1. Wendell Wallace(2) 2. Rick Aukland(3) 3. Billy Drake(4) 4. Steve Hillard(5)
5. Billy Moyer(8) 6. Shannon Babb(14) 7. Dan Schlieper(12) 8. Don O'Neal(7) 9.
Chub Frank(13) 10. Bob Pierce(16) 11. Jeep Van Wormer(11) 12. Dennis Erb
Jr.(19) 13. Steve Barnett(15) 14. Greg Johnson(18) 15. Rodney Melvin(21) 16.
Scott Bloomquist(1) 17. John Gill(10) 18. Jim Curry(20) 19. Richie Hedrick(17)
20. Duke Whiseant(23) 21. Scott James(24) 22. Kevin Weaver(6) 23. Roger
Long(9) 24. Brian Birkhofer(22)
Twin Cities (North Vernon, IN) UMP Summer Nat'l Feature Results 6/17/02 (36
cars)
1. Billy Moyer 2. Scott Bloomquist 3. Billy Drake 4. John Gill 5. Greg Johnson
6. Dennis Erb Jr. 7. Dan Schlieper 8. Duke Whiseant 9. Rodney Melvin 10. Steve
Barnett 11. Shannon Babb 12. Kevin Weaver 13. Denny Chamberlain 14. Don O'Neal
15. Steve Casebolt 16. Scott James 17. Jim Curry 18. Shawn Negangard 19. Mike
Jewell 20. Wendell Wallace
SUMMERNATIONAL POINTS
from biglmfan
Official
Summernationals points after North Vernon
1. Moyer 208 Sorry I took so long Computer has been down with phone
problems. Will update next time I talk to Bob Memmer.
2. O'Neal 185
3. Bloomquist 177
4. Drake 153
5. Weaver 146
6. Schleiper 136
7. Babb 132
8. Gill 125
8. Wallace 125
10. Pierce 118
FROM PAUL BAYNE
This is what I have heading into last night
at Twin Cities, and what I think they earned accordingly last night.
Unofficial UMP Summernationals Points (after 4 events)
1. Billy Moyer 133 + 63 = 196 63=196
2. Scott Bloomquist 112 + 57 = 169
3. Don O'Neal 147 + 20 = 167
4. Billy Drake 100 + 49 = 149
5. Kevin Weaver 120 + 21 = 141
6. Dan Schlieper 94 + 36 = 130
7. Shannon Babb 107 + 22 = 129
8. Wendell Wallace 101 + 18 = 119
9. John Gill 73 + 43 = 116
10. Bob Pierce 98 + 0 = 98
Wednesday June 19 -Hales Corner-Milwaukee, WI - 414-778-4700
$5000 to win - 40 laps
TOP 5-1/Shannon Babb 2/Dan Schlieper 3/Kevin Weaver 4/Billy Moyer 5/Don O'Neal
Babb
Banks $5,000 At
Hales Corners Speedway
By John Shea
Franklin, Wis., June 19-Shannon Babb of Decatur, Ill. passed Dan
Schlieper with six laps to go and went on to victory in the 40-lap UMP Late
Model Summernationals feature on Wednesday night at the Hales Corners
Speedway.
The win was Babb's first-ever at the third-mile clay oval and was worth
$5,000.
Schlieper settled for second in the final order, with Kevin Weaver third,
Billy Moyer fourth and Don O'Neal fifth.
Schlieper began the main event from the third position and shot into the
lead on the opening lap as Moyer, Babb, Jeep Van Wormer and Gordie Seegert
Jr. followed. Moyer remained second until Babb took the spot at lap 12.
Babb closed the gap on Schlieper and the two bumped several times while
fighting for position, allowing the now-third running car of Weaver to shoot
past both and into the lead at lap 29. Schlieper quickly regrouped and
worked his way back past Weaver using the inside line in turns three and four
to begin lap 31. Babb followed Schlieper past Weaver and the two resumed
their battle for the top spot.
Schlieper began to lap some of the slower cars at the back of the field
at lap 33, and that was all Babb needed as he quickly closed in on Schlieper
and roared past to take command using the inside line up the backstretch.
Once in front, Babb pulled away and picked up the $5,000 top prize.
UDTRA star Scott Bloomquist finished sixth, with Billy Drake, Bret
Sievert, Van Wormer and Seegert Jr. rounding out the top 10.
Racing continues Saturday night, June 22 at the Hales Corners Speedway
with a full program of UMP late model, sportsmen, modified and Hales Whales
racing. Qualifying begins at 6:15 p.m. with racing to follow. Hales Corners
Speedway is located on Hwy. 100 in Franklin, one-half mile south of Forest
Home Avenue, next to Hiller Ford. For more information, call (414) 778-4700
during regular business hours or (414) 425-4700 on race day.
SUMMARY
40-lap Feature-1. Shannon Babb; 2. Dan Schlieper; 3. Kevin Weaver; 4.
Billy Moyer; 5. Don O'Neal; 6. Scott Bloomquist; 7. Billy Drake; 8. Bret
Sievert; 9. Jeep Van Wormer; 10. Gordie Seegert Jr.; 11. Pete Parker; 12.
Bobby Smith; 13. Scott Specht; 14. Jim Zdroik; 15. George Scheffler; 16. Rick
scheffler; 17. Chris Carlson; 18. Jayme Zidar; 19. Al Atkinson; 20. Rodney
Melvin; 21. Mark Brunner; 22. T.J. Dolhun.
12-lap Semi-feature-1. Bloomquist; 2. Specht; 3. Brunner; 4. Carlson; 5.
Matt Schultz; 6. Wes Steidinger; 7. Jim Letizia; 8. Dan Sorce; 9. Turk
Letizia; 10. Stewart Frost; 11. Jimmy Watson; 12. Jim Rychtik; 13. Jason
Widdes; 14. Bill Rezutek; 15. Mike Widdes; 16. Jon Krogstad. (top four
advanced to the Feature)
10-lap Heats-First: 1. Drake; 2. Rick Scheffler; 3. Zidar; 4. Bloomquist.
Second: 1. Melvin; 2. George Scheffler; 3. Zdroik; 4. Specht. Third: 1.
Weaver; 2. Parker; 3. Smith; 4. Brunner. Fourth: 1. Sievert; 2. Dolhun; 3.
Atkinson; 4. Rezutek. (top three advanced to the Feature).
9-lap Dash-1. Moyer; 2. Babb; 3. Schlieper; 4. Seegert Jr.; 5. Van
Wormer; 6. O'Neal; 7. Rick Scheffler; 8. Melvin; 9. Russ Scheffler.
Fastest Qualifier-Moyer; 15.592 seconds (76.963 mph).
From a 4M Schlieper fan
Track was already slicked
off after second hot lap session.
Fast Qualifier Billy Moyer (thanks to an early draw)
Dash Moyer Babb Schlieper Seegert Jr
1st Heat Drake Rky Scheffler Zidar Bloommquist (Scott spun or got spun lap 1 of
heat and restarted last, then took til final lap to pass local backmarker T
Letizia)
2nd Heat Melvin G Scheffler Zdroik Specht
3rd heat Weaver Parker B Smith Brunner
4th heat Sievert Dolhun Atkinson Rezetek
B Main Bloomquist (from the pole) Specht
Feature Line up
21 18
s9 4 Seegert
55 71
9 Drake 27 Melvin
b12 5 Sievert
10 Parker 01 Dolhun
Bloomquist started 19th
Schlieper slipped past Moyer early as both stuck to the bottom.
First yellow lap 8 for a Dolhun spin
Running order s9 21 18 71 55
Lap 14 Babb got by Moyer for second
Second yellow lap 17
Running order s9 18 21 71 b12 5
Both Weaver and local standout Sievert are working thier way through traffic
Bloomquist currently 15th
Weaver working the top comes up to challenge Schlieper and Babb.Weaver takes
lead for a short time then backmarkers cause Schlieper to try top and regain
lead with Babb in tow.
Yellow lap 24
Running order s9 18 21 b12 71 0 is 9th
Schlieper and Babb run nose to tail with Shannon looking under a few times, then
on lap 34 Babb gets a run off the bottom of two and clears Schliper down back
stretch. Dan tries high side a few laps and gets to 18's door but then falls in
behind back to the bottom.
Finish
Babb
Schlieper
Weaver
Moyer
O Neal
Bloomquist
Overall some great racing on a used up track
Thurs June 20 -Crown Point Speedway-Crown Point